Getting older

[Anonymous 54]

Im sorry, bit did a 24 year old just post about getting older? Hahah
Good to see you again Rock. ( formely sage here)

There is no reason to debate.

You have no damned choice. Hahah

At 24 I decided to quit smokeing, and started working out 6 days a week.

So I can kick a young guys ass when Im old.

There is a fork in the road when you get to be a certain age.

One ways is misery and a hate for life.

The other, the choice to enjoy life, and wring it out for all its worth.

[Eric LauderParticipant 12043]

Rockmaninoff wrote:

Hello, gentlemen,

I used to post here every so often, mostly when I was feeling down. After all, misery loves company. Now I try to limit my time on the internet. But I have a cushy, well-paying job that has lots of downtime (woo, STEM FTW), so I still go on the internet sometime.

I just turned twenty-four. Things are going well for me. If nothing absurd happens, I’ll retire some time in my thirties (possibly earlier; no kids FTW!). I’m in shape (my resting heart rate is below 60 bpm). And I have a (somewhat) stable, super-chill lady friend (don’t worry, she always makes me use a condom!). I’ve grown a lot more confident and a lot more sure of myself. I feel bad for those whose college years were the best years of their life; my life is way better now than in college.

A day before my birthday, I met with a friend who’s a year older than I. He told me to enjoy being twenty-four, because after that it’s downhill from there. “Why?” I asked. “Because once you’re twenty-five, you’re half-way to thirty. Once you’re thirty, you’re almost forty, and once you’re forty you’re almost fifty.”

I have a little low-key Dorian Gray anxiety going on now. I have my youth, my looks (don’t mean to brag), and my health, but I know it’s inevitable that my body starts to break down. Both my grandfathers are bald. My hair is super thin; I know its days are numbered.

I wanted to post a thread here, because I know there are plenty of dudes here that insist that being middle-aged is way better than being in your twenties. So I wanted to ask you: what are the advantages of being older? Here are the ones I can think of:

More money (therefore, more free time)

More wisdom (but your fluid intelligence is lower; that sucks! As an engineer, my fluid intelligence, i.e., my ability to absorb new concepts and paradigms, is my livelihood)

And that’s actually all I can think of. I welcome your input.

What is this s~~~?
“Misery loves company”???
I’m almost 45, my bpm is about 40.
N-O-N-E retires in his thirties, you retire in your fifties if you’re lucky.

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[MonkeyMindParticipant 5340]

42 here and i’m looking better than many men my age.

My downside is a couple of health issues that are catching up with me. I have historical injuries from a car crash when i was younger, but it doesn’t stop me working out. If anything, it aleviates symptoms, so i make sure that i stick to my workouts.

Midlife crisis – it sucks, but i’m over that now and happier than i’ve been in a long time. It’s given me the gift of wisdom that i certainly lacked in my pre-40 years. Inside, i’m more like i was when i was 18 now, i know what i like and want, and couldn’t give two s~~~s about what doesn’t matter to me. I’m meeting young people and dishing out pearls of wisdom, so it’s great to know that the younger generation are looking up to me.

Do i care that i will die alone? Nope. F~~~ that s~~~. Far too busy playing guitar to care what happens when i die. It will happen when it happens. If nobody discovers me, i’ll leave a nice undiscovered time capsule of what my life was like.

People feel sorry for people who die alone, but i don’t. When you die, you die. Nothing is going to change that. Most ultimatly die from an illness induced dehydration. While i would say it’s not particulary pleasurable, it’s not all that bad either. You just become more lucid until you lapse into a coma and die. I know this because i was so ill back in 2016 that i almost bit the bullet. I was lucky. But i’ve been lucky so many times that something’s going to get me eventually so there’s no point worrying about it.

I’ve no regrets at all. Ultimatly: I didn’t choose this life, this life chose me.

[Anonymous 54]

Speaking of witch, time to work out.
61.
No excuses guys.

[BrainPilotParticipant 7640]

I’m in my early 50s now, but I remember being in my early 20s. I remember everyone younger than me wishing they were older so they could buy their own beer, get their own apartment etc. And I remember people older than me wishing they could be my age again for reasons that weren’t as clear. People with health problems said they wanted to be my age, but really, they just wanted to be healthy again. People who had made life altering mistakes (criminal record, unplanned pregnancy, chemical addiction) wanted to be young enough to have a chance to make those decisions again, and not fk them up the second time.

As I’ve gotten older, and not fk’d up any major life decisions, and have stayed healthy, I don’t find myself wishing I was younger again. I wouldn’t mind having extra decades added to my life. But I don’t need to go back to being 25 to do any major decisions differently to make my life better.

I think that maintaining health, and maintaining sovereignty from all the mechanisms that would enslave you (addiction, marriage contract, financial debt, criminal record, illiteracy or severe lack of education) will keep you in a position to allow you to be happy and safe regardless of your age. I write that this will ALLOW you to be happy and safe, but doesn’t guarantee it. Some people could fk up a good situation no matter what the conditions. But these are the things you can do to at least maintain the possibility of happiness.

As for wife and kids: it is possible to be happy while having made the decision to include this in your life. Some have done it and are happy. However, their happiness is only permissible because they have made every necessary sacrifice to make someone else happy first. It is only possible for them to be happy AFTER they have made whatever sacrifices were necessary to achieve someone else’s happiness. The gynocentric marriage laws dictate this, and a few men have accomplished happiness under these circumstances. I chose not to take that chance.

As for the best advantages of age, I’ve lived an experience that may bias my view point here. I always looked younger than my real age. At 30, I was still getting stopped and carded going into bars and casinos because I didn’t look old enough. That would seem like a positive thing, except that I’m a doctor and a lot of patients wouldn’t give me credit for knowing anything because I looked so young. It affected the way other people (women, salesman, bosses, cops, family etc) treated me also. At 50, with more gray hair than brown, I don’t get challenged to prove myself so much anymore.

Generally speaking though, the biggest advantage that comes with age is the experience that comes with it. In 25 more years, you’ll be able to see bulls~~~ coming at a much greater distance than you see it now. And because of that, you’ll likely have fewer people trying it on you. You’ll approach decisions about money, business, women, government etc. with more confidence and insight because of the experience of having navigated those decisions before. In the next 25 years, try to learn from your own experiences, but also from the experiences of other people. The more of this learning from experience that you do, the bigger this advantage becomes as you age…

For me, the experience that comes with age is the biggest advantage. IMO, there’s no substitute for experience (mine or someone else’s).

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[AstroParticipant 2045]

I like the decline in sex drive as I get older. I spent far too many years thinking with the little brain between my legs and that ALWAYS got me into trouble! Since I stopped giving a sh-t, I feel so much better. I have finally started to realize that women are not as important as I once thought. In fact, they are not important at all. In the years I have left, I would rather focus on taking care of myself than a female parasite.

[Anonymous 54]

Alright. Done with my work out.
Sit ups , push ups, wieghts.
Any 20 somethins want to scrap with an old man, try and break ny hip? Haha

But seriously.

Good pyhisical condintioning aids a good mental state.

Dont be an old couch potatoe.

Like Puffin Stuff.

[Anonymous 1]

Another garbage topic from this plonker.

Last time you said you were better than everyone because you have a job. You also said you were leaving because of the same reason.

Nothing has changed with you, and that’s why you’re back posting this tosh to make yourself feel better.

[Anonymous 54]

Its friday night, and joller starts his s~~~.

See my little dig at Puffin Stuff?

Be clever about.

More subtle.

[Anonymous 1]

Anonymous wrote:

See my little dig at Puffin Stuff?

Be clever about.

With respect, I don’t find anything clever about sly digs at people that contribute.

I wasnt subtle because I didn’t want to be.

[Anonymous 54]

Anonymous wrote:

Old Heyoka wrote:

See my little dig at Puffin Stuff?

Be clever about.

With respect, I don’t find anything clever about sly digs at people that contribute.

I wasnt subtle because I didn’t want to be.

Obviously.

[HermitParticipant 1121]

I’m 51. The only way I’d Go back to 24 again is if I could take everything I’ve learned with me

I don't hate women. I just feel better when they're not around.

[UntamedParticipant]

Rockmaninoff wrote:

I’m super stressed. But what exactly can you do about that? Waking up and fighting traffic (or waiting for the bus) isn’t exactly a choice.

Look into Meditation and contemplation. Those have helped me lower my blood pressure, alleviate my mental anguish, suppress my anxiety attacks and calm my nerves.
Give them a try. You got nothing to lose.

Don't let them Blame, Shame or Tame you!
Give 'em NOTHING, not even an answer!
#GenderSegragationNow!

[Anonymous 1]

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[Anonymous 54]

Anonymous wrote:

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Yeah, say that to my face buddy!
Hahah.

[BeerParticipant 11832]

I’m 34, and have been enjoying my 30s much more than my 20s. I think the key things are to take care of your s~~~ when your young, then aging(not that 34 is old lol) becomes enjoying your work and planning, rather than being punished by your lack of.

Physically I’ve avoided any sort of drug use or heavy drinking and I’ve stayed active. People generally think I’m younger than I look, which is cool, and I haven’t yet evolved into an overweight, out of shape couch potato. One of my grandfathers biked until he was in his 70s, and I ran a 10+ mile tough mudder obstacle course up and down the side of a mountain with a friends dad in his 50s a couple summers ago and he had no problems keeping up…as long as you keep active and have a decent diet its not like you just go to s~~~ no matter what happens.

Finances as well…I avoided student loan debt by working full time and going to school part time, so when I finished college I was debt free and had 11 years vested in a pension fund and a little cash in the bank rather than a mountain of debt. I also bought a property at 22 so I didn’t have to be a life long renter, never married, and no kids. My bills are minimal now as I haven’t really fallen for the lifestyle inflation trap, and I’m making a good wage in STEM field, so I have a nice amount of money left over to invest. I’ll break the 1000 dollar a month dividend income mark this year…which is pretty nice when my bills average around 1500 a month. Its a good feeling not having to stress over finances and knowing I’ll more than likely be able to retire by 40, with the only wild card being healthcare costs, or if I change my mind about retiring super early down the road, I’ll be able to comfortably afford a lot of nice toys and vacations.

[Anonymous 3]

I am the same.

Actually I am more fit today than anytime before in my life.

Yea, I have a back pains sometimes. But I have to exercise to get rid of them… So, I am fit thanks to the back pain.

I was an idiot and wasted my time with useless stuff. Fortunately I learned it was useless by doing them, so it was actually necessary.

Now I have a lot more drive to experience life. I got my pilot licence, learn to drive motorcycles. All after 45.

I have imagined immortality, and it bored me to death. Wait…

So, I would not go back. Not even to avoid the idiotic mistake of getting married, because it lead me to the red pill.

Dont stress. It makes you hair fall… Prematurely… Before you stop caring about useless stuff like that.

[Red KnightParticipant 720]

Well, I guess I’m a bit on the younger side myself compared to most of you. I just turned 31 about a month ago, and I’m already starting to get some gray hair! That being said, most people still guess my age around 24-27.

Truth be told, I don’t have a whole lot of difference in overall energy compared to when I was 18-19. However, my perspective on life is drastically different. Part of me wishes I could go back to those days though, because in some ways, ignorance truly is bliss. Life isn’t as fun and interesting when you’re wiser and you’ve experienced it. So far, my greatest regret in life is lacking self-confidence in my teens and 20’s, but other than that, I’m pretty satisfied with where I’m at now. I spent my mid and late 20’s studying and now have a good paying job as a pharmacist.

Despite my slightly graying hair, I do look better today than I ever did. I measured my resting pulse at 52 a couple months back. I’m a skinny guy who tries to go to the gym about 3 times a week and I’ve gained about 20 pounds of muscle in the last couple of years.

I’m not sure about my fluid intelligence, but I do feel it has declined slightly. I think it’s because I don’t have a natural inclination to learn things anymore, though I still enjoy challenging myself. But my crystallized intelligence allows me to make better use of what fluid intelligence I have, so I think I’m still ahead of my younger self there. 🙂

Overall, I do miss some aspects of being young, but if I could go back, I likely wouldn’t. Or, I would if I come back to the present day after a week of being 18. 😛

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