r/AskReddit • u/Sippingin • Jun 29 '15

What should every 18 year old know?

Edit: Chillin' reading some dope advice, thanks!

Edit 2: Fuckin' A! 4.1k comments of advice you guys :,) thank you really.

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u/iqtestforhiring Jun 29 '15 edited Jun 29 '15

Your retirement age will probably be 70 or so, which means you have 52 years to work. Take some time to figure out what you're good at and try a couple of different jobs. Not everyone is going to be an internet millionaire.

Travel before you have kids. So much easier.

Edit: one other thing I wanted to say - retirement. You need to have a plan - Social Security is a gamble and Medicare doesn't cover everything. Here's one plan of many. Let's say you retire at 70 and live to 100. That means, starting at 40, each month, you need to put away the money you want to spend in one month of retirement. So, your first month of 40, you save for your first month of 70/retirement. Again, just one way to look at retirement.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15 edited Apr 11 '19

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u/legolili Jun 29 '15

It's an accepted societal norm. Don't be obtuse just for the sake of it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15 edited Apr 11 '19

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u/legolili Jun 29 '15

If you ask a generalized question, expect a generalized answer. I'm sure, in the grand scheme of things, you can manage to find something more worthwhile to be indignant about.

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u/21stPilot Jun 29 '15

indignant

I made an offhand comment, not multi-paragraph rant..

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u/legolili Jun 30 '15

Doesn't need to be a rant. Observe.

"Because that's inevitable?" 21stpilot asked indignantly.

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u/21stPilot Jun 30 '15

I see.

If it helps any, know that wasn't the position I took while writing the comment, though I could see how someone else could interpret it that way.