When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child

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• N0t_5ure@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Protip: you can spend thousands of dollars on ebay to buy adult things as well.

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hmmmm, that sound’s good, I’ll have that.

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    • UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Why not both?

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  • ClownStatue@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Best pro tip ever. And not just eBay, either.

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    • phaedrus@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Just don’t go with Amazon… they accept returns no questions asked…

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• rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What I realized at 29 years old is that adults don’t exist. Everyone just figures it out on the fly and pretends to be wiser. Sometimes to elevate ourselves above other people, sometimes to give them an opportunity to steady themselves in the uncertain world.

  Realizing my parents, grandparents, school teachers and so on had always been just people hit pretty hard, somewhere in my twenties.

  But this also means that everyone deserves to have a moment to stop pretending and just comfort themselves. It’s not a sin to be childish.

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• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wow so you just called me right out like that huh

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• phaedrus@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I fully expected the description to be: “I still do, but I used to, too”

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• CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face with an outrageous credit card bill and a bunch of random crap.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But when I became a man, I already had over 30 million power in Rise of Kingdoms.

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• Aeao@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I sold everything on the thrifty nickel!

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• Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hundreds? Those are rookie numbers!

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    All I need to do is dip into a vial of LSD to feel childlike wonder and glee!

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• ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Question for everyone who can relate to OP: is your life fulfilling in areas that don’t involve consumerism/sensorial pleasure and have you reached some of the expected life milestones for your age and sex?

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    OP here.

    I’m a bachelor with a lucrative career, which has resulted in a good amount of free time and funny money. I treat my nostalgia collections like an archive and get a great deal of enjoyment from tending to them.

    The only typical milestone I think I skipped was homeownership, because I lived like a vagabond a good deal of my adult life.

    Right now the only thing I genuinely feel is missing, is an exercise routine.

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    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Right now the only thing I genuinely feel is missing that would increase my happiness, is an exercise routine.

      I’ll put in a plug for cycling. You can nerd out over the latest bike gear, restore vintage bikes, or just pay the nice folks at your local bike shop to set you up and focus on the riding, it’s up to you!

      You can also ride “unplugged,” or you can measure speed, cadence, heart rate, even power output (if you spend $$$)—again, something for everyone!

      Good luck!

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    • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      First of all, congrats! What about the wife and kids, you know, childrearing and community building, you got any plans regarding that? Or are you still too young (in that case, double congrats lol) to be thinking about these things?

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  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    In some ways, yes. At 36, I have a wife and kids whom I love and enjoy. I’m a very lucky man in that respect. During my 20’s and my first (God awful) marriage, I resigned myself to the idea that I would never have a family.

    My job is not particularly fulfilling. In fact, when asked in interviews which parts of my career I’ve enjoyed most my answer is, without hesitation, “the jobs I didn’t get paid for.” Volunteering for things that had a meaningful impact on people’s lives has always been very satisfying. Sadly, I haven’t had time to do much of that in recent years. In my experience, there is a lot of truth in the statement, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” I hope to get back to doing more volunteer work when my younger kids are a little bigger.

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    • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Lovely post, lovely perspective. ❤️

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  • djdarren@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    45yo here, and yeah, kinda.

    I’m happily married (for the second time), and have a decent job that no longer requires back breaking manual labour that enables me to clock off at 4pm and fuck off home where I don’t have to think about. I have a grown up kid who’s just graduated with a law degree and is forging his own path in life. All things considered, I’m pretty chill. I try to take a more adult, considered view on things that affect me.

    I don’t own my home, because my wife isn’t able to earn as much, so we can’t get a mortgage, but I’ve kind of made peace with that.

    And I’ve accrued some of the toys I couldn’t afford when I was younger. I have a collection of computers that I can tinker with, an an iPod that I love.

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    • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s pretty cool, NGL, I also love my gadgets. 👍

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• daannii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  When I was a child, when I fell I got a bruise, a bobo kiss and a bandaid. As an adult I get a fractured limb/joint and medical debt that I will pay on until I die.

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• ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  When I was a child I loved peas

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• watson387@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I identity with this…

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