Me at only 41 years old:

'75 here. All you youngsters can get the hell off my lawn.

Actually, what I've noticed is that I don't so much feel older as I do the "kids" keep getting younger. Was I like that at their age? Yep, probably, but I felt mature and adult then. To some degree. That thing about how you never really feel like an adult? I still get that a little bit. But after three decades of being an adult, it has also set in a bit.

Mostly, I'm opinionated, and I remember things from the past 40 years because I was alive for them, so they aren't history to me, they are a part of the life I experienced.

So as you guys get older, I think you'll find that - like whatever happens after Trump, unless it does continue to get worse (which is quite possible), there will come a time when a younger generation won't know what it felt like to live under this fascism, and you, having lived through it, will have your mind blown because it's history to them.

Which I guess has helped me when I think about figures from history and the past in general. While I can't imagine living before the era of cars, I do know that whatever time frame you look at - to the people living at that time, it was all contemporary and modern. And so when you see people that had relationships with other people and arguments and such, you really do realize that we're all human.

Also, the older I get, the more I realize just how precious life is. And when you're young, you really are going to live forever. But every single day that passes is gone forever. Every month takes you further forward. Each year goes by and never comes back. When your 20s are gone, they won't ever return. Don't let that upset you, just make sure you aren't coasting along and wasting time, waiting for what comes next, because if you spend you life waiting for what comes next, you die without anything ever coming next. Don't "make every moment count" - do take time to relax. Just make sure that you are not ONLY relaxing, and don't put everything off to the future. Do what you can to enjoy the life you have as best as you can while also trying to keep improving things.

These people gonna have their minds blown when they’re 50 and they’re still alive.

I'll take getting older over the alternative every time.

I'm not happy I'm sixty. But, I am happy I'm not dead.

Okay. I was born in the early 70's. Lemme just brush the dust off, and I'll join you.

It's weird to think about it. I was born in '87 and grew up hearing ahout the distant '60s and '70s as though they were this mythical, out-of-reach time in which my relatives reminisced. They even came with those old, shitty polaroids that really sold the vibe. Now it's 2026 and people talk like the late '80s were a lifetime ago. Then I realize that from young peoples' perspective now, that time period is even further away than the '60s were back when I listened to my parents talk about them.

I think the late, great Bozo the Clown said it best when he said, "WWHHHAAWT DA FFFFFFUUUUUCK..."

Limnals and early millennials spent enough of their lives able to perceive Good Shit and still have some modicum of hope.

'90-'99? Those folks grew up in a fuckin' 911 world. All they know is shit and all they pray for is an early grave

I'm from '78. I might count as archeological evidence now.

holy shit, I am born in the mid 80s. I must be decrepit.

Can confirm, I feel old and tired all the time. Not gonna fuck around (in a bad way) with my partner. Unfortunately, I'm also not gonna fuck around much in a good way, because I feel old and tired all the time.

Sigh, they always forget the gen X.

Early '85 here... I'm scared of getting out of the chair after reading this one, might get a hernia.

The elderly urge to comment on this thread

Huh, I guess I'm old, but the joke's on you -- but I won't make you happy. 😎

That's right ladies, I'm exhausted

1965 clocking in. I want slippers and some soup.

I guess that means I'm ancient. In the context of Stargate I'll take it, just call me Janus.

What I do if I am that old person who is tired and still not happy

Send help

Wtffffff I just woke up. I don't need this right now.

I was 2 when the Berlin wall fell.

Look man, I wanna chill with some hard ciders and a little whiskey. You have problems, I'll help you analyze them and find a solution. I want you to have a better childhood and adulthood than I did.

Old person from 1990... Lol.

Joke's on you. You're gonna have to live through the worst of what's coming.