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> Sorry to hear that. Have you seen a doctor? This is not something that typically happens to 30somethings. Yeah. Got pretty standard advice from him. Exercise

by Qem 4y ago

> Sorry to hear that. Have you seen a doctor? This is not something that typically happens to 30somethings. Yeah. Got pretty standard advice from him. Exercise more, lose weight, book some pilates sessions, pause more often, stretch more often... The point is, your self-maintenance burden only grows as you age, and it starts chewing away time you could spend otherwise. When you're younger, given you have the basics of life taken care by your family, it's easier to give a ton of attention to a few things (say, videogames or even the next big scientific breakthrough) at expense of everything else.

lapcat 4y ago
> your self-maintenance burden only grows as you age People of all ages ought to exercise. Young people often play sports, no? > given you have the basics of life taken care by your family, it's easier to give a ton of attention to a few things (say, videogames or even the next big scientific breakthrough) I'm not aware of any big scientific breakthroughs achieved by teenagers living at home with their parents.
- JadeNB 4y ago
  > > given you have the basics of life taken care by your family, it's easier to give a ton of attention to a few things (say, videogames or even the next big scientific breakthrough) > I'm not aware of any big scientific breakthroughs achieved by teenagers living at home with their parents. As a 41-year-old, I'm incentivized not to believe that math is a young person's game, and so agree with you; but one could try to disagree with you by suggesting that it's a sweet spot: the years, say, mid-20s to late-30s are the time when the accumulating benefit of knowledge and experience has not yet been outweighed by the accumulating burden of age and responsibility. (And one could, of course, argue against this argument; I think that there is no valid conclusion but "it depends.") I would also suggest that there probably are breakthroughs achieved by teenagers living at home with their parents! I think, for a recent example, of https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/02/18/buchholz-high-school-student-discovers-and-publishes-new-calculus-technique https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/02/18/buchholz-high-school-st... .
  - lapcat 4y ago
    > And one could, of course, argue against this argument; I think that there is no valid conclusion but "it depends." Not sure why you were arguing yourself in circles here. Yes, it depends. Everyone's life and life circumstances are different. It's a mistake to overgeneralize about what life is like at certain ages, and use that as the basis for ageism. "Older people are more distracted" just seems ridiculous to me.
inglor_cz 4y ago
"The point is, your self-maintenance burden only grows as you age, and it starts chewing away time you could spend otherwise" A 44 y.o. here who spends, say, 15-20 hours weekly on self-maintenance. That includes a lot of walking (to the train station to commute and back etc.) where slightly faster transport alternatives are available. Yes, this time slice tends to grow slightly, but the rewards are worth it. For example, I used to have back pain that limited me much like you; it is gone.

by Qem 4y ago

lapcat 4y ago

> your self-maintenance burden only grows as you age People of all ages ought to exercise. Young people often play sports, no? > given you have the basics of life taken care by your family, it's easier to give a ton of attention to a few things (say, videogames or even the next big scientific breakthrough) I'm not aware of any big scientific breakthroughs achieved by teenagers living at home with their parents.

JadeNB 4y ago
> > given you have the basics of life taken care by your family, it's easier to give a ton of attention to a few things (say, videogames or even the next big scientific breakthrough) > I'm not aware of any big scientific breakthroughs achieved by teenagers living at home with their parents. As a 41-year-old, I'm incentivized not to believe that math is a young person's game, and so agree with you; but one could try to disagree with you by suggesting that it's a sweet spot: the years, say, mid-20s to late-30s are the time when the accumulating benefit of knowledge and experience has not yet been outweighed by the accumulating burden of age and responsibility. (And one could, of course, argue against this argument; I think that there is no valid conclusion but "it depends.") I would also suggest that there probably are breakthroughs achieved by teenagers living at home with their parents! I think, for a recent example, of https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/02/18/buchholz-high-school-student-discovers-and-publishes-new-calculus-technique https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/02/18/buchholz-high-school-st... .
- lapcat 4y ago
  > And one could, of course, argue against this argument; I think that there is no valid conclusion but "it depends." Not sure why you were arguing yourself in circles here. Yes, it depends. Everyone's life and life circumstances are different. It's a mistake to overgeneralize about what life is like at certain ages, and use that as the basis for ageism. "Older people are more distracted" just seems ridiculous to me.

inglor_cz 4y ago

"The point is, your self-maintenance burden only grows as you age, and it starts chewing away time you could spend otherwise" A 44 y.o. here who spends, say, 15-20 hours weekly on self-maintenance. That includes a lot of walking (to the train station to commute and back etc.) where slightly faster transport alternatives are available. Yes, this time slice tends to grow slightly, but the rewards are worth it. For example, I used to have back pain that limited me much like you; it is gone.