What are you liking less the older you get? (lazysoci.al)

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[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 18 points 4 days ago

Money and the wealthy. Everything I was told to look forward to when I got older was smashed and lit on fire in front of my fucking eyes by people who have never wanted for anything. I'm 40, now. I saw the birth of videogames and the Internet, only to watch it get burned down around me so some nepo-baby with a silver spoon can have another zero in their bank account.

We are one of the only generations to have their life be WORSE OFF than their parents, and it hurts the most because those parents likely participated in, or voted for, the very mechanisms that led here. If I'm ever terminally diagnosed with some illness, you'll see me become the Mario to our modern Luigi.

[-] theblips@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Your opsec better be tight after saying something like that nowadays

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

I can confirm I have zero journalists on my Signal contact list!

[-] uncurable_utopia@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

Myself

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

!me_irl@lemmy.world

[-] toothandnail@lemm.ee 52 points 5 days ago

The internet. I remember the internet being less commercialized.. I used to read up on PC games or post on forums. Now I go outside and walk or focus on hobbies that disconnect me from my PC or phone.

[-] virku@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You aren't disliking the internet because you get older. You dislike it because it is taken over by enshittifying corporations.

At least it's like that for me.

[-] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

It' like that with almost anything nowadays too. In the last couple of decades, it's seems like every public corporation has pivoted from decisions primarily based on customer value, to primarily shareholder value.

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[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 14 points 5 days ago

I hate the way that all the user content has moved from personal sites to social media. I miss all the random fan sites dedicated to Z list celebrities. There’s like 10 companies that just run the internet now.

Also, all the tracking. I just want to browse the internet, I’ll look at your stupid adverts, just stop tracking me.

[-] toothandnail@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago

I personally find social media to be our biggest problem.

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 51 points 5 days ago

People.

Working in a cubicle.

Kids.

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I'm kinda the opposite these days.

People suck in general. But once in a while you meet someone who makes it worth everything
Working in an old cubicle sure beats a noisy open floor plan with white noise generators to compensate by adding yet more noise
I like (mosr) kids more than I like their parents

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 40 points 5 days ago

Noise. I want to go quiet places and do quiet things. When I was older I loved dancing on tables in nightclubs now I just want silence

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

I’m exhausted by modern music blasting in retail and restaurants. I’ve started wearing earbuds with white noise everywhere.

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[-] leadore@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

When I was older I loved dancing on tables in nightclubs now I just want silence

"But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" --Bob Dylan

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 days ago

god i wish all old people were vehemently anti noise, i have autism and noise just kinda makes me unable to function and no one else seems to give a shit about constant incessant noise in all parts of life and it drives me insane.

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[-] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 28 points 5 days ago

Humans in general.

[-] kofe@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Its the opposite for me. Ive held a lot of resentment but have been working through it. I'm seeing more of the good in people, just needed to build stronger boundaries for myself

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[-] ProfAel@feddit.org 32 points 5 days ago

Capitalism and people that say they would be in the "political center" or "unpolitical".

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[-] atro_city@fedia.io 22 points 5 days ago

US American culture and politics. I wish people would stop worshipping that country just because it exports popular films and music. They have destroyed and still destroy democracies all over the world, fuel wars, exploit developing countries, still sell the image of them being "a free country" and "the american dream".

[-] ZDL@ttrpg.network 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The USA. Hate to put it so starkly, but right now I wish the USA would just vanish without a trace.

As a child and teenager I was a USA-stan. Then I was "so bored with the USA". Now I wish it would just shut the fuck up and go away.

[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 5 days ago

Drinking alcohol. The 2-3 day hangover just isn't worth it.

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[-] theblips@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago

Videogames. Most of them assume an unreasonable amount of time to enjoy a fraction of the content, AND they are expensive as hell... I'm defaulting to stuff that is fun from the start or short indie titles

[-] coacoamelky@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

Same, a lot of new games are just voluntary jobs with no pay. Grinding, item collecting, time killing bait framed as "challenging" or " doesn't hold your hand" .

Games should be fun.

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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Republicans and other parasites. Pop culture. Social media, and I never liked it at all.

[-] dumblederp@aussie.zone 10 points 4 days ago

My father. He's always been a selfish shit of a person but growing up with it and not having a choice I guess I was somewhat conditioned to it. In my 40s now and I realise that I don't owe him anything nor do I have to listen to his bullshit for the rest of my life. Reap what you sow cunt.

[-] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

This would have to be my answer too. As a kid I always felt guilty when he told me I don't reach out to him enough. As an adult I know now that it shouldn't have been my job to do that. He lives 1000 miles away from me, but one day he just showed up at my job to surprise me and ask i I was free to go out to dinner. I said yes as long as my girlfriend could come and they could meet each other. My girlfriend is of a different race and he immediately backed out and said he had to return home. I saw on Facebook the real reason he was in my area was because he was visiting some of his old friends, i was an afterthought. That was 2 years ago and I haven't spoken with him since.

[-] MichaelBuss@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Tech

[-] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

I was the guy building linux systems from the trash in 1999. And then complicated distributed systems for fun. Now I want to leave everything at defaults, or just turn on dark mode and be done with it.

Working in tech has ruined tech for me. Hopefully not forever...

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Aging. Hate entropy a lot.

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[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

The complete disintegration of what I used to stand for.

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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 5 days ago

candy, though i think it's more that i've gotten better at eating healthy as time goes on.

but man, i just don't really find most candy appealing anymore, why would i eat candy when i could instead eat the same calories worth of schnitzel?

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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 10 points 4 days ago

Aging

[-] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 12 points 5 days ago

Maybe not entirely the same thing, but I have less tolerance for bullshit.

To varying degrees of politeness, depending on circumstance, I will not spend a moment listening to your bullshit once I realize you are going to be any kind of pain in my ass. I'm not talking about any specific kind of bullshit. Any interaction I have with someone where they are fake/rude/aggressive or even just seemingly unwilling to proceed smoothly with the the reason for our interaction will involve me leaving the interaction, calling that person out explicitly, or moving the interaction in another direction, whether overtly or not.

I used to just sort of patiently wait for such things to play out most of the time. Ain't nobody got time for that shit.

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[-] Zero22xx 9 points 5 days ago

Conservatives, right wingers, conformity and religion
Men
Alcohol
The pop music industry
Billionaires
Politicians

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

US politics. It wasn't very great to start, but now...

[-] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Hard rock and metal—I used to love them. I would buy any and all albums, from the most popular to the most obscure. Now, it all just sounds like manic noise to me. Even most of the 80s pop I liked is too manic for me. I never thought I would turn into this.

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[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 8 points 5 days ago

Overly edited videos