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[–] vegantomato@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

We all age and die. What matters is what we do with our lives.

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

I typed up a complete rant about how i wasted away so much time to work, trying to obtain an income that's capable of getting me a house.

But now is the time to focus on what IS positive at the moment, like how i'm still happily together with the wife.

If i let the negavtives of the past take control, i'll just stumble down a deep hole again and i don't want that.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm fine with dying, eventually. It's aging I don't want to go through.

[–] altialtiOSIBIL@feddit.dk 0 points 2 hours ago

I’m pretty sure it’s the dying you dont want to go through, unless it’s rather quick.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

I used part of my life to read this comment, then write a response to it, and I'm not happy about it.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago

I used it to make a meme.

[–] Avg@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

The alternative is worse you know.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe I should have a child or buy a house by 40. Idk.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

oh god oh fuck

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 30 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Did an AI try to recreate this image?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

I think you're right. Aside from screenshots showing it looks wrong, here's the actual scene: https://youtu.be/yZszK_M_9_Y

It's not there, unless I'm missing it.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

A couple of comments are suggesting that, but I remember this scene and just assumed it was a weird still from the movie.

I'm confused why someone would've recreated it, or modified part of it with AI, but it's possible.

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Turned 40 last month and to be honest I'm kinda struggling with depression right now

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago

This is going to sound stupid, but during college, I took a lot of different types of math and history classes.

As humans, we invented years, and ages. Then we made milestones for what they represented. We said, there are 7 days in the week. We said, there are 52 weeks in a year. Some other BS happen and then culturally we said things like by age 30, you should be married. By age 40, you should have a family.

But imagine if we actually made a week 10 days? Or there's 30 weeks in a year? Suddenly, this is all BS numbers. Back to culturally, why is 30 a specific number? Or 40? Or any of these numbers?

For me, 40 is just a made-up number. It means nothing. The expectations around the number, bullshit. My friend is 55, and we went bar hopping. I hung out with a 70 and played Frisbee. I pitched go-karts and dressing up like Mario Kart to my 60yo neighbors.

Just made up numbers.

Of course, don't get weird and and try to shoehorn underage relationships. That's not the intent here.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

At 38, 2 walks a day is helping, but I'm bouncing between anxiety and depressive symptoms. It beats drinking or meds!

Working out is also helping, but not as much as the sunshine. Good luck, fellow old fart :).

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

You age a day everyday, how you choose to group those ~14600 is up to you.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Have you considered eating an entire large pizza and drinking a case of beer about it?

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

That just sounds like a Tuesday

[–] EstonianGuy@lemm.ee 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Time for a mid life crisis then

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wish I could afford a midlife crisis

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

You can always pick up excessive running, just because you get a midlife crisis doesn't mean it has to involve a Porsche.

[–] TomB19@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago
[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago
[–] NightShot@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Doesn't scare me, cancer does.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

Fuck you OP. I still have 2.5 years. Don't remind me

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 5 points 14 hours ago

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 31 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

As someone who died at 28, spent six months in ICU fighting my way, I’m SO excited for 40! Growing old is a privilege, not everyone gets to

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

I doubt you'll live to be 40!, but good luck all the same.

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I never expected to even reach thirty with my self-destructing body and ever worsening mental health. Every year towards fourty is quite the achievement

[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 2 points 7 hours ago

That's how I'm trying to see it... age is a gift not everyone gets

[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Born in 1989. Whenever an older person says, “never get old!” I always say, “it’s better than the alternative!”

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[–] SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.works 122 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Why would someone make this using AI when a still from the actual movie would have worked just fine?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago

I was wondering why it looked off. The skin has this "plastic wrap" sheen to it that every AI-generated human seems to have, and the raptor looks like a giant plastic toy.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It’s a useful way to dodge automated copyright flagging systems if you’re trying to churn out meme page content and crosspost it on many platforms.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So you're saying AI image generation is encouraged by the copyright system?

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago
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[–] 2nd_Fermenter@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (4 children)

As an 80s kid, hitting 40 was the best thing that ever happened to me. Shit that used to matter suddenly doesn't, like you flipped a lightswitch. You get new superpowers, and they're all bitchy. I recommend it to everyone.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I remember a survey done years ago that people say 30s and 40s are the best years of their lives.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago

that was probably years ago

[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Seriously, I'm 41 and over the last year I've slowed slipped into fuck it mode. Don't get me wrong, I still have plenty of things I care about, but so many little things I've just stopped caring about and my life is so much more relaxed because of it. It's amazing what hitting 40 can do to your mindset.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Do you have examples of things you don't pay as much mind to anymore? I am having a hard time picturing that from just the two comments.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 18 hours ago

Or you can just smoke weed and drop acid in your 20s like I did, and get over a decade's head start on not giving a fuck. By age 30 I was no longer worried about every single thing; the substances I took gave me some perspective about how little everything in my life matters in the grand scheme of things.

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[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

80s kid here: it's not that bad and mostly what you decide to make out of it. still playing magic the gathering, minecraft and irl boardgames :)

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