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Jun 12, 2024 9:07 PM
godofhorizons
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RedCamaro
What did Tolkien do before 45? You dont have to be famous to be successful.
KnifeKnut
No, I am not.
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
tbf you'd be doing even finer if you were a professor at Oxford and had been in charge of the letter 'W' in the OED before you turned 45
livinglife9009
Don’t want to be dark about it, but my own mother died when she was 45, many years ago.
ctotheg2
Yeah he was 39 when he gave a speech on the pleasures of developing new languages as a kind of artform. By that time he had developed Quenya and Noldorin, languages for the Dwarves, several other Elvish languages etc.
ctotheg2
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Secret_Vice
seenunseen
1 year to go before i start writing my masterpiece!
JayDeeDubs
But he'd already published the Hobbit years earlier, become a professor at Oxford, worked for the dictionary and fought in WWI. Not exactly sitting around till then
quade
I'm 48, asshole brain.
Ngugi
It was not published until he was 62, if that helps.
quade
That helps. Thank you, non-asshole-brain.
Trifone48
For all those who are 46, well, theres always reincarnation, buddy.
SomeDetroitGuy
Thank you
scuba7jb
No way. I'm grabbing hold of a railing on the otherside, throwing a tantrum, and refusing to leave: "FUCK OFF!!!!!! YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME BACK TO THAT SHIT HOLE!!!!!!!!
Korbo
I've accepted my fate.
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Korbo
Thanks. I also accept paypal and cash app.
eclyptix
Nice to see, I'm 42 and have started without finishing rwo major novels and spent today world building a third project
Trifone48
Character sells, not worlds
eclyptix
OregonComputerGuy
Now that I am 73, and rely on spell checks, I guess I will just play the stereo
Trifone48
whats the most surprising thing about being in your seventies?
OregonComputerGuy
There are but few surprises, I must say that I never believed that politics would be as convoluted as it is here in the states