You are not a "boomer" if you aren't in your twenties. You are not irrelevant if you aren't in your twenties. You don't go straight from being a kid to being "old". Stages of life are fluid and vary for each person, and should be savored to the fullest of your means to do so.

Stop letting internet memes about age, height, and general state of being have an actual impact on your mental health. They mean nothing, and don't benefit you in any material way.

edit 1 part 1: this is the worst comment section I've even seen in any Hexbear thread in all my years, except for @Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net who is as always the best of us

edit 1 part 2: generationalism is also made up, don't let people put you into boxes and further don't put yourself into a box that someone else made up for you

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[–] ScrewdriverFactoryFactoryProvider@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favorite Madeline Pendleton rant is the one about how “you look so good for your age” is not a compliment. She’s in her late 30’s. She looks good and is almost 40. She does not look 22. You don’t have to be 22 to be attractive. And our culture’s association between young age and attractiveness is creepy af. Or at the very least, the threshold being so low is creepy af.

[–] Goadstool@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Creepy and a blueprint for decades of misery. Whole reason I made this post was because I'm tired of seeing people act like they're obsolete the second they hit 30, like they're no longer attractive or able to do new things or take on challenges they couldn't accomplish when they were younger.

Inventing a reality within their own mind where the society of Logan's Run unironically had merit.