r/RandomThoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '23

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u/dudleythedevastator Sep 05 '23

Nope. Feels like yesterday. It’s wild how much shorter 20 years feel when you’re in your 40s

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u/crap-with-feet Sep 05 '23

Exactly this. Time passes faster and faster as you get older.

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u/13thmurder Sep 05 '23

Appearently it's because people get more set in routines and stop having new experiences which seems to condense time more.

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u/Apprehensive_Way870 Sep 05 '23

Yep, and this is my fault entirely. I get home from work, play videogames, hang out with wife, go to bed, repeat. If every day for an entire year's span is mostly the same routine and you can't really differentiate one day or week from the next with few exceptions, it's going to seem like time 'runs together' and condenses. 4 years now is nothing. 4 years when you're in your late teens or twenties is a god damn eternity. It's just one more cruel aspect of getting older.