I really relate to this comic. I didn’t like being a child that much, and I feel alienated a lot on the internet by people constantly wishing they could go back to having no responsibilities. I really, really like being able to control my own destiny and decide what I wanna do, even though it comes with increased pressures and responsibilities.
Hell yes to this. Childhood, Highschool, and even in to college were some of the worst years of my life. I never want to repeat them. Sometimes I fantasize about what it would have been like to be “normal”, but I love who I am now and l do not want to give that up or go back.
You 🤝 me
Being an adult is awesome. I get to have a motorcycle, my own cat, I can build whatever I want, I can have chickens if I want, and I have a really cute wife. What could I do as a kid? Go to school? Live with my parents? Hang out with people who had the minds of children? Boooring.
Anyone who yearns for their life as child has developmental issues. I’m not trying to say that as a sick burn, I think it’s honestly sad and source of suffering for some people.
One of the moat depressing things I used to hear as a kid was how this was the best part of my life and I should enjoy it.
I literally found my purpose in my 30s. Nothing was meaningful nor worthwhile in my 20s
it took me about two years to truly realize i was in my 30s (I’m a bit stupid) but once that happened a massive weight lifted from my shoulders. i suddenly realized, wait, I’m a grown-ass man, i don’t have to deal with this bullshit. i became more confident, took no shit from people and stopped dealing with teenage drama. yes about 10 years too late but that’s when i realized some of the shit i used to entertain didn’t even matter.
Nah man, this is literally how it works. You ever notice how alot of folks who have kids or married someone they shouldn’t have super young feel like they never got out of their 20s? They never had the time to understand their own nature or the nature of the culture around them.
That social anxiety, the assumed judgment, the paranoia that everyone’s looking for a moment of weakness to exploit… Ya know, the feeling of being an adult who still feels like a teenager.
Your 30s are where you lose that, or at least I feel like you should. Early, mid, late, whenever. It’s just important that you do
It’s amazing what can happen when you finally stop looking at everything like a teenager.
There’s still pleanty of fun and meaningful things I can do in my 30s
My childhood was filled with proverbial dodging bullets and land mines. My adult life is a lot more chill because I have chosen to remove the drama that caused my childhood from my life.
My 30s might have been more awesome if I hadn’t reset my life/career every 4-5 years. I’d have been super bored and miserable in a different way if I’d stayed the course, but I’d have more money to waste on synthesizers in my big empty house, I guess.
This one really resonates with me.
In my 20’s I was just some guy working in a factory.
In my 30’s I learned about CNC lasers and CAD and got to do cool things. Now im 40-something and I get to do and see cool things, and even design cool things.
If only. I feel better than ever but it seems like my fortune is just shit and I’m entering a severe depression that leaves me angry and unable to enjoy life.
wait until you see what 40 feels like…
Pretty great so far, honestly
That’s what I’m saying, too…
30 is good, 40 is better.
In a way you step out of the Truman show but it’s not necessarily greater than before.
Im a little confused by that.
Ahhh delusion is a wonderful thing! It’s how we end up with 50+ people racing motorcycles into medians…
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Age 10-20 was miserable. Hormones. Parents. Bullies in high school. Difficult to find work. College struggle and debt.
Age 20-30 was better but still shit. Welfare. Homelessness. Police harassment. Juggling three jobs to pay rent.
Age 30-40 was so much better. Life was in order. Wife and I both leveled up our education and got a career. Traveled for the first time (Hawaii then Japan). Had kids.
Age 40 - life is getting better. Feels like the best days still happening.
Age 10-20 wasn’t amazing, but still okay. My birth oerson
I’m 35. Still waiting for life to stop being miserable. No hope in sight.
i had so much hope in my 20s. now in my 30s it’s gone
Yeah dunno what these guys are talking about. I think I got depression, not that one like people imagine, but real constant struggle to do anything.
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samezies
Yet but also: don’t blink too quickly…
You don’t want to dry out those tear ducts and go on empty when you turn 60!
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