I'd take it today. I'm in my 50s, I'm an endurance athlete (I race bikes) and the calculus looks like: if I wait 20 years I get to experience body-age 50-70 twice, but if I take it now I experience 30-50 twice. Living my prime twice is better than enduring my decline twice, thanks
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What you said, but I'm just shy of 50 and I run rather than cycle
I'd take it right now.
I'm not married, not dating, and have no kids.
Getting 20 years back means I can correct a lot of mistakes and I'll have way more energy and focus to be the me I want to be. My 20s were so stressful I started getting white hair.
No earlier than 45. Otherwise you're headed back into territory where your body and brain are still developing – fuck with that and you might not feel right in your own body.
I don't take it. I give it to my cat, who died one day after her twentieth birthday.
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I'm 42. Does everyone get a pill? My wife? My kids? My parents?
Jumping back 20 years puts me out of sync with everyone I care about. I'm not sure I'd even want it.
That's a good point. You kinda lose your kids once you take the pill. On the flip side though, who's putting who in the nursing home now?
Why do you lose your kids? You could still be there
I think there's a certain power dynamic that comes with looking and acting older. If you look the same age or younger than your kids, that power dynamic is most likely going to slowly shift. It'd be like if you're in your 40s working for a guy who looks like he's in his 20s. While possible, I imagine it'd be a challenging arrangement. Not to mention how your kids would feel about your decision as a parent to take an age reversal pill.
I think there's an assumption that kids are about 20 years younger than the one taking the pill, this will not always be true. In the US women's median age for giving birth had hit 30 in 2022, I would expect that age is even higher in men.
So, if you're 45 and your child is 15, after taking the pill you'll be 25 which looks like an adult enough for a 15 year old
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50s. Getting back to one’s 30s you’re still old enough for people to take you seriously, but the creaking bones and exhaustion hasn’t really started creeping in yet.
Ugh I turn 30 today, I've had a bum knee for like 15 years and now the arthritis is starting in my thumbs 🙄
What on earth did you do at 15? Were you that guy that jumped off the 10 foot roof and landed legs locked in rainboots? :p
I threw a head high kick in a kung fu tournament and landed weird, it's never been the same. I probably tore something but I didn't go to the doctor on account of the fact I'm American, but I manage the pain pretty well with medical marijuana and walking barefoot, at least in the warmer months.
Ooof, I'm sorry. :/
the creaking bones and exhaustion hasn’t really started creeping in yet.
Uhhh about that
Start doing morning stretches, drink more water, and avoid caffeine after 5pm
"Avoid caffeine after 5pm"
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Well, just saying, what creaking bones I had in my 30s don’t even rate in comparison now
chuckles I'm in danger
I’m tempted to say 40, so I can relive the most physically fit part of my life, but maybe I should wait until I’m really old. Not sure
Yeah stick with 40. What are you gonna do, be like "yeah it feels great being only 50 years again! Glad I passed up having a second twenties." If you heard someone say that you'd think they were insane.
True, but I was a doofus in my twenties. I suppose it depends if we get to keep our collected wisdom/lack of fucks or not