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Am I the only greymuzzle here?

Tazmo

Tazmo

Trash connoisseur
Think im 31. Not good with the Maths nor something i really keep up with.
 
Arca

Arca

Magically Delicious
Fellow greymuzzle here (new to the term, thanks @Lyka Snowfield for the link to the definition). I've been a furry since the late 1980s, when I was still a kid. You know what they say: once you go furry, you won't leave in a hurry.*



*no one but me says this.
 
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PlanetDeadwing

Member
Why is 30 considered old? I'm 26 in July and and still feel like a college student.

This term "greymuzzle" is so stupid to me, I'd never use it refer to anyone.
 
Arca

Arca

Magically Delicious
PlanetDeadwing said:
Why is 30 considered old? I'm 26 in July and and still feel like a college student.

This term "greymuzzle" is so stupid to me, I'd never use it refer to anyone.
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It probably depends upon personal point of view. For me, once I reached 30, I started aging in dog years. By 35? Each year started to feel like a decade in terms of experience. I'm not chronologically old (though my body does argue with me often), but mentally? Emotionally? I am ancient.
 
Telnac

Telnac

Fundamentalist Heretic
Lyka Snowfield said:
Greetings fellow furs :D

I was pondering whether there might be other so-called 'greymuzzles' on this forum to hang out, chat and be friends with? Age or distance doesn't really matter to me as such - don't get me wrong. I'm just curious. That's all.

Feel free to note me if you want to rescue me from this boring lonely Saturday :D

Hope to her from you soon..

Lyka
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There are plenty of us here. We're just woefully outnumbered by the whippersnappers. ;)
 
Solcte

Solcte

Active Member
Early 30's, so I qualify as another Greymuzzle here. :)

PlanetDeadwing said:
Why is 30 considered old? I'm 26 in July and and still feel like a college student.

This term "greymuzzle" is so stupid to me, I'd never use it refer to anyone.
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I get the feeling this term is used because the majority of furres in the fandom are under 30 years of age. It feels less like an insult to me; I see it more as one of respect/endearment.
 
quoting_mungo

quoting_mungo

Well-Known Member
PlanetDeadwing said:
Why is 30 considered old? I'm 26 in July and and still feel like a college student.

This term "greymuzzle" is so stupid to me, I'd never use it refer to anyone.
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I suspect older (as a relative term) furries are getting a bit more common than they used to be, but many still drop out of fandom over time, either growing out of it (as in losing interest) or shifting to prioritizing family (late 20s to early 30s sounds about right for people having kids to me?) and career.

So it's less that you're old in absolute terms, and more that you belong to an older demographic once you hit whatever arbitrary cutoff is the current consensus for greymuzzle status.
 
Telnac

Telnac

Fundamentalist Heretic
Kellan Meig'h said:
Uber Greymuzzle - drawing Social Security. I'll see your 30, double it and add some. Getting old sux, especially if you have arthritis.
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We're not worthy
 
Filter

Filter

ɹǝʇlᴉℲ
PercyD said:
Being in your 30s is not that old on the grand scheme of things tbh. >u>
Its not like we're all Olympic competitors-
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Exactly. Unless you're a pro athlete or an Olympian, you probably won't notice much difference, if any, between young adulthood and middle age. And the biggest reason why there's such a difference in their performance is isn't natural decline. It's because they've run their bodies through the wringer. They're worn out, or struggle on like Tiger Woods. If he wasn't so competitive at sports, he probably wouldn't even have back problems. Unfortunate events and poor choices aside, few of us will feel the effects of age until much later in life.

quoting_mungo said:
I suspect older (as a relative term) furries are getting a bit more common than they used to be, but many still drop out of fandom over time, either growing out of it (as in losing interest) or shifting to prioritizing family (late 20s to early 30s sounds about right for people having kids to me?) and career.

So it's less that you're old in absolute terms, and more that you belong to an older demographic once you hit whatever arbitrary cutoff is the current consensus for greymuzzle status.
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I've heard it used to refer to pre-internet furries. Many of them are still around. As far as I'm concerned, they're the true greymuzzles.
 
PercyD

PercyD

Lover of Beasty Baes
Filter said:
Exactly. Unless you're a pro athlete or an Olympian, you probably won't notice much difference, if any, between young adulthood and middle age. And the biggest
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30's is not middle aged. I dunno about you, but I'm planning on living past 60-70. Thx--
 
Filter

Filter

ɹǝʇlᴉℲ
PercyD said:
30's is not middle aged. I dunno about you, but I'm planning on living past 60-70. Thx--
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Yeah, that came out wrong. I'd like to think I haven't hit the mid-point either. People have different definitions for that sort of thing.
 
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ManicTherapsid

Guest
I hate that cool feeling I get on my head from my hair thinning...
 
Arca

Arca

Magically Delicious
LordChestnut said:
I hate that cool feeling I get on my head from my hair thinning...
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At 30, I started losing my hair. By 35, it was to the point where you could see right through it. I'm 39 now, and while it hasn't become worse, it causes me to despair just a bit. I don't consider myself a vain person, but when I was younger, I had a very thick head of hair. Now it's mostly gone.
 
PercyD

PercyD

Lover of Beasty Baes
Arca

Arca

Magically Delicious
I tell myself 39 isn't old, but society keeps disagreeing with me.
Also, my bones.
 
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Canis Dirus

Extinct Pleistocene canid
PlanetDeadwing said:
Why is 30 considered old?
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Well, firstly, in the teenage (and early twenties) age of thirty, it seems something distant, not everyone lives so long. And secondly, thirty years is usually considered an age when you settle down and concentrate on serious activities: work, family, career, kebabs and beer with neighbors on weekends, visits to doctors…

P.S. Almost (two months left) 39.
 
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