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Any poasters in their 40's already experiencing mental decline?

Forgetting stuff, having a hard time recalling words, mispla...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
By now you should be done having kids just building your wea...
l3orders
  11/02/24
If you're lucky and things went smoothly throughout your lif...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
lol of all my IRL friends everyone is fine. This is an &ldqu...
l3orders
  11/02/24
oh lol, hahahha, lololol
""'"""'
  11/02/24
People are Taller online
borders (retired)
  11/02/24
...
l3orders
  11/02/24
Shocking that people who spend substantial portions of their...
Wang Hernandez
  11/02/24
Sometimes IRL sucks so much you need to take a break and go ...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
No, just feel spiritually wasted, hollowed out, and miserabl...
disco fries
  11/02/24
That's not just a feeling
Fucking Fuckface
  11/02/24
Xo has been making this thread since the first posters turne...
Cornel West
  11/02/24
...
lex
  11/02/24
I wasn't that smart to begin with. Now? LMAO brother. They'd...
mail in ballots
  11/02/24
This is why old people are constantly taken advantage of. ...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
Cr but I suspect 60 is pushing it in my case
mail in ballots
  11/02/24
Olds should be able to go to the ballot box once after age 6...
disco fries
  11/02/24
Twirling head: There is NO Sanctuary. There is NO Sanctuary.
( ''.'')
  11/02/24
That's not necessarily a sign of aging/permanent steady decl...
Institute for JDVanced Study
  11/02/24
Srsly? How are you so sure? These are the results of m...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
I'm not that sure, but in your 40s it's much more likely to ...
Institute for JDVanced Study
  11/02/24
That's very poor sleep. You need minimum 8 hours of QUALITY ...
Hitler Did Nothing Wrong
  11/02/24
How do you even accomplish this? I can't sleep a lot of the ...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
Stop using screens at night
Institute for JDVanced Study
  11/02/24
supplement zinc, no screens once it's dark outside and swap ...
Hitler Did Nothing Wrong
  11/02/24
Also, avoid gooning.
Institute for JDVanced Study
  11/02/24
tcr. your symptoms are sign of stress and some other stuff b...
( ''.'')
  11/02/24
despite how much i fucking hate coding, it seems to keep me ...
cucumbers
  11/02/24
How long have you been coding? It's a ton of mental work for...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
13 years i'm a manager now, but i still code most days ...
cucumbers
  11/02/24
Cr 90% of us just drool on our keyboards making database wra...
Cornel West
  11/02/24
most companies have only a handful of engineers who can do t...
cucumbers
  11/02/24
I enjoy the drudgery though since I get to wfh and generally...
Cornel West
  11/02/24
it's a shitty job, but much less shitty than most jobs i ...
cucumbers
  11/02/24
Do you think most coders will be replaced by AI within the n...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
Ljl @ trying to predict something 10 years from now. I can't...
cucumbers
  11/02/24
Are you serious? Do those people get paid 200k+ to do CS101 ...
""'"""'
  11/02/24
CS101 is itself not easy and you'll be surprised how many pe...
you can have it all
  11/02/24
no, not that stuff but i have become gay and lost all intere...
AZNgirl early voting all AZNmen off Planet Earth
  11/02/24
Yes, and it's particularly pronounced every time I log in.
Fucking Fuckface
  11/02/24
I’m in mid-30s with those symptoms after 3 years of in...
Just your average poaster
  11/02/24
LJL if anything, I've experienced cognitive improvements. Re...
Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle
  11/02/24
40+ year old men in mental decline is quite literally what X...
you can have it all
  11/02/24
fuck
Salivary Stoned
  11/02/24
How dare you
Non sequitur
  11/02/24
If you can keep it
cannon
  11/02/24
love how all of you are slowly getting adhd and are terrifie...
Salivary Stoned
  11/02/24
the sleep poasters ITT probably have a point imo. the haze o...
lex
  11/02/24
you've come to the right place, brother
\'\'\"\"\'\'\'\"
  11/02/24
were you fully vaccinated against novel corona virus COVID-1...
( ''.'')
  11/02/24
yes but im certain its the smartphone/app addiction causing ...
Cocksucker69699
  11/02/24
Yes, but in my 30s. I also poison myself with Adderall.
cant believe this moniker was available
  11/02/24
I was on Latuda for a bit and quit primarily because of how ...
gowlcut book
  11/02/24


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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:35 AM
Author: ""'"""'

Forgetting stuff, having a hard time recalling words, misplacing shit, etc.

I'm experiencing lots of mental fog after 44.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48270978)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:35 AM
Author: l3orders

By now you should be done having kids just building your wealth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48270980)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:56 AM
Author: ""'"""'

If you're lucky and things went smoothly throughout your life.

Lots of people didn't have the perfect life and will struggle for life.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271013)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:00 AM
Author: l3orders

lol of all my IRL friends everyone is fine. This is an “online” problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271018)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:07 AM
Author: ""'"""'

oh lol, hahahha, lololol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271029)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:37 AM
Author: borders (retired)

People are Taller online

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271085)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 9:00 AM
Author: l3orders



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271108)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 11:24 AM
Author: Wang Hernandez

Shocking that people who spend substantial portions of their “lives” online also struggle to establish meaningful life relationships.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271455)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 1:01 PM
Author: ""'"""'

Sometimes IRL sucks so much you need to take a break and go online for a while. That 'for a while' becomes your new 'normal' and 10 years later, you realize you've lived online a 1/3th of your life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271778)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:36 AM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)

No, just feel spiritually wasted, hollowed out, and miserable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48270983)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 9:02 AM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

That's not just a feeling

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271115)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:40 AM
Author: Cornel West

Xo has been making this thread since the first posters turned 30 (20 years ago)

You're just neurotic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48270992)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 10:55 AM
Author: lex



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271392)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:44 AM
Author: mail in ballots

I wasn't that smart to begin with. Now? LMAO brother. They'd take my car keys if they knew the truth. Horrifying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48270998)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:54 AM
Author: ""'"""'

This is why old people are constantly taken advantage of.

We need to end it before 60. We'll find a good euthanasia spot and leave our belongings with people who deserve it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271010)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:57 AM
Author: mail in ballots

Cr but I suspect 60 is pushing it in my case

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271015)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 7:59 AM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)

Olds should be able to go to the ballot box once after age 60. As soon as theyre drop their ballot they have 4 years to get their affairs in order. Then they get rounded up and taken to go work hard labor in the hot Georgia sun until they expire.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271016)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:14 PM
Author: ( ''.'')

Twirling head: There is NO Sanctuary. There is NO Sanctuary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271571)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:00 AM
Author: Institute for JDVanced Study

That's not necessarily a sign of aging/permanent steady decline.

Stress and sleep deficits (which are closely related) are huge factors in what you described. Well, I guess age heightens their impact, but you might do a lot better if you can get a consistent 7-8 hours for a couple weeks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271017)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:05 AM
Author: ""'"""'

Srsly? How are you so sure?

These are the results of my sleep in the last 7 days as measured by my Garmin watch:

https://imgur.com/a/sQJUhRF

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271025)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:10 AM
Author: Institute for JDVanced Study

I'm not that sure, but in your 40s it's much more likely to be bad sleep/diet/exercise than actual neurological decline. Brief memory lapses (forgetting names briefly, for instance) are normal).

As for your sleep, you have good nights and bad nights. Getting less than 6 hours will make your memory less sharp on a given day, for sure.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271040)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:12 AM
Author: Hitler Did Nothing Wrong

That's very poor sleep. You need minimum 8 hours of QUALITY sleep every night - it was surprising once I got a fitbit how 8 clock hours in bed doesn't mean 8 hours asleep and I was "awake" for almost an hour a night in aggregate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271045)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 10:06 AM
Author: ""'"""'

How do you even accomplish this? I can't sleep a lot of the time and it gets boring as fuck, so i poast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271245)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 10:18 AM
Author: Institute for JDVanced Study

Stop using screens at night

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271272)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 10:57 AM
Author: Hitler Did Nothing Wrong

supplement zinc, no screens once it's dark outside and swap all your bulbs for warmer color temp, dimmer switches in the bathroom and bedroom so you don't have full intensity lighting while getting ready for bed. Definitely don't do anything other than sleep in bed (no poasting, reading, etc) to elicit a pavlovian response when you tuck in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271397)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:18 AM
Author: Institute for JDVanced Study

Also, avoid gooning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271057)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:15 PM
Author: ( ''.'')

tcr. your symptoms are sign of stress and some other stuff but mostly unhappiness and above all, stress.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271581)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:07 AM
Author: cucumbers

despite how much i fucking hate coding, it seems to keep me mentally sharp since i have to lead projects

i'm still retarted however

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271031)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:08 AM
Author: ""'"""'

How long have you been coding? It's a ton of mental work for sure.

How can you be retarded if you can code? I mean, you would not be able to code if truly mentally retarded.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271033)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:13 AM
Author: cucumbers

13 years

i'm a manager now, but i still code most days

i have a STEM degree from a top STEM school

most coding jobs aren't as hard as you might think. it's literally doing CS101 tasks 90% of the time

there's still lots of room for me to be retarted, don't worry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271049)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:15 AM
Author: Cornel West

Cr 90% of us just drool on our keyboards making database wrappers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271051)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:17 AM
Author: cucumbers

most companies have only a handful of engineers who can do the new/challenging/ambiguous stuff, the rest are doing CS101 CRUD apps to support the top engineers/decision makers. and sometimes those top engineers are still retarted and make a project fail

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271055)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:19 AM
Author: Cornel West

I enjoy the drudgery though since I get to wfh and generally do whatever the fuck I want

Unfortunately fartcum.AI is going to replace me within a couple years so I'm thinking about going into BIGCOP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271058)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:21 AM
Author: cucumbers

it's a shitty job, but much less shitty than most jobs

i WFH too but i have a fuckload of meetings every week because i'm a manager

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271061)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:37 AM
Author: ""'"""'

Do you think most coders will be replaced by AI within the next 10 years?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271086)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:56 AM
Author: cucumbers

Ljl @ trying to predict something 10 years from now. I can't even tell you what the S&P will be on Monday. AI will not replace coders in the short-term apart from special cases. I've tried using AI at my job, and it gives me the wrong answer or very buggy code about 75% of the time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271103)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:34 AM
Author: ""'"""'

Are you serious? Do those people get paid 200k+ to do CS101 tasks?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271081)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 11:20 AM
Author: you can have it all

CS101 is itself not easy and you'll be surprised how many people don't do well on it.

I too am a tech lead and I am always surprised by how many times i see duplicated code. One of the first things you learn in CS101 is to create a new function/method to put your duplicate code in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271447)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 8:19 AM
Author: AZNgirl early voting all AZNmen off Planet Earth

no, not that stuff but i have become gay and lost all interest in human life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271059)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 9:01 AM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

Yes, and it's particularly pronounced every time I log in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271113)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 10:51 AM
Author: Just your average poaster

I’m in mid-30s with those symptoms after 3 years of intermittent maintenance insomnia. It is like Jekyll and Hyde when I’ve slept and not slept

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271380)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 11:16 AM
Author: Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±)

LJL if anything, I've experienced cognitive improvements. Reading kike doublespeak everyday for ten years surely did some damage, but I'm back in Engineering, where I belong. Now I'm seen as a competent engineer who can also speak.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271442)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 11:17 AM
Author: you can have it all

40+ year old men in mental decline is quite literally what XO is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271444)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 11:26 AM
Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com)

fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271457)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:44 PM
Author: Non sequitur

How dare you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271700)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:47 PM
Author: cannon

If you can keep it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271719)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 11:27 AM
Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com)

love how all of you are slowly getting adhd and are terrified.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271459)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 11:43 AM
Author: lex

the sleep poasters ITT probably have a point imo. the haze of slight sleep deprivation is fine when you're hustling and gunning and super-striving in your early adulthood, but, i'm told, once you have career stability and get some breathing room, it can be remarkable looking back how frantic and scatter-brained you were even when youth was pushing you on. maybe now the mental toll of stress without rest is more immediately visible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271484)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:11 PM
Author: \'\'\"\"\'\'\'\"

you've come to the right place, brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271561)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:13 PM
Author: ( ''.'')

were you fully vaccinated against novel corona virus COVID-19?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271567)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:50 PM
Author: Cocksucker69699

yes but im certain its the smartphone/app addiction causing it. need to transition to dumb phone, and set app limits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271734)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:50 PM
Author: cant believe this moniker was available

Yes, but in my 30s.

I also poison myself with Adderall.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271736)



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Date: November 2nd, 2024 12:57 PM
Author: gowlcut book

I was on Latuda for a bit and quit primarily because of how stupid it made me.

I legit felt sub-100 IQ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5623003&forum_id=2/#48271761)