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@blogdiva
I am turning 32 next week.
I guess I count as "young folk" then too.
I've met 20-something's here, but it is so fun to meet older, and wiser people here that you don't really get in the ragebait social medias. Older artists, crafters, cobblers, leather workers, writers, solar punks - all sharing wisdom that would be drowned out by the algorithms elsewhere.
It's like gathering granparent stories many of didn't get to experience. (^_^)
@hiisikoloart @blogdiva
Older doesn't always mean wiser. I'm 74 and still an idiot
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@hiisikoloart
Kissing up to your elders is the beginning of wisdom, kid
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@blogdiva
I am turning 32 next week.
I guess I count as "young folk" then too.I've met 20-something's here, but it is so fun to meet older, and wiser people here that you don't really get in the ragebait social medias. Older artists, crafters, cobblers, leather workers, writers, solar punks - all sharing wisdom that would be drowned out by the algorithms elsewhere.
It's like gathering granparent stories many of didn't get to experience. (^_^)
@hiisikoloart
Off-topic, nothing to do with the fediverse, but regarding "wisdom of the elderly": may I recommend a youtube-channel that portraits older persons that share their really beautiful thoughts and stories?
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@hiisikoloart @blogdiva
Older doesn't always mean wiser. I'm 74 and still an idiot@ravensrod @blogdiva
That is why I put the comma between "old" and "wise". Though, all who make it to old age are bound to have at least one nugget of wisdom somewhere - even if misplaced or forgotten time to time. -
@hiisikoloart
Off-topic, nothing to do with the fediverse, but regarding "wisdom of the elderly": may I recommend a youtube-channel that portraits older persons that share their really beautiful thoughts and stories?
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@hiisikoloart
Oh, but I haven't told you the name of the channel, yet
Look out for "reflections of life"
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@blogdiva I'm 39 and trying not to have an emotional breakdown about the idea of hitting 40 in less than a year
@zkat @blogdiva Somewhere btw 40 and 50 is when most people start freaking out because kids are graduating high school, starting college, and OMG, maybe the first grandchild? If you've remained childless, then 60 is the hard number, because that's when your body starts breaking down.
P.S. I was probably breaking down before 60 but I spent my 60th birthday in the emergency room with something minor I'd never experienced before. Sigh.
That said, I'm inline skating 1000s of miles per year at 60+.
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@ravensrod @blogdiva
That is why I put the comma between "old" and "wise". Though, all who make it to old age are bound to have at least one nugget of wisdom somewhere - even if misplaced or forgotten time to time. @hiisikoloart @blogdiva
I have picked up a few skills, but I'm still the same lefty rebel I was at 18,constantly arguing with the 60yr old youngster downstairs about imigration and brexshit.
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@blogdiva I'm 39 and trying not to have an emotional breakdown about the idea of hitting 40 in less than a year
@zkat @blogdiva The best part of hitting 40 was noticing that it didn't actually change anything other than the box i have to check in forms.
10 years later and the situation is still the same.The only stressor is every time something starts aching in my body I go "is this it? Is this the Old Age?" but it generally it's just eating too spicy. or too much fiber.
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@Alison you can be a luddite and be into tech, but the conversation on mastodon IMO tends to lean more towards "tech bad" rather than "heres how to use tech to elevate your community". a good group that does the latter is 100 rabbits. they have a great blog where they post about low-tech solutions to daily life aboard a boat (where you have to be self sufficient for long periods of time). for the record, i tend to identify as a luddite but also love using (and breaking) ai. both can coexist
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@blogdiva I may be 47i age units old
About ⅓ of my age units were British, the rest were metric,
Most of the British ones switched between Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time, the rest were a mix of many time zones.
I was born at midnight so my parents were given a choice of two days to register my birth.
I was born closer to sea level than I have been for much of my life, so I have to adjust for relativistic gravitational time effects.
It's all very confusing.
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About ⅓ of my age units were British, the rest were metric,
Most of the British ones switched between Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time, the rest were a mix of many time zones.
I was born at midnight so my parents were given a choice of two days to register my birth.
I was born closer to sea level than I have been for much of my life, so I have to adjust for relativistic gravitational time effects.
It's all very confusing.
@EricLawton @blogdiva
I hear they are going to devalue age units. One New Age Unit will be equivalent to one hundred Old Age Units. This is to save RAM. And that's not even taking into account decimalization -
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@Alison Luddites were fighting for labor rights and the redistribution of wealth thru social services for those who didn't have jobs because of the machines, and as higher wages and business ownership for those who were left to work with the machines. they smashed the machines not because they were bad but because capitalists were using them to harm people FOR PROFIT.
Recommended comedy: https://youtu.be/QIc9rhBCRvE?t=1139
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@hiisikoloart
Oh, but I haven't told you the name of the channel, yet
Look out for "reflections of life"
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@hiisikoloart @blogdiva
I have picked up a few skills, but I'm still the same lefty rebel I was at 18,constantly arguing with the 60yr old youngster downstairs about imigration and brexshit.@ravensrod @blogdiva
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116368379234020589
here it goes:
what surprises me about the #fediverse is the diversity of ages. am turning 60 and there’s A LOT of folks here 10-20 years older.
so if #Mastodon #Lemmy #Pixelfed aren't just scripty kids but also grandparents, who’s here?
people finding their communities without shitty techbro algorithms.
the fediverse is a new era of #Luddites. we are not here to serve the interests of capitalists. we’re here for the #anarchy of community; because celebrating our Humanity is punk as fuck.
@blogdiva, that's what's up
! I'll be 49 yo in a few weeks. Just joined the #fediverse, but already lifted up by the richness of diversity. Feeling like I can breathe again! #generationx
