return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's the worst part about getting older that young people don't know about?message-squaremessage-square129linkfedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down10
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst part about getting older that young people don't know about?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square129linkfedilink
minus-squarematthurtme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·1 month agoYour life isn’t going to get better. Those old “It gets better.” campaigns used to seriously piss me off. You are a slave to crapitalism until you die
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoI’ve got good news for you!
minus-squaremonotremata@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI mean, redraw this graph as “happiness” vs “year of birth” and it’ll look way less optimistic!
minus-squarematthurtme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThank you. This actually does help.
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoSo dementia sets in around 42??!???!
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI’ve got good news for you!
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month ago…huh. That’s kinda exciting, but I’m curious if that’s still accurate. …then again, I’m also hanging out at the bottom right now :p
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agohttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/national-institute-economic-review/article/happiness-and-ageresolving-the-debate/7E765E7E32A488E1FF5EE735039DD6C0
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI think I’m mapping the negations of negations correctly - that link says not only is it still current, but seems to be very nearly universal?
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minus-squareNailbar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoMy life got better as I got older, but I don’t live in the States, so maybe that’s a factor.
minus-squareBeangut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoBold of you to assume it’s going to stop after I die, fully expect to be reanimated and used as cheap labour at this rate.
minus-squarematthurtme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOof, bleak. I hope altered carbon doesn’t become a reality. Decent show though
Your life isn’t going to get better. Those old “It gets better.” campaigns used to seriously piss me off. You are a slave to crapitalism until you die
I’ve got good news for you!
I mean, redraw this graph as “happiness” vs “year of birth” and it’ll look way less optimistic!
Thank you. This actually does help.
So dementia sets in around 42??!???!
I’ve got good news for you!
…huh. That’s kinda exciting, but I’m curious if that’s still accurate.
…then again, I’m also hanging out at the bottom right now :p
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/national-institute-economic-review/article/happiness-and-ageresolving-the-debate/7E765E7E32A488E1FF5EE735039DD6C0
I think I’m mapping the negations of negations correctly - that link says not only is it still current, but seems to be very nearly universal?
Correct
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My life got better as I got older, but I don’t live in the States, so maybe that’s a factor.
Bold of you to assume it’s going to stop after I die, fully expect to be reanimated and used as cheap labour at this rate.
Oof, bleak. I hope altered carbon doesn’t become a reality. Decent show though