Live in the past, is mine. I will listen to things over and over because some songs or even podcast episodes, rewind me back to times where I felt comfortable in. I do sometimes poke my head out to see where things are currently in the present, but nothing around really makes me gravitate to anything current-day. But, then I just go back to my hole in living in the past.
People used to tell old people to get over it about them remembering things as they were all of the time. I’m understanding why they do that. Sometimes the present really truly sucks.
Wear reading glasses glasses. I never had to wear anything until the last month. Noticed I was struggling to read an old textbook. Someone handed me their readers. Wow… I’ve been missing out
Biggest thing is probably the switchover from night owl to morning person. I mean, I’m using morning person loosely as I still hate getting up. It’s just that by 9:30 at night I’m drowsy and by 6:30 a.m. I’ve already been laying in bed for 45 minutes trying to fall back to sleep and now I’m so bored I get up just for the sake of getting up.
Also, weirdly vacuuming. It’s a daily thing these days. Used to hate it.
When seeing a kid/now-adult I haven’t seen in 20 years, “Omg, I remember when you were this big!” When I was a kid this always made me feel weird. Like, I don’t know you, stranger. Idk why I can’t seem to stop myself!
Thinking a lot of new technologies are stupid and unnecessary. Of course, at least in big tech, lot of them objectively are.
My favorite example: Copilot to read your emails for you and send responses automatically. Get two people with Copilot sending each other emails with neither person actually involved. Efficient!
Maybe this is why I constantly feel like no one is reading my emails at work anymore. I can put multiple points of information into an email and only get a response that acknowledges the first one.
People have been doing that long before LLMs, so i wouldn’t be too sure haha
I think it’s more “Copilot can steal the contents of your emails to train its LLM.” (and maybe leak it when someone write a suitably crafted prompt.)
Walks. Like just for sunshine and air. It used to be I was out on a bike from sun up till sun down. You’d see the old people just walking and enjoying life and think damn, I’ll never be that lame. Well here I am. No bike. Just my legs. They weren’t lame. I was a dumb teenager. Walks are awesome.
Sneeze really loudly.
Yeah, what’s up with that? Is there some physiological change that causes it?
So there’s this weed picker tool I use that’s at the end of a long stick where the grab motion is done by stepping on the lever then rocking the stick back and forth. It’s too save my knees and back over the course of the lawn. My wife used to make fun of me calling it my grandpa stick but then she used it and apologized.
Haha is literally called a grandpas weeder
Grampa’s Weeder | Weed Puller | Vintage Tool Designs https://share.google/7dWo6ZDCwYcXvKy8a
flat out rejecting modern anything. I have zero desire to buy new phones, computers, new clothes, appliances etc… it’s ALL junk designed to fail so I buy again.
I just don’t now. I buy nothing and I don’t care. subscriptions? get fuked. replacing anything that breaks? hell no… I’ll fix it instead.
I used to like companies, but I’ve learned they are all criminal scum, liars and thieves and deserve very special treatment. they pushed me over the edge and I will never return and never stop voicing my distrust and dislike for all of them. even in the stores themselves when I have to go buy food… I’m very vocal about how overly priced and absurd everything is to the point where people look at me… I want that, I want others to actively think about it especially when they are in the stores too.
I’m essentially done with ‘society’ whatever the hell that means
Preach!!! I tell everyone about enshitification and planned obsolescence. My examples are cereal and appliances… Take a look at the size of the cereal now and watch it for a few months… It won’t be the same when you look again but the price will be. Or appliances, you find the heating element goes out quickly on your dryer and replacement is really difficult. Maybe your phone slowed down even though you’ve done nothing different to it than surf the web.
But when I talk about these I feel so old.
Random noises when getting up from sitting.
Random noises when sitting!
Listening to smooth jazz and fusion.
I was an insufferable prog & classic rock snob in my teens and early 20s, but these days I can appreciate just about anything, including smooth jazz.
The Rippingtons fucking rule.
Omg y, my recommendations look like every adult’s listening habit I made fun of as a kid
Try to identify birds and trees. How did I go through life not being able to identify my natural surroundings?
My wife and I will happily stare at birds in the trees and rabbits in the yard.
I fall asleep at every holiday party. My grandpa used to do that shit. Now… I’m tired and I don’t want to deal with anyone’s bullshit. Wake me when it’s time to say goodbye.
That’s basically me. Wake me when it’s time to:
- Eat
- Hand out gifts
- Go home
Waking up early on weekends. I gotta be up early for work on weekdays and its easier to stick to a consistent schedule.
And staying up late one night can wreck your sleep pattern for days afterwards. “Why are you tired today?” “Because I stayed up late three days ago!” Lol, ugh.
Not want to leave the house after 9-10 PM
Eat better
Prefer getting my clothes from Costco
Get excited about new appliances okay nevermind I actually got a blender as a teenager and loved it that doesn’t count.
But still it’s funny how much of a stereotype we all become in some small ways.
I’ve stopped buying clothes. I’ll live with what I have as long as I can.
Everything is so thin and cheap looking. I’m defo old.
I’ve been somewhat surprised with some band merch lately. The brand comfy colors’ heavy weight t shirts actually feel like they aren’t going to disintegrate in the wash.
I didn’t want to be a gooner when i was younger but now i am
