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    deerlady83Tracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:10pm
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    A lot of this stuff we can’t help and it’s w part of living your life. Does no one do any of this stuff at all?

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      steve62deerlady83
      2/27/16 12:13pm

      I have not yawned in over 40 years.

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      AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdosteve62
      2/27/16 12:20pm

      I keep myself face down in a tub full of ice 23 hours a day. The room is pitch black and there is no sound. The other hour, my skin is being lathered with a margarine based cream. I do not eat.

      I think I look great.

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    DoIDareToEatAPeachTracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:45pm

    I had cancer at 29 and a recurrence at 31. Every gray hair is a reminder I didn’t die when I was 29. Every wrinkle is another day I got to spend with my family and on the planet because I didn’t die.

    There: anti-thinking-aging-is-a-bad-thing advice!

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      Emma GolddiggerDoIDareToEatAPeach
      2/27/16 12:56pm

      This is a beautiful comment! Mazel tov on beating cancer!!!

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      DontBeSuchaBoobPunchTinaDoIDareToEatAPeach
      2/27/16 1:04pm

      Thumbs up to that - and to your having recovered twice!

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    AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdoTracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:14pm

    Last week a coworker showed me a snap chat that made you “old” and it honestly upset me so much that I was like, TURN IT OFF IM GOING TO CRY, WHY DOES YOUR PHONE THINK I’LL AGE SO BADLY??? Why does your phone think I’m going to have this many wrinkles I HATE IT.

    Sometimes, I get so jealous of my dog and cat because they never have to confront their own mortality. THEY’RE SO LUCKY.

    But trying to be positive as we all creep closer and closer to our inevitable horrible deaths, I started to listen to “welcome to nightvale” recently and I LOVE it. I try to remember this quote when I get sad that we’re all going to die:

    “Night Vale is an ancient place. Full of history and secrets, as we were reminded today. But it is also a place of the present moment, full of life, and of us. If you can hear my voice, speaking live, then you know. We are not history yet. We are happening now. How miraculous is that?”

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      DontBeSuchaBoobPunchTinaAllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdo
      2/27/16 12:42pm

      I have been meaning to start that program for months now.

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      goddessoftransitoryAllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdo
      2/27/16 1:10pm

      I LOVE Nightvale.

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    deerlady83Tracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:58pm
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    I guess only animals can yawn, now.

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      DontBeSuchaBoobPunchTinadeerlady83
      2/27/16 1:05pm

      That seems only fair. They’re the best at it.

      When my orange cat yawns, there are freckles inside his mouth. It’s ridiculously cute.

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      Queen of Bithyniadeerlady83
      2/27/16 3:26pm

      Oh man, that is contagious.

      I love the fact that cats yawn so hard it involves their ears.

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    ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDTracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:48pm

    Any of these factors are probably a very distant third to the two most important factors: genetics and sun damage. Some people are just naturally more prone to wrinkling and things of that nature, and there’s nothing you can do it about. Sun damage is also a large factor, which you can prevent by slathering on the sunscreen when you go outside during the 6-8 most summerly months of the year.

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      goddessoftransitoryʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILD
      2/27/16 1:12pm

      And quit smoking.

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      Zeetalʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILD
      2/27/16 1:45pm

      Agreed. I’m lucky to have great genes. my mom is 65 this april, and most people think she’s 50. My dad is 70, and most people think he’s 57! (I think it’s funny how specific that number is). I hit a genetic lottery!

      Add to that the fact that my mom took me to a dermatologist at 12 (acne), and I started sunscreening religiously then (and using basic cleanser/moisturizer and retin-A), and here I am at 40 with most people thinking that I’m mid-20s until they see my kid and realize that he’s too old to be with such a ‘young’ mom who is also that educated. And, I cn’t deny him — while he mostly favors his dad in looks, his body-shape is basically mine all the way.

      People ask me my secret, and it’s pretty much “genes, sunscreen, Paula’s Choice Resist Line (for the last two years), and not smoking.”

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    HotforLogicTracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:19pm

    I hear soaking in formaldehyde is a great way to prevent aging. Take care to remain constantly immersed, and you too can look 3000 years young!

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      randilynisFINDILYNHotforLogic
      2/27/16 12:23pm

      Get your hair good and straight, too.

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      HotforLogicrandilynisFINDILYN
      2/27/16 12:24pm

      We don’t want to just walk like the Egyptians.

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    Slay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)Tracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:16pm

    “suspect there’s full-scale effort to make you despise not just your entire being”

    Yes. This is what advertising DOES - it gets it’s toxic bullshit inside of your head. Imho - *best not to read such lists* all they’re going to do is make you feel icky.

    We are all awesome as we are —- definitely smart enough to know better than to listen to any crap MSN spouts about anything.

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      GELLA - LLAPSlay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)
      2/27/16 12:55pm

      exactly its all in your head

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      goddessoftransitoryGELLA - LLAP
      2/27/16 1:11pm

      Your wrinkly, wrinkly head.

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    $kaycogTracy Moore
    2/27/16 12:27pm

    Anti-wrinkle cream doesn’t work. Woof.

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      My Dog Is A PirateTracy Moore
      2/27/16 1:00pm

      I have followed this advice, and although I’m 43, I look a youthful 42! Also, I am dead inside!

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        Queen of BithyniaMy Dog Is A Pirate
        2/27/16 3:27pm

        Dead things don’t age!

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      Carrie MathisonTracy Moore
      2/27/16 12:16pm

      “BOREDOM”

      This one feels like a mighty stretch. Here, MSN.com claims that being bored means being inactive, which means not moving around a lot, which means feeling bad, which means less flexibility and chronic pain, which “will make you feel, and eventually look, much older than you are.”

      “TOO MUCH EXERCISE”

      Here we learn that too much cardio leads to amped-up stress, which “breaks” your collagen, and “no collagen means no protection from wrinkles.”

      Be active BUT NOT TOO ACTIVE! Got it.

      Also, anyone who suggests that exercise (at a reasonable, non-obsessive level) is bad for your long term health secretly (openly?) hates you.

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        Bokbunzajoo1Carrie Mathison
        2/27/16 12:51pm

        I actually read about a study on jezebel (i think?) that claimed exercise is actually good for your skin because it increases blood circulation to your face and other parts of your body! Clearly the writer of the msn article didn’t read that study!

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