• 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldOP
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    Things to know you’re 30

    “I wish the odd white one just went with the grain” (white hairs will grow whichever way they please, and it starts with only a few)

    “Ah, that’s gonna be my bad knee”

    “I don’t know why I have a sore spot there it just comes and goes”

    “Dental repairs cost how much?” and suddenly brushing and flossing will be a second hobby

    Tinnitus, but not like severe. Just once in awhile and often enough to keep you guessing like once a month or so.

    “There was a pop but I don’t know where.”

    “Oh my god I’m turning into my parents”

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      Don’t forget that little back pain you had in your teens from when you did that stupid thing? Yeah, gonna hurt forever. It’s gonna hurt worse.

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        My dad went over the bars of a dirtbike when he was about 20 and landed hard on his shoulder, but walked it off.

        Came back to haunt him with a vengeance last year almost 50 years later, super high pain in that shoulder that took a surgery to go away.

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      I get that this is tongue in cheek, but seriously, some people are just waiting to die and seem to find joy in tracking how their body is breaking down vs doing something about it.

      Body maintenance becomes more and more necessary as you get older. Use it or lose it.

      Do strength training on the weakest parts of your body (hips, ankles, knees, shoulder, rotator cuffs, lower back, neck) and you will thank yourself decades later.

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      To anyone trying to cope with minor permanent tinnitus know it gets better. When I first realized I had it at 23 I pulled neurotic worrying self pity card, a year later and its just another part of life like that weird occasional ache in your back. I dont notice it 90% of the time and put on a fan or yt video the other 10%. There’s a definite psychological toughness factor to it as you go from “oh man I really really really hope this goes away in a month I dont want this the rest of my life to " oh well could be worse better stop with the loud music and excessive drinking/smoking.”

      If I ever have kids of my own I’ll make sure to let them know not to blair shit into their ears for years straight and take hearing protection seriously

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      “I don’t know why I have a sore spot there it just comes and goes”

      I have this but I’m 21…

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      Young people have a left knee and a right knee. Middle aged folks have a good knee and a bad knee. Old folks have a bad knee and a worse one.

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          From Mad Magazine. You know you’re old when you skip the game highlights and start videotaping painkiller ads.

          I must be old because I remember Mad Magazine AND videotapes!

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      And the biggest surprise: new hair starts to grow out of nowhere in the nose and ears.