Getting old is your 20-year tongue scraper finally breaking, and then ordering multiple replacements to find something that is anywhere near as good as the old one.

Also, realising you grew up in a bubble of relative peace and progressive values that has left you woefully unprepared for the rapid rise of fascism.

But mostly the tongue scraper thing.

@jamesthomson But if you were a true nerd, you would be 3d printing your own stash of tongue scrapers.