Never in a million years thought I’d end up in a retirement residence, even if it is ‘independent living’ (translation: you do your own cooking and figure out transportation if you can’t drive…)
Some hold that as children we are further from the event horizon and so time is dilated. As we age we become closer to said horizon, time constricts. However, people who hold these, ideas tend to be quite silly and deluded, and often run for political office.
The human brain really has no concept of time. The past of 1 year is the same as 60. When you are young you only have a few years that you can look back on and therefore judge how long that took. When you look back at 60 years it feels no different, but your logic says that it is a long time, so it must have “flown by”.
You folks might want to listen to Casey Beathard’s song “Don’t Blink”
Don’t blink, just like that you’re six years oldAnd you take a napAnd you wake up and you’re twenty-fiveAnd your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink, you just might missYour babies growing like mine didTurning into moms and dadsNext thing you know your better halfOf fifty years is there in bedAnd you’re praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred yearsGoes faster than you think, so don’t blink
carlsonbob 3 months ago
Yeah, I was young and single. I blinked and now married for 40+ years with a granddaughter a sophomore in college.
Concretionist 3 months ago
I blinked. Wow. Where did my joints go? Where did my hair go? Where did my belly come from?…
momofalex7 3 months ago
Don’t blink. Don’t even blink. Blink, and you’re dead. (Doctor Who, best episode.)
Argythree 3 months ago
Never in a million years thought I’d end up in a retirement residence, even if it is ‘independent living’ (translation: you do your own cooking and figure out transportation if you can’t drive…)
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 3 months ago
I’m trying to seldom breathe. It’s working, the blackouts make the day longer.
Macushlalondra 3 months ago
Thanks for that explanation Opal. It makes as much sense as anything else.
MeanBob Premium Member 3 months ago
Some hold that as children we are further from the event horizon and so time is dilated. As we age we become closer to said horizon, time constricts. However, people who hold these, ideas tend to be quite silly and deluded, and often run for political office.
CO Premium Member 3 months ago
The human brain really has no concept of time. The past of 1 year is the same as 60. When you are young you only have a few years that you can look back on and therefore judge how long that took. When you look back at 60 years it feels no different, but your logic says that it is a long time, so it must have “flown by”.
ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ 3 months ago
blah, blah, blah⠄⠄⠄
these two haven’t aged a day in nearly 45 years
iggyman 3 months ago
70 seemed so old when I was 21!
kelloggs2066 3 months ago
You folks might want to listen to Casey Beathard’s song “Don’t Blink”
Don’t blink, just like that you’re six years oldAnd you take a napAnd you wake up and you’re twenty-fiveAnd your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink, you just might missYour babies growing like mine didTurning into moms and dadsNext thing you know your better halfOf fifty years is there in bedAnd you’re praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred yearsGoes faster than you think, so don’t blink
Watchdog 3 months ago
Using cerebral math skills no longer practiced
Rasslebear 3 months ago
I’m 75. I can relate.
The Fly Hunter 3 months ago
You got that right, Earl!
USlackr Premium Member 3 months ago
I’ve read that time seems to move faster when you have no new experiences because you are making no new memories.
Gen.Flashman 3 months ago
Why are they using a table cloth? Green padded dining chairs?
The Orange Mailman 3 months ago
This strip is 18 years old so factor that in.
chris_o42 3 months ago
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Enjoy yourself, while you’re still in the pink.
The years go by, as quickly as a wink——-
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think!
(Enjoy yourself" —Louis Prima and Keeley Smith)
david_42 3 months ago
Nothing slows time more than waiting for the first butternut squash to ripen, except maybe figs.
mrwiskers 3 months ago
Can we explore Opal’s math? Or am I missing that that is part of the joke?
PoochFan 3 months ago
I had a friend in his eighties who used to say that he knew people who wouldn’t even buy green bananas. (Cause they might not live till they ripened).
monya_43 3 months ago
My children are in their late fifties and early sixties. I was that age just last week.
jango 3 months ago
Opal’s fractured fractions
assrdood 3 months ago
I’ve caught that disease………yesterday, it was June 1st.
win.45mag 3 months ago
We like to call that a picosecond.
bsisler21 3 months ago
Opal failed math in school.
EMGULS79 3 months ago
I blinked on my honeymoon and landed on my 30th anniversary.
ladykat 3 months ago
True.
ANIMAL 3 months ago
EXACTLY……. now ENJOY your dinner, and STOP worrying.!!!! ( LOL )
elgrecousa Premium Member 3 months ago
Wow, Opal is getting brainy all of a sudden.
markkahler52 3 months ago
The Time all went to Cincinnati….
Medtech4 3 months ago
That’s absolutely true about how we sense time passage. It’s scary, but you can’t think about it too long!
zeexenon 3 months ago
Just so we don’t run out of chocolate chip cookies and cake.
billdaviswords 3 months ago
My oldest grandson is almost as old as I was when I met his grandmother (and taller than I was then!)
wndflower1 3 months ago
i had a pilot license for years- i am at the age now where i find myself to be on final approach! hope the runway is long enough!
pearlyqim 3 months ago
Makes sense!
prrdh 3 months ago
You don’t even dare blink…lest the eyes close permanently.
ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ 3 months ago
AFAIC it boils down to looking forward instead of looking back
anticipation and participation will always seem longer than the memory of the experience
Linguist 3 months ago
For many of us guys of a certain age I offer this alliterative lament: We’ve been tickled under the testiclés by the tempestuous touch of time!
DenO Premium Member 3 months ago
I don’t mind getting old. I just wish it took longer.
kmccjoe1 3 months ago
Finally! Someone gets it right!!! Thank you Brian. I’ve been arguing this for years. It’s a matter of comparative perception.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 3 months ago
I’m at middle age. I may blink less often now.
cracker65 3 months ago
Earl is right
nyg16 3 months ago
Never thought of that but yes pickles that make sense
bestframeforward Premium Member 3 months ago
I wrote a college paper on exactly that concept!!