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there there. The point of my post was that being over 30 shouldn't be treated as a bad thing.
It might not seem like it because I'm a giant mess, but I would hate to lose the progress I've made as a person. I was even more of a loser when I was younger than I am now, some how that's possible!
Yay progress! Nah it's all g dw I'm not bummed. We should interrogate and expel the ageism that we impose upon ourselves and hangups about aging, and one of the first ways to do so is to examine and reconcile our own fears about getting old, then extend the same courtesy (is that the best word...?) to others.
Fwiw on a related topic, I get into frequent disagreements with relatives about generational discourse (partly informed by your efforts here) about how arbitrary age markers are artificial divisions that are infinitely less useful as a demographic or analytical tool compared to race, or class, or gender yet they insist 'all gen alpha are like this' or 'all boomers are like that' as though it's the primary meaningful distinction. It pits me against the younguns and the oldies on both sides during these debates, but I'm used to copping flak so I don't mind.
No pressure to reply to my comment above, cos I've waffled a bit, just getting thoughts out of my brian into text.