# One good thing about "Time compression as you age" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316 "2014-03-22T21:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/1 "2014-03-22T21:11:48Z")
New albums from favorite artists seem to come out every month an opposed to the 3-4 (or more) years it used to take. ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/2 "2014-03-23T12:30:21Z")
Not when your favourite artists seem to die off ever more rapidly ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/3 "2014-03-23T12:46:20Z")
Bad haircuts grow out quickly. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/4 "2014-03-23T13:03:29Z")
Someone apologizes for not staying in touch. You could swear you just hung out with him a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/5 "2014-03-23T13:53:37Z")
The time between breakfast and lunch, and between lunch and dinner (supper) is much shorter (takes longer to eat meals, though). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/6 "2014-03-23T16:51:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Someone apologizes for not staying in touch. You could swear you just hung out with him a few weeks ago. …or yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/7 "2014-03-23T17:00:14Z")
Spring comes sooner… okay, maybe not here in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/8 "2014-03-23T17:19:33Z")
It is constantly Friday, Saturday or Sunday again! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/9 "2014-03-23T19:03:16Z")
You go back to school and three days later you get a degree! ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/10 "2014-03-23T19:43:38Z")
All those letters to be answered, chores to do, events to attend that pile up on your desk? They automatically take care of themselves without you doing a thing. All you have to do is sweep them off the desk and into the wastebasket every quick season or so. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/11 "2014-03-23T22:06:55Z")
You work at an established company for nearly five years and people cut you some slack if you make a mistake because you are the ‘new guy’. Your boss tells you that you may be able to set yourself up well for a promotion but it will probably take 4 - 6 years more of experience to get it. You consider that the fast-track and and are self-impressed with your blistering pace of career advancement. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/12 "2014-03-24T04:35:41Z")
Life becomes a continuous education concerning your body parts, including ones you didn’t know you had. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/13 "2014-03-24T15:07:48Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > It is constantly Friday, Saturday or Sunday again! Or Monday… ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-thing-about-time-compression-as-you-age/684316/14 "2014-03-25T00:45:10Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Life becomes a continuous education concerning your body parts, including ones you didn’t know you had. “Didn’t I just shave my ears?”