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Old age

Poll: Do you think growing old (or being old) is largely 'good', 'bad', or neutral?
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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%
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Old age
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#31
RE: Old age
April 21, 2010 at 9:16 am
Quote:You get your license for ultraporn. (Kudos to the person who knows what I'm referring to.)



Futurama. where's my kudos?
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#32
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 6:17 pm
I'm not old, so maybe I simply don't know what I am talking about. But, as we age we have more time to discover new things, to have new experiences, etc. Maybe even pass these discoveries on.

Of course though, it's bad because of all the terrible things being old does to you.

I am on the fence for this one. I think this is a "Half full or Half empty" topic, to which i reply "Half is Half".
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#33
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 6:24 pm (This post was last modified: April 28, 2010 at 6:24 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:But, as we age we have more time to discover new things


And less inclination to want to do them, young fella!


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#34
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 6:59 pm
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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#35
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Can you imagine the afterlife being full of people acting like their 94 year old selves?
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#36
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm
I feel old now. 22...eurgh.
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#37
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Heaven.

[Image: 42-17397852.jpg]



Oh what fucking fun. Line up for eternity, boys!
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#38
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Looks pretty exciting compared to my Mum's home. Plus you need the overpowering stench of stale urine to get the full effect.
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#39
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 8:17 pm
(April 28, 2010 at 8:13 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Looks pretty exciting compared to my Mum's home. Plus you need the overpowering stench of stale urine to get the full effect.

And let us not forget the cats.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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#40
RE: Old age
April 28, 2010 at 8:55 pm
(April 28, 2010 at 8:17 pm)Saerules Wrote:
(April 28, 2010 at 8:13 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Looks pretty exciting compared to my Mum's home. Plus you need the overpowering stench of stale urine to get the full effect.

And let us not forget the cats.


That's not the cats you're smelling.
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