He’d already contributed to humanity by writing the definition of wanker for the Oxford English Dictionary by the age of 28, though.
Wanker, n. CS Lewis
Ex: Shut up Lewis you massive wanker
I’d say he lived a pretty remarkable life before that;
I genuinely believe the real hurdle future generations will have to solve is this: chances are you will never be as bored as Tolkien likely spent the majority of his life. Being bored today is a choice; before the information age it was a reality. When people are desperately trying to escape boredom it makes the incentive to do crazy shit like make up your own language considerably more tangible.
Hops off soapbox
Just because someone successful was a late bloomer doesn’t mean you will be one too.
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But, but I am 45!
I thought this was just going to be a dead link, but I am delightfully surprised.
Conversely, for younger folks who need motivation, Christopher Paolini wrote Eragon at 14.
Yeah he was also largely a product of nepotism. His mom literally owned a publishing company.
ITT: Pagliacci
Im set up in this job im stuck at, cause the job comes with housing and full benefits for my family and I. But man do I want to change up my career, im 41. I wish I knew how to podcast or become a niche historian. I work from home so I have the time but I don’t even know where to begin. I honestly love wrestling history, from the birth of Greco Roman, to its evolution in the west through military, to British shoot clubs, to American catch and release to Abe Lincoln being a wrestling champion, to the days it went from a real contest to an exhibition to a secret worked match, to a full on scripted wrestling like we have today.
Wrestling as people know it is what the wwe brought to mainstream in 1984 which was all sizzle and no steak as Vince McMahon himself put it. Just a mainstream wrestling themed tv show. but wrestling in the 1900s was crazy stuff
I was so ready for this to end in a shittymorph mankind hell in a cell meme
but I’m 69 🙃
nice. [/obligatory]
