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quantumfucker t1_j6bjfq1 wrote

Reply to comment by tehmlem in California zoo clones critically endangered horse using 42-year-old DNA by speckz

I thought I was edgy and jaded and politically cool at 15. Then I turned 25 and felt I was too idealistic and turned away from the world to focus on the few things in life I could control. Now I’m nearing 35 and it feels like you don’t really control anything, and everything good comes to an end. I hope cynicism operates on a horseshoe theory and by 70 I’ve somehow become enlightened.

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aoechamp t1_j6bst8c wrote

By 70, if you’ve managed to gain enough wealth and power, you can fuck over the younger generations.

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erosram t1_j6e5i4p wrote

When I was 15 I was very sheltered. When I was 25 to 35, I experimented too much. When I was in my forties I stopped judging myself so much and put more focus on what I can control today. In my fifties and sixties I realized that everyone is doing their best and to judge less in general. In my 70s, I stopped watching the world news, and spent time helping the people in my neighborhood. In my 80s and 90s, I stopped trying to fix what I saw with my physical eyes, and only worked on the issues I saw inside of myself. The early hundreds were about chipping away at why I desired the things I do. That was a long time ago, but the next few decades I think I was learning hobbies like the guitar.

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tomatoesrfun t1_j6bvt0k wrote

My most recent devastating loss was my favourite hand pulled noodle restaurant suddenly closed! I was bitterly reminded that everything good comes to an end.

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gangstasadvocate t1_j6dmftq wrote

Just be gangsta and call up the owner if you have the number and bribe whenever the mood for those noodles strikes. Should still be recent enough to do that.

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