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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.

#1

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    #3

    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.

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    #4

    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.

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    #5

    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.

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    Hawkmoon
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    #6

    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.

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    James016
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    #7

    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.

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    Jason
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    #9

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

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    Jason
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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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

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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

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    setsuriseikou
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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

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    devotedtodreams
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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.

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    Henrik Schmidt
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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!

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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.

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    Donna Peluda
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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 Sunset-Andys-beach-63ea29064c891-jpeg.jpg

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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.

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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

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    Winter
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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    DonS
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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.

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    Robert Trebor
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    #24

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

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    Jason
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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

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    ADJ
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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

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    Strontium Dog
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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.

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    Xandra
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    #29

    Young people.

    I totally get it now.

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    Demosthenes
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

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    #30

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

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    Genericist
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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)

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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.

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    Ches Yamada
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #32

    Teenagers



    Get off my lawn

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    Mani Lacao
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    #33

    The heat.

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    devotedtodreams
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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!"

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    #34

    How my body feels getting out of bed in the morning

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    #35

    Conflict… just get along!

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    No Name
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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.

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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

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    Donna Peluda
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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.

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    Donna Peluda
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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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.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    #42

    The idea of having kids

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    Jason
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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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.

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    BenyA.
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #45

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

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    #46

    Someone complaining about literally anything.

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    #47

    Traffic.

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    #48

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

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    #49

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

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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.

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    Mani Lacao
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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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.

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    Ches Yamada
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #55

    Life …

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    #57

    People in their 20's.

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    Jason
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

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    #58

    Expectations

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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.

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    Jason
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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