@Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhat has been the biggest surprise about getting older?message-square119fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down10
arrow-up1168arrow-down1message-squareWhat has been the biggest surprise about getting older?@Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-square@skip0110@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish32•2 years agoHow much disdain I have for change (“they are just making it worse!”) aka grumpy old man syndrome
minus-square@Dagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilink24•2 years agoIf it was around before you were born, it’s perfectly natural. If it was invented when you were younger than 10, it’s new, cool, and exciting. Invented between ages 10 and 25? Innovative. Between 25 and 40? Silly to replace something that was working fine. Over 40? The work of the Devil!!
minus-square@whoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•2 years agoI work in IT. I tell everyone once I retire all the electronics are gone and I’ll be on my front porch shaking my fist at the clouds.
minus-square@MojoMcJojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•2 years agoI used to be with it, then they changed what it was. It’ll happen to you.
minus-square@scottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 years agoHonestly, this one sometimes surprises me too. Like, I’m okay with it… I’ve accepted being the grumpy old man but it still surprises me how often it feels like my default state the older I get.
How much disdain I have for change (“they are just making it worse!”) aka grumpy old man syndrome
If it was around before you were born, it’s perfectly natural.
If it was invented when you were younger than 10, it’s new, cool, and exciting.
Invented between ages 10 and 25? Innovative.
Between 25 and 40? Silly to replace something that was working fine.
Over 40? The work of the Devil!!
I work in IT. I tell everyone once I retire all the electronics are gone and I’ll be on my front porch shaking my fist at the clouds.
I used to be with it, then they changed what it was. It’ll happen to you.
Am I so out of touch?
Honestly, this one sometimes surprises me too.
Like, I’m okay with it… I’ve accepted being the grumpy old man but it still surprises me how often it feels like my default state the older I get.