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I was laughing at the line that hooks are as old as his kid (as if this made them ancient) followed immediately by the comment that his kid is going into pre-k.

I was laughing at the line that hooks are as old as his kid (as if this made them ancient) followed immediately by the comment that his kid is going into pre-k. His kid is... drumroll... 4 years old.

fsloth 3y ago
That's a really curious perception of time. I consider everything as old as my kids spanking new. My oldest is 16. I wonder what causes this (except me being old, but still, I thought this even when my oldest 4 as well).
- travisjungroth 3y ago
  People should kick off a bunch of things on when their child is born to remember timescales are relative. Buy a green banana. Buy a certificate of deposit. Plant tomatoes. Cellar a bottle of wine. Plant a redwood tree.
  - joelfried 3y ago
    I made a wine kit for each of my children - it makes 30 bottles and we drink one a year on the birthday itself. I've found it helps for scale and as a bonus you get to see how a wine really ages over time.
    - petre 3y ago
      You probably know that not all bottled wines age well, in fact only a handful do. Usually high sugar content is important, because the sugar preserves the aromas and keeps them from evaporating. Alcohol content, acidity and tanins also play a role. Most bottled wines are meant to be drank right after bottling or in up to 5 years, white wines less than that. They get more brown or orange as they oxydize. Prosecco and sparkling wines are usually better if they're from the previous year.
      - joelfried 3y ago
        Perhaps you could argue that high initial sugar matters but final sugar content definitely does not. I only like my wines dry with no residual sugar remaining after fermentation is complete. A decade on my big reds are tasting fantastic. I've had exactly one bottle of white go bad on me and it was somewhere in that 8-10 year range. It can definitely happen and would not recommend a white for this kind of thing . . . but this is also how you learn. For someone not wanting to go the "make it yourself" route, I'm sure if you went to a good wine distributor and said you were looking to buy two or three cases of something you want to cellar for a good long while they would be happy to steer you in the right direction.
- cvhashim04 3y ago
  Having a kid is a major milestone so time perception might be tied to that moment

I was laughing at the line that hooks are as old as his kid (as if this made them ancient) followed immediately by the comment that his kid is going into pre-k. His kid is... drumroll... 4 years old.

fsloth 3y ago

That's a really curious perception of time. I consider everything as old as my kids spanking new. My oldest is 16. I wonder what causes this (except me being old, but still, I thought this even when my oldest 4 as well).

travisjungroth 3y ago
People should kick off a bunch of things on when their child is born to remember timescales are relative. Buy a green banana. Buy a certificate of deposit. Plant tomatoes. Cellar a bottle of wine. Plant a redwood tree.
- joelfried 3y ago
  I made a wine kit for each of my children - it makes 30 bottles and we drink one a year on the birthday itself. I've found it helps for scale and as a bonus you get to see how a wine really ages over time.
  - petre 3y ago
    You probably know that not all bottled wines age well, in fact only a handful do. Usually high sugar content is important, because the sugar preserves the aromas and keeps them from evaporating. Alcohol content, acidity and tanins also play a role. Most bottled wines are meant to be drank right after bottling or in up to 5 years, white wines less than that. They get more brown or orange as they oxydize. Prosecco and sparkling wines are usually better if they're from the previous year.
    - joelfried 3y ago
      Perhaps you could argue that high initial sugar matters but final sugar content definitely does not. I only like my wines dry with no residual sugar remaining after fermentation is complete. A decade on my big reds are tasting fantastic. I've had exactly one bottle of white go bad on me and it was somewhere in that 8-10 year range. It can definitely happen and would not recommend a white for this kind of thing . . . but this is also how you learn. For someone not wanting to go the "make it yourself" route, I'm sure if you went to a good wine distributor and said you were looking to buy two or three cases of something you want to cellar for a good long while they would be happy to steer you in the right direction.
cvhashim04 3y ago
Having a kid is a major milestone so time perception might be tied to that moment