Sometimes I Feel So Outdated

I think I am more aware of trends because my partner is 56. He is 8 years younger than I am. He is a borderline Baby Boomer/GenXer . I have no interest in Instagram and Youtube "influencers" but I try to stay up-to-date on pop culture. I would still prefer 70's and 80's music to anything that is out today.

I do try to keep my mind open to any of the latest trends because after all is said and done, they may affect my investments that provide income during my retirement. We seniors do need to know what is popular right now because it may be profitable in the future.
 

I am completely out of touch when it comes to music, but I don't think I'm missing anything. What is a problem is the changes in language. So many modern expressions which I don't understand. However, I refuse to embrace them as they have not improved the language at all. In fact, I make a point of speaking correctly and not using slang.
 
HoneyNut said:
This sounds like it should be the first line of a poem, probably with a title like 'Elder Lamentation'.

I am overwhelmed by all the new stuff I need to learn to navigate in this constantly changing world, and scared I won't learn it and will have problems. But a lot of the changes I'm happy with (was watching a YouTube yesterday on how to pay for parking at Chicago trains and looks very easy and convenient, park then at the station type license plate number into the parking payment machine and swipe credit card),
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This is how we've paid for parking for a long time in all car parks here . all you have to do is remember what your registration (plate) number is, and a credit card and your good to go... , sometimes the machine is broken for whatever reason, so in that cae you just call the automated number on the payment board at the machine, and pay either using your phone or type in your credit card number...
 

I was watching a college baseball game. These were the players' first names--Caden, Kade, Bryce, Trace, Brayen, Braylon, Hagan, Brock. Nobody had those names when I was a kid. It was Mickey, Joe , etc. To me, the names symbolized a new era. It literally was their turn at bat I have no idea who are the stars of the day. Like Lenn, I was appalled that my parents couldn't name each Beatle. I feel like I should be quiet, and tend to my flock of dinosaurs.
 
I like to be outdated. I like my music from the 50s and 60s (Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Marty Robbins, Fats Domino). I like my Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Waltons and Have Gun Will Travel. I don't want to walk around with "fir" on my face and tattoos all over my butt. I don't like rap music! I don't like modern movies due to bad language and just plain bad stories. I don't care for those Jones who happen to be outdated in these times of higher interest rates and high inflation.

It's great to be alive at the age of 76. No illegal drug addiction, no gambling habits and no debt. I can enjoy my glass of wine and just watch the mad world go by. Do I want to compete or join the crazies? Your crazy if you think I want to! I love to be outdated and know that I am. LOL
 
IrisSenior said:
Gah...who cares if we are outdated. The kids today will NEVER experience what we went through in the 60's - the good, the bad and the ugly. We were an awesome generation that will never be duplicated. Can I please have a high-five!
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i agree!
the music we had was about real issues, social issues affecting the world. today the narcissism of the music the ads
the whole gen thing seems so mindless to me. self aggrandizing crap about the individual vs the society.
what happened to 'the greater good'.

jon bon jovi has restaurants ...Soul Kitchens...in a few places, where if you can pay you do, if you cant pay
you can also do some work there. apparently most kids attending Rutgers are hungry too so many of them
eat and work at his JBJ kitchens.

thats the people, the gen, i came from. we didnt dance for streaming sites we worked in our communities
hoping to make things better. i Know there are youngers who do good things, dont get me wrong.

ive gotta say Thanks to all yall. i really felt all alone but i see in your posts that i am not alone, that so many
have the same, similar, thots and feelings as im having.
wow. you dont know how that helps me, to feel better, less alone.
thanks.
 
Leann said:
Honestly, I appreciate all of you and your perspectives. I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling this way. Sometimes I feel like I'm fighting against the future in terms of "what's next?". Does everything need to change?
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I went through this big time, when I returned to the region of PA where I am living now. It had only been about fourteen years, but things had changed so much that it made me sad. The demographics are very different from when I was here before, and there is a culture of noise that is unreal. There have been some improvements in certain areas of town, but most of it is just "gentrification."

You know that an area is changing sadly, for the worst, when you start seeing pawn shops, check cashing places, and most of the downtown businesses have those grills put up at night.
 
IrisSenior said:
Gah...who cares if we are outdated. The kids today will NEVER experience what we went through in the 60's - the good, the bad and the ugly. We were an awesome generation that will never be duplicated. Can I please have a high-five!
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carouselsilver said:
I went through this big time, when I returned to the region of PA where I am living now. It had only been about fourteen years, but things had changed so much that it made me sad. The demographics are very different from when I was here before, and there is a culture of noise that is unreal. There have been some improvements in certain areas of town, but most of it is just "gentrification."

You know that an area is changing sadly, for the worst, when you start seeing pawn shops, check cashing places, and most of the downtown businesses have those grills put up at night.
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I totally agree.
 
Lavinia said:
I am completely out of touch when it comes to music, but I don't think I'm missing anything. What is a problem is the changes in language. So many modern expressions which I don't understand. However, I refuse to embrace them as they have not improved the language at all. In fact, I make a point of speaking correctly and not using slang.
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I do, too. Well spoken language is like music to my ears!
 
Lavinia said:
I am completely out of touch when it comes to music, but I don't think I'm missing anything. What is a problem is the changes in language. So many modern expressions which I don't understand. However, I refuse to embrace them as they have not improved the language at all. In fact, I make a point of speaking correctly and not using slang.
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I agree on the part about language. One of the worst inventions was that "Urban Dictionary." Plus the "new additions" to real dictionaries.
 
I try to see the value in and keep current with today's world. However, the entertainment figures are getting more and more unfamiliar to me.
Business is pushing hard for 'paperless' and doing transactions on cell phone apps. I'm tech savvy but I hate this direction, soon there may not be much choice. I still like the black & white TV shows, is a comfort zone. I think sit-coms finally died after Seinfeld and Friends, recent attempts have failed miserably, both in scripting and acting.
 
JaniceM said:
What, dictionaries don't exist anymore either?!?
I gave mine to one of my kids long ago.
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Sorry, I didn't mean that they don't exist! I meant that you might have difficulty finding the editions that I have now, unless they are used. Some of the current dictionaries for sale don't have half the words in them that my older editions have, and they have been greatly dumbed down.
 
I try to keep up, but it's not easy for me....'zooming' comes to mind haha, thank goodness for internet and youtube, I'm constantly doing a search to see just exactly what the grandkids are talking about. Anyway I agree about the music of the 60's... none better.
Nice thread, I've enjoyed reading all.
 
Tish said:
Well according to my Grandchildren, I am more with it than their parents LOL, that really cracks me up :LOL:
I really do not put any effort into being up there with it.
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The essence of being with it is not to try. lol So many of my clients are young. I rather suspect they would agree with your grandchildren. You are engaged, genuine, accepting, warm. How is that not cool? 🤗
 
Nothing new here:

They think they know everything, and are always quite sure about it.” Aristotle 4th Century BC

“Our sires’ age was worse than our grandsires’. We, their sons, are more worthless than they; so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.” Horace circa 20 BC

I find by sad Experience how the Towns and Streets are filled with lewd wicked Children, and many Children as they have played about the Streets have been heard to curse and swear and call one another Nick-names, and it would grieve ones Heart to hear what bawdy and filthy Communications proceeds from the Mouths of such…” Robert Russel 1695

We defy anyone who goes about with his eyes open to deny that there is, as never before, an attitude on the part of young folk which is best described as grossly thoughtless, rude, and utterly selfish.” Hull Daily Mail 1925
 
As far as media goes, I have rolled back the clock to before my time! I listen to old time radio shows and classic b/w tv like I Love Lucy and Leave it it Beaver.

As far as dress and fashion goes, I think we could all benefit from rolling back prior to the 60’s. Just don’t take us back to the 70’s!!!
 
Michael Z said:
As far as media goes, I have rolled back the clock to before my time! I listen to old time radio shows and classic b/w tv like I Love Lucy and Leave it it Beaver.

As far as dress and fashion goes, I think we could all benefit from rolling back prior to the 60’s. Just don’t take us back to the 70’s!!!
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We were just talking about the way that people dress now. One reason that I enjoy watching older TV shows and movies, is that people dressed so nicely.

Just two days ago, we were coming out of a store when we spotted in quick succession, at least six women who were wearing those awful yoga pants which reveal so much that one must avert one's gaze. The final woman was getting into her car, and was very generously endowed by nature. She chose to wear a pair of denim cut offs that allowed her butt to hang out the bottom of them. "Nuff said!
 

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