A Reddit comment of mine about life in your 30’s.

I just turned 42 and this resonates with me. People would hit 30 and they’d cut me off or ghost me because I wasn’t vocationally successful. This happened for around ten years (as the first person was 30 when I was 27 and the last person was 30 when I was 38). Over 30 is like they playoffs, you have to keep winning to remain in people’s lives. Everything is so commodified, human contact becomes something that isn’t given by default anymore but as a reward for jumping through their hoops. It’s an effective system because people over 30 are often so lonely so they will play those games so they’re not just always alone living in their heads.

I will say the 40’s suck too but at least not everyone else is having perfect lives by then. There are divorces and other things that knock people down a peg and make them more humble.

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