ageing
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baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Confluence of mid-life crisis and the death of youth etc, and the fact that the world of the 2010s has been objectively quite depressing because of the political and environmental armageddon thing? I sometimes find it hard to prise these apart...
Looking at people older than oneself is also depressing, as many of them are right-wing maniacs.
Looking at people older than oneself is also depressing, as many of them are right-wing maniacs.
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Leo
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a bit embarrassing to admit but this anthony bourdain news has really bummed me out. watched all his different series over the years, definitely full of himself but a new york character who went beyond the typical food or travel show. ridiculous to say but i felt somehow bonded to him. had some challenges -- drugs in his past, nyc mega food market failure and a recent divorce -- but the show is more popular than ever, found new love with asia argento (who's finally getting justice re: harvey weinstein), so much seemed to be going his way.
not that i cared much about kate spade, but the two of them just days apart again brings it home that having fame and fortune doesn't mean all is well. depression doesn't give a shit how much you earn or how popular you are.
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Maybe not topping myself - it would make too many people happy, and I'd probably balls it up and end up paralysed (but all too fucking conscious) instead.
But whereas the Grim Reaper was once a distant shadow figure - twitching at the net curtains as I gaily buzzed his front door bell and ran away laughing - he's now more like a next door neighbour. Occasionally, I hear the cunt hoovering.
Put simply, I want to die before Alzheimer's has a chance to turn my brain to toxic porridge, as it's done to so many in my family. I don't want to end up lying in a warm puddle of piss, while a bored nurse takes selfies and old folk around me howl and fart like baby macaques. I don't want to wake up wishing I could walk through town without piercing jolts of arthritic pain, scared to turn on the heating in case British Gas sends the bailiffs around. I don't want to be at the mercy of the strong and sadistic, without a fair chance of fighting back. I don't want little teenage wanks asking me about the Big Beat Wars.
Subsequently, I'm considering smoking again, having quit for 2 years. And I would like to time it so I go out spangled, with a gargantuan cocktail of drugs and booze that'd lay an army to waste.
I don't have to worry about that because I've been a right wing maniac since the age of 25.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
being famous maybe exacerbates the problem of having to pretend? bad enough in everyday life the extent to which (the wrong kind of) feelings are inadmissible, but when millions of people are watching you, must be horrendous if you are feeling shit and your career is modelled on selling yourself as some kind of commodity. The list of famous suicides in the past few years seems incredibly long...
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
I'm one year ahead of you, and I look back on last year now as some kind of halcyon age. The abyss yawns.
firefinga
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I am approaching 40 soon enough, and actually I am doing great. Today I have more money that I could meaningfully spend. I have changed my diet, reduced sugar dramatically,which had very good effects. I survived a car accident as a kid, so the Grim Reaper had already an attempt. One thing that puzzles me though is, I have seen a few people around my age getting cancer, some dying even aged somewhat between 35 and 45.
sufi
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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/a...y-bourdain-and-the-power-of-telling-the-truth
I know fa about bourdain, but in the video on this page he explains how he started out writing aged 44, and his mum helped
I know fa about bourdain, but in the video on this page he explains how he started out writing aged 44, and his mum helped
mistersloane
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Footwear becomes a problem for ageing men. If you're not from the north, then the 'Clarks' moment is inevitable, and terrifying. I haven't reached it yet. It's still Ok to wear white Reeboks I think, at any age. Aside from that, trainers are out. Boots and obviously brogues are Ok, never been sure about chelsea boots or had the figure to pull them off. Dress shoes look stupid with jeans. Outre clothing has to be paired down, otherwise you end up looking like a TV presenter. Bikers and cowboys age well.
Getting old is hard. Mainly to do with learning tolerance.
Getting old is hard. Mainly to do with learning tolerance.