‘He sent me to the office for detention’: Father gets mistaken for high school student, is written up for infraction

I think I’ve always looked exactly the age that I am. It’s kind of a superpower. When I was 12, I looked 12. When I was 20, I looked 20. Once in a blue moon, someone will think I’m younger than I am, but not often. But guessing someone’s age is all about context. When …
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Things That Make People Look Ten Times Older Than They Are

I started smoking cigarettes when I was about eighteen years old. Of course I knew smoking was slowly going to kill me, but at the time, I’d never considered the fact that it was making me uglier. By the time I was thirty, I could tell those decades of sucking down carcinogens had taken a …
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People Share the Most Important Things They Realized As They Got Older

There are many things that only come to us with age. Learning lessons is a fact of life that we have no choice to accept. Still, that process of acceptance is rarely a quick or easy one. If there is any point to this ridiculous existence of ours, it’s that we have to learn stuff. …
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15 Hilarious Tweets Mourning Victims of ‘Twink Death’

Youth does not last forever; for many people, that is unforgivable. This week, Twitter user @thenorthmens went viral after posting two pictures of Leonardo DiCaprio, one in the 90s and one now, with the caption, «twink death is a terrifying thing.» If you didn’t know, a twink is a slim, young, and hairless gay man. …
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People Explain All the Relatable Things They Can’t Tolerate As They Get Older

There are many gifts that aging brings, and they aren’t just limited to gray hair and wrinkles. Getting older allows us to have a lot more wisdom about the world, at least in comparison to when we were 18. What naturally follows from this is that we start to get a lot pickier about certain …
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The Generational Meme Redux Of My Parents In Their 30s

In case the internet’s long term anti-boomer crusade hasn’t made it clear enough, younger generations haven’t had it so great for a while. Between rising living costs, stagnant wages and a society hellbent on making things harder for the little guy, it can be easy to look at coming of age a few decades earlier …
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Itty Bitty Gerbil Babies

missriddle says: «My nine-day-old gerbil litter! Their fur just came in.» Squeeeeeeeeeeeep!! These gerbil babies are so pint-sized and precious, I can hardly believe they are real! Thanks for the photographic evidence, missriddle! Do you have a squee pet that you want to share with the world? Send us your pet pictures and stories, and …
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