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DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:07 pm Not sure where I'm going with this one. Maybe it's the holiday blues creeping in.

I watched the Amazon movie "My Old Ass" the other night. Terrible name but it was a decent movie. It was a cross between a teen comedy and adult drama. I have an odd crush on Audrey Plaza. The little blonde girl was pretty darn cute too.

Anyway....one line really got me. It was something like "Time goes by faster when you're older". I was glad to hear that because I thought I was the only one who felt like that!

For example, when I was a kid in the 80's and someone mentioned Skynyrd or the Who from the 70's it seemed like a LIFETIME ago. Like 100 years old. Even old Aerosmith was ancient compared to Rag Doll or whatever.

But now....like Mike Tramp is on tour with his "Tramp's White Lion" band and I'm thinking...oh yeah, I saw his last White Lion band a few years ago. I double checked and it was TWENTY FUCKING YEARS AGO!!! My God!!! How did that happen? I still remember seeing the world premiere video of Little Fighter and even that doesn't feel like it was 20 years ago.

Like I said, I don't know where I'm going with this. I know it's a long post but it's kinda music related so I thought I'd share in case anyone was going through the same shock as I am that time is moving by so damn fast.

Incidentally, there is a scientific reason for this:

However, as we get older, we have progressively fewer new experiences. Equally importantly, our perception of the world becomes more automatic. We grow progressively de-sensitized to our surroundings. As a result, we absorb gradually less information, which means that time passes more quickly.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... %20quickly.

DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:07 pm
Anyway....one line really got me. It was something like "Time goes by faster when you're older". I was glad to hear that because I thought I was the only one who felt like that!

For example, when I was a kid in the 80's and someone mentioned Skynyrd or the Who from the 70's it seemed like a LIFETIME ago. Like 100 years old. Even old Aerosmith was ancient compared to Rag Doll or whatever.

But now....like Mike Tramp is on tour with his "Tramp's White Lion" band and I'm thinking...oh yeah, I saw his last White Lion band a few years ago. I double checked and it was TWENTY FUCKING YEARS AGO!!! My God!!! How did that happen? I still remember seeing the world premiere video of Little Fighter and even that doesn't feel like it was 20 years ago.

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 12:03 am

DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:07 pm
Anyway....one line really got me. It was something like "Time goes by faster when you're older". I was glad to hear that because I thought I was the only one who felt like that!

For example, when I was a kid in the 80's and someone mentioned Skynyrd or the Who from the 70's it seemed like a LIFETIME ago. Like 100 years old. Even old Aerosmith was ancient compared to Rag Doll or whatever.

But now....like Mike Tramp is on tour with his "Tramp's White Lion" band and I'm thinking...oh yeah, I saw his last White Lion band a few years ago. I double checked and it was TWENTY FUCKING YEARS AGO!!! My God!!! How did that happen? I still remember seeing the world premiere video of Little Fighter and even that doesn't feel like it was 20 years ago.

It's because nothing happens anymore, so it is just a blur. 2024 is essentially the same as 2004, while 1984 was nothing like 1964 in terms of music, fashion, movies, technology and overall culture. There was a lot more in a year or two back then so it felt longer.

Imagine the guy in 1984 listening to 20 year old music only, wearing 1964 clothes and only reading magazines that were around back then... he would seem hopelessly out of date but nobody would notice someone in 2004 clothes listening to hip hop and pop punk and using facebook, google, match and amazon today.

TooOldToCare wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:32 am

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 12:03 am

DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:07 pm
Anyway....one line really got me. It was something like "Time goes by faster when you're older". I was glad to hear that because I thought I was the only one who felt like that!

For example, when I was a kid in the 80's and someone mentioned Skynyrd or the Who from the 70's it seemed like a LIFETIME ago. Like 100 years old. Even old Aerosmith was ancient compared to Rag Doll or whatever.

But now....like Mike Tramp is on tour with his "Tramp's White Lion" band and I'm thinking...oh yeah, I saw his last White Lion band a few years ago. I double checked and it was TWENTY FUCKING YEARS AGO!!! My God!!! How did that happen? I still remember seeing the world premiere video of Little Fighter and even that doesn't feel like it was 20 years ago.

It's because nothing happens anymore, so it is just a blur. 2024 is essentially the same as 2004, while 1984 was nothing like 1964 in terms of music, fashion, movies, technology and overall culture. There was a lot more in a year or two back then so it felt longer.

Imagine the guy in 1984 listening to 20 year old music only, wearing 1964 clothes and only reading magazines that were around back then... he would seem hopelessly out of date but nobody would notice someone in 2004 clothes listening to hip hop and pop punk and using facebook, google, match and amazon today.

I read part of an article on this recently, and that was part of their theory. The differences between decades in the late 1900s were huge compared to now. Sure, newish things like AI pop up. But those of us who stay tuned in to technology sort of see it as just more of the same. To think Y2K was a quarter century ago is crazy, but I was doing a similar job, wearing similar clothes, living a very similar life. It DOES become a blur and before you know it, you're speeding toward 60 years old.