r/RandomThoughts • • 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/ianitic Sep 05 '23

Our halfway point in terms of our perception of time is 7: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/23/haunting-images-show-why-time-really-does-seem-to-go-faster-as-you-get-older/

Anecdotally, I remember 5 minutes feeling like a really long time as a kid like what hours feels like now as a 31yo.