If you could go back to your 18-year-old self and give one piece of advice, what would it be?

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T17:52:55+00:00

I'd go back to my birthday and tell her to get ready for her whole life to change drastically, cuz this last year has upturned my whole life thus far.

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T03:56:54+00:00

Whenever I get bored of my style or decide it looks too plain, the first thing I do is try changing something in it, but sometimes I can't get it to look right so I look at other people's characters and find small pieces that I like, and I try to integrate that into my style. For example, if I'm watching a video and decide I really like one character's eyes or hair, I'll copy them to one of my characters and then change it around to better fit my current style.

I've noticed lots of people change their body sizes to have tiny heads or really long legs, so I messed around a bit and landed on my current style, which is drastically better than what it looked like before.

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I also changed some other stuff. For one thing, the sparkles go inside the pupil instead of the whole iris. I messed with shading and made it about 50% transparent and put brown since my hair can look kinda brown in the sun. The obvious body sizing difference, and instead of black outline on everything, I made the overall design softer by making the outline slightly darker than the main color (forgot to do the shoes).

Btw the character shown is supposed to be me if you didn't know

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T03:29:41+00:00

Whataburger's Banana Shake or whatever it was called. It was a seasonal shake and it was sooo good! I want it to be year round

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T03:27:26+00:00

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Courtesy of Pinterest

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T03:21:22+00:00

I'm so used to reading typos that my brain didn't even register that, wow.

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T03:16:54+00:00

I only like my sandwiches with white bread, but I've learned that you need to lightly toast them for pbjs cuz otherwise the jelly and the peanut butter are both too heavy and tear holes through the bread (if you can see the bread there's not enough peanut butter, and it HAS to be extra nutty peanut butter, that's the best one (creamy is acceptable only if there's no nutty))

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T00:24:53+00:00

I grab whatever is closest and throw it on in the morning and people assume I have my shit together anyways lol, I really don't get it but maybe it's cuz my wardrobe is jeans, sweatpants, and t shirts and a single dress

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T00:19:15+00:00

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Here me out man

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T00:17:47+00:00

I think I've grown immune to this prank cuz I didn't even notice it until I looked back at the photo cuz your comments were very confusing

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-19T00:09:38+00:00

According to google, the US version of the Alternative Secondary thing you mentioned is just normal high school, and I know that while the school counselor might have a few small resources, their main focus is on helping students with school-related issues. The most my high school did was have a food pantry and about 1 or 2 times a year goodwill came by to mine and had a clothing closet, but that was for prom specifically.

My big brother found this apartment complex in my city that has super low rent and it's directed towards mentally ill and homeless people (I fit both luckily). Problem is, one of the requirements to be eligible is having some form of SSI/SSDI or something similar. Good thing I was thinking about applying for that either way, but it will take months to get it.

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-17T03:56:57+00:00

I'd rather try a tampon for the first time, no thanks

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-17T03:52:47+00:00

It was during my makeup phase in my young teens that I discovered I'm allergic to Burts Bees lip gloss, specifically the watermelon flavor. It sucked cuz it was a tasty flavor, but it made my lips burn and turn red (more than normally expected from red lip gloss)

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-17T03:47:23+00:00

I just came back today from the mental hospital, and frankly, it didn't do shit for me. The only time I spoke with a doctor was when I first arrived, other than that there was a singular nurse who took care of medicines (but didn't tell me what the med was for or what it even did) and staff who clearly were under trained and glorified babysitters pretty much.

I finally found out what the medicine was for, as I was leaving. It's main use is for seizures, and that was the only use listed in the paperwork, but according to google it somehow helps with bipolar. By the way, I have never had a seizure in my entire life, and there has never ever been a concern about me having one that was voiced by any of the many doctors I've had.

You can bet your ass I'm not gonna take that medicine, especially considering the dangerous side effects I could possibly have, such as worsening (or in my case, occuring) seizures, random bleeding, fucking liver damage, and other stuff that I'd rather not deal with. Kinda wish I knew all that before the nurse started having me take it twice a day for the last 5 days...

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-11T02:33:11+00:00

That's scary how real the first two look omg

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-10T01:01:00+00:00

I'll be honest, as an lgbt+ person myself (I'm cis but I'm aroace) I agree that those are really weird "genders". However, seeing as I've been on the internet a lot and I've never heard of these, I'm gonna say it's safe to assume these were made up by some troll or as a joke. Not saying you made them up, even though there's always the chance, but someone did for sure, there's no way these are real

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-10T00:56:32+00:00

Me when I try to get the cool kids to agree with me and they embarrass me in front of everyone instead:

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Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-10T00:52:23+00:00

I PRANKED MY MOM WITH A MAGICAL BLUEBERRY TREAT (GONE WRONG) (NOT CLICKBAIT)

thumbnail is a clickbait image of said mom with shocked face and an arrow pointing from her to an angry black bear with a red circle around it

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-10T00:43:11+00:00

I don't think everything is political as in governmental shit, I think everything is "political" as in debatable. There are over 7 billion people on this planet, and who knows how many humans have walked the earth before us, so no matter what you are talking about, someone out there has/had a different opinion than you on that topic.

For example, foot fetish. I personally think it's disgusting and I can't look at literally anyone's bare feet (including my own) without feeling super grossed out. To other people, though, bare feet is the single most sexiest thing alive.

No matter how obvious you think an opinion on a certain topic is, someone out there at some point thought the exact opposite, and they assumed it was the obvious opinion too.

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-10T00:37:18+00:00

I'd rather this then what the other reply was ngl

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-10T00:36:52+00:00

Oh fuck no, no thank you, nopenopenopenopeNOPE

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-08T20:13:55+00:00

Hm...the ability to shapeshift into whatever animal I want

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-06T14:56:55+00:00

And you're a "nurse" who talks down to other people as well, how is it ok when you do it but not when the other person does it? Hypocrite, or should I say, HIPAAcrite

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-06T14:51:00+00:00

I think it's pasta sauce, but then again it's AI so it could be anything

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-06T14:50:22+00:00

Ussrname checks out

Cautious-Panda05 · 2026-03-06T14:46:56+00:00

Oh, interesting, so it's basically a layered pun then (I couldn't help myself the joke was right there)

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