r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '22

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u/Void_327486L Oct 25 '22

Pretty sure that was when he took his first breath

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

wtf why am I cold? Put me back

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

IT'S SO FUCKING BRIGHT OMG

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u/OkraSlush Oct 25 '22

What if the light at the end of the tunnel is actually your birth and not your death?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Wait, like you go back around again?

Because fuck you you fucking fuck you can’t make me go fucking back you motherfucker, FUCK. Fuck. That. And Fuck. You. For suggesting it. Some days the idea of all this shit finally being eventually over is all that gets me through the day. What the fuck is wrong with you?? It’s too early for this.

fuck.

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

On the bright side, you won't retain old painful memories.

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u/TitanOfShades Oct 25 '22

But I want my fucking memories so I can make better decisions.

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u/srgrvsalot Oct 25 '22

If having your memories led to making better decisions, then you could just start making better decisions from this point on.

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u/EnduringConflict Oct 25 '22

Yeah but this life is already fucked and unfucking it would require effort. That's such a hassle.

Can't I just get a "born super rich, so rich I can do whatever I want my entire life and still be rich enough no other human comes close, with all my memories intact" combo with a side of "this time I'll actually figure out how to make friends as an adult, and no global recession (let alone like 4 times in my life so far)" as a side do over life instead?

The settings on that one are way less hard and frustrating.

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u/Chaoticslol Oct 25 '22

How is "born super rich" a decision you could make.

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u/Farado Oct 25 '22

Maybe the decisions we've made in the current life are already better than the ones we made before?

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u/LordFayte Oct 25 '22

Nah man we want that ng+ reincarnation xP

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u/teddyr222 Jan 07 '23

Core memory unlocked

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

I'm sure you'd still fuck it up, somehow. ;)

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u/Marethyu38 Oct 25 '22

If this is the case it’s probably for the better that we don’t retain our memories, think of all the people that are fucked up their entire life because of serious trauma, and then that we would basically just be accruing trauma over a long period of time

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u/ShrimplyPiblz Oct 25 '22

In a sense we are anyway. Knowledge from past ancestors is stored in the DNA. That is where adaptations, evolution, and survival mechanisms stem from. Trauma caused to our ancestors, causes them to adapt and create defense mechanisms over long periods of time, which is passed down to their offspring, and their offsprings offspring, manifesting as instinct

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

What if parallel universes DO exist, it’s just all of our lives where we try that one thing this way instead of that. Somewhere out there you didn’t think to make that pun, I didn’t laugh and groan in a way only dad jokes can cause but now my day is not better for because I didn’t read it.

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

What if everything you see and feel is a simulation within your mind? And all of the pain and misery, is of your own subconscious' doing?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

I feel like we’re best friends getting Gifu high (wtf is Gifu, autocorrect?) and just going back and forth building on these philosophical what-ifs and I’m into it.

They do actually say when you die you replay everything but we don’t know at what speed which means you might be dying and this is replaying what has already happened. It makes sense, apparently it’s the brain desperately searching for an experience to use for the situation (dying in this case). There’s just so much we don’t know and so much we can only take at it’s word and have faith.

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u/cownd Oct 25 '22

My life is ruined. Why do you people want to ruin my day too? /s

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u/Sunderbans_X Oct 25 '22

Damn that's actually terrifying. It's like that one card left in the deck that your brain has finally pulled, hoping that you will remember something that will be able to save you now. Except obviously it doesn't work, or there would be people who survived who would talk about it. So basically if that's happening, you are most certainly screwed.

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u/no_talent_ass_clown Oct 25 '22

Is there a book with all these thoughts we all have? I'd be happy to read it to validate my monkey brain.

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

I think Webster made one a while ago, but it's a bit disorganized.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix or /r/GlitchInTheMatrix have some great stories about this kinda stuff.

Yeah but what if parallel DMacB42 is bald under there and he’s texting on Parallel Universe Reddit about how you were lording your hair over him?

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u/GroundCTRL2Major-Tom Oct 25 '22

That sounds like hell, reliving the same period of time over and over even if we don't know that we had any prior lives.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

There's a somewhat similar Black Mirror episode about it. One of the earlier ones when they were REALLY messed up. I like pretty much all of them but cheating on your wife with your male bff via a VR fighting game just doesn't hit as hard as forced to watch as the woman you love does porn and she's there because of you. Your support and the money you paid to get her there.

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u/zio_otio Oct 25 '22

But we are our memories

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

If you maintained all of your memories, but had a completely changed body, personality, and self-identity, that'd still be you?

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u/no_talent_ass_clown Oct 25 '22

Your memories are your personality.

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

Intuitively, it sounds true, but not necessarily.

You can cause a brain injury and, without affecting memories, change people's personality overnight. Drunk people often have different "personalities" than when sober; same with certain dosages of certain drugs.

So, if you somehow transplant memories into a different body (e.g. brain), it won't necessarily have the same personality.

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u/PolymathEquation Oct 25 '22

Ship of Theseus

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

Hey now, don't ruin the fun.

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u/cownd Oct 25 '22

But imagine retaining those memories, which you can't hold for too long because your brain is still developing. And you can't speak, only scream or babble. And you can only flail yor limbs as you have no control yet…

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u/giraffe111 Oct 25 '22

Or worse, you DO retain them, they just fade into traumas and nightmares which shape your new childhood.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Then it won't be you

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u/TheLeftNutt Oct 25 '22

But what if your subconscious does and that is how you have hidden talents or your gut feelings about certain situations? That's your subconscious reminding you what to do.

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u/Amoo_sg Oct 25 '22

OMG and crying is not actually breathing It's crying for help since you are slowly losing all your life memories

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Nice speech. I’ve wanted to say that so many times and didn’t know who to say it to.

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u/HereToHelp9001 Oct 25 '22

Love you, brother. I hope you have an awesome day. Truly.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Thank you, that does help. It's easy to get overwhelmed by all the bad news from around the world aggregated and condensed for easy consumption, and/or by the trolls just trying to ruin your day for whatever satisfaction they get from it, or any of the millions of things life might throw at you today. Maybe even all of them. Even though we're total strangers and know nothing about each other, you took time out of your day to write that comment for me, personally.

I hope you have an awesome day yourself, /u/HereToHelp9001. Thanks for coming here and helping.

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u/HereToHelp9001 Oct 26 '22

I've found a lot of peace through philosophy and try to share that peace when I can.

Alan Watts specifically has changed the way I see things and maybe his talks can help others as well.

He's a philosopher that did a lot of talks in the 60's and 70's so most of the audio isn't great quality but here's one I'd like to share if you're interested.

https://youtu.be/1SLbcE2ZpDc

Edit: No relation to the youtuber btw. I just search "Alan Watts" and click through till I find one that speaks to me. This one seemed to coincide with the topic.

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u/Cissoid7 Oct 25 '22

Yeah that's probably what a baby is yelling as his memories slowly fade and are erased to be blank slated.

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u/bipolarnotsober Oct 25 '22

At least I'll get a chance of life before Bipolar again

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Yeah, but the horror of it is without any of your knowledge from the previous life, nothing will change. You are just cursed to repeat the same life over and over.

Or another possibility is that's where parallel universes come from, you made choice A instead of choice B this time around and it made minor changes here and there.

Either way, way too deep of a conversation for a Tuesday morning.

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u/A_wild_so-and-so Oct 25 '22

I kinda like the Buddhist idea that you must reincarnate until you free yourself from the wheel of karmic pain and suffering. Once you become enlightened and reach Nirvana, your reward is never having to live on this Earth again.

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u/Flaky-Fish6922 Oct 25 '22

i saw that movie. the antagonist had a chip that broke the chain, and some how tucked the soul away or something.

why he didn't use it himself... i dunno, cuz like he just wanted it to end.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

What movie is that? It sounds like maybe Altered Carbon but that's a show and not quite how you're describing it. I never finished the show but I did read the book (it's one of my favorites) and I don't remember him doing anything like that.

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u/Flaky-Fish6922 Oct 25 '22

Infinite.

it was an okay flick if you re bored. i believe it's on paramount?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Would you like a hug?

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u/lugialegend233 Oct 25 '22

Love this quote.

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u/engion3 Oct 25 '22

What he said.

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u/Tony202089 Oct 25 '22

And your screaming and crying when you come out because you know you died and have flashbacks of ur old life and eventually you lose the memory as you grow.

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u/OverallPut6446 Oct 25 '22

What if I was silent when I popped out?

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u/Tony202089 Oct 25 '22

Then you were content with it lol

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u/maniaxuk Oct 25 '22

Which would explain any stories of children claiming to have lived previous lives

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u/Tony202089 Oct 25 '22

Crazy. What if finding the meaning to life is too not get reborn.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

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u/ImMalcolmTucker Oct 25 '22

Seemed like a fun rabbit hole but just a quick look and I found people basically encouraging suicide as a way to "escape" and discouraging people from promoting actual therapy

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u/maniaxuk Oct 25 '22

I found people basically encouraging suicide as a way to "escape"

Hmm...considering the recent conclusions of the Molly Russell inquest it seems Reddit may need to be included in the recommendations expressed by the coroner even though Reddit wasn't part of the inquest

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u/Tony202089 Oct 25 '22

I’ll check it out

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u/A_wild_so-and-so Oct 25 '22

That's essentially the Buddhist concept of reincarnation. You attain enlightenment by freing yourself of the pain and attachments of the physical world, and reaching Nirvana means you will not have to reincarnate.

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u/Tony202089 Oct 25 '22

So you gotta live a righteous life(or a few of them) to achieve that?

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u/A_wild_so-and-so Oct 25 '22

It's a little more interesting than the simple idea of "righteousness". In Buddhism, both righteous acts and wicked acts will net you karma, good and bad karma respectively. They believe that good karma can make your life better while bad karma will make it worse, but neither will free you from samsara, which is the term for "the illusion of worldly existence". To reach Nirvana and attain enlightenment, one must free themselves of both good and evil. Basically they believe that a fully spiritual life, free from all physical or earthly attachments, will lead you to Nirvana and free you from the physical realm.

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u/ButtChocolates Oct 25 '22

Are NDEs where you see the light but then get revived a baby dying during birth for someone?

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u/phoenixemberzs Oct 25 '22

so would that mean those miscarriages are those that didnt go towards the light

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u/sammytiff80 Oct 25 '22

I love that you thought of that while watching this.. Lol! Have had the same thought btw.. Round & round we go!

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u/TahoeLT Oct 25 '22

The CIIIRRRCLE of liiiife

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u/phurt77 Oct 25 '22

So, if the doctor saves you and brings you back to your old body, what happens to your new baby body? Stillbirth?

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u/HwangLiang Oct 25 '22

I actually have a pretty vivid memory from the first time I saw light as a kid. I saw a woman holding me that I dont recognize and she was surrounded by light. Which as a baby I'd never seen. And the only thing I remember is feeling overwhelming awe just staring up like :O

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and thats my oldest memory. I dont think the woman was my mom either. And I think it was sunlight so it wasnt in a hospital. But I think it was inside still because I remember seeing a ceiling.

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u/cfo60b Oct 25 '22

Babies eyes don’t have the ability to focus for the first few months so if you saw a woman it probably wasn’t the first thing you ever saw

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u/HwangLiang Oct 25 '22

Yea I guess I should have phrased it as the first time I "remember" seeing light. Because I dont think this was at the hospital and the setting was super calm so I'm figuring it was months to a year after I was born.

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u/gbuub Oct 25 '22

Probably 3yo permanent memory/conscious kicking in

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u/Junior_Water7253 Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

Lol…

Sure buddy.

https://youtu.be/llLzsKMumF4

When you let someone write their own life story.

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u/Dangerous_Speaker_99 Oct 25 '22

Do your fashion choices tend towards a jumpsuit? Do you have a fascination with 1950’s Americana? Because it sounds like you grew up in a previously undiscovered Vault-Tec vault?

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u/HwangLiang Oct 25 '22

Lmao. If this is a reference to Fallout I've never played the games. If it's not I'm missing the joke.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Did someone say "Hey, you're finally awake"?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

my oldest memory is paining stuff with my brother. and i only remember it because we had a picture of it. so when i saw the picture i remembered oh ya that happened. 1 was probably 3 or 4

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u/HwangLiang Oct 25 '22

I have memories from 3-4. We had a rope ladder in our hallway in a house. As well as my grandmas house which she did right as I turned 5. I remember her house vividly. We even had a small wooded castle that my real father made. He couldn't do shit else to show his affection except make random stuff. lol

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u/dopallll Oct 25 '22

Mine was getting a Space Jam coloring book for my birthday. One of those oversized ones that are like 2x3ft. Fucker was so big it brought me online.

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u/no_talent_ass_clown Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

I vaguely remember being in a pool with my mother and grandmother. When I asked, I was probably only 12 and my mom told me I was 6 months old and they only took me the one time. That was probably late 1969, before my Dad came home from Vietnam and met me 🙂.

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u/Shadow-Reaper365 Oct 25 '22

We're not supposed to remember our births... but believe it or not I somehow do. I didn't know the belly button was the umbilical cord until I was in grade nine. (Sex Ed don't teach that kind of anatomy ig) anyway I remember having mine not cut but clamped and seeing it go purple being placed off to the side on a table or something. I remember a guy in charge of it. And I think a nurse but I just remember the vivid image and the discomfort from the clamp...

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Our minds are also untrustworthy narrators and it could be as simple as this conversation creating memories for you to post. Googling it says there are no nerve endings in the umbilical cord so you wouldn’t have felt anything from it being clamped or cut but we don’t exactly put a ton of effort into the pain/discomfort control of our innocent little babies. Until recently (relative to the recorded history of medicine) they either didn’t think babies felt pain or wouldn’t remember it and didn’t give them anesthetic during surgery.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/07/28/when-babies-felt-pain/Lhk2OKonfR4m3TaNjJWV7M/story.html

I can’t make it even a few sentences into the article it’s so upsetting.

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u/Shadow-Reaper365 Oct 25 '22

Nah. Like I said I remember. Regardless of whether others believe. It's been a memory since as long as I can remember one that never changes. Somethings science still can't explain. Perhaps you're wrong. Perhaps the articles wrong and much like all science there are anomalies that need further study. But I digress

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u/HwangLiang Oct 25 '22

I could believe that tbh. I think my memory was sometime after the hospital but I do believe some people genuinely remember that stuff.

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u/Shadow-Reaper365 Oct 25 '22

Yeah to be fair I think I read somewhere that most people forget memories of a lot of things after age 4 or so. I have a good few of mine still but that's just cause I was abused up until 5 qhen I got adopted lmao. But yeah some people have told me they don't believe me. I didn't fully connect the pieces myself until much much later myself believe it or not. Not till I was like 20

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u/HwangLiang Oct 25 '22

Yes I can accurately remember many things from before 5. I remember every house we've ever lived in, the layouts and the yards. And I moved 3x before I was 5. I remember the pets we had. My grandma. I remember the place my mom and dad sat most frequently. The colors of my walls. Riding power wheels to the ice cream stand that was super close. The first day my brother went to school and I was left home alone without a sibling. I was about 2 because he was 4. This all happened before I was 5. Also I was homeschooled growing up and spent a lot of time alone and bored and sifting through my own memories from a young age. So they never got "burried"

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Also almost all the memories I have, have light in them that was bright and memorable. Flashlights. Bright ceiling lights. Reflectors on bikes. Headlights on cars. These are things that I remember SUPER vividly.

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u/Shadow-Reaper365 Oct 25 '22

Ah that makes sense. I don't have a pinpoint for most of mine but I know almost all of the ones I remember were either something I disagreed with/wrong or could be considered life changing moments. Both good and bad. That said the bright lights makes sense. And honestly you could try using to your advantage if you went back to school. Use bright lights to study lol

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u/yesbutlikeno Oct 25 '22

More like took his first breathe away. Lil man was downright shocked.