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    • MattM
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      Katie asked me if getting old is when your back starts to hurt. I told her no, it’s when everything hurts, all the time. Then you just get used to it and stop complaining until you’re really old then all you do is complain.

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      • FlavourFadeF
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        Tbh I love not being 20something anymore, am 33 years old and I live the best life ever .. but what really hurts sometimes is when people I assume are my age adress me with a formal "Sie".. 🤣

        Insta: free_the_fades

        wtb:
        The Pale Rider XXL

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        • T4920T
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          @FlavourFade also 33. I'm as a fit and active as I've ever been, but I do feel those looming symptoms of aging... stiff knees in the morning (and the uncontrollable urge to pee the moment my eyes open!)

          “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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          • jerkulesJ
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            Good thread! I’m 38 this year, have definitely noticed changes to how I feel creeping in. I cannot drink copious amounts of booze without paying for it to the point that it rarely seems worth it. A full sugar coke will leave me feeling nauseous now, while I I used to down energy drinks like water in my early twenties 🤢.
            In other ways I still feel surprised that I’m approaching 40. I still couldn’t give a shit about work despite having a decent job with a reasonably high salary. While other people my age are planning the next career move, I’m more interested in what music I’m listening to, what I’m gonna eat for lunch, or what book to read next. Sometimes I worry that I’m letting opportunities, and therefore life, pass me by. But we’ll all by pushing up daisies at some point, might as well try to extract some humble pleasure or joy from day-to-day existence rather than chase the next thing.

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            • goosehdG
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              @jerkules I think you touch on a good point. Everyone is so concerned with climbing up the ladder, competing with the neighbours, and trying to out selfie each other, that no one is truly enjoying day to day life.

              Enjoy what you have to the fullest and I think you’ll experience true happiness.

              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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              • MattM
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                Pros:

                Don’t give any shits
                Salt/pepper George Clooney hair
                Financial stability
                Life experience
                Pending death

                Cons:
                Full body pain
                Constant peeing
                Extra neck skin
                Male pattern baldness
                Hair growth in new places (ears, nose, back etc.)
                Pending death

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                • MattM
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                  I’d be bummed about getting old but as I’ve previously noted, I can’t be bothered to give a shit.

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                  • goosehdG
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                    @Matt Holy fuck…keep this up and you’re going to give the great Greek philosophers a run for their money.

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • MizmazzleM
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                      When you start referring to anyone doing something new or odd as a “hipster” you have obtained oldness.

                      In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                      • goosehdG
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                        Previous generations used to call it “wet behind the ears” or “fucking kids”.

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        • steelworkerS
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                          When I showed my kids how a rotary dial phone works they laughed their asses off

                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                          Well, I have others.

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                          • steelworkerS
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                            @goosehd said in When you suddenly feel old —:

                            @Matt Holy fuck…keep this up and you’re going to give the great Greek philosophers a run for their money.
                            Careful @goosehd he may be a nihilist. It aint only a river in Egypt

                            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                            Well, I have others.

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                            • seawolfS
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                              I'm in an undergrad program so I'm around college aged people all the time, and I definitely relate more to the professors 😂

                              I understand that a lot of students think I'm old, and some of the faculty (and students) have wrongly assumed that I'm a professor. To be honest with you, I actually love where I'm at with my age (43). I'm old enough to have a lot of experience, but young enough to still feel relatively young. Despite the fact that I have a chronic illness that mostly affects men much older than me, I still do a lot and feel pretty good!

                              “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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                              • endoE
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                                @Matt said in When you suddenly feel old —:

                                Hair growth in new places (ears, nose, back etc.)

                                that's the real scourge of humanity

                                si tacuisses

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                                • goosehdG
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                                  @steelworker 😂 Nothing better than getting most of the way through a telephone number and your finger slipping on the dial…immediate start over 🙂

                                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                  • Tago MagoT
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                                    @FlavourFade you can say you to me

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                                    • Tago MagoT
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                                      @goosehd a sentiment that Plato also lays out in „the republic“. Speaking of Greek philosophers

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                                      • FlavourFadeF
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                                        @T4920 the peeing really increases from 30 😃 also the stiffness but I stretch a lot that helps

                                        @jerkules the career thing was very important in my mid 20s for me but now I work for three years in a job that I would not have imagined back then and am as happy as I could be and don't think about switching, I even make a little less money than I did at my last job but also less headache

                                        Insta: free_the_fades

                                        wtb:
                                        The Pale Rider XXL

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                                        • injunjackI
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                                          This pretty sums up my view about this subject.
                                          I'm 60, still riding Choppers, messing with cars, gals (my wife ✌ ) and booze. Life will slow you down a bit but more active you are, happier and healthier you'll be. Don't ever stop. Train karate, go to gym, go to see gigs and dance like nobodys watching you, and most of all don't give a fuck.
                                          That's actually almost the best part being in the last quarter of your life. Not giving a fuck. If you have done so in earlier life, after fifty you usually start not to.
                                          I think the best part of getting old is to see that your kids get along in life and to see grandkids grow up. Small things make me happy.

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                                          • endoE
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                                            well said @injunjack

                                            si tacuisses

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