11.
“The sound of your joints exploding every time you get up.” –Wyndsock
12.
“Time. Wasting time and how time flies. It’s mid Dec & I’m saying to myself ‘what the heck-it’s been 9 months of Covid & I can’t believe this year is almost over’! As you age it seems to go faster & faster. When I was younger I felt like time just dragged on some days.” –call-me-mama-t
13.
“Why my parents would look disgusted eating/ drinking anything that was sweet. I never understood why they watered down juice until now.” –justcurious247_
14.
“Something a little more lighthearted, but about half the jokes on cartoons like SpongeBob take on a whole new light once you’ve got more experience under your belt.” –FoxtailZerda
15.
“The quiet, boring, simple, times are the best. Everyone’s fed, happy, healthy, chill, napping. These are the good times.” –plotthick
16.
“Sleep is no punishment, it’s a gift.” –_doggystyle_
17.
“What parents sacrifice just so you can do something fun. Last night my husband and I sat in a line of cars for an hour and a half so our kids could see this cheesy drive thru light display in my town with Santa and other characters. 0/10 not worth it for us but the kids loved it and it was worth it to see them be able to do a fun Christmas activity during a pandemic. It made me think of how much my parents had to endure taking my brother and I to theme parks and stuff as a kid just to see us happy. I appreciate it infinitely more now.” –allsfairinwar
18.
“Literally getting older. Never thought much about when adults would say “You’re still young, just enjoy it”. I always wanted to be older because I was tired of HS, wanted to be out of college, etc. Now I want aging to slow down a bit.” –Tru27
19.
“Socks are a very nice gift.” –pilatesse
20.
“In my teens and 20’s, I just couldn’t understand how my parents were so oblivious to celebrities. They were all over TV, their names and faces blasted on everything, it seemed everybody had some strong emotionally charged opinion about every major actor, musician, director, or tabloid magnet. What are they, living under a rock?
Didn’t take long to find out why. Growing up, I didn’t have a pre-existing list of “these are famous people,” I learned them as they came onto the scene. Eventually, though, they all dropped off the list one by one. The list kept updating. It’s a lot harder knowing who is a household name when you also have to know who is last week’s news.
I was only 30 when I realized…I have no idea who famous people are anymore. I just couldn’t keep up at all. I’ve become like my parents. Don’t know. And honestly, don’t care. Celebrity worship, even as cursory as simply knowing their names, is a vapid, fruitless endeavor. Today’s idols are tomorrow’s trash.” –QuarantineTitans