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Saw Backrooms with my teenagers and realized they’ll never know the specific boredom that made us

Posted by Cultural_Repeat_4766@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 1595 comments

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Excellent insight into the whole liminal space genre - it is literally the images of the previous world that occupied the space around them, with a slowly declining number of artifacts. Life used to happen in these places - work, socializing, random interactions - with more strangers than there are now. All the entertainment and information and interaction had to take place in dedicated spaces - now echoing with the rush that saw it all migrate to screens, big and small. Watching these places through screens is like looking in the rear view mirror as this world before the transformation disappears from view. To people born after the Screening, the way the physical world is set up doesn’t make sense - it’s other in a ways that those of us from before don’t intuitively grasp. This void in perception is filled by The Back Rooms - it’s iconic already. Well done, Kane :)

What is the "worst" code base you worked on?

Posted by vismbr1@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 320 comments

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Hey Mark - please pick up that phone. It’s not going to stop. Pick up the phone and speak to the angry people. Tell them you’re working really hard to fix it.

Restarting unhealthy Habits

Posted by swissyfit@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 204 comments

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Totally understand. For many years - since childhood really, normal waking existence was just not enough- always needed a boost or a tweak or outright debauchery and hedonism. Over and over and over. Became a master at it. Now I like my coffee and nice food and I find that life goes up and down a hell of a lot more on its own and I enjoy the ride - there are still thrills, I just appreciate them more and I’m not trying to constantly turn every day into a roller coaster and paying the price. It’s like I’m much more sensitive to the joys of life than I was as a young person. It’s what I always strived for.

Please help me track down the old commercial this melody is from and put this ear worm to rest

Posted by anki_steve@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 38 comments

Does the Rainbow Connection make any one else really sad?

Posted by GeistMD@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 384 comments

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Oh god🥹 hugs to you, that sounds unredeemably sad. I lost a friend at 9 and it folded my paper heart so hard I can always feel it.

Does the Rainbow Connection make any one else really sad?

Posted by GeistMD@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 384 comments

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Ohh!! I want to come and see it and cry too ! They embody the resilient optimism of the 70s that was reborn after the 60s crashed in that field killing all on board. It was the Best Of Us who salvaged sanity and vision and quiet educated hope from the open wound that even the number 1970 looks like. Their eyes are a kind hand up out of the mess.

Is this all there is?

Posted by No-Anybody5719@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 797 comments

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Finding that - living that truth in every part of your being - then learning an art to express it is a rite of passage for any human. First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

Texting in full sentences

Posted by Mundane-Cabinet9883@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 798 comments

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I like to give the impression that I’m engaged with the person - an appropriate emoji can be great as a witticism when several words would be clumsy and verbose. If it’s actual information that’s being exchanged then proper sentences to make the meaning as clear and concise as possible. Writing English using the common rules of grammar is excellent for this and being bothered to make yourself clear for someone else’s benefit shows respect and projects competence. Eschewing formality for its own sake is a pathology. Just type the fucking words properly - either you have and or make time or you don’t, I won’t think what you want me to of you if you half-ass it, Greg.

Anyone else have children later in life? We followed the advice to get through college, get our careers started, buy a house, THEN start a family. I’m exhausted.

Posted by DilbertDilbert1011@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 792 comments

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I feel your numbness and dysfunctional brain. 54 with a 24, 9 and 6. Always exhausted. But always on the move. What else would I be doing ? I'll tell you - sitting around thinking there are better things to do than sit around. zip!!! another 10 years (If you're lucky...... ......!

I said “Milk, milk, lemonade” to my teenagers, and they just stared at me… blankly. Have I failed them, or has society failed our children as a whole? Discuss.

Posted by leftoverrights@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1830 comments

I said “Milk, milk, lemonade” to my teenagers, and they just stared at me… blankly. Have I failed them, or has society failed our children as a whole? Discuss.

Posted by leftoverrights@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1830 comments

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I sing it as I do housework, cooking etc when my kids are playing their ipads etc. Just often enough for it to seep in there and be carried on down the generations. I'm doing my bit. And I've never had a bra OR a boyfriend.

I said “Milk, milk, lemonade” to my teenagers, and they just stared at me… blankly. Have I failed them, or has society failed our children as a whole? Discuss.

Posted by leftoverrights@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1830 comments

I said “Milk, milk, lemonade” to my teenagers, and they just stared at me… blankly. Have I failed them, or has society failed our children as a whole? Discuss.

Posted by leftoverrights@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1830 comments

The GenX version of The Villages?

Posted by send2steph@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 502 comments

How do you deal with layoffs

Posted by Technical-Aside4471@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 20 comments

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I'd love to see how these people run their vehicles. Gas tank empty, need oil ? Brakes worn through ? Fuck that, I'm going to drive as fast as possible and stop as hard as I can. If it doesn't go or stop according to my unreasonable requests I'll shout at it, or get rid of the engine or something. Let's go ! Let them burn long and slow while you set up other work. For the existing client base, who won't be able to use you much longer. Twats.

How do you handle rude interviewers during a coding screen?

Posted by BigBusinessBureau@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 114 comments

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Exactly. Being rude is childish. Acting like a child when you're with an adult and you expect to get away with it is a power play. They believe entirely in the dynamics of the fiction that you are beneath them and they can peacock their contempt at each other and you with no consequence. Not today, son.

How do you handle rude interviewers during a coding screen?

Posted by BigBusinessBureau@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 114 comments

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Tell them off like you were their manager and they’d played up in front of an important client. Measured, unruffled but sharp and resolute.

How do you handle rude interviewers during a coding screen?

Posted by BigBusinessBureau@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 114 comments

Older, former programmer returning to work as Tier 2 Application Support?

Posted by sothentheresthis@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 43 comments

Today's pot

Posted by kimbone777@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 458 comments

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That doesn’t sound impossible, but it also sounds like stoner talk. I will do my own research if you don’t have anything to hand, but if you have some credible citations for that I’d really appreciate it :)

Lost ability to learn

Posted by Fit-Reality-2872@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 589 comments

Fast food back in the 80s, was it actually better than today or is that rose colored glasses?

Posted by Infomerical@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1113 comments

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I do worry about those early tins having lead in the sealant. Even later ones had that bpa lining didn't they ? If you make enquiries into his post-mortem, they just put the phone down, or walk away from the little window.

Fast food back in the 80s, was it actually better than today or is that rose colored glasses?

Posted by Infomerical@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1113 comments

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Cracking reply, I appreciate it ! I don't think there'll be any new major discoveries in nutrition other than the more whole foods, minimally processed the better. I often fall into the trap of not expending enough mental effort to watch what I eat and after a while everything about my body and mental outlook just feels so degraded and tarnished. Not poisoned, just devoid of that oily spark. Then summer comes around and we grow a few vegetables and the first few strawberries or tomatoes appear and BANG ! It's like I remember what food feels like. We become hypnotised to the whole branding exercise that the food industry does on us, soon forgotten when you actually spend a minute contemplating and picking a few string beans, steam them and add a little salt and olive oil and it's like seeing in color for the first time. I don't know if you're old enough to remember the alarmingly positive effects that Popeye's spinach had when he ate it. And even that was canned. I suppose there wouldn't have been enough time in a cartoon to draw the cubic mile of fresh spinach he would have needed to wilt down for one big gulp. ?

Fast food back in the 80s, was it actually better than today or is that rose colored glasses?

Posted by Infomerical@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1113 comments

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The preceding conversation was the context. Comment about McDonalds cooking -> seed oils are bad, lard is better -> no they're not. Hands up - I'm biased because I'm a vegetarian, so I don't want McDonalds fries to be cooked in lard, or it means sometimes on roadtrips there won't be anything to eat, so I'll admit that's a big part of my 'opinion', it's not based on any specific sources I can cite other than the sum total of my accumulated knowledge on metabolism over the last 50 years, about which I was fairly certain the science and actuarial data was sound. I could of course 'do my own research' into non-seed / pro-lard views, but if you have anything particularly effective that could save me time, then I'm prepared to look like I take an L if it's any good - got anything to hand ?

Fast food back in the 80s, was it actually better than today or is that rose colored glasses?

Posted by Infomerical@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1113 comments

What's the deal with hybrid work becoming the norm?

Posted by Ok-Excitement7105@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 266 comments

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Or if they are, they have to be a solo operation where they can make any rules they like, as long as they're prepared to put up with them, and not involve anyone else.

Purposely limiting AI usage

Posted by coldzone24@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 109 comments

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Whatever it takes to know the absolute details of what it is you’re selling to people. I love to sketch out apps before I build them. Blank paper, sharp pencil. Box - lines - labels. New thought !! Different box, different lines. I just seem to have a much bigger freer mind if I’m not looking at a screen. I usually say something trite like ‘a minute on your diagram saves 2 in the code’ and it might be right, very right or nearly right.

Purposely limiting AI usage

Posted by coldzone24@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 109 comments

Is technical debt still a thing?

Posted by patrislav1@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 117 comments

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Oh you’re right- there should be something supporting the upper floors - good catch ! Would you like me to outline some methods for installing structural supports into an existing building ? Just type ‘yes - structural help please’ and we can begin the process.

Is It Just Me?

Posted by ItsCatCat@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 705 comments

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Ditto with family stats. and WHEN did they make the FLOOR so awful ?? It used to be fine. Now it actively tries to destroy your limbs and it will trip you if you're not careful. The swine.

Is It Just Me?

Posted by ItsCatCat@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 705 comments

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yes yes yes. Well fucking done :) The world is too huge, but I'd like to imagine us running into each other and talking quickly about a huge range of things !

Is It Just Me?

Posted by ItsCatCat@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 705 comments

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'71 here, still got young kids, getting up early, chasing them round. Don't feel any different to being in my 30s - stronger, but a little slower maybe ? Went ice-skating and roller-skating recently, zipped round and had an absolute blast with no injuries or wipe-outs. Go caving semi-regularly. Keep the same weight, eat the same things (no meat since 1990), don't smoke and rarely drink. Keep creative and learning new and challenging things. I'll need to be sharp and lively for another 20 years at least to see my youngest kids safely into adulthood. Life is still interesting, there are always new topics and hobbies to be fascinated by - and the pace of scientific advancement is amazing to witness and to have the ability to dive into rabbit-holes of topics as if I was living at the University library is something my younger self would have been very excited for. A lot of people much younger than us have literally no curiosity or thirst for knowledge or new experiences and have been that way for a long time.

Can you still bend and touch your toes?

Posted by myeggsarebig@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1029 comments

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With straight knees ? Just about. After a few minutes I can touch knuckles to floor. Short legged 54 year old. Actually short arms too, so it cancels out.

First dev job, first week - already messed up badly. Is this normal or am I doomed?

Posted by Josem229@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 67 comments

Spontaneous Combustion

Posted by TheNozzler@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 935 comments

Spontaneous Combustion

Posted by TheNozzler@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 935 comments

Porn stuck in vcr. Folks home in two hours.

Posted by HistoricalTowel1127@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 145 comments

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"I put your video in the sideboard drawer." says mother after finding it sticking out of the vcr one morning. Shhhiiiiiiiiiii........>!!!!!!!!

I just remembered why I don't have feelings

Posted by burnedimage@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 570 comments

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It feels like the most natural comforting automatic thing in the world to me b.1971. I was pretty stoic until I met my wife and raised a daughter - tears came more easily. I can cry when I’m happy or sad, something profound or poignant. You can feel it like a bottle of soda opening deep down in your core and if you let it move through you it goes all the way up and out the top of your head. It’s good, it opens you where you would force things down and tie them up. It lubricates your soul. We all came from salt water - we are bags of salt water. No need to wail or gnash the teeth, just feel it and let it wash you away.

Why Don't We Hear About Ring Around the Collar Anymore?

Posted by 4thdegreeknight@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 587 comments

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Pre-treat it before you put it into the washer by rubbing a bit of high-quality dish soap into it. Scrub it into the fabric and leave it for half an hour. :)

Why Don't We Hear About Ring Around the Collar Anymore?

Posted by 4thdegreeknight@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 587 comments

How tired are you of hearing about AI?

Posted by GoatBnB@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 377 comments

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You can tell it to be whatever personality you want - that soft soap annoying overly complimentary wormy character gets right on my tits; tell it it doesn’t have to seek my approval, I just want facts and suggestions when I request them.

How tired are you of hearing about AI?

Posted by GoatBnB@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 377 comments

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It is a great tool when you are already an expert and need a slightly less expert assistant - who actually has a much broader and deeper general education than you do - to help with the mundane unexciting parts of applying your imagination to your knowledge. It is useless for creating any new ideas, and can only be used very carefully to expand your knowledge on a topic.

Isn’t reading code difficult—sometimes even harder than writing it?

Posted by AdCertain2364@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 85 comments

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Code breadcrumbs :) three or four logical bounces gets annoying. Any more than that and it’s suddenly interesting..! That works, that works, that works, they work together, returnMaxTotal is a float there and is what’s expected - how the hell is….??? Oh shit it’s 6 o’clock…

What era of music does Gen X identify with the most?

Posted by grahsam@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 779 comments

What technology debut thrilled you that people yawn at today?

Posted by lemasney@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1752 comments

What technology debut thrilled you that people yawn at today?

Posted by lemasney@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1752 comments

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There should still be a handle, you shouldn't have to rely on the most unreliable part of a vehicle to be able to open the window when you might really need to.

What technology debut thrilled you that people yawn at today?

Posted by lemasney@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1752 comments

What technology debut thrilled you that people yawn at today?

Posted by lemasney@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1752 comments

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When I was a delivery driver (not even 10 years ago), I would look at the map on my phone, make note to 'Take I-30 to Shitford Exit, take 80 to Crappard, FR 500 after the gas station, one mile on right.', and it would just stick, reverse to get back - the more you do it like that, the easier it becomes. Some people can't get across town without constantly peering and poking at their phone. Use it or lose it !

What technology debut thrilled you that people yawn at today?

Posted by lemasney@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1752 comments

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We had classes in 'Technical Drawing' at school, to quite a high level - then it became 'graphical communication'. All manual, on paper on angled desks, with squares and french curves, pairs of compasses, about 10 grades of pencil. Painstakingly rendering outlines and projections of objects. I loved it, used to get lost in the details. Showing all your radii and visual calculations of intersections and projections at the right pencil line weight, then outlining in another weight. I had pencils from 10B through HB to 10H, it really made you think about every tiny detail. Still a daily Cinema4d user, just for shits and giggles, that app is endless :)

What technology debut thrilled you that people yawn at today?

Posted by lemasney@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1752 comments

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My aunt had one in her kitchen drawer - It had the proper old led numerals and took a 9v battery. God it was so exciting, I can still smell the drawer it was in and clicking the meaty switch to turn it on. Square root of 12345 ? Instantly. Thousands and thousands and millions, and E.