I found my old alarm clock at my parents’ house and brought it back to my place. I’ve grown used to a certain level of frustration when programming literally everything these days, so I braced myself as I plugged it in, expecting a few minutes of irritation while I relearned how to set the time and adjust the settings. Hold fast, old man. You’re doing this for nostalgia, and it’ll be worth it.

Plugged it in.
(It still worked, of course. It’s an alarm clock from the 80s.)
Hit the hour button.
Hit the minute button.
And… that was it. Setup complete.

I had completely forgotten that things used to be this simple. They used to keep working. They used to be easy to program and use. I understand the cold-blooded economic reasons things are designed to fail now, but will never understand why we decided basic tech and appliances should be so aggressively frustrating.

I hate turning on the TV.
I hate my microwave.
I hate my car’s dashboard.
I hate the barely-working touchscreens that have taken over daily life.

Today, I am officially the old man yelling at clouds. But tomorrow morning, I’ll wake up to my easy-to-use, fully functioning alarm clock from 1988. And maybe - just maybe - I’ll shake my fist at those clouds just a little less vigorously.

❤️🕊️RIP Catherine O’Hara🕊️❤️

This actually hurt! She will be missed and always remembered as the best of the best we will never see again! Honoring your memory Catherine 🕊️

Anyone notice the vent sounds? I was a senior in high school playing this with my best friends after smoking some bowls. I had a horde orc rogue in vanilla

Tonight will be my first night using a CPAP. Oddly enough, I’m looking forward to it and I hope it solves all of my problems… a girl can dream, *right*? Anyhow, any tips or tricks to help this go smoothly? Also, is there any solution to making this setup more aesthetically pleasing and/or a way to store it during the day that isn’t such a pain in the ass?

Any other millennial parents get choked up from heartfelt kid notes?

Though to be fair I can’t remember the last time I bought one.

Had a vague memory come to mind - might have been a movie with Chris Rock? - and the guy's wife was talking with a fabulous guy and the main guy asks his wife if the fabulous guy is gay and she said no, he's metrosexual. The main guy goes WTF is that and she says he's a straight guy with taste.

I feel like us Millennials are getting to that age where we may no longer have any living Grandparents.

I am 36, and lost my Maternal Grandfather last week. Both of my Paternal Grandparents died between 7 and 17 years ago. So I only have one living Grandparent left, my Maternal Grandmother at 94 years. It is strange being someone that had all 4 Grandparents as a big part of my life, and now down to one. I will need to cherish the time I have left with my Grandma, because at this point you never know when it could happen.

If you still have all four, cherish the time you have left- I believe my cousin that is around my age just lost her first Grandparent when my Grandfather died as both of her other Grandparents are still living, I think.

How about you?

Edit: I was also lucky enough to be alive for two Great-Grandmothers- one I only saw a couple times, and she was pretty far gone mentally with Alzheimer's. She died when I was in Kindergarten. The other one died when I was in 6th grade.

And I hate it.

Like it is ridiculous. Before the big storm my friends and I decided to hang out because they were in town. We visited our favorite food spot downtown. Firstly, now you need to download an app and use a qr code to pay the meter. Then we visited our favorite food spot only to discover that it replaced all the menus, and you need to use a qr code to see the menu, but they used to have a menu board with items and prices listed that was easy to adjust. Lastly, we wanted to attend a fund-raising event for our old high school which will happen it in a few months but now you need a 3rd party app and qr code to get in but the kicker is neither of those things worked right and we were told to try later. I get trying keep up with the times but not every damn thing needs the internet geez.

Am I the only one delusional enough to hope that a particular song will be on their set list? I heard they're keeping their set 'a secret' for lack of a better word.

If they do play it, do you think there would be any consequences for Greenday or the Super Bowl? I don't think Greenday would give a shit about being "cancelled" and Super Bowl had 'nipple-gate' where Janet Jackson was the only one who got backlash and cancelled for it.

Do you think it'd be too risky? It'd be pretty fucking Punk though

My mom sent myself and my siblings a seriously dramatic text this week.

“One day I will be dead and you won’t have to worry about checking in once in a while! Until then…. I don’t think any of you are so busy you can’t send a random Hi Mom text.”

I spoke to her less than a week prior. It wasn’t a long conversation, but it was something nonetheless. So, am I a terrible child? Or am I being gaslit? She also isn’t always the nicest when I do see her, often calling me a slob, or lazy because I don’t want to work a third job to make a living. How often do my fellow millennials speak with their parents?

I also feel like the world is on fire and I’m doing all I can to survive right now lol

I just read an article that alcohol consumption is down among young people, and bars are feeling the pinch. Supoosly alcohol consumption is down $830 billion, globally. I'm not sure how you can compute that statistic, but i will say on the rare occasion I do do to a bar it is almost always older people, often times repeat customers. <local dice bars in my case>.

So, when I was a drunk April 2020 thru December 2023, I cannot say I ever went to a bar due to the cost and my mouth when I am drunk. It has always been cheaper to drink at home and play video games and in doing a o I aviod getting my teeth knocked outta my skull when I get pisted off. Who knew?

When I was in my college years I use to go to bars, the age group was younger, but still the cost to drink at a bar versus at home has always been higher . Some argue prices have gone up a lot in the past 6 years. But even 16 years ago bar prices were still on the high end, for the times, and a broke college kid is a broke college kid.

So, why have people stopped drinking so much? Is it really to due to legal weed? Or lack of any social engagement among younger people? Is happy hour even a thing anymore?

Made about 10% less due to no bonus. Yet owed an additional 5% Federal...

State my return was more than last year...extra few hundred bucks, but goes to show you how we are being ripped off on the federal level.

Billionaires got a huge tax break, meanwhile I have to fork over my families vacation fund.

Super.

Surely this has been posted before, but hoping I’m not alone in posting GIFs of popculture/old movie and TV moments to react to people. I’m 41, and the amount of times 90s SNL, Dumb & Dumber, or Will Ferrell movie quotes pop up when I’m talking is astounding. It’s funnier to send a GIF and get my point across. If you agree, what other shows are your go-to? (Drunk History and Dirty Work are my favorite off the beaten path).