Live in the past, is mine. I will listen to things over and over because some songs or even podcast episodes, rewind me back to times where I felt comfortable in. I do sometimes poke my head out to see where things are currently in the present, but nothing around really makes me gravitate to anything current-day. But, then I just go back to my hole in living in the past.
People used to tell old people to get over it about them remembering things as they were all of the time. I’m understanding why they do that. Sometimes the present really truly sucks.
Gauging upcoming activity options for the day based on their likely effect on my lower back.
Me sitting in a restaurant right now at 3 pm eating dinner: Can’t think of anything
I the last few times I have bought clothes from a thrift store, I was ecstatic because on 2 occasions I was able to find a Kirkland brand polo shirt and Kirkland pants. I was especially excited because the pants had a 50% off tag.
I have a high regard to that brand because I associate it with quality.
Telling my son we need to go out since its such a nice day that we can’t spend in front of a screen…
Back in the day, I just assumed the adults were saying that because they were old and had no idea what joys were waiting patiently, calling from the keyboard, controllers, etc.
Now, I know that they had seen far more than I could imagine, and that they knew all too well that those sun-dappled, happiness-brimming days outdoors were a rapidly diminishing resource… 😭
While on a road trip if it’s raining hard or the weather is otherwise bad, I have to turn my music down or off so I can see better.
I cackled the first time I read about something like that but now I’m that person 🫠
Also had an 8:30 bedtime for at least 10 years. I’ll be 40 next year.
Lowkey though, mornings are way better than nights. I’d rather get coffee with someone at 6am than a drink with someone at 10pm.
How excited I am about buying a new frying pan.
I bought some high end stainless steel ones with thick base. Would definitely recommend. The nonstick ones I used to use suck by comparison.
Happily eat salads. Hated them as kid. I just lettuce out of bag sometimes
It’s so weird how bitter some plants tasted as a kid and how I can now pick up subtle sweetness in them. So many things I hated as a kid and couldn’t even force myself to keep down are quite tasty to me these days
I heard that kids really do have more taste sensitivity towards bitterness, so that could be why.
Since I changed to a vegan diet, lettuce is one of my favorite vegetables for taste. I think when I was younger I ate too much sugar and processed stuff all the time, and it spoiled my appetite for healthy whole foods.
I like rough/scratchy materials now. I used to hate the feel of rough wool or clothes/towels that were dried in the sun. Now it just feels good against the skin. Soft materials feel wrong and flimsy.
Using one of those “days of the week” plastic pill containers. Also, getting impatient for my urine stream to complete.
but do you pull your phone out to scroll while you’re pissing?
No. I’m late to the phone game and only have a little ZTE flip. I am familiar with the ingredients and instructions of various bathroom products though. :)
I became a “morning person”. Or let me rephrase that, I honestly stopped believing in the idea of morning or evening people. Whatever schedule you hold you body to, it tends to be okay with it as long as you’re consistent. And bonus points if it generally aligns with normal daytime. I still tend to drift a bit later during long holidays, but I can live with earlier mornings and tend to have my alarm in the same time no matter the day if the week. Unless I had a party or something.
Also, I also became very nostalgic. The music I listened to when I was a teen remains my favourite, and I’ve become very sceptical of newer trends. Back in “my day” everything was better lol.
And lastly, I finally get why my parents have barely any hobbies and instead just sit around or meet up with people. When I was young I always wondered why adults didn’t seem to care about learning new things. How their knowledge of subjects like math, biology, geography ,and physics had degraded after highschool. You come home after work and are tired. You need the weekend to recharge. I’ve already started working less (36 hours per week) and also have 36 days off in a year, which is extremely luxurious, yet I still managed to work myself into a burn-out. Unlike my parents’ generation, I feel like we grew up with an expectation to be more than your work. People my age (me definitely included) seem to care so much about the hobbies. Your side projects, programming, photography, art, music, sports, etc. It defines who I am, yet I have way to little time and energy for it next to being a cog in the machine.
Your last point resonates with me deeply.
It’s also one of the main drivers for my frustration with / rage against the unfair economic system we live in. Working 10-20hrs/week should be the goal, so we can have most of our days to ourselves doing the things we love.
Didn’t think I’d be telling my kids the TV is rotting their brains. Yeah, Looney Tunes wasn’t educational in the least but at least the shorts had plotlines. Stuff my kids watch (mostly on YouTube) will transition between scenes within seconds and there’s no point or resolution to any of it!
I started vetting youtube channels and downloading them for my kids. No ads, and it won’t auto select some random video with something offensive in it after it finishes. They ended up getting bored of it and spend their time on other stuff for the most part.
this is why I limit YouTube to 1 hour per week.
Didn’t really like how my Dad would come home, kind of glower at us, gobble up his dinner and fuck off to bed. Now here I am doing the same thing.
A coffee and a crossword puzzle is really all it takes to make a great morning these days.
I’ve never had much of a taste for classical music. A year ago I started playing in the background while doing other things. Some of it is truly amazing and I wish I had started listening to it years ago.
Yeah, classical music is cool, but have you ever heard mediaeval and renaissance music? It’s much simpler (sometimes) yet still right in the feels.
Thanks, will give it a listen.
That’s cool, what’s your favorite?
Tough to pick, but a few are Beethoven - Fur Elise, Ravel - Bolero, and Vivaldi - Four Seasons.
Fantastic music, the depth of emotion in classical music is hard to match with modern styles in my opinion.
I’d add Debussy - Clair de Lune to the list as well, always gets me. There is a fantastic episode of black mirror called Hotel Reverie that uses the song in a really beautiful way, if you are a fan of that type of show.
Thinking a lot of new technologies are stupid and unnecessary. Of course, at least in big tech, lot of them objectively are.
My favorite example: Copilot to read your emails for you and send responses automatically. Get two people with Copilot sending each other emails with neither person actually involved. Efficient!
Maybe this is why I constantly feel like no one is reading my emails at work anymore. I can put multiple points of information into an email and only get a response that acknowledges the first one.
People have been doing that long before LLMs, so i wouldn’t be too sure haha
That sounds to me like human behaviour, an AI would probably respond to each element separately. A lot of people when faced with multiple pieces of information or questions will usually respond to at most half, and often only one thing, in my experience.
Worked in a lot of service desks where I asked multiple troubleshooting related questions, getting a reply to only one of them is really common, the norm even I would say.
That’s almost unequivocal proof that a human did it. AI will restate each point and provide an answer, no matter how correct or useful. A human will get distracted, or omit or ignore points that they think are obvious or too difficult.
I think it’s more “Copilot can steal the contents of your emails to train its LLM.” (and maybe leak it when someone write a suitably crafted prompt.)
Or sold to advertisers…
Or your insurance company…
Or law enforcement…
Yeah, this is me too. Although, to be fair to my younger self, back then a lot of new technologies actually were notable improvements over the previous tech, and older people were missing out by not trying them. I’m talking about going from cassette tapes to CDs, things like that.
Nowadays the new thing really is just worse than the old thing. E.g. going from a desktop environment to “the metaverse.” Those of us who didn’t embrace the metaverse were not just sticking to our old cassette tapes; the metaverse really was stupid as hell.
The meta verse has 500 users, total, worldwide. Out of 8 billion people. It’s not exactly a popular new tech.
AI on the other hand, fits the description much better. It is very useful, and people who reject it out of spite are missing out. Sure, it’s being shoved down our throats in literally every product, whether it makes sense or not, I get the sentiment. But rejecting it completely makes you miss it’s useful applications.
What’s your use case thst you find it useful?
Boilerplate code, translation, text grammar correction, taking and summarizing meeting notes, debugging of network issues, interview role play…
I have some experience but my attempts at using it for network debugging have been less than iimpressive. It’s able to give a great history/summary of the issue but when it comes to generating troubleshooting steps or an actual resolution it just spits out a one-size fits all generic answer.
Our attempts at using it for summarizing meetings haven’t been particularly great either but that may just be very boring, repetitive meetings lol.
What about kids who edit videos on a phone. Laptops exist too you know, and the editing process would be a lot more enjoyable.
GenX and Millenials are the only two generations who are technically literate to know that. Your average GenZ or Alpha or whatever never learned to use a computer so it’s less scary to do it on a phone.
And then there’s also the extra friction. You would need to transfer the video files to the computer before you can even start. If you edit on the phone, all the files are already there, which is nice.
You could wait a few hours for the cloud to finally sync, or you could just go through all the USB-C cables that don’t support reasonable data transfer rates… either way, there are some serious bottlenecks in the process. Once you get past those, it gets better, but I guess all of that is enough to deter many users from trying.
