“Sounds Absolutely Exhausting”: 50 Things People No Longer Care About As They Get Older

I really liked Anthony Bourdain too. I was sad when he died. Same with Chris Cornell and Prince. But for the life of me I don’t understand the Kardashian hype. I won’t make fun of people for it though, just moving on.

I had the privilege of meeting Anthony Bourdain when he was in my town promoting his book. He was cool and down to earth.

Everyones a critic. You like what like that's it. I have changed a lot as I grew older whatever I did 10 years ago is 10 years ago. If I like pizza now I eat pizza now.

I'm sorry, but why does Kevin Hart have to be so annoyingly loud?

I agree with you on this one. The lack of caring about what others think is absolutely the most freeing thing in the world.

The greatest things to come with my 50s

👍👏 I admire your bravery. But, at your age, aren't you still a bit worried you'll get hurt even attempting some activities?

Totally agree! After I learned to live alone, my standarts got much higher!

Just me & my cats - well, it's their house really. I'm never lonely with my fluffy girls.

Upvote for the dog!

Same. I'm living alone for the first time in my life (except for the puppy) and I'm absolutely happy.

I was so happy that I live alone during the covid lockdown.

Me too. Me, myself and I. And the doggo.

I live alone & love it too, I would love to have a pet but I'm gone so much it wouldn't be fair to any animal so i don't.

Same!

You can make it to a couple hours with people, you have the patience of Buddhist, more than 2 texts is pushing my boundaries to almost breaking.

That is not true. I'm sure there are a variety of ways you could get a loan. Just do your research and do not give up. Also make sure you get your loan from legitimate companies. I have been told that, in the USA, employees of banks and credit unions have better loan options than non-employees. Also, do not buy a house that is too expensive. Just because the company you acquire the loan from says you can afford this much ($200,000) house, doesn't mean you should get that big of a loan. Get a house you can comfortably afford the monthly payments on. Like get a loan ($100,000) for a less expensive house.

Keep saving and trying. I happily bought my first and only home when I turned 50....you can do it alone, it just takes a bit more time. I hope you find somewhere to call home oneday too.

You need to impress your boss when applying for a job or to get a promotion.

Well the fact that you could come out and say that impresses me. You can’t control ADHD as much as people think you can and if they don’t like that you should send me their address. I just want to send a strongly worded letter. Yeah, that’s it. A letter.

Just make sure the real you isn't an a*****e.

The only people qualified for public office are smart enough not to run.

I believe most or all politicians start out as pretty nice people but power corrupts and they become greedy. Years ago in the UK politicians didn’t get paid much and therefore they really cared about the country and people and wanted to change things for the better. Now, politicians become multi millionaires very quickly. Career politics has killed the vocation. Look at Tony Blair.

It's the height of privilege to be able to say "I don't pay attention, because I don't have to" when huge portions of the population have their entire existence turned political. How many trans people get to say "both sides are equally bad, I'll just ignore it"?

I cannot comment on anywhere else, but in Australia, the internal candidate selection process is operated by party executives who keep their jobs, no matter what the outcome of an election. For this reason, the candidates offered by the parties do not change. Similarly, the executive only hires those who fit their mold, so there is no generational change. Here comes the new boss; same as the old boss. There have been a few stand-out exceptions, people who were in it for "right reasons." Always from minor parties and always beaten-down and hounded-out before anything was changed. My experience and that of my friends and family across 5 other countries confirms that - in those places at least - OP is right.

Unfortunately, the honest and idealistic ones do tend to get outnumbered and drowned out by the asshats.

... on the way up, you gotta pass a lot of asses. I've had insights in this in three political parties, to varying degrees, and it's actually surprisingly low/early where this starts. You need people supporting you to come anywhere. They will demand a favor of similar value in turn ... and that's like the city's council or such. Higher levels are even worse. I haven't come to arranging a candidacy for the national parliament or so, but have been able to closely look behind those scenes, too, and overheard some things I wasn't supposed to that not slightly indicate it's worse and worse and worse, the higher you climb. Personal interest, at times, is involved everywhere, ... and no party would prefer some highly intelligent, completely honest guy over someone seeming more popular, because the fight always is tight and no ressource, no vote, to be wasted.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Honest, wanting to help the masses applies to a minimal amount of politicians. I believe that those who seek power do not deserve it. I also firmly believe that anyone who wants to be a politician should have to spend 1 full year in the life of a minimum-wage worker. By that I mean no big bank account, or help from rich friends. Only assistance from government programs. I think you'd see a lot of positive changes to our safety nets if they had to suffer the stress of being on the economics the most face on a daily basis.

It’s the system: we have a system that allows corruption and attracts narcissists and psychopaths. And, for some reason, we don’t want to put checks in place to rein that in. I will say, though, that in the US people that have the attitude of the OP have no idea what corruption really looks like. Yeah, we have it but go to an African or middle eastern or south Asian country and you’ll see what it looks like at its worst. What we have in the US isn’t even close.

Same here. "Bothsiderism" doesn't fly with me.

The one recent president the US had that was not a corrupt liar and is now considered the best modern day president was absolutely hated while he was in office. The sad truth is to be a good politician you have to lie and cheat. Look up Machiavelli and his views on governing a country.

They may want to get into politics, but they don't make it into politics or have a voice. That is for the corrupt and or rich..in the uk these days anyway

Me too! It's a variant of the "both sides do it" lie that has poisoned politics and journalism. No, both sides don't do it.

No. None of the people that get into politics care about YOU. The ideal leader should be dragged kicking and screaming into leadership and then promised time off for good behavior. When I was young I believed in democracy at all costs. Now I'm not so sure because most people are just too stupid and gullible.

How old are you? I'm 38.I voted by what I believed in and you know what I got in the UK? A f*****g lib dem/conservative government that was useless cuz none of their goals aligned. Glad you're getting what you want: here we're constantly f****d over by pensioners who vote for themselves cuz they've got nothing better to do while everyone else drowns 🙄

None of the honest people make it long enough to make a difference.

Being honest in politics puts you at a bit of a disadvantage since your opponent can almost always promise more for less and avoid revealing just about anything scandalous.

they just don't make it super duper far

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Douglas Adams wrote that 'those who most want to rule are those least suited to do so.' The more I see of politicians - of all political persuasions - the more convinced I become that he had a point.

I think that the honest ones get corrupted pretty quickly. I mean - WHO really is an honest politician in the western world?

They simply won't get as far or as quickly with honesty. Politics is a bit like corporate ladder. Most people who get to the top get there on the backs of others.

Basically politics is run by money, to the point that getting into office means making deals with the devil. The problem is, by the time you are in office the devil owns you, and no one actually fights their devils because they want to stay in office with the hopes of actually doing something good. The devil being anyone who funds a political bid with an ulterior motive, like PACs

When you realize, you have just max. 40 years to live, it suddenly doesn't matter so much, if some dude is calling himself he/she/they or a velociraptor .... Debating about stupid things like political issues doesn't really matter after an age. Especially if you know the history of the humankind.

I don't know about other countries, but in America lobbyists come calling with their pockets loaded with cash and, between the pressure of the lobbyists & the pressure of party leaders, it's probably really hard to stand on principles & not cave & become as corrupt & damaged as all the other greedy, bought & sold politicians.

You must not be an American. Lol.

Zaphod Beeblebrox....

Corrupted immediately is my guess. To get what they went into politics for they have to compromise, spin, adjust their POV, adapt to party lines, wheel and deal with the unions and the industrialists, cheat, schmooze etc. It is almost impossible to overrule the powers that be to achieve what their voters voted them in for.