I joked with my mom about how everything started hurting after 25, and she was baffled because for her the aches also only started after 50.

Things go viral sometimes and it snowballs. The more famous you are, the more famous you can become. She’s also good enough at being an entertainer to keep riding the wave of increased fame, with added resources the bigger she gets.

I’m 37, but I have no clue what this is.

The key is adjusting difficulty so that it’s not too boring but not too frustrating. I am really bad at Elden Ring but I just made myself over leveled and it’s quite fun. Occasionally I just get help for a boss if it’s too frustrating.

I am too old to care about the pride of being good at it though.

I don’t know about the dishes but according to my memory of something I read a while ago (can’t look things up right now), the kitchen sink and kitchen brushes aren’t much cleaner than anything in the toilet; and actually, kitchen washcloths/sponges tend to be worse than toilet surfaces.

So, maybe don’t put toilet brushes in the dishwasher but definitely don’t put in kitchen washcloths either. Not sure what this means about us washing dishes by hand with a sponge either. And maybe don’t put in used washcloths along your clothes in the washing machine.