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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I don't understand people, I've been old for years now. Once I passed 30 I accepted my oldness.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Fuck that noise. I'll say I'm old when I feel old and I don't yet feel old. Older, sure. But not old.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

same. i feel the slowness creeping into my brain and body. i can fight it off but it's draining.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Oh no, the brain, too?!

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 9 points 3 months ago

I have used floppies in my life. That automatically qualifies me as old, regardless of how I feel.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well aren't you lucky with your not feeling old! I bet you dont even make a noise when you sit up, do ya!

[–] teft@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

No, I exercise so that doesn't happen.

[–] Damionsipher@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like to say that once you hit 30 you're old, then every 10 years thereafter you get another "really" in front of it. So at 40 you're really old, 50 it's really really old, 60 is really really old, etc. I find it amusing when people argue, to which my retort is that when any of us were ~20 we thought 30 was old, and that hasn't changed in the world...

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

when any of us were ~20 we thought 30 was old

Well, not me.

[–] Damionsipher@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We're you dating a 30 year old at 20?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Lol, no. But i only started to think about age around 30.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I'll consider myself old when I pass the median age for where I live

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago
[–] Lyre@lemmy.ca 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Reminded me of a Terry Pratchet line.

"What doesn't die, doesn't age. What doesn't age, doesn't learn. What doesn't learn, doesn't live."

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"What doesn't eat, doesn't shit"

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

So beautiful...

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 months ago
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

I have a strange relationship with this thought. I grew up hanging around kids who were much older than me, and I looked a lot older than I was, so I didn't have that period a lot of kids do where they think 25 or 30 is old.

Also, my parents had me later than is typical (Mom was 35, Dad was 40), so they were in their 50s when I was a teen, and that just seemed like normal adult age to me.

If you had asked me at what age I considered someone to be old, I probably would have said around 60 for most of my life. I'm in my early 60s now, and I can't decide if I feel differently about it. I don't really have a problem considering myself old: my kids are adults, I'm getting ready to retire, etc. On the other hand, it feels like there's a huge difference between 60s old and 70s or 80s old.

Oh, and though my opinions on a lot of things have evolved over the decades, I don't feel different mentally (I don't just mean sharpness, but the way I approach things and my outlook). But my back is stiff if I sit for too long.

I don't think I'm representative though.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Growing old is manditory. Growing up is optional.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago

cute, but get old enough and the lines **do **cross.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When I was 20 I decided 1-30 the various stages of young, 30-60 middle aged, 60-90 elderly, 90+ bonus stage.

Worked so far.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Don’t sunbathe, wear sunscreen, don’t smoke, consume edibles instead.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 3 points 3 months ago

Ha ha, the days I spent in front of my computer are finally paying off!!

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[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was told, at 36, that I’m ‘still young’ by my doctor. Lady, I’m literally halfway through life if you assume the average American lifespan of 72. That’s not young. I’m LITERALLY middle-aged.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

72? That seems kinda low, but then I guess I know why.

Edit: but having made it to 36 actually gives you better odds

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's really good and has been around for years before this ai stuff.

Edit: I used to help with my calculus homework back in the day for example. It was the first site I saw that was pretty good at understanding human language input like 15 years ago.

Your second link is really impressive. I tried adding white and it couldn't compute but I'm also Canadian and there may be less data.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

Huh. The more you know.

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I go the opposite way:

I'm old, & the defect of being too young to understand is just below my age.

Always..

: p

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The lines are parallel until you get struck with an old issue. Eyesight going, knees/bones hurting, those damned kids.

Then the old line quickly dips under your age and continues on its parallel path.

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[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 6 points 3 months ago

Old in my eyes is around 50 to 60

That doesn't mean I'm young though. 32 and age is creeping on me. I'm in the middle age part of life

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I wasnt old til i got fitted for aftermarket replacement parts

[–] halvar@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oldness is relative, but the euphemisms for "old" are not. For example I'm pretty sure you don't get "advanced in years" until around the age of 60-65. But being "senior" feels more like 50 to me.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm old enough to have the album the post title is from

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The slope of your age is less than 1. Share your secrets.

[–] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

did you just assume the axes scales?

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[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's taking into account relativity and the speed of the earth traveling through space.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, that's right. The whole more time per time thingy

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

For me the lines are parallel too, but swopped

[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I hate that in 9 years I have to put away my "Never trust anyone over 30" sign.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 3 months ago

you just update it but each time it becomes harder. im at 6.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This response to this meme means I'm still young, right?

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

No these definitely cross in the middle for me.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I think I hear a four chord song queuing up...

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