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Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by jsjohnst »

blowski wrote: post #12

It's amazing how every so often, I gain new insight into a line from this song. I recently hit 40, and "be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone" is starting to make sense in a way that used to be more abstract.

Very much agree re: the aging advice in the song, my gosh the difference past 40!

I sorta followed the advice of the song and spent around 10 years in California (LA + Bay Area). Have spent the following 10 years living in the NYC area (mostly, there was a short break in the middle). Wish the song gave a suggestion after you leave both! I tried the “live in a large RV” life in 2021 traveling all over and it was great, but it isn’t something that would be a multi-year thing for me I don’t think.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by widdershins »

lysergia wrote: post #40

Reminds me of ‘Fitter Happier’ by Radiohead. Some loose guide on how to succeed in life, although the Radiohead lyrics are more cynical. Here’s the lyrics: "Fitter Happier" Fitter, happier, more productive Comfortable (Not drinking too much) Regular exercise at the gym (Three days a week) Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries At ease Eating well (No more microwave dinners and saturated fats) A…

Doesn't the final sentence suggest that the list is more than slightly cynical? To me it seems like Radiohead are sneering at this safe middle-road existence.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by lysergia »

widdershins wrote: post #42
lysergia wrote: post #40

Reminds me of ‘Fitter Happier’ by Radiohead. Some loose guide on how to succeed in life, although the Radiohead lyrics are more cynical. Here’s the lyrics: "Fitter Happier" Fitter, happier, more productive Comfortable (Not drinking too much) Regular exercise at the gym (Three days a week) Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries At ease Eating well (No more microwave dinners and saturated fats) A…

Doesn't the final sentence suggest that the list is more than slightly cynical? To me it seems like Radiohead are sneering at this safe middle-road existence.

Yeah I guess you could say this is full blown cynicism

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by iso1631 »

Jordanpomeroy wrote: post #30
kristiandupont wrote: post #8

The words "do something every day that scares you" had a tremendous impact on my life. After a bad breakup, I decided that those were important words and that I needed to make an effort to get out of my comfort zone. So I wrote down a long list of things that scared me, all from eating weird foods, talking to strangers to traveling to new places and starting companies, and I started deliberately doing them. That beca…

Where did you roam? What was the best place to be a digital nomad? How sustainable is that lifestyle?

While an EU citizen can at least roam in the EU fine, and a US citizen can roam the 50 states, seems that roaming outside of that would be exceedingly difficult and expensive to get appropiate visa (if they exist)

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by ipqk »

blowski wrote: post #12

It's amazing how every so often, I gain new insight into a line from this song. I recently hit 40, and "be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone" is starting to make sense in a way that used to be more abstract.

I'm not even 38 and I'm doing PT for my knee right now.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by iso1631 »

jgrahamc wrote: post #36
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #29

Keep old love letters

I think this is very good advice. I have boxes of love letters from long since lost lovers and although I never read them I know they are filled with happiness.

> although I never read them

I love the ambiguity of the tense there. "I never {red} them" vs "I never {reed} them"

Significantly changes the implications of the sentence!

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by taneq »

nailer wrote: post #16
madeofpalk wrote: post #11

I've never heard the original, but i remember my had occasionally listening to the (Australian) parody Not the Sunscreen Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YwqFz14xY4 when i was a kid. The line "never go to Adelaide - it's a hole" is stuck in my brain.

Adelaide isn’t a hole but don’t tell anyone before I buy a house there.

Clearly you listened to the Adam and Wil segment "Adelaide: It's OK" back in the day. :P

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by dsego »

gonzo41 wrote: post #35
dsego wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

38 here, things just don't heal as fast and tend to ache for weeks or months.

Don't let age slow you down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9iuSVnfisI

Christoph Strasser (born 1982) just won the Transcontinental, a bicycle race of 4000km across Europe.

https://dotwatcher.cc/race/tcr-no8?post=34p4cOKwoPRSffwYwnBw...

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by jgrahamc »

iso1631 wrote: post #46
jgrahamc wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is very good advice. I have boxes of love letters from long since lost lovers and although I never read them I know they are filled with happiness.

> although I never read them I love the ambiguity of the tense there. "I never {red} them" vs "I never {reed} them" Significantly changes the implications of the sentence!

And yet I read them.
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