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Getting older and regret: it’s funny, but for years I regretted never moving out of my home town (everyone told me you only REALLY live if you have no roots and instead live in a different state/province/country every couple of years). But I know this place, all of my family is here (with tons of support) and I’m comfortable and less affected by worldly affairs and politics.

Same with University. Right out of Technical College I got a job, went back for a different Tech training and got a career. Everyone and their dogs told me you only have REAL worth if you strive for a University Degree. Regretted this for years until I realized that those were the best years of my life, making money, spending time with friends and girlfriends.

I may not be living in a big city with a 6-figure salary and a PHD hanging on my wall, but I lived happily regardless. Almost makes you wonder if we get lied to about what we’re SUPPOSED to do with out lives…
 
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Airbrushed Van Art said:
Getting older and regret: it’s funny, but for years I regretted never moving out of my home town (everyone told me you only REALLY live if you have no roots and instead live in a different state/province/country every couple of years). But I know this place, all of my family is here (with tons of support) and I’m comfortable and less affected by worldly affairs and politics.

Same with University. Right out of Technical College I got a job, went back for a different Tech training and got a career. Everyone and their dogs told me you only have REAL worth if you strive for a University Degree. Regretted this for years until I realized that those were the best years of my life, making money, spending time with friends and girlfriends.

I may not be living in a big city with a 6-figure salary and a PHD hanging on my wall, but I lived happily regardless. Almost makes you wonder if we get lied to about what we’re SUPPOSED to do with out lives…
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I think that happiness is subjective, and I will grudgingly allow that achievement is too. Some people need risk and stress to feel alive; others can't bear it and find it a miserable way to live.
 
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GenociderSyo said:
Wasn't really sure what to call it. They were discussing precursors to using discord.
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vent and teamspeak were most relevant to actual 3D MMOs; EverQuest, DAoC, WoW, etc. ICQ and mirc would have been more relevant to StarCraft and Age of Empires era socializing.
 
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That I'm not as spry as I once was, yesterday I got a bee in my bonnet over my material storage being messy so I decided to tidy it up and ergo that lead to me tidying the whole place - when I finished I felt a little twinge in my back woke up this morning and my back was in agony.

Fuck you body, you don't get to break down until the brain quits.
 
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BootlegPopeye said:
I literally have no idea who the hell any celebrities are now if they weren't around before about 2000 or so.

I've also heard of some zoomers who have never seen a black and white TV show or movie.
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Most of the post-2000 celebrities I'm even aware of are as Twitter cows.
 
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This one's very specific, but one that still makes me do a double-take every now and then.

A lot of people who still watch Game Grumps weren't even BORN when Jon left. I stopped watching more or less immediately after Jon's departure, and it still stuns me what I consider the channel's "golden era" was barely a year or so long compared to the decade they've now existed for.
 
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Was talking to a 17 year old coworker and she literally didn't know what a forum was. I clarified that I was talking about message boards and showed her an example of one (not the Farms obviously) and she'd never seen one before. She did seem pretty intrigued by the concept though.
 
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Milwaukee Macho Man said:
I assume anything that is done through a phone is a piece of shit tbqh.

Guess that's why I'm old.
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I hate how phones have become the new default for many things. If I get an account somewhere, it suggests me to use the phone app instead of my browser on my desktop PC, because it's "more secure".

Bitch, what? My desktop PC has an antivirus. My desktop PC sits safely at home, never at risk of falling out of my purse or being stolen. How is a phone more secure? Why? Where did this notion come from?

I honestly don't understand it. I always have my phone with me when I go out. Women's pants and skirts usually lack real pockets, so I have to transport it in my purse. If I accidentally leave my purse somewhere, the phone is gone. People having their phones stolen right out of their hands in public isn't unheard of either. How come a lot of companies tell you that it's more secure than a desktop PC?

And not just companies. My bank recommended using their phone app. Why? When I make transactions, like paying for an online shop order, I do so at home. And at home I have my PC.

Some people use their phone to pay with nowadays, as some sort of debit/credit card replacement, or to use PayPal on. I never logged onto PayPal with my phone once, because the idea feels really unsafe to me.

I guess it's a generational thing. But even then, I absolutely do not understand the claim that phones are safer than desktop PCs or laptops. Can anyone explain this to me?
 
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Vril-Dame vom Aldebaran said:
I guess it's a generational thing. But even then, I absolutely do not understand the claim that phones are safer than desktop PCs or laptops. Can anyone explain this to me?
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It's some bullshit based on computers being infected with viruses more than phones are or something.

It's pretty funny considering shit like the fappening was a result of phone access to icloud, IIRC.
 
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Milwaukee Macho Man said:
It's some bullshit based on computers being infected with viruses more than phones are or something.

It's pretty funny considering shit like the fappening was a result of phone access to icloud, IIRC.
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I've been using computers since I was a kid in the 90s and only rarely caught a virus, because I'm not dumb.

Use an adblocker when browsing the net (especially stuff like porn sites or torrent sites), never open email attachments unless you know who sent it, don't download files you don't trust, use an antivirus and scan your hard drive every couple of months.

People who catch viruses on a PC will also catch them on their phone because they don't know anything about cybersecurity.
 
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