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Middle age rule (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 49 points 9 months ago

My kids say:

Birth to 30 is young.

31-60 is middle aged.

Over 60 is old.

Over 90 is fucking old.

People are aging more slowly than they did in the past, better information about health now. Look up 55 year old celebrities. These are certainly middle aged people, they aren't young, and most don't look old either. That is how I would define middle age and it's getting longer. You can't get old at 40, you will be old too long.

[-] hex@programming.dev 12 points 9 months ago

Celebrities pay a lot of money to stay looking the way they do, and most people who have to work labor and stuff dont have the privilege to look or feel that way

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Sure, totally agree. But average people too - we just are not aging as fast as our parents or their parents. Not so much a longer life, just not as old for as long.