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Things that make you realize you’re old

Reading shit like:

"My guy, that got me right in the feels yo. K fam."

and realising that I have no interest in understanding this new language.
 
There's so much in this thread that I relate to. I'm 45 now, and I struggle sometimes with the reality of it. My eyesight is still great (can still read the last line on a DMV vision test), and I don't have any persistent physical problems aside from heartburn, but I feel a lot of sadness about getting older, especially when gazing upon the ever-increasing distance between the present and my childhood, and that sadness can get pretty heavy sometimes. I may have posted this once before, but, when I consider that the distance between my childhood and now is about the same as WWII and my childhood, I feel sort of like I'm standing, looking from the back of a slow-moving train, watching home fade away, irrevocably, beyond the horizon.

Deep. :p

One thing I find that's effective in countering that feeling, though, is to involve my mind in history-related activities. Whether it be listening to Motown or watching a documentary on the old west, or learning about Edo-period Japan, once I start to frame my life against what's come before me, I find less anxiety over what's in front of me, even my mortality.

Still, the goodbyes are the hardest. And I know, unless I go first, that there are many more that I'll have to face, and I'm not looking forward to them. :(
 
BLAUcopter said:
I was at a house party once and not one person there had seen the Goonies...
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This is hard, man, such a good movie, even for nowadays :pie_beaming_smiling:.

Well, i'm only 29 and i'm already feeling the age whistling in my ears, but against everyones thougths, i dont think the problem is the age itself. Actually, the age comes with more and more responsibilities in life. Family, work, plans that dont see the light of reality, depression. Wisdom, my friends, is a mf curse, delivery you directly into the blues, and when you already sleep bad, have no time to take care about yourself, take care your body, eat like a loser because the industry had poisoned you all your life, no time to even think what is really best for you, well, you probably will have some health problems, and the problem will be bigger and bigger each year.

Some days are best then others, and some days are the worse, but, when i think i'm getting old, i just think that each day i'm taking less care about myself, and this is what really destroy you.

Progression take time, and get better with practice, so, if we pactice take more care about ourselfs, we can almost cheat the age.

With this said, i'm a vegan for almost six mouths and this is the best choice i had in a long time. My workout is stronger than ever, my health is getting better each day and i have a better body now then before.
 
Seeing some grown ups getting nostalgic about Pokemon and stuff like that. Things that were for little kids when i was already an adult.
 
I got about 1 busted nut to give per day now. 2 if I'm well rested lol Round two might not even end in me finishing but giving up.

No more of those 5 or 6 per day sex/jerk sessions from 20 years ago.
 
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Scopa said:
Reading shit like:

"My guy, that got me right in the feels yo. K fam."

and realising that I have no interest in understanding this new language.
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Corny as shit. Using the latest internet slang, it always seems forced. I also think it is dumb to type out the N word to make yourself seem cool. You are not. I can tell, bro.
 
I actually think some of aging has me in depression, not sure honestly. I'm still in decent shape compared to friends around my age, about to hit mid-30s.

Trying to get back into great shape while I can, but havent the energy, so just trying to eat better for now. I feel too tired for anything, regardless of sleep.

I get asked to go on trips, etc but I just dont have the energy, and no one seems to understand that.

All my coworkers are younger than me, I am in better shape than they are, but I still feel old in comparison.

I've let go of many ideas/dreams that are no longer feasible, my gf is younger than me and feel as though I'm slowing down too much. She likes to travel but I feel tied down with work that has a serious lack of free time, so my time off I want to rest.

Then the random aches and pains...knees, back.

I find myself wondering if I can even keep going.
 
RavageX said:
I actually think some of aging has me in depression, not sure honestly. I'm still in decent shape compared to friends around my age, about to hit mid-30s.

Trying to get back into great shape while I can, but havent the energy, so just trying to eat better for now. I feel too tired for anything, regardless of sleep.

I get asked to go on trips, etc but I just dont have the energy, and no one seems to understand that.

All my coworkers are younger than me, I am in better shape than they are, but I still feel old in comparison.

I've let go of many ideas/dreams that are no longer feasible, my gf is younger than me and feel as though I'm slowing down too much. She likes to travel but I feel tied down with work that has a serious lack of free time, so my time off I want to rest.

Then the random aches and pains...knees, back.

I find myself wondering if I can even keep going.
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The fact that you are even considering this, makes me think you are fine. You are going thru normal things. You are very similar to me that you are locked into work, sleep, pee.

If you want to take a trip. Take it. It helps.

You will go on
 
RavageX said:
I actually think some of aging has me in depression, not sure honestly. I'm still in decent shape compared to friends around my age, about to hit mid-30s.

Trying to get back into great shape while I can, but havent the energy, so just trying to eat better for now. I feel too tired for anything, regardless of sleep.

I get asked to go on trips, etc but I just dont have the energy, and no one seems to understand that.

All my coworkers are younger than me, I am in better shape than they are, but I still feel old in comparison.

I've let go of many ideas/dreams that are no longer feasible, my gf is younger than me and feel as though I'm slowing down too much. She likes to travel but I feel tied down with work that has a serious lack of free time, so my time off I want to rest.

Then the random aches and pains...knees, back.

I find myself wondering if I can even keep going.
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Sound exactly like me.

My biggest source of this depression is a feeling of "wasted life".
I feel like I wasted my 20's and didnt have as much fun as I should have.

I get into gym mode for 3 months...then stop for 3 months...over and over again.

My hips are what's killing me. Out of the blue like a year ago..BAM my hips hurt a bunch.
 
One of the biggest "holy shit, I'm old" wake up calls is hangovers lasting all damn day. At 37, I never want to experience one as long as I live. Also, people using "toxic" and "problematic" all the time.
 
My hair is greying since 17 so thats not a problem for me. And girls like it so that's fine.

But since I'm 30 and I have money, I drink a lot more and can handle it a lot worse. Two days overhang at the least.

I don't like it :D
 
I was unpacking some old stuff I had stored at my parents house and it was packaged with pages ripped from a 1982 Sears catalog.
 
PKM said:
I got about 1 busted nut to give per day now. 2 if I'm well rested lol Round two might not even end in me finishing but giving up.

No more of those 5 or 6 per day sex/jerk sessions from 20 years ago.
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I'm good with 1 per week. I probably could perform maybe twice a week if I had to. But I never really was that horny, even in my early 20s when I compared with male friends about numbers, I was way behind the curve. Maybe I have Low-T...?

phisheep said:
Old? I'm only 60. Nothing to complain about here.
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I turned 44 yesterday. I dribble when I pee all the time.
 
appaws said:
I'm good with 1 per week. I probably could perform maybe twice a week if I had to. But I never really was that horny, even in my early 20s when I compared with male friends about numbers, I was way behind the curve. Maybe I have Low-T...?



I turned 44 yesterday. I dribble when I pee all the time.
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sometimes you guys are ridiculous , I dribble pee too. Because i do not want the last drips in my underwear
 
My parents just found a CD I burned, and I give young me some props. Not overly terrible.

OutKast - Bombs Over Baghdad
Limp Bizkit/Method Man - N2Gether Now
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Goldfinger - Superman
Linkin Park - In the End
Orgy - Blue Monday
Sum41 - My Friends Over You
Some random punk and ska songs
Some random alternative stuff

...wasn't terrible. Pat myself on the back mentally. Old man is proud.
 
Does anyone remember going to the drive ins? Man I miss drive ins, hanging out in the back of your truck or car, having that mic hook up to your car to listening to the movie, and having the stars over head at night watching movies out side.
 
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appaws said:
I'm good with 1 per week. I probably could perform maybe twice a week if I had to. But I never really was that horny, even in my early 20s when I compared with male friends about numbers, I was way behind the curve. Maybe I have Low-T...?



I turned 44 yesterday. I dribble when I pee all the time.
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I missed my wild sexual escapades 20's. Got married around 20 and it wasnt a picnic.

I could live with every other day now. But Blow Jobs...I could go for that, every day, 10 times a day lol
 
NahaNago said:
I used to love that song back in the day. My taste in music as a black kid was weird. I wonder if I was still recording music on to tapes from the radio at the time.
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As a white dude..I did the tape thing also but with rap and reggae.
I would steal my parents tapes, put some tape over the holes on top and play Genesis and have the Rec + Pause ready.
Fucking DJ's would ruin the start or end of songs lol I would stay up late on Sunday nights cause the Philly rap station had Sunday nights with Jah-Chi the Reggae Ambassador! I'd have tapes full of Buju, Beanie Man, Bounty Killer..I would even tape Caribbean Rhythms off of BET lol
Thank god mix tape legends like Clue came along so I didnt have to do it anymore lol

The irony is I would get shit, as a white dude, for listening to metal/alt stuff since I lived in a minority heavy area. I remember 7th grade when Nevermind came out and I got roasted for bringing the CD to school cause of the baby dick on the cover.
I'd stop at the dollar shop, grab a box of D batteries, pop them in my boombox and blast Das Efx of some shit...then at home secretly listen to Sonic Youth or something lol
 
Years ago I witnessed some young lady wondering who is U2 that was on the newspaper cover. Not much later I took a look at what bands were attending a popular local music festival. Didn't know any of them.

When people are starting to not know the huge stadion scale bands from your childhood and you are not knowing any bands those people are into you have officially grown old.
 
Grinchy said:
When I was a kid in 1990, 30 years ago was 1960. Things from 1960 felt like they took place in an alternate universe because they seemed so foreign and old.

Now it's almost 2020, and 1990 is 30 years ago. Kids these days must think the same way about 1990 that I thought of 1960.
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Reminds me hearing from somewhere that we're more separated in time from GTA: Vice City than Vice City's release from the 80's :pie_neutral:
 
PKM said:
My hips are what's killing me. Out of the blue like a year ago..BAM my hips hurt a bunch.
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I also suddenly just one day maybe a year or two ago noticed how my hips hurt like hell when I'm trying to stretch my legs in certain ways. I had been able to jump on my bike with zero trouble. Raising my leg over the seat with no problem. Then suddenly there my legs just didn't do that anymore, at least not without pain. I'm not sure if I have something seriously wrong in my hips or if it's just something that comes with age (I'm only 36 though). Probably it's both :D

It's really weird though. I can sit in an "almost lotus position" still with no problems but trying to sit (or lie on my back) and keep my legs straight while stretching them away from each other is impossible.
 
I used to think, in year 2000 - I would be able to fly to the moon and work and commute from 1000 miles away under 30 min. Now in my mid 40s, looking back - they were promises that were half kept - that I can see more of the moon from the screen, and work 1000 miles away (depending on what type of job you do) - via internet and damn smartphone.

I wanted something real. Gigantic walking robots roaming, personal jetpacks, flying cars that can also be a submarine and spacecraft and all - the human achievement of late, has only been about how much selfie and food pics you take and post it on IG and FB. Unlimited google photo filled with duck faces and artificially sephia tonned pictures etc - and feel somewhat angered and duped.

That, makes me feel old - because my haydays are coming to an end w/o seeing them.
 
RubxQub said:
My parents just found a CD I burned, and I give young me some props. Not overly terrible.

OutKast - Bombs Over Baghdad
Limp Bizkit/Method Man - N2Gether Now
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Goldfinger - Superman
Linkin Park - In the End
Orgy - Blue Monday
Sum41 - My Friends Over You
Some random punk and ska songs
Some random alternative stuff

...wasn't terrible. Pat myself on the back mentally. Old man is proud.
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Random punk and ska songs? I'm guessing... Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug, Goldfinger, and... Rancid? Was I right on any of those?
 
also going to have to tell kids, that greenday used to be punk, and No Doubt, till they went mainstream. And trying to explain to kids what happened with Napster and metallica
 
Vitten said:
There was some article in the news the other day how 'famous' rapper Post Malone's private jet had to make a emergency landing and all I could think was ' who the fuck is Post Malone ' ?
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Haha... so true!

When I clicked on the article about Post Malone I thought maybe I was going to read about a retired NBA power forward for the Jazz.
 
hecatomb said:
Thats your opinion though, a lot of people used to put Green Day and No Doubt in the punk genre. I still remember going to CD stores and their CDs were in the Punk section.
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No it's the truth. They've always been pop punk. Stores just group everything under one big banner instead of having a bunch of tiny sections.
 
brap said:
No it's the truth. They've always been pop punk. Stores just group everything under one big banner instead of having a bunch of tiny sections.
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Their music also changed a lot I mean you can tell Gwen Stefani wanted to go mainstream. And a lot of people see boulevard of broken dreams as Green Day going mainstream



 
Speaking of music and young people, it also bugs the hell out of me when someone refers to "The Touch" as that song from Saint's Row 4. I imagine it's how people older than me (dinosaurs) feel when I refer to "All Along the Watchtower" as that song from Battlestar Galactica reboot which incidentally was also better than their Battlestar Galactica.

 
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