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"Well, somethin's happening... there goes my head."
Shit that reminds you that you’re getting old - Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fwd: Damn young’uns
- Thread starter Leonard Helplessness
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It's getting very hard to maintain the rage. Things that formerly would have churned around my helpless brain for weeks, even months, just piss me off for a day, or even a couple of hours and then I'm over it. It's nice in theory, but I'm worried that the older I get, the less connected to the world I'll be.
Also, I'm sitting down with the family and updating my will this week. It's been nagging at me for ages even though I'm in better health now than I have been for quite some time. I'm fretting more and more about what will happen to the parents if I get run over by a garbo truck tomorrow.
Also, I'm sitting down with the family and updating my will this week. It's been nagging at me for ages even though I'm in better health now than I have been for quite some time. I'm fretting more and more about what will happen to the parents if I get run over by a garbo truck tomorrow.
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I still enjoy performative rage, but just so you know, it does get worse. I'm not even sure if I'm older than you but it does.
I can barely even get angry about the worst things any more. I get mad for a little while, then I just think it's funny and laugh at it. Maybe this isn't a bad thing.
Another weird thing is I was obsessed with death when I was young, terrified of the concept, extremely angry about it. The closer death gets, the less I care about it.
Flavius Claudius Julianus
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Man, I feel that hard most days.
On occasions I'll discover a new classic book or film, but it feels so fucking uncommon since I hit my 30s.
Maybe I'm just graduating into 'adult male' mode since getting married and buying a house.
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There's always Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan. You probably have plenty of books you should read that you haven't yet.
Fun fact: Clifton Fadiman was a first cousin of deranged autist and hyper IQ lunatic William James Sidis.
Flavius Claudius Julianus
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I consider myself extraordinarily well read, but I've literally never heard of that man before, or his book. Potentially more of a NA thing, but still.
I might update this post later to see what my current tally is - most of them, it looks like, but definitely a few big works I haven't read/read in whole.
Thanks man.
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Take a look at it. You might not agree with everything in it but there are almost certainly books in it you haven't read but should.
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If I'm not having fun, I'm leaving.
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I recently felt like giving my number to an attractive waiter. Turns out he is almost a decade younger than me. The amount of emojis he uses makes my head spin.
When did people stop communicating with actual words? How the hell am I supposed to understand the meaning behind meaning of these damn emojis?
When did people stop communicating with actual words? How the hell am I supposed to understand the meaning behind meaning of these damn emojis?
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I don't want to go out most of the time.
Damn near all people suck, and I would rather stay home with Mr. Cheese, my cat, and my knitting.
Fuck, I'm old.
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Honestly all you can really do is reply "lol" and just let him keep spergin'.
What is killing me is how tech illiterate so much of Gen Z and Gen Alpha are. It's absolutely staggering how much time these kids spend using tech and know absolutely nothing about it. The competency crisis is real and it's our own fault for moving too fast.
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Shoe shopping. Everything is so shitty now, the decline of the quality of average goods is alarming when comparing shoes I bought 4-6 years ago and the same kind now.
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Seems like quite a lot of people are aware of this but aren't anywhere near as concerned about it as they should be. Things that have been considered basic conveniences of living in a first world country are already starting to fall apart. Imagine what things will be like in another decade. Couple that with the fact that many of the components needed to keep various pieces of critical infrastructure running are completely (or almost completely) made in China, and we've got a recipe for disaster on our hands.
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Especially when we find out the chinks put in backdoors at the hardware level.
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Are you old enough to recall what '50s songs were like to the '90s? That's what '80s songs are like to now.
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Songs starting "doobie doobie doo wop" are pure genius compared to the babbyshit that is most pop music now.
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It's not air pressure causing that, it's the changes in electric field strength and air ionization.
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I mourn the death of Payless. It wasn't perfect, but at least it always had decent quality shoes at affordable prices. Now if I need a pair of one time shoes to match a dress for a party, I have to either shell out 50+ bucks, or buy TEMU/Shein crap and hope the heels don't snap by the end of the night.
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That's less annoying than that "Millennial whoop" crap.
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Young people at work come up with some stupid idea and I almost find it charming. I mean, when I was 27 at this job I had the same stupid idea! What a coincidence! Now I realize my best work friend, who retired a bit ago, must have thought I was so adorable back then. Just like her, I'm internally patting them on the head while saying, "Why don't you try that and share with us at the next meeting?"