did you chill out as you got older?

Just listening to a Nickelback song right now, and realised the 25 year old me would never have been caught dead listening to a band that even resembled this one. (I've just turned 31). In my early 20s I would have torn the head off anyone who said Richey Edwards is dead, walked away from a small kid who said that Nirvana were for old people, and always stood on the side of the dance floor with a superior scowl on my face.

I noticed that in the last four years or so, I've been letting the facade drop. I mean, I LOVE the Killers. A few years ago I might have loved the Killers, but I would have preferred to die than admit it.

Still wont watch chick flicks though, and that's not cause I am ashamed to like them, it's cause I feckin hate them.

Do you think people "chill" out with age, regarding what's cool, what's hot, what's popular, and just allow themselves to enjoy what THEY like?

Sindri

Iv'e always enjoyed what I like.

TEMPLAR KNIGHT

when you say chill out, do you mean admitting you like sh*t things like nickleback???

K-9

Yep.

LH Pathe

No I am becoming more vigilant and less tolerant

nickelback, Wtf. Killkillkillkillkillkill

talkinyite

Yeah I've chilled out a fair bit.

Doc

Yes because you stop caring what other people think so much. That’s why some old people shit themselves. No such thing as incontinence its just old people not giving a fuck.

True story.;)

Babybuff

life's just much easier, partially because you realise no one really gives a f*ck

K-9

Grumpy old men is a myth, they were always grumpy, they just got old.

QI fact that.

PaleBlueEyes

Why would you not enjoy what you enjoy? Just because some time has passed? You're getting old? Everyone's getting old.

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GrafenPills

K-9 wrote: »

Grumpy old men is a myth, they were always grumpy, they just got old.

QI fact that.

Generally yeah. Old grumpy people were always grumpy. But you can also get people who just have alot of previous experiences to make them feel that way.

Kinda sad when you think about it. A bloke could be a decent chap at 21. Give you the shirt off his back type. By 30, burned a few times but keeps his head high. By 40, already divorced with kids because he married some skank. By 50, still paying child support as he rents some hell hole. By 60, his kids dont visit. He's all alone. He is empty inside and angry.

Its sad.
Life bet down the nice chap who would of given you his shirt.

Babybuff

GrafenPills wrote: »

Generally yeah. Old grumpy people were always grumpy. But you can also get people who just have alot of previous experiences to make them feel that way.

Kinda sad when you think about it. A bloke could be a decent chap at 21. Give you the shirt off his back type. By 30, burned a few times but keeps his head high. By 40, already divorced with kids because he married some skank. By 50, still paying child support as he rents some hell hole. By 60, his kids dont visit. He's all alone. He is empty inside and angry.

Its sad.
Life bet down the nice chap who would of given you his shirt.

sounds like a bit of a tosser to me. I mean if his hypothetical kids don't even visit him he must have been somekind of dick to them, no? I need more info before I can decide if he was always grumpy.

K-9

GrafenPills wrote: »

Generally yeah. Old grumpy people were always grumpy. But you can also get people who just have alot of previous experiences to make them feel that way.

Kinda sad when you think about it. A bloke could be a decent chap at 21. Give you the shirt off his back type. By 30, burned a few times but keeps his head high. By 40, already divorced with kids because he married some skank. By 50, still paying child support as he rents some hell hole. By 60, his kids dont visit. He's all alone. He is empty inside and angry.

Its sad.
Life bet down the nice chap who would of given you his shirt.

Sorry, omitted the pc part of my last post. Grumpy old men or women don't exist, they were just grumpy people who, just got old.

Gummy Panda

I'm pretty chilled out except in the mornings. Especially on Dublin Bus. Some amount of tards on it.

Old Tom

Yes, I'm much more chilled, but I still like Dimmu Borgir. There is no way you see me near Nickelback.

Nickleback ? Tip of the iceberg i was sininging along to ollie mhurs the other day .its ok i have already made the appointment to be put down ...but oew come on baby i just want to dance with you tonight






its total ****e shamed

HalloweenJack

I'd be of the opinion that it's a more a case of caring less and less what others think of you as you grow up.

As kids and teens, we need to be accepted by our peers so we don't do things that our peers don't think is cool, etc.

As you get older, you realise that most people aren't all that interesting and you just stop caring about impressing them.

I definitely have chilled out as I've gotten older, but not with regards liking stuff etc, I've never given a flying fiddlers what other people thought of me in that regard. Certainly though things that once were important, I've come to realise aren't important, things that got me worked up before don't even get a second thought now. I still have my few things that will always piss me off - like bad driving and people who are nasty or bitchy for the sake of it, but that's ok

lastlaugh

GrafenPills wrote: »

Generally yeah. Old grumpy people were always grumpy. But you can also get people who just have alot of previous experiences to make them feel that way.

Kinda sad when you think about it. A bloke could be a decent chap at 21. Give you the shirt off his back type. By 30, burned a few times but keeps his head high. By 40, already divorced with kids because he married some skank. By 50, still paying child support as he rents some hell hole. By 60, his kids dont visit. He's all alone. He is empty inside and angry.

Its sad.
Life bet down the nice chap who would of given you his shirt.

One should know better than to marry a skank.

BengaLover

Hell No.

bnt

Of course, and a good thing too. Somewhere around 30 your metabolism slows down a bit, you're not as hormonal. You can put on weight if you aren't careful, but that's another story. In music, you can hear things that you missed before e.g. I figured out that Beethoven's 5th Symphony is more Metal than most Metal out there. I don't just hear the music that comes out of the speakers, I have a greater appreciation of what it takes to make music happen.

But Nickelback? No. F**k them. :cool:

boredatwork82

Completely and utterly chilled out now. Was very high strung when I was younger - now I realised that just annoyed everyone else. because they didn't care. So just way more relaxed now.
As regards music was the same as you, but now I love singing along to R Kelly "The worlds greatest" This morning, and all other sorts of cool cheesey catchy pop.

lastlaugh

boredatwork82 wrote: »

Completely and utterly chilled out now. Was very high strung when I was younger - now I realised that just annoyed everyone else. because they didn't care. So just way more relaxed now.
As regards music was the same as you, but now I love singing along to R Kelly "The worlds greatest" This morning, and all other sorts of cool cheesey catchy pop.

That's not chilling out, it's turning soft.

pragmatic1

Not as highly strung as when I was younger but more cranky.

summerskin

boredatwork82 wrote: »

Completely and utterly chilled out now. Was very high strung when I was younger - now I realised that just annoyed everyone else. because they didn't care. So just way more relaxed now.
As regards music was the same as you, but now I love singing along to R Kelly "The worlds greatest" This morning, and all other sorts of cool cheesey catchy pop.

Blast him with piss!!



oh, wait...

smash

budgese wrote: »

Just listening to a Nickelback song right now

I stopped reading right there!

KungPao

I'm 31 too but I liked the Killers when I was 25.

Then I realised they are dreadful.

Nickelback? Oh god.

But yeah I have a chilled a bit, a little bit. Still listen to a lot of the music I liked as a teen/20s, just filtered out rubbish like Korn.

Duggy747

26 and already I don't give a fùck about people




















*shìts pants*

AeoNGriM

budgese wrote: »

Just listening to a Nickelback song right now, and realised the 25 year old me would never have been caught dead listening to a band that even resembled this one. (I've just turned 31). In my early 20s I would have torn the head off anyone who said Richey Edwards is dead, walked away from a small kid who said that Nirvana were for old people, and always stood on the side of the dance floor with a superior scowl on my face.

I noticed that in the last four years or so, I've been letting the facade drop. I mean, I LOVE the Killers. A few years ago I might have loved the Killers, but I would have preferred to die than admit it.

Still wont watch chick flicks though, and that's not cause I am ashamed to like them, it's cause I feckin hate them.

Do you think people "chill" out with age, regarding what's cool, what's hot, what's popular, and just allow themselves to enjoy what THEY like?

Dude, wtf. If Simon Cowell ran a rock themed version of X-Factor, some sh1tty, no talent, generic sounding band like Nickelback would win.

But I understand what you mean, and it's not really chilling out, it's giving less of a fcuk than before.

Funglegunk

A friend of mine told me he used to think I was gay. I'm pretty sure I would have been mortified at the time. Couldn't give a ****e now. He's since revised his opinion to 'getting a bit Freddie Mercury when drunk'.