• iie [they/them, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Aging is the accelerating breakdown of your body and often your mind. It’s inherently bad. We accept it because we can’t change it and accepting it makes us happier.

    The only perk of aging is it signifies your life experience to people around you. But it’s not even that much experience! By the time we hit 80 we’re still babies who’ve hardly seen or done anything.

    • muslimmarxist [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      The only perk of aging is it signifies your life experience to people around you.

      Conversely, there's also the fact that there are plenty of people over 60 (or whatever cutoff age defines "old") that act like complete immature babies. Think of boomers yelling at the waitress because of some deficiency with their meal.

      • iie [they/them, he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Exactly! Some people barely get a chance to grow as human beings before they’re dead. Even the wisest of us could probably get much wiser if we lived longer.

      • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Boomers being boomers is a key driver for why we are having this conversation in the first place. Why would a society without elders value aging?

        • iie [they/them, he/him]
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          1 year ago

          aging and life experience are two things that happen to be linked but don’t need to be in theory. An 80 year old who is physically 20 has no less life experience than one whose body is falling apart