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Brothers, when does the U-shaped happiness curve for men begin right curve?

Im looking around at my fellow middle-aged bros and things a...
seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut
  07/01/25
by this reckoning, we have to wait till age 75 to approximat...
seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut
  07/01/25
Thats gotta be bullshit
glittery purple bawdyhouse
  07/01/25
don't worry! when youre 95, your teen years will look like m...
seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut
  07/01/25
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Nighttime nibblets laser beams
  07/01/25
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razzle henna brunch pocket flask
  07/01/25
Had the same thought. Noticing family members in their lat...
cocky gaped sneaky criminal
  07/01/25
The main reason the curve starts going up is that the truly ...
soul-stirring shimmering shrine
  07/01/25
wow lmao
cocky gaped sneaky criminal
  07/01/25
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primrose charismatic stag film
  07/01/25
Describe the falling apart.
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aggressive queen of the night
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Nighttime nibblets laser beams
  07/01/25
i think it's basically something like this: We all starte...
seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut
  07/01/25
Good thing my parents are already dead haha
Razzle-dazzle snowy codepig haunted graveyard
  07/01/25
holy shit
aggressive queen of the night
  07/01/25
1FUCKING80000000000QUADRILLION000000000 POTY candidate
Khaki stimulating native
  07/01/25
tyft
seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut
  07/01/25
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razzle henna brunch pocket flask
  07/01/25
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Brilliant base
  07/01/25
im gay
cocky gaped sneaky criminal
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slate lascivious idea he suggested preventive strike
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electric school cafeteria knife
  07/01/25
When you find a GF half your age.
wonderful indian lodge
  07/01/25
Jfc shut the fuck up
Razzle-dazzle snowy codepig haunted graveyard
  07/01/25
God has blessed me.
wonderful indian lodge
  07/01/25
no kidding this old faggot is going to be suicidal when she ...
slate lascivious idea he suggested preventive strike
  07/01/25
Just find another one, if it happens.
wonderful indian lodge
  07/01/25
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hot histrionic public bath toaster
  07/01/25
Happiness depends a lot on luck tbh. Tragedy and unforeseen ...
tantric location son of senegal
  07/01/25
I think “happiness” is just accepting that life ...
Confused curious lodge jew
  07/01/25
your only chance at all is of having grandchildren while hav...
Vibrant startled hospital psychic
  07/01/25


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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut

Im looking around at my fellow middle-aged bros and things are kind of falling apart. I hear about this U-shaped curve, and to be honest, we really need to hit that right hand side of the halfpipe really soon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49062659)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:45 AM
Author: seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut

by this reckoning, we have to wait till age 75 to approximate happiness we had at 20 :(

https://www.margithenderson.com/the-paradox-of-aging-the-happiness-u-curve/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49062662)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:51 AM
Author: glittery purple bawdyhouse

Thats gotta be bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49062667)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:53 AM
Author: seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut

don't worry! when youre 95, your teen years will look like misery!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49062670)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:58 AM
Author: Nighttime nibblets laser beams



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Date: July 1st, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: razzle henna brunch pocket flask



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Date: July 1st, 2025 4:34 PM
Author: cocky gaped sneaky criminal

Had the same thought. Noticing family members in their late 70s irl getting noticeably more depressed due to health issues and heightened awareness of their mortality imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49064026)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: soul-stirring shimmering shrine

The main reason the curve starts going up is that the truly saddest, most miserable bros start dying out from age 45 on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49062687)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: cocky gaped sneaky criminal

wow lmao

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Date: July 1st, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: primrose charismatic stag film



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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:57 AM
Author: bisexual weed whacker ladyboy

Describe the falling apart.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49062678)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:58 AM
Author: aggressive queen of the night



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Date: July 1st, 2025 8:59 AM
Author: Nighttime nibblets laser beams

bald

gray pubes

leaky diaper

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Date: July 1st, 2025 10:40 AM
Author: seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut

i think it's basically something like this:

We all started massed together in a crowd of dudes, like 16 years old.

"The Earth" started sniping bad shit and tragedies at us, sporadically. Some bros got headshot. Gone. Some got drilled in the knee or thigh. Hobbled. Drugs, booze. Shitty parents. The riflemen started to unleash some serious clips. Great numbers of us chose liberal arts or law school. Just a cascade of dudes getting laid out, who would never really regain their footing. "The world" then launched fucking grenades. We married and/or impregnated crazy women. Fucking limbs and body parts scattered everywhere. Collateral damage. Lay-offs, ITEs, boomers, you name it. You get to my age and look around at who is still standing -- guys are alive, but their faces are twitching, there is blood (whose?) across their cheeks and foreheads, they are standing alone, no one near them. Each little noise causes our anuses to clench or release involuntarily. Shell shocked as hell. Alive, but surrounded by carnage. Dudes are crazy, paranoid about their wives, anxious to death about money, jumping painfully on one busted ankle, our backs contorted and aching, our shit in tatters.

By 40s and I imagine 50s, there are very few healthy bros left. And the fire now is raining down harder. Cancer. Accidents. Floods of alcohol. Insanity. Divorce. Kids hurt or sick or ungrateful or, God forbid, dead.

Somewhere behind the wall, the earth is sliding the "your parents are about to die" missile into its silo.

Its rough out here, bro



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49062991)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle snowy codepig haunted graveyard

Good thing my parents are already dead haha

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49063026)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 10:57 AM
Author: aggressive queen of the night

holy shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49063035)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 2:04 PM
Author: Khaki stimulating native

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POTY candidate

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Date: July 1st, 2025 2:11 PM
Author: seedy passionate orchestra pit juggernaut

tyft

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Date: July 1st, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: razzle henna brunch pocket flask



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Date: July 1st, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: Brilliant base

180

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Date: July 1st, 2025 4:38 PM
Author: cocky gaped sneaky criminal

im gay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49064037)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: slate lascivious idea he suggested preventive strike



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:46 PM
Author: electric school cafeteria knife



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Date: July 1st, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: wonderful indian lodge

When you find a GF half your age.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49063025)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle snowy codepig haunted graveyard

Jfc shut the fuck up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49063028)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: wonderful indian lodge

God has blessed me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49063116)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:35 PM
Author: slate lascivious idea he suggested preventive strike

no kidding this old faggot is going to be suicidal when she dips

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49065159)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:51 PM
Author: wonderful indian lodge

Just find another one, if it happens.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49065180)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 2:02 PM
Author: hot histrionic public bath toaster



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:59 AM
Author: tantric location son of senegal

Happiness depends a lot on luck tbh. Tragedy and unforeseen shit happening can fuck anyone up. But absent tragedy I think 40s are a great decade for most bros.l

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49063216)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: Confused curious lodge jew

I think “happiness” is just accepting that life is fundamentally meaningless and as you age you get closer to death which is a relief from having to work or read nyuug posts and such.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49064023)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: Vibrant startled hospital psychic

your only chance at all is of having grandchildren while having maintained a close enough relationship, both geographically and emotionally, with your children to be a major part of their lives, otherwise all you have to look forward to is messing around with your stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744893&forum_id=2#49065164)