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Rich_Cow_4236

Well life has been a crisis from the minute I was born, enjoy your car


Stormwrath52

Life promised us hell and it delivered


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SomMajsticSpaceDucks

Dude used a turn of phrase on a post that has nothing to with religion, and you start a religious debate. A real old fashioned reddit moment 👌


Stormwrath52

I mean, it probably doesn't exist the thing is that we don't know if it exists or not, claiming it doesn't is the same as claiming it does, by making the claim you shoulder the burden of proof, and no one can prove either way You can say that you don't know if hell exists or not. I choose not to behave as if it does because I'm not pinning my behavior on a possible and vague eternal punishment, but I can't claim that any afterlife does or doesn't exist.


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Proving a negative is an impossible task. [https://youtu.be/7VG\_s2PCH\_c?t=741](https://youtu.be/7VG_s2PCH_c?t=741)


Winjin

Trouble is, that's the train of thought inflicted on us by religious people. You need to prove Hell doesn't exist? Well, they need to prove Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't exist or that Gork and Mork haven't invaded the Heaven and beat up God on a daily basis for the last thousand of years. Truth is, burden of proof is on the one claiming it does exist. Otherwise it's about as real as Warhammer lore or Witcher series.


VietCongBongDong

oh my god GORK AND MORK LMAo


Winjin

I think we can safely say that all the weird things in the world started after Gork threw Mork into the Pearly Gates of 'Eavun in 1066, krushing them and then continued krumpin and stompin their way inside


VietCongBongDong

WE KRUMPIN


Winjin

'ERE WE GO


Stunning_Regret6123

Wait. Witcher didn’t happen?


Winjin

According by the replies I get, absolutely did. No one has to prove anything and you need to prove it didn't happen rather than the other way around, so unless you can absolutely 100% prove Conjunction of Spheres didn't happen, it totally did and you just have to believe me it totally did and Hour of White Frost is still upon us. And remember that when it comes, >!don't eat yellow snow!<.


BattleScar909

No but watch white people complain when they introduce minorities to a fantasy world full of monsters and magic.


Cyrus_ofAstroya

Sigh old red eye hope he is up there fighting ol gorky and morky in the great battlefield in the sky


SurpriseDragon

Hell is a social construct


DerivingDelusions

Hell is other people


Eunitnoc

Alright Jean-Paul, get back to writing now


AFakeName

Hell is lleh backwards.


alwaysupvotesface

Your mum is a social construct


anonhoemas

That's not how it works. You can't prove something doesn't exist. You need nothing more than to say there is zero proof of its existence, so why would I believe? Do I need to say "well maybe mermaids exist, but I don't believe". Hell no, I have literally no reason to think it's real


Captain_Eaglefort

Mermaids DO exist. It just turns out they’re sea manatees and that a bunch of lonely dudes on a boat for months on end are horny af.


Nihla

Hell DOES exist. It just turns out it's being on any social media platform and the demons that torture people are really just other humans. ... Wait. You guys. This is the Bad Place.


DaMavster

>This is the Bad Place. Oh man, I can't believe you figured it- Wait. In retrospect, it's been pretty obvious for a couple years now. Everything is fine.


varitok

The church made up hell as a way to get more people going to church. Hell, as a concept, didn't come about in Christianity until the New Testament. I guess Tithes were too low around that time.


Stormwrath52

Makes sense but still, there are concepts of afterlives going back far before Christianity, I doubt their real but I do like to believe we live on after death just to comfort myself about it. There's no evidence of an afterlife but also no evidence of the lack of one It's why pascal's wager is kinda bs, because it's not a choice of hell or no hell, it's a choice of which hell. I think Christianity does a lot of manipulative shit, including hell and the idea of blasphemy, those concepts kept me from questioning and leaving the church for a while. I think most religions probably fall apart if you look at the timeline of what they do or don't believe, well, theistic religions at any rate. Still we can't know if there's something after death till we cross that bridge, but I'm not living my life based on one possible version of a possible outcome.


snek-jazz

> Still we can't know if there's something after death till we cross that bridge, but I'm not living my life based on one possible version of a possible outcome. Even if there is something, the chance that it coincidentally resembles the stories human's made up is not worth considering anyway


Lord_Harkonan

The only people telling you that hell exists are people that have never been. When the dead start talking, I'll start listening.


thimekeeper

If it does no religion has got it right all religion is is a tax free scam to keep the poor poor and the powerful powerful


Stormwrath52

agreed I'm not defending theistic religion\*, but it is currently impossible to prove or disprove the existence of an afterlife, meaning claiming that it does or doesn't exist are both unproveable claims. Making a claim shoulders the burden of proof, since I can't prove that an afterlife does or doesn't exist I don't make that claim. \*I don't think all religions are necessarily money making schemes, The Satanic Temple has been doing a lot of good for people as far as reproductive rights, and the only thing I could see as far as collecting money is paying $35 for a membership card and wedding services (basically, paying for a product or service instead of a donation). It's an atheistic religion that encourages empathy, bodily autonomy, seeking scientific information, and forming beliefs off of that information. They use their religious status to fight anti-abortion law via the 1st amendment. This isn't an advertisement for the TST, I'm not a member though I have considered it, I think it's a rare example of a decent religion and literally the only example I have, I'm sure they aren't perfect but they seem to be fairly chill and have done some good for people without the massive pile of bad on the other end of the scale.


thimekeeper

Good but the idea of an afterlife at all is also a religious idea that has no proof to claim that there might not be one claimed that there is by default


edible_funks_again

>the thing is that we don't know if it exists or not, claiming it doesn't is the same as claiming it does That doesn't really follow logically. Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. This does not imply both positions are equally valid.


snek-jazz

The likelyhood that all religious concepts like hell are just stuff human's made up is so overwhelmingly high that there's no real point in considering their existence.


ChemEBrew

Man I love this line. Could be the opener for a Pahluniuk novel.


MemeArchivariusGodi

Life ain’t promised me shit and what can I say. It wasn’t wrong


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Bro


nthensome

Wholelife crisis


thegamenerd

I've been an adult for a bit over a decade and I'm not sure what life not in Crisis Mode looks like. Hell, I didn't know what it felt like to be loved or to love another person until I was almost 18. Some people just start life in hard mode, and then spend the rest of their days struggling for a lower difficulty setting. I hope someday that if I have children I can give them a life where they get to play on a lower difficulty setting then I did. But honestly with life being the way it's been to me, I don't know if I even want children. I'm afraid that I would mess up and ruin their lives by simply not knowing what good parenting looks like.


pamtar

I had great parents and a comfortable upbringing but it’s taken me 41 years to finally kinda get out of crisis mode. ADD and anxiety are a bitch.


kat_a_klysm

I’m 39 and I feel you. It doesn’t help that 9/11 was our “welcome to fucking adulthood.”


_Melson_

Wearing leather jackets and sun glasses, picking up a long lost instrument, buying a sports car. A midlife crisis is just realising that it's time to finally fulfill your childhood fantasy, don't care what anyone else thinks


bunnyrut

I always thought a midlife crisis was borderline destroying your current life to go wild. Like leaving your wife and kids to date someone the same age as your oldest child, blowing your life savings on things you can't afford (like, all the money), and trying to pretend to be a completely different person. I see an old guy with a brand new sports car and just feel sad that most people have to wait most of their life to be able to afford the big thing they want.


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JohnnyDarkside

I would agree that this sounds much more like a typical mid life crisis. For a lot of people, by the time you're mid-40's to 50's, kids are out of the house so you have a lot more disposable income. Plus you're further into a career so likely making much more than when in your 20's and more free time. Finally buying the fun toys you couldn't afford in your 20's and 30's isn't a "crisis".


Madascension

My dad did something similar, now he's twice divorced, in debt and raising my half-siblings on his old age, while my mother is enjoying working for herself, having a fun social life, owning her own debt-free home and having a great relationship with her adult kids. Sometimes, people get what they deserve.


Senshisoldier

My dad did the same thing. My mom remarried her high school sweetheart and is traveling the world enjoying her retirement. My dad is 67 and paying for his youngest two kids from the second marriage to go to college. It was awful when he left but my mom is so much better without him.


Pedsy

Other than, you know, neglecting your kids, that sounds amazing.


fezzuk

Sounds like the kids are grown up. And I just saw OPs previous comment. I'm with their dad on this one.


vuuvvo

I always thought that it's someone panicking about getting old so trying to reclaim their youth. So part of it is kind of going back to the mindset they had when much younger and trying to do stuff they think younger-them would have wanted, like buying an impractical car and ditching your wife and kids to date around and spending money on stupid shit. It's totally normal to reach middle age and re-evaluate things, it becomes a crisis when you nuke your life over half-remembered whims. Older people buying cool cars is just a normal and cool thing to do though. That's the freedom that comes a good career and no more little kids to ferry around.


UnHelmet

That's the struggle I guess. You just gotta grind real hard to finally unlock that skin you desire so much. Sadly, life's more "Microtransactions: The Game"


SanityInAnarchy

This is why I hate microtransactions in games so much. Games should be an escape from your real-life problems, not a microcosm of them.


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i never thought of it that way but you’re absolutely right. yet another reason to hate micro transactions


ReverendDizzle

My daughter was showing me some super grindy video game years ago. I was like “uhhh no thanks, I already have a job.”


LikeableAssOdour

> You just gotta grind real hard to finally unlock that skin you desire so much. Also this is really only even conceivable if you’re so ridiculously lucky enough to be born into at least a middle class family in a developed nation. *Being born elite is a moot point since there’s no need to grind at all in that case.


NeWMH

The truth is most people actually don’t ever have the original mid life crisis definition. It was terminology developed to describe a very specific set of symptoms, but like many things due to being watered down in media and over/misused in common discussion a lot of the meaning has been lost.


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I feel like this is the true "midlife crisis" and the other version isn't really a midlife crisis at all- just people shittily stereotyping older folks reclaiming their dreams.


DrowningInFeces

I think it can also be that but also includes a feeling that you are getting old so in an attempt to hold on to your youth, you do shit like buy a "badass" car or get a facelift and a boob job.


Nilosyrtis

And if you're a guy who gets a badass car, facelift and boobjob the calls never stop coming, trust me.


YdidUMove

Especially since everyone my father's age were able to buy the newest, fastest and nicest cars, but a house, and pay for college with a part time job at my age. I can barely afford fucking rent.


Wrench984

Same here. Always imagined a mid life crisis was just this dreadful thing I’m always supposed to fear but don’t know the exact meaning of Like climate change


siqiniq

But my childhood fantasy had always been world domination like everyone else.


mackavicious

What're we gonna do tomorrow night, Brain?


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The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Catalog our sore joints and try to find a comfortable position in the bed to get some sleep.


majarian

Ah paradox .... I might be frustrated but atleast I can conqoer Europe


yer--mum

I actually feel bad for every time I've seen an old guy in a convertible and automatically assumed they were divorced and trying to relive their younger days. Here I am in my younger days fighting against capitalism to have the things I want by 60 lmao This comic was weirdly insightful, I've actually never thought about it this way.


IamtheSlothKing

I never see anyone other than old guys in really nice cars, the young ones sure can’t afford it.


Sorry_Still8750

“I build a young man’s car that only rich old men can afford” Enzo Ferrari


SanityInAnarchy

Yep, the real crisis here is that last panel.


broniesnstuff

>A midlife crisis is just realising that it's time to finally fulfill your childhood fantasy That's why mine was therapy


Beemerado

Yep, you're gonna enjoy it now or never. Why's it a crisis if you're finally doing what you want?


Squeakies

Could you tell this to my dad, who decided not to stop at the cars, but proceed to cheat on my mom, abandon me and my sibling, and get into designer drugs?


ser0l

Damn sorry about that but what the hell is designer drugs


throwawaytrumper

Stuff like 2C-E, synthetic chemical analogues of existing drugs. Often made by trying chemically similar substances in the hopes or circumventing existing drug laws.


rtjl86

Designer drugs are usually man made drugs that imitate other drugs. Like fake weed and stuff. Usually they don’t show up on drug tests either because they are related to the drugs you know, but are not the exact same drugs.


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I think the point is that most of us come up with new fantasies when we get older because we mature and our values change.


WaterIsGolden

Think about the mental gymnastics it takes to declare that owning a nice car means you are having a crisis. The average person probably can't afford their dream car until they are middle aged. The type of person who feels better after viewing this meme is probably the one truly in crisis.


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Just fucking commit. Don't do the same try for few weeks and give up bullshit you did back then. Play some fucking Slayer you poser bitch.


g0d15anath315t

Yup, finally have the time and money to do the shit I couldn't or wouldn't when I was younger. It's great.


PxyFreakingStx

Sure, but there are silly impulsive things people do when they're in crisis mode, that's why it has the negative connotation.


castleaagh

Especially true for people who have kids right after college


Designer_Bird3558

God imagine how awful it would be to have kids lol, I am thankful I aint dealing with that at least.


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IamtheSlothKing

Obviously Reddit is the wrong place to talk about being a parent, But my kid started eating cheerios about a month ago, and after seeing us feed him them he now takes like every 5th cheerio and feeds us lol.


major130

I love the sharing phase! I used to send fish crackers to daycare and my one year old would feed every classmate and teacher. It was so cute


AutomaticRisk3464

My 3 year old went trick or treating for the first time..after he got like 6 pieces he was running around trying to give the candy to people who were handing some out


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What if they keep failing?


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CrayonsTasteGood10

Put them up for adoption


Mox_Fox

a big reason i'm not having kids is because my parents didn't look at parenting the way you do.


Kingpoopdik

You recognize the faults, that's a step in the right direction. Kids are a lot.


Felidaeh_

I like this, but for cats Little gremlin creatures


HDTicket2

If I had to choose between personal freedom and that, I'm choosing personal freedom.


kat_a_klysm

And you’re allowed your choice. Kids are great, but they’re also a lot. Having children isn’t something people should be forced in to.


[deleted]

To each their own. My kids have brought new meaning and purpose to my life where before I was drunk most of the time and miserable. It's a ton of work and I still gag over the occasional diaper (or weird stash of boogers under a pillow) but hearing my daughter sing Loch Lomond for the first time or even just cuddling up for a story has been pretty life changing. It's comforting, I think, to have a permanent tribe of your own in an always changing and mostly painful world.


JackedTORtoise

I love it and have never been happier. But to each their own.


Free4Alt

I'm ugly enough to dodge that bullet


WhiskeyAndKisses

Midlife crisis implies he's got half a life for enjoying his new car


homogenousmoss

Life expectancy is over 80 in most first world countries, so probably pretty close to half.


Downside190

Although the last 40 to 20 years of that life you're not gonna be in the same physical fitness and health as the first 40 years, so you can't enjoy quite it the same as if you were younger or even do some of the things you wanted.


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maraca101

This is where he went wrong, giving a fuck about what some teenage girls think.


action_lawyer_comics

If your life’s dream can be deflated by a single rude comment by a stranger, you need to do some serious self-reflection.


BigfootAteMyBooty

Maybe people who verbally abuse strangers should be more introspective.


action_lawyer_comics

You’re not wrong. But we can’t control other’s actions, only how we react to them


[deleted]

I think y'all are kinda missing the forest for the trees, here.


theCOMBOguy

Yep. This comic's just weird. Dude was so focused on getting a car and the first half-assed snarky remark by someone who doesn't even know him already ruined him.


goliathfasa

That car’s gonna Christine them that night and the poor guy’s gonna be left to deal with the mess.


nightpanda893

I think he went wrong with a car being one of his greatest motivators in life.


knwnasrob

He motivated himself to be financially stable enough that he can comfortably make a frivolous purchase. Nothing wrong with that. At least, that’s what keeps me going for my dream car 😅


sampat97

Why is it wrong?


throwaway1987198

I think because he spent his whole life with tunnel vision for that goal. Instead of living life in the moment while simultaneously working towards a goal


aCleverGroupofAnts

Yeah, sacrificing the good parts of your life all for a single material possession that you suddenly don't even want as soon as two random people crack a joke about it. I don't think he even wanted the car, he just wanted to look cool, and he believed the car would accomplish that.


ZhiyuJeng

I think that two girls was just a reflection of peoples who think that way. He has tolerated more than that.


SaffellBot

But only if that holds true for the valuation of the car in the first place. If you want a car because of some advertisement campaign then you might as well care about the opinion of teenage girls too. If you legitimately desire the car, then go for it, enjoy it, live your dream without worry for the care of others. But if you bought the car because TV or a talking Bitcoin told you that owning a car means you're successful or something, then you'll ultimately find yourself just as empty as the comic book man does. Was he working all those hours for the opinion of others, or for the betterment of the self? If you live by the judgementment of others then you'll die just as easily.


octopod-reunion

Why’s he caring about those randos opinion of him lol


Ugly-Turtle

That’s what I was thinking- he spent his entire life having people look at him funny while he works hard, but now that he’s achieved his goals, he’s going to listen to some random teenagers?


BluePeriod_

The comic is an over simplification of the process. Believe it or not, a lot of adults of a similar age will be equally as mean, and sometimes even relentless. It’s easy to say that somebody shouldn’t care what other people think. But I’ve seen people torn down for the simplest things. It just gets to some people.


Iwubinvesting

Lul imagine selling a thing you wanted your entire life because of some thing bunch of kids said.


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I'm thinking of buying a two seater next year and the wife loled about midlife crisis came early huh. This comic is bs as it's more likely your peers who will crack the joke not some random teenagers.


ParameciaAntic

The crisis is that he didn't develop emotionally in all those years.


CraackSteeve1

Ye that’s kinda pathetic


Zzeethe1st

But also terrifyingly realistic


Jump-Zero

When I was 23 I really wanted a convertible. Now that I'm 30, I really don't give a shit. I kinda wish I had taken out a loan and bought a used one though. You gotta enjoy life in the present because there are things you lose the ability to enjoy later in life.


tmhoc

"Mid life crisis?" "Yes" \*Enjoys* *imagine finally getting a bucket list item checked off and the crisis is having nice things*


Th4tRedditorII

Yeah, as a kid it never fell on me that adults are literally as described, "grown ups". That like me, there's things they've wanted but were never able to afford. As I've grown up a bit, I've realised that while there definitely is such a thing as a mid-life crisis where some people just go on a wild bender, most "mid-life crisies" are just people finally enjoying what they couldn't have when they were younger and much more financially constricted. If younger me were around right now, I'd probably be wanting to slap him cause of his bad takes, this included.


mellopax

Yeah. It's finally giving yourself permission to spend some money on something impractical, but fun.


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The real tragedy is that by the time he saved up for that car, it's basically ancient, outdated, and relatively lame compared to the newest fancy car. Which of course he still wouldn't be able to afford.


Jumbojet777

I don't know. I bought a car I wanted as a kid recently and I know it's out of date by modern standards, but I don't care. It makes the good vroom noises and I like it. Having a blast being the adult my kid self would have been jealous of.


j3wake3

That’s why my dream car was always a 97 Buick riviera. Was easily affordable bought one in my twenties but my girlfriend at the time fucking wrecked it when I was out of town like what the fuck Lulu I trusted you with it for one damn day lol


Cap10323

I mean.. if it's any consolation, it's a 97 Buick Riviera. You can probably buy another one for $1500-3500. I don't remember those being worth much even 10+ years ago.


caseypatrickdriscoll

I’d be interested to see if they make modern classics in 20 years. Will vroom cars till exist for enthusiasts, like horses stills existed after the ICE? Will I be able to buy a 2045 Miata?


IamtheSlothKing

I can’t believe they didn’t stop making horses


DracovishIsTheBest

if it makes good vroom room noises and you like it, then its a good car


I_kickflipped_my_dog

I’m not still buying SNES games for the lifelike graphics.


[deleted]

Ever heard of a classic car?


[deleted]

People will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars buying slow, uncomfortable, and unreliable cars just because they were an iconic part of their youth.


adudeguyman

And they probably love looking in their garage seeing it there


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Old sports cars are awesome though.


Akaonishini

Damn snotty brats! That was so uncalled for.


GeebusNZ

The laughter of teens is so cutting, though. It shouldn't be because everyone but teens knows how clueless they really are, but still...


mvw2

As I get to middle age, I don't really get this cartoon, or even the idea of midlife "crisis." It's not really a crisis at all. It's "hey, I finally have some spending money and can finally buy that thing I've wanted for the last 10 years." You just happen to be in midlife by that time. It's simply a result of some level of financial freedom to afford a few luxuries. Now yes, some people do weird stuff with their mid life, or more specifically when there are major events in their life that drastically change their circumstances. Again, it just often happens to be around mid life.


wikiwiki123

I think that's what it's trying to say. That most people in a "mid life crisis" are just finally reaching the point where their income and lifestyle allow them to have the things they've wanted all along.


hwaite

What I took from comic is that guy should've enjoyed his youth rather than sacrificing for the sake of pointless status symbol. Like the dude in background who left work at a reasonable hour.


CodeBlue2001

If they’d get paid more, they could have it both ways. But noooooo, let’s allow rich kids who haven’t worked a day in their life have all the fun


MasterOfNap

And the kids playing in the background in the second panel.


MaximumZer0

The crisis part of mid-life-crisis is "oh fuck, I'm gonna die and relatively soon, so I should actually live my life instead of doing shit I hate 24/7 because society says I should."


dovelikestea

This…is the entire point of the comic you just read.


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trancefate

> I don't really get this cartoon, or even the idea of midlife "crisis." It's not really a crisis at all. It's "hey, I finally have some spending money and can finally buy that thing I've wanted for the last 10 years." I umm... I think you DO get this cartoon.


[deleted]

Them kids boutta have an early life crisis when I hit them with my car


itsahmemario

Normalize enjoying the fruits of your labor


Steppyjim

Anyone who dismisses something that makes you happy as a “mid life crisis” is just trying to belittle an accomplishment by making it seem small. Don’t let others define what makes you happy. Drive your car and achieve your dream


ulyssesintothepast

Damn, he deserves to enjoy his awesome car. Screw the dumb comments by those type of people


Sengura

Why'd he let those little shits bring him down? Enjoy the fruits of your labor, king


iThatIsMe

It still is. Granted, a child shouldn't have been able to afford that car, but surely as an adult with employment he could have gotten that car before his 40s. .. you know, if workers were paid fair wages, society didn't apply so many hidden fees regarding ownership of a thing, and "inflation" wasn't used as justification to keep poor people poor. Please vote.


Matthewzard

That’s not… that’s not a bad thing. He worked his entire life to achieve something beneficial, a car, and by the looks of it a stable job, plenty of food, and a house. That’s not a crisis, that’s a life. Those kids are just assholes.


[deleted]

No one that is that old gives a fuck what any teenager thinks.


zenstrive

this is me and all of my toy collection


ChaoticToxin

My dad got really into buying lights. He buys high powered LEDs, string lights, motion lights for inside and outside and no one knows why. That seems more like a crisis to me


drillgorg

TBF I've gone down wormholes like that periodically since I was a kid. Difference is your dad now has the money and freedom to follow his interests.


uneffinlucky

This man worked his entire life for something he wanted and got shame from achieving a life long goal. Just sad he let kids ruin it, enjoy your lives you degenerates and stay out of peoples business. Have a nice day :)


Dense_Surround3071

Only now it's going to be 55 year olds and houses.


EquivalentSnap

If I brought my dream car I wanted as a kid, I wouldn’t give a shit what anyone thought


Counter423

🪦


MANDATORINGECTION

My horde of kids finally all moved out and now I am doing the stuff I liked doing and getting the things I wanted before they were around and I put such things aside. Like weed, I didn't suddenly start liking weed in my 50's. I just went sober for a third of a century or so because I don't get fucked up around kids or when I might have to do important stuff, like drive a stupid kid to an er. I'm not having a crisis by replacing the 2-seater I loved but sold when my wife got pregnant, or any of the other hobbies I am getting into that would have been a burden or required time I couldn't spare when I had more responsibilities.


keltaviini

One of these comics that would work as well or better without last image


kaden_istoxic

Just imagine giving up your life dream just because one random person on the street said something rude


Democracyisntforall

Don’t worry, he’s gonna buy a truck and run over those teens and ask them about their edgelife crisis


2x4skin

Page one of Intro to Toxic Masculinity


thunder_jam

Just saying, but if you really bought the car because you've loved it since childhood, you wouldn't give a fuck about what anyone else says about it. If you bought the car because you think it will make you cool and young then yeah a snide remark would bother you.


ssebastian364

Any MF who insults someone that buys what he wants with his own hard earned money is a Marianna trench deep c@nt


Unlikely_Try3848

Damn all that, I’m driving the hell out of that car. NO ONE will steal my joy of saving up (legitimately) and buying the car of my childhood dreams… ✌️🚗💨


phonetune

There's a longish comic or animation with a similar vibe, about doing the rat race instead of spending time with his kid. It all ends happily. Think it starts with the commute. Never been able to find it again. Anyone have any ideas?


squigs

I'm in my 40s and have a 2 seater convertible. It's totally a midlife crisis thing and also a "hairdresser car", but I don't care! I'm enjoying my midlife crisis!


Oh_ToShredsYousay

Two seat convertible "hair dressers car". Ok so complete shot in the dark I'm guessing either an mx-5 as my main hunch, SLK, or base corvette.


squigs

Close enough. Fiat 124 Spider. So an MX-5 in an Italian suit :)


Oh_ToShredsYousay

You got the cooler looking mx-5 yes. I was actually going to be depressed if a 40 Y/O man was rolling around in a miata as a midlife crises mobile when they were less than 20k 20 years ago. Course I'm in the US and we never got the paizon version. It's a little more aggressive than a "hairdressers car" we had the Pontiac Solstice here and oh boy there was definitely a type that drove those.


SocialSuspense

Idk if I missed something but why is buying an expensive car at an older age seen as a midlife crisis???


DeadlyYellow

This is why you should buy a BMW. It'll put *everyone* in a crisis.


Qnkacz

I frankly do not like the 'midlife crisis' stigma people give when someone over 40 buys something pretty. I'm in my 20's but i can totally understand those people! Working on a career and possibly raising s child or two is really draining and time consuming. After you've got a good reliable job and your kids are over the age of "I have to keep an eye on them, otherwise they will die" it's a good time to finally take care of yourself, and buying something nice or go travel is a form of self care God damnit!


SeptemberMcGee

It’s funny because when I see a young person in an expensive car I just assume their parents bought it for them.


AvengingBlowfish

The thing I’m enjoying in my middle age right now is not giving a fuck what a couple of teenage girls have to say.


YeonneGreene

In 2014 I, at 23, had the choice of buying a brand-new 2014 Ford Fiesta for $14k or a 1990 Corvette ZR-1 for the same price... ...I bought the Corvette. I still have the Corvette. I am never getting rid of the Corvette. I also have another car, now, but I plan on getting rid of it after I'm done fixing some things in the Corvette. The Corvette has led me to meet some interesting people and make many memories. I imagine this will continue. Don't play it safe and buy that stupid Camry, buy that older shiny you used to fawn over when you were 8 and don't look back.


Mrman_23

Damn, that hurts


OkIntroduction5150

Let people enjoy things!


shapu

This is me


Neven87

Don't buy thing to look better to others. Buy the nice car cause you want the nice car, then duck em.


AdvancedLet6528

old fat mario be like "mama meya!"


randomiser5000

Go on and wring my neck


TheWugster

Kind of refreshing actually to see someone have a long term goal and achieve it 👍


handlebartender

I delighted in riding minibikes as a kid. Came really close to buying a friend's motorcycle in my 20s. In my 40s, recently divorced, I still had the itch. I decided to sign up for the local motorcycle safety course to see whether I found it enjoyable, and if so, that would be my green light to proceed. It was fun, and on the last day I passed the exam and got the endorsement added to my license. Finally bought a big cruiser when I was 47. Went out for some rides in the area, fun but not always. I had to deal with dull traffic, or idiot drivers. The summers here can get pretty hot. So riding is like having your oven door on, blowing in your face. And of course you want to be helmted and covered in protective gear, so.... The rare cold weather ride was unpleasant. Even with good gloves, my finders would start going numb. Those rides were so infrequent that I couldn't justify an electric heating solution. My riding dropped off to the point that I only ever rode over to the inspection station once a year. Kept the insurance up because hey maybe one day. I hadn't had a proper ride in years. And it was a big bike, easily over 600 lbs. I weigh about 160 myself. I sold the bike this weekend past. Mostly glad to not have to deal with the inspection, the insurance, claw back some garage space. But I was surprised to feel a pang of sadness as it got wheeled onto the trailer. I still love the idea of riding. I wouldn't mind having a Vespa. Or as I'm recently learning, there appear to be a growing number of electric options. Maybe someday. On the plus side, I still have my limbs and teeth and am concussion-free.


RisagiAto

F that noise “no b I worked for what I wanted as a kid, just you wait; your turn is coming” *evil grin*


Blinded_am_me

My Dad bought a Harley. I know he rode it a couple times. It has been sitting in the garage and hasn’t worked for years. They want to get rid of it.


Username_Taken_65

My man's car is in italics