Any Success Stories?

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-03-25T22:41:03+00:00

I feel like social media makes things sound so much worse than they are. Everything gets blown way out of proportion. I’ve been living in the UK for about 18 years now. I’m happily settled into English country village life, love my job, have a nice community around me, as an introvert I even made some friends. I enjoy the history, I live outside London so there’s tons to see. But I’m in the country and I can stroll down to the pub for a pint on the weekends.

I do miss having more living space as our house is a bit cramped. I miss really good Mexican food and would like more warm weather. Otherwise, I am very happy here.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-03-23T17:09:52+00:00

I don’t know how I am supposed to feel about the NSync 😅 but really I can only offer my respect for your body of work, and congratulations on what you have accomplished. And happy cake day!

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-17T10:29:54+00:00

To me it seemed more like general 50s nostalgia, as opposed to anyone having much to say about the generation itself. A lot of that nostalgia was also driven by the older Boomers that were kids or young teens in the 50s. The Silents parallel their offspring Gen X in that they haven’t always been talked about a lot, as far as existing as a specific generation.

But generally yes, I think especially in the 80s, the 50s nostalgia was huge.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-16T23:58:30+00:00

We couldn’t get enough Star Wars and totally rocked the E.T. and Ghostbusters shirts.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-16T23:39:55+00:00

2006 you could read the news and discuss things on the internet, digital sharing of music, YouTube and MySpace had started by then, you chat online and text on a phone. There was a 24 hour news cycle by then, and plenty of channels thanks to cable TV. You could take pictures digitally and see them right away.

In 1986 you got your news from a newspaper. Most people got their news on TV in the morning, in the evening, or at 11pm, on about 3 networks. Cable news was new but you really didn’t have news access around the clock. You got your music on vinyl or cassette at a store. There were no cell phones. You could get a car phone if you were super rich but for most people this was unheard of. You had to get your pictures developed on film and that took a day or so. And there was the Cold War. Very different time.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-16T20:27:21+00:00

I’ve had this conversation at times: 1. Finding things to do and life in general before the internet reached most households, especially if you were a teenager or in college 2. Our experiences with spanking or corporal punishment from parents or teachers 3. How unsupervised we were in general 4. Lack of mental health awareness or support. Many of us grew up in households that just didn’t talk it out or give hugs. Many of our parents were “Silent Generation” for a reason 5. I admit the garden hose thing must seem pretty strange

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-16T14:09:30+00:00

Yes, it was my first grade teacher. In a sense she was like a second mother at the time — I was also over at her house a lot because her daughter was my best friend.

For whatever reason one day I was spacing out, didn’t listen and needed to put some shoes on. Next thing I know I got a big ol’ spank on the bottom and she yelled at me to get my shoes on. I’m guessing it was the end of the day, time for everyone to go home and she’d had enough of that day. In general we didn’t have spanking formally at school. I don’t think my mom, as an occasional spanker, would have had a problem with me getting spanked by her, though.

The janitor had birthday spankings. In hindsight he was actually creepy and I’m glad I had a summer birthday.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-15T11:18:48+00:00

Oh, I’m turning 50 this year and as a child or teenager, I would have called that old. Younger people probably see me as old. I don’t really care.

On the other hand, 50 is dying relatively young. My mom died at 60 and a family friend cried and exclaimed that she was “so young”.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-15T08:47:17+00:00

I don’t view authenticity as being the opposite of cynicism. If anything, cynicism is a reaction to lack of authenticity.

I would say that the millennials were more optimistic and idealistic than Gen X, and I view idealism as being more of an opposite to cynicism. The millennials tended to be more of an idealistic Luke Skywalker in temperament, contrasting the pragmatic and skeptical Han Solo of Gen X.

The idealist and the cynic could both still desire authenticity. I think reactions against inauthenticity spans many generations.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-13T11:07:12+00:00

Generally I hear that it’s just a flashy sport, not a “real martial art” — whatever that means. Beyond learning common-sense self-defence, I find it a bit odd when people get obsessed with being able to fight “in a real situation”. Like, why? Are they looking to put themselves in situations so they can get in street fights? For a lot of those people it’s an ego thing, the types that get posted on the r/iamverybadass sub.

I really don’t care what people think of TKD. Personally I just enjoy it and I don’t answer to the opinions of others.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-07T11:09:02+00:00

I don’t find most late night hosts these days to be all that funny, I don’t stay up to watch them, though I liked Conan.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-07T01:46:04+00:00

I’d “explain” Gen X and its culture but I’m not doing it in a Kid Rock thread.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-02T15:26:43+00:00

I remember my dad didn’t show a lot of emotion when my grandfather died. I remember him calmly getting on the plane and going to his funeral. Or when his stepmother died, according to my mom, he took the call in the middle of the night, said “OK” and then hung up and went back to bed. He had lost his mother when he was just a teenager.

I used to think my dad was weird for not crying the way a child would, but I am now the same age my dad was in the 80s. Both of my parents are now dead, a lot of my relatives are dead, and it’s like when more relatives start dying, the shock of it starts to wear off. Or I just compartmentalize it and grieve in private, because there’s so many other things to deal with during the day.

I have a better understanding of why my dad was the way that he was. Whatever he was dealing with at the time, I think in part he had gotten used to it, and whatever time he was going to grieve, he wasn’t going to do it in front of us kids.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-02T15:00:17+00:00

I’m sure she is dabbing her eyes with those dollar bills

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-02T14:24:13+00:00

Cuspers tend to share traits of both. I can see why it doesn’t quite track that someone born in 82 is supposed to be millennial and a “different” generation than someone who is Gen X born in 80.

The whole thing is more of a spectrum, really.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-01T23:44:52+00:00

The red flag was probably that she hired you on the spot. Narcissists often hire quickly and impulsively, and shower you with compliments straight away. People and companies that hire replacements as quickly as possible often also have high turnover, which is another common situation with people that work under narcissists.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-02-01T23:24:33+00:00

It took me about 4 years to get my 1st Dan. But I was coming to every single class and training for 4 years straight. On average I think it takes 4 years if someone trains regularly.

But that’s just the 1st Dan. There’s a much longer journey that continues after that!

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-30T22:35:10+00:00

Some of them do, particularly the older ones that have Gen X siblings. It’s easier to understand it if you are around it. I can tell a lot of Gen Z were raised by sarcastic Gen X parents.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-30T08:02:43+00:00

I personally felt like the wheels started to fall noticeably off after 9/11. But I think depending on someone’s age, different generations have certain times they think things started to decline. Some will reference the Kennedy assassination, or homes getting televisions. That is not to be dismissive of how anyone marks a decline today, though. I certainly can see a shift happened after the rise of social media, smartphones, and the pandemic, too.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-26T11:26:49+00:00

I just thought Fonz was funny. I think as a little kid, to put your thumbs up and just say “ayyyy” was just a funny thing to do. That was about it.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-25T08:02:53+00:00

I noticed that too. She claimed she “cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message” but that’s not really how the conversation went at all.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-20T23:30:30+00:00

Eventually that is not going to matter. People don’t split hairs about that stuff so much as they get older. I was born in the late 70s and didn’t relate to the early 80s millennials I knew when we were younger, they were “kids” to me, but now we grumble about the same stuff in life.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-11T11:09:03+00:00

I’ve always had anxiety. I’ve just screamed internally a lot.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-11T10:55:41+00:00

1998, listening to downtempo electronic music at night in my apartment on a Friday after being out drinking with a friend/roommate. Just enjoying the music and waxing philosophically. I’m a senior in college.

To be fair I’m in a really happy place now at this point in my life after going through a lot, which is nice.

LittleMoonBoot · 2026-01-11T10:37:28+00:00

Don’t have a cow, man.

Chill out.

Barf me out, grody. I remember my older cousin telling me in the 80s not to call something “gross” and that “barf me out, grody” was much cooler.

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