I don't mean to unnecessarily gender this discussion. Gender here doesn't matter. But I'm going to use gendered words as they fit the context. I want everyone's opinion.
My dad died from bronchial cancer two days before my 12th birthday. I had to learn how to be a 'man' from my ill mother.
What I want to know is, if you had to import some wisdom to preteen me, about the fundamentals of life, what would it be?
I've barely learned to shave (and prefer a beard anyway). What can you teach me Hexbear?
I'm 32 by the way. I'm just curious.
turns out we're all just tall kids and don't know shit about fuck, it's cool to ask how to do something and it's cool to say "huh, i dunno"
This is another fantastic one. I started telling people I love bring proven wrong. It's an opportunity to learn. It was harder for me to learn to say I don't know in a context where my knowledge was, from my perspective, presumed. My professional experience has taught me to just fucking saying I do not know. It's so much safer than trying to fake it and then hey you brought down a server in production. No, this was not my mistake, but I saw it happen.
Sort of related, if possible I like to continue from "huh, I don't know" to "let's find out" with google or the library or whatever's on hand. Realizing you don't know something means a chance to learn something.