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[bitbydeath]

I swear I was just saying what feels like a week ago that February was almost here, and here we are now approaching March!

Even my kids who are in school are surprised by the speed things are going and I know I definitely didn’t notice it back then. I thought school dragged on forever!

 

[Dacvak]

It’s an age thing. Your perception of time continues to go faster and faster as you grow older. It’s a combination of your brain not being able to remember things as well, your standard day-to-day being repetitive, and how the longer you live, the lower the percentage of time is relative to your life.

When you were 10, 5 years was 50% of your entire life. When you’re 50, it’s only 10%.

 

[Doom85]

I dunno, I feel like 2020 was the longest year ever for obvious reasons, and while the following years weren’t as slow, they definitely feel significantly slower than 2019 and prior. A lot of this I contribute to a lot of personal factors: friends drifting away due to kids; plenty of family members who have moved away, passed, or are more busy now than ever to see that often; a lot of people who I knew best from work have moved to other jobs or are in different sections of the massive building I work in throughout the last few years, etc.

While age can be a factor, I feel there are plenty of other personal factors that can affect one’s perception of the speed of time.

 

[Azelover]

It's a combination of things. We're doing a lot more things in the day now, with technology, that gives the impression that time is moving faster. On top of that, time itself is going a little faster. It is scientific..though I don't know a lot about it. And then there's the age thing. It's a lot aspects going in the same direction..

 

[Davesky]

Definitely moves faster. I remember as a child friday nights felt like an epic long night to browse the Internet, chat to friends, play a game or whatever.. now by the time I've done all my house work and sit down the night is over and have to go to sleep.

I've been thinking about it scientifically aswell recently. Surely if information increases as you age then your brain would experience time slower, but it seems to be the other way around. Interesting aswell looking into NDE studies and the sensation of time happening all at once when approaching death.

 

[Rentahamster]

You old bro.

It's okay.

 

[bitbydeath]

I wonder if wear and tear is involved, so if time moves faster your body ages slower. Like how life expectancy was previously in the 30’s but due to lack of tech, and time moving slower it caused them to age faster cutting their life expectancy short.

 

[bitbydeath]

You old bro.

It's okay.

I still feel young, and that’s the main thing.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Spent my entire life knowing what time it is without looking down to a few minutes, knowing how long ago events in the past were, or how long ago a song/movie came out, etc.

Wonder what that is, something about my brain has a crazy good internal clock.

 

[Richard Packer]

When you were young you had more eventful days. Getting old is all about working draining your soul while having maybe 4 hours for your family a night.

 

[calistan]

Spent my entire life knowing what time it is without looking down to a few minutes, knowing how long ago events in the past were, or how long ago a song/movie came out, etc.

Wonder what that is, something about my brain has a crazy good internal clock.

You mean you've never been able to join in when somebody gets nostalgic for something and everyone says "damn, was that really X years ago?"

 

[IntentionalPun]

You mean you've never been able to join in when somebody gets nostalgic for something and everyone says "damn, was that really X years ago?"

Yup not a feeling I can relate to.

 

[calistan]

Yup not a feeling I can relate to.

What about stuff like, did you know we're almost as far away from the release of Top Gun, as Top Gun was from the end of World War 2?

 

[Jinxed]

Because we're all tied up by responsibilities now, time flies by. Barely have no time to waste and relax.

Ticking away
The moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours
In an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground
In your hometown
Waiting for someone
Or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun

 

[AJUMP23]

Time why you punish me.

 

[Power Pro]

Totally seems like it moves faster. It always seems like I could fit in so much of a game in the afternoon after school when I was in middle school, but then now, the same amount of hours, I can barely make a dent in a game. I dunno what's up with that.

 

[Audiophile]

When older folks said time moves faster with age I just expected they meant weeks, months, years.

What I wasn't prepared for is looking at a clock and the second hand literally looking like it's moving faster.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I wonder if wear and tear is involved, so if time moves faster your body ages slower. Like how life expectancy was previously in the 30’s but due to lack of tech, and time moving slower it caused them to age faster cutting their life expectancy short.

It is also a matter of stress. Those with high stress professions age and have complications more frequently. Regardless, minds have the ability to slow down perception of time when danger is around if fear doesn't immobilize.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Time definitely seems faster.

I've been t my company about the same amount of time as going from kindergarten to grade 13. Work has flew by. School felt like a slog.

 

[IntentionalPun]

What about stuff like, did you know we're almost as far away from the release of Top Gun, as Top Gun was from the end of World War 2?

Yeah that takes me back a bit. But I didn't live most of those years so it's not quite the same lol

 

[LectureMaster]

It’s an age thing. Your perception of time continues to go faster and faster as you grow older. It’s a combination of your brain not being able to remember things as well, your standard day-to-day being repetitive, and how the longer you live, the lower the percentage of time is relative to your life.

When you were 10, 5 years was 50% of your entire life. When you’re 50, it’s only 10%.

Bases on this theory, this should be how my man Topher perceives time:

 

[StreetsofBeige]

What about stuff like, did you know we're almost as far away from the release of Top Gun, as Top Gun was from the end of World War 2?

LOL. I've thought about comparisons like that too. I wasnt alive in 1967 but that was when Leafs last won the cup. Comparing to WWI, Leafs won 49 years later. Since their cup, it's been 57 years (58 after this season). Almost a decade longer gap!

But it's been so long since their last win, I googled what was invented the same year and Big Macs were.

 

[Topher]

Bases on this theory, this should be how my man Topher perceives time:

 

[bitbydeath]

What about stuff like, did you know we're almost as far away from the release of Top Gun, as Top Gun was from the end of World War 2?

That could also apply to anyone born before 1986.

 

[LectureMaster]

Saw someone saying something like this before and can absolutely relate.

"For kids, a day flies by but passing a year takes forever; as for adults, a day can be really long, but one year passes within a blink of eyes."

 

[mitch1971]

Don't worry. Also, the little time you have left will be taken up with you sleeping through a 3rd of it. Pleasant dreams.

 

[bitbydeath]

Don't worry. Also, the little time you have left will be taken up with you sleeping through a 3rd of it. Pleasant dreams.

Soon

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

5G cell towers emit frequencies that subtly distort human perception of time. these high-frequency signals interact with the brain’s natural electromagnetic field, accelerating cognitive processing and making time feel like it’s moving faster. this is intentional—an effort by corporations and governments to make people feel constantly rushed, reducing critical thinking and increasing consumerism.

 

[bitbydeath]

5G cell towers emit frequencies that subtly distort human perception of time. these high-frequency signals interact with the brain’s natural electromagnetic field, accelerating cognitive processing and making time feel like it’s moving faster. this is intentional—an effort by corporations and governments to make people feel constantly rushed, reducing critical thinking and increasing consumerism.

I was waiting for the increased consumerism part. Good job.

 

[Yoda]

One way to counter this is to ensure w/e you do during the day doesn't feel repetitive. It's only been 2 months but January feels like it's at least half a year away for me. In this case it's a silver lining of my job being chaotic/changing quite frequently... so wouldn't say it doesn't have drawbacks.

 

[EviLore]

Blink twice and it’ll be the end of the road.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

5G cell towers emit frequencies that subtly distort human perception of time. these high-frequency signals interact with the brain’s natural electromagnetic field, accelerating cognitive processing and making time feel like it’s moving faster. this is intentional—an effort by corporations and governments to make people feel constantly rushed, reducing critical thinking and increasing consumerism.

My dad is long retired, but he did electronics and he's never been confident in long term 5G tower usage. Granted he's an old dinosaur who quit working when cellphones were launched and popular years later. His thinking was low powered towers are fine, but with 5G his thinking was to amplify the coverage and bandwidth you need all these towers all over the place and there is no way telcom companies did any kind of longterm testing on people before putting up towers. Not that it would lead to everyone getting brain cancer becomign zombies, but milder health issues could be possible.

Then again, modern tech is way past his archaic tech days. So he may be totally wrong. But it's the type of shit you hear at family dinners as he's the only one in the immediate fam with any kind of career experience with tech and radio frequency stuff.

 

[longrainwater]

Have to do novel and memorable things to fill your mind with new and interesting memories.

 

[HRK69]

5G cell towers emit frequencies that subtly distort human perception of time. these high-frequency signals interact with the brain’s natural electromagnetic field, accelerating cognitive processing and making time feel like it’s moving faster. this is intentional—an effort by corporations and governments to make people feel constantly rushed, reducing critical thinking and increasing consumerism.

That claim is pure conspiracy theory with no scientific backing. While 5G operates at higher frequencies than previous networks, there’s zero evidence that it affects human perception of time or cognitive function. The brain’s electromagnetic activity is vastly different from radio waves used in telecommunications, and no credible research supports the idea that 5G distorts perception.

My parents didn’t have 5G signals, yet they still talked about how life seemed to speed up as they got older. It’s something people have been saying for generations, long before cell phones, Wi-Fi, or even radio waves were part of daily life. The feeling that time accelerates with age isn’t caused by technology; it’s a well-documented psychological phenomenon.

Stop pulling shit out of your ass

 

[StreetsofBeige]

That claim is pure conspiracy theory with no scientific backing. While 5G operates at higher frequencies than previous networks, there’s zero evidence that it affects human perception of time or cognitive function. The brain’s electromagnetic activity is vastly different from radio waves used in telecommunications, and no credible research supports the idea that 5G distorts perception.

My parents didn’t have 5G signals, yet they still talked about how life seemed to speed up as they got older. It’s something people have been saying for generations, long before cell phones, Wi-Fi, or even radio waves were part of daily life. The feeling that time accelerates with age isn’t caused by technology; it’s a well-documented psychological phenomenon.

Stop pulling shit out of your ass

I think time runs faster for a lot of older people (I agree too) since people have careers, are busy, and when someone is an old retired geezer, they are probably napping all the time. So time seems to go faster.

As a kid, time seems to go slow (at least for me it did), since youre stuck in class bored where you cant wait for history or english class to end. BUT.... then it's gym class or lunch and time flies when youre having fun.

 

[bitbydeath]

That claim is pure conspiracy theory with no scientific backing. While 5G operates at higher frequencies than previous networks, there’s zero evidence that it affects human perception of time or cognitive function. The brain’s electromagnetic activity is vastly different from radio waves used in telecommunications, and no credible research supports the idea that 5G distorts perception.

My parents didn’t have 5G signals, yet they still talked about how life seemed to speed up as they got older. It’s something people have been saying for generations, long before cell phones, Wi-Fi, or even radio waves were part of daily life. The feeling that time accelerates with age isn’t caused by technology; it’s a well-documented psychological phenomenon.

Stop pulling shit out of your ass

Your sarcasm detector didn’t go off?

 

[bitbydeath]

Have to do novel and memorable things to fill your mind with new and interesting memories.

Hopefully creating this thread was one of them.

 

[Miles708]

When older folks said time moves faster with age I just expected they meant weeks, months, years.

What I wasn't prepared for is looking at a clock and the second hand literally looking like it's moving faster.

I swear as a kid I enjoyed keeping count of seconds and they went literally slower.
I don't have an explanation to this, but it is definitely my experience

 

[CGNoire]

We count the passage of time by counting the events we experience.

As you get older you experience Less "New" Events making them Less Meaningfull and More Likely to be Forgotten causeing our Lives to Appear to pass far Quicker than we where previously accustomed too.

 

[Sakura]

As others have said, the less unique experiences, the faster time will appear to have passed. If you are doing the same things every day, the brain won't commit it to long term memory, so the remembered experience will be shorter.
When you are young, things are constantly changing, especially yourself, and there are a lot of first time experiences, so you remember it being longer than how you remember say your 30s.
Another factor I think is how technology and culture has been changing slower and slower. For example if you look at gaming from 1990 to 2000, it changed a ton in just 10 years. But if you compare gaming from 2015 to 2025, it's barely changed at all. We might even be playing the same games just rereleased on new hardware, so there are a lot of "I can't believe it's already been X years since that game came out, it feels like yesterday."

 

[GymWolf]

You should ask to neogaf resident bicentenary man.

Nickname start with T.

 

[Magister]

There is a cheat code. Try new things, time will move slower.

Another cheat code: try to make your day as rich in content as possible. That content can be activities you enjoy, including gaming.

If I waste time listening to music, time moves very fast. If I do something else like read a book rich in content, it slows down.

 

[Fenix34]

When it's not need going fast.When it's need going slowly

 

[Shaki12345]

Time moves fast when you realize you've spent your time on this earth wasting on stuff you don't want to.

All deeds and actions are selfish. So, be selfish and go do whatever the F you want because this is your only chance and this is your life.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Everybody has had days seem to last forever and good times that pass by in a flash. I thought that was time dilation, but a quick google search educated me that was something completely different.

Stupid linear progression of time, I will find a way to defeat you in this life or the next.

 

[Deft Beck]

You get used to things and you start to filter out the same stuff you've always done.

Go out and have new experiences and see new things while you still can. Live a full life.

 

[Hugare]

Totally related to your busy routine

Last time I had a year that I remember most of? 2020 with the COVID quarantine.

Unemployed, single, spending most of my time at my parents home learning new stuff and hobbies.

It's been 5 years since then and feels like it was yesterday. 5 years that flew by.

 

[RoboFu]

Time is relative to how long you have been in it.

When you are young at 2 a year is literally half your life. Then at 4 it's 2 years .. the older you get the more months feel like days and years like months. Then you die yay!

 

[Draugoth]

Watch Frieren.

If someone could live tens of thousands of years a day would feel like a couple minutes

 

[Shifty1897]

You're just a lot busier now than you were as a kid or teenager.