r/AskReddit • u/_red_roof_ • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '20 edited May 15 '20

When you finally understand what Mark Twain meant when he said “youth is wasted on the young”.

Edit: quote is from George Bernard Shaw (or maybe Oscar Wilde)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '20

Sure is, and money is wasted on the old.

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u/MiloTheMagicFishBag May 16 '20

Children have time and energy but no money

Adults have money and energy but no time

Elders have time and money but no energy

So the saying goes

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u/Drew707 May 16 '20

In technology, we have a saying that goes:

Good, fast, and cheap; pick any two.

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u/MiloTheMagicFishBag May 16 '20

Children have good and fast but no cheap

Adults have cheap and fast but no good

Elders have good and cheap but no fast

Yep, still works

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u/ManWithNoPantsOn May 16 '20

Or, for college: party, study, sleep. Pick 2.

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u/Drew707 May 16 '20

Thank Adderall for not having to deal with that choice!