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As much as advertising would have you believe that when you turn 30, you quit interacting with anybody other than your government-issued spouse and your hobbies narrow to leisurely jogging or preparing months in advance to do taxes, most people find that not much actually changes when they enter the new decade. Or so they think. In this thread on Twitter, people are revealing that while not all the ominous warnings they heard about aging are true, there are some of them that are, and they start early.

Here are some observations from people who are just reaching the big 3-0 and finding out what it has to offer, like the fact that even if you still feel like a teenage imposter in an adult suit, talking to an actual teenager will make you feel like your cultural literacy is a distant memory. Meanwhile, people who have been there and done that have some wisdom (and TMI) to impart.

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Anna Ledwońska
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is such a good thing. I totally don't give a f**k and I cannot believe now what made me uncomfortable and how I cared about every stupid s**t in youth.

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Nicola Roberts
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hahaha absolutely! When did I replace the washing machine was it last year or 8 years ago? The concept of time is relative!

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Until now, studies have overwhelmingly shown that in old age, people look back on their 30s as being the best decade of their lives, with various studies trying to estimate the optimal year at 33, 35 and 38.

This trend might be thrown off now that the generation in their 30s, or getting there in the next few years, are millennials, many of whom would laugh at the idea of the financial stability and positive work-life balance that earlier generations cite as the foundation that allowed them to spend their 30s on what they truly enjoyed.

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Brandy Grote
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it's come full circle, and the genre I enjoy - heavy metal - is thriving with amazing new bands and sounds.

Pauliina Painilainen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Metal is an exception, propably because the majority of the musicians and producers are sound perverts who do not tolerate poor sound quality. 🤘 But also, I think the golden age was a couple of decades ago, but a lot of good stuff does still come out. 🖤

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tuzdayschild
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I felt a little sad when I realized that I've reached the point when all of today's music is just c**p to me.

Pauliina Painilainen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One word: compressing. The sound is made flat so it can be played loud on radio and on poor quality headphones. The sound has no depth, no soul.

Lou Lopez
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mumble rap! WTF is that c**p? And dub-step sounds like a broken washing machine.

Atlas
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my opinion, technology has evolved so much they've considered instruments aren't necessary anymore. Y'know, they're outdated. That's why music lost its touch, sort of. Some genres always disposed of them, but now you see pop doing the same and it's a little sad. Feels less passionate and more merchandised. But again, that's just me.

Kjorn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

music is just made now for making money. so not real passion in it

Renee Gauthier
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm always 10 years behind but I do eventually like new music. I grew up in high school with hard rock and a little disco/funky music. MTV started the summer after I graduated. My friends & I wondered what the heck this new wave music was, but it grew on me. I actually like the 2000's better since a lot of it reminded me of my 70's rock. Rap even grew on me. It taught me not to discount new music. But I think all of us still have a special place in our hearts for the music we listened to as teenagers, if only because of all of the angsty memories associated with it.

Daria B
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my case, I'm kinda disappointed how it all sounds so tame. Musically, of course, lyrics are a different story. Keeping in mind how Beatles were considered "not music, just noise", and it became only "worse" by each decade, after the 2000s, they just gave up on noisy distortions. Too bad. (Btw, I like a huge variety of music styles, I was just very curious what would be more extreme than, say, Atari Teenage Riot, or the song Shock D.N.A. by Mach 1.67. And I love both of these.)

F. H.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's it exactly. It all sounds tame. Just compare Pink now to Pink in the 2000s. And don't get my started about the male singers. It seems as high pitched whining is the new trend for them.

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Ghost
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm 20 and I agree with that post. Modern music isn't really my cup of tea, I prefer from my parents and grandparents generation

Lauren Baker
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a young person and I also don't like a lot of the modern music. Some of it I do but I listen to all genres and ages of music. I love classical, reggae, folk, metal, rock, pop, blues, rap, and even a tiny bit of country. Music is amazing.

Sterrinatu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I totally sound like my mom now! " Music today isn't real music"

Susan Aeschliman
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm stuck in my teen years, 80s early 90s. Every once in a while something current is pretty good, every thing else is c**p. It all sounds the same.

Steve Barnett
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love music; not just the era I grew up in, but also anything before. I never wanted to grow old and despise current music, heck I'll give it a go. But music now really is generic, banal, bland, nondescript (List goes on). Oh, and don't get me started on flipping 'auto-tuning'.

Renee Gauthier
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was plenty of banal, generic music back in the day, but it was mostly on the pop stations, which I didn't listen to much past 12 years old. Pac-Man Fever anyone? I'm so happy for the internet for giving me access to music I like & not have to listen to what corporate radio stations play ad nauseum.

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whatever nevermind
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was always told your music tastes stop in your 20's. It's 100% true! I can't be bothered with anything past the 90's.

Renee Gauthier
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You have to open up. Maybe because I had younger sisters & then was a fairly young mother, newer music grew on me, especially because the "classic" stations play the same freaking classic songs over & over & I NEED new music. However, heavy metal/hard rock is what I grew up with & is still my favorite. I'm glad the 2000's brought new music in that category.

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Jennifer Sacrison
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As Bob Seger says...I love that old time rock and roll, the kinda music that soothes your soul, I reminisce about the days of old...

Ann Gullberg
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I cannot name popular movie stars.. used to know them all.. now I don’t care.

Mo Poppins
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try indie music. Commercial pop is generally c**p nowadays. There are always talented artists and songwriters, but they’re not always at the forefront of marketing efforts, so you just have to know where to look.

L McN
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree to a point. My taste in music has changed (although I will always like my childhood favorites) and I do still hear some good new songs. But to hear some of the trash....with great beats...is disturbing. Hearing your 6 year old in the back seat singing out the lyrics to some of these songs makes them downright unfit for human consumption until you are an adult! And THIS is now making me the very legal critics I complained about in the past (IE: when Rock was "on trial" for their music)

El Dee
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same as every generation before us, and those yet to come. The music of our youth was when we did all those good things for the first time, first love, first kiss. Memories and the soundtrack to them can't be beat..

Pedro Purcino
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

to be honest, a lot of modern of music is just poopy insults toward something/someone and almost zero art value.

Brandi VanSteenwyk
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely LOVE that my 52 year-old self can enjoy "Classic Rock" (aka: Lengthy Guitar and Drum rifts to make out by, Heavy metal to bang your head to and Heartfelt Love songs emphasized with strong notes etc.) with my 21 year-old son. Not often been possible with past generations.

Shinomi Chan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly can listen to any kind of music as long as the beat is good. Some lyrics tho.... yikes

David Redman
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So true. Pretty much gave up on "new" music around mid-1970s. Back to the days when music was music. Days when vocalists weren't overpowered by guitars and drums.

Winston
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you’re younger (teens to mid-20s) music is EVERYTHING. You’re shaping your music identity. When you’re older you’re attached to that band/genre. You might listen to some newer stuff but you’ll still have your go-to’s. it’s easier now to have access to a bunch of new music because of the internet but still. It is what it is. Now for no one to read this lol

Bored Fox
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a teen I used to hate plenty of 1990's and 2000's bands and hit songs but when those same songs comes from radio nowadays I always listen the whole song like it is a true masterpiece and think that the bands and artists nowadays are total c**p. :D

Himanshu Raj
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't worry, even a lot of people from this generation, like me, don't like it either.

Jerald Lifsey
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm 48 (OMG) and I've said before that I think most people will only care about saving the songs from when they were younger than 35 y/o .... everything else sucks

Chrissy Neibarger
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My hubby is an international recording artist who plays heavy metal, death metal, etc. Check him out ... Godless Angel. :)

Jane Dorothy Warner
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have never liked 'popular' music anyway. Give me the classics anyday - ageless. Like me LOL

Kevin Knaap
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I very much try to still keep up with new music, and spotify makes it very easy. The idea that all new music is bad, speaks very much to the fact that most people enjoy what they allready know. I love finding new music, and there is alot of it that is great if you look further then radio and top 100.

Master Markus
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't find this to be true for me. I hated a lot of popular music as a kid, and it's just the same sort of stuff I don't like now. I'm not great at keeping up with music trends, but it's more because I'm lazy and don't want to get committed to too many bands, not because I hate new music.

Mtballen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I refuse to let this happen to me as per my 18 year old self. I constantly search for new music. There is much is explore and enjoy.

Saico Hipe
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I go back and forth on this one. I think for me the difference is that I am now, as an adult, a little less susceptible to the wiles of mainstream pop/rock, as compared with my adolescence. Most of the newer music I've gotten into (and I'm old enough that by 'newer, ' I mean made in the last 10-15 years lol) has been somewhat less mainstream or well-known. I have also discovered or simply begun appreciating other or lesser-known music from my youth. I think when we're young we have hormones that make us wired to love stupid pop music, and that fades with age, but we retain a love of dumb music from our youth out of nostalgia. ♥️

KT Trondsen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

to each their own i guess. 38 here and love most of the modern music that comes out :)

lilspiffy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah no. I love new stuff. You Need To Calm Down is my jam right now. :)

OCDRobot
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm finding fantastic new music all the time. Music isn't age restricted and it's odd to act as if it is.

Pamela24
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've heard that you can only hear a certain amount of music you like before you just can't process more and only go back to what you already know you like. :) Know idea if it's true or not but it seams realistic.

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There is one thing that seems to be a universal experience after making it several decades into life, and that’s being baffled that people who were in diapers when you were in high school are now old enough to drive, vote, and call the music you listened to as a teen “oldies.” And if that makes you want to drink to forget, you had better think twice, unless you want to be glued to your bed for two days.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So very true. Doesn’t help that shops have already brought in Easter eggs and hot cross buns.

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Vivek Mhatre
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kids commiting the same mistakes we did. Telling them not to do it only "encourages" them.

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Laugh Fan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Got some great dog-face socks with ears that stick up for Christmas!! It's boring socks that are bad - warm, fluffy, quality or fun socks are wonderful.

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Daria B
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add cultural differences to this and it becomes even worse. Here in Korea I tell them my birth year and let them to the maths.

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Iggy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish the hair on my head grew even half as quickly!

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L McN
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I got....round. Entirely my fault. I blame nobody but me! And I still enjoy my food, but more carefully since I prefer to live. But damn it, I used to be able to breathe and lose the weight, now it takes a miracle for every ounce....

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The last 7 or 8 years I have really enjoyed it getting dark in the winter. Come 6 pm "it's dark kids, bedtime!" And we all pile up early and watch Netflix or read. I hate it when it's still sunny at 8 pm.

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Renee Gauthier
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been worrying about this since elementary school LOL so I'm prepared. However, doctors are getting younger and cops too. I was a little shaken when being pulled over one day, and when the cop came up to my window, I calmed down since he looked like he was 12. But he was very nice to an old lady. If only he knew.

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Deborah HUGHES
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to call my cell phone number on my landline phone just to locate it....only to realize it is as actually laying next to me...dear lord.

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Laugh Fan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me it's not so much the falling but the inability to get up again due to the impact and shock. I have balance problems (nothing to do with age) so do end up kissing the ground more often than I would like to. Don't ping back up like I used to. ☹

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Dilly Millandry
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Background music on tv that you have to turn down and dialogue which you have to keep turning up. WHY? I'm not sure that's entirely my ears at fault.

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athornedrose
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

same! i was always like "why are people putting on moisturizer all the time?" and now i keep a spare bottle in my desk at work

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Ronel du Plessis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband loves saying " I can't even remember what I had for breakfast, now you want me to remember things from way back?"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We in our 30s shouldn't complain yet either. People in their 60s would laugh at our minor 'aging' complaints compared to their far more serious ones.

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Anna Ledwońska
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And this serious effect on health when you can't sleep one night for some reason (travel, work or smth). In youth - nah, nothing. Now - feeling like I would surely die, week of worst health issues...

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