Aging, negativity, your prime or post prime... - your thoughts?

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Kharille

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Maybe its not an issue I've had to think about but I'm starting to see a lot of negativity from people in their 50s plus who seem to have issues.  I suppose its a big issue when everything is declining and theres certainly no way out.  Not such an issue for me, managed to adapt to knee arthritis which was crippling for a few years, not in my 50s yet.

so which of you ol' bastards are having issues?  Should this thread be moved into the 'fun' topic?  I find in my old age I'm fitter and smarter and more competent than I ever was so...
 
I just pictured you as kid - not a father awkwardly watching a sex scene with your child.
It's fine, I just saw it differently in my head  :grin:

Anyway, negativity is for all ages. I don't feel negative, though.
 
There's so much negativity around these days, I just hate it. Remember back when people were not so negative? Those were the days...

Seriously though, I find that I am noticeably more negative when I am in America, because the aggressive American "positivity" when everyone is always doing great!!!, everything is uh-may-zing and they just looooove <something ordinary and banal> etc brings out the contrarian in me. It used to be a nice change when I was a tourist and it was only for a couple days or weeks, but now it feels more like a barrier to actual communication, because everyone just feeds you a battery of "positive" phrases and getting to what they really think or feel takes forever. We're not 15 anymore, we don't have a year of awkwardly hanging out after school trying to figure out who we are, so can we just skip ahead, pls.
 
Sure I got things to complain about.  Started getting tendon injuries in my 30s.  Tennis elbow from lifting a chair the wrong way.  Getting lots of wound infections, that barely happened in my earlier days.  I sure love the asterix character, Geriatrix, wish I could grab a few pics off google images of the old guy, my hero. 
 
kurczak said:
There's so much negativity around these days, I just hate it. Remember back when people were not so negative? Those were the days...

Seriously though, I find that I am noticeably more negative when I am in America, because the aggressive American "positivity" when everyone is always doing great!!!, everything is uh-may-zing and they just looooove <something ordinary and banal> etc brings out the contrarian in me. It used to be a nice change when I was a tourist and it was only for a couple days or weeks, but now it feels more like a barrier to actual communication, because everyone just feeds you a battery of "positive" phrases and getting to what they really think or feel takes forever. We're not 15 anymore, we don't have a year of awkwardly hanging out after school trying to figure out who we are, so can we just skip ahead, pls.
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When the Bitter Slav is removed from its natural environs for an extended period it undergoes a miraculous change wherein its cold and jaded heart actively lowers its body temperature and humors even in the face of the most persistent joy. Marvelous. This is peak nature.
 
I know, I'm not happy (quelle surprise) about my reaction, but I can't seem to help it. The conditioning is too strong. Maybe it's just Brooklyn, or New York, maybe I'm just unlucky to be around basic Beckies.
 
kurczak said:
I know, I'm not happy (quelle surprise) about my reaction, but I can't seem to help it. The conditioning is too strong. Maybe it's just Brooklyn, or New York, maybe I'm just unlucky to be around basic Beckies.
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That's just how you have to act in New York these days just to keep from killing yourself.
 
Share your negative story. What did the nooyawkuhs* do to you?

* - after over a year in NY, I am yet to meet a person who actually has that Costanza-esque accent that tv and movies told me New Yorkers have.
 
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