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Is It Better to be 17 or 70....in 2023?


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Not such a simple question.

 

I have been debating this question in my own mind....

During the past five years.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Or, if you dislike this question....

 

Please....

 

Just pass on by....

 

Regards,

Gamma G.

 

Note to Noam:  I know you have your own views, too.  I love you, Noam, my fellow-alumnus.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, QuantumQuandry said:

Is this a trick question or something?  I thought I was pretty clear.

NO.

This is NOT a trick question.

You add up all the plusses and minuses about being 17 in 2023.

Then, you compare to being 70 in 2023.

 

And then...

You voice your opinion.

And you give your reasons for your opinion.

 

This is NOT a trick question.

 

It's a serious question, for a change....

 

((Also, a rather more complex question than is often asked on this forum, I might add.  Why not think about it. Take your time before replying too flippantly...))

 

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

17 had it´s charm. Over 50 has it´s charm, and i think it feels better as you are more secure in life. How I feel when I am 70, I do not know, but if healthy, I think life will be better.

 

This question is NOT about age.

This question is about 2023.

And, about being young or old at this specific period in history.

 

 

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You know....

 

Just a few days ago....

 

Some guy posted a RANTING-COMMENT here, complaining that this TV PUB Forum has devolved into inanity.

 

The comment basically stated that the comments here are posted by the same <deleted> who post just for attention-seeking, and that these comments have caused the forum to deteriorate into, basically, a wasteland.

 

So....I am responding with this Topic, in rebuttal.

 

Because, I know that you guys are not the fools that he thinks you are.

 

For example:

 

There are many ways to thoughtfully reply to the Topic.

 

You might mention loss of personal freedoms.

Change in the educational system, now, versus then.

Extreme worry about the future of the planet, as we know 17-year-olds often think about.

And, maybe, just how happy you might be to NOT need to be a 17-year-old in 2023.

And so much more.

 

Maybe you are worried about children, these days, I do not know.

Or, maybe you are gung-ho about the prospects for young people, today, in 2023.

 

Anyway....

I only posted this open-ended question so that you might prove this guy wrong....

 

What a rant he wrote.

Yet, maybe he was partially on target....

 

He thinks you guys do not want to talk about serious things.

Is he correct?

 

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

he's right.

it is a wasteland. 

 

 

Wait...

Actually....

Sometimes, a wasteland can sound good....

 

Destroying my desk at the moment......

 

 

 

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It was best to be a boomer. Grew up in the post war peak of western civilization. Entered adulthood at the bottom of the biggest financial ponzi expansion in human history. Ride said ponzi. And cash out at the top and exit this life. 

 

It is the beginning of history all over again now.  

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1 minute ago, Harsh Jones said:

It was best to be a boomer. Grew up in the post war peak of western civilization. Entered adulthood at the bottom of the biggest financial ponzi expansion in human history. Ride said ponzi. And cash out at the top and exit this life. 

 

It is the beginning of history all over again now.  

Nice one!

 

 

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2 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I would rather be older in this day in the world 

 

Who would want to be young again in this WOKE world?

In my opinion, preference for being older in this world of ours....2023

Has almost nothing to do with wokeness....

 

But, I could be mistaken.

 

 

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1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

In my opinion, preference for being older in this world of ours....2023

Has almost nothing to do with wokeness....

 

But, I could be mistaken.

 

 

Well it does because I couldn't put up with all the BS 

 

Imagine going to university now ...

Not being away to call someone "darling" for fear of sexual harassment or identify as non binary and someone is a man but you have to call them Miss 

 

No I couldn't be young again starting in this World 

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9 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Well it does because I couldn't put up with all the BS 

 

Imagine going to university now ...

Not being away to call someone "darling" for fear of sexual harassment or identify as non binary and someone is a man but you have to call them Miss 

 

No I couldn't be young again starting in this World 

Well....

 

You can call me Al.

 

 

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6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

This question is NOT about age.

This question is about 2023.

And, about being young or old at this specific period in history.

 

 

Yes, and my answer regarding my opinion about the the different age groups, was supposed to be seen related to 2023. Something that meant, I would rather be 70 than 17 at present time. On the other hand I am just a bit over 50, which serves me perfect.

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