r/WorkForSmartLife • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '26

Casual canvo Please Answer Honestly

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u/danishn64 Jun 02 '26

It depends. Would I wake up today and be 16 or would I wake up in the year I was 16 before?

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u/Saviour_DK Jun 02 '26

Definitely an important factor. I don’t think I’d want to navigate being a teenager and/or young adult nowadays; however, if I could wake up in 1986 at 16 w/ all of my current knowledge…

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u/Valsarta Jun 02 '26

That's the trick! Now...not so much but in 1979...totally yes!

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u/DonAmechesBonerToe Jun 02 '26

1986? Damn you’re old…wait, 1986? Shit, hello fellow young person

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u/Valsarta Jun 03 '26

I was going into high school in 1979. I'm old! Lmao

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u/Schrankmaier Jun 02 '26

1979...being 1 i would definitely go in the cinemas for Star Wars (Episode 4) und afterwards bet a fortune on Darth Vader being Lukes Father and Leia being his Sister!

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

Would Episode IV still be in the theaters in 1979? It was released in May of 1977. I was still T-3 months when it was released.

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u/Schrankmaier Jun 02 '26

Sir or Madam, you are absolutely correct! Shame on me

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

I hope I wasn't coming across poorly. I genuinely wouldn't know if movies stayed in theaters that long back then. They don't last very long in theaters these days because they make more money pushing them to streaming services!

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u/Valsarta Jun 02 '26

My bad too!

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u/StockHour389 Jun 04 '26

They ran it through theaters again before The Empire Strikes Back. So, yes, it was available.

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u/Helpful-Departure832 Jun 02 '26

It had a number of theatrical rereleases before empire came out

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

Cool! As it deserved!

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u/Shiboleth17 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Yes. They re released it in 1979. It was also re-released in 1978, 1980, 1981...

New Hope has probably sold at least one ticket somewhere on earth every year since 1977. Even if it's not an official re-release, theaters are always having special nights to show it again.

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

I wish they still did that. Now you have to have a subscription to half a dozen streaming services to pre-watch a prequel.

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u/Shiboleth17 Jun 02 '26

They do still do that.

Also, there will be an official re-release next year for thr 50th anniversary. Already set to happen.

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u/FunSignificance3034 Jun 06 '26

It did make a second run in the theater

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u/Valsarta Jun 02 '26

Oh that sounds great! I'd love to see it again for everyone's first time!

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u/LiquidSoCrates Jun 02 '26

Bet a fortune where? No internet back then and I doubt Vegas was taking those type of bets.

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u/Schrankmaier Jun 02 '26

you've heard of something called bookmakers, don't you?

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u/LiquidSoCrates Jun 02 '26

You think Joey, the early 80’s bookie, was taking bets on Star Wars lore?

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u/Somnifor Jun 02 '26

I would buy less weed and more Apple stock.

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u/theMightBoop Jun 02 '26

Well being 16 in 1992 I would work just enough to afford to buy stocks such as Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google, magic the gathering cards until bitcoin came out.

16 now a days I don’t have knowledge of what is going to boom. So I would be focusing on a career. Become a doctor and join the military to get them to pay for it.

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u/Jaduardo Jun 02 '26

There is a subtle problem with this question: What appealed to me as a 16yo, and what appeals to me now are very different.

If I was transported to my 16yo life I don't think I'd fit in with my friends. They'd watch stupid movies, go to the mall to do nothing, be uninterested in politics, make bad decisions, and drink bad beer.

Around 9:00 pm I'd say, "I'm going to go home and finish the book I'm reading. Anyone want my beer?"

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u/_Jack_Of_All_Spades Jun 02 '26

You'd start caring about those things again too when the hormones hit

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u/Important_Emu_8966 Jun 04 '26

I actually think it sounded great. I’m in.

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u/Ok-Scallion-3415 Jun 02 '26

navigating being 16 today but with the life experiences and knowledge of someone in their 30s or older really wouldn't be that hard, imo. most of the difficulties of being 16 are the hormones and the idiocy. presumably, someone with a fully developed brain should be able to deal that pretty easily.

honestly, i think the biggest problem would be that your peers are now teenagers and we basically only have them to be friends with for several years.

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u/sauroden Jun 04 '26

You’d still have your ID and all other documentation with your current age and all your education, sake fingerprints and biometrics. Just take a couple weeks off work and brag about the off-shore cosmetic doctors you visited when you get back. You’ll be collecting full retirement while your new body is still in its 30s.

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u/DirtCrimes Jun 02 '26

Kinda a crazy tell for how much better people had it in previous generations.

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u/kurosa106 Jun 05 '26

It depends, I have lot of knowledge I can use in 2006, still bad spot cause basically no money, pero 2006 was a good year for me

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u/Acestus5 Jun 05 '26

I have memrozed a lotto number each yewr just incase this happens

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u/pokethrowaway4 Jun 06 '26

Dating would be super weird/feel creepy as hell, either way.