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It's definitely happening to 
and it happened to 
and it's also happening, slowly and gradually, to 
. It's like the martyr effect in reverse: the longer they live, the more clownish they appear, even to their own followers. Is there a term for that?
"only the good die young" is the closest i can think of
my dad used to like saying that about anyone even slightly older than him lol
"Never trust anyone over 30."
[looks at own age] uh oh
There are exceptions
Fuck
This site is so weird. We’ve got a lot of obviously very young comrades, but also a lot of us old fucks. And some even older comrades, too.
Anyway, my back hurts