What are the signs you've noticed that you're getting older?
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I'm a farm labourer. I work outdoors doing a lot of heavy, physical labour, so no.
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The hairdresser asks if he needs to do your eyebrows.
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You don’t feel older mentally, but your body starts to betray you. I don’t mean stuff like your legs aching after getting up when sitting on the floor, or getting tired easier; it’s the subtle things that really are irritating. Like taking longer to learn something. Getting fatter even though you don’t really think your diet is bad. Taking longer to find that word you can’t think of or the name of that person, movie, place, whatever.
The irritations that add up are the ones that you don’t really expect, not just the ones you do like needing glasses.
Then there’s “time.” Fucking day goes too quick. Used to be you felt like you could get all kinds of shit done in a day. Now? Run two errands and half the day is gone. Wtf.
Also, “lasts”.
You start to realize that there are things approaching that are the last time you’ll see or do something. The last time you visit where you grew up. Last time your kid lived at home. Last car you’ll ever own.
Yeah, the lasts suck.
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And when it does change it's to enshittify it. It's been a decade since I was excited about any new technology. I used to love it too.
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I had a similar experience a few years ago. I haven't even tried dating again because trying to rework my life to incorporate another person at this point just sounds like a giant pain in the ass and I'm old enough now that it seems like everyone I meet around my age who's still single is living a train wreck of a life so it wouldn't be worth the effort anyway.
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Ouch. Why?
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I hear this question being asked more frequently
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Just wait until your first student dies
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When did Nirvana become classic rock?
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Your living expenses increase far more than your pay
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Then people call me insane for not wanting to make it past 40
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We're well past that day. Foo Fighters are played on our Classic Rock station.
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The rage inside has only ever increased. The older I get the more militant I get. By the time I'm 40 I'll be living in the forest defending my country from fascists with a bow and arrow.
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I don't get it, the year on the calendar keeps getting bigger, and I can't figure out why.
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Sounds strange but I feel like, they listen to me more at work. There is more respect to the things I say.
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The weight gain is really the big sign shit is going down hill. I've been making a series of changes since about age 35, and each time the new diet or exercise routine works for like a year or two and then the weight slowly creeps back up. At this point I literally ride a bike 200 miles per week and I will still gain weight slowly if I eat breakfast. It makes no sense.
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Whatever im doing i gotta be careful or ill fuck my back up
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Losing the people you love in very different ways.
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I still do but I just don't have time for any serious gaming, so it's only quick or indie games for me. But I think I could see myself get back into an MMO or something when I'm retired.
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Also, “lasts”.
You start to realize that there are things approaching that are the last time you’ll see or do something. The last time you visit where you grew up. Last time your kid lived at home. Last car you’ll ever own.
Yeah, the lasts suck.
I remember being in college, and this Onion article gave me a little bit of an existential crisis.
