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Scientists Claim That "Old Age" Begins At 27

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miss_so_unknown
03/15/09

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Watching the Brain reminded me a lot of House. I wonder if Hugh Laurie is trying to cop any of The Brain's snark.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
03/15/09

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My guess is the guys who wrote this study have spent too much time ogling Teeny Tiny Fanny McGee from yesterday, the teenager with the too expensive tents.

*rolleyes*
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ImproperDancing
03/15/09

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Where was this song earlier this quarter??? It could've saved me some time studying for my anatomy class!!!
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linnyt is a walking cliché
03/15/09

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at least that's a little better than brain-age telling me i was supposed to me at my peak at age 20. that gives me a few more years until science tells me i have peaked.
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BytheSea
03/15/09

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People stop going to school in their mid-20s and therefor stop doing well on standardized tests.

How many 26 year olds know how to manage a retirement fund?
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arodriguez.romero
03/15/09

@BytheSea: funny you should mention retirement funds.

How many 40-70 year olds know how to manage a retirement fund?
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VoxPopuli
03/15/09

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I'm 35 and I can definitely vouch for this being true. I'm turning into my mother, with her ability to grasp the wrong, but similar word, and botch every song lyric imaginable.
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J.D.Regent
03/15/09

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Young peoples' brains might be quicker, but older folks have judgment, which I think is more valuable and is also unteachable.
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arodriguez.romero
03/15/09

@J.D.Regent: the flip side of that coin is that young people have physical courage and that can't be taught either.

I don't think the world would have break dancing or skate boarding or gymnastics without that quality of youth.

So, it's all good.
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Andalucía
03/15/09

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Fuck. I turn 28 next week. Fuck.
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VoxPopuli
03/15/09

@Andalucía: Happy birthday!

You'd better write that on your hand with a sharpie so you don't forget by then.
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femalemathmajor
03/15/09

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I'm a bit suspicious that the age of 'peak' brain power happens to he the exact average age of college graduation. Did they try to do only people in school or only people out of school? Methinks 27 years olds are just a bit rusty at test taking after having been gone from it for so long.
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veronykah
03/15/09

@femalemathmajor: That's what I was thinking. The random things they probably asked on those tests? Yeah, I'm 20 and would probably look at it and be all "Wtf! I remember answering questions like this before but it was SOOO long ago...ah, who cares."
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tobaccoflower
03/15/09

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do. not. like.

that's the best i can do w/ my 27 yrs old and freshly decrepit brain :(
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MizJenkins
03/15/09

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And here I thought it was all the weed...
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Jello Mix
03/15/09

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Also: I just realized that I know all the words to the vast majority of "Animaniacs" songs. Perhaps I cannot quickly solve a puzzle because my brain is full of useless nonsense like the outdated "Nations of the World" song?
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elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
03/15/09

@Jello Mix: Oh, I am right there with you.

I still am in awe of that show, honestly. Bernadette Peters??? COME ON!

Having turned 27 in October---wow, I almost just typed April. Guess they're right.
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Jello Mix
03/15/09

@elitza is the liver: I am not yet twenty-seven. Apparently my brain is atrophying early. I blame it on underachievement, Cap'n Crunch, far too many Little Debbie Snack Cakes, Kahlua, and a love of show tunes. When these powers combine, I am Captain Dimwitted! Now where's my spandex suit?
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Jello Mix
03/15/09

@Jello Mix: Exhibit A: I meant over-achievement.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
03/15/09

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For the fuck of shit people! I was going to go shopping today, but I best head on over to the cremation place already. Apparently, at 46, I am a crone.

Which explains why I never have enough wit to compete for CoTD.

What was I saying again?
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RedHotz
03/15/09

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: @rainbrain: @Leela Is an Amazon: I just friended all of you for that haha. As someone who is well past 27. Hell I am already past 40 I am wondering if I should be sitting on my front porch in a rocking chair right now yelling at the cars to slow down as they drive by? Good grief this article just basically made me feel as if I need to go and talk to the funeral home now and make sure the arrangements are made.
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hellosunshine
03/15/09

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So wait. You're telling me that not only do I have to worry about being a spinster at 25, I have to worry about massive brain farts two years later?! Post-adolescence FAIL.
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SomeAuthorGirl
03/15/09

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I'm about to save people a fuckload of time and effort.

The reason why this type of skill drops off after 27?

You quit caring about stupid shit. The end.

Tongue in cheekily yours,
The Thirtysomething SomeAuthorGirl, Already In Deep Decline
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whatsername
03/15/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: hells yeah.
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SugarSugar
03/15/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: Yes! I always struggle through logical reasoning tests because I can't get past the fact that I do not care about the Fightin' Farmers hockey team, nor do I care about the fact that Jeff won't play if Ted is there or that Nancy's present is red, and it's the only red one or that Sheila is afraid of clowns. Damnit!

But, when there's an actual problem to be solved, my brain is right there.
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