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does getting old suck?

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does getting old suck?
Phatt Matt s Offline
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does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 8:33 am (This post was last modified: April 28, 2014 at 8:34 am by Phatt Matt s.)
So is anyone here a senior citizen and if so does it suck ass?

I personally find that as I get older I become more rational, less psychotic and delusional, more gentle and charitable, and less selfish.
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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 8:49 am
(April 28, 2014 at 8:33 am)Phatt Matt s Wrote: So is anyone here a senior citizen and if so does it suck ass?

I personally find that as I get older I become more rational, less psychotic and delusional, more gentle and charitable, and less selfish.

Yes. I believe we get more 'sane' as it were, as we get older.
I have lost most of my urges to beat peoples faces into pulp when they insult me, for example.
This was a regrettable habit that I developed in what you Americans call 'grade school'.
I once said to my father, 'i've calmed down now'. He said 'yeah, but barely'.
I guess he could see it in my eyes, still.
I feel the problem has begun to lessen after my 35fifth birtday.






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 9:13 am
(April 28, 2014 at 8:49 am)sven Wrote:
(April 28, 2014 at 8:33 am)Phatt Matt s Wrote: So is anyone here a senior citizen and if so does it suck ass?

I personally find that as I get older I become more rational, less psychotic and delusional, more gentle and charitable, and less selfish.

Yes. I believe we get more 'sane' as it were, as we get older.
I have lost most of my urges to beat peoples faces into pulp when they insult me, for example.
This was a regrettable habit that I developed in what you Americans call 'grade school'.
I once said to my father, 'i've calmed down now'. He said 'yeah, but barely'.
I guess he could see it in my eyes, still.
I feel the problem has begun to lessen after my 35fifth birtday.

I sure don't miss the social side of adolescence, but I do miss my insane metabolism, whichhas been replaced by useless weight and occasional backaches.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 9:15 am (This post was last modified: April 28, 2014 at 9:16 am by Phatt Matt s.)
Id prefer weight gain and arthritis over my previous psociopathic and masochistic tendancies and god complex.
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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 9:16 am
(April 28, 2014 at 9:13 am)c172 Wrote:
(April 28, 2014 at 8:49 am)sven Wrote: Yes. I believe we get more 'sane' as it were, as we get older.
I have lost most of my urges to beat peoples faces into pulp when they insult me, for example.
This was a regrettable habit that I developed in what you Americans call 'grade school'.
I once said to my father, 'i've calmed down now'. He said 'yeah, but barely'.
I guess he could see it in my eyes, still.
I feel the problem has begun to lessen after my 35fifth birtday.

I sure don't miss the social side of adolescence, but I do miss my insane metabolism, whichhas been replaced by useless weight and occasional backaches.
I heard that, my friend.






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 9:31 am
Worst aspect, by far, is outliving great friends.
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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 9:59 am
(April 28, 2014 at 8:33 am)Phatt Matt s Wrote: So is anyone here a senior citizen and if so does it suck ass?

I personally find that as I get older I become more rational, less psychotic and delusional, more gentle and charitable, and less selfish.

Generally, yes, though it does have its benefits.
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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 10:50 am
(April 28, 2014 at 9:59 am)orogenicman Wrote:
(April 28, 2014 at 8:33 am)Phatt Matt s Wrote: So is anyone here a senior citizen and if so does it suck ass?

I personally find that as I get older I become more rational, less psychotic and delusional, more gentle and charitable, and less selfish.

Generally, yes, though it does have its benefits.

That was either a joke or u totally misread my post
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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 11:22 am
There are good sides and bad sides to getting older. I don't like some of the changes I'm going through, but I don't think it sucks so much as it's just different.
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RE: does getting old suck?
April 28, 2014 at 11:45 am
The only thing worse than getting old is dying young.
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