Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhat has been the biggest surprise about getting older?message-squaremessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down11
arrow-up1202arrow-down1message-squareWhat has been the biggest surprise about getting older?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·9 months agoEach additional decade of age seems half as long as the previous one was. 0-10 took forever 10-20 took 20 years 20-30 took 10 years 30-40 took 5 years I’m 40 and it feels like 50 is next year already.
minus-squareRand0mA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-29 months agoUff… I felt this. This is for you. From another comment Even WWII is closer to my birth than I am.
minus-squarethegreatgarbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoFfuuuuuccckkkk meeeeee WHY did you make me realize this?
minus-squarebradorsomething@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·9 months agoThat makes sense based on your perception of time. 0-10 was your whole life doubling, over and over. 10-20, your life doubled. 20-30 your life will increase 33%. And so on.
Each additional decade of age seems half as long as the previous one was.
0-10 took forever
10-20 took 20 years
20-30 took 10 years
30-40 took 5 years
I’m 40 and it feels like 50 is next year already.
Uff… I felt this.
This is for you. From another comment
Ffuuuuuccckkkk meeeeee
WHY did you make me realize this?
That makes sense based on your perception of time. 0-10 was your whole life doubling, over and over. 10-20, your life doubled. 20-30 your life will increase 33%. And so on.
This is a rough one.