Me, 45: is somebody whose life has been on a downward slide since 7, I’m with ya buddy.
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(Turned 37; I’m precambric or whatever you call it)
Don’t worry! It’s only for 1 year and then you are done!
Thank
41 here, I was there too. It’s not that bad, just take care of yourself now. At your age I ate fast food, never exercised, and basically lived on caffeine, nicotine, and stress endorphins from working all the time. Now at my last check up, I’m overweight, my knees are shot, my back hurts all the time, and I have chronic acid reflux.
You are young enough that you can get a head start on aging, what you should do daily is exercise, eat healthy, and take some personal time/mental health time for yourself everyday to reduce stress. You don’t want to end up like me and be facing a huge uphill battle to get healthy.
Ok let’s trade ages. I’ll take being 25 and you get to be 40.
If it makes you feel any better, the age you are right now is the youngest you’ll ever be.
I remember 25. I still felt alive and didn’t have chronic pain randomly appearing in various parts of my body.
Praise saint ibuprofen.
Child, please.
Enjoy those knees while you can.
Source: Old enough to have a 25 year old kid.
My brain broke a bit the first moment I realized that, if I had a kid the same age my mom had me (early 20s), that child would be over 21.
Yeah, doing a same parallel tracking, I would have a 13 year old. shudder
While I’m not old enough to have a 25 year old kid yet I do think my 30’s have been better so far than my 20’s were!
I’d literally suck the youth out of 25 year olds like a vampire to be 25 again.
TIL Peter Thiel has a Lemmy account.
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Boohoo. I’m going to be 32 and my knees hurt.
Same
Ah yes, the old quarter-century crisis. We got another one here, Bob, send em the welcome package. (The welcome package is multi-vitamins and sore knees)
I’m 60 in 4 months so I have 0 sympathy.
“Oh noooo my prefrontal cortex is fully developed!”
As you grow you will keep appreciating the growing amounts of personal development
Eventually you think back to when you were worried about turning 25 and you’ll think “why would I ever wanna be 25 again? I had so much less knowledge and experience back then”
Then you shake yourself back into reality & remember, “…oh yeah, because I was hot & my dick worked.”
~ 35 is definitely golden era … at least for men. Old enough to be in control of your body and emotions, but still young enough to have spontaneous energy.
Nah son. I talked over this with my dad, starting career and being independent is the best. Having kids and supporting a family really puts a damper on all that freedom and possible recklessness. Being at school was the worst fucking time ever too, bullies at home and dad being shitty at home.
And nobody forces you to have kids, you know? If anything that’s just saying to make sure to make choices that you will be happy with in your life
And nobody forces you to have kids, you know?
The Republican Party
Yes, I chose to have kids and change nappies, doesn’t make it any less disgusting when the shit starts going everywhere, and a billion other things I knowingly signed up for sucking.
“This is going to suck, and be worth it after”
Later : “this sucks”
You : “LOL NO ONE FORCED YOU AMIRITE?!”We’re in a different political climate than when you were young. Today’s youth can’t afford to have children, and even if they could, they know bringing a child into a world of impending climate collapse is a cruelty.
They’re jealous of your privilege and resentful that you still find the time to complain in front of them even with your good luck. They wish they could care about problems as simple as yours. But alas, your struggles are no longer relatable. They’re just reminders of how good you have it compared to them.
I have a family that lives an adventurous life with me. They don’t hold me back. Kids are so malleable. They don’t hold you back unless that’s the life you create (obvious exceptions for special needs kids may apply).
And “recklessness” is part of my youth I was happy to leave behind.
Older children, sure, but there’s a lot more intense childcare that takes up a lot of time with the baby. I am kinda in some of the exception circumstance, but not with the kid.
On top of that, if you’re the sole breadwinner, you can’t just drop your job to go do some stupid shit, like I did earlier.
“Oh, right, I could get hard without supplements and my bowl movements were so normal I took them for granted”
For me it’s the knees. I can still shit and bang and drink and do all the same fun drugs I did at 25. But I miss my cartilage.
Must be fucking up my 30s. I don’t do any of those things. :(
If you’re not shitting then you need to see a doctor, friend.
Otherwise, if it’s not your jam there’s nothing wrong with sitting it out. In fact I don’t recommend drinking as heavily as I have or take as many fun drugs as I used to (I can still do them but I choose to heavily limit myself) because there are long term consequences.
Saw a Dr.
Cost 200 bucks and he said to take a day off and shit.
JK. I’m pooping fine, thanks for the concern though!
On the bright side, I’m happy to report that I care a lot less the older I get.
Me except I’ll be 28 in 2 months. People constantly remind me how I’m getting closer to 30.
Like stop pls. I didn’t sign up for this whole aging thing and it sucks
30s is the best decade tbh, anyone who says otherwise is a government spy
otherwise
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Eh, I’m actually in my 30’s. It’s quite nice!
I can’t believe you would lie on the Internet.
You better enjoy it 'cause it’s not coming back once you turn 26.
