Popular Post GammaGlobulin Posted October 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Mike Lister said: Given current times and events? I'm happy to be over 70, seriously happy. Yes. Given geopolitical events. Given environmental trends. I must agree with you, wholeheartedly. I consider myself extremely fortunate to now be over 70. Absolutely. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 We might also ask ourselves: Are we BOOMERS the very first generation to be THANKFUL that we are old? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 I mean, just for one.... I am SICK AND TIRED of waiting for the BOMB to go off.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GammaGlobulin Posted October 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2023 Personally, I still very much wonder if I will live out my natural life, even though I am old. We first began worrying that we might not, sometime around 1962. This constant worry is always with us. How much more difficult must it be for someone just turning 17? Someone turning 17, this year, might have 90 more years to think about the Doomsday Clock. So, would I wish to be in their shoes? Someone 17? The answer is no. I am thankful to be over 70. But still.... Sometimes, I wish I were 17.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said: Posters who hit 1,000 post counts without achieving at least a 1.00 "like" ratio, especially in a short period of time, should be either be removed or be limited to no more than 5 posts per day. your ratio is below this threshold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, stoner said: your ratio is below this threshold. Yes. But, actually... I think I, as most everybody here, am surprised that it is not significantly lower. Somebody up there must like me.... As Newman says... At least I ain't yellah... Edited October 10, 2023 by GammaGlobulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said: I think I, as most everybody here, am surprised that it is not significantly lower. pity for a dollar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, stoner said: pity for a dollar ? Pocket of Miracles? Apple for a dollar? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) I would take the 17 no prob with what year this is. Just happy to skip the first 16 years of life and only have one year left till legal age. It would be the cherry on top if I could take with me what I have learned in this life to that 17 yr old body but if not no prob either ???? Edited October 10, 2023 by mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: Apple for a dollar? not crazy with current inflation rates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I have no idea what it is like to be 17 in 2023. I am 71 and happy being that age, but then again I am in good shape and have a wonderful lady partner and enough money to enjoy life. I don't need anything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippytum Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I'm in my late seventies and it would be nice to turn back the clock. However i dont think a teenager today would enjoy life As much as i did in my early years and beyond. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoguy21 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Depends on your outlook. With all the stuff going on I am glad I am not 17. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 13 hours ago, QuantumQuandry said: Is this a trick question or something? I thought I was pretty clear. Only downside is my wife would get in trouble for being a pedo. And you would have no money unless she pays for 17yr old boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said: We might also ask ourselves: Are we BOOMERS the very first generation to be THANKFUL that we are old? Not so much that but our early years were so enjoyable less traffic, no need for fear walk to school alone 5yrs old, play in the streets, woods, it was just fun, well for me in the UK anyway. I was just lucky maybe. We were latchkey kids. Mum and Dad out working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 70, no doubt. Not a good time to be a youth in this world. The issues facing them are far greater than we faced. And social media ruins many lives. I cannot even imagine a scenario where Twitter (not X!), Instagram or TikTok would improve a single youths life. Also, not a good time to have kids. Please, please spare them the grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thasoss Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 My answer is 70.At this point a person who is 70 in 2023 has experienced the best of what society had to offer From where I sit the future in this life has a lot less to offer,which would be dispiriting for a 17 year old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 17 now I'd still be sh8t with smart phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgegeorgia Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 No way I want to be young again. But this current generation is a self entitled generation,never been disciplined I hope the recession comes along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 14 hours ago, QuantumQuandry said: It's a simple answer for me, 17. Time is the one thing I can't buy more of. Where are you shopping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said: I hope the recession comes along Always a pleasant thought - just go back to telling your co-workers they are going to die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 My guess is that no 17 year olds want to be 70 and most 70 yr olds don't want to be 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said: Yes. But, actually... I think I, as most everybody here, am surprised that it is not significantly lower. Somebody up there must like me.... As Newman says... At least I ain't yellah... recently re-watched this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgegeorgia Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 As we all get older we become wiser !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuantumQuandry Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 37 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said: Where are you shopping? Pattaya. Time is always in short supply, here ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker88 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I've been 17, but not 70....but I suspect growing up in the 1950s was a lot more fun. When I was a kid, we were still free to go about things as if society was safe. Walk to school, play sports after school, eat dinner at whomever's house we happened to be at when dinner time came. There was a local gas station run by a guy who loved to ride his old Indian motorcycle, so he left his station self-service. You bought gas, opened his till, put in your money and took your change. Outsiders just assumed the station was unattended, so didn't know the system, and left when no one came out to service them. Locals knew, and we were honest. Couldn't do that today. We had good TV news with real journalists. We learned things in school like math and penmanship and history without any associated 'presentism'. When we were curious about something, we went to a library, poured through the cards, then looked to see if the book we wanted was in the stack or out on loan. We didn't live inside our phones, and when went out for a vanilla coke with friends, we talked with them. As a society run by old school liberals, we were on a path to be truly colorblind. Then the Boomers gave way to the Participation Trophy Generations, where actual talent gave way to inclusiveness...except color and ethnicity have come back in force. We are Black or White or Brown or gay or "cis" first and foremost. Fat is beautiful, even though it's butt ugly and unhealthy. Be careful, 17 year olds, or you'll get cancelled. A 17 year old in 2023 does have the great advantage of almost the entire body of human knowledge a few keystrokes away, but instead of going after muons or the works of Aeschylus, he/she goes after banal TikTok videos, chasing "likes". Horrible. And while each succeeding generation tends to hate the music of the generation after them, there really is a legitimate argument that EDM, techno, house and trance are absolute rubbish. I think the world of 2023 is potentially more boring (unless one is a self-starter), but I don't think it is any more bleak than Vietnam, Biafra, lynchings, the '67 Middle East War, the '73 Middle East War, 1970's Kampuchea, Black September, George Habbash, Angola, the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia, the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy assassination, "Silent Spring"...and certainly no more bleak that what 90-100 years olds faced with the Great Depression, WWII, the Holocaust, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 15 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said: Wait! Are you telling us that you would be willing to be 17 in 2023? Are you sure? I'm trying to be as serious as I have ever been, here. Do you mean that you would actually be WILLING to be 17 in 2023??? I would LOVE to actually be 17 in 2023. Instead I only feel like I'm still 17 (I can still wear the same sized clothes and can probably skateboard, snowboard, BMX, etc about as well as when I was 17). What I can't do anymore is walk into a nightclub and pick up hot young white women. I'm basically invisible to most white woman under 45 (aside from my very hot 38 year old white GF ???? so not being able to pickup younger white women isn't actually an issue, although it definitely would be be if I was single). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 26 minutes ago, Walker88 said: I've been 17, but not 70....but I suspect growing up in the 1950s was a lot more fun. And while each succeeding generation tends to hate the music of the generation after them, there really is a legitimate argument that EDM, techno, house and trance are absolute rubbish. Are you sure you're not 70? Lots of old music is great, but EDM, Techno, House and Trance are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said: As we all get older we become wiser !! Based on my observations of old guys in Thailand, they weren't exactly very smart to start with. They just get fatter, grumpier and fixated on how "it was better in the 50s" They also seem to lose the ability to dress well or keep themselves looking well groomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 10 19 and 90 best ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now