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A-Rod's Cousin · 05-28-2012, 07:32 PM

21 year olds are probably more intelligent and stronger than I was at 21. Hell we didn't even have wikipedia or know about Starting Strength. 21 year olds from 50 years ago were probably ****ing their own sisters and trying to breathe and walk at the same time.

Clare Quilty · 05-28-2012, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin

21 year olds are probably more intelligent and stronger than I was at 21. Hell we didn't even have wikipedia or know about Starting Strength. 21 year olds from 50 years ago were probably ****ing their own sisters and trying to breathe and walk at the same time.

Maybe you're joking, but I'll bite. Having instant access to information does not equal intelligence. And people fifty years ago were by all accounts less morbidly obese and generally more self-reliant than people today.

lagdonk · 05-28-2012, 09:16 PM

also skooling sux now i heer

gitfiddle · 05-29-2012, 04:51 AM

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I'm pretty sure when we were born, smoking in hospitals was like required by the doctors. Wearing seat belts was frowned upon, and drinking and driving was still allowed in parts of the country. I'm only a year younger than you.

Smoking was required by doctors in the late 70's? Hmmm... it was allowed in hospitals, don't know about required.

Lol, at drinking and driving being allowed in parts of the US in the late 70's.

MMD · 05-29-2012, 08:21 AM

I turn 30 in like 12 days.

I'm single and have been for 95% of my twenties
I play poker for a living
I have no responsibilities, kids, mortgage etc....

Yet I am feel as if I have somewhat failed my twenties as most people are married with kids and have a proper job by this point.

Oh well time to join plentyoffish.com

EvilSteve · 05-29-2012, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MMD

I turn 30 in like 12 days.

I'm single and have been for 95% of my twenties
I play poker for a living
I have no responsibilities, kids, mortgage etc....

Yet I am feel as if I have somewhat failed my twenties as most people are married with kids and have a proper job by this point.

Oh well time to join plentyoffish.com

Is there anything more to this than the feeling that you need to conform? Examine that closely, it seems like you're doing fine. Unless you actually want a "proper job" and to be married with kids but the way you put it, it sounds like you're dealing with external pressure to live the way most people live even if it doesn't make sense to you. But otherwise, live how you want and try to associate with people who are willing to accept that.

uradoodooface · 05-29-2012, 09:12 AM

Meh, its the case of the Jonse's, we are just used to measuring our lives by other people's lives which is just entirely wrong. All of the US and Im sure other developed countries have it like a crack addiction.

I just measure my life by what I did in the past. To use someone else's life as a measuring stick is just a huge fail at least for me cuz then I pick people that there is just no way I could live up to.

Besided the whole wife, kids, car, house with the white picket fence sounds boring as all hell.....

orangepeeleo · 05-29-2012, 09:45 AM

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Meh, its the case of the Jonse's, we are just used to measuring our lives by other people's lives which is just entirely wrong. All of the US and Im sure other developed countries have it like a crack addiction.

I just measure my life by what I did in the past. To use someone else's life as a measuring stick is just a huge fail at least for me cuz then I pick people that there is just no way I could live up to.

Besided the whole wife, kids, car, house with the white picket fence sounds boring as all hell.....

Somewhat related imo

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...nks?ref=search

Hopefully I dont get banned for that, im not a part of that project, just think its apt to his comment on this thread.

microbet · 05-29-2012, 10:09 AM

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I turn 40 this week. 30's were/are great. I'm happier at 39 and 51 weeks then I was at 30. The older I get the better life is.

Here is why. I have so much more experience dealing with things. The little details don't bother me as much. I've been broke, depressed, heart broken and all kinds of **** in the past. In my 20's these things all felt like the huge events. Now I know its no big deal. Just smile and keep rolling along. Life is so much mentally simpler as I get older. It makes it so much easier for me to relax and be happy.

The only reason I would go back to being in my 20s is to be 20 years further from death. But, that's a pretty good reason.

cres · 05-29-2012, 10:25 AM

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Why would you define old by what younger people think? Who cares? When I was 8 I thought 18 was old. But it wasn't. I'm defining old as no longer being able to live a life that is pretty similar to what you lived in your prime. Technological advances allow that portion of your life to be larger.

what is this prime you speak of? because maybe if the metric is purely athletic or skin condition (superficial) then everything over 16 is non-prime about women

But if you can get beyond egotism, then a mind doesn't really form enough to be cognisant about issues until the 30's, no matter the pure sluice box of raw information available (ie wikipedia)

Every generation from the beginning of recorded time has thought they were smarter and better than their predecessors. Yet on average that changes once the wisdom of experience becomes more prevalent.

imo, the current generation is lacking in basic functioning. If their smartphone were to die, they probably can't even perform basic math of adding up the sales tax on a purchase.

microbet · 05-29-2012, 11:17 AM

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Every generation from the beginning of recorded time has thought they were smarter and better than their predecessors. Yet on average that changes once the wisdom of experience becomes more prevalent.

imo, the current generation is lacking in basic functioning. If their smartphone were to die, they probably can't even perform basic math of adding up the sales tax on a purchase.

Every generation from the beginning of recorded time has thought they were smarter and better than the following generation too. There are some quotes from Plato (I think) about 'kids nowadays'.

fsoyars · 05-29-2012, 11:51 AM

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what is this prime you speak of? because maybe if the metric is purely athletic or skin condition (superficial) then everything over 16 is non-prime about women

But if you can get beyond egotism, then a mind doesn't really form enough to be cognisant about issues until the 30's, no matter the pure sluice box of raw information available (ie wikipedia)

Every generation from the beginning of recorded time has thought they were smarter and better than their predecessors. Yet on average that changes once the wisdom of experience becomes more prevalent.

imo, the current generation is lacking in basic functioning. If their smartphone were to die, they probably can't even perform basic math of adding up the sales tax on a purchase.

Call prime whatever you want. Sure, call it 30s. It doesn't matter. It's the same point.

that_pope · 06-05-2012, 02:51 PM

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imo, the current generation is lacking in basic functioning. If their smartphone were to die, they probably can't even perform basic math of adding up the sales tax on a purchase.

Hell, I see grown men in their 40s+ entering the final bill total in their smart phones tip calculator app. How hard is it to figure out what to tip on a $78.43 bill? Dumb**** fails at both rounding and basic math.

saw · 06-05-2012, 04:42 PM

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Wife has already said that we'll spend a week in vegas for my 30th, which is something i've never done before, so the first week of my 30's will be amazing at least lol

For me at least, it looks like my 30's will be better than my late 20's, my youngest will be older and more able to do her own thing like my son, leaving me precious time to read the papers on the weekend uninterrupted, start playing more mtt's, hell, getting more of the weekend back for myself and wife to wind down after the week, right now it feels like I get no time off at all, I'm either working or have a very demanding and CONSTANT 2 yr old to deal with!

I'm kinda glad though sometimes that I have had kids when I did, as I could not be ****ed in the slightest doing all this when im in my 40's/50's with acky joints and no energy! When I get to that age the kids will be off at uni, me and the missus will have moved up in our careers and will have the money and time to have fun together at the weekends again

I'm looking forward to getting old, because the kids will grow up, i'll have watched them turn into awesome, successful (in w/e they choose to do) people, and we'll be fairly well off and able to do w/e the **** we wanna do whenever we wanna do it.

So basically, without kids your life would be 500x better?

I'd rather donate sperm and have like 150 kids that I don't have to worry about at all, than this misery..

btw. Troy Robertson AKA Troyzan from this season Survivor, is 50, and he's fitter than most 20 year old's

nuclear500 · 06-05-2012, 04:44 PM

Most people fail at moving the decimal point and then multiplying by 2 apparently.

My sister does it, but I think its an OCD thing with her - she can do the math just fine like I can, but I think she likes doing it on the phone calc.