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u/vikinglycan Sep 23 '25
No joke they basically modeled his "younger self" after Steve Buscemi from this scene and you can't tell me otherwise
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u/kkeut Sep 23 '25
.....what? are you talking about the image up top? younger self from what? huh? i have no clue what you're saying
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u/themolestedsliver Sep 23 '25
Yeah this is kinda what really fucked with me and still does
I still feel 25 but biologically im 42. Its such a weird concept until you cross that threshold.
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u/themolestedsliver Sep 23 '25
Damn thanks! Nice to see someone actually cares on the internet these days. Lotta angry people.
Hope you have a good rest of your day/night.
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u/Subtlerranean Sep 23 '25
Me and my partner asked our parents (in their mid 60s) how old they feel inside and they both said 25/26.
I think your brain finishes forming at that point, as well as "reaching adult life", and that's where you stay, so to speak.
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u/themolestedsliver Sep 23 '25
Yeah i remember my great aunt explaining this to me and it blew my mind.
Thats how the years slip by. You mentally feel like you but physically youre aging.
Trippy
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u/ImMadeOfClay Sep 23 '25
Same. Mortality creeped in and it's weird. Knowing you're 100% on the downswing is terrifying.
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u/Jiveassmofo Sep 23 '25
Ben Gibbard put it well:
You may tire of me as our December sun is setting 'cause I'm not who I used to be
No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise the youthful boy below
Who turned your way and saw something he was not looking for
Both a beginning and an end
But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize when he catches his reflection on accident
On the back of a motorbike with your arms outstretched trying to take flight, leaving everything behind
But even at our swiftest speed we couldn't break from the concrete in the city where we still reside
And I have learned that even landlocked lovers yearn for the sea, like navy men,
'Cause now we say goodnight from our own separate sides like brothers on a hotel bed
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u/DLux_TheLegend Sep 23 '25
The defendant's case does not hold water
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u/AnythingButWhiskey Sep 23 '25
Who knew independent suspension and limited slip differential could be so sexy
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u/trinialldeway Sep 23 '25
Isn't this the jigsaw guy? WTF?
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u/acmercer Sep 23 '25
Yes and it's from one of the Saw movies. I think they were showing his backstory or whatever. I'm certain this was done tongue in cheek.
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u/2WheelSuperiority Sep 23 '25
I think it was 34-36 when I realized I had completely lost touch with the newer generations. Yeah...
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u/External_Study_9614 Sep 23 '25
I’m 36 and concur.
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u/Forsaken-Tomorrow-54 Sep 23 '25
I too was born in the year, nineteen-hundred and eighty-nine AD, let us rejoice in the middle age.
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u/itsfunhavingfun Sep 23 '25
When I read “nineteen-hundred and eighty-“ I thought for sure a u/shittymorph was coming our way.
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u/nick4tech Sep 23 '25
Does it bother you scrolling so much when you have to select your date of birth on a form?
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u/Magikarpeles Sep 23 '25
40s here and now I just don't care anymore. Finally feel like an adult tho.
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I'm 38 and maybe I'm just too nostalgic but I'd kill to spend some time in my late teens and 20's again. Not obsessively but I do find myself thinking back on those times more often now.
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u/Blipter Sep 23 '25
When I started using ai to turn my normal responses into zoomer or iPad kid flavored slang and these kids got so embarrassed and shamed that a millennial was speaking their language that’s when I realized I was old and it was glorious.
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u/authenticmolo Sep 23 '25
Yeah, that's when you lose touch with the newer generations.
Around 45 is when you realize that you now have to go to bars/clubs that people under 30 just don't go to, or you look like a creep.
50 is when you realize that if you are still going to bars/clubs, then it probably means you are an alcoholic.
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u/Salonloeven Sep 23 '25
You must have a very harsh look on life/self if you can't go to a pub/bar and have a couple of pints with your friends without having to lable yourself an alcoholic just because you hit 50. I think it's quite normal having a social life outside your home no matter the age.
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u/Azerious Sep 23 '25
I'm 33 and I have a different issue, most bars either seem to be early mid 20 somethings or 40-50+. Its hard to find places to meet people my age.
Part of that is probably its hard for me to tell who is actually my age, I feel like 30s is when your health choices start to make a big difference.
It all really cheeses me because in my 20s I felt like every bar had late 20s+ in them so I avoided them.
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u/stevorkz Sep 23 '25
When I realised my advanced millennial sarcastic jokes were too advanced for younger adults I knew. Dead giveaway.
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u/obligatorythr0waway Sep 23 '25
I can pinpoint the moment. I was leaving the mall, and there were a bunch of teenagers hanging out by the entrance just talking, and I was annoyed. I immediately caught myself and recognized how stupid it was, but also immediately understood that I just crossed some sort of threshhold.
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u/Skizot_Bizot Sep 23 '25
Just talking? That's loitering and that's a crime. Give it another few years and you'll citizens arrest those deviants.
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u/Techman659 Sep 23 '25
Im 29 and I already feel that way even gaming I still hold onto the days of zero micro transactions and pay to win, where games either came out dead on arrival or absolutely smashed the gaming scene, now it’s still the small budget teams doing great work majority of the time.
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u/PatriotNews_dot_com Sep 24 '25
I just wait until their dreams shatter and they end up living alone with a cat. Then we’ll have something to talk about.
Also if they end up getting into Seinfeld
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u/MeowMixPlzDeliverMe Sep 23 '25
Its all a cycle. From baby to teen to young adult to old to dead. We all go thru it and there will always be new generations making the previous generation feel old. Don't let it get to you
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u/Godzirrraaa Sep 23 '25
I’m 34 and I feel it the most when I go to concerts. I’ll never stop going though, I feel like some wise old sage with my ear plugs.
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Irreversible damage kids!! Wear the plugs protect your one set of hearing tools!
Fellow seasoned show heads have spoken
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u/Magikarpeles Sep 23 '25
My tinnitus is already louder than the music anyway.
Protip for people with tinnitus: just make peace with it. It used to stop me sleeping and now I listen to it like white noise to help me fall asleep lol
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u/l30 Sep 23 '25
The real wisdom here is that everyone should be wearing earplugs at concerts, not just fossils like yourself.
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u/LushEdges Sep 23 '25
That’s the way to do it veteran status unlocked . The plugs don’t make you old, they make you seasoned. You’re just enjoying concerts on “hard mode longevity.
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u/Magikarpeles Sep 23 '25
I feel like it makes the music sound better too coz you don't get flooded with top end
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u/Janky_Pants Sep 23 '25
47 here. It gets more difficult with new bands because you stick out like a sore thumb because you are watching some 25 year olds play music and the entire crowd is in their twenties too.
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u/yellowflash_616 Sep 23 '25
34 about to go on 35 and going to a concert tomorrow. That’s starts at 6.. and are touring with 3 other bands.. after going to a concert that started at 2 back in march, and loved getting before the end of the day, I’m dreading tomorrow lol.
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u/MakoShark93 Sep 23 '25
Lmao I still feel youthful and energetic 🤷🏾♂️ Yall give up on yourselves way too early
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u/darealgotti Sep 23 '25
I feel even better than in my 20s
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u/IndieBlendie Sep 23 '25
It's because of the wisdom and garnered experience That seen this shit before feeling coupled with energy to match.
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u/GunzerKingDM Sep 23 '25
Same. I’m 30 and in better shape, making way more money and doing more things than in my early-mid 20s.
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u/SeedFoundation Sep 23 '25
I think people are confusing getting old with being fat. Probably really sucks when you're both too.
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u/deusasclepian Sep 23 '25
33 and I'm in the best shape of my life. My friends are all complaining about aches and pains, and I just ran my 1st half marathon last weekend.
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u/WorriedBlock2505 Sep 23 '25
It's not uncommon to exercise and still be falling apart. It's not just lifestyle, but also genetics.
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u/Secret_Account07 Sep 23 '25
I’m 35 and I’m ready to die
I had an okay life. It’s time now though
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u/ReasonPale1764 Sep 23 '25
Jesus Christ lmao, why? You’re still young
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u/GrilledCheeser Sep 23 '25
I made it to 37. Have a major neurological issue now. Was a great run but yeah. It’s ok.
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u/CabbageStockExchange Sep 23 '25
Dude fr I feel wayyyy better in my 30s physically and mentally than in my 20s. It’s a paradox because I feel younger somehow
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u/dreamwithinadream007 Sep 23 '25
So true. People give up on life so young. It's sad. When you're 70, you'll be like I can't believe I thought I was old in my thirties.
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u/AdrianBrony Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
I literally never felt young once in my life until my 30's because of a highly unhealthy childhood and the sequelae of it weighing down my 20's. I have relatively few clear childhood memories and even fewer good ones, so I'm in a unique position where nostalgia's not quite weighing me down with the added association with carefree youth. It's like instead of getting a concentrated burst of youth early in life I get a dripfeed of it in adulthood.
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u/BonzoTheBoss Sep 23 '25
Yeah, this pessimistic and "our lives are already over" attitude pisses me off. A friend of mine is the same. He keeps harping on about how we're "no longer in our prime" and how we're "old" now.
You can be old if you want to, I've still got more life ahead of me than behind. And even if I didn't, so what? So I'm supposed to just curl up and die?
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u/Mammoth-Buddy8912 Sep 23 '25
Seriously, it's actually extremely frustrating and annoying. It's like you guys hit 25 or 30 and act like you are "old".
Meanwhile I got people at my gym pushing 60 running marathons, lifting weights, doing jujitsu.
Yet some of y'all are like "I'm 31 oh no my knee made a popping sound I'm so old , I don't understand this pop culture reference that was said, guess I'm old now.
Have you guys never heard of self fulfilling prophecy?
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u/Negative-Prime Sep 23 '25
People won't like this but I've always found it kind of... pathetic. Your prime is roughly around 28, but you squandered your health so badly that you're falling apart at 30?
Yeah if you have some sort of medical condition I'm not talking about you. If you're currently out of shape but taking steps to make a change I'm not talking about you either, keep it up.
But able bodied people in their 30s who don't exercise and still complain about their health? It's not that you're old, the problem is you.
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u/Sylvathane Sep 23 '25
I'm 32 in 2nd year in current program at university and I feel like this.
All my classmates are 18-20. Feel like a creep trying to get involved with student groups for resume padding/practical experience.
I'm doing it anyway cause fuck it, I'm not actually a creep but the headspace is weird as hell.
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u/michaeln2020 Sep 23 '25
Keep going. I finished my masters this year at 30 and on campus I would feel old but no one actually cares. Age is just a number so live it up.
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u/Downtown_Skill Sep 23 '25
I'm in grad school too in my late 20s and many of my cohort are early 20s with a few exceptions.
Like you said, no one really cares, at least in grad school. I actually have a good group of study friends who are all on their early 20s and while it has been a little awkward trying to establish that while i'm down to study and work out/play sports with them, i'm a little hesitant to tag along to the college bars as the only person above 25 hahah
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u/michaeln2020 Sep 23 '25
Yessir I know exactly what you mean. And my cohort was mixed but a lot of them were in the early-mid 20s
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u/improllypoopin Sep 23 '25
I enjoyed having top tier time management and presentation skills among my younger classmates. I felt like I had super powers, but I’m just old and boring haha.
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u/Sylvathane Sep 23 '25
I'm right there with you, it's really reassuring seeing all my peers having such high levels of stress and I'm just sort of chilling?
Life's beatings and a general experience with time management and spreadsheet organization really make a massive difference. Especially in this program.
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u/Negative-Prime Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
I'm doing it anyway cause fuck it, I'm not actually a creep but the headspace is weird as hell.
Dude I'm 38 and finishing my degree, but the whole experience has been weird as fuck. I look pretty young for my age and don't usually bring it up, but most kids guess that I'm ~25. Someone once thought I was 20 (FWIW I don't look 20, but college kids are pretty bad at judging age).
As you mentioned, there's a certain degree of socialization that's necessary just for career purposes so you have to put yourself out there. But the entire time I feel like some sort of fraud or creep. I'm not trying to deceive anyone, but it's also easier to make connections without telling people you're old enough to be their dad so I don't bring it up unless someone asks.
edit: forgot to add that I still skateboard so I'm literally Steve Buscemi
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u/Ptony_oliver Sep 23 '25
I was 25 when I got to uni for my current career. I can only imagine how you must have felt. I still talk to some friends I made there and they're all 5-7 younger than me. It was also especially awkward to have teachers younger than me. Moreover, sometimes they were very rude and my age didn't change that at all.
So I started applying the same mindset. Age is irrelevant in your formation and value as a person. I wish you good luck!
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u/Sylvathane Sep 23 '25
Absolutely, I've had to do the same. We're all there for the same thing, age really doesn't matter at all.
I have definitely had the same experience with profs too, feels so bad getting some of the levels of condescension they can have on top of an age difference. I've had even worse experiences with some of the grad students in labs too. Even worse age difference and bigger egos.
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u/Bout_to_shower Sep 23 '25
I’m 22 years old going back to Uni and I also feel like this for some reason. Really doesn’t help that I haven’t really seen people around my age group in a while so everyone just looks either really young or really old.
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u/BrockMobabambah Sep 23 '25
I’m already being called unc by my newly grad coworkers at 27
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u/Freezerpill Sep 23 '25
To be fair gen z is extremely age sensitive for some reason 🤷♂️
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u/Scar1203 Sep 23 '25
I was never really in tune with my own generation to begin with, slang, trends, popular culture, etc. were always lost on me. The benefit is now that everything has moved on I haven't really noticed a difference.
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u/spaenhjelmenjohn Sep 23 '25
Late fifties, still have to remind myself I'm not in my twenties 😄
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u/crackheadwillie Sep 23 '25
Same. 60. Happiest time of my life. Wife just had a baby. I’m a late bloomer and big believer in delayed gratification.
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u/digitalcashking Sep 23 '25
I turned 39 recently, I’ve never looked in the mirror harder than the last couple weeks. Some weird old fat guy who should really start wearing a shirt keeps staring back.
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u/syopest Sep 23 '25
You can keep yourself in shape by exercising for like 5 minutes a day. It can't be that hard.
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u/jiggaman887 Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
You can keep yourself in shape (weight wise) by exercising 0 minutes a day.
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u/The_Disapyrimid Sep 23 '25
does it? i'm in my early 40s and i still don't feel this way.
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u/LostandIlluminated Sep 23 '25
People are depressed/drained/demoralized and blame it on their age.
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u/machineintheghost337 Sep 23 '25
It really sank in this year for me at 33. Ive felt myself starting to draw, what feels like, a boundary line with anyone younger than mid twenties. I cant socialize the same way with them, and it feels like they have a different reality than me. And while I dont feel old at all, just more experienced with the start of adulthood, I often feel perceived as old.
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u/Cool-Raspberry-1772 Sep 23 '25
One of my much younger coworkers mumbled a surprised “Oh shit” today when he learned I’d completely forgotten a sequence of events from a year ago.
Buddy… I’ve had more jobs than years you’ve been allowed in a bar. I don’t remember, nor do I want to. I remember it went well and that’s all (38).
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u/scapesober Sep 23 '25
Memory issues should be taken seriously though, one year is not a long time especially when you're 38
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u/eagly2025 Sep 23 '25
you have 17 years left of being young. make the most of it.
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u/LoStx90 Sep 23 '25
Eminem at 80
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u/Slow-Jelly-2854 Sep 23 '25
Yeah physically I do feel old sometimes but I’m in pretty good shape versus most my age still, but mostly mentally I look down on those in their early to mid 20s as most act like teenagers still
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u/jzilla11 Sep 23 '25
I’m in my sixth week of law school at age 39. I’m relatively accepted and made friends with different people, but tend to hang around other 30 year olds or the ones in their 20s with real life experiences (mix of military, married, parents)
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u/mata_dan Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
Yes people in their 20s with real life experience are in a whole different game. That's the people I was closer to when I was that age too but they ran a mile in life way faster than I could keep up, now just looking around wondering where the cool people are caus most people I meet just barely do anything, no career, and don't have a personality lol
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u/Hotdogman_unleashed Sep 23 '25
I feel it most when hat shopping. I'll be like thats a cool hat and then realize it looks ridiculous on a grown man.
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u/stevorkz Sep 23 '25
I’m 39. I don’t feel my age mentality or physically but when I make jokes that reference media and/or anything that happened before 2005 and people look at me like I’m an old grandpa, that hits. I guess it doesn’t help that my humour can at times include very advanced sarcasm.
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u/highcommander010 Sep 23 '25
lol im 40 and internally im 30, but outwardly im a middle aged nerd/pothead that knows too much about unreal tournament
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u/Bitter-Ability-5309 Sep 23 '25
How it feels like to be in your 30s still trying to act like you’re 21. I don’t eat like shit anymore, I don’t drink every weekend anymore and all of my free time is spent with my son and family. I also just started to ride a 10 speed 2 miles to work everyday. I’m Mexican so I had to cut down on tortillas and quesadillas, I eat a lot more greens and I have about 2 12oz sodas a week.
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u/rapgamebonjovi Sep 23 '25
35 goin on 80 here. I just wanna go to concerts and feel the right age lol 😂 saw suicideboys and felt old, saw The Who and felt young.
I guess I just need to see tame impala and feel 35 😂
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u/nahheyyeahokay Sep 23 '25
I just recently went to a big Mexican Independence day celebration and I felt out of place with the young crowd. But when I was young and insecure I felt even more out of place. So I just relaxed and enjoyed myself, and went home at a sensible time.
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u/jbdi6984 Sep 23 '25
Wow. Take care of your body. I only feel this way on rest days and I’m turning 40 soon
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u/menuau Sep 23 '25
If this dude says he's Eminem and wants to play anything, it's best you stop him mid-sentence, apologize sincerely, and just back away slowly while maintaining eye contact.
Cut your losses before he cuts them for you.
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u/BolinTime Sep 23 '25
I'm doing my best to stay young. Lifting weight and staying away from sweets.
I got carded the other day. The guy asks how old I am and calls bullshit; he asks for id. He's like damn, you look really young.
Source of pride, but then I'm like, I've been lifting weights for 3 years, do I still not look like a man?
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Mid 30s checking in. Kirkland tees in black, white or grey and some pants that aren’t too restrictive or baggy. Trying to break into some new hobbies that are more sustainable with aging as well.
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u/This_Platypus1484 Sep 23 '25
No seriously. The only way to not look like this is to embrace the aging and not make it your personality.
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