My old person trait is that I think ‘ghosting’ is completely unacceptable and you owe the other person a face-to-face conversation.
My ankles crack like someone is throwing those little rock baggies that pop with every step way too often. I have declared that my wife finds it enduring despite her near constant shock at the loudness and frequency. Also her PT friends says I have loose ankles for which I am uncertain how to prepare or prevent for whatever fate has for me.
find it enduring
Did you mean endearing?
Endurance endearing, haha
Ghosting never happened in the days when all correspondence was written
I don’t understand TikTok… at all. Like, what’s even the point as a user?
Driving slow, leaving early and arriving early. I usually drive a bit below the speed limit, and always follow speed limit signs. It keeps people safe, even if their own impatience makes them tailgate eachother 10 cars in a row behind me. Some people like to be in a hurry when they drive and don’t know how to relax and drive calmly, I’ve never been sure why.
Don’t have the leaving early part down yet but I’m making a conscious effort to be more accomodating on the road? For a long time I’ve been annoyed with some road behavior. People squeezing in before me with what feels like half a meter to spare. People not letting me join the passing lane. Until I realized that I contributed to these myself. Because I didn’t want anyone to squeeze in in front of me I kept a short distance to the next car which means that other cars were either not being let in (which I hate when it happens to me) or force it by squeezing into way to narrow gaps.
So I decided to deliberately let anyone join the passing lane that wants in. I’m not gonna drive slower as default but if I see you stuck behind a truck I’ll fall back enough to make it clear that you can hop over. This solves both problems for me.
I know it’s dangerous, and I know it’s stupid, but it’s just a lot of fun and I love doing it. I try to not overdo it and don’t do things that are actively putting others in danger (only cutting corners when I can clearly see that there is no other car coming my way etc. any doubt and I just slow down for the corner). I only let loose on the Autobahn when there’s no speed limit. Luckily I have that available 😅
I tried to get my fix in assetto with a wheel and VR, but nothing beats actually doing it. I’d love to have a car to take on the track, but it’s so expensive.
I’m with you minus the driving below the speed limit thing.
Why would you do that?
Literally zero down side and it’s safer.
Slower speeds are safer. There would be a lot less fatalities if everyone just went the speed limit.
Driving slow is fine, as long as you aren’t in the left lane on the highway. That should be kept clear as a passing lane. I have definitely become a slower and safer driver as I’ve gotten older. I’ve also learned that budgeting an extra 15 minutes or so to get someplace gets me there with time to spare so I’m not as stressed while driving.
Yeah having to rush to get somewhere with any little problem or delay making you late, and additionally being mad at other people for NOT being in a rush is no way to live. Leave a little early and relax, everyone is just trying to get where they’re going safely.
My old person trait is that I think that the company I buy a product from should be the seller and the shipper of the product.
Everybody should be in bed by 11pm, midnight on the weekends. Nothing good happens after that. Get your beauty sleep.
This. Can’t stand people making noise late at night.
My work shift doesn’t even end by that time!
It does now! Get your beauty sleep! 😂
Preach. Tell your boss I said everybody needs to be in bed by 11. I’ll write you a note. 👵
I go to sleep after midnight and still sleep 8-9 hours. Doesn’t matter when you go to sleep if you sleep enough.
Weirdly, late at night is when I’m most productive.
I’m up after that because it’s the only time other people finally shut up and stop making noise.
My old person trait is that I don’t trust paying with your phone. My whole family does it and it has never gone wrong, but I feel uneasy
My old person trait is that I don’t like short form video, I learn and internalize less and find that my day is chipped away at by tiktok or youtube shorts when I allow myself to watch them.
I think that buying something should be more convenient than pirating in.
I have a few. And I’m not even that old (mid thirties)
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People who talk on phone calls using airpods or similar look ridiculous in public, like they’re utter lunatics talking to themselves or their imaginary friend.
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people who view life through their mobile phones are unfortunate and sad. Like…why pay money to go see a gig if you’re going to view it through your phone screen? I went to a wedding last week and I was one of the very few who was actually watching the procession with my own eyes rather through a camera app.
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Not being on social media should be an accepted norm, not a fucking exception. This is an issue when dating, unbelievably.
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I hate all websites that move things around as they load. If I see a button, that button should stay where it is when I try to click it.
My old person trait is that I’m unreasonably annoyed by people who don’t write in full, correct, complete sentences, punctuation and grammar included.
Something interesting I’ve found is that people use ‘lol’ to show disinterest or mock the person they’re replying to, not to show amusement. And that’s not the kind of person I really want to engage with.
I think that a basic lifestyle should be affordable for a basic person
Found the left-wing extremist! /s
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All this automation should mean that there’s less work to do for everyone’s needs to be met. Not sure where all this scarcity came from.
i’m gonna go one further:
i think everybody should be allowed to live a decent enough life, whether they can work or not.
I’ll go even further and say that meeting the needs of a population is the only point of having a society at all.
that almost sounds like… anticapitalist propaganda! Can’t have that! Back to your cubicle, worker #33458!
One further, and one better
I don’t think that is an old person trait. You are just secretly Nordic.
or not so secretly, seeing as i literally live a stone’s throw from a scandinavian border
Crazy how that is an unpopular opinion these days
As a very basic person, I agree
i have never stayed out past midnight and i don’t plan to start any time soon. if i get drunk enough and you try to keep me out i’ll literally just fall asleep somewhere.
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