The struggle is real!

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Wasatchbl@reddit

Gen X's playlist would never be '90s, it's late '70s and the '80s.

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Important-Matter-665@reddit

I turned 16 in 1990, What are you talking about? 90s music is definitely gen x.

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Wasatchbl@reddit

Gen X is defined by sociologists. But when you say Gen X music, you do not think '90s music. In the '90s most gen xers were in college or having kids

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kai1793@reddit

I think 90s music more than any other decade defines Gen X.

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adudeguyman@reddit

The '90s had awesome music too. Especially the early to mid '90s

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Wasatchbl@reddit

But it's not what comes to mind when you say Gen X. I know that the separations are done by sociologists and whatever but when you say Gen X music Creed, Staind, or Limp Bizkit do not come to mind.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

The music you mention is most definitely Millennial. However I think that era was the last of the good music. The stuff after that was just pure rubbish. IMHO.

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Wasatchbl@reddit

I agree with the stuff. After the '90s being rubbish. I include the '90s also. It's not so bad to call yourself Generation Y. Embrace it

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

I love the late 70s and 80s rock. Being only 49 though my love of grunge and metal has me all up in the feels.

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Wasatchbl@reddit

I know that the divisions are done by sociologists, but I still think that anything after 1989 is not Gen X music

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IrregularThumb@reddit

I must have written this post and forgotten about it.

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MyFacistCat@reddit

Sums it up. As I lay in bed waiting for the Advil to kick in.

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Subject-Ad-8055@reddit

I spent 2 hours working on my car and three days being saw.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Hahahahahahaha I had to have some codeine after sitting 5m up in a tree yesterday while cutting it down.

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RadioCaroline721@reddit

Yeah, spent 5 hours in the garden yesterday and feel like I ran an Ironman. My brain woke up this morning and said ok, let’s get to it and my body said “we’re gonna need some ibuprofen!”

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Upper_Knowledge_6439@reddit

That was me last weekend. Top dressed the lawns, reseeded, fertilized, and then peat moss.

Monday was

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I'm just damn proud of myself for cutting a tree (half way down) 😂 things are a process these days. I was asked if I loaded the branches and rode them away the same day and I was like naaaah I'm not 18 anymore that's for another day.

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IMIndyJones@reddit

The first 2 are right. They second 2 not so much.

My body thinks it's 57 which messes with my 25 year old mind.

My Playlist thinks I'm 21 because I exclusively listen to kpop, Korean R&B, and Korean and Japanese rock. I like new music. The stuff from the 80s and 90s is nostalgic but a bit of "been there, done that" for me.

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kai1793@reddit

Aside from some Early 00s sneaking into my playlist (something I don’t entirely understand), this is accurate.

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HoikDini@reddit

Same, except my playlist thinks it's the 70s.

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FlowerofMountains@reddit

You're telling me. I've never met a "Soft 70s AM" or "Yacht Rock" tune I didn't like.😂😂 😂

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

My 70s music would be the rock/metal preference.

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HorridosTorpedo@reddit

I'm 58. I crashed my mountain bike a couple of weeks ago, trying to ride it down a flight of concrete steps. I somehow forgot not only that I'm not 15 any more, but also, and perhaps more importantly, that I'd have crashed trying to do this when I was 15 too.

Also I just got really into some new Japanese bands.

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IMIndyJones@reddit

Ooo. What Japanese bands?

I have a banana bike that I loved riding everywhere but the handle bars rusted and broke off. I want to get another one because it's a dream to ride. I was questioning whether a 57 year old can ride one, then I was like "I'll do what I want". Lol

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

That's the problem. I look at my wake board and think. Yup I could still pull off those tricks I ddi when I was younger. But nope what feels like 3 seconds on the thing and I'm done for.

Incidently I have ridden a couple of mountain bike trails with my 10 year old. Got half way up the hill and thought I was going chuck up a lung. Let's just say I'm "cycling unfit" 🤣

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

Chuck up a lung has me HOWLING 🤣

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

I would've been howling too had it not been for me trying to keep my breakfast in. 😂 Always funnier when it happens to someone else 🤣

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HorridosTorpedo@reddit

I was seeing stars last time I was really determined that I was going to ride up this here hill. Stick with it though. You can get back to bike fit (ish) in not too long. Little but often seems to be the thing.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Agreed.

Just gotta hide the tears and the sweat and the feeling of life as we know it is about to end abruptly as you heave to breathe and stay upright while your chest is trying to stave off heart failure. All while I look over at my son and say damn this is so good hey? 😂

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cynzthin@reddit

Well? Tell us these bands!

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HorridosTorpedo@reddit

I got into this rabbit hole from hearing a clip of Haku, listening to their other music and realising that they were all just the most catchy songs I'd heard in years. Then I followed some stuff that was thrown up by Youtube and ended up at Rubens, then (the less 'new') Hitsujibungaku and now Sheena Ringo.

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fishingjohnson@reddit

49 here. I love maximum the hormone, bandmaid and hanabie!

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HorridosTorpedo@reddit

Been meaning to listen to Bandmaid. The name keeps popping up. I got into this from hearing Haku and then Rubens, Hitsujibungaku and now Sheena Ringo. Japanese music is a hell of a rabbit hole.

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fishingjohnson@reddit

Band- maid has probably some of the best drumming and bass guitar I've ever heard.

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FlowerofMountains@reddit

Me ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, lol.

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dfjdejulio@reddit

My playlist spans centuries, but the majority is 60s, 70s, and 80s.

My body is a temple. Ancient, crumbling, probably cursed and haunted.

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surfinbird@reddit

“Some people treat their body like a temple. I treat mine like a pool hall.” - Robert Klein

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Momoneko@reddit

500+ years worth of music in my rectangle. 1600s were awesome

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Hahahahahahaha that ain't no lie.

Has any other Gen X also not been kind to their bodies.

I've gone balls to the wall until about 45. Now I realize what the older people used to say to me. You're gonna regret doing that when you're older.

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Komaisnotsalty@reddit

Yep, and mine has a little graffiti too.

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MrP_Bio@reddit

Amen brother! Haha

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Nikonus@reddit

Gen Jones. We had THE music! ‘65-‘85. Twenty years of the greatest. Srry y’all.

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Sevenjim@reddit

1993 would like to have a chat. Srry dude

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saranghaemagpie@reddit

Is Gen Jones the sliver between Booms and Xers? My brother was born in '63 and his music is defined by the late 70's into '85. I am '71 and so mine is definitely defined from '87 to '94. I was heavily influenced by his music when I was really young though.

I find it interesting that Gen Jones and Xers are usually in the same household. My mom always had a theory Gen Jones identified more with Booms because the tail end of the Silent Gen who married young was right before Vietnam. She said Vietnam lost so much of Gen Jones and Xers nobody was having kids.

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andstefanie@reddit

😂😂😂😂😂

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Similar_Elephant_518@reddit

No lies told in this picture….dayum!

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dyverthesprit@reddit

correct

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surfinbird@reddit

This picture sums up my life right now.

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SoCaFroal@reddit

Sock length is 90s

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Hahahahahahaha love it. Baggy board shorts long socks, skater shoes.

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DVSWDE1973@reddit

Truth!

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dachachimba@reddit

Imagine that your identity is just the year you were born

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MaximumJones@reddit

You lost there little buddy?

r/ILovetoWhine is ------> that way

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Wasatchbl@reddit

Imagine posting in a sub dedicated to a genre of people that were born in a certain year

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Well............. There was some damn good music in '76 so I'll take it.

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deadzol@reddit

You’re on GenX sub.

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TechNoir312@reddit

On the verge of 60. Torn meniscus and torn labrum. Arthritis in my neck from a MVA in 2005. Physically fit, but body doesn’t want to do what I want to do. Shit catches up with you.

That said, I no longer think I’m 25 or 35. Maturity and pain seem to coincide.

However….my current playlist is mostly club EDM. Dont get me wrong, I’ve seen GnR 12x, have an EVH Franken-strat reproduction on my wall and was lucky to see RATM on the last tour (was at the show where Zack tore his Achilles).

Love finding new music that I connect with, it keeps me young.

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FieldAppropriate8734@reddit

New music ideas for you… Gojira, Angine de Poitrine, Of The Trees, G Jones, Karen Dió.

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TechNoir312@reddit

Thanks! I’ll check them out. I’m familiar w Gorjira and have heard of Of The Trees, but couldn’t name a song.

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Longjumping-Meat-334@reddit

My playlist thinks it's the 80s, not the 90s.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Nothing wrong as long as it's not Rick Astley or Kylie Minogue! 😂

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Longjumping-Meat-334@reddit

Nope. 80s rock all the way!

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dels709@reddit

100%

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CntBlah@reddit

90s? Hold on there ‘Future Man’

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Equal_Trash6023@reddit

90s?

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Atlantean_truth@reddit

I’m in my early 50’ sand was 16 in 1990 and 25 in 1999 so yes 90’s playlist would apply because I was young during the 90’s. Someone in their late 50’s maybe not so much. 80’s playlist would apply more or less for them.

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xeno_dorph@reddit

Real ones know.

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DiogenesXenos@reddit

Exactly this.

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smokywater50@reddit

So true

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DyrSt8s@reddit

This is it!!!

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-Ernie@reddit

Everyone talking about your playlists, but you’re not really feeling that sweet genX nostalgia unless you’re spinning records and CDs!

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Don't forget the cassettes. Especially when you gotta rewind them with a pencil. My first ever cassette was Def Leppard.

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-Ernie@reddit

I still have some Dead tapes and a few mix tapes, but most of my 10 tapes for $.01 club cassettes have been lost to history, lol.

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

I could remember a whole bunch more shit when I was 25. My mind is VERY aware that I’m a 50+ year old asshole.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Hang on a minute. Why did I just walk into this room?!?!? Oh yeah I wanted to get my sons skate board to show him how it's done right!!!! 😂🤣

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

Well, shit! Skateboarding would buy me a ticket to the ER!

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Yeeeeeaaaahhh I swiftly gave up on that idea too. I have a family to feed and a son to raise and bills to pay I can't be lying in the ER with a ruptured spleen broken nose, arm and a bruised kidney. But worst of all a damaged ego. Damn it sucks being the adult!!!!

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Typeonetwork@reddit

Without a doubt.

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SquidleyBoDiddley@reddit

Being almost 50 will not stop me from blaring my music in the car. Still feel like I’m stuck somewhere between 18 and 25 🤣

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

I will jam to tunes in my car as I damn well please. Rush hour traffic, road trip? I don’t care. I’m 58F, professional, and I will rock out AND sing along, occasionally playing drums on the dash.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Recently I stopped next to a fellow commuter in the traffic at 6 am in the morning his window down and had some good old 90s rock jamming in the radio. I just HAD to get his attention and say DAMN dude love the music.

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

I know. My tribe is CLEARLY not sitting in traffic with me. When did everyone else get so OLD? Screw that.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

You need to find a younger route to commute on 😂🤣

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SquidleyBoDiddley@reddit

That is me every day commuting to and from work 😂. It is 5 am and the music must be loud, no exceptions.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

100% bro. Used to do it in high school and still do it.

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jimmyn0thumbs@reddit

Nobody likes you when you're 23

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SquidleyBoDiddley@reddit

What the hell is wrong with me

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

My friends say I should act my age (What's my age again?)

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fishingjohnson@reddit

I'm a 49 year-old device with 70 year-old hardware and a 12 year-old operating system.

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SquidleyBoDiddley@reddit

Bring on the fart jokes and pranks!

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

My Dude!!!!!!! While sitting around a camp fire!!!!!!

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Exactly!!!!!!

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

And are still more amused by TV shows What the hell is ADD? My friends say I should act my age

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

One fine Friday night I was just chilling. Lit a fire to have a barebeque (a braai) for those in the know.

I was partying on my own like it was 1995 all over again. Had the old Youtube music cranking out from Guns & Roses to Metallica and a bit of Ozzy and system of a down.

The wife was not impressed. Apparently these things need to be listened to quietly. Who knew 🤷

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SquidleyBoDiddley@reddit

Quietly? Never! If the neighbors can’t hear, it isn’t loud enough lol.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Riiiiiight?!?!? I am of the opinion that if my neighbour's don't know/understand/love my music then have they even lived?

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Freightshaker000@reddit

I'm a 58 yr old ex-flatbed trucker. My body is cashing checks I wrote when I was 30.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Same story here. As long as one can keep on cashing in those checks.

I was not kind to my body when I was younger. I hesitate to say it but the people who told me I would regret what I do when I'm older were right😳😂

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Freightshaker000@reddit

100%. I ignored the old timers who told me not to jump off the deck cause it would kill my knees; my knees are fine, but my lower back is shot.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Being in the boating industry all my adult life jumping out of boats in the shop and the water sports I've the weekends has my back and knees often saying nu uh not today bud. I vividly remember the day someone told me not to do that, I would regret that later in life. But yeah, more balls than brains huh?

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fuzzybunnyslippers08@reddit

My playlist would be mid to late 90’s

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

There was some really good stuff from. They era..what would your Playlist be?

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fuzzybunnyslippers08@reddit

So much…Superfurry Animals, Supergrass, FatBoySlim, Orbital, Ludacriss, Missy Elliott, Eminem. Alternative, techno and EDM, and hip hop were so good during this decade. 😍

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Drewzilla_@reddit

If I moutianbiked up my steep hill here I'd hawk up a few cartons of Marlboro Reds. I don't smoke anymore btw quit in 2017. 😂

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Drewzilla_@reddit

If I moutianbiked up my steep hill here I'd hawk up a few cartons of Marlboro Reds. I don't smoke anymore btw quit in 2017 lol

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QueenofCross_871@reddit

Me:51 Body:61 Mind:21 Soul:11

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Love it. Keep that soul young. Although it's not easy some days when the body aches.

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DBH114@reddit

The 1st three sentences are totally me. But I dont have a playlist, on the rare occasions I listen to music I still pop in a CD.

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seanisdown@reddit

I dunno how people can listen to the same music their whole lives.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Aaaaahhhhh man. I think it's the nostalgia that keeps me coming back. Like the memories attached to the music. The freedom at the time. The feeling of being that young oke with your future wide open.

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Maybe_Later14@reddit

I was just telling people about all of the nostalgia I get listening to some of my old playlists.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

I absolutely Loooooooove music. When the mood strikes I love to flip through the old tunes. I was one of the grunge era Gen x. And my heart skips a beat when I listen to the music of my days. My kids used to get a dose of music often, hoping it would instill the same feeling I get.

I pity the kids of today. What the hell are they going to listen to when they get to be middle aged and feel nostalgic. Surely the crap music these days can't give off the same feeling!?!?! Whoop whoop whoop gang am style!!!! 😂

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loquacious@reddit

Surely the crap music these days can't give off the same feeling!?!?!

Bruh, you're missing out on SO MUCH good music. BTW, Gangam Style was 14 years ago.

I assure you that the young people of today will know what nostalgia is.

Some of them will even think that all new music is crap.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

You may be right about them thinking the new music would be crap. I suppose the noatagia comes from.your experiences while growing up and the music at that time.

Holy CRAP!!!!!! Has it been 14 years????? 😳

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TempurmentalSam@reddit

Sounds about right

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Throwaway7219017@reddit

I’m 53, but still mentally a 14 year old.

Suddenly I find myself behind of the wheel of a strange automobile.

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EquivalentPapaya3254@reddit

How did I get here?

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Yup. Like who the hell thought it a good idea to give me a licence to operate this heavy machinery. 😂

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SoCal7s@reddit

In my late 50s. My mind thinks I’m 17. My body thought I was 65 but I’ve tricked it into 35 the last 2 years. My playlist is 55-95 but focused on 77-83.

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Which_Preference_883@reddit

Accurate

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InfinitelyRepeating@reddit

I feel both validated and personally attacked.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

My apologies but unfortunately reality gets in the way of life sometimes. 😁

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Drewzilla_@reddit

I'm in this boat.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Welcome on board. The drinks are cold and the hot tub is fine. Just watch out for the grumpy guy in the corner with the tattoos listening to Stone temple pilots

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Equivalent_Gap_805@reddit

In late 50's, mind thinks 19, body says late 80's still groovin' to 70's and 80's.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

I love it. As long as you keep on groovin' I wonder if any other generation has such an affinity to music.

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Equivalent_Gap_805@reddit

I dont think they do. My dad wouldn't listen to music and mother listened music but it was more for background. I have 2 boomer sisters and they are like my mother. I'm the only one that gets into music. After us came the hip-hop & rap stuff but sorry that's just shit. 😄

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Like yeah. Listening to music is an actual activity hehehehe. On the odd occasion L though my dad used to crank out some Elvis and some country music when I was younger. I agree that the newer stuff is just crap. Imagine the Gen Zs saying how nostalgic that Tayla swift song makes them feel. Naaaah surely not....

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Sudden-Ingenuity3033@reddit

Every goddamn day.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Just don't stop rockin out.

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OiFanoi@reddit

Definitely rowing the same boat.

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Friendly_Tell6664@reddit

Hah! Yup…

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Conscious-Mulberry17@reddit

What?

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

That's what I keep telling myself 😂🤣😂

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donquixotee2000@reddit

My play list is in the 80's.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Nothing wrong with the 80s except the cheesy pop.

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Much-Extension-4752@reddit

Hit the nail on the head with this one.

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JohnnyRelentless@reddit

I'm sure we can all agree.

Why would you assume that?

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Just a guess I suppose. There will always be an outlier.

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PolymathHolly@reddit

Yes, this is me. Will be 52 this year but my back aches, my knees pop, my brain still lives like a glorified high schooler and most of my playlist is stuff I grew up on, save a few things TikTok introduces me to that happens to be within the last 10 years.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

True story. The struggle here is to do yoga stretches while listening to grunge or metal.

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RdtRanger6969@reddit

Damn. Who’s following me around. Get outta my head!

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

We see you and we got you brother 😂🤣😂

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Foulmouthedleon@reddit

So I'm not the only one? Ok. But I don't think my body thinks it's 80. I'd say maybe late 40's.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

I dunno hey. For me I have not been kind to my body in my younger years. Invincible y'know. So I wonder what it would really feel like at 80 😳. Oh wait I read your post and thought I was till in my early forties never mind I'm 49 now 😂🤣😂🤣

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TapRevolutionary5022@reddit

I feel this in my soul

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slain1134@reddit

Fuckin A - you nailed it!

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Texaswheels@reddit

I was putting together a playlist for a 13 hour upcoming road trip. 30 minutes in and I was like wtf, I have nothing past 94 on here.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

The pickings are far and few between from 94. Especially after the early 2000s. However some Evanescence, Creed, Staind, Foo fighters, y chemical romance, Linkin Park etc never hurt anyone.

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Hifi-Cat@reddit

Yup.

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KeggyFulabier@reddit

Why do people keep talking to me like I’m a responsible adult?

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Nausicaaah@reddit

I'm a 50yo boy.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

49er here. NEVER GROW UP it's all a lie! 😂

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Different-Term-2250@reddit

I absolutely refuse to be the responsible adult in the room. Even if it is just me in there, I will nominate the nearest chair to be the adult.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

The scary thing is, when you catch yourself being the adult in the room and have a "HOOOLD ON JUST A MINUTE HERE!!!!!" realization. That's when you gotta know to dial it back a bit. 🤣

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PurplePenguinCat@reddit

I leave it to one of the cats. They are all more responsible than I am. 🤪

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Different-Term-2250@reddit

Good call. My pair of cats seem to know what they are doing. More than me anyway.

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AndrewBdizzle@reddit

Ahh. Blink 180’s song, “What’s my age again” is still relevant to this day…

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bagoTrekker@reddit

I called her mom from a payphone

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Dillenger69@reddit

There is always an adultier adult in the room. It can't be me

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KeggyFulabier@reddit

Well it’s not me

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Y'know what they say hey? Getting old is compulsory, but growing up is optional!! 😂

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Canaduck1@reddit

Over a third of my playlist is older than I am. I'm 52.

My playlist (guestimate)
Before the 60s - 5%
60s - 30%
70s - 20%
80s - 20%
90s - 20%
After 2000 - 5%

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TheLastGenXer@reddit

how do you not care for any 50s music??

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OneApprehensive327@reddit

and….the 40s!!! 🤣

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HailSatanWorshipD00M@reddit

Sheeiit. There's songs from the 20s on my playlist that my grandmother used to sing to me when I was a kid.

"Ain't no sin to get out of your skin

And dance around in your bones!"

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

Ok now you gotta share.

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Canaduck1@reddit

I do. Got some Elvis, Buddy Holly, Julie London. Also pre-50s like Sinatra.

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sparkGun2020@reddit

60s, 70s, 80s, 90s all have their own unique vibe. Anything after 2000 is just "recent"

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

I appreciate the structure of the sentiment, but I would say my mind is more like 35, my body closer to 40, my playlist is all over the place, and my age is almost 60.

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Abject-Kitchen3198@reddit

Setting this as a 10 year target.

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

That makes me smile!

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Under_the_Milky_Way@reddit

As an older GenX, 90s music was mostly trash compared to the 80s.

How we are in the same generation boggles the mind.

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The_Wookalar@reddit

If it helps, remember that "generations" are a media-generated fabrication created to capitalize on in-group/out-group psychology and counterfeit nostalgia to sell things to morons.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

If you look at the younger millennials and Gen Z you will realize that we are more similar than them.

I love the 80s music although some of the pop music was really cheesy, however the 90s music is more nostalgic to me as a younger Gen Z. It's the coming of age nostalgia the life I had back then. The "thinking" that your whole world and life lies ahead of you.

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Much-Advertising2347@reddit

Yup

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Knight_thrasher@reddit

I’m listening to a “classic” rock station. It used to be 70/80s now it’s mostly late 80s and 90s rock

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Who the HELL said they can call our music classic????? 😂🤣😂

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Sindertone@reddit

Diet is everything. I just got the results of an extensive blood test. Real age: 53, bioestimate age: 37. Wellness has been my focus for the last ten years.

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applejackie25@reddit

what test was this?

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Sindertone@reddit

Functionhealth.com. 118 different blood tests. It was very interesting.

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Deep-Assignment4124@reddit

Cognitive exam. He aced it!

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botany_bae@reddit

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Well done on that. Only recently I got some brains and decided to start taking care of my health better, joint pains and struggling to get up from sitting although I'm not over weight and my step counter is at 10 000 steps just about every day. I've had to cut a lot of the crap out that I used to eat.

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Mordor2112@reddit

At 55 yr old I definitely wasn't the audience oldest dude at the Pennywise concert last Friday, so yeah, that shit is true.

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yellowraven70@reddit

Yes! Why can't I do the things I did 30 years ago! It's all catching up to me now. Except my playlist is all 70's and 80's hard rock and heavy metal. Very limited 90's and 00's. If it's from the later years it's like COC, Down, Voivod, some megadeth. No grunge for me lol

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Youth is wasted on the young forsure. But there's till so much I want to doooooo!!!!!!!!!

Love the later 70s and 80s rock and metal. To me that's REAL music. However I can go from that to Nirvana then then Evanescence and right up to Staind. But after the early 2000s it's all crap IMHO.

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Belmish@reddit

I’m of the same opinion and think I’ve been swindled.

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?….

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Yup. We got lied to about growing up. DON'T BELIEVE THEM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!!! 😂

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Dillenger69@reddit

I'm actually a 12yo stuck in the body of a 58yo.

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onlymostlydead@reddit

Almost 55 and I still laugh uncontrollably at fart jokes.

And don’t you dare say “doody” around me for no reason.

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rrrrrrez@reddit

My grandpa said the same thing to me once when I was a kid. I get it now.

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pqcoyote@reddit

So true

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asdfcat110@reddit

Tru dat

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gabzilla814@reddit

This guy gets it

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deleted_by_reddit@reddit

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GenX-ModTeam@reddit

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tharesabeveragehere@reddit

“…feel like I’m 25”

You feel broke, hungover, anxious, and generally clueless as to why you feel all of the above?

No, thank you.

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Maybe_Later14@reddit

My 20s were “fun” in some ways, but I’d definitely agree with your overall assessment in retrospect and compared to every other decade of my life.

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SbMSU@reddit

You don’t feel like that?

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tharesabeveragehere@reddit

not in the least.

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SbMSU@reddit

Lucky you

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kermitsfrogbog@reddit

This is pretty accurate. My playlist spans the mid to late 80s through the 90s.

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Deep-Assignment4124@reddit

Yep I never appreciated a lot of the 80s stuff as a kid like Bowie, the Cars, Depeche Mode. In my group we listened to Motley Crue and Iron Maiden mostly.

But I love a lot of those older pop songs now.

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Hefewiezen1@reddit

Playlist here I’d 80’s. Body feels old, been broken and bashed too many times. The mind says skateboarding is fun.

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Stinkydadman@reddit

My knees think I’m 130

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urlach3r@reddit

Y'all have knees??!

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

If I need to bend or crouch down I make sure there is a wall or a counter first to pull myself back up on.

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urlach3r@reddit

Oh yeah, dropping down for anything needs an exit strategy first.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

And then there's me yesterday 5m up a tree to cut it down. I'm Hella surprised that I can walk today. Wonders cease to amaze, actually feeling good after that. But ya another day I might sneeze and throw my back out.

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Ashamed_Result_3282@reddit

Mine are 11 (left) & 9 (right)! 😂 The rest of me is 56 & there's quite a bit missing now. But still here, still ornery! 😁✌🏻💚

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Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit

My mind is definitely not 25

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Sometimes younger. But then the next my body says naaaaaahhh dude I think you gotta take it easy today.

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Ok_Kick6546@reddit

My randomly shuffled playlist includes REM, Nirvana, The Mamas and The Papas, The Clash, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Led Zeppelin. I feel seen.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Love it. A good balance there I would say.

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Odd-Perception7812@reddit

My quarantine Playlist covers 50's to 00's.

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Ok_Kick6546@reddit

True. I forgot about all the Buddy Holly and Patsy Cline in mine.

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Abject-Kitchen3198@reddit

Humor?

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Yeah cause if we can't laugh about it we might just end up crying.

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wexfordavenue@reddit

Right? This is me.

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Dextropic@reddit

In my heart of hearts I'm 21. In my back of backs I'm 51.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

🤣😂🤣 Love your work here.

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LoanDebtCollector@reddit

And my bank account wants it to be 100 years ago.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Seems like you gotta brush up on your loan debt collecting skills. See what I did there? 😂

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zetazen@reddit

My mind thinks like a 55 year old woman. Lol confident. My playlist is a mix of the last 50 years.

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lambent_ort@reddit

Always thought I'd die in my 40s. Turned 50 last year. Guess I missed the deadline. 🫠

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Common-Ad-4221@reddit

Not me! I’m already dead! I just can afford to rest into I pay the bills. Overtime sucks.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Only on the inside 🤣

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Well I'm asthmatic and the quack once told me won't live past 40 the way I carry on. WEEEEELLLL I'm turning 50 this year so I'd say I'm winning.

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pej69@reddit

I’m already older than my grandfather was when he died, and nearly as old as my dad was.

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Sad-Signature-5491@reddit

Rock n’ Roll 🤘🏼! Sounds like you are right on track!

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CountHonorius@reddit

My playlist is firmly locked in 1985, lol

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gamecatuk@reddit

Same not 90s!! 80s for the win.

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boatoke@reddit (OP)

Some days I'm feeling the 80s and some days the 90s hell some days even the late seventies rock. But I'm sorry the stuff these days............ Nu uh!!!!!

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realityguy1@reddit

Yea what’s that 90’s music thing about.

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KeggyFulabier@reddit

I buy new music constantly, I still listen to the old stuff . None of that radio crap though.

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dontflexthat@reddit

I really hate this “I feel like I’m 25” nonsense. On the one hand, it’s super cringe and icky, but more importantly, it’s inaccurate. When you’re 40 or 50, your mind is not 25. Some people, and I’m including myself here, don’t like the fact that they get older. They want more time and to retain their youth somehow. It’s that. It’s being sad that life is short and you are old. Your mind is not 25. That’s nonsense.

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