VileBill Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Okay, when I busted brain chubby I was close to the big 4-0. I was getting a little stiff in the joints and maybe, maybe the eyes were getting a little fuzzy. But since the eruption I'm feeling fine and fucking dandy.Now, a bunch of y'all are really fucking young. You ain't never gonna have to deal with the grey hairs or the creaking knees.And it doesn't mean a fucking thing to any of you, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jael Carver Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I'm not old enough to vote; I don't have the experience to even think about that properly. I mean, short of a mentalist dropping the experience straight into my brain, I can't feel anything about it, other than in a rhetorical way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I wasn't quite that old when I popped, Bill, but I feel you. I had settled into what I thought was going to be "life", complete with arthritis starting to get into my hands, gray hair around the temples, and a rod I generally had to coax into action. These days, I've got the metabolism of an eighteen year-old and none of the appetites to match. Good for work, but bad the rest of the time. All I do is sit around being fucking bored all day, where before my time off was barely enough to recover.You kids don't have a damn clue how good you've got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aušrinė Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 It's funny, but at 26 years old I was starting to feel like one of the "old folks" around here. All of a sudden I realize how wrong I was.This thread isn't going to be all about how "youth is wasted on the young", is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flicker Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Seventeen here, have no idea what you old people are talking about. Still, I won't live forever. Maybe the onset of old age and its effects will still be there, just delayed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jael Carver Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I'm guessing yes. It will just take longer. I mean... we're not immortal, right? Novas have been killed before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aušrinė Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I go in for a checkup with some of DeVries' paraphysicians on a monthly basis. I am all but certain that they run far more tests than are strictly necassary, but that's beside the point. Anyway, they tell me that my body is most definitely showing internal signs of aging, it's just that it hasn't caught up with my outward, physical appearance yet. Apparently the effects of aging they have detected are also somewhat warped or retarded, so they fully expect that I will live for a very long time yet, but they say that it will probably take several more years of testing and observation before they'll have any clear idea of what my actual life expectancy will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Jael CarverI'm guessing yes. It will just take longer. I mean... we're not immortal, right? Novas have been killed before. Ageless isn't the same thing as immortal, ya know. I don't suppose any novas HAVE died of old age yet? I mean, it's a bit early to call... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Coming up on thirty here. ... Jesus, I'm gonna be thirty.But the perception that novas are ageless - or rather, that all novas are ageless - is a bit inaccurate. Novas, especially ones with enhanced stamina, do have a longer projected lifespan. About double the normal lifespan, was the last estimate I read.Lifespans for all humans are on the rise, really. They don't get as much press as the cures for breast cancer or Alzheimer's, but science has made great strides in prolonged lifespan over the past decade. Right now there is legislation being proposed in Congress to raise the age of retirement, which I have mixed feelings about - but, I'm not going to be in this country for too much longer, so I suppose I'm worrying over nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doryoku Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 It's interesting, with the research regarding the function of cell produced free-radicals and the aging that results, why hasn't one of us as of yet figured a way to PREVENT aging period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileBill Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: Jael CarverI'm guessing yes. It will just take longer. I mean... we're not immortal, right? Novas have been killed before. Killed yeah. But I lived a lot of my life figuring I was gonna die gutshot or stabbed. Or mebbe strung out at one point. I was just getting used to the idea I may die in bed and not in the good way.Now I don't gotta worry about that. Docs say they don't have any clue as to whether or not I'm even aging anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anateus Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Originally Posted By: VixenComing up on thirty here. ... Jesus, I'm gonna be thirty.But the perception that novas are ageless - or rather, that all novas are ageless - is a bit inaccurate. Novas, especially ones with enhanced stamina, do have a longer projected lifespan. About double the normal lifespan, was the last estimate I read.Lifespans for all humans are on the rise, really. They don't get as much press as the cures for breast cancer or Alzheimer's, but science has made great strides in prolonged lifespan over the past decade. Right now there is legislation being proposed in Congress to raise the age of retirement, which I have mixed feelings about - but, I'm not going to be in this country for too much longer, so I suppose I'm worrying over nothing. Number one, get offa my lawn. (34 here.) And yeah, I'm very dubious about going to the Rashoud clinic. They're threatening to run some very extensive tests, and I'm really curious about how much this magic lump in my skull has screwed with me. They did a cursory thing, and they think that less than 1% of novas, not just people in general, but novas, are as healthy as I am right out of the gate. They estimated, off the cuff, I'm back to being early twenties with no health problems, and I've got at least triple human lifespan to look forward to just being young. I mean, fuck! How am I supposed to keep myself occupied that long? Can I build up enough money to keep myself living all right for that long? Doing what? And I haven't even slept for two days, so I'm beginning to think that's not an option. I haven't slowed down since I popped, and I've been using Rumple Minze for mouthwash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Aeon Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Getting old should not be a probelm for many of us. Not only do we get killed off at an alarming rate, we age very slowly and few of us who erupt old stay that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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