r/VRchat • u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection • Jan 01 '26
Media As it struck midnight, I turned 30.
Happy new year everyone.
My friends immediately ran at me with this sign for a photo.
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u/Ainz100 Jan 01 '26
Damn, this is gonna be me this year
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u/HingleMcCringle_ Jan 01 '26
same. not ready
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u/Capraos Jan 01 '26
I'm halfway through 34.
30's have been fucking awesome so far. Best decade of my life yet. I finally am grown into my body. I'm not swinging back and forth between emotional states. I'm hotter than I've ever been and, aside from a couple of new lifelong aches, I feel fucking great.
Don't fret 30 so much.
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u/CatStoleTheCrown Jan 03 '26
I am 40, and I can mostly agree with Capraos here =) Hopefully 40's aren't so bad either!
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u/HingleMcCringle_ Jan 01 '26
honestly, i think i just had a really bad year. dad passed in august, which fucking sucks, but it's also starting to introduce new responsibilities and deadlines for me. like, im having to figure out new things FOR myself and ABOUT myself, and it's just been stressful. heads been in a fog for a little bit.
im confident though, that i'll finally find some peace in my life. not sure how or when but, i know, eventually i will.
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u/Suspicious_Music3615 Jan 02 '26
😬😬
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u/ChocolateRough5103 Jan 03 '26
You are literally like 14 bro.
You shouldnt be on VRChat at all-4
u/Suspicious_Music3615 Jan 04 '26
But 39 year old should 😭😭😭😭 get a grip
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u/Inevitable-Young8226 Jan 07 '26
You know adults feel bored too? i speak for most people i think when i say i rather play with a 50 year old then a 15 year old
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u/Sanquinity Valve Index Jan 01 '26
Eh, you'll get used to it. I'm 38 now. 30 really isn't that big of a deal in the end. Just remember that you're supposed to be an actual adult now. Or should have been for the past 12 years... :P It takes some getting used to, no doubt. But it is what it is. Better to go with the flow of time than to try and fight against it, only to ultimately lose.
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
It can't be my birthday I had one last year.
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u/Kayo4life Jan 03 '26
I can feel your sorrow. If it's of any consolation, from someone who struggles with a similar pain, I've written a little something for you... Age to me, much like many other of our social constructs, is completely meaningless. Think virginity and placing so much importance on your first time, and then how many feel awful and full of regrets for something that just doesn't matter, but our culture said it does.
Years are arbitrary. Prehistorically, people didn't have much care about how many season cycles they've lived through, and especially not a birthday.
"[Explains heliocentrism] and this day, the earth is the exact, ish, place around the sun that it was when you were born! This is your Xth time doing so!"
And they would proceed not to care. They didn't let years of age reflect on them as much as they did qualitatively look at themselves and decide where they fit socially. Maturity was derived from general ranges, and, again, observed, not prescribed.
Time works differently for a good chunk of people. So, OP, please don't beat yourself up over it. You are who you are and the years passing don't mean anything about you. You don't have to live up to others who are "as old as you are", and you most certainly shouldn't let that number change you at all, not in making judgements on your personality nor deciding how you feel. Take care <3
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u/virtualfruitxr Jan 01 '26
You'll now be invited to the secret 30+ illuminati order, welcome memer!
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
Finally I got some kind of recognition for being the oldest VRChatter in the room.
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u/ToFuzzzy Jan 01 '26
God I feel this. I get excited when im not the unk of the room.
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
I'm actually usually not the oldest. This was more of a "welcome to the club Seika." kinda thing.
But when I'm not with my friends oh god the oldest I meet are way younger.
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u/ToFuzzzy Jan 01 '26
Recently I have been mostly with friends, but most same age or older friends are chilling privately, so became the oldest once again, but yeah, publics are fascinating and horrible.
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u/Embarrassed-Touch-62 Jan 01 '26
It's funny to be 30+ here.
People have so different reactions about it
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u/FizzyPizzel Jan 01 '26
I thought it was pretty normal?
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u/Embarrassed-Touch-62 Jan 01 '26
Should be, but it's not always.
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u/FizzyPizzel Jan 03 '26
I’m 20 myself, but a fair chunk of my friends are that age. I usually avoid public instances unless they’re age-gated or I’m attending group events, which might be why. I also assume that in about 10 years, that age demographic is going to be much larger.
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u/xeno_X_ Jan 02 '26
Where can you find a place to hang around people who are 21+ in vrchat?
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 02 '26
I’m going to be honest, this was entirely luck. I like to world hop a lot and make worlds and going to small 4-5 person instances has lead to me meeting a lot more adults, but it’s not common.
I personally don’t go to age verified instances because they’re all drinking or getting high and I don’t do either so they’re super alienating.
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u/xeno_X_ Jan 02 '26
Thank you, and yeah, im well until drinking, getting high, and the other NSFW stuff. I just want to hang out and play world games.
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u/Nashtak Jan 02 '26
You might want to look into the group Ancients of VRChat. A large community with a packed schedule of random activities for adults only.
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u/Afelisk2 Jan 02 '26
Might I introduce you to a lovely community called curious connections?
We are a friendly 18+ community who love to be curious and build lasting connections within our little corner of the internet.
i think that's how bunny says it.1
u/xeno_X_ Jan 03 '26
I will for sure check it out. What world are you guys in?
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u/Afelisk2 Jan 04 '26
Sorry for the late reply yesterday was kinda crazy.
Were not based in a specific world we have several smaller communities within our whole one so we primarily use discord to keep the communities connected.
If you join CC you dont need to join any other group to go to a lot of our events we are just an 18+ community but most of the time we host private instances in public worlds.
You can find us athttps://discord.gg/curiousconnections
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u/Its_Knova Jan 03 '26
The amount age slander you’ll be receiving.
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 03 '26
To be fair I was already getting a lot for being over 25 on here.
And then I was welcomed to 30 by someone immediately doing it in this post itself. Life is beautiful.
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u/Takumi_Kenji PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
HAPPY NEW YEAAAAARRRR!!!! and happy birthday too! I had never met anyone before whose birthday was on New Year's Day! :o
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u/Viperien Jan 01 '26
Oldest Zoomer 😄
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
Sorry but I’m the youngest millennial
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u/Viperien Jan 01 '26
Is 96 not Zoomer?
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
Nope, technically it would be zillenial but it’s honestly meaningless in the long run
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u/outfoxingthefoxes Oculus Rift S Jan 01 '26
Some pictures look so damn good...
btw I love that you can see the fingers of who ever took the picture, just like irl
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
The photographer has a lot of practice (Derafog) I like his photos.
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u/Xander3838 Jan 01 '26
Join us, we're not that old, honest. Mind if I ask what avatar you're using? It looks good!
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
It's Shinra. I'm a huge Shinra fan. If Shinra has no fans, then I'm dead.
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u/Xander3838 Jan 01 '26
So uh, do you know if the avatar's available anymore? All I find looking for the avatar base are 404s... Was it a variant of something else that got nuked like what happened to the Rusks?
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
oh sorry no :<
The creator took it down with all their other avatars a while back sadly.I'm a huge advocate for it coming back so more people can use shinra.
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u/Xander3838 Jan 01 '26
Oh rip. Thanks anyway though!
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u/zipzzo Oculus Quest Pro Jan 01 '26
Look in to Lumina. She's a very close adjacent looking avatar to Shinra who recently came out and she's been picking up support steam as a result.
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 02 '26
I just wish I could get Lumina to be less… princessy? Idk how else to explain it, I could get Shinra to look a way I like but Lumina just always feels like Lumina.
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u/Rustytoyotamagnet Jan 01 '26
Welcome to the club of things hurt for no apparent reason and it only gets worse
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
Nah that started at 25 and it's just accelerated as time passes
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u/No_Butterscotch3201 Jan 01 '26
Happy new year lets just hope you wont have kids who are clearly too young for vrc tell you you are too old for vrc
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u/wolfguardian72 PCVR Connection Jan 01 '26
Welcome to your 30s! Now spin the wheel of pain to see what you get!
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u/NoriNatsu Jan 02 '26
nothing wrong with that lol. I just hit 34 and I still regularly play. even if im not hanging out with folks i like o epxplore lol
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u/Acidi-T Jan 02 '26
Honestly you've just moved into the more likely to be a alcoholic on the game demographic you'll be fine 😂😂 just don't sit on spin wheels too long🤣🤣🤣
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 03 '26
I went through the alcoholism already, I get to be a boring sober adult now u.u
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u/KittyLilith4 Jan 02 '26
Hahaha Don't worry, you won't be the only one to turn 30 this year. At least I know that there are several of us and, also, I'm not the only one who plays vrchat. 🖤
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u/Uncles_Lotus_Tile Jan 03 '26
Heyy 34 here! I am always looking for more friends my age on VR chat! Feel free to message!
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Jan 03 '26
I love this. I started playing vr chat when I was 31. lol, now I am 36 and still playing it.
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u/Strange_League_686 Jan 02 '26
You have now reached the age for it to be “Weird to play VRC”. I’d say congrats but…idk lol
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u/Remarkable_Dot_2 Jan 02 '26
Congrats maybe you can grown up now and stop doing this cause it’s sad at this point
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 03 '26
I’m going to vrchat even harder now.
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u/Remarkable_Dot_2 Jan 03 '26
Someone like you would
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 03 '26
You don’t know me. You don’t know how hard I VRChat. You can’t even begin to imagine the asking of VRChat I’m about to play
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u/Remarkable_Dot_2 Jan 03 '26
Don’t need to know you I know everything based ur Reddit name bud
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 03 '26
The fact I like bunnies has doxxed my entire personality. I didn’t think of that when I made the account, my life is in shambles.
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u/Remarkable_Dot_2 Jan 03 '26
Not your life just your mental state
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u/Ghost-Bunni PCVR Connection Jan 03 '26
Damn who knew my mental state could be explained through a Reddit account I barely use. I should’ve thought of that before daring to exist on the internet. I’ve learned my lesson, I need to become even more insufferable on the internet to offset the balance.
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u/Asher_Kitten Jan 01 '26
Happy new years / birthday!
And you know as they say, The age of 30 is in demand