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Little signs you're getting older....
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BlackTron
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I use a resistance band actually kept near my main desk. Sometimes I'll even use it while sitting in the same spot, like between gaming matches, to stave off that "your limbs are dying sitting here" feeling.
Gotta say I'm really glad I took a yoga class 20 years ago. I rarely spend a long time doing a "session" but if I feel like I need to stretch I'll do it by dropping a yoga pose and maybe switching between a few. Taking between a few seconds and a few minutes. Kind of stuff you do during ads, waiting for food to heat up, whatever. It adds up to a LOT better than nothing before you commit any extra time (which you should still do). For me it's like the difference between feeling like I have rigor mortis at the end of the day.
jufonuk
not tag worthy
I did take yoga once. I spent the whole time perving at the women thinking how yoga was made up for sex purposes and resisting the urge to scream out yoga fire yoga flame. Maybe DDP might be the yoga for me.
My other I’m getting older thing is im slowly in starting to realise I don’t need an opinion about everything (politics, world events etc) and sometimes with thing like games lists or movies. People’s choices are valid for them.
Except that there are two alien movies and two terminator films and if you like godfather 3 you are wrong. Apart from that. You do you it’s your choice it’s valid.
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BlackTron
Member
LMAO. Yeah my yoga class was full of hot women. Usually I was the only guy. After the initial shock, I spent most time with my eyes closed and if they were open, looking dead straight focused totally on my yoga.
Consequently people started talking to me after class. Instructor even walked right up to me and gave me a big hug after I missed a session. I did absolutely nothing but show up to do yoga and make sure every time someone looked at me, I wasn't looking at someone else's ass. NGL it was an enormous challenge but successful social experiment.
Shit, maybe I should take a yoga class again. Walk in smiling ready for all that spandex and it ends up being full of old people. Maybe all from this thread. This should be a movie.
Majormaxxx
Member
that is kind of a lifestyle thing - being sedentary and overeating
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Dick doesn't get as hard as it used to.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
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Majormaxxx
Member
I used to work as a personal trainer at a gym, but for me I prefer to train alone at home or at private gyms with friends.
That said, a yoga class sounds enticing!
Laptop1991
Member
Looking in the mirror then at old photos sort of gives it away a bit, and i look better and younger in the photo's.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
It takes me around four
The crap thing is I don't get overly drunk anymore, I can drink and drink and not much happens. I'm not an alcoholic either, far from it. The wife and I will have a drink, I'll drink a bit more than her, act a bit silly (Not in a horrible way) go to bed.. BANG, you died for four days..
It's crap.
Another thing of getting old. Aching.
Wake up, ache. Go to bed, ache.
I've decided to make a few changes in the next few days. Should be fun
Cyberpunkd
Member
Or sleep on your back instead of your side.
Also if you wake up with a sore neck frequently, try sleeping without a pillow.
Brigandier
Member
Making noises like your grandad used to when he sat down or got up!!!
Clicking cracking joints
Sporting injuries taking 6 months to heal rather than 6 days
Picking up common colds more frequently
Talking about how you can't believe how dark the nights are getting when it's obvious that it's because it's approaching autumn
Games/music/life was better when "I was a lad" I'm guilty of this...
2-3 day hang overs
Needing V pills sometimes
Needing a piss all the time
Sooooo many more!!!
Clicking cracking joints
Sporting injuries taking 6 months to heal rather than 6 days
Picking up common colds more frequently
Talking about how you can't believe how dark the nights are getting when it's obvious that it's because it's approaching autumn
Games/music/life was better when "I was a lad" I'm guilty of this...
2-3 day hang overs
Needing V pills sometimes
Needing a piss all the time
Sooooo many more!!!
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Queso de Grande
Member
When all the new “hot” celebrities just look like ugly adolescents to you.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Or when all the celebrities you thought were hot are now old ladies
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Memory loss - I'm sure there was a thread about this subject a couple of months ago.
jufonuk
not tag worthy
Trying to workout how old people are in movies. Thinking I look younger. Especially true with 80’s and 90’s movie’s
Watching old movies and being sympathetic to any character that doesn’t want to be dragged Into the main characters zany antics.
Watching home alone wondering how they can afford that house.
Thinking the 90’s were like five years ago right.
Trying not to eat like a teenager/young guy but still doing it. Realising it takes longer to lose weight now.
9/10 maybe 11 o’clock are great times for bed but for straying out late, no way. lol.
Needing to piss more at night but also having a piss stream that is mild and being jealous of those younger who sound like they are pissing like a horse.
Neck aches from sleeping funny.
Realising I might have been alive for longer than I have left.
I love naps
I don’t drink or smoke and get mistaken for late thirties for age when I’m actually 46 which is nice. I shave my beard off and it’s a lot younger.
Watching old movies and being sympathetic to any character that doesn’t want to be dragged Into the main characters zany antics.
Watching home alone wondering how they can afford that house.
Thinking the 90’s were like five years ago right.
Trying not to eat like a teenager/young guy but still doing it. Realising it takes longer to lose weight now.
9/10 maybe 11 o’clock are great times for bed but for straying out late, no way. lol.
Needing to piss more at night but also having a piss stream that is mild and being jealous of those younger who sound like they are pissing like a horse.
Neck aches from sleeping funny.
Realising I might have been alive for longer than I have left.
I love naps
I don’t drink or smoke and get mistaken for late thirties for age when I’m actually 46 which is nice. I shave my beard off and it’s a lot younger.
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Putonahappyface
Member
The acceleration of hair growth from my ears and nose.
ÆMNE22A!C
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
How old are you daddy?
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Downing some Metamucil yesterday and feeling like this was the best morning of my life and looking around for a cigarette
ÆMNE22A!C
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Well I've lived like a decade+ more or less semi solitary so I missed a lot which makes me feel younger then I am. I'm not though.
Old man noises
Going to bed earlier
Total disconnect from current trends/media
More wise and appreciative in general.
Giving less shit about various shit in general.
That salt & pepper hair/beard.
More relaxed regarding my behaviour in social scenarios.
Old man noises
Going to bed earlier
Total disconnect from current trends/media
More wise and appreciative in general.
Giving less shit about various shit in general.
That salt & pepper hair/beard.
More relaxed regarding my behaviour in social scenarios.
Romulus
Member
I recently went to a 20 year HS reunion. I had 6-7 comment that i haven't aged, one person even mentioned it was freakish to him. Of course he smokes and drinks.
But the one thing that has really changed is my energy. At 11pm I'm typically crashing and can't keep my eyes open I'm so tired. That never happened until 2 years ago.
Other than that, I'm 2-3x stronger than I was in HS with better cardio and the same size waist.
But the one thing that has really changed is my energy. At 11pm I'm typically crashing and can't keep my eyes open I'm so tired. That never happened until 2 years ago.
Other than that, I'm 2-3x stronger than I was in HS with better cardio and the same size waist.
RJMacready73
Banned
Looking at the younger generation and wanting to just slap them for being so idiotic yet being fully aware it's probably all me
jufonuk
not tag worthy
I’m also jealous about missing that spark they have the one where you are so full of it they take on the world type mentality. Nowadays ki just want to be in bed by 11 pm latest.
Tams
Member
I wish I'd taken up yoga in Japan.
Man, all those MILFs... I mean poses!... I could have done...
killatopak
Member
You get caught saying in my time when speaking to teenagers.
Krappadizzle
Member
Goddamn.
Some of ya'll sound like you are aging like shit. I'm actually healthier now than I was 10 years ago and I'm closer to 40 than 30.
Some of ya'll sound like you are aging like shit. I'm actually healthier now than I was 10 years ago and I'm closer to 40 than 30.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Trogdor1123
Member
For me, it was this boxing week. Now, to be clear, I do pretty well and we get pretty much anything we need whenever we want it however we are not flashy people and don’t waste money.
That being said, when we were walking through the mall, the level of vulgar, decadence in the clothing ( on display and being worn) blew my mind. I literally was shocked. I avoid shopping malls so this is probably nothing new but it certainly bothered me. It felt like the dying grasps of a society to me…
That being said, when we were walking through the mall, the level of vulgar, decadence in the clothing ( on display and being worn) blew my mind. I literally was shocked. I avoid shopping malls so this is probably nothing new but it certainly bothered me. It felt like the dying grasps of a society to me…
Oberstein
Member
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
- Groaning when you stand up
- Looking forward to a nap
- Complaining about new music
- Doggedly insisting that older music is better (and be right about it btw)
- Being annoyed with technology
- Getting grumpy when the kids playing outside or across the street are being loud
- Getting upset that other drivers are going way faster than you
- Looking forward to a nap
- Complaining about new music
- Doggedly insisting that older music is better (and be right about it btw)
- Being annoyed with technology
- Getting grumpy when the kids playing outside or across the street are being loud
- Getting upset that other drivers are going way faster than you
cormack12
Gold Member
42 my good sir. Truth be told, I'm in decent shape really. But as another year rolls by, sports injuries take longer to heal, my recovery from the gym is longer. I'm aware of more thing I do now my younger self never did. Just a weird time. I guess I'm right on track for my mid life crisis in another decade at least.
The Pleasure
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ConkerTheSquirrel.
Member
I can't last more than an hour playing videogames; so instead, I watch a playthrough on YouTube so I can vicariously play it through the player without the extra steps.
ÆMNE22A!C
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Same here sir. 41 but we're surfing that same wave. Let us go with the flow and have a good ride in the meanwhile!
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NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
I was always judgmental, towards people both old and young. But the new level of contempt I have for today’s teens and 20- somethings is on another level. Seeing some of them working and thinking that that passes as working irks me physically. The sheer ignorance of people younger than me is also stupefying. I have two coworkers going for 30 that looked at me like I was an alien sorcerer when I used a physical map to know where to go one day.
I know this is something every generation experiences when getting older, but it’s still awful. Hard to shake the feeling that those damn youths aren’t inferior and that they aren‘t the doom of civilization.
Headaches, digestive problems, and a general stiffness that I always had but only got worse in time, these are my main physical ailments. I used to be able to fall asleep in places and positions only cats should, I can’t anymore. My poor vision isn’t improving, too, and hair loss, while slow, is now to a point where I can’t look at a full head of hair without a pang of envy.
I’m not doing as bad as it may sound, though. I can pull an all-nighter without having to sleep through the following day. I don’t suffer from hangovers, even if I rarely drink that much. I don’t have chronic or recurring pain, except the occasional headache. I rarely get a fever or come down with the flu. And my metabolism still hasn’t shifted to that dreadful mode where you have to constantly watch what you’re eating or else.
I know this is something every generation experiences when getting older, but it’s still awful. Hard to shake the feeling that those damn youths aren’t inferior and that they aren‘t the doom of civilization.
Headaches, digestive problems, and a general stiffness that I always had but only got worse in time, these are my main physical ailments. I used to be able to fall asleep in places and positions only cats should, I can’t anymore. My poor vision isn’t improving, too, and hair loss, while slow, is now to a point where I can’t look at a full head of hair without a pang of envy.
I’m not doing as bad as it may sound, though. I can pull an all-nighter without having to sleep through the following day. I don’t suffer from hangovers, even if I rarely drink that much. I don’t have chronic or recurring pain, except the occasional headache. I rarely get a fever or come down with the flu. And my metabolism still hasn’t shifted to that dreadful mode where you have to constantly watch what you’re eating or else.
RJMacready73
Banned
Another sign you're getting older... Was out for an Indian last night with a load of mates to commiserate me turning 50, afterwards we where going to hit a bar but decided it would be too loud/can't talk and besides I had a load of beers in the house, so came back to mine, got drunk and everyone left by 11:30 (granted that's when the non drinkers gave up listening to us lot) years ago we would've hit a bar/club and partied to the early hours..
Later this evening we'll be just having a quiet new year's and probably in bed shortly after 12
Later this evening we'll be just having a quiet new year's and probably in bed shortly after 12
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Lunarorbit
Member
My ears aren't as good... or people mumble more today. Honestly I think it's a combo of both.
My balls get stinky way faster. Just smells like old sweat but I definitely noticed it when I turned 40.
My balls get stinky way faster. Just smells like old sweat but I definitely noticed it when I turned 40.
Well and that there's only 1 Matrix movie. (You forgot to mention that.)
Or talking to someone that says he loves comedies and he hasn't seen Airplane, the Blues Brothers, or The Jerk.(There were just a ton of good comedies he hadn't seen because he hadn't seen anything before the 90s.)