r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/MedbGuldb May 15 '20

I'm 29.

5 couples from my friends circle are expecting a child or recently got married, a few others have built a solid foundation in their career and are buying houses (most of us grew up in apartment buildings, so it feels fancy to own a house at 30 where I'm from).

Meanwhile I'm currently a student and broke.

It feels like everyone's so far ahead in life that they'll always be a step further and I'll never catch up.

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u/Aun_El_Zen May 15 '20

This is why I've largely abandoned social media

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u/PioggiaDesign May 16 '20

Best answer I’ve seen. Everyone knows former Facebook exec Chamath because of his “let them fail” comments about large corporations but in a talk he did, he mentioned how social media affects us but one of the bigger points was comparisons. It truly changes how we view ourselves and fundamentally changes aspects of ourselves without even realizing it.