Does time go quicker as you get older?

Aishae · 18-04-2011 03:32PM

ah come on - the bartman??! dont these young uns watch the classics - assuming the simpsons is now considered a classic?! lol. (you might be thinking of another bartman, i was thinking of bart and his 'do the bartman' jig)

Victor · 18-04-2011 04:51PM

dlofnep wrote: »

I'm 28, and I feel like the past 10 years of my life have gone so quickly. It feels like yesterday when I drank my first legal pint. Now I'm bordering on the better side of 30. What happened?

Do you suffer black outs when you drink?

Chris P. Bacon · 18-04-2011 04:58PM

Victor wrote: »

Do you suffer black outs when you drink?

I do, why would that have anything to do with time going faster than normal?

gargleblaster · 18-04-2011 05:13PM

Oh goodie another chance to spout my theory on this.

I think it has to do with metabolism, myself. As we get older, our metabolism slows. So what I think is that our perception of time changes as this happens. What got me thinking this was reading about how for hummingbirds, time seemed to pass more slowly; while for tortoises, it passes more quickly. Not sure if our metabolism changes all that much, but it is interesting to think about.

fontanalis · 18-04-2011 05:14PM

And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

lecker Hendl · 18-04-2011 06:45PM

This thread reminds me...I need to find a wife and make babies.

It's things like world cups that make you feel old, and that time has flown by. Saipan 2002 was 9 years ago.

Music does it too. Everything but the girl - missing. I find this song very nostalgic. I remember when it was out...back in 1994. That's 17, yes 17 years ago. That's nearly a whole teenager life right there. :eek::(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kedd2-0IE5U

fontanalis · 18-04-2011 06:47PM

lecker Hendl wrote: »

This thread reminds me...I need to find a wife and make babies.

It's things like world cups that make you feel old, and that time has flown by. Saipan 2002 was 9 years ago.

Music does it too. Everything but the girl - missing. I find this song very nostalgic. I remember when it was out...back in 1994. That's 17, yes 17 years ago. That's nearly a whole teenager life right there. :eek::(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kedd2-0IE5U

Exactly; wonderwall is 16 years old.

Cú Giobach · 18-04-2011 07:18PM

Fart wrote: »

Aha, that last line made me chuckle...
OMG, I'm chuckling now instead of laughing. :eek:

Keep on chuckling and laughing, it keeps you young at heart (much more important than just looking young)

<<Takes another deep breath of Nitrous oxide :pac::pac: >>

kowloon · 18-04-2011 08:22PM

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

I told my college students I saw Clueless in the cinema. Their response, "Wow"

+1 to struggling to remember what age you are. Was carded a few months ago (must have been blind ). "What age are you?" "ehh ... 26 .. no, 27, ah no .. 28." "You sure??"

Sorry to hear it. You seem to have bounced back though.

The Princess Bride · 18-04-2011 08:28PM

This thread reminds me...I need to find a wife and make babies.

Do that ......and the years will go by even faster.
Trust me.
Found husband,had babies.....then suddenly I'm vetting their boyfriends,taxi-ing them everywhere, juggling work with living...still young at heart but the date of birth on my passport scares the bejaysus out of me!
Still the same 24 hours per day as always has been- just busier.
But happy:D