• Spitefire@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Do you just hit an age where you stop being able to comprehend you’re out of touch? Is that going to happen to all of us? I feel out of touch all the time already and I’m nowhere near the Congressional average…

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      9 days ago

      Do you just hit an age where you stop being able to comprehend you’re out of touch?

      No. You start out being out of touch and lack of accountability makes it worse every year.

      Source: old as dirt, but still in touch.

    • C4551E@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 days ago

      it happens when you decide to stop learning new things and revising your existing knowledge as society and science advance

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      8 days ago

      As an autistic person, comprehending that I’m out of touch is all I do. I wonder how this will impact me at 80.