i feel like i'm thirty already.

I wish it was

seeing as i turn 30 next year, and in good health, it could be, who knows.

I'm 39 now. 39 is the new 19.

the phrase is about social development.

it has to do with the high number of college graduates attempting to establish themselves in a career path.

Right. And in this moment of my life, I'm socially delayed by twenty years.

Could see myself reaching peak yuppy then, yes

*yuppie

Ha sure, why not?

seriously if i'm not twenty by the time i'm thirty i'm going to be seriously pissed off.

Well they say 9 is the new 13.

Tubman is the new twenty.

20/30 = x/28

28*20 = 30x

560 = 30x

x = 560/30

x = 18.6666666666666...

i'm barely legal.

On Sunday 5/1/16 - 10:29:35 PM amaqdrinker wrote: 20/30 = x/28 28*20 = 30x 560 = 30x x = 560/30 x = 18.6666666666666... i'm barely legal.

Wait. Did you do that right? My figure says I'm 29ish. That's relative to the old 20, right?

that is how you solve a proportion yes.

um... relative to 20 being 30. if 30 is 20 then 28 is 18 and 2/3.

and 29*30/20 = 43 which is what it says in your profile.

so no one should drink until they're 21*30/20 = 31.5.

sweet 16*30/20 = 24

will you still need me, will you still feed me, when i'm 64*30/20 = 96

Wait. Why doesn't it go the other way, though? If 30 is the new 20, why am I not 66ish?

Why not 43:20 = 2.2ish:1, so 2.2 X 30 = 66?

because the denominator and numerator are specified locations in a proportion?

and if you put 43/20 = x/30...

oh or are you saying...

43/30 = x/20

because you could do that but you'd have to keep the corresponding numbers together. it has to be new number on top and old number on bottom. that's how i set it up. or it would have to be...

real number over real number = new number over new number.

there's no relation between your current age and the hypothetical ratio age...

or...

your options to solve are...

43 your real age
/
30 the real age in the hypothetical

=

x your new age
/
20 the new age in the hypothetical.

there's no relationship between...

your real age and the new age in the hypothetical.

they are not a ratio.

i should never try and teach anything.

God, I hope so. There's so much sh*t I need to figure out, and I need to know I'm not the only stunted 20-something out there.

Sure, why the hell not?