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nolabear

(43,280 posts)
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:06 PM Dec 5

Today is my 70th birthday! I am officially out of fucks.

I’ve declared myself feral, released myself into the wild, forgiven myself for everything and intend to enjoy whatever happens going forward with lots of laughter and open curiosity. Here’s to not letting them get us down!

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Today is my 70th birthday! I am officially out of fucks. (Original Post) nolabear Dec 5 OP
These words...are wise words GenThePerservering Dec 5 #1
I owe it to myself. I earned it. nolabear Dec 5 #15
That's right.. raising2moredems Dec 5 #110
And a Big Happy 70 Birthday to you, nolabear! Cha Dec 5 #2
Many thanks! Let's GOOOOO!! nolabear Dec 5 #13
Happy birthday! And what a great attitude! highplainsdem Dec 5 #3
I'm serious too. Let the wild rumpus begin! nolabear Dec 5 #11
Many happy returns of the day nolabear! alwaysinasnit Dec 5 #4
Thanks. I appreciate that! nolabear Dec 5 #10
Happy Birthday to you malaise Dec 5 #5
Thankew! nolabear Dec 5 #8
Happy happy Joy Joy...you so good..congrats.... wcmagumba Dec 5 #6
I always post the Happy Happy Joy Joy Dance for friends' birthdays! nolabear Dec 5 #7
Cheers to you, dear nolabear!!! FM123 Dec 5 #9
Cheers back! Here's to all of us! nolabear Dec 5 #17
Happy Birthday. Quiet Em Dec 5 #12
Thanks! Join me! nolabear Dec 5 #19
Sounds like a plan. Quiet Em Dec 5 #24
You're just a baby. tavernier Dec 5 #14
White bucks are never out of style! nolabear Dec 5 #21
Happy Birthday, Nolabear! SheltieLover Dec 5 #16
Thanks! I'm pretty pleased about it. nolabear Dec 5 #22
That's a healthy attitude kid. Happy Birthday! surfered Dec 5 #18
I'll probably last longer that way. nolabear Dec 5 #25
Happy Birthday! You have the right attitude. LoisB Dec 5 #20
I intend to spread it around! nolabear Dec 5 #29
Thank you. I need a booster shot of "no effs to give". LoisB Dec 5 #92
Happy birthday! H2O Man Dec 5 #23
My kinda guy. I love a wild and an untamed thing! nolabear Dec 5 #28
When I first read H2O Man Dec 5 #36
Happy Freedom-Birthday! May your feral be strong, happy, forever curious and that it comes with 9 lives! Solly Mack Dec 5 #26
Many thanks. In the words of Prince: nolabear Dec 5 #32
Happy birthday! misanthrope Dec 5 #27
Home stretch! Hope it's a great one. nolabear Dec 5 #43
Happy birthday 🍰🎂 MustLoveBeagles Dec 5 #30
Thanks mightily! nolabear Dec 5 #44
I went feral once but had to come in for my meds. Sneederbunk Dec 5 #31
lol soandso Dec 5 #34
Feral with a fannypack! nolabear Dec 5 #47
funny bdamomma Dec 5 #101
Happy Birthday. sinkingfeeling Dec 5 #33
Thanks! nolabear Dec 5 #48
Happy Birthday bdamomma Dec 5 #35
So far so good! nolabear Dec 5 #51
Happy 70th birthday nolabear! Congratulations livetohike Dec 5 #37
Oh hell yeah! nolabear Dec 5 #53
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! elleng Dec 5 #38
TYVM! nolabear Dec 5 #54
Happy Birthday fellow DUer La Coliniere Dec 5 #39
Let us go fuck free into the mystic! nolabear Dec 5 #55
Now THAT is a way to celebrate a milestone birthday! Dem2theMax Dec 5 #40
Freely given! The fewer fucks the better! nolabear Dec 5 #57
I'm with you! Dem2theMax Dec 6 #116
happy birthday! Celerity Dec 5 #41
Lovely! Many thanks. nolabear Dec 5 #60
yw! Celerity Dec 5 #65
here is a present, lol Celerity Dec 5 #70
My favorite! Roy Rolling Dec 6 #115
Happy Birthday debm55 Dec 5 #42
Thanks! nolabear Dec 5 #61
It's mine, too! Happy Birthday to you! Jerryatric Dec 5 #45
Happy Birthday Birthday Twin! nolabear Dec 5 #59
Happy Birthday. I already don't care about lotsa stuff! Evolve Dammit Dec 5 #46
Smart move. nolabear Dec 5 #64
There's a classic song! Evolve Dammit Dec 5 #75
70 is a big deal. Happy birthday to you. Passages Dec 5 #49
Isn't it? nolabear Dec 5 #68
That's fantastic and you're very welcome. Passages Dec 5 #91
Happy birthday! boonecreek Dec 5 #50
Thank you very much! nolabear Dec 6 #117
Super! I'm 6 years into that second childhood and usonian Dec 5 #52
LOL--I like the way you think! nolabear Dec 6 #118
joyeux anniversaire ZDU Dec 5 #56
Merci beaucoup sha! nolabear Dec 6 #119
Sweet! ZDU Dec 6 #147
Happy birthday! WestMichRad Dec 5 #58
Never too soon to go buck wild! nolabear Dec 6 #120
Happy birthday!!! LiberalLoner Dec 5 #62
I appreciate it! nolabear Dec 6 #121
Happy Birthday thinkingagain Dec 5 #63
I'm sorry about your mom. Thanks for the wishes. nolabear Dec 6 #122
Thank you thinkingagain Dec 6 #127
Happy birthday! Tweedy Dec 5 #66
70 myself in two months. SidneyR Dec 5 #67
... Windy Apple Dec 5 #69
Happy Birthday! KT2000 Dec 5 #71
Happy birthday Lifeafter70 Dec 5 #72
Congratulations! yardwork Dec 5 #73
Cheers nolabear! SunSeeker Dec 5 #74
There's the spirit! Hugin Dec 5 #76
I will do something similar next year Maeve Dec 5 #77
Oh, I like that. Way to go! pandr32 Dec 5 #78
🎂🎁🎈🎉🥳👑🥂💐Many Happy Returns, nolabear!!! littlemissmartypants Dec 5 #79
This is awesome ... Happy 70th Birthday my friend! Get it while you can! FakeNoose Dec 5 #80
HBD, nolabear! Different Drummer Dec 5 #81
Happy birthday nolabear canetoad Dec 5 #82
I'm only 59, but I'm with you buddy. Retired, disabled and fresh out of fucks also. OverBurn Dec 5 #83
Happy Birthday 🎂🎉😀 Meowmee Dec 5 #84
Happy Birthday nolobear. c-rational Dec 5 #85
Happy Birthday My Friend. Me, You and Burger King BOSSHOG Dec 5 #86
Fuck YEAH! FirstLight Dec 5 #87
Congrats dude LilElf70 Dec 5 #88
Happy Birthday! mercuryblues Dec 5 #89
Happy Birthday to you, nolabear! Diamond_Dog Dec 5 #90
Happy 70th nolabear 🍰 Clouds Passing Dec 5 #93
You covered the proverbial 3 score 10, Conjuay Dec 5 #94
Excellent plan. MLAA Dec 5 #95
Happy Birthday ornotna Dec 5 #96
Welcome to the club... spanone Dec 5 #97
Being out of fucks LilElf70 Dec 5 #98
Good for you! Have a great one! ancianita Dec 5 #99
Happy F'n Birthday! Loryn Dec 5 #100
Happy Birthday! lonely bird Dec 5 #102
I NEVER get tired of this video! Abolishinist Dec 5 #103
Happy Birthday sheshe2 Dec 5 #104
Happy birthday, Nolabear! greatauntoftriplets Dec 5 #105
Outloud, I will say... oldsoldierfadingfast Dec 5 #106
congratz on another trip around the sun OldSWODog Dec 5 #107
We Sagittarians rule! ZonkerHarris Dec 5 #108
Happy Birthday, nolabear! LuckyCharms Dec 5 #109
Close behind you, skidding to a wheels-up landing on the tarmac. Xipe Totec Dec 5 #111
Awwwwww, happiest of birthdays to you! And what a wonderful gift niyad Dec 5 #112
Beautifully said. Happy Everyday to You! 1WorldHope Dec 6 #113
Happy Birthday! LeftInTX Dec 6 #114
I had my "over-the-hill" party when I turned 21 DFW Dec 6 #123
I just got back from a vacay of celebrating my mother's 70th birthday on the 3rd ThePartyThatListens Dec 6 #124
I'm 5 years past the 'run out of them' stage. Aussie105 Dec 6 #125
Happy Birthday, nolabear! gademocrat7 Dec 6 #126
Happy Birthday. Welcome to the 70's. mountain grammy Dec 6 #128
I'm also a Grammy! nolabear Dec 7 #148
The best thing about getting old mountain grammy Dec 7 #149
Happy Birthday! I'll join you in the 70s in about three weeks QED Dec 6 #129
Here's to your 70th successful circumnavigation... GiqueCee Dec 6 #130
Congratulations! Wicked Blue Dec 6 #131
Happy Birthday! bluescribbler Dec 6 #132
I had to click the rec button like three times to get it to work. iscooterliberally Dec 6 #133
Happy Birthday nolabear! FemDemERA Dec 6 #134
Happy birthday LetMyPeopleVote Dec 6 #135
Happy 70th ! Nigrum Cattus Dec 6 #136
Cheers to the feral newly 70 yr old!, Many more Pas-de-Calais Dec 6 #137
Happy birthday 🎉🎁🎈 live love laugh Dec 6 #138
Happy birthday! SpankMe Dec 6 #139
A little gift for your birthday..... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 6 #140
Happy birthday! That's the one positive about getting old. You can say whatever the hell you want and people Vinca Dec 6 #141
Happy Birthday!! prodigitalson Dec 6 #142
Happy Birthday, Nolabear! Mike 03 Dec 6 #143
Welcome to the sisterhood PaxPixie Dec 6 #144
This fellow 70 year-old... AKRicky Dec 6 #145
Happy Birthday! MuseRider Dec 6 #146

raising2moredems

(714 posts)
110. That's right..
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:06 PM
Dec 5

There is no f-ing way they can "get" all of us. And I'd venture to say a good majority on this board can weather Orange pox. We'll be able to afford food and necessities, despite the republican tax increase (aka tariffs). We'll help women in need of reproductive services. We'll help our LGBTQ+ friends (I think I have the acronym in the right order if not, lo siento). We're not out of f-s, we'll just be living them.

wcmagumba

(3,247 posts)
6. Happy happy Joy Joy...you so good..congrats....
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:20 PM
Dec 5

Totally good way to be, I'll be 68 next month and I'm already there....

nolabear

(43,280 posts)
19. Thanks! Join me!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:31 PM
Dec 5

The field where I sew my fucks is barren. Let us lie in it and look at the stars! ❤️

tavernier

(13,284 posts)
14. You're just a baby.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:26 PM
Dec 5

I was begging my mom for a pair of white bucks for Christmas when you were born. Hard to believe white suede shoes for kids would go out of style.

Party Hearty dear nolabear!

H2O Man

(75,779 posts)
23. Happy birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:34 PM
Dec 5

Being feral has advantages ..... at least I think so. I've ever been domesticated. Can't take me anywhere.

H2O Man

(75,779 posts)
36. When I first read
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:41 PM
Dec 5

your post, I immediately thought of Mario Servo's "Bodies Upon the Gears" speech. We need more people like him, Abbie, and Angela to help inspire uswild and untamed beings.

Solly Mack

(93,210 posts)
26. Happy Freedom-Birthday! May your feral be strong, happy, forever curious and that it comes with 9 lives!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:35 PM
Dec 5

Dem2theMax

(10,405 posts)
40. Now THAT is a way to celebrate a milestone birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:51 PM
Dec 5

Happy 70th birthday, nolabear!

Enjoy. And I think I'm going to borrow your idea!

nolabear

(43,280 posts)
57. Freely given! The fewer fucks the better!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:02 PM
Dec 5

I can be effective without letting it get me down. Let’s GOOOOO!!

Jerryatric

(2,474 posts)
45. It's mine, too! Happy Birthday to you!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:55 PM
Dec 5

I turned 70 a year ago and I still don't get how this is reality when I still feel seventeen on the inside, lol. I hope your day is going as well as mine has.

nolabear

(43,280 posts)
64. Smart move.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:06 PM
Dec 5

I’ll care about what’s important but I’m so willing to let it goooooo, let it gooooooo!

nolabear

(43,280 posts)
68. Isn't it?
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:08 PM
Dec 5

I come from a sadly short-lived lineage. I’ve exceeded everyone from two generations. And I’m hanging in just fine.

Thanks for the encouragement!

usonian

(14,613 posts)
52. Super! I'm 6 years into that second childhood and
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:59 PM
Dec 5

Anyone who thinks it's weird, or that I'm weird can go fuck a porcupine.

🎊🥳🎉🎈🍾🎊🪅

WestMichRad

(1,884 posts)
58. Happy birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:02 PM
Dec 5

I like your attitude. Not waiting for my 70th (coming all too soon) to adopt it.

Personally, my approach has always been to never grow up!

thinkingagain

(1,046 posts)
63. Happy Birthday
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:06 PM
Dec 5

Even with no fucks left, I hope you had an enjoyable day🎉🎂🎁🎈

You share a birthday with my mom. 😊
She passed away a few years ago,
She would have been 95 today.

nolabear

(43,280 posts)
122. I'm sorry about your mom. Thanks for the wishes.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:43 AM
Dec 6

We share a birthday with some fine people. I’m happy to add her to my list.

thinkingagain

(1,046 posts)
127. Thank you
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 09:06 AM
Dec 6

She was a good mom
I don’t know as a mom now I don’t know how she did all the things that she was able to do

So yes, you share a birthday with some good people. I hope you had a good day.

KT2000

(20,950 posts)
71. Happy Birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:11 PM
Dec 5

That is the best thing about getting older - the fucks just drop away every year!!!

Hugin

(34,746 posts)
76. There's the spirit!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:23 PM
Dec 5

Now we can get some things done.



As someone who's been feral for most of my life, welcome!

My only tip is to try to eat kosher, at least somebody has looked at it.

Maeve

(43,037 posts)
77. I will do something similar next year
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:23 PM
Dec 5

Have a great celebration and know you have inspired others!

LilElf70

(545 posts)
88. Congrats dude
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:41 PM
Dec 5

I hit 70 last month and I too am out of fucks. My wife is not happy. LOL

Seriously, congrats. I know exactly where your post is coming from. I'm definitely not letting the pricks get me down.

mercuryblues

(15,266 posts)
89. Happy Birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:43 PM
Dec 5

You are better than me. I ran out of fucks to give by 50. I only lasted that long because my sister-in-law (God rest her soul.) rationed them out to me.

LilElf70

(545 posts)
98. Being out of fucks
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:39 PM
Dec 5

must mean its a good thing. You're on Trending and Greatest at the same time.

106. Outloud, I will say...
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 10:14 PM
Dec 5

"Here's to you, Nolabear, on your 70th." as I raise a glass of homemade pear schnapps - and in your honor, I will drink. Happy Birthday!
Love the attitude, it will serve you well.

OldSWODog

(74 posts)
107. congratz on another trip around the sun
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 10:43 PM
Dec 5

nolabear, happy birthday!...I've got a couple of laps on you and I like like the idea of releasing into the wild...btw, I'm completely of of fucks to give...time to walk in the woods and forage for more fucks...cheers, OSD

niyad

(120,664 posts)
112. Awwwwww, happiest of birthdays to you! And what a wonderful gift
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:52 PM
Dec 5

you have given yourself! What is that old saying. . "Living well is the best revenge!!!"

LLAP
niyad (who NEVER had any fucks to give!)

1WorldHope

(934 posts)
113. Beautifully said. Happy Everyday to You!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:10 AM
Dec 6
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"All you touch and all you see..."
One of my favorites.
Happy birthday nolabear.

DFW

(56,896 posts)
123. I had my "over-the-hill" party when I turned 21
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:00 AM
Dec 6

I figured I might as well get it out of the way earlly.

Other than that, I have been in synch with your general attitude ever since!

124. I just got back from a vacay of celebrating my mother's 70th birthday on the 3rd
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 06:40 AM
Dec 6

That makes you and her contemporaries.

Many more to you.

Aussie105

(6,468 posts)
125. I'm 5 years past the 'run out of them' stage.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:02 AM
Dec 6

In fact, and looking back, giving a fuck actually made my life more difficult.

QED

(2,979 posts)
129. Happy Birthday! I'll join you in the 70s in about three weeks
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 09:32 AM
Dec 6

Hope you had a good BD and yeah, like you, I'm out of fucks.

GiqueCee

(1,514 posts)
130. Here's to your 70th successful circumnavigation...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 09:36 AM
Dec 6

... of the Sun. I've got 77 trips under my belt, and I'm totally with you regarding fucks to give!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

iscooterliberally

(3,032 posts)
133. I had to click the rec button like three times to get it to work.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:04 AM
Dec 6

Happy Birthday and congratulations! Your fucks lasted longer than mine have!

Nigrum Cattus

(230 posts)
136. Happy 70th !
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 01:31 PM
Dec 6

Now you don't have to wonder where your fucks are.
Easy peasy - curiosity and the time to explore will keep you busy I'm sure

SpankMe

(3,316 posts)
139. Happy birthday!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:27 PM
Dec 6

I hope you're in good health. I'm not 70 yet, but I'd like to join you you in the all-out-of-fucks-to-give ensemble of the hapless and depressed.

Vinca

(51,240 posts)
141. Happy birthday! That's the one positive about getting old. You can say whatever the hell you want and people
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:55 PM
Dec 6

can like it or lump it and you don't care. I don't anyway. And never, ever miss a chance to pull the "old lady card." If you get stopped for speeding, for example, just tell the cop you were worrying about how you were going to pay for your medications or a medical bill. The "old lady card" has never failed me.

PaxPixie

(2 posts)
144. Welcome to the sisterhood
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 06:14 PM
Dec 6

I've been OOOF for a few years now. It's a much healthier place to be. My first OOOF year, I was told by a few people that I sounded angry and bitter. I responded that the days of expecting women to remain quiet and subservient were over. I don't just say what I think or feel for the sake of women. I do it for men who are tired of the bloodlust, competition, misogyny, and toxicity that society saddles them with. And I do it for LGTBQ people who too often get it from both sides.

AKRicky

(31 posts)
145. This fellow 70 year-old...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:01 PM
Dec 6

shares your unfettered joy. I celebrated my 70th in April and felt as do you. Then, following our election day loss, those feelings exploded became even more profound.

After Biden's election in 2020, I felt a sense of responsibility for his term. I voted for Joe and prayed for his election. For 4 years I felt somewhat responsible for his administration's actions, both good and bad.

Now, I have absolutely no such sense. I have greatly reduced my politically-oriented reading and watching and no longer do I wake up wondering what the hell Trump's going to do next. I am no longer willing to let MAGA live inside my head.

I'm terribly disappointed in my fellow US citizens who, after all that he has already done, voted for him again. But, it is what it is, and this 70 year-old plans to enjoy more happiness and less stress in spite of them.

MuseRider

(34,408 posts)
146. Happy Birthday!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:05 PM
Dec 6

70 has been wonderful for me! 71 right around the corner. Enjoy this year and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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