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Poll: Do you think growing old (or being old) is largely 'good', 'bad', or neutral?
This poll is closed.
Old is good. Smile
14.29%
4 14.29%
Old is terrible Sad
42.86%
12 42.86%
Old is largely the same as young really. Sleepy
10.71%
3 10.71%
I am philosopher, hear me ROAR! Tiny Tiger
32.14%
9 32.14%
Total 28 vote(s) 100%
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Old age
#34
RE: Old age
I am 60 which is pretty old. I would prefer to be 16 again, but only with the benefit of hindsight.
I deal with it because there is nothing I can do about it. You are born, you age, you die. You enjoy what you can while you can.
My mother is 94 and is in a care home. She is but a shadow of the woman she once was. She is surrounded by others, either like her or worse than her...all waiting to die.
There is nothing good about extreme old age.
In the words of Bob Dylan, " stay forever young ".
Oh, and I don't want an afterlife either!
HuhA man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
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Messages In This Thread
Old age - by Violet - April 19, 2010 at 9:46 pm
RE: Old age - by Rev. Rye - April 19, 2010 at 9:53 pm
RE: Old age - by Violet - April 19, 2010 at 10:00 pm
RE: Old age - by mrjack - April 21, 2010 at 7:32 am
RE: Old age - by The_Flying_Skeptic - April 19, 2010 at 10:07 pm
RE: Old age - by Violet - April 19, 2010 at 10:11 pm
RE: Old age - by The_Flying_Skeptic - April 19, 2010 at 10:31 pm
RE: Old age - by Violet - April 19, 2010 at 10:37 pm
RE: Old age - by Dotard - April 19, 2010 at 10:33 pm
RE: Old age - by Minimalist - April 19, 2010 at 11:00 pm
RE: Old age - by KichigaiNeko - April 20, 2010 at 1:57 am
RE: Old age - by lukec - April 20, 2010 at 2:08 am
RE: Old age - by Minimalist - April 20, 2010 at 2:22 am
RE: Old age - by lukec - April 20, 2010 at 2:23 am
RE: Old age - by leo-rcc - April 20, 2010 at 3:35 am
RE: Old age - by theblindferrengi - April 20, 2010 at 3:59 am
RE: Old age - by Zen Badger - April 20, 2010 at 6:26 am
RE: Old age - by D.S.M. - April 20, 2010 at 6:53 am
RE: Old age - by Paul the Human - April 20, 2010 at 10:44 am
RE: Old age - by Rhizomorph13 - April 20, 2010 at 1:36 pm
RE: Old age - by fr0d0 - April 20, 2010 at 2:11 pm
RE: Old age - by padraic - April 20, 2010 at 7:48 pm
RE: Old age - by Shell B - April 20, 2010 at 8:11 pm
RE: Old age - by EggSpurt - April 21, 2010 at 1:04 am
RE: Old age - by Dotard - April 21, 2010 at 8:36 am
RE: Old age - by Minimalist - April 21, 2010 at 1:08 am
RE: Old age - by padraic - April 21, 2010 at 6:03 am
RE: Old age - by Zen Badger - April 21, 2010 at 8:24 am
RE: Old age - by Darwinian - April 21, 2010 at 8:44 am
RE: Old age - by TheMultiverseTheory - April 21, 2010 at 8:48 am
RE: Old age - by Dotard - April 21, 2010 at 9:16 am
RE: Old age - by Morilyn - April 28, 2010 at 6:17 pm
RE: Old age - by Minimalist - April 28, 2010 at 6:24 pm
RE: Old age - by bozo - April 28, 2010 at 6:59 pm
RE: Old age - by Autumnlicious - April 28, 2010 at 7:31 pm
RE: Old age - by Tiberius - April 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm
RE: Old age - by Minimalist - April 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm
RE: Old age - by fr0d0 - April 28, 2010 at 8:13 pm
RE: Old age - by Violet - April 28, 2010 at 8:17 pm
RE: Old age - by Minimalist - April 28, 2010 at 8:55 pm
RE: Old age - by Autumnlicious - April 29, 2010 at 12:44 am

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