Angst of being outdated and redundant: How do you cope?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Folks,

 

This world, in case you may not have recently noticed, is moving just too fast for us oldsters and also you youngsters.

 

It goes without saying that we oldsters are quickly becoming outdated and redundant.

 

But what of you youngsters?

Are you, also, concerned about becoming redundant, these days, even though you will not become outdated before you, too, become redundant?

 

I feel great angst anytime I become less distracted, and occasionally focus on reality.

 

Do you, too, find yourselves, at times, unable to distract yourselves enough, through the watching of YouTube videos, in order to lessen your angst about things to come, difficult things that you KNOW are about to hit you, in the near future, like a big pizza pie, in the eye?

 

 

That’s amore.

Say again…That’s amore.

 

So then, what might be more difficult?

To be old and know, for sure, what is ahead in the next few years?

Or, to be young, and in great doubt, about what is ahead NOT ONLY for the next few years, but for the next 50 years?

 

I tell you truly, Folks:  This, and this alone, is what makes me so happy to be OLD….this relative lack of uncertainty about my near future.

 

I feel sorry for you young guys.

 

In my day, we needed worry about nothing more deadly than…THE BOMB.

 

But you guys, you have reason for ANGST to the nines.

 

Anybody here, who is young, please reach out to me, if need be.  I don’t have all the answers. But I have some of the answers. Also, I am planning to write a self-help book on this Topic.  I will offer it to those under age 25, for free.

 

How do you cope?

I have found great ways to cope…through…mostly…

DENIAL.

 

Denial will be the key core of my coping suggestions for increasing angst in the years leading up to 2030.

 

And, for you oldsters:  How do you cope with knowing you are becoming increasingly OUTDATED and REDUNDANT?....

 

Sorry, but I have no good advice for the likes of you old fogies….other than to….

Try to have as much sex as you can, in order to raise your endolphin levels.

 

You remember the film in which some BIMBO talked about  “endolphin” levels, don’t you? If you do, then you are as old as I.  Do you recall the film? And, do you recall the BIMBO, too? This is the quiz for this Topic.

 

Best regards,

Gamma G.

 

Note: Let’s all Keep on Keeping On….

 

NOTE2:  Yes, Folks, in the very near future, a Hard Rain's Gonna Fall. Glad I will not be here…then. (Or, maybe I will be, if this hard rain falls sooner than even I expect.)

Wish I were as young as Dylan looks here.

And, wish I had someone like this cutie hanging on my arm, too.

That VW Bus was a blast, I bet...the one in the background ...

Water over the dam and under the bridge.

Where did it all go?

 

Note3:  Denial, Denial, and DENIAL…is the best coping mechanism, in this new modern world of our own making.

 

 

 

[fondue zoo]

 

I'm not there yet, but I can already feel the fury building, this amazing but stupid skin suit forgetting how to repair itself.

 

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 

 

 

_{Coping mechanism will be copious amounts of Chili Con Carne.}

[GammaGlobulin]

2 hours ago, fondue zoo said:

 

I'm not there yet, but I can already feel the fury building, this amazing but stupid skin suit forgetting how to repair itself.

 

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 

 

 

_{Coping mechanism will be copious amounts of Chili Con Carne.}

 

 

 

[hotsun]

Im not sure if im going thru a midlife crisis, or if this is just the way life is now. Still finding out

[GammaGlobulin]

Just now, hotsun said:

Im not sure if im going thru a midlife crisis, or if this is just the way life is now. Still finding out

 

Time will tell.....

 

[daveAustin]

Don’t worry about it. Life is fleeting and unimportant. Be like a Buddhist and in the moment. 

[georgegeorgia]

Fight back...I'm becoming more selfish and non caring 

 

I was in the supermarket ALDI yesterday,I always use the manned check out ,the girl was scanning my groceries fast 

I said your very fast

She said "we have to be ,ALDI time us 

I said to her "don't tell me ya f problems !

[blaze master]

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I feel sorry for you young guys

 

Thanks. I dread what's approaching. 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

Fight back...I'm becoming more selfish and non caring 

 

I was in the supermarket ALDI yesterday,I always use the manned check out ,the girl was scanning my groceries fast 

I said your very fast

She said "we have to be ,ALDI time us 

I said to her "don't tell me ya f problems !

I don´t understand, so maybe I am wrong here.

Did you just recommend people to fight back, react like you did and behave like an idiot?

[soalbundy]

5 hours ago, fondue zoo said:

 

I'm not there yet, but I can already feel the fury building, this amazing but stupid skin suit forgetting how to repair itself.

 

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 

 

 

_{Coping mechanism will be copious amounts of Chili Con Carne.}

Dylan Thomas died young as an alcoholic

[soalbundy]

Outdated? what does that even mean? I am that I am, as I am.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Dylan Thomas died young as an alcoholic

 

Very second-rate personage.

Not even a poet, really....

 

[soalbundy]

7 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Very second-rate personage.

Not even a poet, really....

 

Dylan Thomas was a genius, cut down by alcohol like his countryman Richard Burton.

[Gsxrnz]

Au contraire... the older I get, the more relevant I am in my sphere of influence.

 

My favourite possession is a coffee mug that proudly states "Zero F***s Given", and I frequently have need to tell my family, friends, and random complainers that even if I had a pocketful of F***s, I wouldn't give them one.

 

Modernity requires one to be somewhat of a skeptical narcissist or you'll develop cognitive dissonance and begin to deny reality. 

[GammaGlobulin]

44 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

cognitive dissonance

 

Careful, though, because one does not "develop" cognitive dissonance.

One experiences it.

 

Please read more Festinger, the original papers, if you doubt me.

 

[klauskunkel]

8 hours ago, hotsun said:

Im not sure if im going thru a midlife crisis, or if this is just the way life is now. Still finding out

I was born with midlife crisis...

[IsaanT]

14 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Note3:  Denial, Denial, and DENIAL…is the best coping mechanism, in this new modern world of our own making.

 

Denial?  I prefer understanding.

I may not agree with, support or adopt new things that I become aware of, learn about and understand, but I find out enough to give me a valid opinion on the topic.
 

[Celsius]

I thought Thailand cures all

[Harrisfan]

You are only as old as the women on top

[StreetCowboy]

17 hours ago, hotsun said:

Im not sure if im going thru a midlife crisis, or if this is just the way life is now. Still finding out

You can’t call it a mid life crisis until you’ve survived a good time past it

[StreetCowboy]

15 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Dylan Thomas died young as an alcoholic

Young, or prematurely aged?

[Harrisfan]

18 hours ago, hotsun said:

Im not sure if im going thru a midlife crisis, or if this is just the way life is now. Still finding out

What is wrong?

[StreetCowboy]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

What is wrong?

Even if you complain, no-one listens, so you might as well not bother

[Harrisfan]

Just now, StreetCowboy said:

Even if you complain, no-one listens, so you might as well not bother

Everyone is thinking about going to the bathroom

[StreetCowboy]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Everyone is thinking about going to the bathroom

Better too soon than too late.

[connda]

21 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I feel great angst anytime I become less distracted, and occasionally focus on reality.

 

Do you, too, find yourselves, at times, unable to distract yourselves enough

I don't distract myself, Au-contraire, I focus inward and watch the reality of consciousness unfold.  Hence, I've no angst.

[connda]

16 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Dylan Thomas died young as an alcoholic

As did Ben Sanderson.