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[–] 170 points 1 year ago (32 children)

This is all joke and fun until you realize we are heading towards the 30s

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  • [–] 81 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    and we totally passed up girls wearing flapper dresses...

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    You're just not hanging out with the right women.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    probably 😭

    being middle aged and married, i need that shit to be in the open!

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm 52, married and up until a few years ago I did dance nights regularly. Charleston, swing, salsa, tango, etc with women half my age was a regular thing. It doesn't have to be weird if you don't make it weird. They were lovely and we had a blast.

    PS: Dancing (Ballroom, hip hop, etc) is a great way to make sure you don't lose mobility with age. Once you hit ~45 keeping, your mobility starts to be an constant effort.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    sadly I have two left feet... I hear you though. I love to people watch and attractive young ladies are attractive but I'm not asking for anything other than enjoying that moment

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Go take dance classes. All it takes is practice

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Seriously. I found our local vocational school has an evening program for adults including dance classes. Good exercise, nice way to spend an hour and meet a few folks. If you're new, just take a beginner class! If you aren't ready to move up from there by the time it's done, take it again next semester. Lessons usually are not that expensive and everyone is there to learn--it's ok to have 2 left feet, you're just trying to get a little more control/comfort using em 🙂

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    Yeah, but shit was so bad we elected FDR who put in motion the things we coasted off of up till about the 80s when we forgot what it was like without that stuff.

    Like, trump might be making things happen faster than scheduled. But I'd rather have AOC in 2029 than 2033....

    It doesn't matter if we think accelerationism was the dumbest gamble in history, it's already happened.

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  • [+] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • i'm worried that might be awfully on-spot.

    The "limits of growth" study has the following diagram:


    after having thought about it for a few months, i do definitely see population rates declining in the future due to low birth rates and a worsening economic situation (lower wages, widespread unemployment, ...) but i don't think a war would be a necessary consequence. it could be just barely avoided if wisdom prevails.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Yeah but this time we're doing a faster and ahead of schedule.

    Let's just hope there's a new FDR to come with it. Sure would love to see that one.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Well, AOC is often only referred to by her initials

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I wish AOC could be the new FDR

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