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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh, 70th bday spike is slightly… oh right. Nice.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This comment helped the joke click 🤣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am confused, what is the joke?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Other than 21, the only other really big spike of interest is turning 69

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd say that "being told you look older" needs a much steeper drop-off. I don't know anyone who by age 30 is stoked on being perceived as older than their actual age.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I teach underwater photography at a local university as a side gig. Being around college students all the time ever since I was in college has made me feel young at heart.

We had a night dive a while back, but a thunderstorm came out of nowhere right before the dive, so we canceled and decided to go to a local pub for dinner. As we were walking in, all my students were getting carded, and the door man was taking it seriously. He was shining a light through the IDs, bending them, etc.

When I got to the door with my card, he waved his hand and said, "You're good."

That one hurt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm 39 and people talk to me like i'm in my 20es. If someone tells me i look "older" they mean i look 30. So i sure as hell don't mind if people would tell me i look at least my age

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

You're gonna be ok

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

The "complaining about young people" line is wrong. The graph is "how cool", not "how much."

A 3 year old complaining about young people is super cool. A 90 year old complaining isn't.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why is there no spike on 60th bday? Am I missing a joke or something?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The tall spike isn't quite centred on 70

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's supposed to be 69

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

'Pat a cake' is a children's nursery rhyme which has accompanying clapping actions in time with singing the song. You can sing it together with a friend and clap your palms against theirs at the appropriate moments.

Being 'good at it' means remembering what claps go together with the song and being able to time and perform it well with your friend.

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can! Pat it and prick it and mark it with B, And bake it in the oven for baby and me!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Holy fuck. It's pat-a-cake? I've only ever heard patty cake. TIL.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Living alone should go back up around 80 since it means you're maintaining independence

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Or your partner died before you, which might not be as cool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

not really, it just means you're going to die alone and people find your corpse 5 days later because it's starting to rot

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I think 100th birthday parties are cool