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[–] [email protected] 134 points 2 days ago (18 children)

My dad told me recently, when he started practicing medicine the old people with heart failures he was treating were often born in the late 1800s, but now those are all dead, and the people he's treating are more likely to have a birth years that are around 1940-1950. Which is also starting to become uncomfortably close to his own, 1960.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 days ago (14 children)

A given person's definition of "old" is usually about 15 years older than they are. My boss is 65 and calls 70 year olds "young".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (5 children)

When I started using dating apps I found 24 year olds too old. I still have that impression memorized but it's wild.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Used to be a rule of thumb that the lower limit for dating was half your age + 7. Dunno if that's still a thing.

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