good on you, Randall. Congratulations.
No you don't.
An elderly neighbor rolled up on his golf cart the other day and said out of nowhere, "growing old isn't for pussies". He wasn't lying. You get to feel old; you don't want to.
> No you don't.
Maybe I missed something but I don’t know what you’re quoting or paraphrasing. In the comic the guy is saying he’s glad they’re getting old together, not that he’s glad they feel old. I don’t want to speak for my brother, but it seems weird to assume he is unfamiliar with what aging entails. Personally, I’m thrilled my sister-in-law is getting to experience the pains of aging instead of late stage cancer treatment.
They're quoting the image's title text. Every xkcd comic has one. On desktop you can see it by hovering over the image. On mobile you generally can't see it. You can go to the mobile subdomain (https://m.xkcd.com/3172// and tap on the image, then it pops up underneath.
If it's too long, it gets truncated, though.
Growing old together is what couples want. He was afraid he would lose her to cancer thus he’s happy they’re getting older as it means they’re both still here together.
[1] https://flowingdata.com/2015/09/23/years-you-have-left-to-li... [2] https://flowingdata.com/
And Firefox mobile sucks for cutting off the left side of the screen with no way to scroll. But viewing the image directly works.
ChrisArchitect•2mo ago