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tehmlem t1_j697xzi wrote

That tracks. It's got the same weary, defeated look as someone who recently turned 40

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a22e t1_j69aexw wrote

As someone who is about to turn 40. Fuck.

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mark-o-mark t1_j69hmlg wrote

…wait till you turn 60!

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WhatsUrPinNumber t1_j6a2b01 wrote

60..... you're officially over the hill.....and on to the next one.

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InsertBluescreenHere t1_j6ac9u3 wrote

dont you mean under the next one?

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anadem t1_j6ax1yf wrote

Hold on there, I'm about to turn 80 and I'm not planning on being underground.

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RockItGuyDC t1_j69rpe9 wrote

I turned 40 last year at the same time I made the jump to a better job, and I have more energy and a better outlook on things than I have since I turned 30.

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rhinosaur- t1_j6biv6h wrote

I’m about 26 days from this disgusting milestone

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SkippyTeddy83 t1_j6fh5ll wrote

5 more days for me.

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a22e t1_j6fj99g wrote

The 83 in your username will always be a mystery.

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SkippyTeddy83 t1_j6giwsm wrote

Mystery no more. It’s for my favorite Steelers TE, Heath Miller.

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a22e t1_j6glqib wrote

Well duh, how could I have missed that?

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quantumfucker t1_j6bjfq1 wrote

I thought I was edgy and jaded and politically cool at 15. Then I turned 25 and felt I was too idealistic and turned away from the world to focus on the few things in life I could control. Now I’m nearing 35 and it feels like you don’t really control anything, and everything good comes to an end. I hope cynicism operates on a horseshoe theory and by 70 I’ve somehow become enlightened.

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aoechamp t1_j6bst8c wrote

By 70, if you’ve managed to gain enough wealth and power, you can fuck over the younger generations.

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erosram t1_j6e5i4p wrote

When I was 15 I was very sheltered. When I was 25 to 35, I experimented too much. When I was in my forties I stopped judging myself so much and put more focus on what I can control today. In my fifties and sixties I realized that everyone is doing their best and to judge less in general. In my 70s, I stopped watching the world news, and spent time helping the people in my neighborhood. In my 80s and 90s, I stopped trying to fix what I saw with my physical eyes, and only worked on the issues I saw inside of myself. The early hundreds were about chipping away at why I desired the things I do. That was a long time ago, but the next few decades I think I was learning hobbies like the guitar.

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tomatoesrfun t1_j6bvt0k wrote

My most recent devastating loss was my favourite hand pulled noodle restaurant suddenly closed! I was bitterly reminded that everything good comes to an end.

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gangstasadvocate t1_j6dmftq wrote

Just be gangsta and call up the owner if you have the number and bribe whenever the mood for those noodles strikes. Should still be recent enough to do that.

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Phelpsy2519 t1_j6bx7zp wrote

Lol not far off. A common thing with cloned animals is they experience ‘oldness’ quicker. They get arthritis, frail bones etc. Depends how the cloning was done but if it was somatic cell nuclear transfer, it’s because of the ‘dna donor’s’ epigenetic tags. So the cloned animal will have some epigenetic tags of someone who has lived a life.

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ACCount82 t1_j6d1o4b wrote

There are ways to perform an "epigenetic reset" to get a clone without those "premature aging" effects.

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