Do you ever think to when you'll reach old age?

[Dark Sonic]

I want to age gracefully as I can without resorting to plastic surgeries.

Yeah but you still gotta hit the toilet.

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

"Or you imagine yourselves as wise and satisfied old men/women with an aura of respect?"

I'm gonna pretend I am. My great-grand father is still alive in his eighties and he has a massive family. I wanna make sure I have a large family when I'm old.

 

[Marin]

I'm not growing old. I'm gonna make sure I die once I get old and sick and frail. The **** is the point of living at that point?

Well atleast then ull look forward to something when going to bed.

"Ok, tonight Imma die!"
wakes up in the morning - "Ah Dammit!"

 

[Punk Hazard]

Well atleast then ull look forward to something when going to bed.

"Ok, tonight Imma die!"
wakes up in the morning - "Ah Dammit!"

That's me rn

 

[BlacLord™]

Sting the singer or the wrestler?

The singer.


Tbh, I think he's hotter now than when he was younger.

Then:

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(20s)


Now:

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(60s)


That's ageing done right.

 

[Jack Spicer]

I couldn't imagine me in 2016, yet alone an old me.

 

[Narushima]

Philosophers, Schopenhauer particularly treated this topic in some detail, have commented something to the effect that it is much easier to live in old age than to live in youth. Most cultures in the world associate old-age with better judgement, tranquillity of emotions etc (all the qualities that make up that vague thing called "wisdom", the archetype of the sage is a related stereotype).

I think there is something to that, biologically. Look at all the qualities that you listed as deteriorating with old age - "physical strength and beauty", "bravery and boldness". Did you notice that all of those traits play their role most significantly in the mating game?

Schopenhauer again was insightful here - in his philosophy human suffering is rooted fundamentally in what he called "will" - what the Buddhists call 'tanha', or desire. Youth suffers so much more because youth desires so much more. Sure we will lose all those qualities in old age, but how much will those things matter to us then?

 

[~Ethereal~]

Yeah but you still gotta hit the toilet.

Haha, true.

 

[Yubel]

I've never seen any of you guys in real life, but I'm pretty sure you're all young as I am.
Anyway, I was discussing about it with a friend, trying to imagine how we're gonna be in our hoar.
Now, do you think it will be sad to lose your physical strength and beauty, as well as your bravery and boldness? Or you imagine yourselves as wise and satisfied old men/women with an aura of respect?

I'm not even as physically strong as I want to be yet. My goal is to deadlift, squat and benchpress atleast 500 pounds. I can't think of how I'd complain about no longer being in my prime when I'm not even in my prime yet.

 

[Pukkake Pokayo]

Old age is going to be ****ing terrible in every way. You'll still have the mind of someone young but will be limited in your own wrinkley, painful prison. It's actually a temporary, semi-phobia of mine.

Sorry if this is a bit depressing but I'm seriously thinking about ending it myself at around 70, depending how I age. Same if I get cancer. Bam. Gone straight away. Don't want to be a burden to my family or cost them money and have them remember me as a disabled, grey raisin with twig limbs. Ofc up until that point I hope to be a happy, joking grandpa rather than the grumpy bastards.

 

[Punk Hazard]

Old age is going to be ****ing terrible in every way. You'll still have the mind of someone young but will be limited in your own wrinkley, painful prison.

Sorry if this is a bit depressing but I'm seriously thinking about ending it myself at around 70, depending how I age. Same if I get cancer. Bam. Gone straight away. Don't want to be a burden to my family or cost them money and have them remember me as a disabled, grey raisin with twig limbs.

70? I was thinking 65.

 

[Pukkake Pokayo]

70? I was thinking 65.

Idk really. I'm taking note of how my current grandparents are coping. One side looks about 45 but are actually 60 while the other is 64 but looks it, if not a little older. In fact my grandpa came over for dinner the other day and announced that he had a similar plan himself as his heart pains/medication are ridiculous.

Then again, my great uncle is in his mid 60's and has to carry around an oxygen tank with him everywhere he goes.

Edit: Just adding that I'll probably be too ill to travel and have killer arthritis.

 

[Punk Hazard]

Idk really. I'm taking note of how my current grandparents are coping. One side looks about 45 but are actually 60 while the other is 64 but looks it, if not a little older. In fact my grandpa came over for dinner the other day and announced that he had a similar plan himself as his heart pains/medication are ridiculous.

Then again, my great uncle is in his mid 60's and has to carry around an oxygen tank with him everywhere he goes.

Edit: Just adding that I'll probably be too ill to travel and have killer arthritis.

Yup, stuff like that is what scares me about getting old and what I'm not gonna let happen to me.

 

[DominiqueX]

Of course I think about that.
I often imagine that I'll (hopefully) live with my partner together in a decent house like two wrinkly, old women. We are looking at our adopted, grown-up children on holidays, when they may have their own children already. While these thoughts are so beautiful on the one hand.. they are sad on the other, reminding me that life is short and that time runs unbelievably fast. I'm affraid of getting old.

I've already thought about how I'll handle life when it reaches a certain age. Well, I'm single now and my views may change in the future, but currently I'm thinking that I'll end my life when I can't take care for myself anymore.
I absolutely dont want to end up in nursing home, being washed and fed by the staff. I've seen more than enough poor souls that ended up like that :/

 

[Yubel]

If I live that long, I'm going to continue to kick ass and look in my 20's even when I'm 80.

 

[NineSNS]

Thankfully it happens one day at a time, so it won't be a shock. But all of the choices on all of the days of your life affect how it will be, and none of us are conscious of the cumulative effects of our decisions until they are too late to be changed.

 

[Ryu Kishi]

I would rather die at 50

 

[oxtopus]

I don't plan on living very long,70 at most. I'll accept death when i'm accomplished and fulfilled and they're still old people who are mentally and physically stable. I plan on touring the world and if possible by then,outer world before i enjoy the phenomenon that answers all mysteries : death.

 

[CrimsonReaper]

nah i i don't think the elderly think this way i think most of them are happy that they have a family children grand children etc. and the same would go for me.

 

[Karna]

There is no beauty in the meet and blood shell, it's an aspect of character and I already see people better as someone ignorant or sensible from their faces rather then old, young or even men, women. Though I hope to die much earlier too, it's not like life is interesting to begin with once you realize few things.

I'm not growing old. I'm gonna make sure I die once I get old and sick and frail. The **** is the point of living at that point?

Maybe a perspective can change with time, I've seen 50-60 and even 75 yr(and even 90) old people living a happy life, their minds are more entertaining for them then the outside world- or simply the wisdom they have, reading books, writing, art and stuff, there is a lot you could do also it's not like 5yr olds have tantrum rages fueled by hormones like youngsters do, old people prolly don't either, so maybe things that are a necessity now aren't necessary then.