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I just lift weights while smoking cigarettes and it works really well but now my brain associates lifting weights with nicotine cravings so I can never quit smoking
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I only grow stronger and more powerful, so, yeah. So far!
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Good and bad? I'm in my 30s so I'm not a decrepit grampa yet. Bad: It sucks seeing all the Old People in my life get really old and start dying off. Just an endless announcement of old relatives and neighbors and teachers kicking the bucket. I hate seeing people my own age turn 'old'. I am childless and still 'fun' but a lot of my same-age peers, even those without kids, have kind of turned into people who just go home and watch Netflix until they fall asleep. I aim to never be that guy, even if it is tempting. I still don't wear glasses but my eyeballs are not nearly as good. I obviously am way worse at sports and videogames. I used to get by in basketball on height and pure youthful energy but now I get loving smoked by these young dudes. Good: I am more comfortable with who I am. I always hated clubbing. I would just go in my teens and 20s because my friends were doing it but now I can just skip that poo poo when invited. People say it is because I am old I hate it but really I have always hated it but because I am old I now don't give a poo poo who knows I hate it. I don't feel the need to pretend to like poo poo that I used to. I get laid a lot more now than I did when I was a Hot Hunky Doofus Athlete because I was an absolute moron at the time but now I am wise with a dad bod. I'm not attempting to brag, just more of a recognition that when I was young I was just completely oblivious all the time and was an idiot with dumb standards who would turn down anyone who didn't fit into my extremely narrow band of 'perfect'. Nowadays I just know no one is perfect and I was just a blind idiot. I would like to kick my 22 year old rear end for being such a dumbass. I don't care about work whatsoever. Obviously I still have to do it but I am completely checked out of the grinding mindset and look aghast at people who work really hard expecting a reward. It feels like a validation of my pre-teen days where I was a nihilist but now I guess I'm a more chill nihilist who realized I was correct all along? Like none of this work poo poo matters but I can be chill about it instead of an edgelord. Kind of like the positive nihilism in the Everything Everywhere movie?
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Sep 25, 2023 04:04
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I have noticed it takes 20 years to change completely, to become a different person.
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Sep 25, 2023 04:30
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Turrurrurrurrrrrrr posted:I have noticed it takes 20 years to change completely, to become a different person. That sounds like a real betamorphasis pal. 
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Sep 25, 2023 07:08
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:yeah. people complaining about glass backs and knees and poo poo in their 30s and 40s are permanently sedentary. your bone and muscle density falls off rapidly as you age. work out a bit, you'll feel great even as a geezer! Yeah. Am now 51 goddamn years old; except for some loss of flexibility (I'm still good on that point, it's just that I used to be even better) I'm in better shape than I was in my early 20s. (Had some sedentary years around then and that did me no good at all). Compared to when I was 30, eh, that's not so straightforward -- I'm sure as poo poo stronger now (since I only started lifting later in my 30s, and have more or less kept lifting since) but had better endurance then (got back into martial arts in my late 20s and kept that up until my mid-30s). In conclusion, I could beat my 20-year-old self's rear end quite easily; maybe not my 30-year-old self.
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Sep 26, 2023 15:48
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Groke posted:Yeah. Am now 51 goddamn years old; except for some loss of flexibility (I'm still good on that point, it's just that I used to be even better) I'm in better shape than I was in my early 20s. (Had some sedentary years around then and that did me no good at all). Compared to when I was 30, eh, that's not so straightforward -- I'm sure as poo poo stronger now (since I only started lifting later in my 30s, and have more or less kept lifting since) but had better endurance then (got back into martial arts in my late 20s and kept that up until my mid-30s). Hell yeah brother! 20 year olds are weak as heck!
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Sep 26, 2023 16:03
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I just turned 44 and got my first pair of progressive lenses! gently caress me they were expensive but they work better than advertised. I can read without having to look under my glasses and bring the words four inches from my face! My far vision has alway been poo poo but close up getting fuzzy is a real wakeup call.
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Sep 26, 2023 17:03
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redshirt posted:Hell yeah brother! 20 year olds are weak as heck! 20yo me had never even touched a barbell. The bsstard could beat present-day me in a drinking contest, though. And be perfectly fine the next day.
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Sep 26, 2023 17:08
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what does a 20 year old know of The Way
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Sep 26, 2023 17:50
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Groke posted:20yo me had never even touched a barbell. I could outdrink 20 year old me too. The kid was soft.
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Sep 26, 2023 18:14
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redshirt posted:I could outdrink 20 year old me too. The kid was soft. Nah, for some reason, after I had kids my alcohol tolerance went down quite a bit. Then again, that just means I can pretend to be a whisky or craft beer snob, and spend more time drinking a smaller amount of more expensive stuff (which I can also afford now).
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Sep 26, 2023 18:38
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redshirt posted:Here's my "Don't Get Old before you are really freaking old" recipe: No bullshit, when I met my (now) wife a few years ago and she first moved in I was introduced to actual legit skin care. Cetaphil for face wash, and bare minimum moisturizer at morning and night, but preferably a light sunscreen for daylight hours. She got me to tip a little further into a hyaluronic acid-toner-retinoid-niacinamide combo at night, and man I wish someone had clued me into this poo poo a long rear end time ago. Men ought to take care of their skin, ain't nothing wrong with it
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Sep 26, 2023 18:48
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I certainly wouldn't want a redo
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Sep 26, 2023 18:51
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My Spirit Otter posted:op, i have not enjoyed the process of living.  I have been done with this since highschool. Not that there haven't been better times on occasion since then but it's like... all I see on the horizon is more bills and more hours at jobs I hate, away from my cat and my friends. I'm not hanging it up yet but I sure am going to be grumpy if I live another 36 years.
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Sep 26, 2023 19:19
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Overall, no. I spent my 20s and 30s thinking that I didn't want be one of those stressed out workaholics whose job consumes their life. I have a decent job in a creative field, but I worked just enough to pay the bills and get by, and did way too much drinking and slacking off. Only now do I realize I should have used Adderall instead of booze, adopted a relentlessly self-promoting Instagram grindset life, and hustled and networked my way to a fat six figure salary.
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Sep 30, 2023 05:40
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Junk posted:im 36 and just by improving my diet (not eating takeout or fast food anymore, no more premade frozen foods, more fruit and water) and doing some light exercise, quitting smoking weed in favor of occasionally taking shrooms, i can honestly say this is the best ive felt in my entire adult life. comparing photos, i look younger now than i did 10 years ago How was the process for you switching from bagged lunch/dinner to actually buying, storing, prepping and cooking food? I struggle to make this transition and give up constantly.
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Haptical Sales Slut posted:How was the process for you switching from bagged lunch/dinner to actually buying, storing, prepping and cooking food? I struggle to make this transition and give up constantly. just meal prep. You spend 20 minutes cooking then pour it into 5-7 mason jars and just grab a mason jar w/ you on your way to work. Easy. The real key is don't put meat in meal preps just meal prep yourself a vegetarian curry or something, then if you want meat you cook it and add it to a single portion day-of. If you do put meat in initially though make sure you got something with high acidity in there to avoid warmed-over flavor. deep dish peat moss fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Oct 10, 2023 |
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Oct 10, 2023 02:53
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My dick is a percentage longer than when I was a baby, so yes?
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Last week I went to get new glasses, for years I have worn one contact and just taken my glasses off and off and on the rare occasion I wear them. "I literally can not write you this prescription without bifocals, it's that bad, whatever you purchase at the store is between you and the store but I can not write this without clearly stating that you desperately need corrections for your presbyopia." That was fun.
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Oct 12, 2023 04:34
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Haptical Sales Slut posted:How was the process for you switching from bagged lunch/dinner to actually buying, storing, prepping and cooking food? I struggle to make this transition and give up constantly. i dunno, just sheer tyranny of willpower combined with just finding stuff that i like to eat and don't mind cooking. i use an electric wok a lot, cooks chicken and vegetable insanely quickly and tastes great. i guess just learn to enjoy having full control over what flavors you want, like last week i started putting ginger in my stir fries and it makes my house smell like an asian restaurant, it's great. even if its as simple as making toast in the morning and eating some blueberries with it or something, it's not that much harder than grabbing a pop tart or something lovely like that i think also whenever i've gotten lazy and gotten takeout after getting into the grove of home cooked meals, or grabbing a coke after not having any soda for a while, it just doesnt taste as good and i notice i feel a lot worse, like my own body is trying to keep me in check or something. pretty cool really just try a few small things that work for you, stick with it, dont feel like you need to completely upend your lifestyle right away. it's easier to build on that once the feeling good part starts. dont put a ton of pressure on yourself
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Oct 12, 2023 04:35
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I'm still good looking but not as good looking as I used to be OP
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Oct 12, 2023 04:44
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ElectricSheep posted:No bullshit, when I met my (now) wife a few years ago and she first moved in I was introduced to actual legit skin care. This is the one space in my life I've got a leg up on cis dudes. I was taught how to take care of my skin and hair, to smell good and how to do chores like ironing. I've said it before, but I'll say it again: men have to do astoundingly little to be considered a catch, and their parents failed them very hard on not teaching them that lotion is good for more than bad handjobs. More on topic: I'm unlikely to grey. My father never did, nor did my grandmother, and I take after them both.
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Oct 12, 2023 17:14
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no but it seems likely to get worse
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Oct 12, 2023 17:16
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this is the oldest ive ever been
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Oct 12, 2023 17:20
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Knowing who ThreeOlives is makes me feel ancient.
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Oct 12, 2023 18:00
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I am in much better shape than anyone with Leukemia.
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Crazyweasel posted:It feels bad saying this because it was before my kids were around, but in retrospect 23-30 was pretty great. I wouldn’t say “peaking” but definitely the most consistent stretch of outright good times in my adult life. drat 2008 recession 30's saw me land a union construction job with pension, able to a vacation every year. I don't remember any vacations or even seeing the ocean before that (besides one childhood cedar point amusement park trip where it rained the whole time) I finally was able to save up a 6 month emergency fund and buy all the things I needed and most of the things I wanted while buying a house I could afford and locking that poo poo to a 2.625% interest rate 15 year mortgage. Almost paid off a new car I got for 0% interest, the house will be paid off in 10 years or so. hot cocoa on the couch posted:yeah. people complaining about glass backs and knees and poo poo in their 30s and 40s are permanently sedentary. your bone and muscle density falls off rapidly as you age. work out a bit, you'll feel great even as a geezer! That being said lifting weights, especially deadlifts really helped my back that I've hosed over the years. Whenever any of my old injuries flare up I'm forced to lift weights for relief, so I should probably just stick with it. Why can't I seem to eat and sleep myself to 100% anymore? I'm old! I finally quit drinking alcohol since July 4th and switched to Kava
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Taima posted:I just don't understand how people resign themselves to working until they are, well, I don't know? Forever? Can we retire? I'm 36 and I have the same worries. I had a good job that I was at for around 9 years where I didn't have to do a whole lot. Got laid off earlier this year and I'm trying to get another. The software industry I'm in is fine. It's fairly easy work for pretty good pay. But I still hate it. I hate most of the people in it and everything to do with it. But it beats doing manual labor or something even shittier. But the thought of doing this for another 20-30 years if not more gives me cosmic dread.
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Oct 12, 2023 19:47
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My first forehead wrinkle finally started forming. It's hardly noticeable but it's all over. Put it off for a long time.
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I am sitting in the doctors office for a cataract evaluation right now, so no. Also, my ankle has been hurting for two months like it’s sprained, but I have no idea how it happened. I do have more money the more I age though so 
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I've recently started to smell slightly of piss. What's that about?
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try "bath" or "shower"
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