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On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Having just turned 43, I can tell you that I don’t think I became an adult until my early/mid 30s.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is a truth that everyone under 30 denies until the day they turn 30. It’s like a magic spell is suddenly broken, and you realize you’re alone in an aging meat husk that now knows the glory of back pain.

I know a young person will read this and think this won’t happen to them. To that person: I am you from the future. Remember us as we were.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know a young person will read this and think this won’t happen to them.

I rather thought "Huh, 30s is still young."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I have no illusions anymore that this pattern won’t repeat. I enjoy my back pain for what it is: the pre-hip pain era.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think it's kinda like the old dating age formula; you can date people (your age) / 2 + 7 years old, and you feel like that's the age of an adult.

When I was 15 I felt like ann adult, but people younger than me were teens. When I was 25 I felt like an adult but people under the age of like 20 were just kids. Now I feel like people in their early/mid-20s are just about adults. I'm sure when I'm 50 I'll think back to myself now and consider myself barely an adult.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm 27 and I think I'm there already

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I thought that too. I regret to report: it gets worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm 40 and it seems like I can continually look back at myself from five years ago and think damn I was an idiot back then. I wonder how I will feel in five years...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That's a relief!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Wow, you're me!