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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 weeks ago

i honestly feel like a lot of people just have this idea of "old = elderly" so ingrained in their minds that when they reach 50 they simply give up, they're supposed to be getting elderly so they can't try to stay active any longer.