Remembering my aunts and uncles from my childhood, a lot of the older people today don’t seem to have as much energy – I come from the US.

I’ve noticed people can be erratic and easily agitated now. Almost everyone I know in their 40s and 50s is angry all the time. Heavy drinking. Not able to process new information very well.

My uncle had a kid at 50 and played with her non-stop. I don’t know anyone capable of that now.

Am I the only one seeing this?

  • Melobol@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    You are seeing the effects of late stage capitalism.

    People working 2 jobs and still not have as much disposable income as they had with a single income in the past.

    Not having money aside of the work, no time and mental load: it kills motivation, not wanting to be creative, and your health goes downhill also and you can’t afford to treat it anyway.

    If you ask a 50 something about how long they think have left, yo will have half the amount than 2 generations ago.

    Everything is on fire …

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      5 days ago

      I’m 56, I can wobble though a sub 2 hour half marathon. You’re spot on about money. We have no kids, and own our house now. So can afford to have time to train, have a good diet etc etc.