No.119597
There isn't anything useful about being a child except that you need to eat less.
No.119600
>>119599I prefer being left alone. Besides, I was mostly ignored as a kid.
No.119601
>>119599I really can't notice a difference. I wasn't socially aware as a kid and I only feel the need to not be a nuisance as an adult.
No.119602
i wouldnt mind being a cute shota spoiled by the nice sexy ladies.
No.119603
>>119595I'm kind of split. I really would like to be back to my young fresh nice kid body with lots of energy, instead of this crude aging thing i'm in now, and the lack of responsibilities would be really nice too, and not have to constantly worry about work and a 100 other kuso things at once. I definitively had way more fun each day than i do now as an adult.
On the other hand all the age restricted things would be off the table... driving, drinking, adult stuff etc. and that'd not be that fun, but otherwise acceptable. The lack of freedom and probably not allowed to live alone is really bad though.
No, i think it's best to just stay an adult. And just wait until you can replace your flesh prison with the perfect android body of your choice. Then you can stay a free adult but with a fresh and energetic new body. The best of both worlds!
>I feel much more free as an adult NEETIf i didn't have to waste all day and energy working almost everyday, i would definitively enjoy being an adult far more than i do now.
No.119605
>>119599Fuck no they didn't.
I basically had no autonomy until I was like 18 and even then...
No.119607
I do and I'm tired of pretending I don't want to. 2026 is the year of the freaky baby
No.119608
>>119595Not the way I got it in my life.
No.119609
How many times should one reistically reincarnate
No.119610
>>119609Should? Not even once.
Will? Infinitely.
Perhaps you will break the cycle this time around?
No.119611
>>119610¥ implying anyone is going to break the cycle this time aroundnone of us are making it, none of us are going to achieve nirvana.
No.119612
>>119595As long as I get to keep my memories yeah, should be a lot easier convincing the girls to play doctor this time around
No.119613
>>119611nirvana is ad hoc and it's nirvana right until it isn't
No.119614
List of desires
¥ absolute autonomy and agency
¥ zero accountability or conditions
¥ eternal youth and immortality
That's really it
No.119617
>>119611That's why you'll be forever cursed to wonder the Samsara.
No.119618
>>119595FUCK
NO
I hated my childhood and everyone involved in it sans like one person but even then they basically invented the scenario and were just playing damage control.
The only reason to go back would be to yank the steering wheel of my father on the freeway and have my entire family fly off a multistory bridge.
The only justice would be if we all died and my only joy would be if I could die innocent
No.119619
>>119595I like my current setup but doing NEET activities in a kid's body sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Think about it rationally:
¥ superior reaction times for peak shmupping performance¥ inexhaustible stamina for day-long gaming sessions¥ nonexistent refractory period, can JO indefinitely with better sensitivity and less cleanup¥ improved neuroplasticity for learning foreign languages¥ free life extension if done in present time, free Bitcoin money if going back in timeYeah, please sign me up.
No.119621
But I'm already a little girl.
No.119625
>>119623I only want immortality, I don't like responsibility
No.119627
Yes but not in this day and age
No.119634
>>119604>now the real question would be how 8 year old me convince my parents to buy bitcoin...You can't imagine how many times I've "day dreamed" about possible scenarios where I'm back in time, either in my kid's body, or not.
I try to not remember how many bitcoins I could've possibly have in the early days when you got kuso for free from accessing random websites. It's better for my sanity!
No.119693
>>119613my bad I wanted to say post hoc
No.119694
>>119595I wouldn't want to be that young in the current time, maybe if retaining my knowledge and experience is an option.
I'm also split about it like
>>119603 since the opportunity to start over with a fresh body might be worth the years of waiting to grow up.
If it is just baby/child life versus adult life I prefer a painful freedom with the ability to drink a good beer now and then.
No.119712
I'd accept it because it's like getting +30 years added to my lifespan. But I want to be immortal into the future and even to have had an infinitely long past.
No.119784
>>119599Nuh uh
Adult me can hit back painfully now
No.119785
>>119694this underage drinker shab just bit me
No.119809
>>119784Child you could've hit them in the nuts just the same
No.119810
>>119614I don't want to be immortal, but living to be 300 while looking 20 and never physically aging the entire time would be nice
No.119811
>>119809My moms the one who beat me so I dont know what strat would've worked as child me other than murder
No.119812
An interesting twist to the question is if going back to being a kid didn't mean you were also transported back in time to your original circumstances, you were a kid again. You would have to be very resourceful to support yourself but at least you escape bad parents if you had those
No.119813
>>119812>circumstances,That comma isn't meant to be there
No.119832
>>119817my dickhead hurted in sympathy upon reading this post
No.120147
I am always wishing to return to what I used to be for I feel my true essence has been diluted by the constant stress and hardships of life. But never have I ever wished to be a kid, i'm in agreement with
>>119598, to be the owner of one's life is truly a blessing. If anything, I wish for more freedom, for more control over my helpless existence
No.120151
>>119595No. I was a gross child and I am ashamed to remember how I was.
No.120158
>>120147Your true essence isn't real, my anon.
You are not who you were at 5, nor 10, nor 20, nor 40 if you are self reflecting properly.
You are in a constant state of change as your brain makes new pathways. While it may feel random and like you're not making progress if you're not trying for a goal. I can assure you that the total sum of your thoughts and actions will lead to something more than you if you allow it!
No.120159
>>120158If you define any single point as being closest to your "true essence" than he is right that you move away from it precisely because you constantly change (as you've said), though it should also be noted that a lot of that change happens because of things outside of your control, i.e what the original Anon was lamenting.
No.120165
>>120159And to define such a point is simply torture, since such a thing is an illusion and one can never go back.
All that can be said is that comparison is the thief of joy and if you wish to engage in such mental exercises where you grasp in the dark for some kind of abstract 'self' you will be lost in that dark
No.120171
>>120168TL note: shab stands for short haired anime brat
No.120172
>>120165>And to define such a point is simply torture, since such a thing is an illusion and one can never go backSelf isn't a illusion, it does exist at any given point.
Also you can somewhat go back, if oneself is non-static than it can be changed, obviously as you grow older certain things become difficult, but a "true self" is nothing more than a collection of traits, and therefore one can get at least getting closer to those ideals.
No.120173
>>120171You're wrong! Shab has always stood for
Scarlet
Honorable
Awesome
Bat!
No.120218
>>120172You're arguing that the self is insubstantial and impermanent, only graspable by a belief in something the self can't embody, which is exactly the same claim people who argue against the self believe.
No.120450
>>120215>sense of wonder with the everyday worldI don't remember having that as a child