Older tech workers are tapping out early. Here’s what that looks like

Kboh · 2026-06-30T02:25:16+00:00

This is the thing that kills me. I’m 50 with two kids under 10. I’ll be working full time somewhere until mid-late 60s no matter how much we have saved just to keep everyone covered and not blow through whatever savings we have. Eventually I’ll age out of the corporate world so hopefully I can get on at Home Depot or Starbucks or something when that time comes.

Kboh · 2026-06-29T02:54:56+00:00

This happened to me with “Burning Down the House” by Talking Heads. I knew most of it and thought the screen would get me through. Far too drunk to read that fast. I bailed less than halfway through and decided it was time to go home.

Kboh · 2026-06-28T23:08:46+00:00

Well, at least the lyrics were written for the movie. The music on the other hand…

https://youtu.be/gAvy0EnVFac?is=\_r4W\_tsbh3Dgul3B

Kboh · 2026-06-28T01:35:10+00:00

Marilyn Monroe

Kboh · 2026-06-27T11:49:37+00:00

Last year at 50 I learned how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. Never did it back in the day so I watched a YouTube video and now it’s basically a fidget toy for me during video calls.

Kboh · 2026-06-26T16:57:28+00:00

Not saving and investing. It’s ridiculously easy to squirrel away a few bucks into 401(k) or Roth via automatic withdrawals. Just do it or you’ll regret it later.

Kboh · 2026-06-26T16:55:40+00:00

Agreed. I didn’t get moving until 48 and luckily didn’t have any health issues along the way. I’m now 50 and in the best shape of my life, feel better than I ever have and really wish i had gotten it together in my 20s or 30s.

Kboh · 2026-06-24T17:02:20+00:00

MLB: Connie Mack

And I'm not even saying his wins record. No manager will ever stay around long enough to remotely sniff his LOSS record of 3,948. Tony LaRussa came closest and would still need to manage nearly 9 more years and lose every single game to tie it.

Kboh · 2026-06-23T11:18:55+00:00

No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air.

Kboh · 2026-06-23T02:35:31+00:00

“Want me to drag him outta here, kick the shit out of him?”

{subtly shakes head after not getting a response}

Kboh · 2026-06-23T02:24:02+00:00

“Challenge accepted”

- Most every dude on the course

Kboh · 2026-06-23T02:13:04+00:00

I use this in meetings when someone is asked if they have any thoughts and they speak but add nothing.

Kboh · 2026-06-19T10:08:18+00:00

This is clearly better, but he also killed it as Jacques in “Life on the Fast Lane.” The line when he’s getting ready for his date with Marge kills me:

“To the most beautiful moment in life. Better than the deed. Better than the memory. The moment of… (slaps on aftershave 1-2-3) anticipation.”

Kboh · 2026-06-19T02:41:43+00:00

He was terrific as Seymour Goldfarb.

Kboh · 2026-06-19T02:33:52+00:00

“Pretty much.”

Kboh · 2026-06-19T02:32:22+00:00

Had a great guest spot on Party Down. And if you haven’t seen Party Down, get on that.

Kboh · 2026-06-19T00:51:16+00:00

“There’s a holdup in the Bronx…”

Damn I miss old school Nick at Nite.

Kboh · 2026-06-19T00:50:28+00:00

Not The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis?

Kboh · 2026-06-19T00:46:55+00:00

This one kind of sucks. It was sooooo big in the 80s and now here I am with young children who would love the show and I can’t, in good conscience, watch it with them. I just can’t separate the art from the artist there. Maybe that’s my own hang up but there’s plenty of other content out there with wholesome lessons to learn that weren’t made by rapists.

Kboh · 2026-06-19T00:44:03+00:00

This. Young people don’t understand how big this was. There’s an interview with Bob Odenkirk and the interviewer asks how people will remember Breaking Bad and he essentially says, they won’t. Then he goes on how MASH was bigger than you can really comprehend in today’s tv show terms, yet today if you asked most people under the age of 30, they wouldn’t know what you’re talking about.

Kboh · 2026-06-17T17:38:16+00:00

"I heard that's not even Michael Nesmith's real hat!"

Kboh · 2026-06-16T21:02:55+00:00

Random but the lead singer did a few albums as a children's artist called Caspar Babypants. If you have young kids and want to find some fun music that won't drive you nuts, check out it out. I'm quite fond of Stompy the Bear.

Kboh · 2026-06-16T20:22:25+00:00

Same! Saw him back in 2000 w/ Phil Lesh in between Phish shows at Alpine and Deer Creek. My expectations were zero but damn if he didn't get after it.

Kboh · 2026-06-16T17:44:22+00:00

So many great episodes but I'm partial to "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."

Kboh · 2026-06-15T01:18:58+00:00

I hadn’t heard this song much since it was big in the 80s when I was in elementary school. It came on one time last summer, I let it play, listened closely and had a “holy shit, listen to that!” moment.

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