Going on
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Penny, who is of roughly average intelligence, often has trouble understanding the extremely confusing scientific conversations going on between Leonard and his friends.
Source: Layman's Terms - Of course, she's just aiding Harmony's own Long Game to free herself and purify Discord, which has been going on for roughly nine thousand years.
Source: Fan Fic / The Powers Of Harmony -
In The Legend of Korra, Toph is still around despite being roughly 85 and lives in a swamp where a tree has spread its roots around the world, letting her sense more or less what's going on in the outside world.
Source: Blind Seer
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