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[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah, I know. We’re not getting older, they’re getting younger.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

You made me think of Dennis Quaid's speech in Breaking Away.

You know, I used to think I was a really great quarterback in high school. Still think so, too. Can't even bring myself to light a cigarette 'cause I keep thinkin' I gotta stay in shape. You know what really gets me, though? I mean, here I am, I gotta live in this stinkin' town, and I gotta read in the newspapers about some hot-shot kid, new star of the college team. Every year, it's gonna be a new one. Every year it's never gonna be me. I'm just gonna be Mike. Twenty year-old Mike. Thirty year-old Mike. Old, mean old man Mike. These college kids out here - they're never gonna get old or out of shape 'cause new ones come along every year. And they're gonna keep calling us 'Cutters'. To them, it's just a dirty word. To me, it's just somethin' else I never got a chance to be.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're not wrong. Back in the day people would work younger and longer and more outdoorsy jobs and have more exterior day time entertainment.

Now a days people work more indoors and do more indoor activities and also just have better general skin care. Younger peoples skin just looks better now than it did back in the day for the same aged people.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

Add to that, no tobacco smoking / drinking.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Alright, alright