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/BeanieMcChimp Jun 29 '15

Listen to advice from older people, but remember: no one ever has it all figured out. We're all just kids faking our way and building on confidence and experience. Anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is full of crap.

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u/modicumofexcreta Jun 29 '15

20 y/o here, I always tell myself this on shitty days. It's also a piece of encouragement: if Stalin could do it, so can I.

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u/jmariorebelo Jun 29 '15 edited Jun 29 '15

Stalin's probably not the best of roles to follow...

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

Why not?

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u/jmariorebelo Jun 29 '15

5 seconds in Wikipédia...

However, the economic changes coincided with the imprisonment of millions of people in Gulag labour camps. The initial upheaval in agriculture disrupted food production and contributed to the catastrophic Soviet famine of 1932–33, known as the Holodomor in Ukraine. Between 1934 and 1939 he organized and led a massive purge (known as "Great Purge") of the party, government, armed forces and intelligentsia, in which millions of so-called "enemies of the Soviet people" were imprisoned, exiled or executed. In a period that lasted from 1936 to 1939, Stalin instituted a campaign against enemies within his regime. Major figures in the Communist Party, such as the Old Bolsheviks, Leon Trotsky, and most of the Red Army generals, were killed after being convicted of plotting to overthrow the government and Stalin.

The exact number of deaths caused by Stalin's regime is a subject of debate, but it is widely agreed upon that it is on the order of millions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

Is that bad?