Calling all old people (50+)

S

Slings and Arrows

Banned
How do you do it? How do you get to old age without boredom/anger getting the best of you?

How do you love something, watch it get ruined by cunts and then rinse and repeat that, over and over again, without losing your fucking mind?
 
not 50 yet, but i can answer part of it, learn to enjoy every moment, not just thinking about the future or living in the past. Look around right now and find something to smile about. Like right now I'm sitting here typing this, my 15 week old puppy is sitting chewing a bone to my right, and my wife is texting me fun little things. Smile. Enjoy the moments. Stop worrying about everyone else and everything else, just seek happiness and you'll find it.
 
Pagusas said:
not 50 yet, but i can answer part of it, learn to enjoy every moment, not just thinking about the future or living in the past. Look around right now and find something to smile about. Like right now I'm sitting here typing this, my 15 week old puppy is sitting chewing a bone to my right, and my wife is texting me fun little things. Smile. Enjoy the moments. Stop worrying about everyone else and everything else, just seek happiness and you'll find it.
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I like this. Sounds advice. Thank you :)
 
S Slings and Arrows

I'm not a pro-drug guy at this point in my life

I will say this though, I feel it's super important to deflate your ego at least once in your lifetime and gain some new perspective on things

My answer to how to persevere in life over 50s would not be developing a drug habit

Find new hobbies. Don't be afraid to take risks. This is your one shot to be alive. Make it count
 
I mean, is your 50s really all that different than any other point in life?

Is there anything you've always wanted to do? Do your best reasonable attempt at that, without excuses

Idk
 
I'm 51 and I can only answer for myself of course. But, I still find life to be absolutely magic. I listen to the voice inside - to my heart, and I let it guide me, and life is incredibly exciting and engaging for me.

Doesn't mean there are no problems of course, but I think in the world we live in today we have things backwards. We live, generally speaking, from the mind. But the true compass for passion and a meaningful life has always been, and will always be, the heart. You have to look deep within and really find what's there and then throw caution to the wind. Sadly in the world as it exists currently, many are completely unaware that there's anything in there at all - living to survive, while never coming to *life*. The mind is a great tool for survival, but it must bow the proverbial knee to the heart when it comes to meaning. Find that fire and then follow it.
 
DESTROYA said:
Not close to 50 but maybe try being a less miserable bastard.
You sound like you need man or woman in your life.
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I'm happy IRL, though the pattern of 'find something, other people ruin it, find something else, other people ruin it' has gotten a bit repetitive.

I want to crowd source some positive vibes to see if i can break, or even better, ignore the pattern
 
Boswollocks said:
I'm happy IRL, though the pattern of 'find something, other people ruin it, find something else, other people ruin it' has gotten a bit repetitive.

I want to crowd source some positive vibes to see if i can break, or even better, ignore the pattern
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Get new friends that stop ruining things for you.
You have to think positive before you can feel positive .
 
Tranquil said:
What are people ruining that has you so depressed?
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Gaming
The internet
Bowling (lockdown, and when no lock-down i have to wear a mask on a lane with no-one around me)
Calling people a cigarette just for the laugh.
The Alt-right echo chamber known as Neogaf (only joking, maybe, or maybe not, I am though, possibly, nahh i'm definitely kidding, or am i? I am)
 
Boswollocks said:
How do you do it? How do you get to old age without boredom/anger getting the best of you?

How do you love something, watch it get ruined by cunts and then rinse and repeat that, over and over again, without losing your fucking mind?
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The older I get, the dumber young kids and the world in general seems to me. I'm only mid-40s but I'm so tired of life. Seems like I burned bright in my teens and twenties and everything since has just been more of the same. Eating isn't fun. Sex isn't fun. Drinking isn't fun. I think if I didn't have drugs and video games I'd have off'd myself by now. Even with those things I often wonder how much longer I'll have to do this; really it's my pup that keeps me going. I'll be working til the day I die :(

Boswollocks said:
I've thought about Shrooms tbh, but for more of an experiment. Is Psilocybin really as good for your mental well-being as they say it is?
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I don't think so. Last time I ate shrooms (about 2 weeks ago) I literally sat there drooling for a few hours, too effed up to even play a game or talk to anyone. It wasn't even fun. I'm going to cut back a bit next time (Thanksgiving) so we'll see. For something like that I'd highly recommend LSD. As long as you're mentally/emotionally stable it's a great experience and feeling afterwards is amazing. It's like everything is more vivid, thoughts more clear, life just feels less stressful (more like you know there's something afterward, like you know this existence is just a dream for the real thing when you're gone). Shrooms have always felt like a cheap thrill compared to the enlightening experience of LSD. The problem is LSD is illegal where I am, shrooms are not.
 
Honestly, feels good man.

Back when I was in my teens and twenties everything was way less uptight and just more fun. It seems to me these days youth has on the face of it way more choice, but its just created a jaded, perma-dissatisfied culture.

Social media always was cancerous, but the way its metastasized over the years is worse than I ever imagined.

The youth of today are so fucking screwed... I mean there's a bitter irony in that despite the rise in slacktivism their "struggle" in the end is going to achieve nothing but deepening their own misery. There's no real rebellion here, no original thought, its just falling into lockstep with the bullshit tribes that the media has created.

Glad I'm out of it, and can just continue to indulge in the ironic detachment that defines us as Gen X'rs.
 
DrJohnGalt said:
The older I get, the dumber young kids and the world in general seems to me. I'm only mid-40s but I'm so tired of life. Seems like I burned bright in my teens and twenties and everything since has just been more of the same. Eating isn't fun. Sex isn't fun. Drinking isn't fun. I think if I didn't have drugs and video games I'd have off'd myself by now. Even with those things I often wonder how much longer I'll have to do this; really it's my pup that keeps me going. I'll be working til the day I die :(


I don't think so. Last time I ate shrooms (about 2 weeks ago) I literally sat there drooling for a few hours, too effed up to even play a game or talk to anyone. It wasn't even fun. I'm going to cut back a bit next time (Thanksgiving) so we'll see. For something like that I'd highly recommend LSD. As long as you're mentally/emotionally stable it's a great experience and feeling afterwards is amazing. It's like everything is more vivid, thoughts more clear, life just feels less stressful (more like you know there's something afterward, like you know this existence is just a dream for the real thing when you're gone). Shrooms have always felt like a cheap thrill compared to the enlightening experience of LSD. The problem is LSD is illegal where I am, shrooms are not.
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Sounds a lot like me, i burned bright in my teens and twenties, did everything i need to do and now it's like...well i could do X, but it's a cheap, watered-down version of Y, and i've done that already. I'm not depressed i probably just paced myself incorrectly.

Acid it is then! Thank you for the review!
 
Shrooms just make you feel like you're in a Jerry Lewis and laugh a lot

Sex on shrooms is awesome though, especially if you're seeing spots
 
Boswollocks said:
Gaming
The internet
Bowling (lockdown, and when no lock-down i have to wear a mask on a lane with no-one around me)
Calling people a cigarette just for the laugh.
The Alt-right echo chamber known as Neogaf (only joking, maybe, or maybe not, I am though, possibly, nahh i'm definitely kidding, or am i? I am)
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Do u ever get laid?
 
Boswollocks said:
Sounds a lot like me, i burned bright in my teens and twenties, did everything i need to do and now it's like...well i could do X, but it's a cheap, watered-down version of Y, and i've done that already. I'm not depressed i probably just paced myself incorrectly.

Acid it is then! Thank you for the review!
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Same! Club drugs like that were cool at one time but my problem is after a while coming down would leave me more depressed than before. It was great while I was rollin' but afterwards regular sober life was so boring. Also going back to sex after rollin' sex just wasn't the same.

I don't consider myself depressed either, just bored and tired and indifferent and apathetic about almost everything.

If you're serious about it message me and I'll give you some suggestions on getting the best experience.
 
DrJohnGalt said:
I don't consider myself depressed either, just bored and tired and indifferent and apathetic about almost everything.
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This hits pretty close to home. Thankfully I have my kids, it feels like sometimes they are the only part of my life that gives me actual authentic feelings, uplifting me from the pit.
 
DrJohnGalt said:
Same! Club drugs like that were cool at one time but my problem is after a while coming down would leave me more depressed than before. It was great while I was rollin' but afterwards regular sober life was so boring. Also going back to sex after rollin' sex just wasn't the same.

I don't consider myself depressed either, just bored and tired and indifferent and apathetic about almost everything.

If you're serious about it message me and I'll give you some suggestions on getting the best experience.
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I appreciate the offer, but just like shagging a fat bird, I prefer to go in blind and see what happens. Sometimes it's a pleasant surprise.
 
I turn 40 in a couple weeks so I'm not really in this category but I don't see it being an issue then either.

I have wonder girls that are truly great. They can make me mad and angry at times but on a whole the do amazing things. They all excel in sports and school and I'm highly involved with those parts of their lives as well.

I also do a significant amount of volunteering around the community which I find really rewarding (it's fantastic on my resume too).

I have a good job that's pretty fulfilling too. I make enough that my wife can stay at home and support our family in that way which has been a huge benefit for us as a family unit. Were tighter than most (immediate) families I think and we don't want for much thankfully.

I have a pretty great life but it's only great because I put a huge amount of work into it. It never stops and honestly I don't want it too either. I have kids to raise in a world of silliness and that's really hard on them and ,thus, me.

My only real regrets are I don't get to see my parents enough at this time. My dad is in the prime group for danger should he be exposed (old, fat, ex smoker, had a heart attack Laster year) and I'm in a somewhat high chance to be exposed.

We are having my parents to the house for Christmas break though so that should be great.
 
Tranquil said:
I see, but don't make this lock down an excuse. You need to make a plan, and work the plan, then you'll get a blow job.
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Looks like you've got your plan.
 
Boswollocks said:
How do you do it? How do you get to old age without boredom/anger getting the best of you?

How do you love something, watch it get ruined by cunts and then rinse and repeat that, over and over again, without losing your fucking mind?
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It all starts with losing the shit attitude bro 👍

My 50s are the best years of my life probably .
I'm at the top of my profession, my son is a young man now, I've got some arthritis from playing sports but otherwise I'm straight.
 
Close to 50 but man I really think life hasn't been better.
No real money problems. Stable woman with zero drama. Top of my career, able to jump into other areas in my field easily due to years of experience.
If you feel stuck, change it up. Pick up something totally new, go to a gym, pick up a martial art, learn a new language.
The Internet ensures that you have limitless access on starting something new
 
I'm not typical I guess. I am constantly creating or making plans to create. I have the next year already planned out. I use to make movies but with my job and my dogs that is not happening ever again probably. So instead I am about to start on a huge year long project of filling my house with home made full size creatures. Alien, Terminator, ED 209 and so forth. Including sections of the house turned into set pieces from the movie the creature is from.

I'm always like that. If I was rich all I would do is build and create until I died.
 
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