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1950 feels kind of recent, but 2100 still seems super far off and futuristic.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Like my parents are in their 80s now and were living their youth throug the 1950s. My kids will also be in their 80s when they see 2100. It feels weird thinking about that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

What’s wild is my grandparents are in their 70s and my kids will be in their 70s when they see 2100.

And I had kids late (34), if I had followed the same rate as pretty much every generation prior to me back to the dawn of man - it’d be my grandkids in their 80s at 2100.