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nolabear

(43,850 posts)
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:06 PM Dec 2024

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 2024 OP
These words...are wise words GenThePerservering Dec 2024 #1
I owe it to myself. I earned it. nolabear Dec 2024 #15
That's right.. raising2moredems Dec 2024 #110
And a Big Happy 70 Birthday to you, nolabear! Cha Dec 2024 #2
Many thanks! Let's GOOOOO!! nolabear Dec 2024 #13
Happy birthday! And what a great attitude! highplainsdem Dec 2024 #3
I'm serious too. Let the wild rumpus begin! nolabear Dec 2024 #11
Many happy returns of the day nolabear! alwaysinasnit Dec 2024 #4
Thanks. I appreciate that! nolabear Dec 2024 #10
Happy Birthday to you malaise Dec 2024 #5
Thankew! nolabear Dec 2024 #8
Happy happy Joy Joy...you so good..congrats.... wcmagumba Dec 2024 #6
I always post the Happy Happy Joy Joy Dance for friends' birthdays! nolabear Dec 2024 #7
Cheers to you, dear nolabear!!! FM123 Dec 2024 #9
Cheers back! Here's to all of us! nolabear Dec 2024 #17
Happy Birthday. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #12
Thanks! Join me! nolabear Dec 2024 #19
Sounds like a plan. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #24
You're just a baby. tavernier Dec 2024 #14
White bucks are never out of style! nolabear Dec 2024 #21
Happy Birthday, Nolabear! SheltieLover Dec 2024 #16
Thanks! I'm pretty pleased about it. nolabear Dec 2024 #22
That's a healthy attitude kid. Happy Birthday! surfered Dec 2024 #18
I'll probably last longer that way. nolabear Dec 2024 #25
Happy Birthday! You have the right attitude. LoisB Dec 2024 #20
I intend to spread it around! nolabear Dec 2024 #29
Thank you. I need a booster shot of "no effs to give". LoisB Dec 2024 #92
Happy birthday! H2O Man Dec 2024 #23
My kinda guy. I love a wild and an untamed thing! nolabear Dec 2024 #28
When I first read H2O Man Dec 2024 #36
Happy Freedom-Birthday! May your feral be strong, happy, forever curious and that it comes with 9 lives! Solly Mack Dec 2024 #26
Many thanks. In the words of Prince: nolabear Dec 2024 #32
Happy birthday! misanthrope Dec 2024 #27
Home stretch! Hope it's a great one. nolabear Dec 2024 #43
Happy birthday 🍰🎂 MustLoveBeagles Dec 2024 #30
Thanks mightily! nolabear Dec 2024 #44
I went feral once but had to come in for my meds. Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #31
lol soandso Dec 2024 #34
Feral with a fannypack! nolabear Dec 2024 #47
funny bdamomma Dec 2024 #101
Happy Birthday. sinkingfeeling Dec 2024 #33
Thanks! nolabear Dec 2024 #48
Happy Birthday bdamomma Dec 2024 #35
So far so good! nolabear Dec 2024 #51
Happy 70th birthday nolabear! Congratulations livetohike Dec 2024 #37
Oh hell yeah! nolabear Dec 2024 #53
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! elleng Dec 2024 #38
TYVM! nolabear Dec 2024 #54
Happy Birthday fellow DUer La Coliniere Dec 2024 #39
Let us go fuck free into the mystic! nolabear Dec 2024 #55
Now THAT is a way to celebrate a milestone birthday! Dem2theMax Dec 2024 #40
Freely given! The fewer fucks the better! nolabear Dec 2024 #57
I'm with you! Dem2theMax Dec 2024 #116
happy birthday! Celerity Dec 2024 #41
Lovely! Many thanks. nolabear Dec 2024 #60
yw! Celerity Dec 2024 #65
here is a present, lol Celerity Dec 2024 #70
My favorite! Roy Rolling Dec 2024 #115
Happy Birthday debm55 Dec 2024 #42
Thanks! nolabear Dec 2024 #61
It's mine, too! Happy Birthday to you! Jerryatric Dec 2024 #45
Happy Birthday Birthday Twin! nolabear Dec 2024 #59
Happy Birthday. I already don't care about lotsa stuff! Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #46
Smart move. nolabear Dec 2024 #64
There's a classic song! Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #75
70 is a big deal. Happy birthday to you. Passages Dec 2024 #49
Isn't it? nolabear Dec 2024 #68
That's fantastic and you're very welcome. Passages Dec 2024 #91
Happy birthday! boonecreek Dec 2024 #50
Thank you very much! nolabear Dec 2024 #117
Super! I'm 6 years into that second childhood and usonian Dec 2024 #52
LOL--I like the way you think! nolabear Dec 2024 #118
joyeux anniversaire ZDU Dec 2024 #56
Merci beaucoup sha! nolabear Dec 2024 #119
Sweet! ZDU Dec 2024 #147
Happy birthday! WestMichRad Dec 2024 #58
Never too soon to go buck wild! nolabear Dec 2024 #120
Happy birthday!!! LiberalLoner Dec 2024 #62
I appreciate it! nolabear Dec 2024 #121
Happy Birthday thinkingagain Dec 2024 #63
I'm sorry about your mom. Thanks for the wishes. nolabear Dec 2024 #122
Thank you thinkingagain Dec 2024 #127
Happy birthday! Tweedy Dec 2024 #66
70 myself in two months. SidneyR Dec 2024 #67
... Windy Apple Dec 2024 #69
Happy Birthday! KT2000 Dec 2024 #71
Happy birthday Lifeafter70 Dec 2024 #72
Congratulations! yardwork Dec 2024 #73
Cheers nolabear! SunSeeker Dec 2024 #74
There's the spirit! Hugin Dec 2024 #76
I will do something similar next year Maeve Dec 2024 #77
Oh, I like that. Way to go! pandr32 Dec 2024 #78
🎂🎁🎈🎉🥳👑🥂💐Many Happy Returns, nolabear!!! littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 #79
This is awesome ... Happy 70th Birthday my friend! Get it while you can! FakeNoose Dec 2024 #80
HBD, nolabear! Different Drummer Dec 2024 #81
Happy birthday nolabear canetoad Dec 2024 #82
I'm only 59, but I'm with you buddy. Retired, disabled and fresh out of fucks also. OverBurn Dec 2024 #83
Happy Birthday 🎂🎉😀 Meowmee Dec 2024 #84
Happy Birthday nolobear. c-rational Dec 2024 #85
Happy Birthday My Friend. Me, You and Burger King BOSSHOG Dec 2024 #86
Fuck YEAH! FirstLight Dec 2024 #87
Congrats dude LilElf70 Dec 2024 #88
Happy Birthday! mercuryblues Dec 2024 #89
Happy Birthday to you, nolabear! Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #90
Happy 70th nolabear 🍰 Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #93
You covered the proverbial 3 score 10, Conjuay Dec 2024 #94
Excellent plan. MLAA Dec 2024 #95
Happy Birthday ornotna Dec 2024 #96
Welcome to the club... spanone Dec 2024 #97
Being out of fucks LilElf70 Dec 2024 #98
Good for you! Have a great one! ancianita Dec 2024 #99
Happy F'n Birthday! Loryn Dec 2024 #100
Happy Birthday! lonely bird Dec 2024 #102
I NEVER get tired of this video! Abolishinist Dec 2024 #103
Happy Birthday sheshe2 Dec 2024 #104
Happy birthday, Nolabear! greatauntoftriplets Dec 2024 #105
Outloud, I will say... oldsoldierfadingfast Dec 2024 #106
congratz on another trip around the sun OldSWODog Dec 2024 #107
We Sagittarians rule! ZonkerHarris Dec 2024 #108
Happy Birthday, nolabear! LuckyCharms Dec 2024 #109
Close behind you, skidding to a wheels-up landing on the tarmac. Xipe Totec Dec 2024 #111
Awwwwww, happiest of birthdays to you! And what a wonderful gift niyad Dec 2024 #112
Beautifully said. Happy Everyday to You! 1WorldHope Dec 2024 #113
Happy Birthday! LeftInTX Dec 2024 #114
I had my "over-the-hill" party when I turned 21 DFW Dec 2024 #123
I just got back from a vacay of celebrating my mother's 70th birthday on the 3rd ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #124
I'm 5 years past the 'run out of them' stage. Aussie105 Dec 2024 #125
Happy Birthday, nolabear! gademocrat7 Dec 2024 #126
Happy Birthday. Welcome to the 70's. mountain grammy Dec 2024 #128
I'm also a Grammy! nolabear Dec 2024 #148
The best thing about getting old mountain grammy Dec 2024 #149
Happy Birthday! I'll join you in the 70s in about three weeks QED Dec 2024 #129
Here's to your 70th successful circumnavigation... GiqueCee Dec 2024 #130
Congratulations! Wicked Blue Dec 2024 #131
Happy Birthday! bluescribbler Dec 2024 #132
I had to click the rec button like three times to get it to work. iscooterliberally Dec 2024 #133
Happy Birthday nolabear! FemDemERA Dec 2024 #134
Happy birthday LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #135
Happy 70th ! Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #136
Cheers to the feral newly 70 yr old!, Many more Pas-de-Calais Dec 2024 #137
Happy birthday 🎉🎁🎈 live love laugh Dec 2024 #138
Happy birthday! SpankMe Dec 2024 #139
A little gift for your birthday..... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2024 #140
Happy birthday! That's the one positive about getting old. You can say whatever the hell you want and people Vinca Dec 2024 #141
Happy Birthday!! prodigitalson Dec 2024 #142
Happy Birthday, Nolabear! Mike 03 Dec 2024 #143
Welcome to the sisterhood PaxPixie Dec 2024 #144
This fellow 70 year-old... AKRicky Dec 2024 #145
Happy Birthday! MuseRider Dec 2024 #146

GenThePerservering

(3,806 posts)
1. These words...are wise words
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:08 PM
Dec 2024

Happy birthday and many more!!! (I'm 71 and should take your advice!!).

raising2moredems

(760 posts)
110. That's right..
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:06 AM
Dec 2024

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

(6,693 posts)
6. Happy happy Joy Joy...you so good..congrats....
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:20 PM
Dec 2024

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

nolabear

(43,850 posts)
19. Thanks! Join me!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:31 PM
Dec 2024

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

tavernier

(14,533 posts)
14. You're just a baby.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:26 PM
Dec 2024

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

(79,308 posts)
23. Happy birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:34 PM
Dec 2024

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

H2O Man

(79,308 posts)
36. When I first read
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:41 PM
Dec 2024

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

(97,294 posts)
26. Happy Freedom-Birthday! May your feral be strong, happy, forever curious and that it comes with 9 lives!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:35 PM
Dec 2024

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
40. Now THAT is a way to celebrate a milestone birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:51 PM
Dec 2024

Happy 70th birthday, nolabear!

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

nolabear

(43,850 posts)
57. Freely given! The fewer fucks the better!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:02 PM
Dec 2024

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

Jerryatric

(2,483 posts)
45. It's mine, too! Happy Birthday to you!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:55 PM
Dec 2024

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

(43,850 posts)
64. Smart move.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:06 PM
Dec 2024

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

nolabear

(43,850 posts)
68. Isn't it?
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:08 PM
Dec 2024

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

(26,698 posts)
52. Super! I'm 6 years into that second childhood and
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:59 PM
Dec 2024

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

🎊🥳🎉🎈🍾🎊🪅

WestMichRad

(3,435 posts)
58. Happy birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:02 PM
Dec 2024

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

(1,354 posts)
63. Happy Birthday
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:06 PM
Dec 2024

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

(43,850 posts)
122. I'm sorry about your mom. Thanks for the wishes.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:43 AM
Dec 2024

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

thinkingagain

(1,354 posts)
127. Thank you
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:06 AM
Dec 2024

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

(22,237 posts)
71. Happy Birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:11 PM
Dec 2024

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

Hugin

(38,035 posts)
76. There's the spirit!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:23 PM
Dec 2024

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

(43,508 posts)
77. I will do something similar next year
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:23 PM
Dec 2024

Have a great celebration and know you have inspired others!

LilElf70

(1,661 posts)
88. Congrats dude
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:41 PM
Dec 2024

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

(16,519 posts)
89. Happy Birthday!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:43 PM
Dec 2024

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

(1,661 posts)
98. Being out of fucks
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 10:39 PM
Dec 2024

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, 11:14 PM
Dec 2024

"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

(137 posts)
107. congratz on another trip around the sun
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:43 PM
Dec 2024

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

(134,252 posts)
112. Awwwwww, happiest of birthdays to you! And what a wonderful gift
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:52 AM
Dec 2024

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

(2,173 posts)
113. Beautifully said. Happy Everyday to You!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 01:10 AM
Dec 2024
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"All you touch and all you see..."
One of my favorites.
Happy birthday nolabear.

DFW

(60,501 posts)
123. I had my "over-the-hill" party when I turned 21
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:00 AM
Dec 2024

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, 07:40 AM
Dec 2024

That makes you and her contemporaries.

Many more to you.

Aussie105

(8,231 posts)
125. I'm 5 years past the 'run out of them' stage.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 08:02 AM
Dec 2024

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

mountain grammy

(29,260 posts)
128. Happy Birthday. Welcome to the 70's.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:25 AM
Dec 2024

It’s pretty cool 😎. . Cyndi Lauper’s here too 🎂.

QED

(3,370 posts)
129. Happy Birthday! I'll join you in the 70s in about three weeks
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:32 AM
Dec 2024

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

GiqueCee

(4,853 posts)
130. Here's to your 70th successful circumnavigation...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:36 AM
Dec 2024

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

iscooterliberally

(3,160 posts)
133. I had to click the rec button like three times to get it to work.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:04 PM
Dec 2024

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

Nigrum Cattus

(1,359 posts)
136. Happy 70th !
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:31 PM
Dec 2024

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

(3,770 posts)
139. Happy birthday!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:27 PM
Dec 2024

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

(54,417 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, 04:55 PM
Dec 2024

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

(4 posts)
144. Welcome to the sisterhood
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:14 PM
Dec 2024

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

(59 posts)
145. This fellow 70 year-old...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 08:01 PM
Dec 2024

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

(35,176 posts)
146. Happy Birthday!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 08:05 PM
Dec 2024

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

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