Comment on Gallium

• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh stop it. It’s not the same anymore. Sex I haven’t had in over 30 years. I didn’t understand the fuss over something that has such a small payoff for such an enormous investment of resources.

  Music? Look, I used to go out clubbing and dance til 3AM, and sometimes even head out to after parties, for the music. It was fun. Do you think sitting at my computer chair and listening to one song a day is the even near the same level of enjoyment?

  Things just change as you get older. Can we stop pretending otherwise?

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  • DistrictSIX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not the same, but that doesn’t mean you give it up, you just adjust your consumption. It’s saddening to hear that you gave them up willingly really. I’m old too, but hey, I’ll listen to music for as long as my mind functions somewhat normally. And have sex if I can!

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    sounds like you’re unhappy. maybe you need to get laid, but with that attitude I can understand why nobody would want to touch you.

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    • DistrictSIX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He does sound unhappy, but taunting him for it seems a bit unnecessarily cruel I think. I genuinely feel bad when I hear people excluding themselves from life’s pleasures because of age. I mean, sure, I’m old so I don’t have sex or consume music in the same way I used to. But I don’t have any plans to give up and stop listening, it’s one of the things that makes life worth living I feel. If anything, it means more to me now than it ever has. Hearing people willingly give these things up makes me pretty sad honestly. So I’m gonna listen to a song that vibes with my sadness right now :-)

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      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I was crass because they insist that everyone over a certain age should give up like they have.

        my intention wasn’t to torment them, but to provide a moment of self-reflection.

        some care for the carrot, others prefer the stick.

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    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The greasy wheel gets the grease, a social principle I’ve long ago understood.

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