@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agoWhat has been the biggest surprise about getting older?message-square174arrow-up1203arrow-down11
arrow-up1202arrow-down1message-squareWhat has been the biggest surprise about getting older?@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square174
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglish63•1 year agoEach additional decade of age seems half as long as the previous one was. 0-10 took forever 10-20 took 20 years 20-30 took 10 years 30-40 took 5 years I’m 40 and it feels like 50 is next year already.
minus-square@Rand0mAlink15•edit-21 year agoUff… I felt this. This is for you. From another comment Even WWII is closer to my birth than I am.
minus-square@thegreatgarbolinkEnglish6•1 year agoFfuuuuuccckkkk meeeeee WHY did you make me realize this?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•1 year agoThat makes sense based on your perception of time. 0-10 was your whole life doubling, over and over. 10-20, your life doubled. 20-30 your life will increase 33%. And so on.
Each additional decade of age seems half as long as the previous one was.
0-10 took forever
10-20 took 20 years
20-30 took 10 years
30-40 took 5 years
I’m 40 and it feels like 50 is next year already.
Uff… I felt this.
This is for you. From another comment
Ffuuuuuccckkkk meeeeee
WHY did you make me realize this?
That makes sense based on your perception of time. 0-10 was your whole life doubling, over and over. 10-20, your life doubled. 20-30 your life will increase 33%. And so on.
This is a rough one.