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Hipster disruptor? Never trust a well-groomed caveman with your clams

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Re: Turtlenecks, boybeards...

"If you make it out of childhood, and weren't starving, then 50-60 is about right for the ancient world. 70 is a ripe old age then."

In Rome you were "senex" at about 44, at which age also you could retire from the army with your plot of land in the colonies.

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