He’d already contributed to humanity by writing the definition of wanker for the Oxford English Dictionary by the age of 28, though.
Wanker, n. CS Lewis
Ex: Shut up Lewis you massive wanker
I’d say he lived a pretty remarkable life before that;
I genuinely believe the real hurdle future generations will have to solve is this: chances are you will never be as bored as Tolkien likely spent the majority of his life. Being bored today is a choice; before the information age it was a reality. When people are desperately trying to escape boredom it makes the incentive to do crazy shit like make up your own language considerably more tangible.
Hops off soapbox
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You don’t need to have the level of success of Tolkien to have value. You can live a completely “ordinary” life and as long as you find meaning and enrich the life experience of those around you then your existence is extremely valuable.
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You can be awesome at any age. It’s never too late to find something new you might excel at.
Yes. It should be enough to simply be a person of integrity.
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I’m 52. ಥ_ಥ
it’s ok grandpa, let’s get you to bed
Colonel Sanders didn’t start KFC until he was 65.
And he didn’t curse a Japanese baseball team until he had been dead for 5 years.
But, but I am 45!
Damn, 119622220865480194561963161495657715064383733760000000000 is pretty old.
Don’t worry, Nyarlythotep didn’t start their Scroll of Infinite Madness until they were 46!.
I thought this was just going to be a dead link, but I am delightfully surprised.
Conversely, for younger folks who need motivation, Christopher Paolini wrote Eragon at 14.
Yeah he was also largely a product of nepotism. His mom literally owned a publishing company.
And it was perfectly fine YA regardless. Editors are the real magicians.
So I only have 5 years left? 😩
You are lending credence to my theory that everyone here is between the ages of 43 and 48.
Just turned 26 today :(
31 here
Welcome young fellow!
But I’m already past that.
Also he was already a respected academic
ITT: Pagliacci
Just because someone successful was a late bloomer doesn’t mean you will be one too.
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Im set up in this job im stuck at, cause the job comes with housing and full benefits for my family and I. But man do I want to change up my career, im 41. I wish I knew how to podcast or become a niche historian. I work from home so I have the time but I don’t even know where to begin. I honestly love wrestling history, from the birth of Greco Roman, to its evolution in the west through military, to British shoot clubs, to American catch and release to Abe Lincoln being a wrestling champion, to the days it went from a real contest to an exhibition to a secret worked match, to a full on scripted wrestling like we have today.
Wrestling as people know it is what the wwe brought to mainstream in 1984 which was all sizzle and no steak as Vince McMahon himself put it. Just a mainstream wrestling themed tv show. but wrestling in the 1900s was crazy stuff
I was so ready for this to end in a shittymorph mankind hell in a cell meme
It was about that time I noticed that sweet little Lemmy commenter was actually undertaker throwing mankind fifteen feet through the announcer’s table.
There it is, thank you random Lemmy commenter
I like this wolesome version of this meme way more.
There really isn’t anything wholesome about it. Besides it being ageist, it suffers from serious main character fallacy. Stop thinking you are going to be Tolkien, be proud of who you are instead.
Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species at age 50
Darwin was also born into wealth and could spend his life studying whatever piqued his interest. Do you have the funds to spend five years circumnavigating the globe studying cool wildlife? Because I sure as fuck don’t.
but I’m 69 🙃
nice. [/obligatory]
Some terrific 90s* albums released by artists at the ripe old age of “around 40”:
Cosmic Thing
Auberge
Kamakiriad
The Boatman’s Call
Beyond* more or less
