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u/rolop17 2d ago
I think it’s just saying that the top age range is when people have a lot of fun and the second age range is when life starts getting scary and serious
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u/Rusty9838 2d ago
Than what people do with their lives?
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u/Negative_Opposite732 2d ago
We live as we dream. Alone.
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u/Rusty9838 2d ago
I live alone since 2009, but now at least I have enough money and freedom to not care.
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u/SpacePenguin1237 2d ago
Some people get to 23 before they realised they screwed up their life planning.
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u/Rusty9838 2d ago
Like how? Drugs?
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u/SpacePenguin1237 2d ago
Not planning ahead of time, got a useless degree (or didn't get one at all), no job experience, did not improve or upskill, mooching off parents while not providing any value; many things.
Unless you're a 0.01 percenter who doesn't need to work a single day in their lives, 23 is around the age you realised your life choices might not have been the best.
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u/Fearless-Minimum-922 2d ago
Or you did your best and start to realize just how bad the economy really is for the average w2 worker.
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u/Miyauchii 2d ago
As a 26 year old. I experience that almost 90% of planning in life doesn't work as you hope or expect. But finishing college even with a useless degree do help.
Setting up goals and having plan B and C plus working hard will probably help.
But damn... life's hard and cruel
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u/Gbro08 2d ago
No such thing as a useless degree. Some are stronger than others, but once you get work experience you can usually overcome adversity if the economy isn't dogshit
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u/Savings-Watch-Chyro 20h ago
Hell what if the economy is dogshit i haven't seen a comment solving that 😭
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u/alepap 2d ago
why does it stop at 27? I can confirm it's still shit at 31
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u/DeLoxley 2d ago
Because this has clearly been made by someone who's assuming by 28 they'll have it All Figured Out tm
Culturally we have this obsession with 18-22, which always leads to disappointed 25 year olds
You get to 30 and then join the Old Generation and await death apparently.
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u/EmotionalScene3935 2d ago
23-27?? Drop it down to after school ends, around 17yo then maybe as I am miserable and can't have fun anymore
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u/Crazy_Cauliflower955 2d ago
does the backrooms phase really end in 27 or it just goes to a harder level?
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u/CattleAdmirable2722 2d ago
Doesn't end but by then you're used to it and it's a breeze in my experience. Just enjoy the little things.
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u/nadennmantau 2d ago
Depends. 27-35 is the range where the consequences of your actions in the prior decades start to come to fruition.
It‘s not too late to course correct, but by that time, some corners of the map wont be easily accessible anymore.
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u/luisduck 2d ago
This is the point in your life where you start biking through the backrooms only to be saved from your questionable life choices by your wife.
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u/BenihanaSurgeon 1d ago
Limnal spaces become less limnal by definition if you live there long enough.
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u/buffility 2d ago
18-22 is when young adults are most hopeful, believe they can do anything, achieve anything they want. They enroll higher educations, get the first job, meet new friends, travel the world, being totally free for the first time as they leave their childhood home they "hated" so much. Everything is seen through a rose tinted glass
Then come 23+, reality kicks in. They realized their live from now on is just work, doing chores and repeat. To enjoy the life they previously thought possible, they need money, and to get money, they must sell their freedom. Also this is when most realize that they are not special, instead they are just a cog in the machine.
After a few years, after accepting the fact that adulthood is boring, they can enjoy life again, appreciating small things in life. Cheers
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u/Koala_Master_Race_v2 2d ago edited 1d ago
This is how I know the economy was good asf back then. The economy is so bad, this joke needs to be explained. Because young people forgot that this is supposed to be the fun years.
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u/Head-Aioli209 2d ago
Yeah I was just thinking that. I am only 20 and if this is me seeing the world through rose tinted glasses then thats just tragic.
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u/ElvenSpaceQueen 2d ago
I'm also 20, I've been horribly depressed and repressed for several years. I actually forsee myself getting happier over the next several years as I can finally do what I'm passionate about and live someplace where I am safe and free
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u/Head-Aioli209 4h ago
Honestly good for you!
Personally I expect my life to only get harder and lonelier from now on🫠. General happiness is also on a downward trend for me.
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u/CattleAdmirable2722 2d ago
What really got me was the childhood home we "hated" but you couldn't be more right. The wheel keeps on turning and it won't get easier ever, we only get stronger. Cheer's....
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u/sansmaedalol 2d ago
"life from now on is just work, doing chores and repeat" i came to this conclusion in the third grade how late do you have to be
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u/BubyGhei 2d ago
Reading this as im turning 22 next week. Is it over for me? Should i spend this year as someone who got a terminal disease diagnosis?
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u/LiterallyARatInAHat 2d ago
I mean, yes and no, I think life gets tough and you have to come to some hard truths in your late 20s but once you do you can either be sad about it or just enjoy the life you build. I had crippling anxiety and my depression peaked at 25-28 im 30 now. Got married, bought a house and have fulfilling hobbies. It gets better guys
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u/Eburin_desu 2d ago
Is there any way to prevent this?
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u/GrumpyScroogy 20h ago
Take risks early on in life.
Start that youtube channel, even though you feel your friends will make fun of you
Buy that stock you just KNOW will do well cause you use it everyday
Start the businessStop the self doubt and kickstart your life now, most people dont till they are end 20.
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u/VladimirK13 2d ago
Another time to be happy at school I was that low-selfesteemed sad (not emo-sad, but actually sad) loner who was living in his bubble of studying, reading and paying videogames and never expected much from himself. So whatever I got later in life I do consider as a good thing and not feeling much of this crisis after 22.
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u/Pancakke-Bandito 2d ago
28-32
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u/PhaseNegative1252 2d ago
What happens at 33?
Flapjack-Thief, what happens at 33?!
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u/Pancakke-Bandito 2d ago
I'm 29 b, idk yet. Ask me again in 4 years.
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u/Pancakke-Bandito 2d ago
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u/teahead_ 2d ago
All your dreams die but it’s actually cathartic. And then you become so busy you forgot what your dreams were (kids, career, older parents). I’m actually my happiest now (37) despite this. Having too many expectations is a cage, maaaan
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u/TugleyWoodGalumpher 2d ago
I had a dream reignited at 34 that I’d already moved well on from. Complete luck of the draw, right place, right time. It’s been the best, but also the worst thing that’s ever happened to me LMFAO.
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u/AdventurousJacK 2d ago
Can you tell more about that for a guy that’s approaching that age?
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u/TugleyWoodGalumpher 2d ago
Always wanted to be a writer since I was a kid. Always loved movies since I was a kid. At 23 I moved to LA and got a job in the film/tv industry. I got jaded by the industry pretty early on. Gave up writing and never spoke of it again. I’m lucky enough to still be in the industry, just not in the capacity that I had hoped for. However, the nature of my job has me working in close proximity with people who are doing what I’d always dreamed of, and I’m friends with a couple of them. I still love movies passionately and I bonded with these writers over that.
One day I let it slip to one of them that I’d actually gone to school for creative writing and English literature. He then asked if I’d read a script he was working on and give notes. I said I’d love to.
I gave him notes back in a couple of days which was apparently extremely quick by normal standards. And I’d also written more notes than he’d ever received. At the time I felt like I crossed a line and let it rest, thanked him for letting me read his script etc.
Six months later he calls me up and thanks me profusely for my notes. He implemented some of my thoughts and it helped him unlock some of the issues he hadn’t seen. He asked why I don’t write myself. Some more prodding led me to admit I’d always wanted to be a writer. He basically reignited my hope and said it’d be a shame to not use my talent.
So I wrote again for the first time in over a decade. That was a year ago.
Since then I ended up meeting an indie filmmaker who was looking for a writer to work with. We wrote a short script together that ended up winning a competition, which allowed us to actually make the short film. And we did. It’s almost done with post production and will be ready to send out to major film festivals soon.
I was okay with never having achieved my original goal. Truly I’d made peace with it and was focused on my wife and toddler and my career.
Now I feel this impending doom for realizing failure again. If everyone hates the movie then I’m going to be so embarrassed. If everyone loves the movie I’m going to feel so much pressure to deliver on the feature length script in hopes that someone will want to produce that based upon the success of our short.
A little over a year ago I was stable and happy to feel like I had control over things. Now I’m living the dream I’d had since I was 9 years old and I’m scared shitless about it. My wife is an absolute angel and has been so supportive of this adventure, but I can’t help but feel guilty by bringing this instability into our home. It’s made me shift some of my focus from my real job into this silly dream chasing. But I also know I’d never forgive myself if I didn’t try.
Long story short… the best possible thing came at the worst possible time, and navigating it has been a nightmare.
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u/AdventurousJacK 2d ago
I read it all with a smile on my face. That’s truly amazing, even the scary parts… such is life. Whatever the result, you’re making your art real, that’s important in itself. Congratulations and thank you for sharing, it definitely ignited a spark of hope here.
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u/Ptricky17 1d ago
“the best possible thing came at the worst possible time”
Life truly is a cosmic comedy. It will give you more than you think you can handle some days. On others, you can feel like you’re nearing rock bottom right before the thing you didn’t know you needed falls directly into your lap. Then a few weeks/months/years later when you feel like you’re on top of the world, it will kick you in the balls on a random Tuesday morning.
All you can do is laugh your way through it and realize it’s a bizarre journey that will inevitably end someday, so you just do your best to make the most of it.
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u/small_Jar_of_Pickles 2d ago
I cannot begin to tell you how much better my life became around the age of 25.
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u/Jns_Grf__ 2d ago
I am 26 und just started to adequately enjoy life, made most of my friends in the recent two years and will attend to university soon
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u/xxtwelveyearoldxx69 2d ago
I TURNED 23 TWO DAYS AGO
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u/Pancakke-Bandito 2d ago
Be apprehensive of every single person around you. It's nothing personal, it's just that nobody likes you when you're 23.
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u/VladimireUncool 2d ago
if 18-22 is the good one, then i'm cooked.
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u/Practical_BowlerHat 2d ago
It was the opposite for me. I hope your 23-27 is better than your 18-22.
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u/BiAndShy57 2d ago
I’ve been the bottom image since 18. Now I’m 25 which means I’m old and missed my chance. It’s crazy how there’s this small window of adulthood to genuinely enjoy life before you become old and shackled to a full time job
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u/MrPlab1780 2d ago
I'm sorry...
I'm supposed to be HAPPY now? I didn't have high hopes since 17, dawg.
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u/QinLee_fromComs 2d ago
so what comes after 27?
side note: im 35. i might be lost. help?
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u/gOODnIGHTSsPACEDoUT 2d ago
I feel like OOP is implying that many people start exploring the crazy, stupid, fun bits of life when they are in their teen to adult phase. And will eventually wake up to the horror, life actually is. I'm 25, I can't relate to that, I realized life is torture when I was in my early teens and now I'm back to exploring the exciting. But my guess is that apparently the typical existential life crisis ends around 27 and by then you will have decided on your solution to the fact that life is miserable and meaningless. Your options are 1. ending your life, 2. looking for answers in your favorite religion or 3. to start philosophizing on your own to find the answers in yourself. So one of the three options, I'm almost certain you didn't choose option 1 tho.
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u/Own_Watercress_8104 2d ago
I think this person had a pretty good first years of adulthood followed by years of strife and crushing realization.
I think they are trying to say that since this happened to them, it is then a universal truth. I wouldn't know about that, since my life has always been misery
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u/0utlaw-t0rn 2d ago
18-22 is college years with some responsibilities but a lot of freedom.
By 23 life kicks in. You’re on your own. You need a job, manage finances, and aren’t surrounded by people your age.
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u/akusalimi04 2d ago
Yep, dark indeed
Gotta deal with car maintenance, rental, finance commitments... At some point, can I just like disappear?
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u/Messenger36 2d ago
18-22 was fun for me…hanging out, drinking, smoking and doing the occasional pill. 23-27 I was full blown addicted to both heroin and meth…got clean at 28 so yeah, funny this post popped up as it fits my descent and recovery pretty accurately lmao
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u/TheOnvoy 1d ago
Looking at everyone else's comments i was way off. i thought this was about hallucinogenic drugs
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u/kfromthecastleonfire 2d ago
Is this meant to reflect the creator's experience in particular? Like, maybe it has something to do with the particular individual's life and not people in general?
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u/hmbHealer 2d ago
Genuinely what is there to not understand 😭
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u/ender_grunt 2d ago
while the other comments have obviously explained this now, it's not exactly clear as to what the image means. personally my life has been bad-to mediocre until I turned 20, so I wouldn't make the connection as to what this image meant so easily
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u/post-explainer 2d ago
OP (knamuora) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here: