Brian BilstonHere’s a poem called ‘Message to the 14-Year-Old Me’.
Stoneface Vimes@brianbilston Brian, everybody finds it virtually impossible to cook the right amount of pasta. Either there's far too little or you'll be eating cold pasta for two more meals like it or not.
Angua 
@capnthommo
Best advice I ever got from an Italian friend: equal weight of addons / volume of sauce.
Half cook seperately, finish in the same pot.
Unused pasta can be made into a pizzaesque dish a la bubble & squeak, therefore not as yuck.
@brianbilston
Best advice I ever got from an Italian friend: equal weight of addons / volume of sauce.
Half cook seperately, finish in the same pot.
Unused pasta can be made into a pizzaesque dish a la bubble & squeak, therefore not as yuck.
@brianbilston
@capnthommo That is a comfort to me.
Duckbilled Plattypus.@brianbilston Lol. As a seven year old me with older parents who would fret about being old, I wrote a letter to 65 year old me (I'm past that age now):
Dear Patty,
Don't worry about remembering things when you are old. You don't remember things now.
Sincerely yours,
Patty
@pattykimura ha! That’s very excellent.
Cliff'sEsportCorner@brianbilston I get your being humorous, but learning sciences is easily in reach for someone who can write that. You just need a teacher or quality youtube teaching channel that matches your learning style and brain and wants to help you on the path of discovery.
Walrus 🏴There is no such thing as a "quality youtube teaching channel that matches your learning style and brain and wants to help you on the path of discovery". It's an advertising platform.
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@Walrus @brianbilston but there are other choices if that isn't a good fit
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘@CliffsEsport @brianbilston It's a poem. It's not advice.
@anne_twain @brianbilston I grok it was poem, but your saying its fictional vs authentic? If so thanks and sorry, just seen IRL people express ideas like that where educational system failed them, so was perceiving it through that filter.
@CliffsEsport @brianbilston No, that's not what I'm saying.
Some Kind Of Garf@brianbilston Dear 14 year old me: No, you're not lonely. Go to Spain and stay there.
@somekindofgarf Hope your 14 year old you is on this platform and reads that.