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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.
Your opsec better be tight after saying something like that nowadays
I can confirm I have zero journalists on my Signal contact list!
Aging. Hate entropy a lot.
It was fun, until it wasn't
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.
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.
People, which is saying a lot confessing considering my misanthropy dates back to before puberty
Life
Sweet foods, my tolerance for sweet things decreases with age. Overall I feel more tolerant, like many more kinds of music, food, drink than I did when younger. But less and less sweet stuff.
Late nights and late meals. In stereotypical old person fashion, I prefer lunch or tea as a big meal and in bed asleep before midnight.
Good shoes - I am kind of sad about this but I just don't feel like putting on "real shoes" it's converse or jogging sneakers all the time.
Good shoes
it's converse or jogging sneakers all the time
Are running shoes not "good" shoes?
For the office, no. I had lovely loafers, high heeled pumps, good looking shoes. They didn't even allow sneakers until post-Covid, the dress code relaxed.
high heeled pumps, good looking
Oof, sorry to hear about the restrictive dress code. Glad to hear it's since been relaxed.
Aging
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
When you have small children, "short games" are the only games. I was very hyped for the FFVII rebirth, but it's padded to hell and back. I haven't touched it i 6 months
something i miss with a lot of AAA titles is finishing the game.
its a happy/sad moment when you complete a game - you have that sadness that its all over, but the joy of completion. completing a full story, seeing character growth, and being able to put the game down for good (or at least for a long time).
i dont want to play my games for an infinite amount of time with no end and infinite amounts of DLC..... i want to finish my games. i enjoy the emotions i get from it.
I really like well told stories in games. And a good story needs an ending. I don't just want lore thrown in there and backstory. I want a full features story.
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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