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WCDT Strips 3971-3975 (April 1st-5th)
traroth:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 Apr 2019, 23:12 ---I deeply empathise with Marten. I started going bald in my early 30s but I was strongly in denial. It was just thinning and a receding front fringe! Then I saw my head from above on CCTV feed and I realised that, yes, I was bald. That was a hard blow.
So, yeah, you're getting old Marten. It happens to all of us. Your dad proved that you're likely to go all steel grey although if you take more after your mum, maybe you'll go closer to silver. I'm sure that Claire will consider it attractive but I think that you want to avoid too much neurotic denial. Take it from me that it doesn't do any good!
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Actually, getting old only happens to those who are lucky. Because there is actually a way to avoid aging: dying.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: traroth on 05 Apr 2019, 01:15 ---Actually, getting old only happens to those who are lucky. Because there is actually a way to avoid aging: dying.
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Death is always an option, but never the only one, and in the vast majority not a desirable choice. Sometimes it just can't be helped, especially when growing old.
traroth:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 05 Apr 2019, 01:38 ---
--- Quote from: traroth on 05 Apr 2019, 01:15 ---Actually, getting old only happens to those who are lucky. Because there is actually a way to avoid aging: dying.
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Death is always an option, but never the only one, and in the vast majority not a desirable choice. Sometimes it just can't be helped, especially when growing old.
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"On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero", Chuck Palahniuk
Zebediah:
I would encourage Marten to recall how Claire reacted the first time she saw Marten’s dad. She didn’t think Henry’s grey hair was a turn-off at all.
BenRG:
FWIW, I don't think it's the 'going grey' that worries Marten at all. I think that it's the whole 'no longer a carefree tween' bit. Notice how Claire had to drag him, kicking and screaming, to open a savings account. There is a part of him that really, really doesn't want to look over the line into his 30s.
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