I got new dishwasher tablets and they smell like Digimon World 3! I had a neighbor with whom I used to play that game at their house. I never knew that smell in their house came from the dish washer tablets! It's been so long, it's amazing how I can still instantly recognize that smell after not smelling it for about 15 years and connect it to the game.
...Not that it's been 15 years mind you... I remember when I was at school and thought it would never end, now I can hardly remember being there. I feel like I get an existential panic attack from this. Like my mind can't comprehend that I'm no longer a child or teen at school.
It reminds me of the saying I heard about 15 years ago. Or was it even 20? "Live as long as you may, the first 20 years are the longest half of your life".
It would be much nicer if instead of:
1-5 years: Baby
5-13 years: child
13-17 years: teen
18-25 years: young adult
25-59: adult
60+: elderly
It was a cycle like the seasons. Like when you turn 30 you become a baby again, then you remain a child for some years, and then become a teen again, and then young adult. I've heard there are animals that do it. What the hell are they called. Medusa? I guess that was it. That cycle through child-adult-child-adult-child. At first I thought that what it people remained children till about 20 year olds, became teens at 20 and became adults at 35, but all that would achieve would be that when I turned 35 I'd say "I don't want to be an adult, I want to be a child again". Better to just cycle through it.
I love reading fanfics where there's a couple and one of them suddenly turns into a 3 year old and they go from being spouses to being an adoptive parent and adoptive child. It's always so comical and makes me laugh and smile.
Did you know that in Japan, since it's illegal to marry, many homosexuals adopt each other? So you might have a 30 year old man "adopting" a 25 year old man and then law will treat them as if they were father and son instead of spouses. But at least that way they can get family rights, some of the same rights as married couples do. They can for example, inherit each other and visit each other at hospitals etc.