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1. 

   motaku96
   

   Sometimes, I wish I could do something or was proficient in some kind of skill/art. For instance, sometimes I wish that I had taken up some kind of martial arts as a child. It would instill a sense of confidence in me, and give me a method to defend myself if need be. When I watch a kung fu movie, I think it looks so cool, if only I could do that stuff.

   It doesn't necessarily have to be a regret. Like, I acknowledge that I can't do these things, but I feel that if I had done some of these things, I wouldn't be the man I am today. Unattractiveness aside, I'm happy I turned out the way I did. Just a nice guy that's always lookin' to help those in need. Maybe my personality would be totally warped if I learned kung fu. Maybe I would have been a cocky tough guy and never gotten into anime. I wouldn't want to sacrifice my current hobbies for a "cooler" life.

   Some other things I had wished I'd done as a child are:
   Dancing, hip hop kinda dancing. Again, watching other people do something cool and wanting to emulate it.

   Draw. Being able to draw stuff I think of on the fly would be cool.

   Riding a bicycle. I never actually learned how to ride a 2 wheeler. Riding a bike nowadays would come in real handy. Not that I can't learn now, but I'm kind of lazy. I don't even have a drivers license. I keep putting it off.

   Swimming. I don't know how to swim either. So I'd probably die if you put me in the ocean. My best reason for wanting to know how to swim is to rescue someone else. I wanna play the hero. Save a damsel in distress from drowning.

   Reading chinese. I had skipped on learning chinese when I was a kid. And as you know, it's a lot harder to learn a language when you're older. If I knew chinese, then learning Japanese would be a whole lot easier.

   I know it's never too late to learn these things, but I probably won't take it up unless I had to. It's just something that, every once in awhile, I wish I could do it, but then that moment usually passes.

   What do you wish you could do, or wish you had done as a child?

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2. 

   Dombossu
   

   Saved more money.

   more exercising

   continued with baseball

   i cant swim either D:

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3. 

   Twintail Tsundere
   

   You don't know how to ride a bike? Geez you're hopeless. Do I have to go over there and teach you myself?

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4. 

   Wertyxious
   

   Not being able to swim or ride a bike?
   Is that even possible? xD

   As for the thead, If only I could...
   read and speak Japanese!

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5. 

   Sorrior
   

   I have VERY similar feelings moe though I CAN ride a bike and swim I missed alot of opportunities as a kid. I find the first FMAB OP describes it rather well. And sorry but I don't remember the exact line.

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6. 

   Pantsu~kudasai
   

   I was lucky to grow up in a gated community, we had a half Olympic size swimming pool, 9 hole golf course, baseball diamond, volleyball, basketball and tennis courts, and soccer fields, and with somewhat restricted access there was little traffic all around, so riding my bike all over the place was never an issue.

   That said I rarely played tennis of volleyball, but I was a pretty good swimmer and played basketball and soccer almost everyday with my friends, I wish more kids there would've liked baseball to play more of that.

   Growing up however, anything artistic or musical or dance was for girls or fags, that's just the mentality of my hometown (small mexican town, sad but true). Of course there were exceptions, if you played the guitar and/or sang for the church coir then it was ok, and of course all the boys were expected to participate in the folk dance presentations during mothers day and shit like that at school.

   So I wish I have had the chance to learn how to dance, not fucking mexican bullshit (the shit I was "supposed and allowed" to learn) but stuff like Tap, Ballet or Jazz. I just bought a guitar and found someone willing to teach me Blues, because so far I (again) was only "supposed to learn" fucking corridos and other mexican shit I never liked.

   I can draw, but I learned on my own and I have no technique, nor can I really draw out of my mind and draw anything other than manga. And I can only draw by observing, basically I print an anime or manga image, put it besides the notebook and do it by looking at it.

   When I was in high school I was lucky that a Scouts group was formed in my hometown, because it allowed me to go camping. The group disbanded within a year (again, small mexican town mentality ruins good things). So I wish I've had more friends interested in camping, and the chance to do that. But now as an adult I travel and camp whenever I can, so I guess Im fine on that area haha.

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7. 

   Saber
   

   I wish I did martial arts or something along those lines as well. I really wish I started learning a language early as well. I at first did French from like 8 grade until the end of high school. I really wish I did Japanese since I was really interested in it at that time as . I was just worried about what others thought. I think there are a lot of things I wish I did but cant really change the past. Unless your a mad scientist.

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8. 

   Twintail Tsundere
   

   donyea said:
   Unless you're a mad scientist.

   You called?
   

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9. 

   Azure Sky
   

   pantsukudasai said:

   I can draw, but I learned on my own and I have no technique, nor can I really draw out of my mind and draw anything other than manga. And I can only draw by observing, basically I print an anime or manga image, put it besides the notebook and do it by looking at it.

   Same here! :O In High school everyone would go go crazy over my drawings of cartoon characters and other things that I had drawn by looking at at it, but deep down inside I felt crappy because I didn't do it off the top of my head.

   It's like every time I pick up a pencil to draw copy something I found cool, I feel like such a copy cat. Always wondering how it would have felt to draw something this cool, or remembering where the idea and/or inspiration came from to create this character or object.

   I wish I'd have took up painting or drawing when I was younger. Maybe then, I could draw something of my own however I want.

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10. 

    Sukunai
    

    Highest on regrets, buying my first computer :)

    No seriously, without it I would still think my board game wargames were the best. They are, but it took me 10 years to get pissed off with forums full of miserable old men wargamers who play predominantly computer wargames.

    I'd have had more time for models and books too.

    Without a computer I might not have encountered near as much anime, likely almost no anime potentially.
    But my exposure to it has left me wishing I could draw manga that could potentially become anime.
    I suppose my wanting to draw manga is similar to how so many wish they could design video games.

    I also so definitely wish I could sing. Song is so wonderfully expressive, and when I hear some truly great music, I get so envious of the artists that can create and perform music.

    All my artistic talent seems locked up into making things in 3 dimension. Woodworking, models, ceramics, I seem at a loss on a flat surface.

    I am capable of writing, when I truly wish to. Just wish I could find something I felt anyone really would give a damn about.

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11. 

    桂 言葉 死
    

    I guess I should chime in....

    I was lucky enough to have the mental fortitude to do what I wanted, to think differently, and if there was something I couldn't, I just go with the attitude of just doing it and that it can be done.

    I couldn't even swim (at one time) mainly due to a fear of drowning, but I overcame that when I was confronted by doing it, while in a military school.

    I had no choice in the matter, but I did it, though I struggled I managed it.

    The one thing I remember being said (in that event) was this:

    HAHAHAHA! MOTHERFUCKER, that what's life is all about, you take chances, live life by taking those chances (because) that's what makes YOU ALIVE!!

    You complete the MISSION no matter what you feel, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU ARE HERE to remove that FEAR!

    Compared to the rest, your an OLD MOTHERFUCKER, but you've PROVEN that YOU CAN HANG!

    and since then.... those word echoed loudly...

    I did allot of things, experienced allot of things, and I am glad I did, because one never knows what will befall them down the line later.

    Even though I have experienced the worst of what could happen, despite the situation, I still drive on and experience what I can (even) while sitting in this fucked-up chair....

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12. 

    Dark Mage
    

    Sukunai said:
    Highest on regrets, buying my first computer :)

    No seriously, without it I would still think my board game wargames were the best. They are, but it took me 10 years to get pissed off with forums full of miserable old men wargamers who play predominantly computer wargames.

    I'd have had more time for models and books too.

    Without a computer I might not have encountered near as much anime, likely almost no anime potentially.
    But my exposure to it has left me wishing I could draw manga that could potentially become anime.
    I suppose my wanting to draw manga is similar to how so many wish they could design video games.

    I also so definitely wish I could sing. Song is so wonderfully expressive, and when I hear some truly great music, I get so envious of the artists that can create and perform music.

    All my artistic talent seems locked up into making things in 3 dimension. Woodworking, models, ceramics, I seem at a loss on a flat surface.

    I am capable of writing, when I truly wish to. Just wish I could find something I felt anyone really would give a damn about.

    I can do 2d art but I'm no where near as good as one of my relative who's very good at it.
    My people end up looking like Zun's work.
    I guess I could practice drawing more.
    I'm better at 3D stuff like sculptures,ceramics,making circuits,and working with metal.
    Oh and I can fix almost anything.

    I do regret I never learning how to ride a skateboard well maybe that's for the best.
    One thing I do really regret is I never been to space camp as a child.

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13. 

    Pantsu~kudasai
    

    I guess since Deth brought up conquering fears, last year I took an Herpetology class to conquer my fear of snakes, frogs and other critters I always thought of as slimy and holly shit dangerous. The class was 70% field trips to ranches and nature preserves to catch snakes, toads, turtles and anything that would cross our paths, be it amphibian or reptilian or otherwise.

    By the third week I was one of 3 guys helping out the professor to catch snakes, I also had the chance to catch and handle a few tarantulas (which I was also petrified by in the past).

    - Sir will it kill me if it bite me? (I ask with a big fat tarantula on my palm)
    - Oh no it wont kill you, you'll just wish you were dead because it hurts like a bitch (replies my professor while lauhing)
    - ... thank you Sir, that's reassuring -___-'

    The only poisonous snake we found was a coral snake, which of course no one touched and we stayed a good 8 feet away. My professor went ape shit happy because the snake was eating, and he kept saying that to find a coral snake eating in an open field was very rare.

    And I got extra points because I found 3 spotted belly salamanders during the last class, which are endangered. The professor took them to the city Zoo (which he runs)

    

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14. 

    Bravo
    

    To me it's not a matter of "If only I could", it's a matter of running out of time. Even then by saying "running out of time" in my opinion its just an excuse, which is frustrating.

    Deth said:

    I was lucky enough to have the mental fortitude to do what I wanted, to think differently, and if there was something I couldn't, I just go with the attitude of just doing it and that it can be done.

    Exactly, there are a lot of people who have mental blocks that keeps them from doing what can be done.

    
    Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

    Michael Jordan
    

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15. 

    Baronight
    

    ^wisdom word from Michael Jordan

    several thing that i wish i could do are
    - drawing...i would literally spend 3hours a day drawing anime char if only i had the skill...been trying to do it, but it's obvious that im not talented

    - writing novel, another skill that i wish i could have, but certainly impossible due to my lack of imagination

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16. 

    homulilly
    

    I regret nothing because I can fix everything with time travel I'm awesome.

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17. 

    Abra
    

    I regret nothing because I can revert anything into nothing I'm awesome.

    

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18. 

    Pacpon
    

    discipline

    I wish I had more of that in all areas of my life. Especially in professional work.

    But it's not too late. You can always learn new things and if you disagree with that then that's a loss to you.

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19. 

    Saber
    

    Palmtop Taiga said:

    You called?
    

    
    But your john Titor and not Kyouma Hououin

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20. 

    Kanigiri
    

    motaku96 said:

    Reading chinese. I had skipped on learning chinese when I was a kid. And as you know, it's a lot harder to learn a language when you're older. If I knew chinese, then learning Japanese would be a whole lot easier.

    Dunno, Chinese is totally unrelated to Japanese, except for Chinese-derived vocabulary in Japanese (sort of like how all the high-and-mighty words in English are actually French). Many of the characters have morphed into having different meanings in each language. Korean is a better match for Japanese, and about the only one that's remotely related. I tend to confuse the two sometimes, with embarrassing results.

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