As per the concept of “Subjective Age,” most children and adolescents perceive themselves as older than their actual age, however, this flips around the age of 25, and by 30, around 70% of people feel younger than their chronological age, with the gap between the two increasing with time. Interestingly, research has shown that feeling […]
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Lord of the Rings Fan Offers Unexpected Analysis of Boromir’s Demise
JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, along with The Hobbit, have inspired a cult following among readers and movie-goers.
Personally, I enjoyed the movies but never finished the books. (I’m sorry )
And I haven’t joined my mother in semi-annual rewatching events.
So when a Tumblr user wrote an essay about the death of Boromir my first thought was which one was that again? (Don’t stone me )
And my second thought was is he the one that’s in EVERYTHING? (I looked it up. Sean Bean, and yes.)
Boromir. pic.twitter.com/WEXkGroHJ9
— Middle Earth – Behind the Scenes (@theoneringbts) June 27, 2021
But a lengthy, viral thread from Tumblr made me want to go back and rewatch, and give Boromir his due.
SPOILER ALERT – Boromir dies. And the topic of this particular essay is the reason why his death gets more meaningful the older we get.
The user @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels believes this is because Boromir is the every man, the character we may not have aligned ourselves to as children, but who we most identify with as adults.
It’s an interesting critical analysis worthy of any film studies or literature class, but the user didn’t stop there.
They explained why life beats you down until you are more aligned with the every man than your hero Aragorn.
Boromir/Aragorn pic.twitter.com/5gt8FD6Lx0
— BlueberryMuffinThief (@anon_blueberry) June 28, 2021
The user, @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels, has lived to see some stuff, it seems.
And when it comes to Tolkien, they know their stuff.
Tolkien embraced the archetype. There’s a reason we all love Aragorn, and it’s not just because of Viggo Mortensen and his beautiful face.
Aragorn from Lord of the Rings is literally my ideal man in every way pic.twitter.com/9UfpFFyYT1
— W⃣ h⃣ i⃣ t⃣ (@whitneykoehn) June 29, 2021
But Boromir served an integral part of the story. He has agency.
Without him, as with any great character, the story would have turned out differently, maybe for the better, maybe for the worse.
Then @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels brings it all back into context of modern life.
They explain how like Boromir we tend to be–stuck in cycles of expectation, trying, and failing, and just being human.
But, they also point out, that there is strength in Boromir’s frailty, in his humanity.
Because he admits when he fails. And he tries and he tries and he tries again.
Just like we all do–or should–or strive to.
O, Boromir. My brother. https://t.co/Nmuz7h2L2L pic.twitter.com/NKW5bGfW3S
— george (@9e0rr9e) July 1, 2021
@letmetellyouaboutmyfeels brings it all full circle, showing how Boromir was instrumental, before his death, in handing things off to Aragorn.
They describe how even in his last act, Boromir–human that he was–ensured the final success of the Fellowship.
They write about the evolution of their heroes, from childhood to teenage-dom to adulthood, and how in adulthood we lose sight of the ideal, and begin to focus on our own humanity and failures.
I love Boromir. He’s so perfectly flawed and, in many ways, far more interesting than the other purely good characters. pic.twitter.com/0uE3lkDfpX
— Bree wants you to #VACCINATE (@breethemidwife) June 28, 2021
They point out again, all of the good that Boromir did, and all of the ways that Aragorn and the others might not have succeeded without him.
Although he was his own worst critic, as are we all, Boromir was not a complete failure. He had success too.
And that is why his death might hit much harder now than it did as a child.
As a kid, you were probably thinking “Darn, but thank goodness it wasn’t Aragorn! He can still save the day!”
As an adult, you look at Boromir, and you just might see yourself.
Watching Boromir die hurts every time. He is the best of us and the worst of us. #lockdownLoTR pic.twitter.com/okf4ei9bWh
— Grimdark Magazine (@AdrianGdMag) June 26, 2021
The essay took quite a turn when you realize that it was written by, not someone in their 40s or 50s, but by someone mid 20s who has seen a lot of life.
But there’s a lot of truth in it. What about you? Does Boromir’s death get you every time?
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Tweets for Anyone Over the Age of 30
I am in my 30’s, and I don’t mind telling you about it. Today I got up slightly too fast and the entire room started spinning so ferociously that I thought “better go lay down or they’ll find me dead in this kitchen.”
Why? No reason. Because 30’s, that’s why. Hope you made the most out of your cool human body because it is officially on the decline now and also you’re gonna get really passionate about home and gardening shows for some reason.
But it’s not all bad news, at least there are a bunch of funny tweets about getting older.
12. The golden age
And then there’s that jerk Tom Brady still winning Super Bowls in his 40’s because he sold his soul to Satan.
When I was a kid: why do athletes retire in their 30s they’re still so young?
Me in my 30s now: *trying to get up from a couch* yep ok
— pookie (@Kollelorcollege) June 2, 2019
11. Party’s over
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
Basically all of your thirties is wondering how 2 drinks can provoke a 48-hour hangover.
— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) February 22, 2019
10. The checklist
Yep, that’s me all the way down.
How to tell you're an adult:
• you gain 30lbs overnight
• you'd rather sleep than go out
• everything hurts
• comfort comes before style
• you have a favorite spatula
• everything feels like a chore
• college students look like 12yr olds
• you're always annoyed af
— Cats Against Humanity (@CatsVsHumanity) August 12, 2019
9. Checks and balances
Be sure to panic a lot and then buy things to make yourself feel better.
how to deal with finances like an adult:
1. never check bank balance
2. pretend things are fine
3. repeat— lula mae barnes (@skinnymarie) September 4, 2017
8. Four wheel driven
Time to go check my credit score again.
I am “considering a Subaru” years old.
— momsbehavingbadly (@badbadmoms) October 4, 2020
7. The one
This makes sense and I hate that it makes sense.
[At the supermarket]
Cashier: "May I see some ID for the beer?"
Me: "Sure." (holds up license)
Cashier: "Okay, you're cool. I see the '1'."
Me: "The '1'?"
Cashier: "The '1' at the beginning of your birth year."
Me: "Oh God…"
Cashier: "Happy New Year!"— Christopher Cooley (@ChrisKnowsStuff) January 4, 2021
6. Egg-citement!
There’s no accounting for it, it’s just something that’s gonna happen.
And then one day you just wake up and say "I FUCKING LOVE POACHED EGGS!"
Aging is weird.— Lazor (@Lazor2828) November 22, 2020
5. Mixed messages
I’ve also found that I’m trying very hard to like new music so I’m not the old guy in the room but it is impossible.
I’m at the age where the volume needs to be both louder and lower at the same time
— Casey Balsham (@CaseyBalsham) December 27, 2020
4. Holy sheet
You will look forward to it all week.
Welcome to middle age. Clean sheet night excites you now.
— Jawbreaker (@sixfootcandy) August 2, 2020
3. Have a seat
Wait, did some of you NOT have to do this before?
Welcome to your 40's – you have to sit down to put your socks and shoes on now
— Sweet Momissa (@sweetmomissa) January 8, 2021
2. Rank and file
You better shape up if you wanna hit that top eight.
I miss MySpace because I loved getting to rank my friends.
Some of you really need to be put in your place.
— Lil Kimchi (@victorialiciax) February 20, 2020
1. Gloss over it
Rude.
If this was your go to lip gloss you need wrinkle cream now pic.twitter.com/D3jDDMUvnN
— The News Clan (@thenewsclan) October 19, 2020
Bring on the rest of my life, I’m ready for it!
What’s the strangest thing about being your age?
Tell us in the comments.
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Memes People Over 30 Will Definitely Understand
If you’re seriously thinking about turning 30, I really wouldn’t recommend it. It’s not that it’s terrible, it’s just that it’s meh.
It’s not like 20, which feels like an exciting milestone. It’s not like 80, where people start to admire you just for sticking around so long. It’s just…30. It’s just a middle number.
But if I had to try to describe it with a little more flavor than that, I might use these memes.
10. “Boom boxes”
These days you plug a bluetooth speaker into a little charger for twenty minutes and you’re good to rock all day.
Back in the 90’s though…
9. Responsible eating
Cut to me just eating a jar of peanut butter before it expires because I have nothing to go with it but I don’t wanna waste it.
8. The tired game
Just thinking about playing is making me sleepy.
7. A breadtangle of pizza
I’d still be pretty psyched to eat this, not gonna lie.
6. Dashed expectations
It’s a really, really good spatula though.
5. Lotsa pain
All the back rubs in the world can’t save you now.
4. Early to bed
What do you think I am, some kind of bat?
3. You’re a classic now
Oops, they did it again.
2. Very different paths
Whatever, I’m living my true life.
1. Flip phones
The one thing I miss about these bad boys is that T9 allowed me to text without even looking.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go take one of my nine daily pain naps.
What’s the strangest thing about being your age?
Tell us in the comments.
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Weird Things About Being Over 30
It’s my birthday very soon, and I’m gonna be thirty (mumble mumble) years old. How do I feel about that? I don’t know. I try to tell myself it’s just a number, but then my back pain yells that it’s very much not.
Here are some things about the whole experience that you’ll understand if you’re in the same achy boat.
10. You gotta lower the bar
“Serotonin? In this economy?”
Things I thought I would have as an adult: a thriving career, an amazing social life, an impressive retirement account.
Things I actually have as an adult: a plastic bag filled with plastic bags, a favorite spatula, crippling anxiety.
— Abby Heugel (@AbbyHasIssues) August 25, 2019
9. You’re outdated
It is absolutely wild to remember a time when it took like three days to pull up a Netflix movie and that felt fast, somehow.
I explained to my daughter that when Netflix started they used to send you DVDs.
6yr old: (old lady voice) You know, back in my day, the internet used to come in the mail.
— Donald Zimmer (@zimmer_donald) September 27, 2020
8. You fall hard
I slipped on the ice like a week ago and I’m still paying for it.
I’ve gotten so old that when I fall down now, no one laughs. Instead, they express concern and help me up. It’s awful.
— The Dad (@thedad) December 2, 2020
7. You get the worst combinations
Am I a child or a vampire? DECIDE, BODY!
It's been said before, but the absolute injustice of having acne and greying hair.
— Martha Dumptruck (@marthasa1) August 28, 2020
6. You’re still a kid inside
Gonna put a bunch of those stars on my ceiling and let ’em fall on my face.
I’m 35 and still get exited if anything glows in the dark.
— Godzilla sized handsome bastard (@GimmieTheHam) December 14, 2020
5. You grow apart
Then like four years will go by and you won’t even notice it.
Being an adult means you have a total of 3 friends and they all live in different parts of the country and periodically you just send each other videos of weird dogs and say “this made me think of you”
— ally (@TragicAllyHere) October 5, 2020
4. You hang WAY over
Just clear the whole day.
HUNGOVER IN YOUR 20s
[takes tylenol and goes about the day]
HUNGOVER IN YOUR 30s
[writing letter] Dearest Penelope, I fear this may be the final time I am blessed to feel the warmth of the sun upon my breast. I grow more weary by the moment, and prospects for survival are slim
— CEO of Bitcoin (@SortaBad) February 1, 2020
3. You’re always cleaning
It just sort of regenerates, somehow.
A thing I never realized about being an adult is that you will always be cleaning your kitchen. No matter if you get take out, no matter if you’re gone all day, you will be cleaning. the. kitchen.
— Life at Tiffany’s (@lifeattiffanys) June 28, 2020
2. Everything costs way too much
I’ve never purchased any rug larger than a bath mat for exactly this reason.
why are rugs so expensive? pillows? curtains? why does the trash can fill up so fast? why do i have to clean my kitchen so much? where the fuck is all this dust coming from???
— isabel (@isabelfulla) October 8, 2020
1. You’re caught in the middle
I know how to use Zoom, but I’m still gonna yell at it.
I’m a Gen Xer so I adapt to new technology like a Millennial but get angry about it like a Boomer.
— mark (@TheCatWhisprer) July 4, 2019
I may not be super cool with the whole ageing thing, but as many philosophers have pointed out, there ain’t much I can do about it. Might as well just enjoy the insanity!
What’s the strangest thing about being your age?
Tell us in the comments.
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In Ireland, each person who becomes…
In Ireland, each person who becomes 100 years old receives a congratulatory letter signed by the President with a gift cheque of €2,540. This custom is called the “Centenarian Bounty” and also applies to foreign national residents of the country.
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Sarah Knauss was the oldest…
Sarah Knauss was the oldest verified American ever, dying at age 119 on December 30, 1999. Her age was verified with the help of an 1891 US Census directory, a 1900 US Census entry, a 1901 marriage certificate, and both 1910 and 1930 US Census entries. All of these confirm her age.
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