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What is the best advice you can give to teenagers? (lemmy.zip)
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[โ€“] 27 points 1 year ago (6 children)
  • Workout. Doesn't have to be a lot but be consistent
  • No matter what everyone says, keep on learning.
  • Try to be in contact with your close friends
  • Don't compare yourself to someone else. There will always be someone better.
  • Develop some hobbies which doesn't involve a mobile phone or other people
  • Read books. Even two books a year is great.
  • Don't do drugs or smoke. It's not worth it.
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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Don't do drugs or smoke. It's not worth it.

    Fully agree abiut nitocine and tobacco.

    Hard disagree about a lot of other drugs. I'm not encouraging their use, but harm reduction is a big deal, it saves lives.

    If you're gonna take drugs, do your research ahead of time, and please test your drugs. If your friends are gonna take drugs, be the friend that makes sure they get their drugs tested too. Don't just take your dealer's word for it if they say their stuff was tested - even if they're telling the truth, building the habit to always test, no matter what, is gonna rub off on other folks to do the same. And know what narcan is and try to have some around.

    tripsafe.org and erowid.org are excellent resources for this.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    Iโ€™m not encouraging their use, but harm reduction is a big deal, it saves lives

    Can you tell me which kind of drugs are these? I promise i'm not a fed :P

    PS: I am excluding medical marijuana. I know they are useful in certain scenarios.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Expanding on your first point, be aware of the difference between "workout" and "work out".

    "Workout" is a noun. "Work out" is a verb. You can tell because you can conjugate the verb without having to split it apart.

    "He works out", and not "He workouts" or "He worksout". That's how you know it needs a space.

    You can tell the one without a space is a noun because you can pluralize it. "Arm workouts for women".

    As a bonus: "Every day" means "each and every day". "Everyday" means "typical", like for clothing.

    You could have "everyday clothes". But you don't "work out everyday" -- you work out every day.

    It's funny when someone says "i workout everyday" thinking they wrote three words, yet they made three spelling/grammar mistakes. Even monolingual English speakers make these kinds of mistakes.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know the difference instinctively but i think i may have written it wrong in many places. "I'll add this exercise to my workout" vs "We should work out more".

    Thanks for the detailed explanation.

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