I have another question for you all. I am 35. Still wear the same pants I wore back near the end of high school. Still look the same as I did a decade prior. Got a couple grey hairs in my chest fur… And that is it. Everyone told me I would be in pain in my thirties and wouldn’t want to do anything, but I have just much energy as I did when I was a kid. I don’t look or feel any different from when I was in my late twenties.
I go out with several buddies, some with kids, some without. Same deal. They haven't slowed down at all. We have discussed this a few times bar hopping. Brought it up to some old men in their fifties who... Honestly, I wouldn't have guessed they were in their fifties. Forties tops. Blew my mind, the way they drink and party.
My question is… Why is this an American myth? Feminists being resentful of men aging gracefully? The r select being angry at the k select? Endomorphs raging at ectomoporhs and mesomorphs walking through less affected by time? Everyone throughout my life has told me when you hit your thirties you will be in pain after waking up sleeping on the wrong side of the bed. You can't drink as much. Your dick won't be hard. Where does this shit come from?
Doubt it. Clearly not as much esthetic aging do to jobs that no longer demand physical labor and less sun exposure but the rest is very much there.
If you play any shooter you'll notice your reflexes are not as good, if you spend the night out clubbing the next day you're useless, you don't build muscles as fast, it is harder to lose weight, I would also argue that is harder to be happy.
If you hit 30s and you work out regularly and maintain good muscle mass and low fat percentage it helps a lot in the mid to late 30s since is easier to maintain then build.
While it's harder to hit the highest highs, the general sense of wellbeing is better for me now than it was in my teens and twenties. Even with gaming, I thought everything sucked because I was getting old but then Wasteland 3, Baldur's Gate 3 and Rogue Trader came out and I was hooked like it was 2005.
Bg3 is enjoyable trash. I played up to the end then uninstalled the game, the story made 0 sense in a game that it is about story.
The dude for Bale obtains the crown that has the power of a god but decides to use it by putting it on an elder brain, one of the smartest creatures in the universe so that you can mount an assault on a city so he can become a glorified mayor. If that was not enough, he asks for help from other 2 evil dudes so he can share the power for no reason. Also he received the crown for his soul that was worthless to begin with.
Then the entire Githyanki plotline. You go thru all the trouble of saving the prince and after 2 seconds he is not only up to speed on everything but the ONLY solution is for him that is basically a god level being to become a mindflayer permanently - the race that they hate with prejudice. No other solution, no way to trap, lock or defeat except that.
I can't take BG3 serious, wokenes asside it is a testimony on how sexy and good mechanics sell.