i guess its because as time goes on, that last incremental moment becomes a smaller part of your whole past, and thus becomes less noticeable. next thing you know, you're all old and shit.

8/18/2007 7:45:13 PM

duh

8/18/2007 9:35:36 PM

yeah, 10 years ago I was beginning to prepare for my first college classes.....

8/18/2007 11:37:41 PM

signed

where have the last 7 years gone?

8/19/2007 1:27:24 AM

I disagree.

Every freaking day of work feels incredibly long to me.

[Edited on August 19, 2007 at 3:14 AM. Reason : .]

8/19/2007 3:13:51 AM

it has to do with the fact that older people have slower literal time perception. this has been measured in multiple scientific studies. if you sit young people down for one minute, they consistently over-estimate how long they've been sitting. If you sit old people down for one minute, they consistently under-estimate how long they've been sitting

8/19/2007 6:18:26 AM

you got a link for that study?

8/19/2007 1:43:16 PM

look for it here -- i'll give it a browse when i get a minute

http://tinyurl.com/3yns8n

8/19/2007 4:23:58 PM

the older i get the harder it is to catch and squish flies too.

8/19/2007 6:47:52 PM

The older I get, the longer my hangovers last after an alcohol bender.

i'm at two days of misery after one night of drinking now.

8/21/2007 12:50:59 PM

^ its true. i didn't want to admit it, but i can't hang like i used to.

8/21/2007 1:15:50 PM

your goals get farther aways

14 you just want to be 16 and drive
16 you just want to be 18 and graduate
18 you just want to be 21 and an adult
21 you.... are either looking forward to getting out of college or setting up a career to make decent money... or you have no more goals

the you start thinking about kids retirement etc.

^,^^ ditto

[Edited on August 21, 2007 at 8:53 PM. Reason : .]

8/21/2007 8:53:30 PM

life is a terminal disease....once you get it you will die, its just a matter of how long you can live with it

8/21/2007 11:47:32 PM

Michio Kaku did a whole show on this. It should still be up on his MySpace page. The guy is unbelievably smart.

8/22/2007 9:48:44 AM

You people are depressing.

8/22/2007 10:22:44 AM

Quote :

" The guy is unbelievably smart"

Is he going to do a whole show on how water is wet next?

I mean, what a work of brilliance....

8/22/2007 10:29:07 AM

I am assuming you have no idea what you are talking about so I will just e-pat you on the head this time.

8/22/2007 10:40:06 AM

I actually don't think that time goes faster the older you get. My college years flew by, but the time between August 2006 and August 2007 felt like five years. Maybe it was just all the change between moving back to Raleigh, working different jobs and some personal heartbreak, but I think that it was possibly the slowest year of my life.

9/4/2007 4:38:43 PM