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ghostoffuffle  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 17, 2014

Maybe the only reason I look forward to being old is that I'll be able to pull shit like this.





briandmyers  ·  3723 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The real reason to look forward to growing old is because the alternative sucks even harder :-)

ghostoffuffle  ·  3723 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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lil  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I hope not. ;-)

ghostoffuffle  ·  3723 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That was more a self-deprecation than a dig at being old in general- I already have trouble remembering what I had for dinner yesterday, and my body/immune system has been my enemy since I was a teenager. I'm gonna be a hot mess when I'm old.

Besides that, I'm pretty sure my parents are older than you are, lil, and they're way more active/relevant than I am. Age is a state of mind, perhaps?

But hopefully my comment didn't come off as ageist or any other-ist. Sorry if it did!

lil  ·  3723 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Maybe the only reason I look forward to being old is that I'll be able to pull shit like this.

the comment didn't come off as ageist, so much as sad.

I don't know if one ever "looks forward" to being older -- and yes, the body gets older faster than any other part, but on the positive side:

You feel vaguely smart because rather than "pulling shit" you don't have to put up with any shit from anyone unless you want to. More on this another time.