I get a little irritated when the neighborhood kids are screaming and yelling outside my window. I live right next to a playground but I just sit there for a second and remind myself “Look they’re kids. These are their childhood memories that they’re going to look back on when they’re your age- don’t you dare ruin that for them”
Whinge about the advancements of technology, especially the loss of physical media over streaming services. You’re never going to pry my DVDs from my cold dead hands.
I moan when I sit down—but not the fun kind. The ‘finally off my feet, don’t talk to me for five minutes’ kind. Bonus points if I’ve got wine in hand and someone rubbing my shoulders like a good boy 😉
Fall asleep early, anytime after dark works really. And wake up at the fucking buttcrack of dawn. I get it now, whereas i used to not. And naps, i love naps.
Say “Ugh. I feel like I’m back on dial up” when the internet is slow.
Then have to explain to the Gen Zs at work WTF dial up is. It was like sequential old people shit since my attempted explanation required explaining: (1) Land lines (2) Computers using phones (I tried referencing faxes which we still use as it’s a medical office) and then next thing I know they’re asking about floppy disks and the internet coming in the mail.
I did used to hold a “Gen X lessons” session when I was a teaching attending (senior doctor teaching junior doctors) where I showed them how to write paper prescriptions and how to send a fax and similar Rituals from the 80s that are Still A Thing in Medicine especially when the electronic systems barf or get taken down for maintenance.
I embroider and cross stitch while watching 2 episodes of the Andy Griffith show, Beverly Hillbillies, and Gomer Pyle on METV and drinking warm tea. Sometimes I get wild and watch Antiques Roadshow until I fall asleep at 8:30.
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go to sleep at 8
Go to bed early
Puzzles. I love puzzles
Enjoy nature
I hate on todays music while praising bands like Guns n Roses and Iron Maiden
I recently stopped worrying about whether my socks matched. If they’re the same type of sock and just a different color, whatever.
I watch the news every day religiously
I’m old I do them all.
Randomly grunt as I move.
I take the garbage and recycling out in my bathrobe.
I’m 72 and only shop on senior citizens discount days
I have my chair, carry a handkerchief and a pen knife.
I remember when gas was only 88¢ a gallon. Etc etc
Everything because I am old (67)
People watch
Choose flowers for my planters based on what attracts hummingbirds
Groan when I get out of bed
I do that hands held behind my back thing
I like gardening and am increasingly interested in birds.
Mom always said that I was born an 80-year-old.
When my wife and I did trivia, I made references that only the 75+ year old member of the team understood.
I had a boss in his 70s who said I used words he last heard from his own grandfather.
I have tea every night and wear socks to bed.
Complain about too much noise at restaurants. I hate that it bothers me now!
Crochet and go to bed early
Play canasta.
Reminisce about where my life went wrong.
And fart a couple times while doing it.
Pay bills by mail.
My knees get stuck when I try to stand up after sitting for a while.
Complain about young people. Since Im young too, it just comes off as an uncle Tom/self hating Jew thing.
Go to bed before 9pm…
Wake & Ache
I get a little irritated when the neighborhood kids are screaming and yelling outside my window. I live right next to a playground but I just sit there for a second and remind myself “Look they’re kids. These are their childhood memories that they’re going to look back on when they’re your age- don’t you dare ruin that for them”
Eatttttt healthyyyyy & sleeeeep by 8
Cant stay out late at night, I be getting sleepy at 9
Currently sitting in a recliner with a heating pad on my back lol
I dread putting sock and shoes on. My back hurts Constantly
Bird watch
I live like I’m basically retired. I have no issue just sitting on the porch feeling the breeze, talking to a friend.
Eat grape nuts and collect stamps
Get frustrated at my phone
STOP CHANGING THE UI!
Leave my blinker on.
Rum raisin ice cream
Is this my chance to brag about my liniment collection?
Naps!! I love naps
Not going downtown to the bars
When it’s something small that I need to see, I squint real hard and lean back.
Do most things that can be done online in person.
Eat dinner at 5pm
Sleep early, wake up early, go to stores and downtown early, and save money
Tap your finger and say “do you know what time it is?”
I’ll be 43 in July. Recently started using a cane for days when my knees and/or back hurt.
Talk about past McDonalds prices…
Feed birds!
I love to eat early and go to bed early
Piss and moan
Enjoy the outdoors.
Forget why I walked into a room.
its a Saturday night I’m on the couch at 8pm getting ready for bed im (28f)
Look for my glasses when they’re on top of my head
Roll my eyes🙄 at age-related questions and then go on to explain how things used to be, for an hour or two. You really wanna go there? 😁
Wear socks in bed.
The highlight of my day is taking a nap. With a heating pad of course.
Walk with a cane, wear hearing aids, watch too much TV.
I mall walk
Sudoku!
Live.
At home: I knit or crochet.
In public: I don’t go to that God-forsaken place.
I nap whenever possible.
Notice when the neighbors must be out of town… when the hell did this happen to me?
I’m happy to eat dinner at 4:30
Bitch. Bitch about everything lol 😂
Also, turn the music down to see better while driving
I wear leggings under my pants
Bed early. Sleep by 9 pm.
I write in cursive
Sometimes I get really mean and say racist stuff and hit the nurses that help me
Wear readers on top of my head all the time because I CANT FUCKING SEE.
Listen to boomer music
Look at younger people and think….. dumbasses
Shake my head at hooligans
Sitting in a recliner listening to records.
I dote on my 3 cats
Been avoiding unnecessary social interaction since I was a teenager.
Groan when I stand up from a seated position. It’s purely involuntary
Eat at the buffet at 10:50 when they still charge breakfast pricing. Sit there for 10 minutes till it’s lunch menu. Then go eat.
Make stupid noises when I get up.
Takes a hot shower to make sure that I can get moving
I LOVE a 5:15pm dinner reservation
Walking with my hands behind my back
Complain about the youth of today and how much harder i had it when i was young (im 33)
I am always under a blanket at home. In bed or on the couch. My toes get cold!
Take naps every single day
I eat and enjoy butter pecan ice cream
Drink fiber
I still write my shopping lists on physical pieces of paper (I’m 27)
Wonder, sometimes out loud, what the fuck is happening.
Set an alarm in the middle of the night to go pee
go on reddit rather than tik tok
My brother told me about how “people who eat mint chocolate chip ice cream are 80” so.. I’m 80🤪
I’m 70. By definition, everything I do is an “old person” thing.
If my neighbor is cutting his grass, I will go out and do mine.
I’m 47. What DON’T I do?
Pee too many freakin times at night 🌙
Whinge about the advancements of technology, especially the loss of physical media over streaming services. You’re never going to pry my DVDs from my cold dead hands.
Get angry when other people have dandelions on their lawns.
look out my window for no reason. constantly talk about the weather. saying “back in my day…”
I moan when I sit down—but not the fun kind. The ‘finally off my feet, don’t talk to me for five minutes’ kind. Bonus points if I’ve got wine in hand and someone rubbing my shoulders like a good boy 😉
Do exercise-y movements out of nowhere
crochet and knit
Bird watching
I don’t give a shit anymore 😁
I switched my favorite ice cream flavor from chocolate to butter pecan
Choke on my own saliva.
After standing (snap crackle pop) especially when I’m in public I kinda feel it out before I start walking to make sure everything is gonna work .
Nap.
Make pain noises. Eat supper at 4:30. Go to bed at 9 pm…the list goes on and on.
I’ve told rowdy kids running up and down the streets and partly on my front yard to get off my lawn. I’m 33f 😂
Get excited over my CVS coupons I get when I pick up my arthritis medication.
Compare the number of times my knees pop versus the last time I got up
I like Werthers and butterscotch
Fall asleep early, anytime after dark works really. And wake up at the fucking buttcrack of dawn. I get it now, whereas i used to not. And naps, i love naps.
wake up early dawn and drink something hot
Say “Ugh. I feel like I’m back on dial up” when the internet is slow.
Then have to explain to the Gen Zs at work WTF dial up is. It was like sequential old people shit since my attempted explanation required explaining: (1) Land lines (2) Computers using phones (I tried referencing faxes which we still use as it’s a medical office) and then next thing I know they’re asking about floppy disks and the internet coming in the mail.
I did used to hold a “Gen X lessons” session when I was a teaching attending (senior doctor teaching junior doctors) where I showed them how to write paper prescriptions and how to send a fax and similar Rituals from the 80s that are Still A Thing in Medicine especially when the electronic systems barf or get taken down for maintenance.
Mind my business those days of trying to save the world and doing things for everyone around me are over
“Back in my day…”
When it’s snowing or raining hard, I stand at the window, hands on hips, and say, “It’s really coming down out there.”
Think critically.
Hurt all the time. I’m 23
I eat apples straight off my pocket knife.
Eat dinner at 4 or 5
Blow dry my balls. I saw old people doing it at the gym and thought they were wrong, now I blow dry my balls every chance I get.
Old guy were right.
Grunt for no reason when i get up
Drink hot water
1 to 2 scoops on Metamucil every night. Makes good 💩😂
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Get up several times a night to go to the bathroom
I own a chair that I tend to use at night. I am single.
Take alot of naps and fart
Get excited when stuff goes on sale
I refuse to carry shopping bags at 29yrs old…I now pull a semi stylish purple shopping trolley to lug my groceries about.
I use punctuation.
Go to bed at 9 pm, grunt when i stand up
Complain about my back every single time i move. (I am 24)
Go to bed at 7pm
Repeat myself…. Tell the same stories
Tell the same stories, repeat myself.
Backflips 😔
Damn, i am part of the old farts crowd.
Take heartburn medication (tums mostly) every night before bed.
Reading glasses for small print.
I embroider and cross stitch while watching 2 episodes of the Andy Griffith show, Beverly Hillbillies, and Gomer Pyle on METV and drinking warm tea. Sometimes I get wild and watch Antiques Roadshow until I fall asleep at 8:30.
Daily dose of prunes.
Age.
say “when I was your age” unironically to my Gen Z and younger associates.
I knit. I’m a 6’2” bearded man with a shaved head and tattoos. It’s my favorite hobby.
Tip my hat like a fedora even if its not one. Only to old people though.
Talk out loud to myself. Sometimes I ask questions, provide answers and argue with myself.
Couponing. I started in my teens.
Randomly wake up early just to use the bathroom
Sit on muh porch’n yell at the youngins to git offin muh lawn!
Groan when I get up, sigh when I sit down, and cuss like a sailor when I drop things.
Get up to pee a couple of times in the night.
Usually go lay down in bed for the night at about 8 pm. But then again, I’m 46. So, I guess I AM an old person now. Fuck, I got here really fast.
Want an actual menu on restaurants.