I somewhat managed to set up my own mail server on my PC when I was 14. It was unbelievably shitty, barely functional but I did learn a great deal and only wasted about a week of my life while gaining some trauma. After I realized I can send and receive some e-mails, I immediately reinstalled windows to play counter strike with my friends as I was becoming ostracized for constantly talking about POP3 at school. That was the episode that made me understand that I do not want to do computer science.

A similar thing happened to me when I had to travel a bit while having to take some antibiotics and when I got to the doctor I was on my 10th day of not pooping. She said “we’ll have to clear the blockage if these laxatives won’t work” and when I asked how she twirled her index finger in the air with a scary grin on her face. That night I ate a box of prunes, immediately downed a beer followed by two coffees with those laxatives and I gave birth after an hour of labour. I then unclogged the toilet after a half hour of work. Do not recommend it

Also Iran fought against the Soviets and the British and Australians when it was invaded.