30 People Share Things That Just Aren’t As Fun As They Used To Be

As the years pass, the way we think about the world changes. Our information processing capacity slows down and we become less open to new experiences.

This is not to say that there are no open-minded seniors, rather, as we age, we turn to data that we have collected to make our opinions and decisions, which can be quite different from what we had thought about the same stuff 20, 10, or even 5 years ago.

And there's a discussion on Reddit that vividly illustrates this. Created by user Istrx13, it asked everyone, "What are you starting to like less and less the older you get?" Below you will find some of the most-upvoted answers.

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Social media. I hate what it does to people and I hate the things it makes people do. So much. It used to be useful once upon a time but now social media is just a cesspool of the worst kinds of people.

saltedcube , Sara Kurfeß Report

Final score:

291points

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Mani Lacao 1 year ago

The multiplied mob effect is terrifying, happy I wen through high school without that

104points

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Other people

Ahshalon_Tenisk , Jacek Dylag Report

Final score:

259points

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Hawkmoon 1 year ago

People.

92points

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be How quickly things break down. Everything is cheaply made so you will have to replace it quicker. My grandmother had the same oven for 50 years. A fridge that was easily 30 years old.

CatsAreTheBest2 , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

239points

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Temporary Dork 1 year ago

Don't measure the power consumption of a 30 year old fridge, though.

51points

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be I give a s**t less and less about whether people find me attractive or not, because I’m comfortable with myself more than ever.

mochaboo20 , Matthew Hamilton Report

Final score:

222points

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Caro Caro 1 year ago

People should be comfortable with themselves regardless of age ...

68points

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Crowded areas. Went to the grocery store yesterday, felt uncomfortable with that many people around.

BlazeDarklight , Brittani Burns Report

Final score:

215points

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Hawkmoon 1 year ago

That's why I don't go to concerts anymore. Agoraphobia comes with aging, maybe?

64points

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Getting wasted and partying.

I am in my early 30s and i think im okay to not party anymore for the rest of my life.

Its just that weekends are damn precious now that im working full time. When I get wasted and party, i just waste a whole sunday recovering from that.

Yea so im good.

butthenhor , John Arano Report

Final score:

197points

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James016 1 year ago

I went teetotal when I was 25. 20 years later I don’t miss drinking at all. My body was telling me that enough was enough

53points

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Making appointments. For my dog, myself, my kids. Start a new patient portal. Verify your email. Try to make an appointment through their portal. Portal down for maintenance. Call. Sent to electronic voicemail, recommends online portal. Rinse and repeat. Eventually find the right formula to speak to a human, not accepting new patients/no openings for ten weeks.

Frosty_Table7539 , Joseph Frank Report

Final score:

193points

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Jason 1 year ago

I wish I could get an appointment here in 10 weeks. Get to call the call center and hope I can get fit in this year

29points

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30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Loud restaurants

Panther81277 , K8 Report

Final score:

183points

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James016 1 year ago

Loud anywhere

123points

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Politics. It’s so polarized and feels like a clear psyop to promote us fighting amongst ourselves.

Lovelightshine222 Report

Final score:

180points

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Jason 1 year ago

Keep everyone as divided as possible and look at each other as the enemy

76points

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#10

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Chasing a career.

We whip ourselves into a fury chasing this thing. Our entire society is built around the assumption that everyone wants one. That it's a way to be happy.

It's not.

It's a waste of a great gift we've been given.

You enrich others. Always. If you're lucky you'll get some cream off the top. But most people won't.

They'll just pump hours of their life into the comfort of other people who had the fortune to be born into the right class of people.

You'll chase it and chase it and feel like you're getting somewhere but at the end of the day, it won't matter. The only things that will matter are the things you couldn't do because you were playing by someone else's rules for a happy life.

F**k. That. S**t.

exec_director_doom , Ben White Report

Final score:

158points

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Thatbadbassplayer 1 year ago

Agreed!

34points

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#11

Holidays. Really turning into a Scrooge lately. Christmas is just the worst. All people care about is receiving/giving present and I just think that s**t is the absolute worst. Let me just spend time with my family, see some nice decorations, and have a good meal

Rimmatimtim22 Report

Final score:

158points

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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago

As a retail worker, this. It has killed any holiday spirit I had left.

57points

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#12

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Someone opening an Instagram/Tiktok video on loud volume out of nowhere. Whether its on the train or in the sofa. Makes me scream inside

Dondorini , Ross Sneddon Report

Final score:

142points

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setsuriseikou 1 year ago (edited)

Apparently headphones are as out of fashion as are basic good manners.

73points

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#13

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Having to have a job just to afford the small amount of time I have between having a job

sodacansinthetrash , Magnet.me Report

Final score:

141points

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devotedtodreams 1 year ago

This. The whole concept of work-life-balance gets preached over and over again, but how about finding ways so we could work less, yet still have enough money to live decently? More spare time equals happier people - I will die on that hill.

69points

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#14

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Since I haven’t seen it yet after scrolling a good while:

Soda and other soft or carbonated drinks. They’re so sugary and awful it’s like I can imagine my teeth dissolving and my insides corroding just from drinking a bit of it. I don’t hate it with a passion and in a social occasion I might even drink some, but I always feel bad afterward and sometimes even sick.

Water is love, water is life.

Emerald_Encrusted , Alexandra Nosova Report

Final score:

139points

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Henrik Schmidt 1 year ago

My problem is, I can only drink water when it's absolutely ice cold. Drinking tepid water is awful to me. Tepid soda isn't great either, but still better.

54points

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#15

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be People all around me. I prefer my solitude!

Kiwi-Latter , Tegan Mierle Report

Final score:

132points

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LonelyLola 1 year ago

This one!!!! 💯

23points

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#16

*gestures to everything*

I just want to sit on a front porch in a comfy chair, book in hand, cat(s) on lap, on a mild summer evening. And shoot buckshot at anyone who comes to bother me.

blackday44 Report

Final score:

129points

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Donna Peluda 1 year ago

I love in the summer, when I finish work, take the dog for a walk at the dunes, down to the beach about eight in the evening, walk in the surf or have a swim, dry off and sit on a high stool at the beach shack and enjoy an ice cold beer with my earbuds listing to jazz or blues. some days there's a band playing so I have another beer, or maybe two more..... Sunset-And...1-jpeg.jpg

27points

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#17

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Rude people. Especially middle aged and elderly people who think they can get away with being rude just because of their age. I'm in my mid 50's and I hate those a******s as much as I did when I was a young person.

KazukiSendo , Matt Bennett Report

Final score:

126points

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setsuriseikou 1 year ago

Doesn't fit the heading technically.

29points

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#18

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Shopping. As a kid and teenager there was a bunch of stuff I couldn’t have, so when I started earning money I was really enjoying buying something, if I wanted to. Now I just think that constant online shopping and the throw-away-and-repurchase-cycle makes you feel empty on the inside and hurts the environment. I’d rather have kind people and joy in my life than things

SpicyPumpkin96 , Arturo Rey Report

Final score:

120points

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Winter 1 year ago

Except for thrift store shopping or rummage saleing. That's like treasure hunting!

47points

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#19

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be People running their mouth in the movie theater when you're trying to watch the movie that you just paid $15 to watch.

EchoEquani , Jake Hills Report

Final score:

115points

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VonBlade 1 year ago

I last went to the flicks in 85. Haven't regretted a day since.

33points

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#20

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Videocalls since they inherently use the speaker phone. Nobody seems to remember when using speaker phone to talk was considered rude/lowclass

TwoThreeSkidoo , Heather McKean Report

Final score:

114points

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Donna Peluda 1 year ago

People watching videos in public with the volume on max!!

38points

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#21

Loud people.

smurfetteseggnog Report

Final score:

104points

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Thatbadbassplayer 1 year ago

Huh

11points

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#22

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Clubbing is a bottom tier experience.

MinkoffMinxx , Amir Toossi Report

Final score:

98points

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DonS 1 year ago

never liked clubbing at all (went around my 18th birthday and another time on a date at 19). I was okay with loud, but this is über-loud to a degree I have difficulty hearing for a couple of hours after getting out. 2 times was enough for me to barred it in the future.

24points

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#23

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Home. I moved far away and made my own life. At the beginning I was desperately attached to my home and missed it to the core of my being. Now I realize that I left problems behind I'll never have to face again. Every visit makes me more confident in my decision. I wish the best for my friends and family, but I'm glad I got the f**k out.

Fuzzwars , Scott Webb Report

Final score:

94points

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Robert Trebor 1 year ago

At the back end of my life, after much wandering, I live in a little blue house with 4000 books.

33points

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#24

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Other peoples children.

DuzyLurking , Piron Guillaume Report

Final score:

91points

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Jason 1 year ago

I enjoy kids more as I get older. I have more patience for growing minds then I have for solidified stupidity

71points

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#25

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Online gaming.

Everyone is just toxic or childish as f**k and it gets old. I try to stay away from them now and just play single player stuff

TedNebula , Samsung Memory Report

Final score:

89points

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ADJ 1 year ago

Huh. When I played Delta Force and Comanche 4 20+ years ago I dreamed that someday it will be possible to play a online game with tanks, choppers, planes and what not. Then my dream came true. I like Battlefield 3 and 4. Was very interested in World of Tanks, played in closed beta and open beta and then when game came out. Now I just want to play offline, just to avoid hordes of morons which makes any game experience miserable. When I play online, very rare nowadays, I just ignore chat.

26points

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#26

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be The news. 99% is clickbait or propaganda

GoodSmiler , ThisisEngineering RAEng Report

Final score:

75points

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Strontium Dog 1 year ago

Sorry, but no. Telling people 99% of news is lies a deliberate attempt to keep those people ignorant, uninformed and easily manipulated. Using a picture of the BBC to illustrate it is particularly vile.

73points

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#27

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Sweetness. The older I get, the less I can tolerate sweet stuff. Use to need a lot of sugar in my coffee, now a dash of sugar is enough and if need be, no sugar is fine too.

melty111 , Vinicius "amnx" Amano Report

Final score:

74points

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Xandra 1 year ago

If I reach a stage I no longer want chocolate, I'm probably already dead ...

90points

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#28

Large crowds.

peachpinkjedi Report

Final score:

73points

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The Veil of Fire 1 year ago

Hasn't the been said a few times already?

22points

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#29

Young people.

I totally get it now.

PeteyMcPetey Report

Final score:

64points

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Demosthenes 1 year ago

This is a tough one. Youth are inherently ignorant and it is difficult to tolerate ignoramuses. But how can a group of ignorants be accountable for being ignorant?

12points

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#30

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Birthdays

RenegadeOfBonk , Sergei Solo Report

Final score:

49points

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Genericist 1 year ago

I still love my birthday, and making a fuss of other peoples' so they get to feel special for the day :) (If that's what they would like, ofc)

28points

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#31

Gratuitious noise. Fireworks, Cars honking for someone to come out. loud motors. moms screaming at their kids. People who play their boomboxes LOUD on our pristine Current River.

pyrofemme Report

Final score:

24points

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Ches Yamada 1 year ago

I have severe misophonia and our townhome has at least 4 white noise machines in it to make me less inclined to break down in tears.

7points

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#32

Teenagers

Get off my lawn

LurkADerka69 Report

Final score:

23points

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Mani Lacao 1 year ago

I have difficulties understanding why people don't want to be around a big category of population "as a whole".

7points

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#33

The heat.

Chance-Rush-9983 Report

Final score:

21points

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devotedtodreams 1 year ago

The Wicked Witch of the West from Wizard of Oz comes to mind, doesn't it? "I'm melting, I'm melting! Oh, what a world!"

5points

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#34

How my body feels getting out of bed in the morning

derp_mike Report

Final score:

20points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

Perhaps you should consider replacing your mattress?

3points

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#35

Conflict… just get along!

Older-not-wiser77 Report

Final score:

19points

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No Name 1 year ago

Hard to get along with someone who does not agree that you exist or that you have a right to protect yourself from grievous bodily harm.

5points

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#36

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Cynicism. Humans are cute, things are good, flowers exist, that girl who’s a huge b***h at work might actually be cool once you get to know her.

Financial-Possible-6 , Adam Winger Report

Final score:

19points

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Daria 1 year ago

Humans are cute?? I'm yet to reach this age.

15points

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#37

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Traveling. As a kid traveling is almost always fun and a vacation, I dreamed of having a job that let me travel. Now I’m almost 30 and have a travel centric job and going to the airport is anxiety inducing because it’s always such a miserable experience

MonkeyDDeclan , Danijela Prijovic Report

Final score:

19points

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Donna Peluda 1 year ago

I have been traveling for 25 years, before pandemic 2 - 3 times a month 3-4 days a time. I loved it but manly around Spain in my car. Flying has become a nightmare, getting through security, loud kids, loud adults, rude staff, terrible and expensive food at the airports. People save 20 euros not checking in a suitcase then clog up the boarding and un-boarding with there stuff.

5points

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#38

Touchy feely people.

EstelSnape Report

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18points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

I call them "go-ee away-ee people".

1point

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#39

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Dating apps. Not only have I aged out of them, but now it's been actively people using it for IG follower clout chasing and OF subscriber seeking.

ConvenienceStoreDiet , Nik Report

Final score:

16points

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Donna Peluda 1 year ago

It's a fact that dating apps are a ripoff for men. I had a friend who worked for a Spanish version of a popular app. Her job was to keep the men paying subscription. When their subscription was ending she would make contact and keep them thinking they had met somebody interesting, she was ruining 200+ profiles of made up women. The moment they paid for another few months she would ghost them.

4points

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#40

Drinking

_tx Report

Final score:

15points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

I never liked it

4points

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#41

Weddings. I'm just over it at this point, like good for you but I'm tired of going out of my way to attend these events.

fruitypants Report

Final score:

15points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

Weddings are like funerals. Their chief comfort is that you're not the person involved.

2points

#42

The idea of having kids

areyouc00lman Report

Final score:

15points

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Jason 1 year ago

The opposite happened to me. I've learned as much from my son as he has learned from me

6points

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#43

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Summer—realized I only loved it because of summer break and my birthday. Now that I work 9-5, summer absolutely sucks! It’s warm as hell outside and every birthday after 21 has been one year closer to old age.

purplepinacoladas , Derick McKinney Report

Final score:

14points

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Daria 1 year ago

I love summers, and hate winters more with every year.

5points

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#44

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Work. I remember the naive motivation I had to get old, jump into the workforce and make my own money. I’ll gladly go back in time & go back to begging my parents for rides to places & new shoes again.

gaylonelymillenial , Annie Spratt Report

Final score:

14points

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BenyA. 1 year ago

I don't know about you but I'm grateful for the ability to depend on myself, even if I sometimes get depressed about my job.

14points

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#45

Texting. I just can't do all-day texting even with people I like anymore.

anon Report

Final score:

13points

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Nikki D 1 year ago

Being expected to have your phone on you all the time.

4points

#46

Someone complaining about literally anything.

dinoroo Report

Final score:

12points

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Henrik Schmidt 1 year ago

The irony...

22points

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#47

Traffic.

HonkyPlease Report

Final score:

10points

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#48

My generation. The generation before me, and the one after me

CplDingo Report

Final score:

9points

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crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

People

0points

#49

Social media and people expecting that you keep up with them without ever hanging out with you

50centCabbage Report

Final score:

9points

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#50

Testron_ Report

Final score:

8points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

*hugs*

6points

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#51

Sex, it's like everyone's driven by barbaric physical urges like animals with their higher training abilities abandoned or twisted to justify their obsession.

Emperor_Cartagia Report

Final score:

8points

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Mani Lacao 1 year ago

cool thing when you're asexual is that the indifference is stable over time

15points

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#52

Existing. Actually, there's worse things, ignorance, lack of common sense, lack of empathy, lack of compassion, and lack of kindness.

Trans_Tigon Report

Final score:

7points

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#53

Anime. Used to watch anime a lot before. Now when I watch new anime or even rewatch old animes, I usually either cringe or just plain bored, so I just drop it. Though there are still a few good animes, at least.

Monochromatic_Mirror Report

Final score:

7points

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Ches Yamada 1 year ago

There are so many anime shows & movies in every genre. If you don't care for animation any more because you think it's childish and you're an "adult" now, that's ignorant. If you don't like it because of the style that's different. But saying "there are still a few good ones" is like saying there's only a few good movies in *general* out there.

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#54

30 People Share Things That Just Aren't As Fun As They Used To Be Gossip. I used to be a f****n fiend for gossip. I'm now almost 30 and I genuinely just... I don't give a f**k. Unless it involves me or benefits me I just don't f*****g care.

YeahTheyKnowItsMe , Ben White Report

Final score:

7points

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MP 1 year ago

“I’m almost 30” lol

12points

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#55

Life …

BegieTV Report

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6points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

Don't worry. It won't last forever.

4points

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#56

Waiting in line

Canucklehead_Esq Report

Final score:

6points

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Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

When was that ever fun?

0points

#57

People in their 20's.

Quijanoth Report

Final score:

6points

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Jason 1 year ago

I'm old but don't dislike young people. New to life as an adult and figuring things out making mistakes along the way. What's so bad about them?

4points

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#58

Expectations

Lostsoul_124 Report

Final score:

6points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

Don't have any. You'll be happier this way

4points

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#59

Video games. Started to realize I don’t have time for it and its really a waste of money to me. Younger me wouldn’t believe it.

jumboape Report

Final score:

5points

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Jason 1 year ago

I'll always love video games. I'm jaded now and am willing to give up on garbage games quicker but still love the ones that hook me

7points

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What do you think ?

Camping, living in a tent for a week or to, on the beach, mountains... Well, I'm still nostalgic about those times, but me and my joints prefer normal beds and facilities now-a-days...

17points

marianne eliza 1 year ago

Yeah, I can chart my age this way. Originally sleeping bag on the ground, no pad, no tent. Move on to adding a pad, then a tent, then an air mattress, then a queen sized air mattress with real sheets and blankets, and a bigger tent.

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GB 1 year ago

Many of these things don't fit the title of the article. "Traffic" for example. When has that ever been "great"?!

Random Dent 1 year ago

The title is misleading, the question asked in the text bit was about things you tolerate less as you get older

Erosa 1 year ago

Why has nobody said this - NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS AND NATURE IN GENERAL. Ever since Covid, there's way too many people on the trails and everywhere is crowded. No longer can I find a quiet spot to sit and enjoy nature without someone coming along and either making a huge fuss with their friends disturbing the peace or being rude as heck. There's trash everywhere. One of my local parks restricted access to a certain part because the littering got so bad from inconsiderate a-holes seeing the place on social media. It is illegal in the state of Massachusetts to fly drones, mostly because of the military base in Chicopee, you need permission to fly anything that a high tech radar can pick up, preferably a good thing because I don't want to see hundreds of those in the air being unintentionally or intentionally recorded when I'm just trying to find peace in the world... God, people are annoying.

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