Getting old...hating everything...

27-06-2016 12:15AM #1

...are you like me and getting old but not gracefully?

I'm at the younger reaches of the 40s and I've realised that I hate everything. From tattoos to Conor McGregor to beards to Irish fans ole-ing to politics to music these days. Hate it. Want to go back to the days of Panini stickers and trying to get to base 2.

hytrogen · 27-06-2016 12:17AM

first season of Californication dude will sort that out..

bodice ripper · 27-06-2016 12:18AM

I am 10 years younger and tattooed, and I still hate everything. It was ever thus.

How Soon Is Now · 27-06-2016 12:18AM

Ah I'm 30 and I've ****ing hated everything for years :-P life eh!

Letree · 27-06-2016 12:20AM

Grumpy old man syndrome its a well known middle aged phenomenon.

I'm with you on the beards. They have to be over soon. They only ever suited some people. Others unfortunately like Shane Lowry look like they have a face full of pubes. People have to learn just because something becomes fashionable doesn't mean it will suit you.

Fleawuss · 27-06-2016 12:20AM

Mid life crisis! Mid life crisis! I can see a motorbike, ridiculous leather trousers and Snapchatting 20 somethings in your future!

Pac1Man · 27-06-2016 12:22AM

You need a task Conor. You need a goal that's hard to achieve, but achievable nonetheless. Doesn't have to be anything big or expensive.

27-06-2016 12:25AM

There is nothing more annoying than the Irish fans ole ole ole crap.
Think of something Irish to sign & stop singing Spanish words!

I was at a Tom Petty concert couple of years ago, some fecking eejit started singing ole etc.
He actually stopped the concert until they stopped singing, then he said, ' ok, the singing has stopped, concert can go on'

How fecking embarrassing

greenflash · 27-06-2016 12:27AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

...are you like me and getting old but not gracefully?

I'm at the younger reaches of the 40s and I've realised that I hate everything. From tattoos to Conor McGregor to beards to Irish fans ole-ing to politics to music these days. Hate it. Want to go back to the days of Panini stickers and trying to get to base 2.

I'm a similar age but haven't a clue what base 2 means. I hate Americanisms creeping into our speak. We used to shift, wear, snog, fumble, grope, finger or whatever then go home for a ****. Is that the same thing?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 27-06-2016 12:27AM

I'm 27 and literally everything irritates me. My oh takes the long way to places with me in the car so as to avoid trigger points. (Schools during morning or afternoon rush hours, post office and supermarkets on pension day etc) rather than listen to my ranting and raving

How Soon Is Now · 27-06-2016 12:27AM

bubblypop wrote: »

There is nothing more annoying than the Irish fans ole ole ole crap.
Think of something Irish to sign & stop singing Spanish words!

I was at a Tom Petty concert couple of years ago, some fecking eejit started singing ole etc.
He actually stopped the concert until they stopped singing, then he said, ' ok, the singing has stopped, concert can go on'

How fecking embarrassing

You want embarrassing..... Irelands ****ing call.....

jack923 · 27-06-2016 12:29AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

...are you like me and getting old but not gracefully?

I'm at the younger reaches of the 40s and I've realised that I hate everything. From tattoos to Conor McGregor to beards to Irish fans ole-ing to politics to music these days. Hate it. Want to go back to the days of Panini stickers and trying to get to base 2.

I'm young mate and I'm with you on this sort of I like conor mcgregor though haha

Pac1Man · 27-06-2016 12:29AM

greenflash wrote: »

I'm a similar age bus haven't a clue what base 2 means. I hate Americanisms creeping into our speak. We used to shift, wear, snog, fumble, grope, finger or whatever then go home for a ****. Is that the same thing?

Lame, awesome, vacation, bucks (money), make out.

All heard or read within the last week or two.

27-06-2016 12:30AM

greenflash wrote: »

I'm a similar age but haven't a clue what base 2 means. I hate Americanisms creeping into our speak. We used to shift, wear, snog, fumble, grope, finger or whatever then go home for a ****. Is that the same thing?

Second base was getting the hand inside the blouse. An awesome feeling circa 1988.

worded · 27-06-2016 12:32AM

+1

I even hate this thread

greenflash · 27-06-2016 12:32AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Second base was getting the hand inside the blouse. An awesome feeling circa 1988.

See grope/fumble

CFlat · 27-06-2016 12:35AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Second base was getting the hand inside the blouse. An awesome feeling circa 1988.

LOL when you wrote 'base 2' I thought it was some computer game I never heard of! Christ I am old.

Dr Crayfish · 27-06-2016 12:38AM

CFlat wrote: »

LOL when you wrote 'base 2' I thought it was some computer game I never heard of! Christ I am old.

Then been saying second bays since Happy Days ffs

CFlat · 27-06-2016 12:40AM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Then been saying second bays since Happy Days ffs

No no I've heard of first, second, third base etc , it was just the way Conor worded it...ffs.

Dr Crayfish · 27-06-2016 12:41AM

CFlat wrote: »

No no I've heard of first, second, third base etc , it was just the way Conor worded it...ffs.

oic ffs

wandatowell · 27-06-2016 12:45AM

Funny someone mentioned getting older/grumpier.

My old chap is 62 and he now spends his time giving out about loads of stuff. It started when he retired and it's getting worse.

It's hilarious to hear go off on different topics.

Nothing wrong with having a good old moan from time to time.

Hunchback · 27-06-2016 12:48AM

I don't even bother forming full sentences half of the time now because I'm so long in the tooth like. Lots of the time if someone asks me something I just say 'I don't know' because I couldn't be arsed.

CFlat · 27-06-2016 12:51AM

Hunchback wrote: »

I don't even bother forming full sentences half of the time now because I'm so long in the tooth like. Lots of the time if someone asks me something I just say 'I don't know' because I couldn't be arsed.

Your user name rings a bell.

Armchair Andy · 27-06-2016 12:53AM

Do you know what I hate? That fkin new Supermacs ad. And that dope at the end? What's a "quality assured chicken supplier"? Wasn't too much quality for the chicken. Supermacs can go **** itself as far as I'm concerned.

Two Tone · 27-06-2016 12:54AM

Cantankerous auld fogeydom has not hit me yet, but I have definitely become less left-wing. Still pretty liberal but have just become a lot less tolerant of victimhood and lack of personal responsibility.

bubblypop wrote: »

There is nothing more annoying than the Irish fans ole ole ole crap.
Think of something Irish to sign & stop singing Spanish words!

I was at a Tom Petty concert couple of years ago, some fecking eejit started singing ole etc.
He actually stopped the concert until they stopped singing, then he said, ' ok, the singing has stopped, concert can go on'

How fecking embarrassing

Similar when Prince played in Cork 1990.

worded · 27-06-2016 12:58AM

Hate the way you can't adjust the font size oh boards.ie on an iPhone and that in slowly going blind, probably because of this

Am I asking for too much or is the site aimed at eagles that can make out writing so fcukin small

Olishi4 · 27-06-2016 01:56AM

No I find I'm the opposite. As I am getting older the more I am learning how the little things mean so much. I have become much closer to my parents and I don't take life or silly things as seriously as I did when I was a teenager.

I'm only 32 but in the last couple of years, I feel that I really have been gaining a better understanding of myself and other people around me.

Old School Husqy · 27-06-2016 02:01AM

I can maintain an erection for longer.

Cathy.C · 27-06-2016 02:08AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I hate everything. From tattoos to Conor McGregor....

Conor McGregor hated everything once too. Then he quit his job and went to see about a girl.

No wait, sorry, that was Goodwill Hunting.

wil · 27-06-2016 02:14AM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Then been saying second bays since Happy Days ffs

Just wait till you get to the docking bay, blow your... er. . mind:

For grumpy old haters, this thread is highlarious (hic)

Badly Drunk Boy · 27-06-2016 06:12AM

I'm probably a year older than you, OP, and feel the same, although maybe not as strongly. Those, and other things, annoy me but if I really think about it, they are really only minorly annoying. I think I like the idea of having something to give out about.

When I bought my house 19 years ago, I had this idea of me being this grumpy old man that the kids in the estate would have a nickname for, mainly because they thought I was a bit odd (and because I'd take their football after they'd kick it into my garden.) In reality, I couldn't be bothered taking their football, or moving them on when they decide to congregate outside my house (

). It would take too much effort, so I give out about them to myself and leave it at that.

bubblypop wrote: »

There is nothing more annoying than the Irish fans ole ole ole crap.
Think of something Irish to sign & stop singing Spanish words!

As part of our drinking culture, they are singing in Irish. "Ól é! Ól é! Ól é!" = "Drink it! Drink it! Drink it!".

Getting old...hating everything...

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