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Imagine yourself as an old person (60+ years old) (pg. 4)
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
I don't fear getting old or dying, though I fear becoming senile. |
i cant wait until i become senile, going back to a time in your life when everything was totally awesome.....bring it on :p |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
i cant wait until i become senile, going back to a time in your life when everything was totally awesome.....bring it on :p |
I know! Heaps of opportunities to travel to new places, and you get to meet new people all the time! |
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I know! Heaps of opportunities to travel to new places, and you get to meet new people all the time! |
and imagine all the reposts you could make on ta ;) |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
and imagine all the reposts you could make on ta ;) |
Repost!
Err... I mean... Nice to meet you Narcism :)
You seem to be new on this forum. Do you like trance? Or cool clubs? I have this amazing picture I've been wanting to share with everyone. Do you know Sasha? Apparently, he smokes Marlboro Lights, but doesn't travel with a lighter... |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I know! Heaps of opportunities to travel to new places, and you get to meet new people all the time! |
i hope you get to meet a late-night-sneaky-orderly often. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i hope you get to meet a late-night-sneaky-orderly often. |
A new one every night! Nothing wrong with being a whore, right? |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
A new one every night! Nothing wrong with being a whore, right? |
there is when their name is frank. |
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| Jake Benson |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
What are your thoughts about getting old?
Do you dread it? Do you fear the prospects of your body breaking down, retirement and idleness, fading into irrelevance in the eyes of the young, or the death of your parents, siblings, and friends? |
Holy I've thought about this ever since I was six because I was like " I'm gonna be seven soon and that's really ing close to 10 which is double ing digits." Yes I knew how to cuss when I was six.
I've hit my "cute" phase and already into the "hot manly stud" phase but soon before I"ll know it I'll be that "old man in his 60s thinking WHAT THE HAPPENED?" phase. It's pretty depressing watch my mom (baby boomer generation) sigh about how guys used to ask her out in her 20s and she blew them off, how she had so much energy when she was in her 30s, etc.
I've thought about what will sustain me after I'm old and ugly SO much. So far the ONLY conclusion I've made that can keep me happy throughout the rest of my life is to maintain life-long friends.
I'm also considering making a career out of researching ways to prolong life. I want to live forever. People tell me "but jake I want to die" so I go tell them to kill themselves and they frown at me. But what if we could prevent our DNA from chaving off every time it unravels during duplication or keep free-radicals from ing up our bodies? I'm down to live over two hundred years provided I don't look like Cher, don't you? Hell I was born three-hundred years too early. No one will have this "omg I'm gonna die eventually" complex by the 24th century.
| quote: | | If you imagine yourself as an old person, do you see yourself as tired, boring, depressed, or sick? Nostalgic about better years that have passed you by? What do you think you will be like as an oldster? |
When I'm old, I'm going to be that hilarious old man that says the that everyone's thinking. Especially racist things. This old (probably Jewish) lady inspired me to be just like her when she asked me, "Can you open the door for me? I'm so ing old and fat and this sucks."
| quote: | | The popular wisdom runs that young people who came of age in the '60s and beyond have a dread of old age, as famously expressed by the Rolling Stones in "Mother's Little Helper": "what a drag it is getting old." Supposedly this has some connection to the increasing dominance of youth culture in Western societies, with its emphasis on hedonism, attractiveness, open and unattached sexual expression, spontaneity, and carefree ecstatic partying, all things that have traditionally been considered improper or ridiculous in an old person. The Baby Boomers, this story goes, are still wistful about their youth, and this is why we see an ever-increasing emphasis on products and lifestyles -- exercise, Viagra, anti-aging creams, cosmetic surgeries -- designed to encourage youthful appearance and vigor. Having swallowed whole the ideals of hedonistic culture in their younger days, today's graying hippies have nothing solid to sustain them in their old age, so they turn to palliatives like therapy and consumer products that offer them a youth and energy that in reality is always receding from them. |
Whoaaaaaaaa! I never thought about this. So the trends Hippies set ended up rehashing into the next generation as they got older. You are amazing for thinking this. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
there is when their name is frank. |
Sure, Frank is ok. But, I was hoping for a long-term carer. My old mate Josef already has a lovely basement set up, which should cater to my needs just fine. Apparently, his daughter lived there for 24 years or so, and nobody heard her complain in all that time. Sounds like a sweet deal IMO. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jake Benson
When I'm old, I'm going to be that hilarious old man that says the that everyone's thinking. Especially racist things. This old (probably Jewish) lady inspired me to be just like her when she asked me, "Can you open the door for me? I'm so ing old and fat and this sucks." |
Again....no repercussions. I'm going to swear, drink, take drugs, drive fast and do everything I want, safe in the knowledge I'll be dead soon.
True, true story about my Grandma in her final moments on this earth, in conversation with her cousin Mary.
M: It's okay, you'll be in heaven soon. You'll be with all the people you've known and loved throughout your life.
G: *no answer*
M: Angels will be singing your praises, and your parents and your siblings and your cousins and all your friends will welcome you with open arms.
G: *no answer"
M: It will be like a big party, even one you've missed will be there, it will be great!
G: *rolls over to face Mary* "Mary, do me a favour and off, would you?"
:haha:
My Grandma was a saint in her middle years, but the last five were filled with profanity. |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
my woman encourages me to do this because well a sober person watching a pot head can be entertaining. Especially when i decide to eat weird things at all hours. |
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haha mega plus juan
you got the ball and chain now or what? why wasnt i invited to the ceremony? |
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| Lira |
I'd probably accept senility and old age as the inevitable end of a process I can barely understand, let alone deny. I've been reading Erikson's stages of social development and, based on my current choices, I can see no reason why I'd age with angst and despair. If I'm to end my life being just a pile of irrelevant malfunctioning organs and memories forgotten by those around me, so be it. Until I've taken my last breath, I will keep doing my stuff, reading, producing and finding a meaningful way to fill the voids of such a purposeless enterprise as this thing we all call life.
lolwut! |
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