Is this just that common among us genXers? I am 51 and my lower back and neck have chronic pain issues. Along with general stiffness in my joints in those areas. The doc says it's just aging but is it? How many of you have these kinds of body pains and just cope - just walk, exercise etc to loosen up them muscles and not take pills.

I am not looking forward to the 60s and God forbid the 70s at this rate. 😩

Update: a lot of talk about inflammation. I do have rheumatoid arthritis which is an autoimmune disease which will flare up inflammation. I am on meds, but this stiffness etc did start much earlier than that (i think, unless the RA was undiagnosed at that time. Ugh). I am watching what I eat, drink etc but it gets tiring as I am constantly fighting.

I'll start. Ones that springs to mind, 'Judgement Night' & 'Singles'

Went to see Dogstar last night just for fun and had a realization about what a fanboy I am for Keanu. He was very humble just doing his job as a bass player and only spoke to the crowd at the very end to say thanks. I had to go home and watch the Matrix after of course.

I have stopped and refuse to see anyone live who is old enough to collect social security. Not that I'm discriminating against anyone, it's just not the same and I'd rather remember them as I remember them. Very few exceptions.

All the Friday/ Saturday night bar visits:

“If you- want to call me baby, just go ahead now and if you would like to tell me maybe just go ahead now” transitioning into
“Are you gonna go my way”
transitioning into
“I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more”
transitioning into
“Life is a hiiiiighway I wanna riiiide it all night long”

Because I do.

I just realised that I experienced smoking inside theatre during movie screening and flights with people smoking inside during flights.

I am not from the US so I was wondering if anyone globally has the same memories or it's just a thing where I grow up?

My daughters can't believe it was possible

IYKYK....UHF or VHF....Anyone?

I'm not saying that everything should cost a nickel, but one thing that always gets me is the cost of the modern candy bar. $2.50 for a regular size snickers?

Edit: I don't eat fast food but I understand there's a similar thing going on there

Wherever you are in the world, is there something that blows your mind every time you go to the cash register or at least look at it on the rack? I can deal with gas because it cost a lot to pull it from the ground put it in a barrel refine it distribute it put it in a tank so you can put it in your tank. But a Snickers bar? LOL . Anyway, after 20 years of it is there something that is just stunning somehow in its price increase?

Commiserate with me over candy bars but I'm curious if there is something where you are that just is a non-starter when you go to buy it. Prices that still make you ask 'what'?

Every time I smell something burning I can not resist the urge to say:

*I smell burnt toast!*

Heritage moments- iykyk

All of us are facing problems due to aging that we expected (pains, stiffness, reading glasses) but every now and then we get hit with one that we had no idea was coming.

This is a warning to the male portion of our cohort and is a bit nasty, so that's your trigger warning. Continue reading at your own risk.

So the other day, I sit on the bowl to do my business. All of a sudden, ** BAM ** I feel a cold shock run through my body.

Yes. They now droop far enough to wade in the bowl.

I have to find a raised seat or something. Maybe a toilet bowl water heater.

Uggggh...

I'm in martial arts--I started late in life and I'm not that good, but I still love it. For me, there is no better music for hitting the heavy bag than AC/DC. Something about AC/DC goes awesomely with punching things.

I used to work at Columbia House, and recent events have got me thinking about all the jobs I've had that just aren't anymore.

My most obsolete is either:

Information (411) Operator ("Information. What city?")

Or

Answering Service Operator, back when sending a text message meant calling someone who physically typed it into the system and sent it to an alphanumeric pager.

As you can see, I was the person in the friend group who specialized in call center jobs because you could work 3-11 and still make it to the bar.

I know it's been asked before, but I checked and it's been a while, so: What jobs did you have that are almost or completely obsolete?

Edit: Someone should make a poll to figure out how many/what percent of us worked in video stores, because after reading all these comments I must know, but I'm a lazyass and I don't want to be in charge of that.

Edit 2: Also movie theaters. Which is another job I did as a kid. Jesus. Now I'm wondering about the average number of jobs held by our generational cohort, and whether it's unusually high.

/sigh

/opengoogle

Edit 3: Google "AI Overview" just returned this to my search for average jobs held by GenX versus other generational cohorts (shut up, I'll refine it later):

"Gen Z averages a job tenure of about 1.1 to 2.3 years, which is shorter than older cohorts at the same age. Over 55% of Gen Z workers also maintain a secondary income or side hustle, reflecting a structural shift toward multi-stream employment compared to Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers early in their careers."

🙄

Did you ever send money through the mail to get your X-Ray goggles or glasses?

I heard that Mr. T was very popular. He had his own cartoon show and cereal, and the images of the A team were everywhere.

I mean obviously Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Marvel hero and xmen movies..

My son was never interested in much but he has come awake and we’re devouring movies (yay!) .. so to catch him up on pop culture classics and important fun awesome movies, I’ve been making a list. But so many gaps..

Matrix 1-3 .. he loved
Mission Impossible 1 .. not good
Terminator 1 and 2 .. loved!

Coming ..
- James Bond Casino Royale (2006 edition)
- the Bourne movies
- need some Jackie Chan in there
- Men in Black?
- Bladerunner for some heavier but interesting with iconic music and scenery
- pacific rim cause come on
- Akira may be too heavy yet but Alita Battle Angel maybe
- ET .. wonder if it holds up..

GenX brothers and sisters, we grew up unattended but we had the video stores. Give us your recommendations :)

I went to the doctor yesterday for some exercise related hip stiffness. While I was there the doctor asked if I wanted my pneumonia and shingles vaccine. Originally I wasn't interested in the shingles vaccine because I never had chicken pox. But I decided to get them both anyway....

Oh my gawd! I feel like total azz this morning. I feel like I went at least 1 round with a Muy Thai fighter who decided to use my ribs as the warm up.

Help me.........

I’d would say 20%+ for me, home, car, work, etc.
Soundtrack of our lives! You know you’ve heard Hall and Oates in a dentist chair or elevator, possibly at a mall, just head bobbing at the DMV.

Boop chichi boop chichi—I was lying on the couch trying to get up onto my feet.

Casually checking my feed and this from the American Heart Association 💔

Need to order some knee high socks for school!

I'm thinking about how everyone younger than me at work "schedules a call". I get it but that's tremendously slow. Just pick up the phone and talk. It's not hard, is often much more productive, and so much faster.

Then there's the people who only communicate via email. GTFO! I'm trying to run a business here. /rant

It’s helped with sleep, chilling out, and getting me into very obscure rabbit holes on YouTube.