Some of the most important decisions that guide our futures we have to make when we are inexperienced, hormonally unstable, and cognitively underdeveloped.

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Some of the most important decisions that guide our futures we have to make when we are inexperienced, hormonally unstable, and cognitively underdeveloped.

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  2. CloudCumberland Avatar

    Someone said college is wasted on the young.

  3. DesertReagle Avatar

    But there is still time even when things don’t work out

  4. FizzleFlutter Avatar

    For sure. I definitely would have picked a different college for instance if I could do it all over. Not that I had a bad experience. More that I could probably got one that was less expensive and more focused on what I want to do with life.

  5. XROOR Avatar

    Men make sperm batches every 40-47 days so they are hormonally unstable for many decades

  6. avabeast Avatar

    We expect 17-year-olds to pick a career path, but not to rent a car—because apparently choosing your entire future is easier than driving a Honda Civic.

  7. CozyRvnMood Avatar

    Isn’t it great that we get to make life-altering decisions when our brains are still buffering? It’s like trying to download a new app on dial-up—exciting but mostly just frustrating!

  8. FishyBiller Avatar

    And nobody is at the same stage either; some have barely started developing, others are half done or sometimes even more

  9. Emergency_Metal4699 Avatar

    it’s actually insane when you think about it — like “hey 17-year-old with zero life experience, pick a career, a debt load, and the general direction of your entire life… good luck!”

  10. BluntBabyAudio Avatar

    Ah yes, let’s hand the wheel to the drunk toddler inside our brain and say, you pick the college, career, and who we marry

  11. Pyrichoria Avatar

    Okay but I wouldn’t feel better equipped to decide what to do with my life if I had to decide now instead. I may have more life experience but I’m tired.

  12. mapasax Avatar

    That’s what they call freedom. As a clueless 17yo I’ve to say, that less freedom would take more stress off my shoulders, lol

  13. DobisPeeyar Avatar

    I see college a lot here. No one is forced to go to college at 18. I went when I was 25.

  14. WolfWomb Avatar

    But if everyone’s doing this, it makes no difference.