There is a perception that once a person hits a certain age they’re a clean slate. “Well now that Frank hit 70 yesterday he’s no longer a life long roarig asshole”. We are born helpless, weak and igrnorant and will die helpless, weak and ignorant. The male frontal lobe shrinks appreciably past a certain age and lifes grind wears people down. Saying a lot of old people are miserable isn’t just spite, it’s a combination of variables. And assholes young tend to be even worse when they get old.
JRT6 - Nice humorously subtle dig at me. (Please don’t tell me it’s not about me! I want it to be about ME!)
I feel like it depends on the angle you’re looking at the situation. To those old people, it may be you who is the asshole. I’ll agree with what Tokenkopf said on the second page, but add in that it’s not just one way or the other, but a whole spectrum in between as well.
But you also can’t ignore the fact that old people have lived a lot longer lives than young people have. They’ve seen more, been involved with more, LEARNED more, etc. So you can look at them blindly like they’re assholes if you want, but their is most likely a very specific reason why they are acting that way.
Once again, it is all about perspective. Sometimes they are just assholes, plain and simple, which could be said about anybody at any age. I would just try not to generalize them all together, since I’ve met a lot of older people who are really cool, the vast majority of older folks I’ve met, actually. Putting them all in the same category isn’t fair to the cool ones, so just when you see or meet an old person who is an asshole don’t relate it them being old, their’s a lot more to it than that, it goes deeper than “oh, he’s an asshole cuz he’s old”.
I’m 39…and an asshole at times. Why?
- Stupid shit kids say gets old
- Stupid kids drive like assholes and endanger my life (ok not in the forums)
- Stupid shit kids do.
- The overall laziness I see in kids nowadays would make my grandfather turn in his grave after fighting in WW2 and through the great depression. I hold a grudge.
- Kids life experiences now are Facebook, Videogames and texting, and their ability to relate and hold an intelligent conversation or to have any decent social skills and manners has been diminished over the last 20 years.
The above are just my stereotype, but I think grind on us a bit.
BUT MOST OF ALL, you kid assholes will be knocking on my daughters door soon enough, and THAT pisses me off to no end, especially knowing the above.
[quote]D Public wrote:
Does it?
I know most of the older guys on this site are cool…I’m not particularly talking about you…
I noticed a lot of older guys have the inability to laugh about stupid things or take things way too seriously…I understand that life is serious and that it forces people to have less tolerance for immaturity and ridiculousness, but I still feel that the older guys are just way too serious and sensitive…and it’s probably unnecessary…
Recently, I started to feel myself slipping into this very same mind state, and then I realized being calm is a better way to live life…I mean…I rather be chill as opposed to the opposite…I don’t know whats the purpose of being overly critical and sensitive to everything…
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That’s a dirty rotten lie. I am a lot easier going now than as a moody teenager. However, by the time you get to my age you’ve gotten conned a few times, lied to by co-workers or underlings and ripped off enough to keep a wary eye out. Sometimes those “jokes” you are making might also hurt. Making a crack about “stupid bitches” to some guy who just buried his wife might require an enormous amount of self-control on his part. ever think of that?
What’s more, older guys get all sorts of shit thrown at them, and are by and large expendable in most organizations – plus they know it. It’s a lot cheaper to fire us when we are 50-ish than wait around for us to start collecting retirement. If you make an off-color remark their best bet is to look cross so there is no question whether they have over-stepped their boundaries. Reacting to “isn’t she totally hot?” with anything other than disdain means you get pink slipped.
And as always, I might just be full of shit…
– jj
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]JEATON wrote:
A little advice…
Shut up, man up and grow up.
[/quote]And that pretty much closes the last chapter of that book.[/quote]
I’m about to reopen the book.
I am old. I have tenure. …and you want me to shut up?
[quote]jj-dude wrote:
[quote]D Public wrote:
Does it?
I know most of the older guys on this site are cool…I’m not particularly talking about you…
I noticed a lot of older guys have the inability to laugh about stupid things or take things way too seriously…I understand that life is serious and that it forces people to have less tolerance for immaturity and ridiculousness, but I still feel that the older guys are just way too serious and sensitive…and it’s probably unnecessary…
Recently, I started to feel myself slipping into this very same mind state, and then I realized being calm is a better way to live life…I mean…I rather be chill as opposed to the opposite…I don’t know whats the purpose of being overly critical and sensitive to everything…
[/quote]
That’s a dirty rotten lie. I am a lot easier going now than as a moody teenager. However, by the time you get to my age you’ve gotten conned a few times, lied to by co-workers or underlings and ripped off enough to keep a wary eye out. Sometimes those “jokes” you are making might also hurt. Making a crack about “stupid bitches” to some guy who just buried his wife might require an enormous amount of self-control on his part. ever think of that?
What’s more, older guys get all sorts of shit thrown at them, and are by and large expendable in most organizations – plus they know it. It’s a lot cheaper to fire us when we are 50-ish than wait around for us to start collecting retirement. If you make an off-color remark their best bet is to look cross so there is no question whether they have over-stepped their boundaries. Reacting to “isn’t she totally hot?” with anything other than disdain means you get pink slipped.
And as always, I might just be full of shit…
– jj[/quote]
You pretty much nailed it right there. Not the full of shit part lol.
Since I started to read the forums and participate I’ve become more openminded and less criticle of others. In other words, I hope I’m not as much of an asshole now.
son: “Yo, Momma, what’s it feel like to be old?”
me: “Well, your body hurts a lot more, I can’t play those 2 hour sets like I used to, but inside my head, I still feel like I’m 18. Your personality never changes, getting old just makes you MORE of what you already are.”
son: “What if you’re an asshole?”
^ Drop dead sexy MILF.
[quote]DickBag wrote:
[quote]Rockscar wrote:
I’m 39…and an asshole at times. Why?
- Stupid shit kids say gets old
- Stupid kids drive like assholes and endanger my life (ok not in the forums)
- Stupid shit kids do.
- The overall laziness I see in kids nowadays would make my grandfather turn in his grave after fighting in WW2 and through the great depression. I hold a grudge.
- Kids life experiences now are Facebook, Videogames and texting, and their ability to relate and hold an intelligent conversation or to have any decent social skills and manners has been diminished over the last 20 years.
The above are just my stereotype, but I think grind on us a bit.
BUT MOST OF ALL, you kid assholes will be knocking on my daughters door soon enough, and THAT pisses me off to no end, especially knowing the above. [/quote]
I knew you’d come back to me.
you can’t leave me[/quote]
Don’t ever forget young punk, that I NAMED you.
52 and still laughing my head off, the world is full of people who are a waste of space I just dont want to be one of them, remember he who laughs last laughs longest. Fuck em to the end. Oh by the way turning fifty was the best thing that every happened to me, people write you off and its great to see thier face when you fuck around. Cheers Spud (roll on the next fifty)