We are getting old | TheaterFire

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ZookeepergameOwn8573@reddit

I love Willie Nelson. His show with Chris Stapleton blew me away a couple years ago. Never thought this 80’s heavy metal butt rocker would ever utter those words. I must be getting old, but damn I appreciate Willie so much now!

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rogerm3xico@reddit

I was just saying yesterday that I can't believe David Allan Coe and Willie Nelson outlived all of them and then I wake up this morning and David Allan Coe is dead

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Shotgun_Mosquito@reddit

So it's your fault?

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rogerm3xico@reddit

God if that worked, I can't believe my boss is still alive.

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Ok_Industry3016@reddit

I'm 49 feel like a kid. Genetics I guess?

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

lol. My wife does not like the fact I have very little gray hair either when she has a big ole steak like Rogue form X-men.

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AdhesivenessEqual166@reddit

My husband started graying in his 30s. My gray is barely noticeable. I'll be 60 in the fall. It's definitely the genes.

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Infamous-Yak2864@reddit

Dude is 93 with a full tour schedule....

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labretirementhome@reddit

Saw him last night. Wouldn't call it singing at this point. Guitar picking was rough.

Still, he played his heart out, loved the crowd, found myself crying through You Were Always On My Mind and On the Road Again.

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Dusty_Sequins@reddit

When you’ve reached Willie Nelson age and status, you don’t need to really sing and play well anymore. He’s definitely put his time in. He’s one I’ve never seen live and at this point probably won’t. That’s one I’ll likely regret.

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labretirementhome@reddit

He's touring right now. This is your chance.

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Melodic_War327@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjNn4bbbgSw&list=RDNjNn4bbbgSw&start_radio=1

Feels like me, any given day

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chompy_jr@reddit (OP)

LOL. This checks out.

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Fritzo2162@reddit

Andy Huggins is a hot comedian right now. Guy is selling out shows and touring like crazy. He didn't get famous until he was 72. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbbKaM8_LUc

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Commisceo@reddit

He had talent to start again. The only talent I have left is I can fart when I sneeze.

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

Oh yeah? I can fart when I sneeze AND throw my back out at the same time!

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WayPowerful484@reddit

Tour dates?

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

All sold out. Sorry, but I put on one hell of a show!

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prntmakr@reddit

Can I start again at 59 without losing it all? I’d prefer that, please.

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chompy_jr@reddit (OP)

We can do whatever we want. We Gen X

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ImCaffeinated_Chris@reddit

But you better be home when the street lights come on!

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heiberdee2@reddit

Can we be Willie Nelson?

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chrimen@reddit

You can buy you'll need to mositurize or else you get the hose again!

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Gabrielsen26@reddit

Willie’s all about them blue skies. Inspiring

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forgeblast@reddit

Sons of legion have a great song with the line "there is an old man coming but he ain't here yet". I probably say that to myself every day. We are old but not that old got to keep going.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

Yeah, I keep on seesawing between being stressed to f*ck about the immediate future, to thinking "hey, have a bit of perspective". It helps if you're completely cool and people want to pay you to do something though. 😄

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tultamunille@reddit

If he can.. smoke doobies on the roof of the white house with the president’s son?

Nah I kind of doubt we’ll ever be that cool.

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I_Died_Once@reddit

Yeah, no, I dunno....

Not to be disrespectful to anyone so much, but Willie and literally all other generations before us all lived in the economically easiest times ever to have existed.

Wanna impress me, have him do that shit today, with today's hands reaching into his pockets.

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AutoArsonist@reddit

"and literally all generations before". really?

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Illustri-aus@reddit

Well, the last couple of generations, right!

I doubt that having to grow (and/or barter) every bite of food day to day, never knowing if you would have enough in a few weeks, was an easy time to live.

Personally take my lifestyle compared to those of pre- industrial revolution any time. And several decades after tbh!

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GogglesPisano@reddit

From what I’ve heard, the Depression years were pretty rough.

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AutoArsonist@reddit

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CrankyDoo@reddit

My father grew up during the Great Depression. Those years were fucking hell. I could go on and on with the stories he told. He’s been dead 15 years now but I’m sure he’d have laughed in the OP’s face claiming that growing up he lived in “economically easier” times.

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Novel_Pin_6784@reddit

You got a point. Also, his music, while timeless, if introduced today.... maybe not so much. Hate saying that...

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finny_d420@reddit

I politely disagree. White guy who sings, smokes weed, plays guitar and can traverse different music genres.

Sounds like some of today's current artists. Post for one example. American Idol got the whole WGWG on lockdown.

Willie for the win on also being a prolific songwriter for other artists.

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Infamous-Yak2864@reddit

You are correct...and there's people/generations who are just discovering his music all the time...

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AlfaNovember@reddit

I was just reading about Willie Nelson.

Fuck you dont do that!

(Happy birthday, red-headed stranger!)

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Chad_Hooper@reddit

Yeah, it’s always scary when someone says that about a senior, but especially when it’s an absolute icon.

God B-day and good weed to you, Willie!

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Immediate-Rub3807@reddit

I’m on a mission to retirement at 60, hopefully

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chompy_jr@reddit (OP)

What does that look like for you? I’m curious. I have friends who have and in the most Gen X thing ever, some are doing great and sone are not.

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Fulghn@reddit

Two roads diverged in the urban jungle,

I gave a one finger salute and walked off into the forest,

And that has made all the difference.

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WillBrink@reddit

I turn 61 end of May. 😏

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foodandhowtoeat@reddit

I turn 61 tomorrow.

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Big_Cryptographer_16@reddit

Happy birthday?😇

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siliconsmiley@reddit

Fuck off. I'm not getting old. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to bed at 8:18.

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assuredlyanxious@reddit

Take your pills.

Sweet dreams.

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wzl3gd@reddit

Meh. Good for Willie but I dont want to start again.

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OogyBoogy_I_am@reddit

To me as someone who just turned 61, it's just a number.

I do get people often surprised at how old I actually am because I certainly don't carry myself like I remember "old folks" from my youth used to.

It's kind of strange actually looking at pictures of my grandfathers and then realising that when the pics were taken, that I'm now actually older than they were. But I look and feel at least 20 years younger than they did.

Rebuilding yourself at our ages is definitely possible and I'm watching my late 50's brother going through it now (failed business and failed marriage). You just set your mind to doing something and you just do it.

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c0ldgurl@reddit

This is the truth, in some ways compared to our predecessors we have cheated time, and I'm totally good with it.

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DominicPalladino@reddit

Losing all your money is not losing it all. Willie still had his talent, fame, and connections. Not saying he didn't work hard or is not a great person, just saying that for any if us that "lose it all" now or that don't have much, saying that "if Williw can do it, we can." is BS.

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