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> "Want to feel old? Yes." No you don't. An elderly neighbor rolled up on his golf cart the other day and said out of nowhere, "growing old isn't for pussies"
by delichon 11mo ago
> "Want to feel old? Yes."
No you don't.
An elderly neighbor rolled up on his golf cart the other day and said out of nowhere, "growing old isn't for pussies". He wasn't lying. You get to feel old; you don't want to.
- drweevil 11mo agoAs my mother-in-law would say, "It beats the alternative." If you're feeling old, it means you're alive.
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- rimunroe 11mo ago>> "Want to feel old? Yes." > No you don't. Maybe I missed something but I don’t know what you’re quoting or paraphrasing. In the comic the guy is saying he’s glad they’re getting old together, not that he’s glad they feel old. I don’t want to speak for my brother, but it seems weird to assume he is unfamiliar with what aging entails. Personally, I’m thrilled my sister-in-law is getting to experience the pains of aging instead of late stage cancer treatment.
- jorams 11mo ago> Maybe I missed something but I don’t know what you’re quoting or paraphrasing. They're quoting the image's title text. Every xkcd comic has one. On desktop you can see it by hovering over the image. On mobile you generally can't see it. You can go to the mobile subdomain (https://m.xkcd.com/3172// https://m.xkcd.com/3172// and tap on the image, then it pops up underneath.
- rimunroe 11mo agoAh yeah sorry I was on my phone and don’t usually use the mobile site. The rest of my point stands though. Maybe I’m too close to it but it seems like an odd response. The pains of aging are far preferable to dying of cancer at a relatively young age.
- sudahtigabulan 11mo agoFirefox for Android, for one, shows the alt text at the top of the context menu that pops up when you long press an image. If it's too long, it gets truncated, though.
- shmeeed 11mo agoYou can tap on a truncated alt text to extend it.
- IAmBroom 11mo agoWow, that is certainly a superficial take on the meaning of Randall's sentiment.
- delichon 11mo agoThe sentiment is clear, but the choice of words is a little jarring. Maybe both you and Randall are too young to know what feeling old feels like, so to you it seems like a charming metonym for enjoying a long life together, rather than daily mandatory torture. May you persist in that interpretation for a very long time.
- andersource 11mo agoThis is a reference to the "wanna feel old?"-style comics, another recurring xkcd theme, for example [0], [1]. But yes, feeling old sucks. [0] https://xkcd.com/1393/ https://xkcd.com/1393/ [1] https://xkcd.com/1686/ https://xkcd.com/1686/
- pell 11mo ago> No you don't. Growing old together is what couples want. He was afraid he would lose her to cancer thus he’s happy they’re getting older as it means they’re both still here together.