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THE AGING FILE / 18 QUOTES / APPROVED BY NOBODY

Aging quotes, for anyone who now says “oof” when they sit down.

Quotes for the knee that predicts rain, the back that goes out more than you do, and the birthday cake that needs a risk assessment. Zack is not getting older. He is getting closer. So are you, and he thought you should hear it from a friend.

These are best read sitting down, because standing up again is now an event. Share one at the next birthday where everyone pretends thirty-nine is a number and not a warning. Zack has nothing against age. He just thinks it should have come with a manual, a refund policy and better knees.

ALL 18 AGING QUOTES

  1. 01Age is just a number.So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than your salary.
  2. 02You're not getting older.You're getting closer. That's worse.
  3. 03Remember when you stayed up late on purpose?Now you're up at 3am because your knee filed a complaint.
  4. 04Your thirties are your twenties with consequences.The hangover lasts until Wednesday and reports straight to your liver.
  5. 05Growing old is mandatory.Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later. Nothing happened.
  6. 06Wisdom comes with age.So does standing on the landing with no idea why you came upstairs, or exist.
  7. 07A good night out now means home by ten.Nobody had to come and get you. Nobody offered.
  8. 08Every birthday is a gift.The gift is one fewer birthday.
  9. 09You started saying "oof" when you sit down.That's the countdown, out loud.
  10. 10Inside every older person is a younger person.The younger person is furious about the knees.
  11. 11Your back now goes out when you sneeze.It goes out more than you do.
  12. 12You're ageing like a fine wine.Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark, away from people.
  13. 13Your favourite music is now called "a classic".So are you. It means old.
  14. 14Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment.The candles are outnumbering the years you've got left.
  15. 15Youth is wasted on the young.You wasted yours too. Old age is next, and you've got form.
  16. 162026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees are getting different memos now, mostly from a specialist.
  17. 17You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake.The standing still was flawless. The getting up took a team, a run-up and a noise you'd never made before.
  18. 18Everyone's bringing back the dog filter.Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look on its own since March, and it doesn't come off when you close the app.

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YOU’VE BEEN WARNED

Keep falling.

It doesn’t get better. It does get funnier.

COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY STATISTICNo. 001

70%

of "I'll just have one" biscuits are, statistically, the first of several. The packet was the portion. It always was.

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QUOTE · AGINGNo. 004

2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees are getting different memos now, mostly from a specialist.

BAD ADVICENo. 005

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  1. Do excellent work for four years.
  2. Train the new hire, because you're "so good with people."
  3. Watch the new hire become your manager.

QUOTE · GEN ZNo. 006

You "don't do small talk".

You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails or replying. You do "vibes", and nobody can invoice those.

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QUOTE · BUSINESSNo. 008

Every great company started in a garage.

Yours will end there too. The car's been living outside since launch.

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you could stop. you won’t.

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