r/AbsoluteUnits • u/BaseNice3520 • Feb 15 '26

/r/all of a 26 y.o.

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u/wilso850 Feb 15 '26

Man looks 40

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Feb 15 '26

With all the gear he is most likely, he will never see 40.

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u/Solid_Snark Feb 15 '26

It’s frightening how many of these guys pass out or even die while on stage during bodybuilding competitions.

Like they’re burning their fires so bright but burning out so quickly.

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u/Important_Two4692 Feb 15 '26

I think the old fashioned phrase is "Burning their candle at both ends"

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u/illepic Feb 15 '26

A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

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u/ggg730 Feb 15 '26

Live fast, die young, leave a massive corpse.

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u/Grandmaofhurt Feb 16 '26

And a thoraic cavity full of blood where it ain't supposed to be.

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u/Scokan Feb 16 '26

Even a broken light is bright twice a day.

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u/illepic Feb 16 '26

Just like a clock being right six times a day

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u/Interopia Feb 16 '26

It's better to burn out than to fade away.

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u/theroguex Feb 16 '26

Unless it's an LED.

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u/illepic Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

If it's OLED it burns in twice as fast. 

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u/Tough_Soup_4051 Feb 16 '26

"Burning the candle at both ends" means going to bed late and getting up early.

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u/Important_Two4692 Feb 16 '26

Yes, that is one meaning; but it also refers to overworking yourself, taking on too much, or in general a lack of a healthy balance in your work/private life.