Things You Say As You Get Old

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31 May 2025, 12:40 pm

You know it's not just what things you say when you get old, but how often you repeat those things to the same people.

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31 May 2025, 3:52 pm

I remember when

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The man from the GPO is coming to fix my telephone line today.

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01 Jun 2025, 7:40 pm

*After mentioning something I remember from the 2010s or earlier* Yes, I'm old. :roll:

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05 Jun 2025, 7:09 am

"It is what it is."
"C'est la vie."
"That's life"
and similar...

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05 Jun 2025, 10:41 am

Things relating to participation trophies.

“The kids today are spoiled brats who know nothing”

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"nice bit of fish that"

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07 Jun 2025, 7:16 am

Back in the day... (in a crotchety, creaking accent)

recounting the name of old dance moves, but then not doing them.

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07 Jun 2025, 1:00 pm

why is it so hot or cold , it never used to be this hot or cold

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08 Jun 2025, 6:51 am

Bloody sciatica

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08 Jun 2025, 10:03 am

CapedOwl wrote:

Back in the day... (in a crotchety, creaking accent)

recounting the name of old dance moves, but then not doing them.

I am so old I that I remember when “Back in the day” was an expression only young people used.

I could never do those dance moves but then I could attempt to do them without hurting myself

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09 Jun 2025, 1:36 am

Back in my day.

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09 Jun 2025, 2:11 am

Jakki wrote:

I remember when

I'm not quite 30 yet and still say that alot. Looking at me people guess I'm 14, but talking to me people guess 50+... Half of the conversations I have consist primarily of nostalgia and reminiscing, complaining about new/changed things, or how much better things used to be. So old people phrases like "I remember when...", "Back in my day...", "They don't make things like they use to.", "Kids these days..." and "When I was younger..." are all common for me to say.

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09 Jun 2025, 11:21 pm

Kids these days.

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11 Jun 2025, 8:21 am

Who moved my cheese?

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13 Jun 2025, 8:47 am

CapedOwl wrote:

Who moved my cheese?

-> Haha, I feel you! These days it’s less “Who moved my cheese?” and more “Wait, did I even buy cheese?...”

Getting old is like being in a never-ending episode of a mystery show
—except you’re both the detective and the main suspect!

A bit contrary to the actual them of the post,but: Anyone else find themselves using less stop words(much less Ehm, aaah, errs,...) something I thought I'd never get rid of just suddenly disappeared, or is that just me?

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