The argument rests on a hidden move: it defines the 24-27 'prime' mostly by what supposedly preceded it — the 'hoeing around' phase, the clubbing, the over-makeup era. Maturity is framed not as a positive achievement but as the residue of discarded behaviors. The critique: a 'peak' that needs a degraded comparison phase to make sense isn't really a peak — it's just a recession narrative dressed up as wisdom.
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