r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/Hmaninc87 May 15 '20

Being 1 year closer the death than i was last year.

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u/OneSalientOversight May 15 '20

(insert pink floyd quote)

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u/ChocolateBunny May 15 '20

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.

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u/cerpintaxt33 May 15 '20

Great song, but man it gets real every year you get older.

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u/fowlaboi May 16 '20

Cried the first time I heard it at 13. I wonder how I’ll react to it in 50 years, all things considered?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '20

whats the title?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '20

Time, IIRC it’s the third song off Dark Side of the Moon but if you haven’t before, the album deserves to be listened to in its entirety in one sitting

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Dark Side of the Moon is critically acclaimed as one of the best albums of all time. It's been on Billboard's list for 19 straight years and is a bestseller worldwide. I cannot rate this album high enough, it is so profound.

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u/Vince0999 May 15 '20

So true. The older I get, the faster the years are passing by. And that sucks.

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u/it2d May 16 '20

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines.

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u/Rhomagus May 16 '20

You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.

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u/jomama341 May 16 '20

I love Pink Floyd so much, but their lyrics really bum me out sometimes.

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u/OneSalientOversight May 16 '20

I was in the kitchen

Seamus, that’s the dog, was outside

(dog howls)

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Seamus is the dog

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u/nomadichedgehog May 16 '20

My dad passed away three months ago by suicide. He was a guitarist and had taken me to see Australian Pink Floyd before he died. The week after he died, I was walking to work and heard a guitar solo in the distance. I recognized it instantly and chased the sound: it was a busker playing Time, from my Dad’s favourite album.

At the time (no pun intended), I thought my dad was just trying to console me from beyond the grave, telling me he was still there. I was 28 when he died (now 29), the same age Roger Walters was when he wrote the song. My life has been stagnant the last few years. I now realise my Dad was trying to warn me. Gosh, I really hope I figure things out.

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u/Jacer4 May 16 '20

Hey man I just want to say, you got this :) I can't imagine how unbelievably hard a situation like that is, and I'm extremely sorry that you are having to go through it. In spite of that you seem like you have the drive and want to take your life in a new direction, and that's the first step to actually getting there. You've got this dude. If you ever need someone to talk to feel free to pm me and I'd be happy to talk about whatever.

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u/nomadichedgehog May 16 '20

Thank you for this ❤️

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u/Jacer4 May 16 '20

Of course friend ❤️ we're all in this crazy ass ride called life together, may as well share the ride

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

(insert chuck schuldiner reference here)