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What's the worst part about getting older that young people don't know about? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 28 points 4 months ago* (7 children)

The weight of experience.

The heartbreaks, failures, disappointments, and losses you experience in your youth accrue and do permanent damage over time. Also, everything you loved in your youth will be unrecognizably different or gone completely within 20-30 years. (Which is why I recommend people get in the habit of journaling.)

Also, you won't digest food as well as you age and your digestion's going to get weird.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    your digestion’s going to get weird

    Suddenly, I can’t handle porter beers anymore. All other beers and alcohols have the usual effects, but porters give the worst hangovers even with minimal consumption.

    At random, I struggle with milk. Happened consistently for a while, I stopped drinking milk. I started again after a year or so, I was fine again. Nowadays once a year or so milk hits wrong and I can’t digest it, while I can most of the time.

    Caffeine hits way more as well. I used to not care, now two coffees/a big coke and I can’t sleep for hours.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Something like 70% of adults are lactose intolerant. It's well known milk was very much an infant thing and not really for adults as we evolved.

    However we have a very powerful dairy lobby which tries to tell us we're all wrong and we do want the extra cheese.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Regarding caffeine and alcohol: I feel like combination dehydration and awareness really hits. Like you become more aware of how things affect you, but I've also noticed a TON of people most don't drink fucking water and enough water. Like, holy. Drink more gd water.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Also, you won't digest food as well as you age and your digestion's going to get weird.

    Me becoming lactose intolerant in my early to mid twenties hit me like a fucking truck in the worst way possible. I ate an ice cream sandwich one day and was constipated for a week.

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