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  • My knee still doesn't feel right after that hiking trip two weeks ago.
  • I started listening to really old music.

Have I crossed the threshold?

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[-] livus@kbin.social 73 points 1 year ago

Nope, you're describing not being young, that's nothing like being actually old. Growing old has a bunch of stages:

  • joint pain

  • can no longer dance all night

  • hangovers last all day

  • dentists start talking to you about your gums

But then you get to the phase of

  • skin losing elasticity

  • liking dinner parties

  • marijuana is now a medicine

  • developed distinct preferences about stuff like threadcount

And then after that the next phase is more like

  • a lot of time worrying about your parents

  • all body fat migrates to one or two of its favourite spots

  • seriously consider putting everything on lanyards

  • your favourite singers are all dead

And so on, you get the picture. That's as far as I've traveled but as far as I can see the phases after that involve things like bladder leakage and losing friends to alzheimers.

[-] mdhughes@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Multiple of your friends have cancer, died of cancer, or of other illnesses. But mostly the cancer.

You wonder if your bowels are OK. They are not.

[-] Swallowtail@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Seeing a lot of my dad's friends starting to drop off has hit me and made me prize my own relationships more. Every day is a choice you make for what you prioritize.

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