This will probably be downvoted or removed ...
Posted by Total_Coffee358@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 789 comments
But yeah, some people here post like old folks playing bridge at a care home. Do you remember when our generation didn't? I hurt myself, and I'm in pain. I'm so old now. It's Ridiculous. Go outside, live life, and enjoy it. Embrace the next generation with open arms, listen, don't judge, help them, and stop whining like old-timer NIMBYs.
... /rant
SXTY82@reddit
I watched a clip of Bill Burr the other day effectively saying:
"Stop telling the younger generations that they missed out on the 'good times' or the best music. When we were 20s our elders told us the same things. We had a blast, we never felt like we missed anything. Kids today have their own thing and will be saying the same thing about their life as we do about ours. Stop trying to rain on their parade."
That hit me deep. I was that guy, particularly about Music and Comedy, I saw Bill before he broke on armature nights in Boston. I've seen now world famous bands when they were new local bands. I'm going to sit back and only talk about them with kids if asked. Let them be them.
silentAl1@reddit
It is interesting that they say that about music since all of my kids and their friends listen to a lot of our generations music over the new stuff out there.
FloresPodcastCo@reddit
I think one of the legit critiques about Gen X is we used to do the "Oh? You've never heard of this band? *eye roll*". I definitely did that crap when I was a kid, so I worked really hard to be more inclusive and non-judgy many years ago. If someone didn't know about a band, I'd let the person know why they want to listen to a band or see that movie or read this particular book. We have a lot of pre-teen and teens on our block. When we have neighborhood get-togethers, we let The Youths pick the music. When there's a song playing that I can tell they all know and love, but I just don't get why it's popular, I ask them to enlighten me about it. I'm not going to judge them on why it connects and has meaning to them, I'm just happy to know they have music that means as much to them as my music meant to me.
bzee77@reddit
I’ve been legit shocked at how many 70s-90s songs my 16 year old knows. She doesn’t really listen to anything other than new music, and gets that mainly from the same social media that other kids are on (Tik tok). When I ask her how she knows this stuff, she always says something like, “I don’t know, it’s just the kind of stuff you hear out in the world.”
That being said, I recently met a 25 year old (a singer in a cover band, no less) that never heard of Jewell, and I admit I was shocked.
Bottom line- The kids ARE alright. They pick up more from previous eras than we think, even if they don’t know it.
Teens in the 50s were told by their parents that rock ‘n’ roll was a stupid fad that would be forgotten in a few years. Those teens became the parents in the 70s and 80s telling their kids that Hip Hop was crap and wouldn’t have any staying power. Etc.
mistress_of_disco@reddit
Exactly! My parents groaned when I got Raising Hell from some friends.
FloresPodcastCo@reddit
I got grounded when I was about 12 because my mom caught me listening to 2 Live Crew's "We Want Some Pussy". She was not pleased with that musical selection at all. I'm grateful I was almost done with high school before the Parental Advisory stickers started rolling out.
Whatisgoingon2028@reddit
I was 15 when the 2 Live Crew scandal had started all over the news. My mom is very religious, so she went into my room and threw away any tapes and CDs that had a black guy on the cover because she didn't know what was what. I was really proud of my collection and it killed me that I had saved my money from odd jobs (I had no allowance like other kids) to buy those. I was devastated. Looking back, the funniest thing was as religious as she was, she left my Slayer and King Diamond music. If she was worried about Satanic influence, those probably were worse than 2 Live Crew or N.W.A.
Liakinsrotz@reddit
To be fair, I wish I’d never heard of Jewell.
bzee77@reddit
🤣😂
rahnbj@reddit
My daughters are 24 and 28. We’ve taken them to see Roger Waters , David Gilmour (yeah separately), Santana, Dead and Company (too young to have seen Gerry, but I did 😉), and Tool, they both love more modern stuff too, it’s not an either or proposition. Since they were babies I’ve been cranking tunes and they’ve been loving it.
bzee77@reddit
This is the way!
thecuriosityofAlice@reddit
Jewel did that weird firehouse Christina Aguilera vibe song & video that wiped her off the board. A Yodeling return would probably have been a better switch for her career at the time.
Hell, we listened to Gregorian chants and Riverdance, yodeling could’ve broken through
bzee77@reddit
Shit, Jeff Buckley put a 500 year old hymme on a major label debut in the 90s! That wouldn’t happen today.
Zealousideal_Draw_94@reddit
IDK. I wasn’t really a fan of the Beatles, thought they were old in mid ‘80’s, but knew most of their songs.
I see 20 something’s wearing KISS, Nirvana, Soundgarden etc, and have no clue about them. It was Just a cheap T-shirt.
ArcticPangolin3@reddit
Lol, she hears it out in the world at the grocery store these days
Vampchic1975@reddit
Tik tok FTW
KittyKay1125@reddit
Yes the kids are alright, including my daughter. Shes 12-going-on-25 and her dad is a boomer who constantly tries to get her to listen to HIS music (which is ANYTHING that was a hit before I was born, no other standards). I'm SO effing proud of our daughter for discovering "my" '90s alternative music on her own, and she has introduced me to more recent stuff that I really like. It makes her dad nuts!!
crunkychop@reddit
Oh crap.... (Hurries off to google Jewell )
Superb-Ag-1114@reddit
I remember my college aged kids were shocked! Shocked, I tell you! when they heard me singing along to a Rush song.
"YOU know RUSH???"
lol. I know Rush, boys.
well-it-was-rubbish@reddit
Why were they shocked? It's not as though Rush is some new band; their last tour was 10 years ago.
Superb-Ag-1114@reddit
they didn't think I was cool enough to have ever listened to Rush lol
Knight_Owls@reddit
I drive preteens for a school program and hook up my phone to the van's Bluetooth to play music for them of their closing.
One kid who often listens to "radio friendly" versions of various modern rappers surprisingly put on Lionel Richie the other day. I was floored by that selection.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
My besties son, 19, loves grunge and alternative from 20-30 years ago. I was pleasantly surprised. He is such a great kid in so many ways. I have so much faith in gen z.
CharlotteSumtyms76@reddit
My nieces(aged 13-26) listen to a lot of older music. My 15 yr old niece was in my car and put on "A Perfect Circle" and told me, "You've probably never heard this." I had to bite my lip really hard to not laugh or groan, lol. The 15yo, 17yo & 23yo are all into late 1990's/early 2000's nu metal(Korn, Cold, etc), and it amuses my 48yo brain that they are super into that stuff. Sadly, they won't listen to RATM, much to my dismay, lol.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
That’s so cool. Love these kids. We have a friend who’s 27 and heard him listening to The White Stripes, The Police, Nirvana and even Back Sabbath! I nearly spit out my coffee I was that impressed!! Such an awesome kid!
smallwonder25@reddit
My 15 year old does too!! He loves so many bands I had no I idea he knew! A few times a week we go on a drive together to listen to music, he’s DJ “ because I’m driving” which is great bc he tells me all about the artists, why he likes them and the song he picked. It’s an awesome way to get to know your older kids more! These drives have stimulated some really incredible conversations. 10/10 recommend
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Love it!
notmyredditacct@reddit
i trained my youngest as a baby to use the “Wish You Were Here” album as a relax/sleep sound and he still does to this day :)
clintj1975@reddit
I wonder if that's from the Spotify algorithm or a current artist listing them as an influence in a podcast interview. I've found some interesting new music when Spotify hits the end of a playlist and starts mixing in stuff it thinks you might like.
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
It HURTS when someone has no idea who Prince is😭
Jumpy-Dig5503@reddit
I’m 49, and I only know him as that D.B. who changed his name to a weird symbol and snubbed Weird Al.
SaintStephen77@reddit
Yeah, I always felt like it was my duty, as a parent, to educate my children on tons of different genres from around the world. Admittedly, they got a lot of Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Rage Against The Machine, StereoLab, and The Velvet Underground. We took them to a bunch of live shows from big names to local artists. They listen to both old and new music and have bands of their own now. We frequently turn each other onto new things. I try to embrace and encourage their exploration of things both old and new. This doesn’t just translate to music, it’s the same with technology and other things. My son turned me onto ChatGBT, and I turned him onto Udio. I love the new generation and want to help guide, support, and nurture them. They deserve it even though many of us didn’t get that from our families. The challenges they face are huge and they will need our help.
diaphoni@reddit
but see, this should work both ways, let them teach you about their music, or take the step to learn yourself. I'm a 52 year old that got in to Kpop of all things, two years ago and I'm having a blast. So much of it pays homage to the 80s-90s-00s r&b and it's just outstanding, zero regrets. Hell I'll hook people up with suggestions that might fit your taste if asked.
smallwonder25@reddit
Yes!!! Exactly
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
I with you!! My Millenial son got me into all kinds of music including Rob Zombie, NF, Tech N9ne, ICP, Slipknot, etc. For reference, I spent the 90's listening to Enigma, Enya and Native American flute music, lol. I feel like I have a much more rounded repertoire. I, however, did turn him onto 2112 by Rush and Rage Against the Machine!!
pullmyfinger222@reddit
Exactly. My son (32) randomly grabs my phone and downloads some of his favorite music onto my Tidal account. Bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Electric Callboy, and Machine Head, which I really like some but could do without others like Ghost and some crazy Austrian band named Austrian Death Machine (I think he added this one as a joke). 🤣
metalharpist42@reddit
Aw, Ghost opened for Iron Maiden the first time my oldest saw them in concert! And as a survivor of the Phil Collins saturation of the 80s, they do a cover of "Jesus He Knows Me" that (along with the official music video) won me over.
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
Oh my god, ELECTRIC CALLBOY!! "We've Got the Moves" was the last thing he turned me onto and I'm obsessed with the song AND the video!! I think he called it "party metal", lol. I fucking LOVE it!!
pullmyfinger222@reddit
Me too! I have that song programmed first in my account every time I play my eighties list. I can't explain why exactly. It just speaks to me. 🤣
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
Hahaha!! Yes!! It's incredibly addicting and the coolest part is I'VE had the pleasure of turning kids in their twenties onto it, and they look at me with surprise, every time!🤣
corinnajune@reddit
I’m 51 and I went through a kpop stage like 15 years ago or so. Good times!
cmt38@reddit
Ha, same here! My current faves are Aespa, g-idle and Japanese group XG.
diaphoni@reddit
YES! I'm a Stray Kids/Ateez shared ult boygroup fan (I saw Ateez live last year and will see Stray Kids next month, in my wheelchair, I do not care.) I ADORE XG and cried watching them at Cochella. The new fan song is pure bliss. Aespa and Idle are fantastic. Have you checked out BabyMonster or DreamCatcher or Xdinary Heroes?
cmt38@reddit
BabyMonster, yes, a really talented group of young women (it's hard to believe Chiquita was 14 at debut and is just barely 16 now). XG were SO good at Coachella and again, so young for how talented they are! Their Xtra documentary is pretty fascinating. I've only heard a little of DreamCatcher but definitely plan to check out more. I haven't gotten into the bougroups much so far (other than EXO who I really like), but I'll check out Xdinary Heroes!
diaphoni@reddit
XH is more Krock than Kpop, you'll see a LOT Of Bowie influence in their work. Personal favorites are Good Enough and Break the Brake and Strawberry Cake.
Ateez is also heavily MJ and Bowie influenced and you might really enjoy them too
Yes, though Asa has my heart in BaeMon. All of the are wickedly talented for their ages.
SaintStephen77@reddit
I’m saying it does work both ways. My kids share hecka new music with me. “We frequently turn each other onto new things.” My apologies if I didn’t make it clear enough that I was referencing music. Yeah, they are teaching me well, just as I have taught them. It’s symbiotic for sure
diaphoni@reddit
isn't it just wonderful?
SaintStephen77@reddit
Wouldn’t have it any other way. Lots of music I might not have discovered without them.
smallwonder25@reddit
100% I love this and do the same with my kiddo! The kids ARE alright and pretty incredible. The world they have to navigate is so different and difficult compared to ours at the same age, I agree we need to embrace and support as much as possible.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Love this!! I feel the same!
Chris_Golz@reddit
I hear you. However, I hate seeing 17-year-old kids listing a bunch of random bands from the '90s as their favorite bands. Then asking everyone to guess their age.
You're young and you shouldn't have the same musical taste as a 50-year-old man. I should look at your list of favorite bands and not know who they are.
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
I do not understand gatekeeping music at all. The idea that music doesn't transcend time is absurd to me, sorry. What's wrong with connecting with the younger generation and vice versa?? Like there isn't enough shit that divides us today, music shouldn't even be on that list.
But you do you, mister get-off-my-lawn, I guess.
Chris_Golz@reddit
Not at all. I just find it sad that many young people are sitting in their rooms listening to dead musicians when they could be out watching and supporting new upcoming bands. I don’t regret spending my teens watching Sublime, Rage Against the Machine, or Nirvana live while my friends connected with their parents by staying home and smoking pot and listening to Led Zeppelin
Ravynlea@reddit
It is our duty to educate the next generation!!! Haha (but, for real - I'm on it) 🎸
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
Love that!!
Nakatomiplaza27@reddit
I wish I had no idea who Prince is... never a fan 😆
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
It's all good. Everyone has different tastes!
BarRegular2684@reddit
I mean I share my stuff with my kid. They’re into prince and ministry. Just like I was into the doors and csny. But they also have their own stuff, some of which I like and some of which I don’t.
Superb-Sandwich987@reddit
This. Although I hate the new pop music because it legitimately sucks, yours is the way.
Superb-Sandwich987@reddit
Yeah that's bullshit
gmhelwig@reddit
The artist formerly known as unpronounceable symbol?
Academic-Bug2592@reddit
👆🏻this is genX humor! Love it
Academic-Bug2592@reddit
I never understood the whole Prince thing had friends that went crazy for him; Me not at all 🤷♂️
Truthnaut@reddit
Ya, that one would be headshakingly unbelievable. I guess they'll never know the loss at least
cmt38@reddit
I differ in that I don't really care one way or another if someone young doesn't know about an artist whose peak years were before they were born. Actually, I don't even think timing matters, if someone is making music to your taste you're bound to find them regardless of when they're from, and if they don't then it doesn't really matter if you know them or not.
Nikademus1969@reddit
Me too, but in a way, it's kind of his fault. I mean, he fought so hard for long to keep his music off of everything. One of the ways kids learn about older music these days is thru things like youtube and for the longest time you could not find him on there because he was suing everybody.
billymumfreydownfall@reddit
It really doesn't.
jzoola@reddit
I heard he was just like his father
Flybot76@reddit
Never satisfied
Waffles-And_Bacon@reddit
Isn't a prince like a male princesses? Like a king or queen's son?
Over---@reddit
This is an existential crisis.
If Prince were hitting now, no one would even be close. Absolutely dripping with raw unclassifiable SEXY
makeup1508@reddit
I would agree but I sometimes see people in their 20's & 30 's wearing Pink Floyd or Iron Maiden t-shirts and am skeptical about whether they have ever listened to the band or if they just thought the t-shirt was cool.
metalharpist42@reddit
While I totally get it, I don't know if that's entirely fair. We didn't have a century of popular music from all over the world at our fingertips like they do now, so we were more likely to mainly listen to current (for the time) artists, since that was most readily available to us. The kids now have everything in the history of recorded music, the oldest stuff I had as a kid were my parents' albums, which I immediately became enamored with and absorbed into my mental music library. My mom listened to our music as well, and never got out of the car until the song was over, whether it was De La Soul or Derek & the Dominos.
Both of my kids have seen Iron Maiden (3 times), Violent Femmes, and They Might Be Giants, all of their own volition. One of my favorite home videos is them singing/chanting Powerslave when they were 6 and 12 years old, and a few hours ago my oldest recorded himself playing Revelations on acoustic guitar for 42 seconds because it's the 42nd anniversary of the release of Piece of Mind and for some reason he knows that.
Age isn't really a great indicator of music tastes anymore, there are so many resources available to kids today that simply didn't exist for us, and you might be surprised at how diverse their music collections are. Also, it's just darned adorable when they discover something organically and then find out it's one of their Memaw's favorite songs!
makeup1508@reddit
I agree. I really like Buddy Holly even though he died years before I was born. My kids are big fans of Queen-Freddie died a week after my daughter was born, Nirvana and Pink Floyd because my husband and I played the music. My mom played Elvis, Jim Croce, The Carpenters and a lot of other stuff. She had a huge album collection so that was my musical taste too until I got to high school.
Just like everything else, you learn from your parents.
GasmaskTed@reddit
It’s as legit to like a band’s iconography as it is to like their music
MagikSundae7096@reddit
No. That is cringe.
carmachu@reddit
We refer to White Lion’s When the children cry as (my daughters name) song- we played it all the time in the car when daughter was a baby/young. It always calmed her down and lulled her to sleep
shellofbrit2011@reddit
What's her name from that song ?
cowboygwe@reddit
I was really surprised at how many song my kids like of the music I have, but then again I play all sorts from the 70’s-90’s. They cherry pick what they want.
Habibti143@reddit
Bravo! I do the same. We alternate songs.
Merciless_Soup@reddit
Particularly with some subgroups in our generation, the worst insult you could receive was to be called a poser. If you were going to wear a band shirt you were expected to know all the members of the band (past and present) and all their songs. All the REAL fans favorite songs were the most obscure shit from the least popular album. Honestly, the gatekeeping for some of these outcast subgroups were just as strong as it was for the freaking preppies.
SXTY82@reddit
I remember when it was sacrilegious to were a concert shirt if you hadn't been to that actual concert. I had an original Rush Signals a cousin gave me when he found out I loved Rush. I got that shirt about when Grace Under Pressure p/g cam out. I got shit for wearing the Signals shirt because I was too young to have seen the show. I didn't wear it again until after high school. We were pretty particular for a while there.
Fritti_T@reddit
I only buy a band’s shirt if I’ve seen them live, but that’s more to stop myself buying even more shirts than anything else…
falcopilot@reddit
I've done the opposite for two generations (child unit and their children) now, as they discover anything from AC/DC to ZZ Top... "New band? Maybe to you..."
aimeegaberseck@reddit
The music thing is especially fun for me. I’ve always been bad at remembering (or caring to remember) band/song/album names, but I listen to a wide variety of music. As my son got into his teens he, I, and his grandfather, a marvelously fun old hippy dude, bonded over great classic rock. Pretty soon he was sharing new songs he found with us old farts and we loved it!
The Fine Print by Stupendium is one of my favs. Startlingly on point for the times. We had some really great conversations comparing it with songs from our generations like We Didn’t Start the Fire, Billy Joel and For What it’s Worth, Buffalo Springfield
Grampa passed a few years ago and leaving the funeral we blasted Highway To Hell in tribute!
It was a weird church funeral, grampa was anti religion and would’ve hated everything about it- they didn’t even tell his friends or the many people he worked with over his decades of work nursing the disabled and elderly. The speaker/minister/whatever didn’t even know him and it was obvious. Like seriously this lame old Bible Thumper, as grampa would’ve said, played amazing grace badly on his acoustic guitar and I swear the ashes rolled over and gave my ex the finger. lol
My son and I were both shocked at how incredibly wrong it was and we both had the same solution. We had to blast the AC/DC and rock outta there properly for grampa. 🤘❤️
abj169@reddit
Yes. I had a bunch of friends in high school I hung with. They had their own music and culture. No, I'm not a band member, nor do I have talent like my cousins who are musically inclined. But, they grew up too, and lots of us have kids now. I was with my granddaughter yesterday, and I'm really sore. I'll get over that though, and likely see her next week. - No complaints or downvotes about that!
Cheese-Manipulator@reddit
Pretty much what you listen too from your teens to early twenties becomes locked in and becomes your favorite music from then on.
Whatisgoingon2028@reddit
I totally agree. I remember I saw an interview years ago (mid 2000s maybe) with Billy Bob Thornton. He played with his band and then did the interview. He seemed like a total ass because he insisted all good music was rooted before 1980. Anything after wasn't good. He dared the host to name artists that were influential after 1980. He used Prince and Michael Jackson as examples because their work started before 1980. I was sitting there like what about Metallica? What about N.W.A.? What about George Strait? He sounded like a total geezer yelling get off my lawn. I decided never to be that guy. Some music today I don't like, but I will never put it down because it is relevant, just not to me.
Dynamo_Ham@reddit
The two cardinal sins of GenX that should be grounds for excommunication are (a) whining, and (b) acting judgy and superior toward younger generations. If you don't care, you don't care - move on. If you do care, then either do something about it, or have some empathy because it happened to us too, respectively. Otherwise we're just following in the footsteps of the Boomers. They'd be more than happy to issue to you a whiny judgmental membership card, which gets you discounts for yelling at your poor Z'er server and leaving a shitty tip.
themanbow@reddit
Cardinal sin #3 of GenX: Helicopter-parenting of GenZ kids.
Oddurbuddie@reddit
Yep. Basically, do be like our parents were.
smallwonder25@reddit
Exactly! Why the hell do I need to make it worse? My role is to make life as understandable as possible and teach them how to navigate the world NOW and into the future. NOT to judge their self expression. I would have been a totally different person if I’d grown up without my parents extreme judgement. They still do it, do it to my Gen Z too. He’s learned to either stand up for himself or if it doesn’t matter, smile..nod..ignore. He does not internalize the judgement like our gen did.
HighContrastRainbow@reddit
The English language sub needs this reply! "I don't want to hear that living languages evolve. Kids these days are desecrating English. They make up new words. They use old words with the wrong meaning." I have a PhD in rhetoric and writing, and I had to mute that sub. 🙄
feuwbar@reddit
People's musical tastes often stop evolving when they hit their early 20s. It takes effort to connect to new music. Frankly, you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find new music you like. It's not because "everything sucks now," it's because there's a lot of music out there and no one likes everything.
FeralBanshee@reddit
i discover new music CONSTANTLY, it's one of the things I love about social media posts, often people share music with the posts and I find new stuff ALL the time!
mike-42-1999@reddit
I keep finding these modern remade covers that I just love....here's Shout
husbandbulges@reddit
I feel that way about SNL. Sure they have a lot of regular acts, but they have such a wide variety of new and/or emerging acts across several genres.
lolagoetz_bs@reddit
Me too! I love it!
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Same. It’s so awesome.
Any_Marketing_3033@reddit
I mean in my 20s I was in a bar 5-6 nights a week listening to bands play. That’s the biggest reason for me not discovering new music at the same rate as I did back then. Also everyone’s ’good old days’ were better because shots more fun and new and interesting when you are young. The worst bit of advice/cliche bs that people say all the time is “if I knew then what I know now….” Bullshit if I knew then what I know now I would have had waaaaaay less fun. Seriously I would last 5 minutes at a kegger today but put a keg of crap beer in a back yard or a basement when I was 17 and I’d listen to fucking Meatloaf Bat out of Hell on repeat and have a grand old time and not be tempted to smash the boom box or kill anyone. Kids are fine. Things are fine. We are older and even that’s fine. I go to shows less often but I have better seats, stay in nicer hotels, pay someone to watch the dogs and I remember the slow slightly more clearly. It’s all good.
SXTY82@reddit
I know and I look. It is far more work to find new than it used to be. Found a band called theWasted out of Maine yesterday from a comment on Reddit. Not a lot from them on Tidal but good solid rock.
Talking_Head@reddit
This?
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dog-shit-breath/1765369845?i=1765369847
Holymoose999@reddit
I don’t like to tell young people just how awesome the past was. That I have a house that was affordable and only pay 2.5% interest on it. That I went to college and worked part time to pay for it. That my truck didn’t cost 70k when I bought it and got 0% financing. That we could go to a keg party and if a fight did break out, no one was going to pull a gun and start shooting. It sucks to be a young person coming of age in today. They know it, too.
Sumeriandawn@reddit
Pull out a gun? The violent crime rate today is much lower than the 80s and 90s.
Holymoose999@reddit
Must be nice where you live. Here, it's the wild west. Every weekend, there is a road rage or party shooting. Everyone is allowed to carry a gun without a permit, so everyone does.
Sumeriandawn@reddit
Pew Research "Using the FBI data, the violent crime rate fell 49% between 1993 and 2022"
The rates of homicides committed by youth is half of what it was in the early 90s
" Here, it's the wild west"
It may be violent in your area, but overall gun violence in the country is way down compared to the 80s and 90s.
"Must be nice where you lived"
I didn't grow up in a crime free suburb. I grew up in and currently live in the San Gabriel Valley. Go google "San Gabriel Valley Gangs" . There were a lot of gang members in my high school back then. I included a image from Google Maps: Gangs of Los Angeles⬇. All those boxes on the map represent gang territories. Dozens of gangs near where I live. The violence level in this area(like most of the country) is much lower than it was in the 80s and 90s
Talking_Head@reddit
Everything you just said, I agree with. I mentioned the other day that my girlfriend and I bought a house together that cost 2X our annual income with 3% down. Each of our four parents gave us $1000 and that was all we needed to get started at 25 owning a home. I feel so bad for young people today. Home ownership must look so daunting to them.
And yeah, college was cheap. My parents saved up $30,000 and that was all I needed to do four years at the top public university in the country. My niece’s college was 2X that per year.
Jaesha_MSF@reddit
Idk, considering the resurgence of 80’s & 90’s music right now, I think the younger generation actually knows we had the better music.
SXTY82@reddit
Doubt it. We had a ‘classic rock era too. Beatles through Doobie Brothers. We loved them like kids love the 90s stuff
Jaesha_MSF@reddit
Hmm, not sure you’re proving me wrong if that was the intention. Classic rock still falls into GenX realm and popular with youth as evidenced on TikTok and YT. Mind you some of us were born in the 60’s. Doobie Brothers wasn’t 60’s era or Classic Rock to me though. Late 70’s is a given and they were considered main stream music as I was growing up. I wasn’t a Beatles fan. They weren’t playing on my radio, but Doobie Brothers were and Minute by Minute still hits hard today. Love that they’re still together and on tour in 2025.
SXTY82@reddit
You seem to be focusing on You and not society. I hate country music. I don’t discount its validity to others. Our music is the music of our teens and 20s. 80 s and 90s. Music from the 60s 70s is our parents stuff. I was also born in the 60s. We enjoyed Classic rock but it wasn’t our music. It was already called Classic rock by the time we started making our own.
Jaesha_MSF@reddit
Whatever! Good grief, I literally just made a simple comment about how much the younger generations like music of earlier generations. You’re confirming that’s how it is which I acknowledged. Please just don’t respond to my posts. Folks like you tend to initiate disagreements and stand ten toes down against people who never wanted to argue with you about literally nothing to begin with. Cheers and enjoy your weekend!
chamrockblarneystone@reddit
We know what we know.
seobrien@reddit
Going out and discovering new bands is as awesome as ever. Tommy Newport, Skateland, Parcels. There is some good stuff out there. And I'm going to OMD in June!
ItsNotAFraggle@reddit
They are so good live—you’re in for a treat!
hazelquarrier_couch@reddit
Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark OMD or something else?
Dry_Tourist_1232@reddit
When I was in high school, I asked for an OMD CD for Christmas. My dad told me that he was going to get me Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Haha
Xminus6@reddit
As soon as I see the name my brain goes “Ba da Da Da da Da Da da…”
seobrien@reddit
Yes, in Austin.
hazelquarrier_couch@reddit
That sounds like an awesome show. I've followed their music since their heyday and they still sound good. Enjoy the show!
sbgoofus@reddit
that's nice for you... but in my town...all the venues are gone....there is no place for garage bands or up and coming bands or alternative bands to play anymore... in the 90's there was probably 8 or 9 - what are the kids gonna do today?
seobrien@reddit
Eh, come on. "Garage band" The moniker literally comes from what people did.
I feel you, I live in Austin and work in music. You're not wrong. But it isn't the loss of venues, it's the change of society to be online, and as a result too, people NOT supporting venues and live music.
We have a live band at every other house party we throw. Why? Why not. Support the music, and people love it. They get paid, they get audience, etc. "garage band" if you will.
Invite some bar or restaurant owners and push them to have the music.
sbgoofus@reddit
not for me.. I'm long past that..but for my kid...her band seriously cannot find a spot to play in or near town - they've tried and now end up going to the next closest city - which isn't ideal and how do you get a following that way?? I think covid has closed a lot of venues that will never return
seobrien@reddit
Still missing my point, my friend; I'm trying to be helpful by sharing how it could work
Your daughter, mine too, right? Thanks that they just TikTok some videos or something. Hate to break it to her but that's wrong, still wrong; that's like 1% that makes it and no garage band, mediocre artist, or hobby musician, makes enough off of the internet. None. She'll give up in a year or two.
So, instead ... Have a monthly party at the house. You use Facebook and LinkedIn and invite all your friends. She uses Insta and TikTok, and whatever, and does the same. Drinks are free or BYOB. You get a good truck to hang out.
Now, there, you have older people who want to be supportive and have the wealth to do so. They'll buy merch, they'll tip, they'll share the band with a business owner. And you have younger people who are likely the actual fans, but they're broke... They build the fan base.
sbgoofus@reddit
they have no illusions of 'making it' - they just wanna play.. when I was puttering around with a band some 25-30 years ago... there were no end to bars, pizza places, after hour restaurants, pool halls, etc - - all are gone now w/no replacements in sight...this area just isn't a good music town - which is weird because a hell of a lot of retired rock stars live here - hell.. active ones...big names...we don't have a big enough venue for them to play here either
darktrain@reddit
Right? There's sooooo much great new music out there. Do I listen to older stuff? Sure! But there's great new stuff, too! Even great new stuff if you want it to sound like the older stuff: If you like New Wave, check out Nation of Language, Future Islands, Twin Shadow. If you like the electronica sounds of the 90s (esp. rave/house), check out TSHA, Nia Archives, Swedish House Mafia, Odesza.
OMD is great! Amazing that they're still touring, I heard them on KEXP within the last couple years and they sounded great. Have fun!
No_Analysis_283@reddit
Naw. The 90s rocked. No social media, good music, good economy, on top of the world. It was glorious.
MetalTrek1@reddit
Agreed. I'm a Gen X 80s Metalhead going back to 1984. That era and its music will always be timeless to me. But my kids? They feel the same way about their music now. And will probably feel the same way about it long after I'm gone. And that's the way it should be (Bill Burr is one of my favorite comedians BTW).
shellofbrit2011@reddit
Good post. And Bill Burr is just about my favorite comedian. I watched him ever since he had hair, when he was sin, when he started dating Nia, when they got married and now they got kids.
Anna-Belly@reddit
And we forget that there was shit music during our time as well.
And a lot of us ignore/play down the good/fun music of today. I know almost all of the words to "Like That." That's a banger, as the children say.
Vness374@reddit
You’re just asking to get Rickrolled
Talking_Head@reddit
That’s a tough one to sing along to if you are a 50yo white guy. I just go with ninja when the n-word comes up.
Datamackirk@reddit
About the only exception I have for this line of thought is the existence of the Internet. Having your awkward phase(s) memorialiIzed and, sometimes, accessible to everyone on the planet is a pretty big difference from our younger days. There are plenty of things I said/did that make me happy that everyone wasn't carrying a camera in their pocket. That's not even counting the related general lack of privacy and ability and/or expectation to be contactable all the time.
Otherwise, I agree with Burr. Lots of the crap we give the younger generations is the same crap we got from Baby Boomers and those from Greatest Generation. I'd take it a step further and, with some retrospection, say that we deserved some of what we got...and that the same applies to some of what's said by Xers to Millenials and Zers. But being "right" about part of what we complain about isn't a justification for the constant belittling and dismissiveness old people exhibit to the kids (whether it's us or the Boomers!).
SSolomonGrundy@reddit
Yeah, social media and cell phones are genuinely addictive, brain-destroying, and social-skills-destroying, as I observe among the college students I teach. These devices are just so misery-making, in balance in the long term (despite short-term dopamine hits). That's some global capitalism bullshit that I wish hadn't happened.
I am so glad I didn't grow up with those devices, and I am very confident in my understanding (backed by social science) about how much worse social and material conditions are for young people today.
SSolomonGrundy@reddit
Social media and cell phones are genuinely addictive, brain-destroying, and social-skills-destroying, as I observe among the college students I teach. These devices are just so misery-making, in balance in the long term (despite short-term dopamine hits). That's some global capitalism bullshit that I wish hadn't happened.
I am so glad I didn't grow up with those devices, and I am very confident in my understanding (backed by social science) about how much worse social and material conditions are for young people today.
Cheese-Manipulator@reddit
People were fretting about the behavior of young people in the 1920s.
Datamackirk@reddit
They always will. Somewhat and/or sometimes justifiably so. But not usually. 😂
Strict_Ad_5858@reddit
My partner and I have tried to instill a deep love of music with our 14 yo son. He’s currently obsessed with Kendrick and we’re trying to get him to broaden his horizons just a tad. I’m lazy and just push him toward 90s rap, but my partner has an encyclopedic knowledge of music and energy to explore new bands and musicians. It’s a great way for them to connect. I’m happy that he’s always sending us vids and songs. The other day he “discovered” C.R.E.A.M. and it was adorable how he thought he was enlightening me.
Meanwhile my boomer dad is still grumbling about rap with my son just like he did when I was 14 🤷🏻♀️
soyverde@reddit
There’s plenty of new shit I don’t care for, and a ton of it that is frankly better than anything that came before. I feel bad for anyone so stuck in their ways that they can’t enjoy new art.
SuzIsCool@reddit
Bill Burr 2028
Siren_of_Madness@reddit
I'm actually really into the younger generation's music and art and fashion. It's so much fun!
I mean, I don't try to look like them or anything, but I fucking LOVE it when my 16 year old granddaughter and her boyfriend are surprised when I can contribute to the conversation.
Talking_Head@reddit
The simple fact that you have a Reddit account means you are more dialed in to youth culture than many of our cohorts. Spending an hour a day on r/all will keep you up to date on a lot of things. Reddit was after all created to be the front page of the internet.
SnooAdvice1361@reddit
I agree for the most part. However, I will maintain that I am so thankful we didn’t have to worry about all of our stupid transgressions being recorded because everyone didn’t have a phone in their pocket back then.
SXTY82@reddit
I don't disagree. I personally feel we had it way better. But so did my dad in relation to his growing up. To me the point is to let them enjoy what they have, as much as they can. If a kid asks me about music, I'm engaging, I love the topic. But I'm not jumping in any more. Let them have their time.
justlkin@reddit
Yeah. I won't say I don't occasionally complain about my body not cooperating like it used to in this sub, but I don't get involved in these generation wars. Every generation has their best moments, but ours were no better or worse than any generation prior to or after us.
Tower816@reddit
It's only the "good ole days" because we had youth going for us . It doesn't matter what musical genre came around or what ground breaking devices we were able to use . It all revolves around us being young , that made it the good ole days or the best time to be alive
format32@reddit
This is kinda hard when the younger generation is being raised on TikTok. Their favorite songs are like 40 seconds long. I can agree on not raining on your parade but really social media is doing more harm than good when it comes to the performing arts.
Megmelons55@reddit
I recently saw a meme that said Bill Burr is gonna accidentally lead the revolution, and complain about it the whole time. That meme knows things lol
RusticBucket2@reddit
Bill Burr really is a national treasure.
Ellavemia@reddit
Bill Burr has proven to be very self-aware and realizes that his default is cantankerous, so I know he actively has to fight himself to be able to figure this out and put it out there. We should all be so lucky.
Cheese-Manipulator@reddit
Bitching about younger people and raining on their parade is our god given right and they will be exercising their right when they get older too. Even the ancient Greeks pined for a "golden" past.
Flybot76@reddit
Likewise they're totally doing it to us so all we have to do is sit back and watch them make themselves ironic over time. I don't weigh in on idle generation bashing because it's usually meaningless or inaccurate, and when you hear a kid going 'that early 80s stuff sucks, dad', that kid's gonna wake up in fifteen years listening to Hall and Oates, going 'wow, this is way more complex than I thought'
RowSilver1592@reddit
Plus I heard that the youngsters are into bands like Hall and Oates now.
SXTY82@reddit
There will always be people into music. But Music is no longer what it was to us. I know the same number of Bee Keepers as I do Audiophiles. It's not important in the way it was to us.
What bothers me is music isn't easy to love any more. Finding and following new bands is actually work these days and requires a service like Spotify or Tidal to really get into it.
RowSilver1592@reddit
I’ve noticed this, too. I’m always open to listening to new stuff, but it is a chore. I’ve started going back to older things that I’ve felt a certain way about and just listening to what I really enjoy. I just think it’s cool that kids are listening to older stuff, just like we did.
RaygunMarksman@reddit
Hell yeah, I've maintained that sentiment. Young people are still making music to rival, expand, and surpass anything from my youth. Taking art to new heights in general. I'd miss out on enjoying it if I thought age was a factor.
panihil@reddit
Kids today don't know Bill Burr. They don't know good comedy.
be_just_this@reddit
No because they did miss out 🤣
notthatkindofdoctorb@reddit
I actually think it’s true in this case due to current events but I keep my “good old days” comments to fellow Gen Xers because nobody wants to hear how much better it was while their own futures have been genuinely compromised. I also enjoy the joking criticism about younger generations because it’s tradition but I do think we need to remind ourselves more often who raised that generation. They didn’t just appear overnight.
Dante1420@reddit
Heck yeah!!
You reminded me of when I saw Atmosphere in Duluth MN at the local ski resort bar. There were maybe 40 people there, but they brought the energy like they were performing to a packed Madison Square Garden.
Great times. 🎉🤘🏻
PaddlesOwnCanoe@reddit
Whatever, dude! :D:D:D:D
Namatate@reddit
I'm with you dude, I just logged my 35th snowboard season this winter, I surf three times a week, I ride my bicycle 40 to 80 mi on the weekend and to work two or three times a week, I'm not doing a Olympic distance triathlon under 2 hours like I used to, but I sure as f*** don't play bridge, do book group or garden for pleasure... yet.
Loyal-Opposition-USA@reddit
Life fucks you up, some of us worse than others. I’m sure GenX has a broad range of suffering 60’s and fabulous 45’s.
That said, the kids are our kids. Why the fuck would we shit on them for music/movies/tastes? When I see that shit it reminds me of the boomers acting so high and mighty for decades. Be different.
mytodaythrowaway@reddit
But, my hip actually does hurt.
walter_grimsley@reddit
Hear hear. I too expose my kids to my old music, movies, and shows, but also let them have theirs. Its great that they have access to music of any style and any era at their fingertips. I had my boomer parents blaring their doo-wop shop oldies station. Gone is the shared experience of one entire generation rushing home to watch GI Joe, Transformers and The Real Ghostbusters. This gen won't grow up with one common experience outside of major things, and thats OK.
butagooodie@reddit
Thank you! Let the kids do their thing. Lets not be like our (my?) Parents and trash everything that wasn't cool like when they were kids.
We have our thing, they can have theirs.
Altrano@reddit
I’m just concerned that a plump middle-aged woman with asthma can out hike middle schoolers that I’m 3 — nearly 4 times the age of. I shouldn’t have more endurance and be able to outpace them at my age. I think Gen Alpha needs to get outside more.
I guess I’m turning into a crotchety old lady.
ghallway@reddit
I am really tired of the whole "my generation is better/suffered more than your generation" shit. I am really tired of being divided for so many stupid reasons. I am tired of being told who to hate.
Suitable-Lawyer-9397@reddit
Every single generation says that same thing. Wait and see, you'll be surprised when it comes out of the next generation
BrilliantArtistic213@reddit
😌
seobrien@reddit
I go out to live music roughly 3 nights a week. We host a party a couple times a month at least. My days are as close to water as I can get.
And to keep my GenX stereotype going, I fight government, have no problem with people torrenting movies, and try to live off the grid as much as possible, because whatever.
I think smartphones killed socializing and I hate it, so I'm out looking for GenX people who go out a lot, where ever I can find them (they're hard to find 🤣)
You'll find me sitting at home when they come to drag my corpse to the morgue.
PayAccomplished1822@reddit
Yep. Smartphones did ruin it all. Dating, relations etc.
Gen x ways from here on out.
No_Neighborhood_632@reddit
I went back to school at 53, two years ago. I'm older than the instructor and most of may classmates' parents [grandparents for some]. While I'm not opposed to re-marrying, I'm not interested in how "dating" is done now. Both of my parents are strong, healthy and of sound mind for 80 but I realize I will have to transition to caretaker through the years. I say all that to say this: I agree. Get up, get out and get to living. Sitting around reliving the good old days is okay in small doses but not if it replaces living the present day to day. Can't play bridge, but I still enjoy D&D, Pathfinder and other CCG's.
PayAccomplished1822@reddit
Dating people is high school. Either find a life partner or find other teenage style gen x dating folks is what I found.
I'm in the latter camp, life partner. Dating by modern standards is just sleeping around IMHO.
I get that.
Picnut@reddit
Hey! I am just about to finish a new degree. Went back 2.5 years ago, oldest person in the program outside of a few older professors.
No_Neighborhood_632@reddit
Should graduate in August or so in Cyber Security.
Picnut@reddit
I hope to finish in Linguistics at end of June!
No_Neighborhood_632@reddit
To you as well. Then comes the hard part, no?: convincing someone to hire me. ;-)
Picnut@reddit
The hard part is finding a path that is not what I have on my resume, but something I actually want to do. And then yeah, getting hired
No_Neighborhood_632@reddit
Good luck to us both.
atAlossforNames@reddit
I don’t judge, but I do protect. If a male comes into a space not meant for them, they will find a bear. I have a right to protect my children, if that creates a downvote so be it. Your parent would hopefully want the same for you if it was an issue then. Life is short, take care of yourself OP!
sweetcherrytea@reddit
C’mon Grandma, let’s get you back to your thread.
/sorry I had to
atAlossforNames@reddit
Um not even close to a grandma
Jasperblu@reddit
Life is actually quite hard for many (if not most)…
Yet, we can also find joy, contentment, fulfillment, reasons to laugh/smile/be grateful, etc.
Both things can be true at the same time. This ain’t a competition.
jackie0h_@reddit
Some of us have started having health problems. I guess we’ll just shut up about the realities of aging so as to not offend you. 🙄
Jasperblu@reddit
THIS
RevolutionaryAccess7@reddit
Exactly. I’ve had a great life but my health went down hill in 2019. It’s a struggle every day. So yes, I’m going to be one of those shit posters soon … whatEVER! 😅
MissAngela66@reddit
I've EARNED the right to whine if I so choose
annin71112@reddit
I don't whine, I hate the whole victim mentality
CallmeSlim11@reddit
it takes a lot of entitlement and hubris to think you can address an entire group of strangers and give them unsolicited advice on how to live their lives. $100 says you're an old white guy. Make it $200.
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
Prejudices & Hostility - No speech of any form targeting anyone, including but not limited to:
United_Vacation_8509@reddit
Agreed. I often feel like I’m in the boomer subreddit
HistorianLiving@reddit
💯
Advanced_Tax174@reddit
Hey, don’t diss the bridge playing. I learned when I was 13….best card game ever.
Magari22@reddit
I think ppl vent here because they are among their peer group and there is comfort in speaking with ppl who have the same cultural refs and are experiencing similar life changes. That doesn't mean people are being bitchy out in the real world or not living their lives it could be just a matter of venting to ppl who get them. I am annoyed by certain things but it doesn't stop me from living or mean I'm a mega grouch lol
Initial_Run1632@reddit
This right here. Thanks for saving me typing it myself
becker8832@reddit
honey-squirrel@reddit
Complaining is never interesting to others and does nothing for the complainer.
SubatomicGoblin@reddit
You sound constipated.
Dependent_Pipe3268@reddit
Yep. People that need to poop are the worst to deal with.
28smalls@reddit
That was me last year. Blocked up for 3-4 days and just wanted people to leave me alone until I got through it. Put my 49th birthday in the top 3 worst birthdays in my life.
Dependent_Pipe3268@reddit
LoL. Crazy we're remembering life events because of bathroom problems. I feel your pain!
Dramatic_Arugula_252@reddit
Constipinionated
piesRsquare@reddit
Oooooh--new word!
"Constipinonated"---that is a fucking awesome word! Added to vocabulary!
Grandmaster-HotFlash@reddit
Sniglets live on.
Dramatic_Arugula_252@reddit
Right??? I can’t wait for my next family reunion to, erm, pull that one out
little_red-7282@reddit
👏👏👏
Raaazzle@reddit
I recommend prune juice (with gin, the way my grandparents liked it)
Quiet-Lobster-6051@reddit
Gin and prune juice.
Mindes13@reddit
They could be hangry. They just had a Drs appointment and DR told them to eat like a rabbit to lose weight.
hopelesscaribou@reddit
I spent January chasing waterfalls in Colombia.
I still hurt every morning.
You can have fun and still enjoy a good bitch&moan session.
Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna@reddit
As we age it’s even more important to stick to the rivers and lakes that we are used to.
hopelesscaribou@reddit
I disagree! I want to see as many lakes and rivers (and waterfalls!) as I can. The ones where I live are too cold to swim in most the year.
Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna@reddit
My attempt at a Gen-X reference must have been clumsy.
This was the point of my silly comment.
hopelesscaribou@reddit
Aww jeez, can't believe I missed that! It's early and I haven't had my coffee.
Interupting_Cows@reddit
Just got divorced after 22 years, lost 100lbs, got braces, permanent makeup, trip to Dominican Republic, Italy for 2 weeks, new car, new condo. I'm ready and living! Yes my back hurts and I can't eat spicy food, but who cares. There is some good music today too. Life is what you make it.
ZombyAnna@reddit
Remember, kids only know what they're taught...
Whose job was that again...
Oh, ours!
I never complain about the kids not knowing something because WE are their teachers!
Party on! And Be excellent to each other (even the kids)!
MissDisplaced@reddit
My mom is 84 and for at least the last 5 years can seemingly talk about nothing else but her physical issues constantly. Literally every single conversation revolves around her bowel movements or arthritis pain. It’s draining to listen to, and she also continues to talk about it at inappropriate times like when eating, even if you try to change the subject or tell her to stop.
She used to go to church, or occasionally have lunch with fellow church women, but I suspect they got sick of hearing it. Don’t become that person.
shamashedit@reddit
Pain? Prostate exams? Shingles vaccines? Fuck those things. It's just a part of getting old. Tell me about the last show you went to.
Bunch of Gen x acts just as delicate as their shitty Gen Z kids.
Significant_Mess_79@reddit
I saw Grace Jones perform 2 years ago. 🤩😎
piesRsquare@reddit
Sometimes people are having a hard day, feeling the aging, and hating it. That's okay!
Getting older can be very frustrating, and sometimes that frustration really wears one down. I know for myself, sometimes I just feel overwhelmed by it and need to vent and feel sorry for myself for a bit. Then I get a good night's sleep, and the next day, life goes on.
GenX is known for "whatever" and "get on with it", but remember what GenX is also known for: Grunge. And grunge was all about letting out the rage.
diaphoni@reddit
Lol this post could be mine in this forum. Reading the posts here makes me so damn mad at my generation. Kids say they don't understand why we aren't held accountable for things being awful in the USA right now and let me tell you what, we should be, our desire to not be anything other than our parents led us to where we are. Remember that list you made as a kid? You know the one, the "All the things I will not do when I grow up" list? Some of y'all decided to make that your to do list instead and it's disgusting.
I find most of my fellow GenX so confusing now. My music tastes have continued to expand, I'm not stuck sitting around going "The 70s were the BEST MUSIC ERA" or acting like my boomer parents but when I read the posts in here I wonder if I'm not somehow a Millennial because jfc I do not act like most of the people in here. I am still alive, I am still learning and growing and accepting new things, cultures and expanding my brain. Y'all have fun in that boomer-decline you all seem to want to have, it's not for me. I'll thrive thanks. I'll accept that things change and people change and the way things are done changes and act like I'm 18 even when I know I'm not anymore.
thecuriosityofAlice@reddit
Gen X is so small and insignificant as a generation; sandwiched between boomers and Millennials both huge by comparison. We have had no consistent cultural influence or leadership as a generation. We don’t have a Gloria Steinem or a Bob Dylan. Not a Taylor Swift or an AOC.
Obama is as close to a leader as we have but he is done being on the frontlines.
We are statistically the margin of error and often not included in generational polling- we just get skipped…because we don’t matter and never have.
In our youth, Gen X was environmentally conscious, we resurrected Earth Day, elected Al Gore but we all got ratfucked by SCOTUS letting Jeb Bush make the decision of who won Florida. Then we had W.
We have been on a different timeline since then. Gen X shifted from “whatever” to “what the fuck” as a guiding force, which makes us all cranky at times.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Yes, yea, yes! I absolutely adore new music and get so fucking sick of the music of our youth. I embrace change in its many forms and I’m so glad I do because otherwise, I’ll be left behind and who the hell wants that? It sounds like a hellscape. I see it with my mother and I refuse to ever let that be me. Besides, change is good for the mind, it keeps it vital.
whirlydad@reddit
This post has got some real "rub some dirt on it" energy.
thecuriosityofAlice@reddit
“You will eat what your mother prepared and be happy about it or you won’t eat or sit down the rest of the god damn night”
thecuriosityofAlice@reddit
There are a fuckton of subreddits here. Create one that is for Gen X discovering new music or new younger voices. Seems like there is a desire for that discussion
I personally like having a space where I don’t have to pretend. There is no Botox to smooth the wrinkles, no Ozempic to make us more attractive & faux healthy, no novocaine to dull the pains of everyday life.
It’s memories and commiserations. We are all coming to terms with empty nests, economic hardships and aging in general, cut everyone some slack.
I find this post to be just as gatekeeping as OP claims our generation to be.
vodeodeo55@reddit
Whatever
DanE1RZ@reddit
Fk you, I won't do what you tell me. Fk you, I won't do what you tell me. Fk you, I won't do what you tell me. Fk you, I won't do what you tell me. Fk you, I won't do what you tell me. Fk you, I won't do what you tell me. Fk you, I won't do what you tell me. Fk you, I won't do what you tell me.
.....mother f****r.
Western-Calendar-352@reddit
You can say fuck and motherfucker.
This isn’t Tik Tok. Fuck off all the way out of here with the unnecessary self-censorship.
velo_dude@reddit
Fuckabuncha Tik Tok
OttoVonPlittersdorf@reddit
Fuckabuncha made me think of Bunchacrunch, and now I want chocolate.
squanchy_Toss@reddit
Took me here
OttoVonPlittersdorf@reddit
You know, with most of Reddit making me feel old, it was refreshing to see something that was a tad before my time.
LunaPolaris@reddit
Right? Do not comply in advance.
Thin_Dream2079@reddit
I will defend to the death Dane1RZ’s right to self-censor. How dare you censor their self-censoring!
therelybare5@reddit
So now you’re censoring the people who censor the self- censorers? WOW!
newredditsucks@reddit
FTFY.
therelybare5@reddit
‘preciate that!
Mguidr1@reddit
Yet I’ve been banned off several subreddits for my conservative political views and never anywhere else …. Only Reddit.
little_red-7282@reddit
It's a little scary being a conservative on Reddit.
Mguidr1@reddit
Indeed it is
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
Maybe it made 'em feel fucking young again. Maybe it fucking reminded him when saying it, even felt risqué with censorship. Maybe it was what they fucking wanted. Maybe you should mind Fucking mind your own fucking business.
(Then again, being able to type it out and changing autocorrect's "ducking" is fucking fun Too)
PirateJen78@reddit
Funny thing, my autocorrect does the opposite when I am literally texting about ducks. (Just did it there too.)
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
That's funny.
DanE1RZ@reddit
Last time I didn't censor it, a mod deleted the comment 🤷🏻♂️
NoNamesLeft600@reddit
You have to censor on Tik Tok? I'm kinda surprised to hear that!
Ferrindel@reddit
Fuck TikTok and all so I wouldn’t know, but can you seriously not curse on that platform?
BroccoliNearby2803@reddit
Fuckity Fuck! I haven't heard Fuck off all the way out of here in so long. Forgot all about it! 😅 Thanks for making me smile
Conscious_Creator_77@reddit
Love that song!
Takin_Up_Space70@reddit
These 65 and over homes have no idea what’s coming!
CynicalOne_313@reddit
Me, nearing 50, blasting my playlists in my condo which has a lot of 65+ folks (some are my neighbors): 😈🤘🏼
Goddammit, now I need to play RATM! ;)
WalleyeHunter1@reddit
I have zero bucks left to give.... .... .... oh wait I found one in my fanny pack. Now I can give you my last fuck.
Malapple@reddit
UGGH!
Must blast that song, now.
Dramatic_Arugula_252@reddit
Same, and I’m at work :(
bsensikimori@reddit
SOME OF THOSE THAT WORK FORCES!
CuteFluffyGuy@reddit
That’ll always get an upvote
BeerWench13TheOrig@reddit
This will be stuck in my head all day now. Thanks for the ear worm.
GargantuanTDS@reddit
Sippin' my sippy cup
velo_dude@reddit
...never mind
PlasteeqDNA@reddit
I rarely think about my age and it grates the shit out of me to have fairly young people calling themselves old
Fair-Swimming-6697@reddit
Maybe you rarely think about it bc you are lucky enough to be in great condition. (I don’t know you, don’t take it personally.). But that is what I see a lot of judgement from; those who are not only active and punch forward, but also those who are genetically very lucky and have not had the challenges some others have had. Some of those challenges are invisible and some aren’t. Just bc you can, doesn’t mean everyone can. Show some intelligence by trying to see other perspectives instead of projecting all of your insecurities (or your parents’ insecurities) onto others.
PlasteeqDNA@reddit
Obviously my comments exclude people who are ill. Do I have to make a disclaimer every time I open my mouth? Also, you have no idea what state of health I am in so don't assume things. Take the chip of your shoulder instead.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Same. I’m 57 and a couple I’m friendly with are 37 are taking about feeling old. . Of course, much of it has to do with being 150 pounds overweight.
PlasteeqDNA@reddit
Js but it's also a mindset. I have a cousin who's been calling herself old since she was 30 and she's 15 years younger than me
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Yes it’s def a mindset.
akillerofjoy@reddit
Uh… whatever.
deltacreative@reddit
I get it. Too much moaning but, to be fair... if you're up, outgoing, and active you're probably not bitching about arthritic problems and colonoscopy results on Reddit.
Normal-Philosopher-8@reddit
I’m glad you’re strong and healthy, and hope you never know anything else.
LiluLay@reddit
Yeah, feeling this reply right here.
I’m guessing OP is a man who isn’t in the throes of the total body/mind/spirit altering that is menopause, which is something the women of our generation are suffering through like hell right now. Can’t speak for every woman our age, but I know it’s made me cranky af.
Or that he’s been lucky enough to avoid major injury, cancer, chronic illness, or any condition that is worsened by the body aging.
Besides, I like puttering around my garden, caring for my family, and playing board games like a boring little old lady. I did all the crazy shit I need to in this life, thanks. I still enjoy the quiet things in my hobbit existence.
Great-Wishbone-9923@reddit
I’m sorry to hear about the trouble and pain from menopause. I’m male and can’t imagine what that’s like - but my best friend is going through perimenopause and is telling me all about it. It sounds like hell between the pain, symptoms, and apparently some emotional highs/lows?! She’s having a rough time and hormones don’t seem to be helping much.
I have some weird, lingering things from when I had COVID a few years back (one is I had night sweats for 6 months out of nowhere) and her and I try to laugh when we share symptoms from her perimenopause 😂
Your hobbit comment rang with me as well. I’m guilty of complaining about my life on here, rather grumpily to be honest, and probably too often (depression) - but one thing that helps is me be being hobbit like.
I was a chef/pastry chef/cannabis chef so I can cook. My patents are fond of this as well, lol. I also have an uncanny ability to garden. I live with/take care of my folks at this point and tend their gardens - there were 3, I added 4 plus 7 (very mini, all under 5 gallons) ponds 😂 It’s fairly rural here, so I also summon my inner Disney princess because the wildlife have flocked to the improved gardens. Deer, fox, rabbit, groundhogs, frogs, toads, turtles, and an insane amount of different pollinators - it’s a little crazy actually.
Anyway, I’m usually listing the various things I hate - apparently I’m in a good moods today and the weed is working because I just listed a bunch of crap I like, lol.
This was long, ranty, and ended much different than I thought it would. Anyway - I’m glad you have found a way of living you enjoy and suits you! I hope the symptoms of menopause pass soon and you can be more comfortable.
slkwont@reddit
Agreed, I hate this toxic positivity shit. I've had chronic pain for 35 years and have had multiple major surgeries, including brain surgery, due to a hereditary condition and autoimmune disease. I live my best life despite that - note that I said MY best life - but I hate being shamed for wanting to bitch about my life every now and again.
This guy should feel blessed he doesn't have anything to complain about. The smug people always get theirs in the end.
I am the strongest person I know. He can go suck an egg.
LiluLay@reddit
Yes I would also like to occasionally indulge in my inner Yzma without feeling some guy who cannot experience empathy is judging me. I can be the grumpy hobbit from time to time. I’ve earned it. So have you.
Footdust@reddit
I have a multitude of health problems but manage not to moan and bitch about them daily, make myself a victim, or begrudge others their good health.
katiehatesjazz@reddit
I guess I don’t give a shit what other people post. Ranting? Ok who cares. Complaining? Yeah whatever.
BeneGezzeret@reddit
I feel this, I guess I am a Xennial technically, born in 78. I used to idolize Gen Z ideals. Punk Rock, Metal, tough neglected kids. I felt all that so hard. I resisted getting lumped in with Millennials being on the cusp (before Xennial differentiation) or a little late by some generational scales. Now I see too much of the Boomer mentality coming from Gen X.
RevolutionaryAccess7@reddit
Some of us didn’t have an easy life and you can “try” with your health, I do, every day, but it only helps so much. So judge all you want, but some of us are hanging in there by our fingernails. If we want to vent, and you don’t like it, scroll on by.
Fillmore80@reddit
Ewwww don't use that term for us. I'm younger than you and I hate it.
BeneGezzeret@reddit
I didn’t coin it, just quoting the sociology.
Fillmore80@reddit
Oh I know it's not your term.
Droolzy_Kalenbacle@reddit
It's almost as if people's lived experiences can be radically different despite being from the same generation. Some of us have lived with chronic illness or are struck suddenly with serious health issues that affect their quality of living. Don't you think they'd love to just mind over matter force themselves into less pain, better health, increased ability? Srsly, the bootstrap attitude towards others is peak boomer behavior.
Maybe try having compassion for those of us who are scared or mourning what they thought middle age would be like for them. Talking about pills, pain, declining health, etc is a drag. It's boring. Guess what, most of us didn't expect to be here already with health issues. We'd love to discuss hanging off a mountain or running a marathon or even just planting a garden.
So yeah, we are boring and complaining and not exciting but we are Gen x too. You'll just have to accept that we're not all living the same life as you.
RevolutionaryAccess7@reddit
💯
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Yeah, but playing the victim is a big turn off, especially when there are things within y’all’s control. Nearly every person acts like none of these health conditions can be mitigated or somewhat reduced with some efforts and lifestyle changes. Sure, some issues are beyond your control, but a HUGE amount ARE. There is no way that EVERY SINGLE ISSUE is out of your control. Yet so many insist there is nothing they can do. We have a comfort crisis epidemic and it is killing us because folks don’t want to make efforts to eat a little better and MOVE. This attitude is classic boomer, if you ask me. Victimhood has gone way too far.
QueenMumof4@reddit
Valid
TrustAffectionate966@reddit
This post hurtZ. Everything megahuuuuuuurtZ.
☠️💦
LotsOfWatts@reddit
Yeah. You’re as old as you act, so stop acting like you’re 80.
badannbad@reddit
WaitingitOut000@reddit
I figure if someone is saying something here, it’s because they need to say it to someone. That’s reason enough for it to be okay.
Ok_Tanasi1796@reddit
I get that. Is it because I just get it or is it because I’m slightly older than you?
badannbad@reddit
sporkmanhands@reddit
I agree, a lot of people I feel don’t have anyone to talk to so this is their outlet.
I also agree there are quite a few posts where I picture them shaking their fist at the sky
Or telling kids to stay off their yard….
badannbad@reddit
Saw someone say “my sidewalk” as a joke. Made me laugh.
RzrKitty@reddit
This is a really good summary.
sxhnunkpunktuation@reddit
Just like OP, apparently.
addage-@reddit
Which is fine, he is just hunting for some contrarian upvotes.
A time honored Reddit space filling activity.
ratsta@reddit
Funny way to say "looking for a conversation".
Cheese-Manipulator@reddit
Probably a millennial infiltrator
Successful_Sense_742@reddit
Yup. OP complaining about people complaining. Sounds like he's an old fart too.
Flybot76@reddit
Especially starting in with the sad-sack stuff about 'probably gonna get downvoted and removed', it's just silly to do that. Anybody who's so worried about getting downvoted or deleted that they have to say it before anything else probably just shouldn't post whatever they're so worried about, because it's like seeing somebody come out onstage going 'wull you guys just hate me dontcha, and I'm already sad about it but just listen, come on guys, gimme a chance guys, let me talk' to a silent audience.
Successful_Sense_742@reddit
Two words your right. Maybe that's four. Maybe it's ten. Now it's eleven.... ..
Clevertown@reddit
Is that not... exactly what you're doing, with a side of ridicule?
NoNamesLeft600@reddit
LOL. I had someone block me on X after he made a post bitching about people bitching. All I said in reply was "Isn't it a bit ironic to bitch about bitching?" Apparently, that set him off! :-)
Successful_Sense_742@reddit
Some people hate the truth. I've been called out before and I just rolled with it.
NoNamesLeft600@reddit
That's how we roll!
Successful_Sense_742@reddit
Yup. I screwed up a job today. Didn't see wires going into a house I worked at this morning. Oh well. I fucked up. I roll on.
Zoom in and you can see the wires.
AmericanDesertWitch@reddit
That's a lovely thing to say ❤️
cdubwingo@reddit
Okay, hippy 😂
Born-Drag427@reddit
Legit but 1 rule that still stands don't wear a band tagirt from my generation if you can't even name 1 song, poser
Almlady@reddit
It's funny I actually feel proud when my kid 16 is listening to music from the 60s 70s 80s or 90s I will let him know a little about the artist or play a cd. He has different mixes on Spotify. I use iheart and have a large music collection. I'm glad he likes a little of everything I'm the same way. There is hope. I also remember my folks yelling to turn the music down when the same song was played multiple times. I had to stop myself and laugh the first time I said the same exact words to my kid. New generation but same issues.
ItsNotAFraggle@reddit
Yeah but also no. I’m in my fifties and at a stage where I do this weird mix of old lady shit as well as a lot of the same stuff I did in my in my twenties. I have terrible arthritis in both knees and my back and am so worried about my mobility as I grow older, but I also will go to any dive bar to see just about any band play and dance my ass off even though I know I’ll pay dearly for it and have to use a cane to get around for a while afterwards—while wearing my ratty old Chucks and The Clash tshirt. I also really enjoy sitting on the screened in porch and watching the lake and the birds at the bird feeder, and I find myself telling people about the little birdy behaviors I observe as well as the kickass show I saw last weekend or the fantastic edibles I tried.
I think people just tend to post about the things they’re struggling with more than the awesome stuff.
DragonQueen18@reddit
You sound like a fun person to hang out with
Barracuda_Recent@reddit
Actually, couldn’t upvote this more.
GeneralJavaholic@reddit
I watched some "kids," probably in their late 20s, discover the show House and get all excited, only to find out there's no new season and nobody talks about that. Then they found out how old the show was and how much it took over at the time it ran. Then they got all excited about "did you know the guy who plays James was in another movie called 'Dead Poets Society'? I watched it and omg." It was so wholesome. I was like, "yeah, and he's got a whole catalogue you should check out, especially since you like theatre."
HellooKnives@reddit
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
It's so disappointing. I was always proud to be GenX, and thought that we'd be different as we got older.
But so many posts are about people not willing to embrace new things, new social norms, that everything kids do now is not as good as when we did the exact same thing at their age.
Ugh, whatever.
jackie0h_@reddit
I bet millennials and GenZ thinks the same thing. Everyone thinks they’ll be cool forever. We were told we were cool because we were alternative. But really most of GenX was no different than anyone else. They weren’t alternative. They were jocks and liked regular pop and hip hop not the 90s alternative. The people who seek out GenX areas are the ones that defined GenX. But most of our generation was not the cool GenX people most people think of. Just like most boomers weren’t hippies.
Loose-Brother4718@reddit
Isn’t that the whole point of assembling a group of people whose commonality is the generation we belong to?
melafar@reddit
You would think.
melafar@reddit
Your toxic positivity is really gross. People can vent about their bodies changing. You don’t have to read their posts.
SuburbaniteMermaid@reddit
I work in a medical office and I just said today to my very millennial clinic manager that watching my own generation start acting just like the Boomers they built their identity on despising is infuriating.
jackie0h_@reddit
Maybe there’s a reason boomers are like that. Getting old isn’t for the weak. Unfortunately some of us are finding out sooner than others. Excuse us. I can’t believe how bitchy this generation is. We’re not cool anymore. We’re getting older. It happens to everyone. If you’re lucky it’s not too hard on you.
I also think it’s weird you all hate boomers so much since they’re most of our parents. Do you all just hate your parents? I guess I was lucky along with being born in the wrong generation. But then I didn’t have to be a latchkey kid like others. I’ve always been confused how everyone says the boomers had it so easy yet everyone says they were a latchkey kid so obviously both your parents worked and didn’t have it that easy.
All we seem to do now is bitch. It was cool when we were 20 and had all the possibilities in the world and we just didn’t care but it’s kind of pathetic from a bunch of 50 year olds, especially when bitching about people our own age. We aren’t the cool ones anymore. Well most of us aren’t.
dannydiggz@reddit
Speaking of stop whining lol
RepublicBeautiful244@reddit
Am I the only one that doesn’t understand anything about this rant?
Funny-Berry-807@reddit
No idea wtf OP is trying to say.
RepublicBeautiful244@reddit
The lead paint has probably gotten to him.
FalconRacerFalcon@reddit
Yeah, your post is a prime example of whining and lack of empathy. Scroll on if you don't like a post.
DC2ABQ@reddit
Amen buddy! That’s why I rarely got on this feed (or whatever it’s called lol). Enjoy life guys, there is a lot of craziness in the air.
WordleFan88@reddit
I have tried posting things a couple of times that encourages us to go out and get involved in stuff, socially and politically and each time it's taken down by the mods. I guess we're just supposed to sit in here and talk about how good things used to be, like a bunch of old farts.
Cruezin@reddit
I know 5 fat people
And 4 of them are you
KeoniDm@reddit
Mama Say Mama Sa Mama Coosa?!?
BurritosOverTacos@reddit
Here, have my up vote.
SuchDogeHodler@reddit
Do not go gentle into that good night....Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
I refuse to go down without a fight!!!!
C-romero80@reddit
I bruised my hand clapping.. freaking clapping. I was trying to get the dogs attention as she was going to chase a cat. It worked, cat and dog both safe, but I was bruised and laughing like crazy at how that happened
SuchDogeHodler@reddit
Low dose aspirin?
C-romero80@reddit
Nope, just BP meds and vitamins. I honestly think adrenaline and angle of clap with Ring might be the real culprit
AltenHut@reddit
Namaste
Beauphedes_Knutz@reddit
Namaste right over here and not get involved.
Late-Addendum8704@reddit
Get off my lawn!!!
Maleficent-Courage48@reddit
I agree. We're not Boomers FFS.
Diesel350@reddit
Don't tell me what to do.
HPMcCall@reddit
Lol. I'm going to a nightclub tonight to see an EDM artist I love. Gen X in da club!!!
allislost77@reddit
So? You’re complaining about complaining? Not to complain, but it reads as a gen z calling everyone boomers and to go touch grass.
Echterspieler@reddit
Every generation sub reddit is like this. Except xennials. We're chill
archedhighbrow@reddit
What's a nimby?
doyouvoodoo@reddit
Not in my back yard
archedhighbrow@reddit
Thank you!
vomputer@reddit
Bunch of boomers in here
darinhthe1st@reddit
I agree. We did have fun in our day,now it's there turn
RVAblues@reddit
Took a break from getting my motorbike ready for a ride this weekend to go to an eye doctor appointment. Turns out I need cataract surgery. At 48.
Came home to my lovely wife and we made some plans for our next wild travel adventure. I made a mental note to pack my blood pressure meds.
Both can be true.
Awalawal@reddit
FWIW I had cararacts in both eyes by age 45. Eye doctor said it was pretty unusual. After the surgery it was like night and day (almost literally). My vision now is better than it's ever been, and there was effectively no down time for healing.
RVAblues@reddit
Yeah I’m actually looking forward to it. They said they might actually be able to correct my vision. I’ve been wearing glasses or contacts since I was 6. I can’t wait.
boredproggy@reddit
The operation is fine too, you can't see enough to be scared by it anyway. I wore glasses full time from about 6 until 50, now I don't use them unless I'm driving at night.
Enjoy being able to wear any old sunglasses!
RVAblues@reddit
I’ve worn contacts since 6th grade (hard lenses). Pollen season is murder. I’m looking forward to not having to worry about that anymore.
Waste_Resolution_247@reddit
This is all great to hear - I'm getting a cataract removed and a fancy new lens in its place in about 6 weeks. I can't bloody wait.
Something I've been prescribed for they past 11 years has corticosteroids in it, my doctor told me that's probably why I have a cataract this early (my parents got cataracts in their 70s, and I'd been wondering wtf). Apparently other meds can do that, too.
40sw@reddit
The biggest issue isn’t that the younger generation doesn’t know things from their past, it’s that they don’t care. That seems to be a first, at least in US history. We believe that not being interested in your past is a great way to have a bad future and drag the rest of us with you.
Loki_was_framed@reddit
I just remember high school differently. In a history class of 30 kids, maybe two of them were paying attention.
40sw@reddit
I’m not taking about history class. Everyone I knew was interested about their parents and grandparents and how they grew up.
Imd1rtybutn0twr0ng@reddit
This. Even my 30- something ex has a "not about me? Don't care" mentality. I'm not saying everyone does, but I notice it is very much a thing and getting worse.
40sw@reddit
Yeah, 43(ish) and below have that attitude. Read millennials and younger.
Iowadream74@reddit
Hold on 1 sec ... My grandma played bridge outside the nursing home lol but I get your point!!
price101@reddit
I always help the younger generations as much as I can. I find that I have the ability to be a strong calming influence when they are stressed or worried. That is a favour the Boomers seldom offered us. That said, it will always annoy me when Millenials turn their phone off at 5pm, while the Gen Z's can't put their phone down for 2 minutes.
Finding_Way_@reddit
Acknowledging that you're aging and commiserating with others about newly found physical pain does not mean at all that you are not also getting out, living life, and embracing him the next generation.
Ariahna5@reddit
I'm with you, sometimes this sub seems like a direct contradiction of the whole gen x vibe of just living life
Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit
Nah. I farted. Damn kids.
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
Never trust a fart, my friend.
SuzIsCool@reddit
And don't forget to take your CoQ 10 like Tony Hawk suggests
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
Yup. Take mine at the same time I take my statin and BP meds!
GrolarBear69@reddit
Boomers hate gen z so I love gen z. Alpha are all pure psychopaths so they'll be just fine. They were born feral and our traditions are alien and meaningless to them.....which is fantastic because we have no idea why we do all this stupid shit. It hasn't ever paid off. All the good inventors died broke.
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
Most of the Gen Z peeps I know (admittedly not a whole lot) are good people. I feel more of a kinship with them than the generations adjacent to my own.
SinxHatesYou@reddit
Dude, get off my lawn. You are messing up the weeds
Hungry-King-1842@reddit
LOL, weeds are the only reason my yard is green.
Some-Exchange-4711@reddit
The weed’s in the backyard lol
1_21-gigawatts@reddit
Dave’s not here, man
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
C’mon, man, it’s me, Dave! Open up the goddamn door!
Background_Tax4626@reddit
Well played 👏👏
Dahnlor@reddit
This is the second time today I've had to delete a comment because I saw someone say it better. The first one was https://penisland.net/
GrouchyOscar78@reddit
😂 I was going to comment that it’s not NIMBY is GOML! 😂
Tokogogoloshe@reddit
What weeds? I smoked 'em.
Mindes13@reddit
DEA checking your location
Felon_musk1939@reddit
Sorry, Canada. Smokin' weed in public up here. Hash too!
FireGodNYC@reddit
Doing the same in NYC
uninspired@reddit
California checking in
Anna-Belly@reddit
Missouri of all places (thank you, citizen ballot initiatives-also how we got abortion back)!
Raaazzle@reddit
These weeds were made for smoking, and that's just what I'll do...
bdigital1796@reddit
One of these days these weeds are gonna smoke the lot of you...bow bow bow
The_Adminiwitch@reddit
The name of our group chat is “get off my lawn” 💚💚💚
Mguidr1@reddit
I have bees. They like those weeds.
ExpensiveDuck1278@reddit
I'm in my late 60s. when I meet other people my age the first 25 minutes are complaints about their physical ailments. It's so tedious and boring. Stop doing that, everyone! Shut the hell up about your aches and pains just STOP.
changingtheoil@reddit
Naw youre good. The reality is its easier and way less risky to sit inside and do nothing. Myself personally? Im with you, got big plans this year and am working towarda major goals. Another big factor is with todays internet we are surrounded by what we like and it is rare for people to step out of that. I heard a phrase the other day that totally hit home. Nostalgia Farming. Its when you spend the whole podcast or whatever event discussing how things used to be. I work primarily with women ages 19-50ish but most are in their 20's. Heck you dont even know what youre doing in your 20's! I listen to them chat about stuff but long ago i learned to shut up and let em talk. Realistically they dont really care what you say and the way i was raised you told it how it is. Most youngsters are not fond of that. They just want you to agree and be positive about thier topic, whatever it is!
watch-nerd@reddit
Going to the gym in 30 min to barbell squat my body weight across my back, clean & jerk my wife’s weight over my head.
Age 55.
AstronomerForsaken65@reddit
I’m gonna clean and jerk my wife over my head! Ha ha ha. Seriously though this is great at 55, I’m just slightly younger, but over 50. Headed to the gym myself in about 45 min. Most of the young guys are wondering how us old guys out lift them! Old guy strong!
watch-nerd@reddit
You know the other competition weightlifting lift is called the 'snatch', right?
MsTgr@reddit
Was just thinking the same thing. I bike for an hr at an 18mph pace and lift as much as my husband. As far as other things, we still do outdoor concerts, hike, travel, work on the yard (mostly me), and other activities 30- & 40-somethings seem to struggle doing. I don't take any prescriptions for health reasons...my A1C, BP, RHR, Cholesterol, & etc are all low.
And before folks blast me for not having physical ailments to stop me. You wouldn't be further from the truth. I had staged bilateral total knee replacement at 48 & 49 & have lower lumbar spinal stenosis. 😅
(For ref: I am 57 yo and retired at 47yo)
watch-nerd@reddit
That's great! We also do a ton of yard work and landscaping, 10 hours a week on average. We have an acre of land, so it takes a fair bit of work to keep up with it.
MsTgr@reddit
Sounds like you are doing tremendous things to stay healthy...in light of your RHR...I could assume so? 😆 (as a female, my RHR is slightly higher at 58-60bpm, & my BP is usually between 110/60 or 110/65)
I love kayaking but no row machines. We have a full gym in our basement...treadmill, recumbent stationary bike, elliptical, a cage that has cable pulls for tons of exercises using weight plates, large variety of dumbbells, adductor/abductor machine, Roman Chair bench,
Hope you are keeping your brain active, too! Some forget they need to do this to help maintain memory and brain function.
watch-nerd@reddit
It doesn't seem that tremendous?
Just moderate physical activity most days (weather permitting), nothing too intense or crazy. On a 'hard' yard work day, I might be hauling 5 gallon buckets of rocks up from the beach, clearing brush, or stacking firewood. But on other days it's nothing more intense than mowing, weeding, and purning.
I'm a fan of the the Roman Chair for back extensions, but prefer the GHD apparatus for harder glute ham raises. I alternate between them.
Brain challenge is mostly from work restoring vintage electronics, managing our finances, acting as house IT support.
MsTgr@reddit
I have been active my entire life...always out with my Dad doing stuff. Much to the chagrin of my husband and PT, I refuse to slowdown much.
I loved the GHD during my military career, but it really puts a strain on my knee replacements. My physical therapist highly stressed not using it for strength training. Since he knows I am going to lift (I lifted as a female when lifting was not necessarily a thing), he gave me alternatives. 😆
watch-nerd@reddit
Ah, I'm still rocking my original knees and other body parts.
MsTgr@reddit
I wish I could say the same, but running for fun, gymnastics, volleyball, and my military career thought otherwise. 🤣
watch-nerd@reddit
I was in the tech industry for 30 years. Biggest occupational risks were nerd neck and carpal tunnel.
So my training miles were hard, but the mileage was low.
Lizzyfetty@reddit
No, my meaning is no consequences for actions, which makes being in a place with consequences like school, where individual comfort is not more important than the community wellbeing can be difficult for them as I explained quite clearly. There is no need to pick a fight on this one, kids having no consequences is psychologically cruel, unless the plan is to never live in society, then its great.
MysteriousDudeness@reddit
GenX is anywhere between 45 and 60 years old now. Although it may not seem like it, there is quite a difference between a 45 year old and a 60 year old. At 56 years old, I have way more aches and pains than I did at 45. It's all just part of living.
I can see both sides of this, but why does it only have to be your way? Why not leave the door open to post what we feel and not need to make you happy? If you want to post a happy "see how young I feel" thread, then by all means do so! But there can also be others who post about how sore they are, right?
Mine is a physical job and some days when I'm working in the Texas heat, I feel like a truck ran over me. Other days I feel great. Such is life.
Pristine_Frame_2066@reddit
Agree.
randomquirk@reddit
This Texas heat is oppressive enough. Sometimes the complaining is generational. It's just so damn hot!
akrobert@reddit
Every morning when I get up it takes about 5 minutes to stretch out my low back, ankles and knees. That being said once I’m ready to go I’m good for the day pretty much
Beautiful-Height3103@reddit
Maybe understand it's partly in jest? Also it's normal human behavior. Turning 50 soon and my body been through the ringer, as Eddie Murphy once said have a cold and a smile and....
bippityboppitybooboo@reddit
I thought he told us to Party All the Time, paaarty allll the tiiime
Grandmaster-HotFlash@reddit
Eddie also told us to stick a telephone in our butts.
Beautiful-Height3103@reddit
That too!
crucial_geek@reddit
I wish bridge was more popular with us.
nottodayautoimmune@reddit
Parent of three GenZers. They are such tremendous human beings. Smart, aware, independent and decent. I wish I had my sh!t together the way they do at such a young age. Heck, I still don’t have it together now…
TNMalt@reddit
With 2 genz teens, I’m happy when they tolerate my music. And given that they wear mostly sweatshirts and sweatpants, they’d blend in with us mostly at that age, the non poofy hair and slang would make them stick out.
Jolly_Security_4771@reddit
I'm in favor of a reduction of twattiness in general. The kids are going through same shit we did, with modifications. We're anxious about the future. Some have serious health issues. Let's all have more patience about other people's existence.
Loki_was_framed@reddit
Well said
Loki_was_framed@reddit
This is a solid gen x post. I’m also a little shocked that I’m getting older, like, at all, but since most of the goal of our as a generation was to not turn out like our fucking parents, I think it’s important to be reminded
Silly-Mountain-6702@reddit
man, i don't know how anything winds up in here. Is there some kind of "low effort post" hazing to new posters here? Or do you have to "join" in order to post?
Doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car, anyway
Lizzyfetty@reddit
I may be in the minority here, but I am a Mum to a young Gen Z. I fucking love this generation, they are kind of the grown up give no fucks but completely kind and aware kids that I think we thought we were, but were a bit too traumatised to actually be. I cannot wait to see these kids grow up and be the ones running the show. I teach Gen Alpha and I do worry about them a bit more because extreme gentle parenting by younger Millenials seems to have made them a lot more fragile, and their attention span is...well...lets just say Ipads are behaviour modification tools that create dopomine dependence in young brains. But, I am always optomistic and they may surprise me! Still lovely kids though, it just their stamina is in the toilet. I think there is much to like about the kids and we should be supportive and contrustive and not boomery as we age. I know i am already different because if i get the privilige of grandchildren...I will be obsessed!
NoMoreSongs413@reddit
“Extreme gentle parenting“ huh?
Does that mean using words to correct a child’s mistake instead of physical violence?
Does that mean teaching a child how to label and process emotions instead of how to ignore them?
Does that mean teaching them how to learn for themselves using modern technology to access the internet which contains the entirety of human knowledge instead of waiting for public education to vanish after federal funding gets cut?
I think you may have a point in the whole “tough love” approach. It did create the world we live in today that allows us to step over the homeless with a dismissive “drug abusing bum” thought.
Extreme gentle parenting might raise kids that just wouldn’t be capable of that sort of emotional callousness.
TheNPCMafia@reddit
GET OFF MY LAWN YOU WHIPPERSNAPPER!
TheNPCMafia@reddit
GET OFF MY LAWN YOU WHIPPERSNAPPER!
Vast_Fun9746@reddit
Not nice to health shame. Getting health problems is part of aging. Id rather see people ask for advice from others that have been there or about to instead of just listening to Drs. It helps to get a wide range of opinions
NoMoreSongs413@reddit
PREACH!!!!!!! It drives me nuts to hear our generation and above bitch about modern music. Or say “back in my day when there is no Internet”.
elfalai@reddit
My dad was a Silent Gen that defended younger generations until he died in 2016. He was a champion for my friends, and never hesitated to put people in their place when they would get on a drugs and teen pregnancy high horse.
He raised me to be and do whatever I wanted and showed me that my gender or age should never be a barrier of entry.
I strive every day to lift up those younger than me. I never care about being the oldest in a group. I regularly eat lunch with three mid-twenties coworkers that call me their history professor. I wear that title with pride. I can teach, be a listening ear, and give guidance when asked.
I'm so proud of these fucking kids and look forward to watching them change the world.
GenXer76@reddit
I just ignore those posts. They’re too different from my mindset.
STLBudLuv@reddit
No hate, but that's why I don't subscribe to this sub. I'm Gen X but it sounds like BOOMTOWN up in here.
GenXer76@reddit
Weirdly, the Xennial sub is even worse.
Randygilesforpres2@reddit
lol I’m so mad at people ranting that now I’m going to rant about hating you.
Make this make sense. Also, get off my lawn.
SpockSpice@reddit
I am an xennial (1982) but I have 100% noticed this in my GenX friends. We have a group text thread and 99% of it is bitching.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
I’d be your friend and I’d never do that. I find that attitude of bitching and moaning incredibly off putting, I did when I was young, and I still do. All my friends are your age and younger and wouldn’t have it any other way. My peers pretty much are physical train wrecks and can’t do all the things I want to do.
-_Vin_-@reddit
Totally agree. I can't stand these bitches in here always throwing shade at kids. Stop claiming to be gen x when you act like some Karen/ken shitstain of a degenerate, deadbeat boomer. Fuck yourselves.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Nailed it!!
nutmegtell@reddit
It’s the complaining about post 2K music for me. Lazy boomer energy.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
mossryder@reddit
Wow. An old dude bitching about how other people choose to live, on reddit.
TehKarmah@reddit
Good grief, the people bitching how TikTok is ruining the kids™. Have they forgotten how people lost their minds about MTV?
I love the GenZ kids, I swear they are the first generation to be raised by parents who actually liked them. We were feral, the poor millennials had literal boomers for parents... but GenZ? We do stuff with our kids because we want to share our lives with them. Now, obviously that isn't the case for all of them, and my heart breaks for kiddos with sucky homelives, but I try to give those a safe place to thrive when I can.
keirmeister@reddit
I dunno, I’m treating this whole “getting older” thing as a science experiment - observing my changing attitudes and behaviors over time:
Do I now talk more about my ailments and medications than I do about the house, wife and kids, or the latest celebrity?
Do I now no longer give two shits what anyone thinks and I’ll say whatever is on my goddamn mind?
Is there applesauce in the fridge?
What NEW thing hurts?
Do I have any cultural references that aren’t from the 80’s?
Y’know…stuff like that.
I moved to a beautiful, scenic state; so now my wife and I go out into nature far more than I ever did. I’m waiting for us to do one of those his/hers bathtubs in a scenic view…like in the viagra commercials. That’s living’ baby! 😂
Electric-Sheepskin@reddit
Yeah! I'm very curious to see what comes next.
It's so interesting when I have a sudden realization about how my older relatives behaved. It's fascinating to see the changes.
Like I now know why all my aunts smelled like baby powder. I figured that out after my first hot flash. I understand why older ladies cut their hair short. I understand why older people don't like to drive long distances. And I really, really enjoy peace and quiet like never before. I don't know why or when it happened, but I did.
Oh, and I always wondered which of my cultural or political views would get more conservative aged. It turns out they haven't really, but some of the goal posts have moved, so that's something new I'm coming to understand about older generations, too.
It really is fascinating to be an observer of yourself.
Talking_Head@reddit
I had that conversation (political views) with my older sister not too long ago. We both agreed that we really hadn’t become more conservative or liberal since our childhood. The zeitgeist has shifted to the right so maybe we were once centrist and now we are left-center.
One thing that we both agreed about is that our tolerance for bullshit has decreased significantly. From either the left or right.
I’m sorry y’all, call me conservative if you want, but this pronoun/gender fluidity stuff is tiresome. I’ll call you whatever you want to be called, I will honestly try. I will fight for equality for everyone as I always have. But being called “she” or “he” instead of “they” isn’t going to cause the crumbling of modern society. Get over it already. 👊 👊 ☁️
SnooPaintings5597@reddit
I get you. I’m in the best shape of my life! They say sitting is the new smoking…. Lot of smokers here I reckon
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Same!! It is so awesome. I absolutely hate being sedentary. Movement is medicine. I am so grateful I have the ability and desire to move my body as nature intended. I feel youthful and alive. We are built to move.
Aggressive-Rich9600@reddit
I listen to current music. While I enjoy a hit from the 80s or 90s now and again if I hear it somewhere it’s damn boring to sit and listen to the same old shit over and over. I wouldn’t read the same books over and over again so why would I want to listen to the same music?
My mother still posts hits from Buddy Holly etc on Facebook like we don’t appreciate how good her era was.
draaz_melon@reddit
I broke my collarbone snowboarding, and it will change nothing about how I snowboard. Getting old is for old people. Fuck that noise.
BusyMap9686@reddit
I still live like I'm in my 20s. I mean, I don't drink as much, I eat better, I'm monogamous, and my bills are paid, but other than that. I'm still playing hard, harder than most 20 something year olds. People my age ask me how I do it, and I tell them I still live like I'm in my 20s. That's it, no special exercises, no special diet, I just stay busy. If you don't use it, you lose it. Obviously, I don't heal like I used to, so I don't do anything extreme. But that's what the 20s and 30s were for, teaching us how to do things without getting hurt.
Snoo-27079@reddit
I'd agree wholeheartedly except I regret the fact my children will never know what it's like to be a teenager without the digital panopticon of cell phones all around ready to record your most embarrassing and humiliating moments. I got away with so much dumb s*** in the 90s that I wouldn't even dream of if somebody had been able to whip out their phone and record me.
LastYearsOrchid@reddit
It’s raining and I’m tired. So fuck off. And the next generation is living in my house.
porkchopespresso@reddit
I'm torn. I actually hate the "this is what makes me feel old today" posts, but also hate when people tell other people what to do. So I will not be either up or down voting. Just know that I love and/or hate you all.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
What do you mean by telling people “ what to do?” Like making some damn efforts rather than playing the victim thing over things they might have some control over?
CaptMerrillStubing@reddit
Many of the posts here are, frankly, embarrassing. They're much more appropriate for 70 year olds, not 50 year olds.
Too many people here have given up.
toebeantuesday@reddit
That’s because my husband died at only 56. My friends are all really sick. Some from the pandemic and some from whatever the hell is in our food or bodies. Everyone I know has some sort of autoimmune condition going on. I’m having to face health crises my parents didn’t deal with until they were in their 70’s. And I am very active and try to take care of myself and always have. Appliances aren’t built to last anymore and apparently neither are people. 🤣
There are still plenty of people around in great shape with not a care in the world. As long as they can hold onto their jobs and comforts they will likely stay that way and not understand what is going on with the rest of us who got laid off or suddenly slipped down a rung or two on the socioeconomic ladder due to inflation and wage stagnation.
Reasons, man. Reasons.
HollyBobbie@reddit
Well said, toebean! I am very sorry about your husband 💔and friends . I worry about losing my husband sooner rather than later also. The label “Gen X” is pretty broad, and different people are going through different things at different times. I know it’s the internet, but it would be nice if we could be compassionate when someone else is down or needs connection, and simply scroll past when something doesn’t resonate. Absolutely enjoy your life to the fullest, no one lives forever, and we could be kinder to those who are feeling the weight of that.
toebeantuesday@reddit
Also well said on your part. I wish you and guys husband many happy healthy years ahead. My husband was working so hard and would not take time out for himself. The signs were there that he should have gone to the doctor sooner than he did and when he did it was too late. Of course since he died a year ago I am now dropped from his company paid health insurance. I’m working on getting COBRA or marketplace coverage. My mom had to leave assisted living after getting Covid. She got too frail for assisted living and we could have upgraded her care but her money would cover only a couple more years there and then Medicaid nursing homes are just not what I want to put her through. So I had to move my mom in and I care for her now and I never got to really grieve my husband or my dad or my father in law. They all died back to back almost. I am trying to settle the affairs of all three men.
The stress is likely to end my life prematurely. I think things wouldn’t have been so bleak for me if we hadn’t had the inflation levels we had and market instability destroying the 401k my husband left to me.
randomquirk@reddit
First of all, playing bridge in a care home sounds like a helluva good time.
Secondly, like many have said; we can do both. I listen to new music, go see live music, stay out until 3am drinking, all kinds of things. I also hate hearing "big back" all the damn time, tell my grandkids "I'm not your bro" and miss awesome commercials. My daughter is 29 and does the exact thing you're complaining about. All generations bitch for different reasons. Our complaints are ours therefore they're cooler.
Defofmeh@reddit
Yeah Gen X is because or already is all the things we rebelled against and rejected. It's fucking sad.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Absofuckinglutely.
solsticelove@reddit
I'm 46 but when I look in the mirror I'm still 20. I dance, live life like I'm invincible, and generally see life as the good time vessel. I'm a raver to the grave, love trap rap, and I am very cool if only in my own mind. We're not old, we're experienced...the cool kids are always experienced!
Obi-Juan-K-Nobi@reddit
Growing up in and around music, I appreciate all genres until it becomes degrading. I’ll pass on those no matter the genre.
Glittering_Quit_7382@reddit
It has been crazy. Demeaning younger people. We were called slackers and much worse - yet we do the same thing to OUR children. We need to cut the crap.
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
Right??
HLLAuntClaire@reddit
Youth is wasted on the young. If this resonates with you, then guess what? We are in the same boat 🛥️
30ThousandVariants@reddit
You lost me by minimizing the fact that being older physically hurts. It’s very natural to be preoccupied with daily pain, and it’s hard to “be better.” And who else to kvetch to but the people who understand?
And zoomers are objectively annoying. It’s not in factual dispute. They even annoy themselves.
piesRsquare@reddit
They even annoy themselves.
I have no idea why that made me bust out laughing!
Temporary-Break6842@reddit
This. All of it. My hubby and me are 57 and feel amazing. We have much younger friends, keep an open mind and take exemplary care of ourselves with a decent diet, supplements, consistent comprehensive fitness and travel, (for me). We are childfree and have zero regrets. Life can be pretty awesome, but it’s it takes some effort and the right attitude. I’ll get off my soapbox now, lol.
glxym31@reddit
I’m not going outside, it’s hot.
Yasuru@reddit
My son and I had a great conversation the other day about gen-x angst vs. gen-z angst. I told him no matter how tough it gets for him, I'll always have his back.
Silly-Mountain-6702@reddit
i never dreamed i would live long enough for the skateboarding to leave me with planar fascia, but here we are.
All i wanted was a pepsi, just one pepsi
piesRsquare@reddit
And she wouldn't give it to me!
I love this sub!
Consistent-Stay-1130@reddit
I don't say anything or judge. I'm old and looking forward to retirement one day. It's their world now. 👌
Zetavu@reddit
The whole point of this sub is for people in this generation to discuss the changes in life they are facing, the issues with other generations, and their unique perspective. You literally are criticizing everything that makes this sub this sub.
But don't worry, I won't downvote you, because as a GenXer, I really could care less.
And yes, that is the correct use of that phrase, not I couldn't care less because if I say that then I care so much that I determined your position was the thing I care the absolute least of, which it is not, because I don't care enough about it to put that much thought into it.
piesRsquare@reddit
I love your last paragraph!
Winter-Fondant7875@reddit
I agree with the sentiment - but mostly I could not care less, though, because I don't want to even think about it hard enough to rank it.
All the stuff is stuff, and everyone's journey is different, so whatever it is hits differently for everyone - sometimes I relate and sometimes not, but it's all fine. Everyone should just do them.
I_Did_The_Thing@reddit
“Waaah waahhhh I’m old!” Bitch you’re 46, you’re not old. Come talk to me in 30 years and you can complain about being old.
age_of_No_fuxleft@reddit
Yeah I love the younger generations. Sure we had it different, but not always better.
Peg-ed13@reddit
NOT IN MY BACK YARD.
Cthecurious1@reddit
Your not wrong
ElvisFlab@reddit
I agree with this sentiment. But I will say this: as a parent of two kids in their early-20’s, they have had a much more stable life than I had, but their high school/college years weren’t as fun… and they’re aware of it.
Cerebral-Knievel-1@reddit
I was raised to try to make the world a better place for my grandchildren. I don't blissfully look on my past as the goodnl times.
bobj33@reddit
When I was younger and people told me how to live my life I just ignored them and said "Whatever..."
Why would I now care about how other people live their lives? It's just so much easier to ignore people than complain about them.
bradorme77@reddit
I try to stay pretty positive and share things I have found to be useful as I have aged. Biggest thing for me are finding a good health care resource that looks at your holistic health from blood sugar to thyroid function to testosterone/estrogen levels, blood pressure and cholesterol and gives you meaningful direction in managing these, your weight, your body shape. I have also found that steady walking daily (at least 5 days a week) and strength/flexibility exercise have made me feel better than just about any time in my life since my teens.
I think the downer posts come from the slow realization that future days may involve losing more loved ones, and not always just older generations but current or younger. I think also many are fighting against a tough system (at least in the US) with predatory lending and healthcare systems and a job market dominated by gig economy or service jobs that are difficult to subsist on. But I agree with your sentiment, some folks need a bit of a kick in the ass.. go and fight, you only got one chance...
Bright_Eyes8197@reddit
Not everyone's body is the same. There are people in their 90's who are very young in body and mind and there are people in their 40's who are old in body and mind.
It's not really a choice. It's just good or bad genes.
You can't tell people how to be their age.
FeralBanshee@reddit
it is almost always COMPLETELY a choice. If they're old in mind and body in their 40s it's probably lifestyle CHOICES, seriously.
WhatTheFlorida6969@reddit
So much of it is genetics. I’ll be 53 next weekend but I barely look 40 and seem to feel as good as most 35 year olds. Just went to the eye dr yesterday and still have 20/20 vision and I don’t take any meds. I do try to eat well and I’m very active, but I just ate 2 slices of pizza, so I’m not a crazy health zealot. But friends my age are starting to break down and develop health issues that are impacting their life.
Traditional_Listen28@reddit
Thank you! I turn 49 in a couple of months and I'm not without some minor pains but I feel young and nimble.
PirateJen78@reddit
And I just turned 47 and have a lot of joint pain and weakness from Lyme disease a few years ago. Plus early menopause.
To quote Indiana Jones: it's not the age, it's the mileage.
I completely understand that now!
dschinghiskhan@reddit
I don’t care if younger generations like different music and such- of course that’s to be expected. But it’s a different story when it comes to fundamentals like ideology. I’m what you would call a “Bill Clinton Democrat” or a traditional Democrat. For me, it’s painful watching younger generations trying to achieve some sort of progressive utopia. I’m not a fan of cancel culture, safe spaces, the quest for equity, or anything to do with the social justice warrior fight. This is not the civil rights era. Younger people need to slow down and stop trying to change everything. They need to stop railing on the Boomer generation for their shortcomings and understand that life simply isn’t fair. Individuals are not all equals.
FeralBanshee@reddit
I kinda agree, I know people younger than me that act like that. I refuse to get "old" even with a fuckin chronic illness. there is soooooo much you can do to make yourself more energetic and full of life. Attitude is #1, but good diet, sleep, exercise, etc, does the rest. And I say this as someone with CANCER, lol. So really no one else has an excuse.
Meep42@reddit
Some of us are aging much better than others. Some of us are feeling the hurts we got in our miraculous and immortal youth.
I am so very grateful I had the adventures I had in my 20s, even if some may be the cause of my limping around in my 50s. I don’t fear a midlife crisis cuz…been there, done that, had a drink with the abalone smugglers in Baja rather than getting the t-shirt.
And to be clear? I am not aging gracefully. Morphine drip and VR…when are we getting to that tech level, please?
PyrokineticLemer@reddit
I share the sentiment. By damned, my birth certificate is getting older — that's just an unavoidable fact. But I refuse to act like so many of my peers in my community, talking and acting like they already have one foot in the grave and are starting to lose their balance.
Screw that. Life is too short for doom and gloom. We get one run through this thing and I want to have as much fun as I can for as long as I can.
Vanpocalypse-Now@reddit
Go outside? I have allergies and am recovering from fucking pneumonia. I'll paint my birdhouses in my living room thank you very much. I'd love to go outside and lick a tree, but this week ain't that week.
HollyBobbie@reddit
I was hospitalized for a week with pneumonia. It was not fun, it was not expected. Wishing you speedy recovery! I saw the most gorgeous birdhouse at World Market the other day. I would love to paint my own! I paint my nails a lot and might have to branch out to birdhouses! 💅🏻✨💖🌿🕊️🎨🖌️
Vanpocalypse-Now@reddit
Thank you and I'm glad you're well! It honestly scared me, I was blaming it on "chesty allergy funk" and woke up gasping for breath two Sundays ago. Whew, that was a mistake.
I finished all of my meds and am still using the inhaler, but it is so much better.
If you can paint your nails, you can paint a birdhouse! It is shockingly relaxing and you can just paint how you feel. I started and am currently using acrylic and doing a hefty spray clearcoat to protect them. Give it a try, I promise you'll dig it! <3 I have now become a bird person... painting houses led to birdfeeders and bird books. I'm a bird stalker.
Separate-Sky-1451@reddit
This made me laugh. Thank you.
HiddenHolding@reddit
Some people don't realize how good the 90s were. It's so weird to me. I keep telling them how wrong they are. They keep trying to tell me about ridiculous new things. I make sure that if they hit their ball into my backyard, I keep it until they wear flannel in a non-Starbucks coffeehouse with a girl in Doc Martins who is also wearing Lisa Loeb glasses and a Jewel Kilcher bust while listening to Pearl Jam's Ten. 👴
Then they'll know.
stonecoldmark@reddit
Agree 100%
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
It’s gotten too hot outside in the last 30 years
Heidiho65@reddit
I just told some young campers (that are out living life) to not even think about settling down until their mid to late 30's. If I had it all to do again.....
baronvonblack13@reddit
Gen x should be two generations.
My brother born in 65 is like a boomer.
I was born in 75 and am more like a millinial.
I find most of the posts here to be tired, dumb boring whining from boomer types.
I like modern music and am perfectly fine that my kids don't drink.out of the hose like we did. I certainly don't see my latchkey childhood as some kind of badge of honor. Yea we grew up tougher, and half of us became whining Trumper bitches, so who cares.
MickDeMooney@reddit
Totally... But you didn't stop drinking out of the hose, right?
LonelyAndSad49@reddit
I’ve been cranky since I was 20…you’re not going to make me change now.
HatesDuckTape@reddit
Late bloomer, huh?
InventedTiME@reddit
I'm here to complain about the complainer complaining about the other complainers. Or whatever, fuck off.
Willing_Freedom_1067@reddit
Raising a Gen Alpha kid with the smartest mouth on the planet. Calls me old all the time and tells me I have no rizz. 🤣🤣🤣
I LOVE it when she roasts me. It’s like seeing my 1988 self. 🤣❤️
NegScenePts@reddit
Meh. I talk about what concerns me now, to others that may have ideas on how to deal with those concerns. My 2025 concerns are more health-based due to not caring about my health for the past 45 years...because I was immortal and invulnerable.
Sounds like someone is living in the past.
Dapper-Tomatillo-875@reddit
Gen x acting like boomers is so very disappointing
fusionsofwonder@reddit
What bothers me is the trauma dumping posts. They're depressing and I might have to unsubscribe.
InternationalBand494@reddit
That reminds me of when my mother unsubscribed from my life. Here, I’ll write another 20 paragraphs about it
saudade_sleep_repeat@reddit
whatever
InternationalBand494@reddit
At least once a month some overachieving insufferably optimistic person tries to stir us up by throwing this post like chumming for sharks. And once again my reaction is, whatever.
blatkinsman@reddit
I didn't put up with stupidity when I was younger and I'm not about to start now just because there is a new generation or another aging one.
NoNamesLeft600@reddit
"Go outside, live life, and enjoy it."
That's kind of a crass statement to make to those that might be suffering real pain. I had no idea I was going to go into massive cardiac arrest at age 52 and have to be revived a dozen times, with the doctors telling my wife to gather the family and minister to say goodbye. That kind of thing really changes a person. Have a little empathy that someone else is not as fortunate as you are health wise - either physically or emotionally.
Seventh7Sun@reddit
Pay attention everyone, telling people to enjoy life is "crass" now.
NoNamesLeft600@reddit
It is when said person is telling you about their problems.
Person: I've been in a lot of pain lately. I was diagnosed with arthritis in my knees and it's bad.
You: Go outside, live life, and enjoy it.
See how that plays?
MarsupialMisanthrope@reddit
Getting butthurt about it doesn’t make it wrong. There are tons of studies about how social interaction, exercise and being around green living things are psychologically beneficial to humans, unlike sitting around moping about how life sucks oh woe is you. I just can’t do steep climbs these days because arthritis is ass.
Seventh7Sun@reddit
This sub is full of people who revel in their victimhood.
PirateJen78@reddit
This is why I changed doctors: his answer to Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Lyme arthritis was "diet and exercise."
It doesn't work that way.
But I do still go outside because nature helps to restore my mental health a little. Plus my 14yo dog with kidney disease insists on regular trips to the park, and I'm not going to tell her no at this point in her life if I actually have the time and energy to do it. The things we do for our pets...
1_21-gigawatts@reddit
I guess OP left off the trigger warning
NoNamesLeft600@reddit
I guess asking for empathy on Reddit is just a bit too much.
ZyxDarkshine@reddit
Electric-Sheepskin@reddit
I mean, I can talk about how everything hurts and also go outside and live life, all at the same time.
We GenXers are great multitaskers.
punkerjim@reddit
Yeah, lots of boomer shit gets posted here. Isnt gen x famous for shutting up and not complaining?
MonoBlancoATX@reddit
Sorry, dude, but that's a whole lot easier said that done for many of us.
And I'm not even referring to the people you are legitimately complaining about.
No. I'm talking about those of us who are struggling to make ends meet in this shit box economy where cost of living doubles and salaries barely budge while also dealing with aging, demented parents AND the younger generation at the same time.
Plus all the other shit we have to put up with.
It's a lot. And we all have to deal with it.
So, we're all allowed to be grumpy "boomers" once in a while. And that means you're also allowed to create posts like this one.
stuck_behind_a_truck@reddit
And we need an outlet because most of us don’t have access to any other group therapy 🤷♀️. It’s okay to shake our fists at the sky and ask for moral support.
MonoBlancoATX@reddit
It's absolutely ok to shake our fists.
Also, it's ok to admit that we absolutely do have access to therapy, group and otherwise. We just choose not to make use of it as often as many of us know we should.
stuck_behind_a_truck@reddit
I’ve been looking for DBT in my area and it is not available. There is a dearth of therapists and geography is destiny when it comes to finding them. And if you go online, it’s far more likely you’re paying out of pocket. I pay $220 per visit to see my psychiatrist.
MonoBlancoATX@reddit
All that is 100% true.
I've tried in person and online with very limited success, and I think a lot of the dearth was exacerbated by the pandemic.
But at least we can provide impromptu group therapy for one another in the form of rants, criticisms, and shaking fists.
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
To be fair, my parents were demented a long time ago...demented and sad.
Top-Molasses7661@reddit
but were they social?
Flybot76@reddit
And were they happy? I heard they worked 18 hours a day at mill for sixpence a week and the whole family lived in a rolled up newspaper in a drain pipe, but they were happy.
Storyteller678@reddit
But social? 🤔
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
Totally
Raaazzle@reddit
It used to be walking uphill both ways but now it's legit battling traffic for 90 minutes both ways
MonoBlancoATX@reddit
The kids today should be glad they don't have to walk uphill for 90 minutes in traffic both ways like we do.
HandsomeGenXer@reddit
Well said, our generation needs to stop acting like a Bunche of little bitchesssss!
NJ_casanova@reddit
Embrace the younger generation???
That is WHY they such Weak/Babies. ALL the Coddling they had growing up made the SOFT.
They need what WE grew up with, "TOUGH LOVE".
honey-squirrel@reddit
It's not just on Reddit, it's IRL too. I hate when my peer group friends whine about their aches and start blathering about ailments caused by poor lifestyle choices.
tangybaby@reddit
Not every ache or health problem is caused by poor lifestyle choices. Getting older often means old injuries or bad genes catching up to you.
Even if an ailment was caused by poor lifestyle, maybe have some compassion for people who now get to spend the rest of their lives regretting those choices.
JoyfulCor313@reddit
One day everyone gets old or disabled regardless of how healthy a life they’ve lived. It’s just math.
Be grateful you’re where you are and have compassion for those who aren’t.
[half the thread full of ableist nonsense]
onehundredpetunias@reddit
You forgot to say "get off my lawn" lol.
ewabbott@reddit
Dude, bridge is awesome.
KaleidoscopeLegal583@reddit
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me.
yoko000615@reddit
I am 53 and used to be a NIMBY and I look back at my thought process and realize that it was the fear of change and of the unknown. I had an experience with the boomer renter next door over things I was doing on my property that he didn’t like. Once I told him to fuck off I took a hard look at what I personally believe. If I could ever convince my wife I would build a granny flat in the backyard. YIMBY now
Dependent_Pipe3268@reddit
Isn't that what you're doing right now???
Flybot76@reddit
But it's justified by idly whining about being deleted or removed or some other kind of oppression when nothing is happening. It makes people really important to pre-emptively complain about being oppressed.
DraggoVindictus@reddit
Shhh...don't point out the obvious.
Neat-Client9305@reddit
wE uSeD tO dRiNk FrOm ThE hOsE!
Shut up. it’s embarrassing
Relevant-Package-928@reddit
What's a NIMBY? 😂
QueenMumof4@reddit
Not in my back yard
OhDatsStanky@reddit
Fuckin A. Definitely some whiners and mopers who can’t adjust and are somehow shocked the world has changed. I expect they’ll be calling for the manager
tangybaby@reddit
Meanwhile there are whiners and mopers in the younger generations who are somehow shocked that older generations who grew up in a drastically different world don't see everything the same way they do. I expect they'll be calling for people who don't adjust to the new world order to be cancelled.
billymumfreydownfall@reddit
You definitely are getting some heat with this post but I'm with you. These people have 1 foot in the grave already and I'm not there with them. I hear what they are saying tho, some of them are in bad health physically, mentally, emotionally, financially and it's not so easy for them to just go outside and enjoy life. I am very fortunate that I am healthy (after having a huge health issue 3 years ago) and I intend to have fun while I can. If anything, those types of posts (complaining about how old they are/feel) make me realize this sub just isn't for me.
FracturedNomad@reddit
Hey pot, meet kettle. 🙃
Mr-Snarky@reddit
On a related note, we had a girl in high school with the nickname “Meat Kettle”.
Scary_Bus8551@reddit
There is a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline
Aurochbull@reddit
Paul Simon is fantastic. Graceland is a great album.
MuttsandHuskies@reddit
Oh! Yikes! That’s worse than the girl that used to get a standing ovation every time she walked into the room.
Raaazzle@reddit
ring ring ring
"Hey, Kettle? Kettle? Yeah, hey, this is The Pot. Uh huh. Hey, guess what? YOU'RE BLACK!"
zaxxon4ever@reddit
My kettle is a nice, bright red! Very pretty!
liikkitty@reddit
Elders and the older generation constantly fail to educate or guide the younger populace. No matter the theme. No matter the place. They look at the young as disrespectful, and ignorant. Maybe they are. Maybe they're tired of being told they're shit by everyone else older than them.
They realized they have to learn on their own.
The is where generational teachings get lost. Engineering, hippie culture, "we the people".
Our education is our fault, and everytime someone laughs at another for being stupid or uneducated in a topic, they si gle handedly contributed to the lack of education in the word.
Teach those around you.
Communicate.
If you're made the world isn't emulating what you've learned, look at yourself in the mirror and ask
"What have I thought them"
WaterwingsDavid@reddit
Sadly, hurting ourselves/ being in pain is part of getting older. Not everyone can do what they did when we were teens or in our 20s. I still go outside and enjoy life (usually in summer-my favorite season). The younger generation? There's good and bad in everything. I generally don't mind younger folks, although sometimes the lack of common sense and interpersonal skills annoys me!!! But i also see folks in our age group that can be just as bad!!
PezCandyAndy@reddit
Whatever dude. If you don't like the vibe of something or someone, then avoid or ignore it. Complaining about complainers just adds to the negativity.
QueenMumof4@reddit
Is it just me, or does OP sound a little cranky pants? 😉 im just teasing. I think we all have days feeling old and days feeling young. It's nice to have a place to vent some days. I feel like I see a good blend of posts here...maybe you are just missing the fun positive posts?
Personal-Soft-2770@reddit
It'a not mutually exclusive. I enjoy life 100 times more now then when I was younger, but I can still come to this sub and mock the young ones for a good laugh; and thanks to TikTok, there's plenty to laugh about.
bungle094@reddit
THIS IS MY UNITED STATES OF WHATEVER.
Expert_Scarcity4139@reddit
I got in my young millennial daughter’s car the other day and old country was playing. I was floored but happy! Of course I couldn’t say anything or it would have got immediately changed but it was nice singing to patsy and Hank and others with her while it lasted🥰
eyehate@reddit
This sub reddit is full of elderly folks.
Full of luddites. Full of people that dwell on the past and think the future is bleak. Full of people that think music peaked thirty years ago.
The fuck is wrong with all of you?!?
I am loving life over here. I go running three or four times a week. I have an eight year old that keeps me young. I love new tech.
So fucking thankful I am not locked in decades long past.
Y'all need to appreciate what you have and quit acting like going back in time would solve your silly worries.
Aurochbull@reddit
I honestly think that a "generational name" encompasses too broad of a span. I mean, Youngest GenX is like 45 and older is, what, pushing 60? There is too much overlap. My wife and I are both GenX, but she is 9 years older than me and had significantly different experiences growing up. She had a little more 60's sprinkled in and I relate a little more to late 80's and 90's. I agree that I'm sick of the fucking AARP-type posts, but also acknowledge that I'm tail-end of GenX, but also certainly don't relate to the vast majority of millennials. Shit is weird.
The_Burghanite@reddit
You’re sick of “AARP-type posts,” but many of us are literally AARP.
Aurochbull@reddit
That's what you took from my whole comment? Sorry bro/sis; didn't mean to come off like that.
The_Burghanite@reddit
I probably sounded more antagonistic than I meant it, anyway. I can relate to both sides of this discussion. I have an 11 year old, and for him, I’m an old dad. But I try to stay active, coach and run with his cross-country team, listen to his music, etc. But I am torn internally, as I also realize I am AARP. (That’s a better reply.)
Aurochbull@reddit
All good, bro. I hear ya for sure on "trying" to listen to their music, but God DAMN. It's so depressing and weird. That's where I shake fist at cloud I guess. Appreciate the conversation.
Fair-Swimming-6697@reddit
Totally get both of you. lol
AgePractical6298@reddit
How very boomer of you.
jamiekynnminer@reddit
100% agree. I read in this sub about people who are no longer having sex and i'm like wtf we're not old for the earth! i don't feel physically or mentally elderly. my mom is in her early 70s and she's still making it happen out there so maybe that's why i'm more actively living life. I work out 3x a week, play video games, go see live shows, get high on occasion and stuff. I have adult kids from 25-33 and they def keep me young minded. that and botox of course.
majesticalexis@reddit
I hear that. I’m a younger gen-x and I find that I can’t relate to a lot of posts here. There are a lot of references that I don’t get at all.
nutmegtell@reddit
I’m 1968 and same. I love being 57. Experienced and idgaf.exe installed.
boredtxan@reddit
refusing to feel is the toxic shit our parents taught us. I refuse to be a boomer.
bodhi471@reddit
My kids only listen to "oldies". They like Billy Joel and Elton John
Macro_Seb@reddit
Don't judge, he says.
MarsupialMisanthrope@reddit
There’s a difference between judging people for enjoying themselves doing stuff that hurts no one and judging people who get off on being miserable and trying to bring everyone else down to their level.
SlothinaHammock@reddit
Tbf many posts on this sub could pass off as boomers booming.
Dull-Geologist-8204@reddit
It's okay to admit that you are old.
I am outside right now. About to go in and take a nap.
My back hurts.
Stop trying to pretend you aren't old.
Fair-Swimming-6697@reddit
lol
DisasterTraining5861@reddit
Our generation is at a crossroads. I’ve actually watched this happen with the boomers and it’s wild to see my little theory play out again. Not really my theory because I know others have figured this out too. But we’re going to be divided into two groups - those who become angry because the world is changing around them, and the rest of us who embrace the change. I’ve had difficulty with things like music. Not being a shit because the youngins don’t know a band or whatever. It’s been difficult for me to feel like I’m witnessing the loss of instruments! Like everything is being done on a freaking computer?? Or the loss of innuendo in songs. But I’ve come to realize that it’s just how it goes! I look at how the boomers viewed our music and it really wasn’t hard to see the correlation. And there are so many bands still using instruments that what I initially saw as a loss was just hyperbole. I mean, I’ve said for so many years that if we stop learning we stagnate and die (metaphorically) and sadly we’re starting to see that within our generation. At first I was digging this sub for the nostalgia and the fact that so many of us seemed to be embracing our age. But damn we have a lot of intolerant boomers too. It makes me wonder how long it’ll be before a new sub called GX Being Fools will become popular.
Fair-Swimming-6697@reddit
I just enjoy all the genres… musically speaking. I understand that loss, and it’s too bad that we have lost raw talent (or not promoted and encouraged it) - but you’re right, it is what it is. I try to find the greatness in prose, depth of meaning, and some of the harmonies, etc. in today’s music. I have a lot in common with my youngest teen as far as musical tastes, and bc I’m open to his current faves, he is open to my old faves. We enjoy them together. Ofc he doesn’t want to listen to old stuff as often as I do, but we don’t have those stupid arguments that kids of our generation had with the adults. As for being old… I am old! And I’m disabled now, so alas, I cannot “just go out and enjoy life” as the OP suggested. I’m not whining over it, in fact many who know me don’t realize I am unable to do certain things, bc they don’t see me in person. Social media sometimes is all I’m able to spend in outside company. It’s not ideal, but it’s a reality for me, unfortunately. I think if you’re (OP) whining about how others are coping with life’s challenges and then attempting to guilt trip them in an online post, you’re not a lot different than what you’re complaining about.
buggzda75@reddit
F that I’m almost 50 I skate I get bitches I’m basically living the life
Ill-Violinist6538@reddit
But my knees hurt
itoshiineko@reddit
💯
SparkyBangBang432@reddit
But we DO have the best music!
Kinetic92@reddit
I was just thinking the same thing. We had our youth and it was mostly amazing. Let the younger generations do their thing. And don't act so offended if you hear someone say skibidi. Roll with it and appreciate what every generation brings to the table
East_Buy7141@reddit
I absolutely love what you wrote!! Aww the good ole memories, the parties, high school when or if I made it there, friends, music!! I still listen to 80's metal 😂 what in the hell happened??? Seriously.. most people are a bunch of dang pansies. SMH with a finger in the air... peace out.. ♥️
Comet_Empire@reddit
I like to bring up that every parent says they want their kid to have a better life than they did. But when kids actually do have a better life they get ridiculed.
Tire-Swing-Acrobat@reddit
Heck I’m. I’m still nailing life and I’m not stopping anytime soon
stillfather@reddit
My wife does this sometimes. It was weird the first time I saw it.
The_Burghanite@reddit
But I do listen to Sirius XMU, their indie music station. I certainly enjoy most of it, but much of the music they play is so derivative of the 1980s or 90s that it pains me that my Gen X coworkers don’t know artists like the Cure.
AntheaBrainhooke@reddit
Teach them!!!!
sneakysnake1111@reddit
It's boomer-y in here a bit. :(
AntheaBrainhooke@reddit
So many of us turning into Boomer Lite.
firestartertarter@reddit
Quite a bit
JiminPA67@reddit
Says the guy bitching on the internet.
Old_Distribution_235@reddit
Whatever...
krush_groove@reddit
It's all well and good complaining but this sub is for comisserating and reminiscing.
Papa-Cinq@reddit
I’d suggest the same thought be shared with the younger generations. Stop complaining about Baby Boomer’s. The mindset improves nothing for you.
BeDeviledDevotchka@reddit
I hurt myself all the damn time and I still go out and have fun when I can. Being a grumpy old person is more about attitude than age.
Random0s2oh@reddit
When I was in my 20's it was late 80's/early 90's and my grandmother was telling me about her memories of when the Titanic sank when she was 7. 🤣
Global-Jury8810@reddit
I’m gonna use this post for what it’s for and remind people that back an hour day we used to argue about how women can’t do goatse because the female prives are supposed to stretch but the male anus is not. I’m serious. This was a genuine argument on the Internet in the late 2000s I saw an interesting video narrated by a lovely woman who may be about 30 about whatever happened to shock sites and goatse was on the list. I recall a joke about Goatse NFTs. I’ll look for the video later and link it here.
MrsWoozle@reddit
This post was a micro-aggression and now I must sit in my safe space eating my avacado toast and doing skippity toilet thing…
hdckurdsasgjihvhhfdb@reddit
Avocado toast is the da bomb and I must have it again soon. Now I’ll be forced to take my wife to brunch tomorrow
Imisssizzler@reddit
You were bussin until skippidy toilet. And avocado toast is dope.
Von_Bernkastel@reddit
hdckurdsasgjihvhhfdb@reddit
I ACTUALLY HAD THIS PATIENT!!! When I was a paramedic I got sent to a ground-level fall in a kitchen and the guy unironically said these exact words. One of my better EMS memories
bdigital1796@reddit
stay put, in the mean time, you are now in a far far better place.
hdckurdsasgjihvhhfdb@reddit
Dude, whatever
ChaosAndFish@reddit
As always, the kids are alright. Accept that it’s their world, not yours, and get on with things.
One_Hour_Poop@reddit
OP, you're doing the exact same thing, except from the opposite direction.
But that's what Reddit is for: Voicing opinions about stuff.
pacotac@reddit
Totally agree, every generation does this BS to the subsequent generations and it's stupid.
TheFatAndUglyOldDude@reddit
I'm washing down my One-A-Day with hose water. No helmet.
IlluminatedMoose@reddit
I agree, Im a broken body from a career in the army and a life of rugby and skiing. I still mountain bike and kayak and walk my dog. I wake up every morning with moderate to severe arthritic pain. And I keep moving anyway. Fuck the pain. Quit acting like a boomer.
Ndmndh1016@reddit
Turns out every generation becomes the thing they complain about. Gen x is becoming the boomers.
stromm@reddit
Odd, I don’t complain about Boomers. Nor Silent-Gen (my parents).
Not younger gen’s. Maybe if I do that’s a secret fountain of youth? 🤪
Snoo79474@reddit
I agree. And people complaining about young people’s hair or music or clothing. Like WTF. Did we not hear the same?? Get a hobby.
Vegetaman916@reddit
Nah. 1976 checking in. I just did a 12-mile ruck in the hot-ass Mojave desert with a 25 pound pack. Coulda done it faster in my 20s, but oh well...
ferretgr@reddit
Two things can be true.
Yes, I am knocking off those bucket list items where and when I can; hikes, trips, getting on stage and rocking, etc.
Yes, my back hurts and my shoulder hurts and I’m very tired.
Let’s commiserate about all of it instead of pretending only some of it is real huh?
little_red-7282@reddit
This! 👏👏👏
eastern-cowboy@reddit
I decided to get healthy at 41 and became a massage therapist at 45, as my third career. Best money. Best shape of my life. Never lay down that work ethic. It will keep you healthy.
WhiskeyDeltaBravo1@reddit
Go outside?
Nah, it’s too hot.
Mihailis27@reddit
It's not the heat, it's the humidity.
WhiskeyDeltaBravo1@reddit
It’s like Satan’s taint out there today.
Wartickler@reddit
It really is crazy the number of people in here who talk like they're so fricking old. Like, really? You guys gonna talk about your medications, doctor visits, and prostates next? Yuck! Get serious GenX - we're awesome. No more complaining!
MrMudgett@reddit
Actually, yeah. I can’t count how many people our generation I hear sounding off like the same old farts we made fun of in our youth. I get it. I’m not as flexible as I once was. I generally ache more. My out late is getting earlier as years go by. So what? That’s what getting older is. Go as gracefully into that night as you can and keep rocking your bad ass self to the end. 🤘🏻😎
Square-Wave5308@reddit
But can I keep having fun telling the mid-20 somethings that old starts happening sooner than they think?
stilloldbull2@reddit
I been teaching Machine Shop for over 30 years. As I get older I have started to concentrate more on what I have in common with my students and less on the differences. I don’t want to be them, pretend to be cool, or be best pals. But I do try to understand them.
Banded_Watermelon@reddit
You’ll never catch me repeating what old people used to say to/about us when we were kids. I’m happily about the same shit I always have been - let people be who they are going to be, make the best of the time I have, music is life and always has been and only gets better over time. Complaining about others as a primary hobby is boring, grating, and I can’t make time to be an active listener for it. Better to focus on what we can improve about ourselves and our own lives.
RMFranken@reddit
I never can remember this stuff. I’m 72. Does that make me a baby boy boomer? The greatest generation! I can’t tell ages either. If I go out with a 25-year-old or a 70-year-old I have just as much fun. And I don’t play bridge. And I don’t live in an old folks home.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
You definitely aren’t Gen X if you’re 72.
ClockworkJim@reddit
It's so fucking ridiculous and pathetic.
For lack of a better term, the only gen xers who should be online are those who have been online. All these people who didn't get online until the last 5-10 years are annoying as fuck.
I was perfectly fine being mostly ignored online. I was even happy about it! I got to stay out of this stupid millennial Boomer generational war bullshit.
But no, now I got dragged into this bullshit.
Some of it was inevitable. Gen z have mostly Gen X kids so it was inevitable that they would not be ignoring them.
But for the love of fucking God could we stop being lame.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
So you’re whining about the whining, huh?
JimVivJr@reddit
I’m not that old guy. I AM more careful than I used to be, but I don’t hate on the younger generations. Their slang is funny af, the music is still good, and it’s amusing seeing kids and young adults traverse life in their own terms.
GrayWolf-N8@reddit
1978- Yah why people need to post about shingles and moles....ugh gross dude
Buckeyefandango@reddit
I enjoyed 50s and '60s music as much as '70s and '80s growing up. My kids really like a lot of the '80s and '90s music because we play a lot of it. They rarely complain if they're in the car with us and we listen to music that's 40 years old. We also listen to music from today in the house. Yes we are in our 50s and old farts to the eyes of a teenager or 20 something. Yes they tell us we're really not that old, but we're 10 years from retirement. Some lucky enough to be in retirement right now.
ShadeTree7944@reddit
I second this. GenX claims to be the generation of “I don’t give a fuck” when all we see is them giving all sorts of it. Most millennials grew up just like we did. Then we all gave birth to GenZ and blame them for not being like us. They are literally our children.
6mcdonoughs@reddit
Meh
Euphoric-Use-6443@reddit
Touche!
vhc8@reddit
Douche
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
Poor Behaviour - No antagonism, trolling, rage farming, flame wars, juvenility, or any other cantankerous commentary and/or behaviour will be tolerated.
podgida@reddit
So... Don't judge others, while you yourself come out the gate judging others. Good job being a hypocrite.
milesandhikes@reddit
Funny you say that because I am 48 and still feel like 25! Sure I am not as active as then, but I still can’t believe I am this age. Don’t feel it nor look it!
REDDITSHITLORD@reddit
In other words: DON'T ACT LIKE A BOOMER. Those guys sucked. Try not to suck.
Mistermxylplyx@reddit
It doesn’t matter how we respond to them, just like it didn’t matter to us. It also didn’t matter to the generation that did it to us, the same way they didn’t care what was said to them. And these kids will do the same stuff to kids when they grow older. Youth always wins the future, even if it takes decades, and Old Age always wins the past.
StopSignsAreRed@reddit
I love these complaint posts about complaints!
mechanab@reddit
I generally like younger people. At least we can always unite over our mutual dislike of boomers.
YeshuasBananaHammock@reddit
Sometimes we just need to get it out.
Like you just did. Then we can feel better for a little bit.
Dahnlor@reddit
Get off my lawn.
CryEnvironmental9728@reddit
get off Social Media.
get into the gym.
get outside.
get out of the desk chair.
get out of the shop.
get out of living through your kids and grandkids. Live your own life, and let them see the example.
Thats the best I got.
SlothinaHammock@reddit
Good rules to live by as one ages. I''m living life fully, and I'm having a great time to this day. My best days are not behind me.
eastbaypluviophile@reddit
Agree, except for the gym part. All the rest : spot on
bdigital1796@reddit
ikr, gets in gym (more social media than Biff Tower adverts in Back to the Future)
CryEnvironmental9728@reddit
Google Joey Swoll, then get into the Gym. (maybe I should say that instead)
Pinchaser71@reddit
So just to be clear… you’re telling us to embrace the next generation with open arms, listen and not judge? In the meantime, you turn against, clearly don’t listen and are judging your own? Got it! This is how you live life and enjoy it? Yep…and WE need to go outside? 🤣😂🤣😂
fletcherkildren@reddit
Henry Rollins: “No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go."
tranquilrage73@reddit
Right. Because he seems like a super happy guy.
ccc1942@reddit
He like the Dalai Llama
Mark_Underscore@reddit
This really needed to be said!
And let me add....
Get your fat ass to the gym! You're better than this GenX
rokken70@reddit
Yeah. I had some disturbing symptoms of diabetes 2, so I joined a gym, started largely eating clean (not 100%, of course) and feel a lot better!
ShartlesAndJames@reddit
And yet, you took time out of your superior day to post your brain turds on here too, just like the rest of us. So now who's the bitch ass?
be_just_this@reddit
True but I am in pain pretty much all the time 😅
myfavhobby_sleep@reddit
I disagree with you on the first part. I’m good staying home, being in bed by 9, making audible sounds each time a bend over and get up.
The second part, I’m in total agreement. I love these damn kids. I have a teen daughter and I love seeing them act like fools, falling in love, falling out of love, screaming.
Definitive_confusion@reddit
In fairness we've hated every other generation our whole lives, of why stop now?
AnitaPeaDance@reddit
themichaelkemp@reddit
Co-signed
Boudicia_Dark@reddit
I fell into a depression when Jerry Garcia died (I'm a deadhead who spent every summer going to as many shows as possible, I even did one full west coast summer tour. Grateful Dead were my life and Jerry was the air that I breathed) I lost all interest in almost everything. Last year my wife and I sold our home, packed up everything we have and our three cats and one dog and moved across the country to the very best place in California.
Since we moved I have gone to TWO concerts (both Grateful Dead cover bands but NO, I WILL NOT SEE DEAD AND CO IN LAS VEGAS fucken cash grab), gone to every one of the Hands Off protests (and still going! Ooooo Freedom! Oooh Liberty!) and after that long, 30 year break I started getting tattoos again (2 in the past 6 weeks).
I'm doing a bit of tai chi, Im meeting my neighbors, Im doing art and gardening, Im gaming (please subscribe to my YouTube channel "Another old lady gamer"), Im learning how to make psychedelic videos (please subscribe to my OTHER YouTube channel "Boudicia Dark's video spot).
The point is, if you're stuck, if your life has turned into a sludgy mess of boredom and waiting to die you gotta
Get Up!
Get Out!
Get MOVING!
Go to the concert, host a party, let your hair down! Get that tattoo, wear the funky clothes, travel! Swim in the ocean, make love, get a volcano and vaporize ganja buds
LIVE YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW you aint got all that much time left, stop being a damn slug.
I will have my 58th birthday this year.
EvenSkanksSayThanks@reddit
oh the irony at you complaining about people complaining lol
1quirky1@reddit
A bunch of us act like boomers because the lines between generations are fuzzy and people vary.
I'm the youngest with some siblings 10+ years older. None of my family is genx. Even my sister that's three years older is a boomer in spirit. They all had boomer advice. I'm thankful that I had whatever it is that made me ignore it. They all shit on my music, interests, choices, changing jobs every few years, and most everything else.
I'm different with my kids. They like some of the music I like. I tell them that I liked it when it first came out and shared similar music to sample. I'm hoping to go with my 20yo son to an Incubus concert in a couple of months. He is his own person and we don't connect on things as much as I like, so I treasure what connections we have.
ponyboycurtis1980@reddit
Going outside and living my best life is why my knees hurt and my back throbs.
big65@reddit
Eat my shorts you filthy animal, your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberry.
medicmatt@reddit
I’ll sleep when I’m dead!
frankenship@reddit
Don’t like it. But don’t complain.
7thAndGreenhill@reddit
AwakenThePriestess@reddit
Omg I loved that movie & watched it a 1000x on cable!
GoldenPoncho812@reddit
picks43@reddit
I love everything about this post.
WestLondonIsOursFFC@reddit
We don't give a fuck and we won't ever give a fuck until you give a fuck about me and my generation.
I'm sitting in my kitchen waiting for the work day to finish and I just happened to be listening to Limp Bizkit when I read this post.
Why? Because I fucking can. Good and loud weekends to all!
URnevaGonnaGuess@reddit
Bite me.
TenuousOgre@reddit
I can do both. No need to gatekeep. We are no longer limited to being outside vs inside while we chat, socially.
Tempus__Fuggit@reddit
I've written off everyone who's traded their humanity for comfort, regardless of age. Ignorance and indolence are no excuse.
Solidarity siblings
IanRastall@reddit
That was wonderful. :-) Oh my goodness. I needed that. For what it's worth, to sound truly menacing and badass you have to dial it back a bit. But I love that you've decided in your great wisdom to write off the majority of human beings for being comfortable. Oh, what horrors!
Tempus__Fuggit@reddit
You missed the abandoning of their humanity part. If you're comfort comes at the expense of others, what does that say about you?
Why is exploitation necessary? Dial your expectations back a few centuries, gluttonous children.
biosfearmag@reddit
My partner and I never had kids, so we end up hanging out with a lot of other people who also don’t have kids, which means most of our friend group is 10-20 years younger than us. Definitely helps keep us young and engaged. Also, living in a city like Portland, Oregon helps a lot. 😅
secret_someones@reddit
i have zero desire to “feel young” or engaged. I am so glad I am my age now.
ZuBrain@reddit
That's some quality X complaining right there....
ZuBrain@reddit
... he/she should get extra points for not coming back to respond to anything. 👍
Uncle-Cake@reddit
photonynikon@reddit
Do you write the boomer articles for MSN?
TheArgentKitsune@reddit
FOR REAL. I had a post removed yesterday that mentioned this sub being treated like boomers posting on their FB walls. It lasted 15 minutes before it was removed. The irony is almost too perfect, a post about the sub feeling like Facebook gets deleted with Facebook-style moderation logic.
sas223@reddit
There’s moderation on Facebook?
TheArgentKitsune@reddit
That’s… not the point at all. I wasn’t saying Facebook has real moderation. I was pointing out the irony that this sub deleted a post about acting like Facebook.
sas223@reddit
I read “facebook-style moderation” so I thought that what you were implying. I haven’t spent any time on facebook in about a decade so I guess I don’t know what you’re referring to.
AwakenThePriestess@reddit
Selective
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
Oh, but I replied to that posting.....
I'm down and out with a nasty ass cold this week. Usually, I'm still my Susie Sunshine, Pollyanna self. Cough cough.
TheArgentKitsune@reddit
Feel better!
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
Thanks! I'm just giving myself a swift kick in the butt thinking hurry up! I have things to do!
missbethd@reddit
Every word you said. I just turned 50. I'm riding 25 miles on a bike in the morning. I refuse to use the words "I'm old" because our bodies hear us. I plan on being as active as I want to be - and that includes a lot of activities. Live life, it's not over til it's over!
Agile_Amphibian_5302@reddit
...but then who's going to tell the younger generations ad nauseum about garden hoses and streetlights and parental neglect?
ZuBrain@reddit
edgarjwatson@reddit
Whatever
ZuBrain@reddit
NotYourUsualSuspects@reddit
Yep. I will not be a boomer one generation removed. I refuse.
frazzledglispa@reddit
bdigital1796@reddit
Look on the bright side, this will probably be downvoted or removed ...
midwest-distrest@reddit
Embrace the next generation with open arms? Nice try Elder Gen Y. Get off my lawn!!!
Live-Cat9553@reddit
Suck it
arentol@reddit
Gesus, is I really expect better from a GenX'er rant. How about making even a little bit of sense, not going on random tangents, and not lying about how most GenX'ers approach things.
habu-sr71@reddit
Feel better now, person that is doing exactly what they are complaining about?
Scotsburd@reddit
No and you can't make me.
I_Want_Waffles90@reddit
Post flair checks out.
StayBullGenius@reddit
Reddit is full of whiny bitches
nyouhas@reddit
not gen X but I do like playing bridge or canasta with older folks. my parents are gen x so they don’t qualify quite yet but still
ace_in_space@reddit
So, basically, you’re admonishing us not to do the exact thing you just did?
Got it.
eastbaypluviophile@reddit
Old man yells at skibidi toilet ….
Thor_Returns@reddit
Shut up and stop complaining old man.
TheHexagone@reddit
Fuck them kids. Bunch of whiney bitches.
NetworkMick@reddit
Go touch grass.
PabloX68@reddit
You're ranting about rants.
Pretend_Command993@reddit
Tell us all how you really feel. Go ahead, and open up.....ah right I don't really give a fuck
Objective-Apple7805@reddit
I’d write a 10,000 word essay - on paper in cursive - to tell you to “f*ck off ya cantankerous old fart”, but I sprained my upper body reaching for my quill and bottle of ink
WV2LV@reddit
Scatman Crothers needs to show up at this old age home and teach some folks how to play Kick the Can!
Raaazzle@reddit
N O S M O K I N G
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
I so love that episode of Twilight Zone.
GirthyThrobbing@reddit
Get off my lawn!
Doraj1997@reddit
I tried to care about this, but my knees hurt. Whatever.
Mojomajik99@reddit
You hurt yourself today to see if you could still feel? Very Gen X
valuewatchguy@reddit
Thanks for reminding us to live. I have my curmudgeon days but what gets me out of it is my promise not to become a statistic.
I’m at an age now people are asking me when I’m thinking about retiring…. Would it be weird to say that I don’t want to? I feel like I’m just getting started with life having shaken off the crap that Boomers bred into me for so long.
Then Gen Z gives me so much hope as well!
Electrical_Feature12@reddit
Yeah a lot of pain conversations. Let’s keep moving the best possible! Onward and upward
aut0po31s1s@reddit
Aging is like being at a banquet before execution and complaining about your dentures.
Mr-Snarky@reddit
Get off my lawn.
Ckn-bns-jns@reddit
My elbow is swollen from pitching 3 innings on Wednesday, I’m still very active but it hurts more.
Jaded-Maybe5251@reddit
I'm sorry, who are you and why do we care?
TealTemptress@reddit
You’re harshing my buzz
Raaazzle@reddit
Man, it's the fucking Rat Race. Our folks did it, their folks did too. The difference is just in standard of living afforded. Our folks' folks' folks probably had it worse.
Absinthe_gaze@reddit
Dude needs some fibre eh
Beautiful-Year-6310@reddit
Normally I hate the posts where people are complaining about the younger generations because I agree with you. But yesterday I saw a post on fb making light of 9/11 and the amount of young people laughing and making jokes made me so sad. Some days I just hate everyone.
ProfessionalCat7640@reddit
"I came here to bitch about people bitching about things"
bluntrauma420@reddit
Don't be calling us old, we're still young enough to stuff you in a locker.
thisisstupid-@reddit
Do you feel better now that you got that off your chest? See it helps to just vent sometimes lol
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
Curmudgeon
JellyfishOther339@reddit
I got on my T-shirt, shorts, you want me to act my age? Yeah right dude
ZZoMBiEXIII@reddit
There are definitely days where I am shocked my my own level of "old". Like, how did I get here? I thought Gen-X came prepackaged with a lifetime supply of "cool", and yet I get so bent out of shape over stupid shit sometimes.
But, I take a small amount of pride in the fact that I usually recognize the behavior and head it off at the pass. I take a second, swallow a metaphorical chill pill, and calm my stupid old brain down.
I'll also say, I steadfastly refuse to be part of the intergenerational slap fight that so many folks often engage in. I won't hate millennials because of this or that, I won't say that Gen-Z kids have bad taste in music because it isn't made for me, and if ever you hear me saying "back in my day" to a Gen-Alpha skibidi kiddo then I give you permission to grab my pistol and shoot me in the head because I don't want to live that life.
69hornedscorpio@reddit
Routine-Agile@reddit
What if I'm happy inside?
Zero7CO@reddit
The irony in the OP whining about people whining. Someone deserves an honorary boomer degree.
Maduro25@reddit
Whatever.
woodbanger04@reddit
DraggoVindictus@reddit
Most of us still do stupid things and push ourselves too hard because mentally we are still in our 20s. It is difficult because our bodies are not anywhere near that level of resiliancy anymore. We sneeze too hard and we can throw our freakin backs out.
Just because we want to come on here every now and again and gripe only means that we understand the state of being a gen X person. We complain and then we fix it, break it more, or even just ignore it and do whatever the fuck we want to do anyway.
Alarmed-Range-3314@reddit
THANK YOU!!! We’re too young to act like old people. It’s never too late to live our lives, try new things, or see life from a different perspective.
BroccoliNearby2803@reddit
I get where you’re coming from—really, I do. I think you’re trying to be encouraging in that classic GenX way of ours: tough love with a shrug. And hey, I'm lucky too. I still get out there, still skate, still push myself when I can. Took a bad hit last year, but I'm healing up and ready to get back at it.
But not everyone’s that lucky. Not everyone has an outlet or even the strength to find one. For some folks, venting here might be all they’ve got in a world that’s chewed them up more than most.
I’ll be honest—I don’t have that old “devil-may-care, let God sort it out” fire like I used to. Life has a way of grinding that down. So while I get the push to stay strong, I think there’s also room to let people hurt out loud sometimes.
Dramatic-Dark-4046@reddit
Yeah, a bunch of folks on here like they’re part of a Progressive insurance commercial, turning into their parents.
deedeejayzee@reddit
I have friends that have promised to kill me if I turn into my mother. I turned into my grandparents instead. HELL IN A HANDBASKET, I TELL YA!!!! lol
GarionOrb@reddit
Seriously, most people here act like their lives are over. We aren't that old.
truthcopy@reddit
Right there with you. I hated when older folks complained about our generation. So I refuse to be a hypocrite. There are some amazing people in the generations that follow us. All the power to them.
And the world is changing, sure. But the moment it stops changing, we’re all dead. By the tone of a lot of posts in this sub, you’d think that’d be preferable.
Not so.
EarlyInside45@reddit
I'm an older Xer, and watching my partner turn 50 has been funny. It's like he's completely shocked that it happened. Every time he glances at his phone he complains that he needs glasses now. He posted his new AARP card on Facebook. He's had all the same aches and pains since he was 40, but now it's different. He is a bit boomerish with the "kids these days" stuff, too, but that's been going on a while.
Beginning-Spend-3547@reddit
I still party with my old friends now that our kids are grown. I didn’t for years and now it’s so much fun. We play games, we drink, we smoke, we talk shit. We even go out to bars once a month. It is so much fun remembering who I am as an actual person and not just a parent. I’m having a blast. Hangovers are gnarly but I have figured out how to keep them from being bad. So agree! We are old and achy and shit, but we are also young enough to still rage. I love it.
IronAnchor1@reddit
Pretty much going that now.
Ok_Courage140@reddit
I mean, I get it. Then again, I am definitely not one to wax nostalgic about being Gen-X and I also have three badass Gen Z kids.
Repulsive-Box5243@reddit
"Go outside"
My wife is a vampire.
Well, not really, but she does have a sun allergy due to some Hashimoto's crap.
How about you just let people say what they want to say, ok Buddy Hatchet?
bookant@reddit
I would've told you to fuck off and mind your own business when we were twenty, too. You're the old man yelling at clouds here
Ok_Olive9438@reddit
Get off my lawn.
sev45day@reddit
Or.... you could just ignore those posts you don't want to read.
This post is just as bad as the ones you're talking about. Stop complaining and go outside.
justmisspellit@reddit
Posts about complaining, posts complaining about posts complaining
Circle of Reddit life
Too bad scrolling past things isn’t an option
NihilsitcTruth@reddit
Ill Judge if I want, and I'll complain about what I want... If the person, doesn't matter age or anything, is an ass. I'll treat them as such. If that makes me a grumpy old man , what ever.
CharleyLH@reddit
No.
4rt4tt4ck@reddit
I remember when you didn't complain like this.. why you being such a curmudgeon? /s You can't tell the pseudo-boomers in this sub to start living, they stopped doing novel things way back in 1995. Everything has atrophied now. They are stuck.
grostequoteque@reddit
I’m going to my first bridge tournament tomorrow.
Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit
What ever
Ancient_Ad1251@reddit
Yeah, I complain too much. I have to stop being anxious and learn to live in the moment.
fejobelo@reddit
Well, if your sample size is Reddit, it isn't as if Redditors, of any age, are known for their thirst for adventures and outgoing nature, TBH.
Interesting_Suit_474@reddit
It’s cool buddy. Do your thing and I’ll do mine
Tiegra_Summerstar@reddit
Whatever! Your mom.
Ancient_Ad1251@reddit
Yeah, I'm guilty of it, too.
themiracy@reddit
As Morrissey said, “Young girl, one day, you will be old. But the thing is, I love you now.”
LaurenTheGemini@reddit
❤️
mountainelven@reddit
I agree, I'm sick of the 'does this make you feel so old' rhetoric, fuck that mindset. I still feel 19 ffs why tf does anyone want to feel old?!
Feefofum4@reddit
Don't tell me, i’ll tell you.
marshallkrich@reddit
TheEvilOfTwoLessers@reddit
Some people post here like gatekeepers. Gross.
Difficult_Leg_4615@reddit
lol they’re mad anyway
SailToTheSun@reddit
Rub some dirt on it and get back in there!
Outside_Revolution47@reddit
Go outside? During allergy season?
I’m joking. I’m young Gen X and my brother is old Gen X, almost a boomer. We still talk about how we keep our joints flexible and whether or not he can still play in the under 30 league since that’s as old as it goes where he is. I’m thinking about getting back into serious dance training. It ain’t over til I’m dead.
Embarrassed_Tax5661@reddit
get off my lawn.
-Blixx-@reddit
It's all fun and games until your fist falls off while you're shaking it at a cloud.
Doc-Milsap@reddit
Sounds good.
CosmicMamaBear@reddit
Ohh someone thinks they are popular /s
BeachmontBear@reddit
I will commit to this for GenZ and younger. Millennials still annoy the crap out of me and since they are older now too, I think continuing to dump on them is just.