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At some point in your 40s, you realize you're done
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Date: April 8th, 2026 1:20 AM Author: I can tell you right now whether you live one more day or another 50, you're about as developed as you can be, and you're now just waiting for the train (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802891) |
Date: April 8th, 2026 1:24 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX Life begins when you realize it’s over (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802894) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 1:32 AM Author: I can tell you right now it's a second life in a way, yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802900) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 1:34 AM Author: Marinating in Retards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802904) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 6:03 AM Author: jcm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49803045) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 9:42 AM Author: gibberish (?) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49803290) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 10:55 AM Author: Consuela (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49803433) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 2:27 AM Author: evan39 "Age" is flame and I still look very young. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802929) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 2:28 AM Author: I can tell you right now I look anywhere from 29 to 33, and pass for it too (33 year old guy thought he was older than me), but that's besides the point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802931) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 2:29 AM Author: in the naked are you hung? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802933) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 2:33 AM Author: I can tell you right now no, but he is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxOQriOSFdQ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802938) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 2:32 AM Author: The Soo CR SPRING BREAK JUGGERNAUT a homo in st b told me I look max 28 lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49802937) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 7:11 AM Author: rice a rony seikaly Did you top or bottom w him? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49803079) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 6:05 AM Author: luiskandarnameh (π§) Wow oh wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49803046) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 7:18 AM Author: Regina George Nationalism (πΎπ£) fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49803084) |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 9:39 AM Author: Nazca Redlines At some point, there aren't many doors open and possibilities left in your life. In your 20s, you can find young love, start fresh in an industry, be somebody. By 40, you're very likely on the path you're on, and if you haven't already made it in whatever you want to make it in, you're probably not going to.
Two saving graces are (1) having kids, which resets the clock insofar as they can still make it and be and do anything, and (2) making enough money to get out and the wage cage and at least chill for a bit. |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 9:40 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX what percentage of people have saving graces by 40
no chance at all to turn the ship around in 40s and above? |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 10:10 AM Author: Nazca Redlines The vast majority of people have a kid by 40--even in our declining birth rate techno-dystopia.
One definitely can, in theory, turn the ship around in his/her 40s and above. Some people have. E.g., Rodney Dangerfield found little success as a comic in his 20s, he quit to get a regular job in his 30s, and he returned to comedy in his 40s, becoming one of the biggest comics of his era and a legend.
The problems are more that (a) very few people who haven't already found success or put themselves on the path to success by 40 are going to have the resources, will power, energy, capacity, etc. to do so after 40 and (b) even if the factors in (a) weren't a problem, a lot of doors still remain closed, by choice or otherwise. |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 10:13 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX I know a few career military bros getting out after 20 yrs at 42-45, they're looking for 2nd careers. Have a 50% pension, GI bill to do whatever education, and the kids are almost out of the house. It seems like life is sort of starting for them...
What doors remain closed, becoming like a Zuckerberg billionaire? Other than that, I can't see or think of too many |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 10:53 AM Author: Nazca Redlines Entertainment--40smos aren't "up" on what's cool, no one wants to see a 40 year old struggling to make it and find his footing, youthful energy and creativity is gone.
Anything that requires being away from family and starting out with little pay. E.g., I'm a reasonably competent guitarist and I could find a band to tour with (but see above about no one wanting to see a 40 year old entertainer who isn't at the top of the craft or who isn't already famous). However, I don't want to be away from my kids, and I want to make money so they can live a good life.
Breaking into a new industry that requires starting on the ground floor. That's cool and fine when you're in your 20s. Would you want to be a 43 year old first year associate? Junior programmer? |
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Date: April 8th, 2026 9:49 AM Author: luiskandarnameh (π§) I'm becoming a policeman at 40 it's never too late to maek it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5854909&forum_id=2...#49803303) |