@emptywheel in real years or on social media years?
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@Pachacutec_ I guess maybe underlying it is a realization that I may have more tree rings than my personality reflects. I'm secretly Sequoia
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@emptywheel Yes. And shut up. ; ) -
@GottaLaff I believe you meant, "Get off my lawn." -
@emptywheel I would have screamed that but I was too busy applying anti-aging cosmetics.
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@emptywheel I thought I was 55 the entire year I was 54. A friend made me do the math.

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@capeannsky Spouse & I have a friend we still often consult to figure out how long we've been married, though we're finally getting that one -
@emptywheel It gets like that. At a certain point, it gets blurry.
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@emptywheel Everyone, I believe. -
@ursus_arctos59 Is there a particular age when that happens? Or does it vary based on some personal characteristic? -
@emptywheel Tends to be linked with not celebrating birthdays as massive events in my experience.
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@emptywheel Step 1: check which year we're in. Step 2: minus year of birth from it. Step 3: double take re. actual age (diff from mental)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel I have the elem bicentennial school pic too, so yea.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Fairly shortly after turning 30, yes. Likely some time in my late 20's, too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel I was born in a year ending with 0. As was my mother. (My father was born in a year ending in 5).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Harumf. Youngsters these days can't math. In my day... -
@iwelsh@emptywheel harumph! You youngin' today with your fancy math and arabic numerals. In my day we didn't usually live much past XXXXVII -
@iwelsh@emptywheel if we wanted to know how old we were back in the day, we had to cut off an extremity and count the rings!
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@emptywheel I do the math, subtracting birth yr from current yr and declare that my age, even though my b-day is in 2nd half of the year.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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