Pnut, at what age does one stop being young?
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@33MHz you can't just repost without answering the question!!!
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@logout I disagree. It does depend on the person, but 65 isn't young by any stretch of the imagination. Young for a nursing home, maybe
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@Caliban87 my mom says 50
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@Wife OOF! Please explain
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@Caliban87 I guess I translated it to “young adult” in my head. At 24, you’re just an adult. Or just a dolt, depending.
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@Caliban87 Though I suppose brains keep developing until 25
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@Wife and what's the difference in your opinion? "Having your life together" and responsibility don't count, because some people are wired to pursue and attain those goals from the instant they leave their parents' house, but they're still "young"
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@Caliban87 it’s mostly arbitrary, but there has to be a cut off, yeah?
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@Wife but a cutoff for what? Like what is the difference between before the cutoff and after? Just having your life together and a modicum of maturity?
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@adiabatic Yes. As I said in another reply, it differs on the person. But when exactly would you say that most people stop becoming young? Only one person has been willing to provide an actual approximation
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@Caliban87 Not just on a per-person basis, but on a per-query basis. The dividing line for youngness as defined by "can you pull all-nighters and drive the next day?" is somewhere in the 20s or 30s…
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@adiabatic I am asking a general question. We all know the 70 year old will test negative for youth when examined with common youth-related queries (as in, the ones that people actually ask). We all know an 18 year old would instead average to young
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@Caliban87 so, you can be old, but feel or act young, and vise versa.
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@Caliban87 but I don’t think my original answer fits what you were asking in your question necessarily. I wouldn’t say that someone who is 25 is “old” but I would say they’re not a “young adult”
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@Wife thank you! These are some great thoughts. I was trying to compare what is considered "young" across cultures and my own personal ideas.
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@Caliban87 related, I’d consider 70 to be “old” but also fully expect that to change as I get older myself. I would have said 60 at one point. :p
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@Wife My mom retired at 63 and she’s feels like 55. I do consider over 60 old but that’s just me.

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@Wife My parents are in their late 70s and my mother keeps talking about the old people and then catching herself to add that they are now part of the "old people" group.

// @Caliban87
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@joanna I remember one time back when I was waitressing, that two 91yo ladies asked to sneak a peek into the back room where there was private party for a 99yo, because they wanted “to see what someone that old is like.” //@Caliban87
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@Caliban87 …but if you're more interested in "are you young enough to go on this particular hike", the dividing line can be in one's 70s.
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@adiabatic What I'd like to hear is your intuitive answer. For instance, for me it's 34. For @Wife, it's 24. I was wondering what specifically made her say 24, as I am uncomfortably close to that age myself
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@Caliban87 coming back to this, I think how you act or feel doesn’t make you “young” or “old” only age. My answer was just the first thought that popped in my head. @adiabatic
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