But am I wrong? I am joking, but good jokes have an element of truth...

omnicognate 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Depends what you mean by "old". If you mean elderly then obviously you're not. If you mean "past it" then it might reassure you to know the average expecting mother is in her 30s now (in the UK). Even if you just mean "grown up", recent research [1] on brain development identifies adolescence as typically extending into the early thirties, with (brain) adulthood running from there to the mid sixties before even then only entering the "early aging" stage.

For my part, I'm a lot older than you and don't consider myself old. Indeed, I think prematurely thinking of yourself as old can be a pretty bad mistake, health-wise.

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65974-8

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godelski 10 hours ago | parent [-]

FWIW I doubt I'd consider you old were I to know your actual age. I still think I'm quite young

	▲	AceJohnny2 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"inside every old person there is a young one wondering what happened."

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xupybd 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I assume you're on the younger end

	▲	godelski 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No need to assume, I already told everyone my age

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AceJohnny2 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It'd be interesting the know the median age of HN commenters.

I guess the median age of YCombinator cohorts is <30 ?