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btw you posted it 2 times
The other time should be deleted before I posted this one, because I forgot the "40s"
i see
Looks at me brother. I am already in my mid-40s.
My bank account and accomplishments say I'm 25. Check & mate.
40 is the new bankrupt
40? The oldest millenials are turning 45 this year.
Forty was fine. I didn't feel old at all and was in a decent place mentally. I'm now 49, and I have a feeling 50 is going to be somewhat jarring. It just feels undeniably mature.
It really depends on your physical fitness level going into your 40s. That's the main reason I work out, so getting old sucks less.
I'm mid forties now and I'm preparing for battle
How are you knees holding up?
I have to workout so much just to feel normal
Old meme, already 40.
Brag much? Look you Mr. Maturity. I just exited my mid 30s, anow had to transition into calling myself late 30s.
Don't worry time flies from that point on and then you die.
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I'm like one of the youngest millenials... Still a long way to go thank you very much!
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3 more months!! I’m excited! Aging is a privilege!
Gen x'er here, weren't y'all like starting things in 1981....wouldn't that make you comingup on a different decade? (I'll take my rotten tomatoes now, high velocity please)
That can't be right, that would mean I'm actually getting older
Getting older isn't a real thing. Your outsides just get really crinkly from sleeping on them so much.
One too many baths
Most of the Millenials I know have even already the scary 50 approaching from behind.
But that's some kind of observation bias, as I am GenX and interestingly know almost no people born between 1990 and 2000.
But I know a bunch of GenZ again who currently look like deer with big, wide open eyes at the approaching headlights of the "30" truck, which imho is much worse than the 40...
Hell no. 30 was just the "oh I'm a real adult now" realisation. 40 is middle age.
Yeah 30s were like "oh I've got people that depend on me now so I can't just fuck off and do whatever I want all day."
40s are like "Oh shit, why does this hurt? It's permanent?!"
Most people you know are not "millennials", 1976 is not even close to a millennial birthdate lmfao
At some point, every person born in the 20th century while be classified as a millennial.
Most people you know are not “millennials”
Where did I say that?
I only stated that the Millennials I know are of the pre-1990 type, and these totally exist.
(Hello, my beloved Millennial-wife, if you happen to read this! :-) )
genz stare
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'Reality hits you hard, bro'
40 has already caught me, but its OK because I still kick ass.
Reminder that your generation contains all the best and worst of humanity, like other generations, and is not a like collective.
Leading up to my recent 40th, I went on a little tour of contacting people to tie up loose ends/seek closure where it was lacking. It was really helpful, even though at least one person worried I was planning to kill myself.
the person worrying about you sounds like a great person
Everyone saying this is too late. We are Xennials not Millenials.
The graduating class of 2000 were the original millennials before it was used as a general term for an entire generation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials
They coined the term in 1987, around the time children born in 1982 were entering kindergarten, and the media were first identifying their prospective link to the impending new millennium as the high school graduating class of 2000.[29]
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I won't be able to handle the embarrassment of being where I am while being 40.
My father referred to me as 'almost 40' the other day, which I deemed rude so I called him 'almost 60', which he also deemed rude.
My parents started referring to me as "middle-aged" when I was like 35 specifically because they knew it would drive me nuts. And with the current trajectory of American life expectancy, the math might actually bear them out.
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Already there, would not recommend. The only prize is unending joint pain.
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Oldest end of gen z, staring down the barrel of 30. Low key excited but still a lot to process lmao
I just turned 41, fuck you for accuracy....
I'm gen Z and I'm less than two years from thirty. The years do keep coming, and they do not stop.
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