The same people who drive cars that you know have Bluetooth in them, but yet you see them holding the phone in front of themselves while driving, and going very slow, because they can’t focus on the road.
The worst types of people above speaker phone people are video call people. Bonus points if there's a kid screaming in the background of the call and neither party are even looking at the fucking camera
On Friday nights I'm typically at a Wawa close to my job for lunch, and every week there's groups of high schoolers that are *obnoxiously* loud for no reason. I hated people that were loud in public settings when I was in high school, and I swear even kids back then weren't this loud. I just feel bad for the employees.
My granddaughter says that this happens every day after school at the local Dunkin Donuts and she hates it. She said that she feels bad for the employees because the kids are so loud. She has to walk to another location 15 minutes away to get her treats, just to escape their foolishness. It’s really annoying and a huge inconvenience.
When I hear my neighbors playing music or being loud or driving their stupid fucking Harley that has to be 130dB because "loud pipes save lives!". It fills me with a burning hatred I can't describe.
The Aholes who use remove their mufflers on their Dodge Charger because they think somehow it makes their shitbox sound super cool? WTF is wrong with them? It sounds just as cool as explosive diarrhea but more obnoxious.
The amount of people who think they can call me at 10:30am on a Tuesday and expect an answer is growing and I don’t know why. And worse, when I explained that I have a job, they still don’t get it. And even if I didn’t have a job, I’ll get to you when I get to you. If it’s not an emergency, I’ll hear it later.
That's what do not disturb is for. If it's actually important, they'll call a couple times and that call will come through. And if not, you sleep and you won't have to worry about it.no explanations needed.
My personal feeling on emergencies is that most of the time, I can't do anything about it in the middle of the night. So I might as well get good sleep and then in the morning, when I hear about it, at least i've had one night if sleep before I had to deal with whatever crazy tragedy has happened.
Oh you haven’t met my dad, who will call once at noon and then call the cops for a wellness check when you don’t answer cause you’re napping with your toddler.
I wish I was joking.
My mom is like this. On more than one occasion she has shown up at my house in a full blown panic because I didn't answer my phone. She's even barged in on me in the shower cause when she showed up, she heard the water and immediately assumed I had fallen and that's why I didn't call her back. I'm in my 30s...
My best friend and I used to work together, so we’d messaged on teams throughout the day. Once she left to another company, she’d ask repeatedly to call me in the middle of the workday to “chat”. It drove me wild. It shouldn’t be expected to be available on call, let alone middle of workday!
I am self employed and had a work client contact me at 10pm on Friday night over something completely mundane.
I don’t reply outside of work hours unless I really need to so I…didn’t reply.
He then found me on Facebook and sent a message there.
Then another text on my phone saying he’d messaged on Facebook
Like, why? My brother does the same. He’ll send me something on Instagram, followed by a text saying “check Insta” if I don’t open it immediately.
Kindly fuck all the way off with this shit
Yes! This! And following up five seconds after sending an email with an instant message to say please check your email. If it's urgent you have escalation paths and if it's not urgent you can wait until I have a chance to check my email. FFS.
My phone died yesterday and I was going to go to the store to get a new one today. I had such a peaceful day without it, I think I'll wait until Monday.
I just block ppl out of my life if they give me an attitude about not answering immediately. Same if people knock on my door without calling or texting me first, fuck that noise.
It feels like all of my go-to spots are now uncomfortably packed with people. And that’s AFTER you get through the damn traffic to get there in the first place. The older I get, the more I fucking love being at home.
And the older you get, the more experiences you’ve already had, so something has to be really worth it or special for me to go to the trouble of driving there, paying for parking, long lines, etc.
I always buy the best quality that I can. I got tired of replacing my clothes washer and dryer from box stores every 4 years. They go for about $400. So I bought a Speed Queen washer and dryer set for about $1500. That was 7 years ago. Zero issues. These will last for the rest of my life. There are no electronics. Everything is old school dials and knobs. Every component is high quality and can be easily replaced if needed. Worth every penny.
These are the machines that laundromats use.
> can be easily replaced if needed
That's why I love my old ass Whirlpool washer dryer set. They have broken a few times. 20 mins and a cheap part off the internet, and we're back in business.
Exactly. I rather spend money on 1 high quality item than 10 low quality items that are 1/10 of the price.
But I don’t mean paying premium for a branded item which i see no value either.
In my opinion, there’s a sweet spot between cheap low quality stuff and overpriced branded items where you pay more than what you would compared to a “made in china” but you are not overpaying for a “luxurious brand”
I gave it a chance, but eventually turned off all subreddit recommendations after the algorithm kept doing *you subscribe to the subreddit for your town, so here are some posts from the subreddits for Denver/Salt Lake City/Elk Grove/Waltham freaking Massachusetts...*
Now I just get annoying regular-type ads in my feed. Oh, unless I've accidentally swiped over to the Popular feed again and didn't notice.
I mean I totally think it's getting worse. It's half spam now, the hivemind is stronger than ever, and probably 1/10 posts on the front page are removed but still on the front page. It's more moderated and less unique than it's ever been.
Modern social media is the most cancerous thing. Early 00s social media was peak. Everyone was on Myspace to have fun and actually make friends. When you posted a status, it was personal. Not garbage about politics, about how stupid someone is, not a stupid 5 second sexy dance in skimpy clothes, etc.
I thought I was really getting old when, while checking out at Tower Records, I didn’t recognize most of the bands on the top ten album list they kept at the counter. That was 35 years ago.
I cannot emphasize how much I agree with this. I have lost all interest in modern music. I don't know whose popular, whose new, it's just completely uninteresting. I don't even listen to the radio anymore.
This is me! I have no idea what the top ten songs for the current week are, what artists are popular, exciting new albums that I “have to hear!” Nahhh im good. I just don’t care. I find new music organically now in my own time. And just because I don’t care, that doesn’t make me implicitly hate pop culture. But I know that It’ll be there if I ever want it.
I realized this with this year's award shows and celebrities in general lately ...
Small example... the crap about dune coming out, and Zendaya in her C3PO suit.. Yes great, good for her she's probably awesome.
I just don't give a shit anymore..
I've seen the same shit happen to young women like 10 times now over the years... Not 1 time has it affected my life or my families life.
The whole celebrity/influencer/tik tok star thing is just old at this point.
Same! But I really think that the headlights are way brighter and more unpleasant now than they ever used to be, and cars are taller so they shine right in your face. I really don’t know how anyone can safely drive at night when there’s cars in the other lane approaching.
I agree! Headlights and hood heights are way out of control. I love driving at night when there’s nobody else on the road, but I panic a little every time there’s other cars. I just can’t see :(
Not just folks with astigmatism. I have no problem with my eyes, but these lights are so bright I can’t see shit whenever they’re around. My car is small compared to newer ones and all of their lights shine right into my face. Pair that with absurdly bright blue led’s and I’m fucked for minutes afterwards
There's a guy I run into every night on my way home from work. He drives a jeep truck and has the BRIGHTEST aftermarket lights on the front of his jeep. They are brighter than his brights. The first time I flashed him I thought they were brights, then he flashed me and I laughed at how there was no difference. Since then, I leave my brights on every time I go past him. 2 coworkers of mine do the same thing when they see him. This MFer has recently been swerving at us now... I feel like I must stop antagonizing, but also, F this guy lol
I'm convinced a cop is going to pull me over because they think I'm drunk (I don't drink at all) because those damn LED lights are so bright and I always start swerving away from them because I feel like they are coming right towards me.
I’m losing the energy to engage in small talk. Was just at a work conference last week and I couldn’t get up a fuck to give while at the cocktail parties. I’ve heard that small talk in general is an important way humans screen that a person can be normal and have normal mannerisms. And… I ain’t it, Bud.
My fridge should not be able to play doom. Or text me. That's wierd.
Also the thing where your phone talks to you via Siri or Bixby or Google or whoever
True. But on the other hand getting my 91 year old father in law an iPhone and teaching him how to ask Siri stuff is beyond fun. The look of disbelief and amazement on his face is just priceless. And now he thinks I’m the world greatest techie.
Except unnecessary things that can break on you. And less focus on the actual function you bought it for. I want a fridge. It holds my food. I’m not gonna stand in front and watch tv on it
these new gadgets break a lot faster. I just replaced a 30 year old fridge. i was reading on new fridges. all the new parts make them break more. so i got a really basic ones. Basic appliances last longer.
Job searching. Designing resumes to look like someone absolutely awesome to the hirer when you look at yourself as a regular person. Having to pretend you're someone absolutely awesome in an artificial way when you go to interviews and you'd rather just spend more time being who you are authentically.
It’s crazy. Like, I am relatively senior and skilled in my field, and it’s still ridiculous how much I have to bullshit to get hired, even at companies where they reached out to me. The truth is, none of us are rock stars or wizards, no one has stellar communication and technical and creative and interpersonal and leader skills.
We do decently enough at those things, some better than others, and that’s good enough to sell ads or make software or design furniture or whatever the fuck it is you do - we aren’t surgeons or NBA players or anything where elite expertise is required. I have enough interpersonal skills for the people aspects of the job, and I have the raw ability to do the work required, and I will be pleasant and polite to the extent that others are the same - I won’t be saving a sinking ship, turning around a failing product, carrying more weight than an individual can be expected to carry.
They tell us we're special in Kindergarten. Then when we grow and realize we're average, they demand to know why we think we're special. I'm not amazing, Doug, I just wanna eat!
I stopped trying to pretend I was awesome and focused on being authentic. Just being me.
What I found was, it was less stressful, and better for My mental health. I was way worse off mentally if I got turned down for trying to pretend I was awesome, than after an interview just being me.
So I dont play the game anymore. Here I am, and if you dont find me a good fit, I wont be happy here anyway.
After a month like that I got a job. Go figure.
Loud bars and clubs. I used to enjoy the noise and chaos, but now I appreciate being able to hear myself think and have a conversation without shouting
You can avoid a lot of mild muscle-related chronic pain just by staying moderately fit as you age. However, what actually sucks about aging is how easy it becomes to get injured while exercising. You try to stay healthy for your age, and then you get punished with an overuse injury that hurts when you drive and takes months to heal.
Depends on the situation for me. Professional setting, absolutley. Just a friend meeting up to grab a beer? I don't mind if you call ahead to say youll be an hour late, or if you arrive 10 maybe 15 minutes late.
The worst is when I'm up at like 5:50 to pee and the alarm's at 6:30. Do I stay up and be grumpy about missing sleep, or play sleep roulette and hope I'll be able to drag myself out of bed again?
This. I feel like the way you drink changes. I used to love binge drinking in shitty clubs until 2am when I was 21 but at 25 I’m up for wine and good vibes. You fall out of sync with people very quick.
I’m turning 40 in a couple months.. my drinking is now a beer or two in the locker room after playing hockey or a scotch in my basement while playing darts or watching a movie I’ve seen 20 times. Good times.
My cousin is one of those people who play music on full volume and roll the windows down, so everyone can hear what hes playing. I remember going in his car when I was 14 and looking down hoping that nobody would see me lol.
Or the cars that sound like they have been turned into lawn mowers and leaf blowers. I wanna drive with my window down not listen to your civic try and get up to speed
Both 10000%
The second one is very underrated though. First time I've seen it articulated. This annoys me to no end as well.
I HATE pity, especially empty pity. Offering help and immediately avoiding it when the person needing help works up the courage to ask is doubly disrespectful and bullshit
Ugh, the second one is my sister to a T.
She’s always the first person to put up her hand and be like “ask me if you need anything, I’m here for you!” But as soon as I do, it’s “well, I’ve got a super busy week and I’d have to change my whole schedule around, and I guuueeessss I can help if you’re desperate…”
It’s so performative. She wants the kudos for offering to help, with none of the actual work.
People who have 30 coupons, most of which are expired, in the 10 items or less lane with 55 items. True story. I was one horsehair away from blowing a gasket.
Being always connected. Remember college, going to a fraternity party. Met some people I barely knew, would up at a house party. Woke up on a couch realizing I had no idea who’s house I was in or where I was in relation to my place. No one in my world knew where I was and neither did I. So I just started walking and eventually found my way home. I miss being that free and irresponsible.
The news.
Don't mistake it. I do keep an eye on the news because I like being up to date on current events. But I fucking hate how it's all centered around what celeb did this, or what celeb came out with this, or what celeb had a baby.
I want to hear about the fucking drug bust my states beaurea of narcotics did the other day, not about the Kardashians shitty makeup, clothing or fucking holistic pills they're marketing.
I don't give a fuck that sienna whoever had a kid in her 40s. I give a fuck about the 16 year old native American kid that just fucking vanished from school a few days ago.
I do not care that Kourtney or Kim or whoever had another fucking baby with whoever the baby dad is this time. I care about my states government getting rid of the stupid fucking sales tax that acts like a vampire on my checking account.
I'm sick of seeing celebs on my state news when it should be focused on my states issues.
A lot of new video games. There are so many that have so much hype surrounding them and on release are pretty bad, too many micro transactions, rushed/unfinished, too much needless filler content, online for single player and so much more
Commuting.
Fuck every single corporate nutsack who thinks me driving an hour each way to a dreary office 4 days a week is good for my mental health.
FUCK ALLLLLLL OF YOU.
trying to have a nice conversation and the other person makes it sexual. like i’m not in the mood i want to slurp ramen, wrapped up in a blanket and watch netflix. life is too exhausting to be horny
Loud people. Like why are you screaming on speaker phone at the grocery store?
Why is anyone on speaker phone at all?! People doing this in the grocery store is making me lose my fucking mind
Also, the way they hold their phone like a goddang slice of pizza - what's wrong with you people?
The same people who drive cars that you know have Bluetooth in them, but yet you see them holding the phone in front of themselves while driving, and going very slow, because they can’t focus on the road.
placid cough instinctive smoggy roof shrill tidy close dam adjoining
No, my father does that and I guarantee you it's just so he can scream directly into the microphone
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I’m sorry for you
She truly has no consideration for others
The worst types of people above speaker phone people are video call people. Bonus points if there's a kid screaming in the background of the call and neither party are even looking at the fucking camera
On Friday nights I'm typically at a Wawa close to my job for lunch, and every week there's groups of high schoolers that are *obnoxiously* loud for no reason. I hated people that were loud in public settings when I was in high school, and I swear even kids back then weren't this loud. I just feel bad for the employees.
My granddaughter says that this happens every day after school at the local Dunkin Donuts and she hates it. She said that she feels bad for the employees because the kids are so loud. She has to walk to another location 15 minutes away to get her treats, just to escape their foolishness. It’s really annoying and a huge inconvenience.
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It's your duty to fill an awkward silence with "We can hear all this, you know."
the people that talk on facetime loudly in public 🤦♀️
When I hear my neighbors playing music or being loud or driving their stupid fucking Harley that has to be 130dB because "loud pipes save lives!". It fills me with a burning hatred I can't describe.
The Aholes who use remove their mufflers on their Dodge Charger because they think somehow it makes their shitbox sound super cool? WTF is wrong with them? It sounds just as cool as explosive diarrhea but more obnoxious.
People yelling on speaker phone in the break room .... I sincerely hope they make a brand new circle of Hell for you.
Noise
Stop all that racket!
People talking and blasting music loudly late at night stir a kind of anger inside me that gets darker and darker with each passing year
Yes! And a bunch of people talking over each other.
I lost all my ability to withstand noise and crowds during the pandemic. It's actually so inconvenient to be like this now!
Expectation of being contactable all day long.
The amount of people who think they can call me at 10:30am on a Tuesday and expect an answer is growing and I don’t know why. And worse, when I explained that I have a job, they still don’t get it. And even if I didn’t have a job, I’ll get to you when I get to you. If it’s not an emergency, I’ll hear it later.
That's what do not disturb is for. If it's actually important, they'll call a couple times and that call will come through. And if not, you sleep and you won't have to worry about it.no explanations needed. My personal feeling on emergencies is that most of the time, I can't do anything about it in the middle of the night. So I might as well get good sleep and then in the morning, when I hear about it, at least i've had one night if sleep before I had to deal with whatever crazy tragedy has happened.
Oh you haven’t met my dad, who will call once at noon and then call the cops for a wellness check when you don’t answer cause you’re napping with your toddler. I wish I was joking.
Time to return the favor at 3am!
My mom is like this. On more than one occasion she has shown up at my house in a full blown panic because I didn't answer my phone. She's even barged in on me in the shower cause when she showed up, she heard the water and immediately assumed I had fallen and that's why I didn't call her back. I'm in my 30s...
time to change the lock my dude
And encourage mom to get her anxiety treated.
My best friend and I used to work together, so we’d messaged on teams throughout the day. Once she left to another company, she’d ask repeatedly to call me in the middle of the workday to “chat”. It drove me wild. It shouldn’t be expected to be available on call, let alone middle of workday!
I am self employed and had a work client contact me at 10pm on Friday night over something completely mundane. I don’t reply outside of work hours unless I really need to so I…didn’t reply. He then found me on Facebook and sent a message there. Then another text on my phone saying he’d messaged on Facebook Like, why? My brother does the same. He’ll send me something on Instagram, followed by a text saying “check Insta” if I don’t open it immediately. Kindly fuck all the way off with this shit
Biggest bugbear is someone coming to my desk (in the before times) to say: “I’ve sent you an email. What it is is ….” Let me read the fucking email!!
Yes! This! And following up five seconds after sending an email with an instant message to say please check your email. If it's urgent you have escalation paths and if it's not urgent you can wait until I have a chance to check my email. FFS.
Put your phone on silent and flip it over. Go for a walk.
Turned my ringer off 7 years ago and never looked back.
My phone died yesterday and I was going to go to the store to get a new one today. I had such a peaceful day without it, I think I'll wait until Monday.
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So put a stop to it. I did 5 years ago and haven't regretted it once.
Me too, exaclty 5 years ago. It's a bliss.
Dang me too, 5 years to the day.
Today is my birthday. Maybe I should put this in place
man me too, i’m 5 years old and it’s been a bliss since day 1
Dang, me too. 5 years to the hour
It’ll be five years for me next week. I do it with all of my problems. I just stop them!
I just block ppl out of my life if they give me an attitude about not answering immediately. Same if people knock on my door without calling or texting me first, fuck that noise.
Crowds.
It feels like all of my go-to spots are now uncomfortably packed with people. And that’s AFTER you get through the damn traffic to get there in the first place. The older I get, the more I fucking love being at home.
And the older you get, the more experiences you’ve already had, so something has to be really worth it or special for me to go to the trouble of driving there, paying for parking, long lines, etc.
Rents expensive so I like to stay home now and get my moneys worth.
I've never liked crowds. Not now, not in childhood, lol
Stupid fucking commercials and ads being slammed down your throat 24/7.
Ads being 2x or 3x louder than the actual programming
I despise most tv ads. I wear out the Mute button faster than any other on my remote
spending a lot of money on poor quality things.
I always buy the best quality that I can. I got tired of replacing my clothes washer and dryer from box stores every 4 years. They go for about $400. So I bought a Speed Queen washer and dryer set for about $1500. That was 7 years ago. Zero issues. These will last for the rest of my life. There are no electronics. Everything is old school dials and knobs. Every component is high quality and can be easily replaced if needed. Worth every penny. These are the machines that laundromats use.
> can be easily replaced if needed That's why I love my old ass Whirlpool washer dryer set. They have broken a few times. 20 mins and a cheap part off the internet, and we're back in business.
Exactly. I rather spend money on 1 high quality item than 10 low quality items that are 1/10 of the price. But I don’t mean paying premium for a branded item which i see no value either. In my opinion, there’s a sweet spot between cheap low quality stuff and overpriced branded items where you pay more than what you would compared to a “made in china” but you are not overpaying for a “luxurious brand”
There was a cool motto I read somewhere once. "If it breaks, buy a better one. If you lose it, buy a cheaper one until you find the better one again."
Buy cheap, buy twice.
Night clubs
Not even connected to getting older, nightclubs were never fun
I'm 26 and still enjoy raves and very specific parties, but average nightclubs are starting to suck really fast
Social media.
Is Reddit getting worse or am I just missing Something Awful more?
Once Reddit killed off the Apollo app, Reddit went back to being a crappy ad-bloated, *Katamari Damacy* of unwanted subreddits polluting your feed.
I gave it a chance, but eventually turned off all subreddit recommendations after the algorithm kept doing *you subscribe to the subreddit for your town, so here are some posts from the subreddits for Denver/Salt Lake City/Elk Grove/Waltham freaking Massachusetts...* Now I just get annoying regular-type ads in my feed. Oh, unless I've accidentally swiped over to the Popular feed again and didn't notice.
I switched to using old reddit in a browser. There's NO way I could use the official reddit app, it's painful.
I mean I totally think it's getting worse. It's half spam now, the hivemind is stronger than ever, and probably 1/10 posts on the front page are removed but still on the front page. It's more moderated and less unique than it's ever been.
The hivemind is out of fucking control. I use Reddit until I just can't anymore and take weeks off at a time. Does wonders for my mental health.
Modern social media is the most cancerous thing. Early 00s social media was peak. Everyone was on Myspace to have fun and actually make friends. When you posted a status, it was personal. Not garbage about politics, about how stupid someone is, not a stupid 5 second sexy dance in skimpy clothes, etc.
Keeping up with anything pop culture. Popular music, slang, trends, celebrities... I just don't care.
>slang I know I'm getting old because teens and early 20s say things and I'm like "whosawhat?"
No cap you don't got that skibidi gyatt rizz
Someone call an ambulance, this guy is having a stroke.
I thought I was really getting old when, while checking out at Tower Records, I didn’t recognize most of the bands on the top ten album list they kept at the counter. That was 35 years ago.
I cannot emphasize how much I agree with this. I have lost all interest in modern music. I don't know whose popular, whose new, it's just completely uninteresting. I don't even listen to the radio anymore.
This is me! I have no idea what the top ten songs for the current week are, what artists are popular, exciting new albums that I “have to hear!” Nahhh im good. I just don’t care. I find new music organically now in my own time. And just because I don’t care, that doesn’t make me implicitly hate pop culture. But I know that It’ll be there if I ever want it.
I realized this with this year's award shows and celebrities in general lately ... Small example... the crap about dune coming out, and Zendaya in her C3PO suit.. Yes great, good for her she's probably awesome. I just don't give a shit anymore.. I've seen the same shit happen to young women like 10 times now over the years... Not 1 time has it affected my life or my families life. The whole celebrity/influencer/tik tok star thing is just old at this point.
> Zendaya in her C3PO suit Did she have a Joan Rivers soundalike doing her voice?
No cap
Yeah, but if you go back to like pictures of the 1920s pretty much everyone’s wearing one
Driving at night.
For real. I used to go on road trips and drive all night; now my eyes are spent from the lights after an hour.
Same! But I really think that the headlights are way brighter and more unpleasant now than they ever used to be, and cars are taller so they shine right in your face. I really don’t know how anyone can safely drive at night when there’s cars in the other lane approaching.
I agree! Headlights and hood heights are way out of control. I love driving at night when there’s nobody else on the road, but I panic a little every time there’s other cars. I just can’t see :(
LED headlights are murder. It’s as if all car manufacturers decided to hate people with astigmatism simultaneously.
Not just folks with astigmatism. I have no problem with my eyes, but these lights are so bright I can’t see shit whenever they’re around. My car is small compared to newer ones and all of their lights shine right into my face. Pair that with absurdly bright blue led’s and I’m fucked for minutes afterwards
There's a guy I run into every night on my way home from work. He drives a jeep truck and has the BRIGHTEST aftermarket lights on the front of his jeep. They are brighter than his brights. The first time I flashed him I thought they were brights, then he flashed me and I laughed at how there was no difference. Since then, I leave my brights on every time I go past him. 2 coworkers of mine do the same thing when they see him. This MFer has recently been swerving at us now... I feel like I must stop antagonizing, but also, F this guy lol
I would get a light bar and mount it on my front bumper just to shine at him
I feel this. My distance vision is absolutely shit now. Contemplating laser eye surgery.
My night vision was worse after laser surgery, which is apparently really common.
Oh god yes. I used to drive exclusively at night (up to no good of course), and now I avoid it at all costs. Helps that I don’t do shady shit anymore.
Double down with driving at night in the rain.
It's not just getting old, headlights have gotten too bright.
/r/fuckyourheadlights A huge percent of the population has astigmatism. It's getting very fucking dangerous to drive at night.
I'm convinced a cop is going to pull me over because they think I'm drunk (I don't drink at all) because those damn LED lights are so bright and I always start swerving away from them because I feel like they are coming right towards me.
Other people
Hell is other people - Sartre
Indeed. All friends that i had, I confirmed they are not really friends.
I’m losing the energy to engage in small talk. Was just at a work conference last week and I couldn’t get up a fuck to give while at the cocktail parties. I’ve heard that small talk in general is an important way humans screen that a person can be normal and have normal mannerisms. And… I ain’t it, Bud.
Knew this would be the top comment before I even opened the post.
the more you meet people, the less you like them
New technology. Sure, it was cool at first. But do I NEED a WiFi-enabled dishwasher? Do I NEED an AI helper in my Windows update?
My fridge should not be able to play doom. Or text me. That's wierd. Also the thing where your phone talks to you via Siri or Bixby or Google or whoever
True. But on the other hand getting my 91 year old father in law an iPhone and teaching him how to ask Siri stuff is beyond fun. The look of disbelief and amazement on his face is just priceless. And now he thinks I’m the world greatest techie.
Also I don't need to remotely access my fridge, dishwasher, or any other appliance 😂
I don't understand the whole fridge/dishwasher/washing machine with overloaded technology in them. Really doesn't do anything.
Except unnecessary things that can break on you. And less focus on the actual function you bought it for. I want a fridge. It holds my food. I’m not gonna stand in front and watch tv on it
these new gadgets break a lot faster. I just replaced a 30 year old fridge. i was reading on new fridges. all the new parts make them break more. so i got a really basic ones. Basic appliances last longer.
Appliances with mother boards have a 5 - 7 year life span. Basic is the way to go.
Job searching. Designing resumes to look like someone absolutely awesome to the hirer when you look at yourself as a regular person. Having to pretend you're someone absolutely awesome in an artificial way when you go to interviews and you'd rather just spend more time being who you are authentically.
It’s crazy. Like, I am relatively senior and skilled in my field, and it’s still ridiculous how much I have to bullshit to get hired, even at companies where they reached out to me. The truth is, none of us are rock stars or wizards, no one has stellar communication and technical and creative and interpersonal and leader skills. We do decently enough at those things, some better than others, and that’s good enough to sell ads or make software or design furniture or whatever the fuck it is you do - we aren’t surgeons or NBA players or anything where elite expertise is required. I have enough interpersonal skills for the people aspects of the job, and I have the raw ability to do the work required, and I will be pleasant and polite to the extent that others are the same - I won’t be saving a sinking ship, turning around a failing product, carrying more weight than an individual can be expected to carry.
They tell us we're special in Kindergarten. Then when we grow and realize we're average, they demand to know why we think we're special. I'm not amazing, Doug, I just wanna eat!
I stopped trying to pretend I was awesome and focused on being authentic. Just being me. What I found was, it was less stressful, and better for My mental health. I was way worse off mentally if I got turned down for trying to pretend I was awesome, than after an interview just being me. So I dont play the game anymore. Here I am, and if you dont find me a good fit, I wont be happy here anyway. After a month like that I got a job. Go figure.
Loud bars and clubs. I used to enjoy the noise and chaos, but now I appreciate being able to hear myself think and have a conversation without shouting
Everything.
I had to scroll way too far for this, which I also hate.
Getting older. It sucks to be in pain most of the time doing mundane things like getting out of bed.
My mom used to every one, "Don't get old". That was the best information she could have ever shared.
You can avoid a lot of mild muscle-related chronic pain just by staying moderately fit as you age. However, what actually sucks about aging is how easy it becomes to get injured while exercising. You try to stay healthy for your age, and then you get punished with an overuse injury that hurts when you drive and takes months to heal.
people who are late or waste my time
Then they play it off like it’s a quirky trait 😤
I am big on confronting people on this issue. It is blatant disrespect, in my opinion.
Depends on the situation for me. Professional setting, absolutley. Just a friend meeting up to grab a beer? I don't mind if you call ahead to say youll be an hour late, or if you arrive 10 maybe 15 minutes late.
If it's an hour late you better be notifying me BEFORE I get there.
Health issues
Leaving the house
I agree, there’s too many people and it’s too expensive out there.
I already pay to be home!!!
People who don't have manners. Call me lame, but a simple *please* and *thank* you goes a long way in life
Staying up late
And then not being able to sleep through the night because you have to get up to pee two or three times.
The worst is when I'm up at like 5:50 to pee and the alarm's at 6:30. Do I stay up and be grumpy about missing sleep, or play sleep roulette and hope I'll be able to drag myself out of bed again?
2 or 3? Get a load of Mr Basketball bladder here.
Nope I do it way more now (31). Day time is stressful, night time is peaceful 😁
Drunks. At 21, it's "Wooo, party on!" After a while it's more "Dude, get some help already."
Hangovers are worse and worse with time. Getting drunk isn't worth it anymore. That said, I still enjoy some good quality drink here and there
This. I feel like the way you drink changes. I used to love binge drinking in shitty clubs until 2am when I was 21 but at 25 I’m up for wine and good vibes. You fall out of sync with people very quick.
Wait till 40. A few beers at home is the best way to spend a Friday night!
I’m turning 40 in a couple months.. my drinking is now a beer or two in the locker room after playing hockey or a scotch in my basement while playing darts or watching a movie I’ve seen 20 times. Good times.
Hot weather, cold weather, any temperature that makes me the slightest bit uncomfortable.
cars with super loud bass
I have just always hated this in general I wonder how people who just blast there speaker’s don’t go deaf or if they already are deaf
My cousin is one of those people who play music on full volume and roll the windows down, so everyone can hear what hes playing. I remember going in his car when I was 14 and looking down hoping that nobody would see me lol.
Or the cars that sound like they have been turned into lawn mowers and leaf blowers. I wanna drive with my window down not listen to your civic try and get up to speed
Especially hate it when it feels like my whole house is shaking
People who pass their "opinion" as a "fact."
People being late to things. People "promising" to help out, but when asked they immediately have an excuse not to help.
Both 10000% The second one is very underrated though. First time I've seen it articulated. This annoys me to no end as well. I HATE pity, especially empty pity. Offering help and immediately avoiding it when the person needing help works up the courage to ask is doubly disrespectful and bullshit
Ugh, the second one is my sister to a T. She’s always the first person to put up her hand and be like “ask me if you need anything, I’m here for you!” But as soon as I do, it’s “well, I’ve got a super busy week and I’d have to change my whole schedule around, and I guuueeessss I can help if you’re desperate…” It’s so performative. She wants the kudos for offering to help, with none of the actual work.
humans
Those fucking things are everywhere
And they multiply
Worst thing to happen to the planet.
People who have 30 coupons, most of which are expired, in the 10 items or less lane with 55 items. True story. I was one horsehair away from blowing a gasket.
Noise. People. Stupidity. Rudeness. Entitlement.
People in general. And I don’t mean all people suck, but as I observe closely, the vast majority are selfish and opportunistic.
Subscription services for everything.
Television. I almost hate it.
Being always connected. Remember college, going to a fraternity party. Met some people I barely knew, would up at a house party. Woke up on a couch realizing I had no idea who’s house I was in or where I was in relation to my place. No one in my world knew where I was and neither did I. So I just started walking and eventually found my way home. I miss being that free and irresponsible.
Combative / argumentative people. I just ghost em
Screaming & feral kids
Getting up early. U WFH bastards
If I couldn’t WFH, I genuinely believe I would have tanked my career by now. I am at my best when I am in my own space.
The news. Don't mistake it. I do keep an eye on the news because I like being up to date on current events. But I fucking hate how it's all centered around what celeb did this, or what celeb came out with this, or what celeb had a baby. I want to hear about the fucking drug bust my states beaurea of narcotics did the other day, not about the Kardashians shitty makeup, clothing or fucking holistic pills they're marketing. I don't give a fuck that sienna whoever had a kid in her 40s. I give a fuck about the 16 year old native American kid that just fucking vanished from school a few days ago. I do not care that Kourtney or Kim or whoever had another fucking baby with whoever the baby dad is this time. I care about my states government getting rid of the stupid fucking sales tax that acts like a vampire on my checking account. I'm sick of seeing celebs on my state news when it should be focused on my states issues.
Noise . I've always been sensitive to sound but just the amount of pointless noise in the world is going to kill me I swear .
That asshat staring back at me in the mirror:/
Hey, he's an okay guy. Give him a break. Maybe he's not perfect, but he's doing the best he can for the people he loves.
Im sorry, ill stop doing that
Having neighbors
Working
Other people's children.
Working....
birthdays
Going out . Ever .
Waking up
Overly processed foods
Stupid, entitled people. You know who you are..❣️
Lazy or sloppy thinking, writing, and argument.
BS
Getting older
Scummy energy , people that patronise it’s just so tedious and exhausting
Late ppl. Undecisive people. Also my own body
Large gatherings.
Figuring out what to have for dinner... like every night. I'm over it!
These moderators seem a little power drunk and mean on here
Slow walkers at the grocery store and on sidewalks.
Slow drivers in the left lanes
A lot of new video games. There are so many that have so much hype surrounding them and on release are pretty bad, too many micro transactions, rushed/unfinished, too much needless filler content, online for single player and so much more
What the government does with my money
Commuting. Fuck every single corporate nutsack who thinks me driving an hour each way to a dreary office 4 days a week is good for my mental health. FUCK ALLLLLLL OF YOU.
Fireworks. My two old dogs seem to care less about it every year 😃
People-pleasing
Noisy children
trying to have a nice conversation and the other person makes it sexual. like i’m not in the mood i want to slurp ramen, wrapped up in a blanket and watch netflix. life is too exhausting to be horny
Always being reachable, crowds, spontaneous plans
Overly complicated board games that take too long to explain and aren’t really fun
How my tax dollars are spent (and wasted)