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Originally Posted by Hitch
Everybody hopes that. Just like everyone--women particularly--want to "age gracefully." (Note: that's a moronic phrase. Know what it means? It means, NOT aging. Looking younger than your chronological age. Utter B*.) We all hope that of course, we won't turn into slobbering, doddering wrecks. And surprise! Guess what? Most of us don't get that. Welcome to adulthood.
Hitch
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This always makes me think of the Star Trek episode
Half a Life, in which a scientist turns 60. It is expected of him that he undergoes the "Resolution", a ritual suicide, "to avoid old age, infirmity, indignity, dependence on others, and the cruel uncertainty about when the end would come."
It is one of the very few, maybe even the only episode featuring Lwaxana Troi that I actually like. Normally I hate episodes featuring her, as she is an extremely annoying character. (Which, actually, is the entire point.)