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That Holy shit, I'm old moment.
- Thread starter Douche McBaggins The 4th
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Outkast's "Elevators" came on the radio the other day as I was driving to work and for some reason, it made me feel old as f**k. Probably because it's over 20 years old now.
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Me neither
but there are plenty of times I look at new technology/convient upgrades today, compare it to around when I was born and I think "holy shit I'm living in some high tech future now".
For me it's when I see someone from my school year and I'm like "Wow. Dude looks 40. Oh wait..."
My cool students were babies when I was a teenager.
We made a shawshank redemption joke at work and we were looked at with blank stares. Shit. I am old.
Ugh. Yeah.
We made a shawshank redemption joke at work and we were looked at with blank stares. Shit. I am old.
Ugh. Yeah.
Fuck, I remember watching that when it aired. I fucking miss college.
Speaking of college, I live in a college town and I have for the last 17 years. Very recently it dawned on me that I am old enough to be these kids' father. THAT hurt.
For some reason I find myself having these moments less now that I'm 30+ than I had in my 20s. Weird....
I didn't start to feel old until people started treating me like absolute shit.
When I was in my 20s I'd like to have conversations with anyone. You could be 80 or 8, didn't really care. I saw people as people, that's just how I was, and if you were people I wanted to get to know you. This was apparently OK if you're in your mid-20s, and 15 years ago when society wasn't yet in a persistent state of low-level panic.
Exact same person except now mid-30s and balding and ugly, and the same behavior -- no ulterior motives, mind you, just saying hello to strangers -- and I'm apparently some super-creepy weirdo, someone ought to call the police. Because I'm ugly and said hi and that means I'm Jeffrey Dahmer or something. Also, the world has changed and apparently that means you STFU and mind your own business.
Well, be glad, because I learned. I know my place now. When you're old and ugly, people don't want you to exist. Like most people my age or older, I avoid talking to others now, as much as I can manage.* Killing myself would be ideal, I guess, but failing that, it is my obligation to society to be as invisible as possible. No wonder old people are committing suicide in droves, but I guess that's a good thing because it's what everyone wants.
I guess some folks who experience bigotry are all "welcome to my world", but if not, don't worry, it'll happen to you too.
*And people here are constantly whining about how lonely they are. Huh.
When I was in my 20s I'd like to have conversations with anyone. You could be 80 or 8, didn't really care. I saw people as people, that's just how I was, and if you were people I wanted to get to know you. This was apparently OK if you're in your mid-20s, and 15 years ago when society wasn't yet in a persistent state of low-level panic.
Exact same person except now mid-30s and balding and ugly, and the same behavior -- no ulterior motives, mind you, just saying hello to strangers -- and I'm apparently some super-creepy weirdo, someone ought to call the police. Because I'm ugly and said hi and that means I'm Jeffrey Dahmer or something. Also, the world has changed and apparently that means you STFU and mind your own business.
Well, be glad, because I learned. I know my place now. When you're old and ugly, people don't want you to exist. Like most people my age or older, I avoid talking to others now, as much as I can manage.* Killing myself would be ideal, I guess, but failing that, it is my obligation to society to be as invisible as possible. No wonder old people are committing suicide in droves, but I guess that's a good thing because it's what everyone wants.
I guess some folks who experience bigotry are all "welcome to my world", but if not, don't worry, it'll happen to you too.
*And people here are constantly whining about how lonely they are. Huh.
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It's true. Stretching has taken a priority.
lol
the OP makes it sound like the younger kid was looking at your collection of food.
Anyway, on topic; PLaystation Access did a brief video of this and basically the entire thing comes down to time, as you get older you just simply don't have time, but then i've found the Switch is the perfect antidote to this, being able to just have 10 minutes here and there on the Switch is much more convenient than booting up the ps4, as silly as that might seem.
Anyway, on topic; PLaystation Access did a brief video of this and basically the entire thing comes down to time, as you get older you just simply don't have time, but then i've found the Switch is the perfect antidote to this, being able to just have 10 minutes here and there on the Switch is much more convenient than booting up the ps4, as silly as that might seem.
I'm 33. Due to life being life, I'm going to finally start a studysat a university this September. During a matching day, I was sat next to someone born in 2000. That was a trip.
In my mind I always want to say the 80's was 20 years ago, the 70's was 30 years ago, the 60's was 40 years ago, etc, etc.
But nope. Add a decade, bub.
Another one is how "classic rock" is now basically grunge from the early 90's.
But nope. Add a decade, bub.
Another one is how "classic rock" is now basically grunge from the early 90's.
Clicking this thread
https://www.resetera.com/threads/bh...bie-brawls-with-woah-vicky-and-lil-tay.36926/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/bh...bie-brawls-with-woah-vicky-and-lil-tay.36926/
I'd get a kick out of that one if it was said to me.
I own a Gucci watch that's over 20 years old.
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-Talking about insurances and similar stuff on parties where many friends are teachers.
-When someone has a new girlfriend that is under 20 and everybody talks about how too young she is...
-When you try to explain to younger friends how the time before the internet how we know it was.
-When someone has a new girlfriend that is under 20 and everybody talks about how too young she is...
-When you try to explain to younger friends how the time before the internet how we know it was.
Oh yeah tell me about it...next month i wil be 29, i cant believe i will be 30 soon....i-i thought im immortal and only the people around me become older :(
People born in 89-90 will be the first of the 90s kids to hit 30 soon, i was watching friends season 6 few days ago and i was weirded out by the fact im already their age lol, i was only 10 when i watched it the first time.
People born in 89-90 will be the first of the 90s kids to hit 30 soon, i was watching friends season 6 few days ago and i was weirded out by the fact im already their age lol, i was only 10 when i watched it the first time.
I try to relegate this fact to my deep subconscious. It just doesn't sound right.
This post feels like somebody beat me up with an old stick, jezus...
With Pew cutting Millennials off at 1996, someone born in 2018 likely isn't going to be whatever generation comes after Millennials.
They are two generations after. Millennials are their baby boomers.
30 here, I don't feel old yet, everything works great.
The only thing that gives me pause to say, "I've seen some shit" is the new technology and my brothers kids.
The only thing that gives me pause to say, "I've seen some shit" is the new technology and my brothers kids.
Eh, I dunno. I'm not as healthy now as I was when I was 20, but I've seen firsthand that people can break at any age.
Thanks. . . I'm kind of surprised at how OK I am with being socially irrelevant, though. If kids don't understand me now. . . hell, I was a marginal kid so they didn't understand me when I was a kid!
If anything I'm filled with equal parts disgust and pity. I can't do anything about a world that treats old ugly people like crap, but it's not like everyone else is happy. I'm surrounded by people young and old who are lonely, depressed, and crying out in pain for someone to understand them, but they also treat each other like shit and judge the hell out of others. I'm sure I was treated better in the past because I looked better so it's not like the world has gotten that much worse, but I do see a recent social change where people younger than me are (on average) much faster to make a snap judgement, like they can completely figure someone out in three seconds. No way in hell I'm the only one living the negative consequences of that.
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