Signs your getting old?
Signs your getting old?
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- robthelad4
You have to stop wearing Vans.
- i may be on my last pair. the comfort is unbearable now and they start to stink much quicker than before. Probably because of my hotfoot.capn_ron
- They have some new modles with a UltraCush HD inserts and the Ultra Range model feels like a Nike Free or adidas Boost.rattail
- But I still wear the old skool ones that fuck up my little toe.rattail
- After 2 miles you really feel the pavement wearing vans. I still buy them.monospaced
- Get the Crocs on the go.PhanLo
- @rattail, i'm running the pro2 which is supposed to have more cushy insert, but they still hurt. my little toe always hurts too. I can't quit them thoughcapn_ron
- I switched back to DC :D and oohboy i'm 14 agian! :D idk how was i living with these thin sole rubber shoes :)sted
- Why would you have to stop? I'm wearing brown suede with black soles...nobody knows they are Vans. Can't stop now...love that waffle bottom.misterhow
- Depends on where you live. Even grandpas wear Vans in Southern California.dbloc
- I'm old and that's all i wear. Checks for the win.wagshaft
- I stopped wearing Vans because rich tools wanting to look cool were wearing them...not because I'm old.see_thru
- My dad wore white vans with the blue stripe well into his 70's. He was a Sperry guy but Vans were easier for him to find.rattail
- Never!jagara
- Stopped making sz 14's long ago...have 2 or 3 pairs of 13's and pay for it every time i wear them longer than a few hours and for sure if on my feet long. boooDarkCover
- pablo287
- ha!
https://www.qbn.com/…Krassy - cannonball, krassy, pango, drgsdrgs
- Lol @pangoOBBTKN
- @drgs LOL! totally!Krassy
- yep, no shirtdrgs
- Pango's shades are all time!Krassy
- I like my ringcannonball1978
- That's how I see you now drgs.mugwart
- Good to know I'm the coolest one. :Ppango
- the way i see it, you already lost everything except your pants and your grandmothers sunglasses :)sted
- hahaha!OBBTKN
- Still rocking it!pango
- Jim Bowen?MrT
- I like my shirt, but blue or black would be betterKrassy
- ha!
- hans_glib4
i don't understand the "NPC" thread
- Videos of stoners, i thinkdrgs
- That shit ain't weed.
Fentanyl, etc, I assume.Nairn - QBN'rsNBQ00
- It’s a thread to mock and ridicule addicts when they’re struggling through a particularly low point in their lives. It’s mannerless.nb
- I'm guessing it's about those characters in video games that are decoration and don't do anything but talk nonsense - and finding real life versions.shapesalad
- But I've not played video games since I was 14 on the old Amiga 500. So I don't know.shapesalad
- Yeah man this is a profound thing, I went to a strip mall recently and grocery store in a sketchy area and everyone there i kep thinking was a NPC ie background_niko
- Characters that serve no purpose and just take up space, contribute nothing to society and will be forgotten in a blink. Scared the fuck out of me to do more_niko
- Shapesalad that is correct, I had to look it up too as I also haven't played video games for ages.PhanLo
- "We exist in a simulated reality and some humans take on the role of NPCs, spouting "opinions" they are programmed to spout and repeating in a cult-like manner"Chimp
- Liberal: (Yelling) Fuck Trump! Ban guns!
Conservative: (Yelling) Fuck Hillary! Ban immigrants!Chimp - Sometimes they're just weird interactions between people too.PhanLo
- Yeah, it's not *just* addicts. Those are the Skooma vids. It's also just when an NPC goes rogue and the music gets slapped on.garbage
- Nothing will top the horse video. I have so many questions: https://www.youtube.…garbage
- another sign: I had to look up what skooma was lol_niko
- When I first saw Skooma, I thought it was a new drug. LolPhanLo
- Heh, I had to Google too :)Nairn
- Skyrim NPC memes are funny as. but the ones posted here are sad.inteliboy
- inteliboy7
alcohol = absolute fucked hangover
weed = dumb brain for days
coke = chewing gums ruined and depression for days
sugar and junk = shit tired feeling
caffeine = anxiety- May i recommend a dose of mushrooms. Your clarity will be restored.Morning_star
- you're not wrong, i'm carrying a tremendous hangover todayhans_glib
- vegetables = fartsNairn
- ^ LOL! I just farted while laughing...oey
- Yeah, shrooms. Been revisiting that lately and boy does it open up some good vibes.DRIFTMONKEY
- yesmaquito
- I learned to drink an electrolyte solution like pedialyte before and after drinking, No more hangovers. Even at my old age you learn something new every day. xPsea_sea
- hey sea_sea - is the address on the back of your envelope still ok to send stuff to?Nairn
- eerydays friday. tho sugar, coke & weed is cut, the rest will do for now. and all correct inteli +helloeatbreathedrive
- Yes Nairn it is. :)sea_sea
- jagara7
I walked into a fashion boutique, and had a look at a $170 polo and some $700 sneakers. I found myself laughing to myself. I don't give a fuck about that shit anymore. It felt really great. I have other priorities now.
- Henrik Vibskov, Copenhagen, if you care.jagara
- +YakuZoku
- It’s nice to have a more healthy perspective on that kind of rubbish.Chimp
- That shit is for people that exist in a higher monetary bracket. No point trying to fit in with them.shapesalad
- New slaves by Kanye Westnb
- did you ever? both of those prices are ridiculous.imbecile
- Shapesalad, it really isnt just for folk in a higher monetary bracket. In scotland, Glaswegians like to wear brands moreso than the east.microkorg
- Recently on holiday at a campsite on the west coast. Real working class glaswegians there. I've never seen so many Yeezys and designer gear on folk! ;)microkorg
- At one point I cared about other people perceiving me as a fashion conscious person. Now I go for simple, cool and casual, and that’s it.jagara
- I found out how little value dressing in designer clothes added to my life.jagara
- lajj7
I promised my 3 years old son that we are going to Home Depot at the ead of the day, I am barely able to work due to the excitement!
- ead = endlajj
- my excitement, that is. He just want a hammer to hit stufflajj
- Once he's hit your big toe, you'll regret the hammer purchase.shapesalad
- explaining "ead = end" = Signs you're getting old ;-)Krassy
- He’s got a few hammers ahead of himscarabin
- Do hammers ever wear down? You only need onedrgs
- I dunno, they seem to just appear and go. Only ever paid for onescarabin
- "the only way to learn how to swim, is in water" It sounds like you should also buy him his first knife.ArchitectofFate
- got my girls theri first counting/sheath(?) knives when they were about that age.ArchitectofFate
- He finally wanted a mesuring tape, my toes are safe. For now.lajj
- haha. I'm still waiting for the day I can get one of those leather utility belts to put all my hammers inIanbolton
- nocomply9
I was having lunch at my Mom's place last week for her birthday.
She asked me if I wanted a beer and I said "sure."
She proceeded to pull out one of her boyfriend's beers from the fridge. It was a Bud Light in an 8oz. can.
I had never seen any beer in such a small size before, and you know what I said?
"Hey, this is the perfect size for lunch!"
WTF is wrong with me?
- Bud Light.MrT
- lolSimonFFM
- In Portugal we have 20cl (6.76oz.) beers, allways cool :) https://marketeer.pt…dmay
- that's not beerKrassy
- Beer: cheapest way to legally get drunk since price of Lysol went up. There's a reason in the ethyl distill industry beer is classed as 'unrefined'BustySaintClaire
- Perfect for lunch, because you'd catch the same buzz off of a bottle of water.section_014
- Nairn8
Signs of something, if not getting old -
The type of toothpaste I use has been discontinued. I noticed a few months back when all local supermarkets stopped stocking it, in place some slight variant. Confirmed by a visit to their website. Irritated by wrote this, I wrote an email asking if I could somehow get my hands on the old stuff. No response. Another email sent, still no response. Fuckit.
I start looking for alternatives, and try a couple but.. meh.
.
Popped into some random shit cut price pharmacy on the way back from the shops earlier, on the off-chance - and, by golly, not only did they have some, it was on special offer.
I bought ten tubes. Should do me a while.
As soon as I left the shop I was thinking "Should've bought 50". I'm never going to find a toothpaste I prefer.
- Bausch&Lomb discontinued my preferred contact lens liquid, and contacts too... I've not found anything similarOBBTKN
- https://en.wikipedia…
We had enough for 20 years, its worth a story how and why but it begins something like this :)sted - so.... which was it?shapesalad
- Dentu-Creme Denture Cleansing Toothpastedrgs
- Was it Scarabin or someone who mentioned the concept of 'buying your last knife?'. I might be buying my last toothpaste .Nairn
- reminds me of Mr. Magorium's shoes
https://www.youtube.…sted - Are you guys like me? If I find the perfect pants, I buy multiple pairs at once. Done with this headache for a decade aheaddrgs
- ^ yessir. I stock up on jeans when I find a fit I like.monNom
- scarabin9
I have flip flops older than people i’ve had drinking sessions with
- Rainbows?garbage
- Some Diesel shits from like 2000scarabin
- lol, noicegarbage
- Flip flops are worse than crocs or sandals with socks. Remember when people were mocked for those things?CyBrainX
- same with t-shirtsted
- was wearing a pavement terror twilight t-shirt i bought on '99 UK tour and getting a critique about how it's not their best record from a guy born in 2000kingsteven
- He might have been young, but he's not wrong. Brighten the Corners is peak Pavement.garbage
- gotta have somethin' for pools and gym showersscarabin
- too right garbage, but at least you'll never find a terror twilight t-shirt in urban outfitterskingsteven
- hahagarbage
- HijoDMaite6
I just called Subway corporate to make a complaint about a kid working a store last night. Fuckin little shit.
- Fuk that guy.sea_sea
- fuck that stinky shitholehans_glib
- bet he was a cunt!mugwart
- First time I tried Subway was in Seattle a few years ago. Absolutely fucking rancid. You should complain out of principle purely because of the shite they make.face_melter
- made you a sammich without wearing gloves then rang you up and handled bills & coins with his hands he uses to masturbate w?Krassy
- Face-melter some of us in the States have to endure Subway at least once a month. It’s our duty, it’s the cross we bear.HijoDMaite
- The dick refused to give me a regular cup for water since they had ran out of water cups. I sat there eating my dry sandwich with cottonmouthHijoDMaite
- Man. Trump *and* Subway? I'm thinking that Dante missed a few levels.face_melter
- ^ lolETM
- lol @ facefadein11
- @face Which subway? The franchise is shit in general, but a few locations here are notorious for being uniquely shitty. Rotten food and junkies.garbage
- ps Next time you visit, might I recommend the worst McDonald's in America. Dinner and a show at Crackdonalds: https://www.yelp.com…garbage
- Nairn6
FFFFFFFFFFFF
Just pulled out a nose hair - wasn't deep, somewhere front and centre - and as I'm at work, measured it with calipers.
7.61mm.
WHAT.
THE
FUCK.I keep a close track on this shit... or, at least, thought I did.
7.61mm.
.
ok, just pulled out another one to check. the bulb of the hair is quite long. Also, i have a lot of nose hair, apparently.
- I'm constantly yanking out the gray shrubs planted deep into my nose...and now I have a few grays popping out my ear as well. I find myself pruning once week.utopian
- Ear sprouters are mysterious and evil. A weekly check and prune with a confirmational 'all clear' from the wife is almost always met with a rope-like rogue...Morning_star
- ...hair protruding from what was, only yesterday, pristine, hairless skin. It's the devils work.Morning_star
- make some dreadlocks in the nose then..neverscared
- if u got it flaunt it.neverscared
- I get this fandom hair on the outside edge of my nostril i got one of those tri mers and give a good cavity clean loltrooperbill
- i was doing this so regularly i bought nose clippers a couple years back which i then lost 6 months ago, now considering buying more, which means i'll find thekingsteven
- old ones immediately and have one for each nostrilkingsteven
- I'm just impressed that you can measure to 1/100th of a millimetermonospaced
- Hairy like many Briti_was
- Now, go look at your ears. Lots of fun there if you find you run out of nose hairs to handle.monospaced
- That's the thing, mono - i keep track of this shit - I[ve moaned about ear hair here before. This fucker just came out of nowhere.Nairn
- Also, a cheapo pair of digital calipers will happily measure 100ths of a mill :)
i did have to flatten the fucker out a bit to measure it though. fiddly.Nairn - @kingsteven - i'm not into the idea of trimming. The idea of nasal stubble is... I just can't. It's pluck the fuckers and risk occasional poisoned-brain for me.Nairn
- Lolmonospaced
- i think you enjoy the yank nairn, not being left prone to that feeling when a nose hair out of nowhere says hiya like the leg of a cellar spider, totally worthkingsteven
- dibec8
Groaning when you bend down. Shit is ridiculous.
- It helps to lean on one of your kneesdrgs
- use all lower back, the trick is to do it very fast, if you have something heavy nearby, grab it firstGuyFawkes
- Turkish get-ups in the morning. They absolutely suck, but are amazing for you.garbage
- or just command the kids to pick stuff up.uan
- Bite the pillow.palimpsest
- at this point, I groan just thinking about itsection_014
- drgs11
You swear you'll never drink again, but then you remember you didn't drink anything the day before
- lolKrassy
- Lollemmy_k
- Haven’t drank in like a week!
Now I will drink for a week!
Life is balancefuturefood
- kingsteven9
Often stumble across old comments, but this one hit hard
- 23omahadesigns
- ^ why do you have porn taste of 60 years old then?pango
- dammit, samedesmo
- I'd bite your hand off to be 39 again. You young rascal.stoplying
- I feel your pain. this place is not good for that. twenty years i've been hanging around here, man. So many posts from a younger me.Nairn
- dkoblesky5
I put the rest of the cookies from a package I just opened into a tupperware
- For me there is no "rest of the cookies", so I don't buy any cookies whatsoeverdrgs
- ^this, that's why I don't buy cookiesdmay
- :)brt44
- don't tell me you even knew where the tupperware lid was!?!Krassy
- tupperwares are important in my lifedkoblesky
- I'm still having problems finding the lid...brt44
- @drgs this!api
- @drgs exaaaaaaactly.ben_
- I'm a fan of tupperware since I remember. was I born old?oey_oey
- @drgs LOL so true.mort_
- Fax_Benson7
I've started using a shoehorn and am considering getting another for my day bag so that I can comfortably shoe and unshoe when out and about.
- People who don't use shoehorns are idiots. Try a two foot long one, you'll never go back!!!nb
- ^ So true. I too, use the extendo-hornGnash
- No thanks, I have stool in my entry hallway where I can sit while putting on my shoesdrgs
- I haven't reached the shoehorn stage yet. I'm still bending down and/or kneeling to put mine on.Continuity
- Fucking old codgers, you lot are!Continuity
- It saves your fingers, too. Pretty sure I've got mild arthritis in my fingers. Using them as a de facto shoehorn is really ineffective and painfulFax_Benson
- saying ‘shoe and unshoe’prophetone
- 44 y/o and using shoe horn since 1980. It's practical. Fuck y'alljagara
- Gardener8
- Is that the guy from Oasisnb
- Elderly at 55?OBBTKN
- It's riffing 'compoface' memes by using wossisface and 'imthere in place of grannies. Not to be taken literally.Nairn
- lol was going to say his wife looks like a bloke_niko
- Some charlatan posing for a photo with one of the best guitarists/musicians of all timeKrassy
- _niko5
Danny Glover was 41 in Lethal weapon when he said he's getting too old for this shit
Steve Martin was 46 when he did Father of the bride
- I'm older than both of them here and in my eyes they look decades older than me..._niko
- ^same... fucks w/my headPonyBoy
- lolz and :'(instrmntl
- ^^^ sameKrassy
- You strategically chose dudes who look unusually old for their age.jagara
- I won't admit to being old until I'm 64 like in the Beatles song. That's the official marker.yuekit
- don't worry, actors play teens in their 30s :) how old would you expect them to look playing 40s?rzu-rzu
- These two look mid to late fifties.jagara
- Danny Glover's character was a bit beat up in those movies.CyBrainX
- bainbridge6
My parents are in their 70s and talk about being old. I didn't know it would happen this fast, and to them too.
I'm almost 40 and feel tired.
I'm single and feel like there's so much to do.
But also would like to raise a child and feel too old to start. But am also single.
But also I've done so much and life seems meaningless now and like I've had a good run.
Time and life is odd.
- You’re not old to old to have a child, I’m 44 and have a 3 year old daughter. But you will feel even more tired. And you’ll never find your life meaningless.dmay
- “Old to old”... it’s 22:30 and the 3 years old is still running around the living room... I’m tired...dmay
- Had the same "mood" and discussed with a few buddies today over coffee and they confirmed it. It's a thing apparently, you're not alonegrafician
- 48 and have a 4-year-old. I'm a better Dad today than I was with others—14 &18.misterhow
- 42 with a 3yr and 3m. 100% with dmayrobotinc
- Enjoy your 40s. They'll seem like your youth when you're in your 50s looking back.formed
- If your parents are in their 70s they must have been nearly as old as you when you were born right? Stop being such a wimp...yuekit
- Doing the math that's about a decade's difference.palimpsest
- He said "in their 70s" so it could be 0-9 years.yuekit
- We need to get to the bottom of this.
How old were your parents when they had you, bainbridge?palimpsest - Technically it's possible that Bainbridge's parents were older than him when he was born based on what he said. "I'm almost 40" how old is almost?yuekit
- You were right! There could have never been a decade's difference. min:4, max:7.
https://observablehq…palimpsest - Technically we both were. You said "nearly as old as you" and I said "about a decade".
I'm only closer by one point. :Ppalimpsest - lol, well doneyuekit
- Bainbridge what do you have to say about all this?yuekit
- It's also possible Bainbride just turned 36 while the parents are nearly 80. You really need to do the analysis on the day level to get an accurate number.yuekit
- Don't tempt me.palimpsest
- aliastime5
I'm losing ambition with the day job.
I used to love moving my career forward, taking risks, failing fast, etc, But these days the work that takes feels exhausting.I'm starting to see a lot of comfort in simple, predictable, mundane tasks.
Classic burnout I suppose.
- Dittoduckseason
- Take rest, listen to your bodyOBBTKN
- This is a thing for us. We could start an entire thread figuring it out because I don't think it's an "I" thing, as much as it is an "us". We need to strike...canoe
- I mean unionizecanoe
- Hearing this. I remember some one he said they quit and took delivery driver job of something which sounds so appealing/refreshingdee-dubs
- so you just turned 30 is what you're saying?ArchitectofFate
- Heard about a graphic designer becoming a bus driver. He loved it because he knew what he was exspected to do, and it wasn't mentally taxing.Nutter
- @dee-dubs I think that was Horp.Continuity
- This is one of those things that can happen at any stage of life. Take time off, re-inspire yourself, get outside, physical activity and all the other cliches.CyBrainX