# How have you changed as you’ve aged **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929 "2021-03-28T22:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929/61 "2021-04-04T23:51:49Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m not as fresh as I used to be😁 Then you’re probably not getting slapped as much as you used to. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929/62 "2021-04-05T03:35:10Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > I can even tell dirty jokes and use double entendre’s with out fear and get back as good as I give because I’m that “harmless sweet older guy” Yeah, but this is _always_ in the category titled “If you were coming across as creepy, you’d never know.” And even if you’re just positive that the “gals at work” love your suggestive comments, a random employee who hears you (or hears _of_ you, or the boss they report it to) might not be amused. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929/63 "2021-04-05T03:36:16Z")
Don’t know if at the ripe old age of 33 I can be considered to have “aged” in this thread at all, but I’ve become a lot more tolerant for people’s “dumb” mistakes because almost nobody in the world makes a willful, intentional mistake. Almost everyone makes mistakes for reasons that _ **make sense at the time.** _ ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929/64 "2021-04-05T20:37:03Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Almost everyone makes mistakes for reasons that _ **make sense at the time.** _ You are aging just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929/65 "2021-04-07T13:11:38Z")
Over time I find myself much less apt to be automatically triggered by whatever Well-Meaning Persons in society/the news media think I should be outraged over. Scary health warnings start losing their impact too. Coffee will give me cancer/protect me from cancer//save me from dementia/turn my G.I. tract into a dead zone. Meh, I like coffee. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929/66 "2021-04-09T03:32:44Z")
I feel the same. The world feels very different [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929.md?page=3)