Mach5Driver@reddit
I never felt bored as a kid, probably because getting places and getting ready and arranging things took time and effort. Almost ALWAYS something to do.
Mach5Driver
Saw Backrooms with my teenagers and realized they’ll never know the specific boredom that made us
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DOJ subpoenas Reddit in effort to unmask Trump critics
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Might as well list every account not a member of the conservative sub
What songs come to mind when you see this
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Crazy Train
ULPT: How to instantly decommission a datacenter
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Mach5Driver@reddit
my second amendment rights will NOT be infringed!
As I walk to my shed I realize something
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Mach5Driver@reddit
I'm starting to look less like 45 and more like 55, if I'm honest with myself, LOL. What's scarier is looking ahead. Without some medical miracle or incredible genetics, we don't have much time left. Hell, I'd be pleased with 20 more years of (decent) health, then keeling over. I'm repairing bridges, being as generous as I can, and saying I love you, a lot more.
As I walk to my shed I realize something
Posted by Powerful_Coyote6068@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1319 comments
Mach5Driver@reddit
Just turned 60. 60 hits hard.
How many of you have close friends? Do you feel socially broken? Do you feel like a curmudgeon?
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I (60M) know that I'm EXTREMELY fortunate. I'm still tight with my best friend from childhood. We are part of a larger group of buddies we call The Crue and we get together several times a year to go out for steak dinners. I've known those guys since high school and we're like brothers and have been for decades. And their wives are so cool and fantastic.
I also have three women friends from high school. We text each other incessantly about politics and we get together for sleepovers (PLATONIC) once or twice a year. They're like sisters to me and their partners are just fine with it. I tell women I date that if it's a problem for them, then it just won't work.
Then, there's my adult daughter. She and I are BFFs and always will be.
Again, I'm extremely fortunate.
This seems pretty legit
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Coen brothers: "Worth it."
Gen Z has brought back dumb '70s porn mustaches, and Millennials brought back gross scraggly Civil War beards. What ill-advised facial hair was Gen X responsible for?
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Mach5Driver@reddit
I (elder Gen-X) STILL have my goatee (I have a receding chin). Sorry, but it looks good on me and MANY men, IMO. The soul patch--yeah, always thought it looked douchey, LOL.
Does anyone else remember learning D’Nealian handwriting before cursive?
Posted by Affectionate-Song230@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 1223 comments
Mach5Driver@reddit
I thought that WAS cursive??
Whole Foods Hot Bar Dinner for $28
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Not sure what bargain you were expecting at Whole Foods...
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
What color is the sky in your world, LOL? Look, all I'm saying, is that if your company wants you to return to office, it would be great if a lower salary was an option in order to work from home. At 10%, the average worker (given the commuting for the average worker is a 12.5% increase in time dedicated to work) would save money, time, stress, and aggravation. And that's BEFORE the extra costs you face, and probably more than doubled if you need paid child care.
I'd take a 10% reduction all day. But, you are free to keep holding onto the dream of a corporation acting in the best interests of you and the planet.
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
YOU recoup it.
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
This is to negotiate away the demand to show up in office. If you get both, great!
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
In a wonderful world, I agree with you. Maybe they should double our salary to improve this world.
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Gas, tolls, food, coffee, clothing, wear and tear on your car. in many cases, child care. But, let's take all of that out of the equation.
The average American spends an hour each day commuting (that's for both directions, not one way). That's an additional 12.5% (at least, for half of all Americans) that the company is demanding out of you, anyway. You're already coming out ahead by 2.5 percentage points! Now, add back what I already outlined, PLUS aggravation and stress and zero flexibility.
If you don't think my way is better, you can't do math and shouldn't be calling anyone incompetent.
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
because you'd be paying it by commuting in in other ways. Gas, tolls, food, coffee, clothing, wear and tear on your car. in many cases, child care. But, let's take all of that out of the equation.
The average American spends an hour each day commuting (that's for both directions, not one way). That's an additional 12.5% (at least, for half of all Americans) that the company is demanding out of you, anyway. You're already coming out ahead by 2.5 percentage points! Now, add back what I already outlined, PLUS aggravation and stress and zero flexibility.
Tell me, which way is better??
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
exactly!
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
good luck demanding that 110% when they tell you to drag your butt in every day
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Given the choice between mandatory in-office work at current salary and permanent WFH at 10% reduced salary, I'm coming out ahead. IDK what your commute looks like or how much it costs you to get there, work there, and return home, but for me, it's better to not commute.
If you don't mind the costs in money and time and enjoy the commute and lack of flexibility (and costs less than 10% of your salary), then more power to ya, friend.
Companies should accept counteroffers of a lower salary for WFH.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
work from home
The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize. It could begin very soon.
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Have the generals not informed him how insanely difficult it would be to take on Iran? The terrain alone is nuts.
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
Posted by Mach5Driver@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 36 comments
Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
that sounds suspiciously like adult supervision...
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
Posted by Mach5Driver@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 36 comments
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Red rover is where two lines of people stood opposite each other holding hands. One side called one person from another side out and that person would run as hard as they can at the opposite line to break it.
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
Posted by Mach5Driver@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 36 comments
Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
sounds like what we would call a "field."
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
Posted by Mach5Driver@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 36 comments
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Yep. In Northern NJ, playgrounds (Hudson County) were cracked asphalt. Fortunately, the cracks were filled with broken glass.
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
Posted by Mach5Driver@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 36 comments
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We could've called half our games "the paralysis game." LOL. Hell, we went to Action Park and didn't see anything wrong with what was happening
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
Posted by Mach5Driver@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 36 comments
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We were pretty aggressive in junior high.
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
NICE ONE! Thanks!
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
I think we called it buck-buck because of the vaulting.
Anyone else here play "buck-buck?" Read description below and let me know if you called it something else.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Huh. Maybe that's where the kids got it from.
What 80s song do you still hate with fiery teenage passion even though it’s been 40 years?
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Mach5Driver@reddit
She's Like the Wind.
What 80s song do you still hate with fiery teenage passion even though it’s been 40 years?
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Walking on Sunshine--Katrina and the Waves
Are there any Gen X people out there over the age of 55?
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Mach5Driver@reddit
I will be 60 in a month or so.
What happened to the IT profession?
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You know how many IT guys I've seen on Reddit laughing along with the posts that they solve the problem by googling it, or hit some github site for solutions and raw code? I remember my programmer buddies in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s reading book after book, magazine article after magazine article, while sitting next to their PC and writing original code. It was a never-ending education and trial-and-error for them. One of them wrote his own code in assembly and built his own compiler.
THIS is how everything got hollowed out. I understand because I couldn't do what my buddies did, but I'd bet that 90% of today's programmers lack actual basic knowledge and skill through sheer laziness, but have excellent search skills.
I’m Lisa from Weird Science (1985)
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Mach5Driver@reddit
You pulled it off kiddo (Gen-Xer here)
"Footage filmed by the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka the "Hurricane Hunters," from inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Video captured inside of the hurricane’s eye, showcasing the infamous “stadium effect."
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Rocked him like a hurricane, eh?
"Footage filmed by the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka the "Hurricane Hunters," from inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Video captured inside of the hurricane’s eye, showcasing the infamous “stadium effect."
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Mach5Driver@reddit
I was curious as to why this effect is "infamous"?
A company that makes old-timey-featured, -built, and -quality products
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Excellent points, thank you!
A company that makes old-timey-featured, -built, and -quality products
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
so you're saying that there's no difference in quality and/or durability between appliances made today and those made in the 1970s?
A company that makes old-timey-featured, -built, and -quality products
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Miele has been milking its reputation for decades now. Basically just paying for their name.
A company that makes old-timey-featured, -built, and -quality products
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
I'm not talking about making it by hand. Still an assembly line. Just components built like they used to be.
A company that makes old-timey-featured, -built, and -quality products
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Sure thing, brother. As I said, "you name it!"
A company that makes old-timey-featured, -built, and -quality products
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
They can probably be made and sold for less money than these "smart" appliances are.
A nationwide competition to find the smartest and/or talented kids in the country. And all countries do this.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Yes, I'm aware. I was talking about something more focused and organized.
A company that makes old-timey-featured, -built, and -quality products
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Hoses and motors that last for a decade or more. I didn't think to explain that, sorry.
If you could invent one gadget that doesn’t exist today, what would it do?
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Mach5Driver@reddit
Time travel
A nationwide competition to find the smartest and/or talented kids in the country. And all countries do this.
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
You do that with the least intelligent/talented kids. The broadcasting rights would help pay for my idea.
Gen-X, let's talk music for a moment
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Mach5Driver@reddit (OP)
Better than Springsteen, Bob Seger, Axl Rose, Prince, Paul Simon, Chrissy Hynde, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, Freddy Mercury, Bono, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Nicks, and Bernie Taupin (for Elton John)? Yeah, no, I don't think so. Thank you for your participation in the discussion, though.
Gen-X, let's talk music for a moment
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I've been waiting my whole adult life for someone to sell out to.