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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

For some it comes with age, as they gradually give less and less of a shit. Around 40, maybe? Might stem from a mindset of: "You've already thrown me all the curveballs you can, world. You can't hurt me anymore."

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Narrator: "Life could, in fact, throw many more curveballs."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hahahahaha omg so true.

All I hear is a song from My Fair Lady: "Just You Wait, Henry Higgens, Just You Wait"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Most certainly - only that I don't worry as much about the curveballs coming. 😉

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