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What's the worst part about getting older that young people don't know about? (lemmy.world)

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[-] matthurtme@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

Your life isn't going to get better. Those old "It gets better." campaigns used to seriously piss me off. You are a slave to crapitalism until you die

[-] Beangut@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Bold of you to assume it's going to stop after I die, fully expect to be reanimated and used as cheap labour at this rate.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 15 hours ago

I've got good news for you!
chart showing happiness going up in mid-40s

[-] matthurtme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Thank you. This actually does help.

[-] monotremata@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

I mean, redraw this graph as "happiness" vs "year of birth" and it'll look way less optimistic!

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 10 hours ago

That about seems like the age you start truly internalizing "Lol all these things they told me were important, aren't. And I don't care lol."

We have to spend so much time in that state of dissonance, deprogramming ourselves, realizing their best interests are not in ours.

[-] matthurtme@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

So dementia sets in around 42??!???!

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

I've got good news for you!
this feels familiar

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

[-] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 16 hours ago

My life got better as I got older, but I don't live in the States, so maybe that's a factor.

[-] matthurtme@lemmy.world 1 points 23 minutes ago

this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026

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