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[Lupingosei]

Let's face it, we are all getting older. This is the official place for all you old geezers out there who want to vent about something.

Are you annoyed by TikTok/Youtube/Social Media or something else those pesky kids are doing today?

How they dress, the kind of music they listen to, or what kind of entertainment they are destroying next, all of it fits in here.

 

[Lupingosei]

And of course, I will start.

I am not really a huge fan of smartphones, so mine is old and not that expensive. I like the new ones, but there is no way, that I am buying a phone for the price I could get a nice notebook, or even worse I could get a gaming notebook as well.

Who is paying 1500-2000 dollars for a foldable smartphone? Are people insane?

 

[dcll]

I would never pay these crazy prices for a phone but I don’t care what people spend their money on, that is their business.

 

[The Pleasure]

God damn smash bros losers and their fear of input motions. Back when i was a young man, I used to incorporate pretzel motions into my combos in fatal fury games.

 

[Thaedolus]

I’m becoming the type of old man with a depleted inventory of fucks to give, so if anything I think I’m becoming more zen as I age.

 

[Kev Kev]

this new trend of seasons and battle passes is stupid and I hate it

just release the fuckin game, and have a map/cosmetics pack with new shit every 3 months or whatever. Sell it for 5 bucks and be done with it.

 

[drganon]

I'm sick of capeshit. The mcu was one of the worse things to happen to cinema and popular culture.

 

[Star-Lord]

Children today, and everything about them, from the way they dress, the way they act, and, honestly, what they have. When I was their age, I didn't have a smartphone or a PlayStation 5 or whatever, but I was grateful for what I did have. Children today just ain't grateful and take everything for granted. And the way they dress is beyond ridiculous. Lads are walking around with skinny jeans halfway down their ass, and girls are walking around with crop tops and short-shorts that are getting smaller and smaller. If I had kids, I wouldn't even let them leave the house if they were dressed like that.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

You know those virtual youtubers that are 3d and look like anime girls?

That whole sub culture is the cringiest shit I seen in quite a while. Especially that resetera thread.

 

[thefool]

Dating apps helped me get laid a lot, but I've grown to hate them with a passion.

I'm sick of capeshit. The mcu was one of the worse things to happen to cinema and popular culture.

I'm sick of terrible directors handling capeshit. Not long ago people like Raimi, Del Toro, Nolan, Ang Lee, (even Donner and Burton before) did these movies. Less about the genre but the hacks behind the movies.

 

[RAÏSanÏa]

Damn this new generation for making the clouds I yelled at middle aged!

 

[Clinton514]

This is all being stored in the cloud and I hate it.

 

[Mihos]

I'm sick of capeshit. The mcu was one of the worse things to happen to cinema and popular culture.

I'm over 50 and love it.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

A lot of music these days is definitely shittier than it used to be.

I’d rather die alone than try online dating.

 

[Star-Lord]

I’d rather die alone than try online dating.

I was slowly getting into the online dating scene until one date ended extremely weirdly. Never tried it again.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I find most young adults to be absolutely insufferable. Youth is wasted on the young more than ever.

 

[Nobody_Important]

I caught myself complaining about kids on TikTok and their music the other day. I have caught The Old.

 

[Star-Lord]

I caught myself complaining about kids on TikTok and their music the other day. I have caught The Old.

I'm 35 and I've been suffering from The Old for at least a decade. Old before my time, me.

 

[Rentahamster]

Hey remember pogs?

I have an Alf pog.

 

[Corgi1985]

Some jackass at the grocery store left his cart right in front of my car and the cart corral is only 3 spaces over. What kind of sociopath does this?

 

[p_xavier]

I don't get the safe spaces and the oppression olympics. Being a loser and weirdo should not get you fame.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Nobody_Important]

I'm 35 and I've been suffering from The Old for at least a decade. Old before my time, me.

Im only 30 lol

 

[Soodanim]

Fuck shit opinions and all of that, the things that annoy me are words like “Toxic” and “Yikes”. Yikes is just a shit reaction, but toxic has diminished in value because of incessant use that it, as was inevitable, has almost no meaning left. There’s also the rise of gaming terms like “Boomer shooter” all of a sudden, used by people who have no idea what generations are. Ironic/meme use or not, it makes you look like a complete idiot.

 

[Amory]

Basically everything Gen Z does. I can't stand them.

Everything from their internet obsession, their slacktivism, clothing, humor, music, the way they act when forced to speak face to face, I can't stand any of it.

They're not a monolith blah blah yes of course I know

 

[Mossybrew]

I already did in Gaming so I'm good, thanks for the opportunity though OP I may take you up on it later when I'm next enraged by random things strangers do or think.

 

[triplestation]

fuck dis

im going to boca

 

[German Hops]

im going to boca

?

 

[triplestation]

?

pass me da red peppahs

 

[Ashes]

Got banned on restera for supposedly being disingenuous in a race topic. I'm British-Asian, married to a black-asian mixed race woman. What would I know about racism?

God, I feel so old.

 

[p_xavier]

Got banned on restera for supposedly being disingenuous in a race topic. I'm British-Asian, married to a black-asian mixed race woman. What would I know about racism?

God, I feel so old.

That's not being old, that's hanging out with commies extremists.

 

[Alx]

I’m ok with new music not often matching my tastes, but fuck the omnipresent auto tune !
Apart from that I’m mostly ok being out of the loop of all those youngster thingies (tik tok, discord, Pokémon, whatever… )

 

[Leyasu]

I’m becoming the type of old man with a depleted inventory of fucks to give, so if anything I think I’m becoming more zen as I age.

This is me. I only care about my kids. I have zero fucks for pretty much anything else. Everything I can’t do anything about, I just simply ignore and carry on.

I am in the process of getting my second bathroom and toilet finished. Once done, I will probably put the house on the market and jog on my nagging, always negative partner too. That negativity is dragging me down. It will mean only having my kids one week out of two, but at least we will be able to spend quality time together.

I don’t even want somebody else. Somebody else would potentially get in the way of me and my kids, and would mean that I would have to give a fuck about them to

 

[strange headache]

The list is long and only getting longer with every new dumb idea that spoiled idiots in our comfort society come up with:

- influencers
- the celebration of mediocrity and idiocy
- superhero movies
- people being obsessed with their own genitalia
- superficial preachy pop culture presented as world changing art
- thots
- tiktok
- twitter
- youtube millionaires
- hyper fanboyism
- forum wars
- cancel culture
- hype beasts
- clout chasers
- people obsessed with race
- identity zealots & pronouns
- victim culture
- ideological extremism
- hollow virtue signaling
- sex-addled pop music disguised as emancipation
- mumble rap
- auto tune



(in no particular order)

 

[Kev Kev]

i hate these in your face, adrenaline pumping, "SUPER EPIC" trailers

like, not everything needs to be the next biggest, baddest, most bombastic thing of all time. it makes it look and feel very generic and it bleeds its wauy into the gameplay and its just vanilla, lame and tiring. especially the music with its inception trombones/synths going "BBAAAAAWWWWWWW"""

 

[Mistake]

I always thought I’d be that be that jokingly offensive grandpa eventually, but turns out it started when I was 25. On one hand I hate how soft people are now, but on the other I have a lot of fun with it

 

[Kev Kev]

I always thought I’d be that be that jokingly offensive grandpa eventually, but turns out it started when I was 25. On one hand I hate how soft people are now, but on the other I have a lot of fun with it

 

[Dr. Suchong]

I was slowly getting into the online dating scene until one date ended extremely weirdly. Never tried it again.

I tried a paid site over a free one.
Essentially I was paying to be largely ignored and blocked.
Demanded my money back. Online dating fucking blows.

 

[jshackles]

Me in my teens:

Me now:

 

[Davey Cakes]

Basically everything Gen Z does. I can't stand them.

Everything from their internet obsession, their slacktivism, clothing, humor, music, the way they act when forced to speak face to face, I can't stand any of it.

They're not a monolith blah blah yes of course I know

What even is their music? Gen Z people only know what's current or maybe a year old. Ask them about a song from 5 years ago and they won't have a clue.

 

[thegame983]

I'm glad we helped destroy the planet for future generations.

Fuck em

 

[Durien]

Influencers...we used to be told, "If so and so jumped off a cliff would you?" Nowadays, not only would they jump off the cliff, but they would live stream it all the way down...

 

[Tschumi]

I'm depressed by how the VOCAL MINORITY of gamers, (a social group who, in the 00s, i used to think of as a community of homebodies who just wanna have fun) turned out to be the future's answer to conservative, racist old grandpas, "yew thurr lil' lady stop yer gettin' all uppidy an make me some dinnur in a skimpy little maid outfit chyawww"

I thought we all just wanted to play Halo and stuff, didn't know i was obligated to idolize duke nukem and poop all over anything new like some old redneck h8er.

It's a vocal minority but damn are they vocal

 

[AJUMP23]

I was slowly getting into the online dating scene until one date ended extremely weirdly. Never tried it again.

Where are the details?

 

[Tschumi]

I’m ok with new music not often matching my tastes, but fuck the omnipresent auto tune !
Apart from that I’m mostly ok being out of the loop of all those youngster thingies (tik tok, discord, Pokémon, whatever… )

Maroon Five.. can you believe my sister (15 years ago) tried to tell me that was just his singing style?

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

The list is long and only getting longer with every new dumb idea that spoiled idiots in our comfort society come up with:

- influencers
- the celebration of mediocrity and idiocy
- superhero movies
- people being obsessed with their own genitalia
- superficial preachy pop culture presented as world changing art
- thots
- tiktok
- twitter
- youtube millionaires
- hyper fanboyism
- forum wars
- cancel culture
- hype beasts
- clout chasers
- people obsessed with race
- identity zealots & pronouns
- victim culture
- ideological extremism
- hollow virtue signaling
- sex-addled pop music disguised as emancipation
- mumble rap
- auto tune



(in no particular order)

I'll hate what he's hating.

 

[Star-Lord]

Where are the details?

Ah, you wouldn't want to know the gory details.

Would you?

 

[AJUMP23]

Ah, you wouldn't want to know the gory details.

Would you?

I always want the story.

 

[Whitecrow]

Here in spain, we have this trend of people switching 'Cuando' for its english counterpart 'When' at the start of a sentence as some kind of weird meme.

I wanna punch everyone of them who says that.

 

[Star-Lord]

I always want the story.

I wouldn't expect anything less.

Spoiler

This was a good few years back. Long story short, got talking to this really cute guy I met on a dating app. Things were going well; the conversation was flowing and there was a definite attraction there. After a few weeks of back-and-forth flirting, we agreed it was time to meet up in person and see if the chemistry was there in real-life. As it turns out, it was. He was just as handsome in person as he appeared to be online. Honestly, he was a bit of a twink, which suited me fine. Anyway, we're there for about 3-4 hours just talking and flirting when we notice it's now coming up to 11pm. We initially say our goodbyes and have a quick peck, then notice that, well, we didn't want to say goodbye just yet. He suggests we go back to his as it's only a ten-minute walk back to his. I agree and off we go.

During our walk, we're carrying on the conversation from the restaurant, but things soon turn sexual in nature. I'm a bit uncomfortable (because I'm asexual) but go along with it because I like him so far. We get to his place and, based on first impressions, it's nice. A quiet, suburban area with clean cut lawns and white picket fences. He gives me a tour and. as we come to the second bedroom, he tells me to brace myself. A bit weird, but whatever. He unlocks it using a key - also a bit weird - and opens the door. A bit dark inside. He turns on the light, and holy fuck, it's like Christian Grey decorated the room. Whips, chains, cuffs, etc all over the place, and one wall plastered in photos of what I could only assume were his past victims. I looked at him, shook my head, and walked out. He tried contacting my again recently and I just ghosted him, and deleted my account on the app.