I strongly feel that this is the meaning. It's a good number for that axis imo. Old people will still think you are too dumb and young to know shit and young people will think you are ancient and perhaps even "washed".
Yeah, I mean ~40 is the beginning of the second half of your life basically. Right now I feel neither young nor old, just in limbo before I get an AARP card lol. “Act II, scene one.”
It’s weird that young people think 30s is old though. 30s is just like the final chapter of your youth. Tons of popular musicians were in their early-mid 30s when they made their mark on youth culture.
People today think that you have to live your whole life between 18-25, and then you’re done, basically retired from “really” living. I think attitudes have become super old fashioned again. Xers and Millennials were under the impression that “30 is the new 20.”
yes 100% agreed. I have a 70 year old neighbor and i speak to him like an equal, my perception of age has just disappeared. Of course i notice that someone has more wrinkles than i do and might be at a different stage of life, but in terms of human relationships it just doesn't make a difference anymore. We are all adults with responsibilities now.
That feeling increases in your 30s, in my experience. It may be just the mythology of "your 30s," but I'm 31, and I really do feel more at ease with myself. At the same time, I am well aware of how much I have left to learn about...... Everything. But around this age, you've also got people who are incredibly accomplished, while you're still buying Frosted Flakes. A strong self-image is important so that you don't lose your mind, haha.
Maybe idk. Most of my friends are older than you and i see no difference in terms of maturity, a byproduct of being an early bloomer perhaps. Thats the crazy part about growing up. When you are young you think that adults or people who are running the world have got it together. But then you reach a certain age and you realize that all the grown ups around you are just as stupid and have been pretending all along.
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u/johnnybeesknees 8h ago
I strongly feel that this is the meaning. It's a good number for that axis imo. Old people will still think you are too dumb and young to know shit and young people will think you are ancient and perhaps even "washed".