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past what age do people cross the 'old' barrier for you, and are you past that yourself?
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"Old" isn't a binary thing you gosh darn whippersnappers.
You gradually get older and then you die.
That said, I obviously know what OP means. For me it's got a lot more to do with one's capabilities than pure age. A spry 80 year might be considered younger in that sense than a decrepit wreck in their 60s.
You gradually get older and then you die.
That said, I obviously know what OP means. For me it's got a lot more to do with one's capabilities than pure age. A spry 80 year might be considered younger in that sense than a decrepit wreck in their 60s.
I'd say 40 is when I'd start calling someone old. I'm now just 5 years away. Time to start looking at coffins. It's all over.
I would say 40 is old, since that is the age where most people retire around. I'm only halfway there tho!
I'm 52 and I started to feel old when I completely disengaged from pop-culture trends in music/movies/television, etc.
So somewhere in my early to mid-40s I guess?
Still keep up to date with all things gaming (prob. more so than gen. gaming populous), but everything else? Eh, no desire or motivation to even keep up anymore.
So somewhere in my early to mid-40s I guess?
Still keep up to date with all things gaming (prob. more so than gen. gaming populous), but everything else? Eh, no desire or motivation to even keep up anymore.
What? Unless there's been some radical shift over the last year, it's been 60 - 65 forever. Of course some can retire much earlier than that given their circumstances, but "most people"?
This is my viewpoint, but to go a little more extreme, if you don't or won't continue to put in the effort to change and learn, then you're basically already dead. Everything after that point is just one long death rattle.
maybe she lived in medieval Europe growing up and somehow fell into a time portal to 2021 during a pandemic
Maybe 75 or 80 is old. Like when someone dies at 60 everyone says "they were so young"
LOL @ everyone saying 30s is old.
LOL @ everyone saying 30s is old.
For me old is always the decade after me. In my twenties 30 years old were unfathomably old , recently 40 years old were like from a different planet and soon I'll think of 50 year olds as having a foot in the grave.
the advantage of this system is that I'm never old in it.
the advantage of this system is that I'm never old in it.
65+ is Old.
45-65 is middle-aged.
18-40 is still young adult though
IDK how I feel about the 40-45. It seems like an orphaned age range and depends on you're life and health
45-65 is middle-aged.
18-40 is still young adult though
IDK how I feel about the 40-45. It seems like an orphaned age range and depends on you're life and health
30s is only old when you're in your twenties. I think 20 years olds hate it because you stop having the youth excuse for stupid behavior but you're still objectively young in reality.
I'm 44 and feel young as hell so I have no idea. I guess I'm considered over the hill but funny enough my 40's have been the best decade of my life so far.
Not to be grim but... you're old when friends your age start dying and it's not a shock anymore. When you continue to wake up every day taking the next one for granted, you're still young.
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this is critical information you are hiding from us
It seems after 50 is when people start succumbing more to random health problems or health issues that they've had for their entire lives, at least in my anecdotal experience, so that's always been the number I've thought of in my head. I would like to revise that to 70 or so, but it seems every year after 50 is a blessing, and that goes doubly so for 60+.
It's a matter of perspective, but 50 is a solid "you're definitely on the decline" age. Those who are diligent (and have good genes) can still hang onto their youth into their 40s. Once you hit 50 though, father time gets tired of waiting. You old.
Health is a factor: like, my father was "older" in his 50s than he is in his 70s now. 50s he had a stressful but important job that gave him two angioplasties and a stent, now he's retired, seeing places, exercising, and seeing doctors on the regular.
I say it all the time. You are as old as you feel. Proper diet, stress levels, sleep, modern lifestyle, etc can keep you going for much longer than traditionally. It is just common sense. 60 is the new 50, 50 is the new 40, etc. It also depends on genetics so if you get bad RNG, you can do nothing about that.
