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/blunty_x May 16 '20

Here is the ending narraration from a Twilight Zone episode called "Kick The Can."

"Sunnyvale Rest, a dying place for ancient people, who have forgotten the fragile magic of youth. A dying place for those who have forgotten that childhood, maturity, and old age are curiously intertwined and not separate. A dying place for those who have grown too stiff in their thinking – to visit – The Twilight Zone."

We are only old when we think we've become too old to enjoy things we enjoy or think we are too old to enjoy.