• Mister Neon
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    611 year ago

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

    • teft
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      411 year ago

      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      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…

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    171 year 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    301 year ago

    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.”

  • SuiXi3D
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    61 year ago

    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.

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

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

        • trashcan
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          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.

  • Icalasari
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    61 year 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

  • LousyCornMuffins
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    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.