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Old 04-03-2004, 11:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Am I getting old?

It's Saturday night, I'm 24 years old, I'm in the prime of life. I should want to go out and live it up. Instead, a night of smoking pot and listening to Pink Floyd just sounds like heaven.

What the fuck is wrong with me?
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Old 04-03-2004, 12:01 PM   #2 (permalink)
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You're a pot head =) And no this is not an insult for I am one also.
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Old 04-03-2004, 12:03 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well, I'm just sitting here drinking beer and listening to Beanie Seigel mp3's...

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Old 04-03-2004, 12:06 PM   #4 (permalink)
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crackprogram's at a LAN party, and I'm sitting here talking to the cats and listening to 80s music...

Cats aren't very good conversationalists.
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Old 04-03-2004, 12:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Am I getting old?

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Originally posted by flamingdog
It's Saturday night, I'm 24 years old, I'm in the prime of life. I should want to go out and live it up. Instead, a night of smoking pot and listening to Pink Floyd just sounds like heaven.

What the fuck is wrong with me?
Hey, 19 and that's my friday. Smoke up and watch a hilarious movie, go on TFP...

I think you just have a rigid definition of 'living it up'. The only thing that counts is going to a club?
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Old 04-03-2004, 12:35 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Pink Floyd, man, Pink Floyd!! It's like 30 years old!

What's the movie?
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Old 04-03-2004, 12:39 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Thats just the way you choose to spend your time. That doesnt make you a loser, old, or lame. As long as your enjoying yourself, thats all that matters.
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Old 04-03-2004, 12:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
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What's the movie?
The wall. and thats my weekend too, so don't fell bad.
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Old 04-03-2004, 01:46 PM   #9 (permalink)
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You are not old.....(41 here) you are just a pup.

Get off the weed, get off the booze, make something of your self. Then when you have set yourself up you can buy better weed and more booze.

BTW, it is a good thing to know what you want to do of an evening. I find that people that are comfortable with themselves enjoy life more.

IMO - drop the weed and see the world through different eyes.
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Old 04-03-2004, 02:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
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You are not old.....(41 here) you are just a pup.

Get off the weed, get off the booze, make something of your self. Then when you have set yourself up you can buy better weed and more booze.

BTW, it is a good thing to know what you want to do of an evening. I find that people that are comfortable with themselves enjoy life more.

IMO - drop the weed and see the world through different eyes.
I couldn't agree with Boo more on this.

Sure, enjoy a smoke now and again, but don't make a lifestyle out of it. Potheads are just so... boring I guess. Personally, I think drugs are fine but don't use them as a crutch. And this comes from a guy who used to have a several hundred dollar a week coke habit, so I know the drug scene.

So, enjoy yourself tonight. But try not to make it the same EVERY Friday!

Oh, and you're not old. Trust me. I'm 34 and I feel like a kid most of the time...


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Old 04-03-2004, 03:25 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Thats just the way you choose to spend your time. That doesnt make you a loser, old, or lame. As long as your enjoying yourself, thats all that matters.
Yep, what she said. I rarely go 'out', but I still manage to have a good time with my friends and enjoy myself.
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Old 04-03-2004, 04:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Thanks for derailing this into an anti-drug lecture. FYI, I am making something of my life, and I don't sit in every single weekend of the year.
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Old 04-03-2004, 04:59 PM   #13 (permalink)
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that's not getting old,

getting old is (I am 42)

saturday night, 8pm, sipping Villa Maria with my wife, just cuddling on the couch with the woman whom I have ended up marrying whom used to be 22 yr old and way out of my league whom had been incredible in putting up with me for a last x number of long years, also I am glad that my daughter is sleeping over at a friend so I don't have to deal with her teenager attitude...

getting old is

haven't used any hair styling product for several years now since my hair line is thinning out,

getting old is

I have more money now but it meant less for me...

Youth was a great thing dudes,
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Old 04-03-2004, 05:08 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Yep, what she said. I rarely go 'out', but I still manage to have a good time with my friends and enjoy myself.
Hey Onodrim, i am a guy btw. The avatar is my g/f.
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Old 04-03-2004, 05:56 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Do what makes you happy. Somedays I go out all day and all night. Others, I just chill at home watching DVDs/TV, game, and read. Depends on my mood.
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Old 04-03-2004, 06:37 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Old is always 15 years older than me.
It'll take you a long time to get there.
Don't worry.
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Old 04-03-2004, 06:48 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Thanks for derailing this into an anti-drug lecture. FYI, I am making something of my life, and I don't sit in every single weekend of the year.
Well, first things first.

No need for the sarcasm.

Secondly, you brought up the reference to drugs. Two people (myself included) simply said don't spend too much time on drugs, but enjoy yourself now and don't worry about getting old.

We shouldn't have bothered.

To be honest, due to your attitude and reaction to our friendly concern for your welfare, I really couldn't give a shit if you smoke pot all day and waste your fucking life. It's obviously a sensitive subject for you. Smoke all you want. Spend as many Fridays in as you want.

Just don't burden us with pathetic requests for self-justification and reaffirmation.


/pissed mode


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Old 04-03-2004, 08:30 PM   #18 (permalink)
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At about 24, I started losing my urge for bars. After going out 5 nights a week for 3 years, it just got old. It just means that is what you want to do.
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Old 04-04-2004, 03:21 AM   #19 (permalink)
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"Get off the weed, get off the booze, make something of your self."

"Potheads are just so... boring I guess."

Friendly concern, huh. I mean, I appreciate the sentiment, but I just get sick and tired of seeing all these threads on TFP between the pro-drug and anti-drug factions where the anti-drug folks are are always saying 'stoners are all losers with no friends, no job, no money and no prospects', which is blatantly untrue. I guess I figured that was where you were headed, when a drugs debate wasn't the idea of this thread at all.

It wasn't a "pathetic request for self-justification and reaffirmation", it was an attempt to share my plans for a Friday night and to find out what other people who were staying in were doing.

My bad.
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Old 04-04-2004, 04:58 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Stop.

Here's a good example of one person reading more into someone's statement than was intended, and replying with a little more bitterness.
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Thanks for derailing this into an anti-drug lecture.
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We shouldn't have bothered.
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Friendly concern, huh. I mean, I appreciate the sentiment, but I just get sick and tired...
This kind of stuff tends to snowball. Please let's not. I'm asking you both to try to be a little more tolerant and a lot less pissy.

Thank you.
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Old 04-04-2004, 05:41 AM   #21 (permalink)
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24? - you'll have many more - then you'll know what old is
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Old 04-04-2004, 06:20 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Want to feel young?

Ok. First, instead of starting counting 'how long' when you where born, start counting when you where actually half-intelligent and able to make decisions.

Say, 22.

Now, assume some life-extending technology shows up in the next pile of years, so you'll live to 100 or so before keeling over and going *splat*.

That means, you've lived (24-22) / 78 = 2.6% of your life. You are just getting started!

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Old 04-04-2004, 08:36 AM   #23 (permalink)
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this lady, maybe in her 80's, came into my shop a while back and bought her grandson some baseball packs...

she left leaving her purse behind...

she returned to get her purse and left the stuff she bought behind...

she returned mumbling something about her memory and i said that since turning 50 i find myself forgetting things too...

she replied, "well, young man, when you put your bra on thinking it's a girdle, you may have a problem."

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Old 04-04-2004, 08:54 AM   #24 (permalink)
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That suggests to me I could go through my entire life thinking that the day it all goes 'pop' and clicks into place is right around the corner...
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Old 04-04-2004, 09:25 AM   #25 (permalink)
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thats sounds better than my saturday night. I played tennis and came home and went to bed, and i'm only 22.
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Old 04-04-2004, 01:00 PM   #26 (permalink)
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It's Saturday night, I'm 24 years old, I'm in the prime of life. I should want to go out and live it up. Instead, a night of smoking pot and listening to Pink Floyd just sounds like heaven.

What the fuck is wrong with me?
If it sounds like heaven, then you ARE living it up. "Living it up" is relative to every person. It's the pursuit of happiness, man... and if that pursuit takes you no further than your couch, and a nice stash of pot (i'm envious right now, btw), and some music, then I say good for you for enjoying the simple plesures of life.

There are so many people who are never satisfied with what they're doing- so much so that almost nothing give them happiness. We should all be so fortunate to have such happiness in our lives.

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Thats just the way you choose to spend your time. That doesnt make you a loser, old, or lame. As long as your enjoying yourself, thats all that matters.
Indeed.

Also, smoking pot does not, in itself, make you a loser, or lame, or anything but a pot smoker, no matter what some believe. They can believe that all they want.
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Old 04-04-2004, 08:59 PM   #27 (permalink)
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You are only as old as you feel.

I just turned 22, and I'm already pretty bored with the college/towny bar scene. I spend the vast majority of my friday nights hanging out with my girlfriend or heading out lake to catch some catfish. Maybe to some of my friends it means I am getting old and boring, but if that's the case, I'm rather enjoying it.
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Old 04-04-2004, 09:10 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Want to feel young?

Ok. First, instead of starting counting 'how long' when you where born, start counting when you where actually half-intelligent and able to make decisions.

Say, 22.

Now, assume some life-extending technology shows up in the next pile of years, so you'll live to 100 or so before keeling over and going *splat*.

That means, you've lived (24-22) / 78 = 2.6% of your life. You are just getting started!

=)
Yakk, that's a great way to think about things.

I'm 23 and am struggling to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. The one thing I do now is that I'm closer now than when I was 18. So knowing that I've only squandered 2.6% of my life, is a great relief.
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Old 04-04-2004, 09:44 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Maybe your just growing up and have figured out what is really important at this point in your life.....the night life is always there and you can always go back..
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Old 04-05-2004, 12:15 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Also, smoking pot does not, in itself, make you a loser, or lame, or anything but a pot smoker, no matter what some believe.
And I don't believe anyone said so.

I certainly didn't.


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Old 04-05-2004, 05:08 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Hey flamingdog, you asked what the fuck is wrong with you and seemed perplexed at your situation, so Mephisto told you the truth, so lighten up.

Just out of cuiousity, are you listening to Dark Side of the Moon?

Because if you are, you are definitely way too fucked up on pot.

If on the other hand you are listening to the Wall, you are probably still ok and there is hope for you.

It all depends on just what floyd you are listening too.

I bet it's Dark Side of the Moon.

oh, and you aren't really old till you start growing hair on your ears!
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Old 04-05-2004, 05:11 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Yakk, that's a great way to think about things.

I'm 23 and am struggling to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. The one thing I do now is that I'm closer now than when I was 18. So knowing that I've only squandered 2.6% of my life, is a great relief.
buddy man, I am in my 40's and still trying to figure out what to do with my life...it doesn't work like that
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Old 04-05-2004, 05:15 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Old 04-05-2004, 05:33 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Spending time alone as a way to relax doesn't make you a loser, it just means the way you recuperate is by spending time alone. The technical term is an introvert, and it's not a negative connotation. I myself am an introvert.

Do what you like. That's all there is to it.
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Old 04-05-2004, 05:38 PM   #35 (permalink)
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I see nothing wrong with preferring a night in over "going out" just for the sake of not seeming old. Hell I'm 33 and I'd rather stay in most nights.

LOL, just a few weeks ago I was having dinner at a friend's house, and after a little smoking she got a little silly and had an urge to make some coffee. While making it, she turns to me and says "Look, it's 10:30 on a Saturday night and we're making coffee. We're old."
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Old 04-05-2004, 06:04 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Old 04-05-2004, 07:04 PM   #37 (permalink)
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if you're enjoying yourself there's nothing wrong with it, but if you really want to get out, laying off the weed on the weekends is a good start
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Old 04-06-2004, 01:17 AM   #38 (permalink)
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There's nothing wrong with being able to relax and chill out at home.Learning to enjoy and treasure your alone time is essential
in having a good life.I'd worry more if you had a constant "need" to be with others in order to have fun.

Btw,I'm enjoying my favorite time of the day now,the rest of the family is sleeping,I just had a relaxing soak in the tub and am sipping my coffee and posting peacefully for an hour before I go to work.Alone time is vital to a healthy adult!
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Old 04-06-2004, 08:56 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Hey, 19 and that's my friday. Smoke up and watch a hilarious movie, go on TFP...
You just pretty much described my weekend, only that I'm 20. I need to get our more often eh?
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Old 04-06-2004, 11:38 AM   #40 (permalink)
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I think it was Wish You Were Here actually. Although I have Dark Side of the Moon too. Corking album.
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