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by whateveracct 2490 days ago
> 1) How do you know you wouldn't have done better had you not smoked starting in high school? You can't go back in time and A/B test yourself

It's just high school :) if GP passed and moved on, who cares? High school success becomes more and more of a boolean outcome as you get further away from it imo. And tbh even boolean is generous.

"I wish in the past I had tried more things 'cause now I know that being in trouble is a fake idea."

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> It's just high school :)

What? The parent comment is asking: how do they know they wouldn't have done better for the past fifteen years if they hadn't started in high school.