Never in a million years thought I’d end up in a retirement residence, even if it is ‘independent living’ (translation: you do your own cooking and figure out transportation if you can’t drive…)
Some hold that as children we are further from the event horizon and so time is dilated. As we age we become closer to said horizon, time constricts. However, people who hold these, ideas tend to be quite silly and deluded, and often run for political office.
The human brain really has no concept of time. The past of 1 year is the same as 60. When you are young you only have a few years that you can look back on and therefore judge how long that took. When you look back at 60 years it feels no different, but your logic says that it is a long time, so it must have “flown by”.
You folks might want to listen to Casey Beathard’s song “Don’t Blink”
Don’t blink, just like that you’re six years oldAnd you take a napAnd you wake up and you’re twenty-fiveAnd your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink, you just might missYour babies growing like mine didTurning into moms and dadsNext thing you know your better halfOf fifty years is there in bedAnd you’re praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred yearsGoes faster than you think, so don’t blink
carlsonbob about 1 month ago
Yeah, I was young and single. I blinked and now married for 40+ years with a granddaughter a sophomore in college.
Concretionist about 1 month ago
I blinked. Wow. Where did my joints go? Where did my hair go? Where did my belly come from?…
momofalex7 about 1 month ago
Don’t blink. Don’t even blink. Blink, and you’re dead. (Doctor Who, best episode.)
Argythree about 1 month ago
Never in a million years thought I’d end up in a retirement residence, even if it is ‘independent living’ (translation: you do your own cooking and figure out transportation if you can’t drive…)
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’m trying to seldom breathe. It’s working, the blackouts make the day longer.
Macushlalondra about 1 month ago
Thanks for that explanation Opal. It makes as much sense as anything else.
MeanBob Premium Member about 1 month ago
Some hold that as children we are further from the event horizon and so time is dilated. As we age we become closer to said horizon, time constricts. However, people who hold these, ideas tend to be quite silly and deluded, and often run for political office.
CO Premium Member about 1 month ago
The human brain really has no concept of time. The past of 1 year is the same as 60. When you are young you only have a few years that you can look back on and therefore judge how long that took. When you look back at 60 years it feels no different, but your logic says that it is a long time, so it must have “flown by”.
ꜝ about 1 month ago
blah, blah, blah⠄⠄⠄
these two haven’t aged a day in nearly 45 years
iggyman about 1 month ago
70 seemed so old when I was 21!
kelloggs2066 about 1 month ago
You folks might want to listen to Casey Beathard’s song “Don’t Blink”
Don’t blink, just like that you’re six years oldAnd you take a napAnd you wake up and you’re twenty-fiveAnd your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink, you just might missYour babies growing like mine didTurning into moms and dadsNext thing you know your better halfOf fifty years is there in bedAnd you’re praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred yearsGoes faster than you think, so don’t blink
Watchdog about 1 month ago
Using cerebral math skills no longer practiced
Rasslebear about 1 month ago
I’m 75. I can relate.
The Fly Hunter about 1 month ago
You got that right, Earl!
USlackr Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’ve read that time seems to move faster when you have no new experiences because you are making no new memories.
Gen.Flashman about 1 month ago
Why are they using a table cloth? Green padded dining chairs?
The Orange Mailman about 1 month ago
This strip is 18 years old so factor that in.
chris_o42 about 1 month ago
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Enjoy yourself, while you’re still in the pink.
The years go by, as quickly as a wink——-
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think!
(Enjoy yourself" —Louis Prima and Keeley Smith)
david_42 about 1 month ago
Nothing slows time more than waiting for the first butternut squash to ripen, except maybe figs.
mrwiskers about 1 month ago
Can we explore Opal’s math? Or am I missing that that is part of the joke?
PoochFan about 1 month ago
I had a friend in his eighties who used to say that he knew people who wouldn’t even buy green bananas. (Cause they might not live till they ripened).
monya_43 about 1 month ago
My children are in their late fifties and early sixties. I was that age just last week.
jango about 1 month ago
Opal’s fractured fractions
assrdood about 1 month ago
I’ve caught that disease………yesterday, it was June 1st.
win.45mag about 1 month ago
We like to call that a picosecond.
bsisler21 about 1 month ago
Opal failed math in school.
EMGULS79 about 1 month ago
I blinked on my honeymoon and landed on my 30th anniversary.
ladykat about 1 month ago
True.
ANIMAL about 1 month ago
EXACTLY……. now ENJOY your dinner, and STOP worrying.!!!! ( LOL )
elgrecousa Premium Member about 1 month ago
Wow, Opal is getting brainy all of a sudden.
markkahler52 about 1 month ago
The Time all went to Cincinnati….
Medtech4 about 1 month ago
That’s absolutely true about how we sense time passage. It’s scary, but you can’t think about it too long!
zeexenon about 1 month ago
Just so we don’t run out of chocolate chip cookies and cake.
billdaviswords about 1 month ago
My oldest grandson is almost as old as I was when I met his grandmother (and taller than I was then!)
wndflower1 about 1 month ago
i had a pilot license for years- i am at the age now where i find myself to be on final approach! hope the runway is long enough!
pearlyqim about 1 month ago
Makes sense!
prrdh about 1 month ago
You don’t even dare blink…lest the eyes close permanently.
ꜝ about 1 month ago
AFAIC it boils down to looking forward instead of looking back
anticipation and participation will always seem longer than the memory of the experience
Linguist about 1 month ago
For many of us guys of a certain age I offer this alliterative lament: We’ve been tickled under the testiclés by the tempestuous touch of time!
DenO Premium Member about 1 month ago
I don’t mind getting old. I just wish it took longer.
kmccjoe1 about 1 month ago
Finally! Someone gets it right!!! Thank you Brian. I’ve been arguing this for years. It’s a matter of comparative perception.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 1 month ago
I’m at middle age. I may blink less often now.
cracker65 about 1 month ago
Earl is right
nyg16 about 1 month ago
Never thought of that but yes pickles that make sense
bestframeforward Premium Member about 1 month ago
I wrote a college paper on exactly that concept!!