I’ve never understood people that yearn to be a kid again. When I was a kid, especially when I was in high school, I desperately wanted to get all that over with and become an adult. And when I became an adult, things were rough, but I felt so much better for so many reasons.

As I’ve aged, this sentiment has only been further reinforced by my experiences with aging. Not to toot my own horn, but I’ve been aging well and have gotten more attractive the older I get (so far). My social skills have improved so much, I was painfully awkward and unable to successfully socialize as a young person. Holy fuck, I actually have real friends and relationships now, it’s amazing. Yeah I got responsibilities, but I can actually do things I want to so long as I stay within the confines of those responsibilities, definitely not something I had as a kid either. And honestly, I’m a much better person, which I won’t get into too much, but I was closer to being right wing in my younger days.

Sure, it’ll stop feeling so great at some point, but I’m kinda past the point where most people start to say getting old sucks and you know what, I say no, it’s pretty cool actually.

    • a_party_german [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      18 天前

      Oh that sucks. Both eyes? You have my deepest sympathies, comrade.

      Well into my 40s with verry bad myopia and plenty of floaters aleady, anxiously waiting for the day when it happens to me. Most people with myopia will suffer from PVD at some point in their life…you really start to understand what those old 1700s geezer philosophers meant when they said “the world starts to dim as you get older”.

      Also, you’re probably aware of this, but PVD seems like the ideal use case for Laser vitreolysis. It’s not the most expensive procedure out there, and aside from the slightly worrying amount of pure energy beamed right into your eyeball, it’s also seems rather safe. There’s lots of videos on youtube on PVD floater removal if you want to look into it. Personally, I would absolutely consider the procedure if a huge Weiss ring stuck in my FOV.