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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If the cure to existential dread is turning 40, it can't come soon enough.

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[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

I wouldn’t be gentle. But then again both my parents are dead so I don’t actually have anyone to be bitter at.

[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Expectation is the main ingredient to disappointment. All you have to do is lower your expectations to where the bar is, so when good things do happen, it'll feel better when they do.

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That just sounds like a race to the bottom to me

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[–] CannedCairn@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Am 39 and feel this

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