My goal is to someday be a mysterious old lady, taking walks alone with a bag of various, nonsensical items over my shoulder.

I want to come across lone hikers, reach into my bag, pull out something random and say, "Take this. It will help you on your journey."

Then walk away into the fog without another word.

You gotta throw in some contrast and a bit of mystery, maybe the next day come come out in a navy seal hat, cowboy boots and daisy dukes while armed with a buckshot. Then you shoot the pigeons off your roof while yelling: "God damn it Amanda, at least we'll always have Fallujah!"

35 i look late 20ish untill i shave then could pass as an early 20s. But i have the additude of an old pissed off person who is mad at the world. I think its drinking water and having a slow metabolism that keeps me looking younger.

I think the age bubble thing is real, but it's got more to do with life stages. I'm in my mid 30s, and a little while ago I was hanging out at a bar and met some people that were 22-24. However, they all had jobs out of high school, and I had an easier time talking to them than a 26 year old grad student I ran into a few months back.

I've always been told I look very young for my age (to the point where 24 year olds commonly talk to me like I'm younger than them) so your mileage may vary. Edit: I guess working 24 year olds. A few years back, I was doing a contract in a, I guess, working man's town. I remember I met a dude and a girl at the bar, and the girl asked me to guess her age. My honest guess was 50, so I said 36. She was like "wow, I'm 37, good guess" and the guy was like "heh, once you get to my age, you'll know to always underestimate. I asked him how old he was. He said 24. He looked older than me. I was 32. Welding and trades really fuck you up.

yea I think that was brilliant and I'm ready to bet money it's a real anthropology thing

that being said I had an edible

That's because a lot of youth language has more to do with year of birth than with age. I fades out a bit but I will still say stuff I said as a teenager and people who were my current age back then identified as youth language. I'm sure there is youth slang from decades or centuries ago, we think of standard today

Dead man walking

Congrats, kiddo! 30 is a good year! Also, you’ll be 40 in only ten years!

Yeah... That's true.

laughs in having been paralyzed and chronic pain

I feel thats probably true for a lot of younger people. When I was growing up the future wasnt as bleak.

I'll be 60 this year - that's looming fucking huge. For some reason 50 didn't really bother me but 60 really sounds old. And yet half the time I still feel half my age. It's almost like most of ageing is realising what old people mean when they say they don't feel old.

You still care? You don't go into higher age categories anymore. You just get more admired the older you are.