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While aging is something we can’t really stop—no matter what some ads for face creams say—with some people, age does seem to be just a number; take 70-year-olds going crazy on the dance floor when they hear their favorite tunes, for instance, or a person 80-something years of age going on another trip to see the world.

But there are also people on the other side of the scale, for whom age is just a number, too, as despite being just over 20, they might feel three times older. A netizen on X (formerly Twitter) got curious about the “old person things” people of all ages do, so he started a thread on the platform and quite a few netizens shared their thoughts. Scroll down to find their answers below and see if you do any of these “old people things” yourself.

#1

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the_shaun_show Report

Chich
Community Member
Premium
2 years ago

Yepper, at my age everything has sound effects

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    #2

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    🦄 Unicorn Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Wake up round 9am or so, eat breakfast and rime for theme after breakfast nap. Wake up round noon and continue the cycle.

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    #3

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    CanadianDimes
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I don’t understand why this is so confusing. You’re reducing sensory input from one source to concentrate. I’ve been driving since I was 16 and I’ve always done this when I need to focus more intently (looking for an address, driving in heavy traffic, etc.)

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    #4

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    Deborah Finn
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I do that too...lol

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    #5

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    Javelina Poppers
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    We're a vanishing breed with that skill.

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    #6

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    Jennik
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The 3 o'clock nana nap. Not sure I can ever return to full-time work now.

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    #7

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    David Fox
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I'm the opposite, I try by any means necessary to remove myself from social interactions.

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    #8

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    Almost sunny
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The bloody commercials are always so much louder than the program!

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    #9

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    Gémeaux jumeaux
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Unfortunately, not a far pivot from serene to angry porch horse shouting, "Get off my lawn!"

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    #10

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    🦄 Unicorn Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Then my sciatica nerve pain kicks in; then I'm not comfy standing, sitting or laying down.

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    #11

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    Almost sunny
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Back in the 90's

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    #12

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    linda harbin
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Or when they don’t buckle in the kid in the grocery store shopping cart.

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    #13

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    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I do this, I print everything. Just so it is on hand if needed. Boarding cards, hotel information, insurance documents.

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    #14

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    Glen Ellyn
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago

    We have the time to look out the window for no reason since we're not busy with young children or work, etc. I like watching what's going on in the world. Birds, squirrels, people walking or on their bikes, a storm rolling in - those kinds of things. I believe I'm more observant than many of my friends. I was lucky enough to watch a pair of robins build a nest on the fence in my backyard. Eggs were laid and I got to watch mama and papa robin raise four babies. The miracle of Mother Nature.

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    #15

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    Elchinero
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Don't turn on the "news"!

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    #16

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    Almost sunny
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    How about when you walk into another room and forget what for? I hate that.

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    #17

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    TheJohnJohnShow Report

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Go home and lay down. Period.

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    #18

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    KiaSpeaks Report

    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    We named the dog Indiana.

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    #19

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    sturmwesen
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    We start game nights with dinner at...16.00

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    #20

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I don't care if people read on kindle or phone, it's still reading, and these are my people

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    #21

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    🦄 Unicorn Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    .....with a nap.

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    #22

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    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago

    With a good fountain pen, nice ink and well made paper :)

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    #23

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    Kerri Peek
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I've been old since my late teens apparently.

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    #24

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    Penny Hernandez
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I still call/refer to my children as kids and they're all over 60.

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    #25

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    Karizma Kaliko
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Try 4:30am.... 6 am is sleeping in.... whether I want to or not

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    #26

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    New Everywhere
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Those "becoming your parents" insurance commercials are hilarious

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    #27

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    🦄 Unicorn Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    Again it's like the nap thing is bad. Naps are the best!

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    #28

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    Kristal
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Naw, that's also a poor person thing. Growing up poor ensured I always turned the lights off as a kid

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    #29

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    Doofnuts
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Guilty. Because we've seen it, owned it, and know it, whatever IT is. Nothing new, period.

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    #30

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    Gémeaux jumeaux
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Discussing grocery store prices has become a bigger topic of my routine conversations than I would have ever wanted to admit. As a kid, I couldn't fathom why my grandparents would wanna sit around and list off which supermarket chain had the best prices on bananas and peanut butter. And yet, here we are.

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    #31

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Is there a more important reason to have kids?

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    #32

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    Neffla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Never thought of it that way, but true. I use them to get to sleep.

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    #33

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    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Gotta hear the crumple zone crump.

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    #34

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    🦄 Unicorn Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    For days....

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    #35

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    sbj
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago

    It's the fact that everything aches now

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    #36

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    Me. Just Me.
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I guess I'm not old yet. I say "what's wrong with this POS?!" when it doesn't work exactly the way I expect even though I've never used it in my life. It's the inanimate object's fault that I don't know how to use it!

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    #37

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    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    "That Big Mac was exquisite, please pass my compliments to whoever assembled it and put it in the oven"

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    #38

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    Anxious&Bored Bear
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    My pill organizer is how i figure out what day of the week it is!

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    #39

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    linda harbin
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    “In my day, the television was called books”

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    #40

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    doofinc_ Report

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    #41

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    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I constantly took antiacids until I had my gaul bladder removed...haven't needed one since, it's been four years.

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    #42

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    Cathy
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    Wait until you are actually old and everything gets really hot 😳

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    #43

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    PattyK
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The people outside are in your favorite chair? Wow.

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    #44

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    General Stukov
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I have always loved when it rains. When i was a baby i slept straight through a cat 3 hurricane with thunder going off like gunfire.

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    #45

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I want to kick myself every time I hear those words come out of my mouth

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    #46

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    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That's not an old person thing. An old person thing is forcing yourself to get dressed before the store shuts.

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    #47

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    David Fox
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Isn't that just being pleasant?

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    #48

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    ballerbaby__ Report

    Kristal
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure sleep is for all ages

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    #49

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    Gémeaux jumeaux
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    ...the extra buttons that come with some clothing...

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    #50

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    Elchinero
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Hot and sweaty, too

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    #51

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    4sunde Report

    Neffla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    As long as it's not in public, like on a bus/train/in a restaurant. Then it gets really annoying.

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    #52

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    Marat Singh Farout
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That's all ages

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    #53

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    Paul C.
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Of course my PC is enlarged to 110%......and it probably won't be long before it goes up to 125 !

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    #54

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    _sophpesos Report

    #55

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    wellsfamily
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Thats everyday for me...

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    #56

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    Rachel Pelz
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Better than practising family feud every day ;)

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    #57

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    🦄 Unicorn Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    After supper it's time to watch my favorite programs. 😂

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    #58

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    1/4 cup of sugar in a gallon of brewed tea..perfect. Just enough to knock the fuzz off the tea.

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    #60

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    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Emails I can understand, but credit report, you sound paranoid.

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    #61

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    1shmun Report

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The Repair Shop. That series is pure gold

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    #62

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    wellsfamily
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    reminiscing of the old saturday morning cartoons and cowboy shows.

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    _Taethegreatest Report

    Rebekah Fuentes
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I used to this when I was little. I got some of the humor back then but a lot of the social importance was waaaaay over my head.

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    #64

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    Susie Campbell
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I got tired while watching Judge Judy last night…around 9pm…and so I pressed record so I would know how the case turned out 👵🏻

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    #65

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    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago

    In my 60s. Gave up watching or reading the news (except local items) years ago. Politics bore me to tears and I really don't need to know about every little bit of mayhem.

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