As a young teenager, I once went with my grandparents and their fellow pensioners, to see some community theater.

They were all retirement age and then some, and I must have been the only “kid” on that bus. Let me tell you, the ones that didn’t pick up that I was there swore like sailors (they actually were) and acted like… potty-mouthed teenagers! I was floored by this revelation.

I’ve had other moments of observation with older folks over the years, and I keep seeing the same thing. At the same time, I’ve paid attention to the growing disparity between my apparent and “mental” ages. So, that sensation that you have to remind yourself that you’re no longer 19 or whatever? It may be a different point in life for everyone, but as far as I can tell, that doesn’t stop.

What does change is your body and the face you see in the mirror. That alone changes how you see everyone else, their age, and how it all relates back to you socially. You don’t have to like it, but it’s probably wise to get used to it. :/

It’s a privilege not everyone gets, to age.

There are people young enough to be my children who I naturally think of as grown-ups, unlike myself. It has to do with multiple factors like wearing business attire, driving a car, not playing with toys or watching cartoons, etc. The kind of classic adult feel. I can’t even really cosplay being an adult like that.

Yeah, nah, that’s not me.

At every point in by life, since I was little:

Slight edit based on a conversation I had once at a bar with people of widely varying ages:

Whats weird to me is how teenagers look like kids to me. As a youngling I used to love 18-20 porn stars. I saw some the other year and thought “Holy fuck theyre basically children”. That was pretty shocking.

I’ve been having fun watching this happen with my father. He gets really frustrated with those he refers to as “my fellow old people”. He’s 70 and in better shape and more mobile than some 50 year olds I know.

imagine being that one guy whos a 102 or something. woulf you still feel like this?

Disagreed. 50 is where old starts and it has always remained there. Will report back when 50

don’t trust anyone over 30 0x30

Age is a matter of mentality. If you look at a tree that looks fun to climb and you think “too old for this”, you’re old.

If you wanna try something new but “you’re too old for this”, you’re old.

If some kid starts using weird lingo and instead of decyphering it you think “kids are weird”, you’re old. And a hypocrite.

Of course there’s magic number of 60 year old when your mentality doesn’t matter as your body starts being held with glue, spite and will. I mean you can certainly try to be young but…

As George Carlin put it, there are two kinds of men; useless punks who are younger than me, and worthless coots who are older than me.

Nah, I said 30 was old until I reached 30, joined a voice chat, and someone said “you sound like you’re 30”. I felt vindicated as I turned to dust.

Trump’s and Epstein’s lines would look somewhat different

That top line is going to drop and then flatten out once your back goes.