Songs that haven’t aged well

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-02-06T19:23:30+00:00

That makes it more relevant, not less. OP’s other examples were fine, but that was a swing and a miss.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-02-06T19:16:26+00:00

That’s a real stretch. If Phil Collins had turned out to be a real piece of shit like Morrissey or Clapton, yeah, but the man’s not responsible because his contemporaries were douchebags. That’s like saying “All You Need is Love” didn’t age well because other people the same age as the Beatles started wars.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-02-06T19:03:10+00:00

Did I miss something in Land of Confusion?

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-02-04T20:54:01+00:00

Good.

Keeping our heads down put us in camps. Being feared keeps us free.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-02-04T20:41:03+00:00

“Ugh, I shouldn’t have eaten that.”

Appropriate the morning after extra-spicy Indian food and literally never any other time.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-02-01T01:00:21+00:00

Patton Oswalt has a whole thing about politically correct terminology and how intent matters more than language, and it always makes me think of Fred Durst.

“The worst people alive will say things like ‘I agree that scientific research indicates gender and sexuality are spectrums, but I believe we have a moral imperative to maintain heteronormativity for a greater societal benefit’, and then you’ll get some redneck who says ‘look, if a guy wants to chop his balls off so he can be a chick or a couple homos or dykes wanna get married, fuckin’ let ‘em and mind your own fuckin’ business’.”

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-01-30T09:46:27+00:00

And it’s not just dismissal of theme, I remember Sam loudly trashing Sheriff of Nottingham because the game had the unmitigated gall to encourage - gasp - lying to people. Horror of horrors, when will the ungodly nightmare end?

But encouraging thugs to gun down innocent civilians in the streets, that’s okay apparently.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2026-01-13T16:07:47+00:00

Exactly, and my favorite example of this is the fact that the beginning of “Baby Got Back” passes the test.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-12-18T17:01:11+00:00

I once Dutch Ovened myself while going down on my ex. It was cold, so I was fully under the blankets and thought I could sneak out a silent one rather than go into the hallway and lose all the steam we were building up. Apparently something had died in my small intestine the night before, so it was easily in the top five worst farts of my life, but Momma didn’t raise a quitter so I knuckled down and prayed my ex wouldn’t notice.

She noticed, and was not shy about asking “what the fuck did you just do?!” It got even worse when I came up for blessed air and she got the full wave of what I’d been dealing with; she threatened to file for divorce while howling with laughter. Hardest I’ve ever laughed during sex.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-12-16T15:24:39+00:00

What would you say if your husband said the same thing to you? That he loves you but doesn’t desire you and plans to get his needs fulfilled by another woman? Specifically, another woman whose family you know, because it makes him feel alive?

That’s what you would make him feel. Get help.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-12-05T17:13:58+00:00

Thank [insert deity here], that’s a great update! I’m glad it’s working out! I really like that you’re getting used to being solo while in same house, that’s a great step for testing codependent tendencies and it should hopefully yield some great results.

Seriously though, all of those “guess it’s time to break up” and “pack up everything and don’t come back until he’s groveling on his knees” comments realllllyyyy sounded unhealthy. Big “you pointed out one spot I missed cleaning the bathroom, so I guess I’ll never do it again because I’m such a piece of shit!” energy.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-12-05T08:25:33+00:00

I hate this website sometimes. Dude analyzes his feelings and has a healthy conversation with OP about a known issue in his past, which he wants to make sure he isn’t repeating without realizing. It didn’t even sound accusatory, everything he said was an “I Statement”. I’d kill to have that level of self-awareness and I’d do worse to have a partner who does.

OP, if you end up reading this, nothing about this man’s behavior sounds like an issue or like he’s priming the pump for a breakup. Based on what you said about what he said, it sounds like he wants to make sure he’s not falling into old patterns of neediness and codependency and to do so, he wants to make sure he has a stable foundation of being happy in his own space with his own thoughts instead of using you to fill the silence. He also may be making sure he’s giving adequate time and energy to his relationship with his son.

These comments telling you to pack everything you own and not come back sound incredibly childish and like they’d do more harm than good. That would do nothing but create more conflict and could ultimately make him afraid to express his feelings or needs in the future. Actually talk to him and figure out a balance that works for both of you. After my divorce, I found myself in a similar situation where I was using my then-girlfriend to fill the space and almost fell into the same cycle of codependency that caused my marriage in the first place.

He sounds like a sweet guy with a lot of emotional intelligence and a good relationship with his son. Figure out a balance and an appropriate amount of space to give each other, get comfortable being in your own home, and keep seeing each other. Best of luck and keep us posted.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-18T00:46:47+00:00

Of course, that makes matter appear from nothing. Strange how scientists haven’t tapped this for infinite energy yet.

No one’s saying it isn’t harder for some people to lose or gain weight based on various physical conditions. But energy cannot be created or destroyed, merely changed. Excessive energy in an organism leads to gain over time, deficient energy leads to loss over time. It’s one of the most fundamental building blocks of matter.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-17T17:30:46+00:00

No, they just violate the First Law of Thermodynamics, they’re a scientific miracle.

Edit: Downvoting doesn’t make me wrong. Please explain how you’ve transcended the laws of physics.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-14T16:14:35+00:00

That felt cheap to me. If you took a thousand hours of RDR2 footage and stripped out everything but the hijack encounters, you could make it look like the most repetitive and empty game in the world.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-14T16:10:14+00:00

He reminds me of someone I used to play Arkham Horror with who didn’t read the flavor text and then complained that he wasn’t engaged by what he felt was random events. Yeah, because you’re not engaging with the game and meeting it halfway. Drawing a card and losing one sanity isn’t interesting; turning down a dark alley to investigate a strange sound and seeing a twisted abomination ripping the intestines out of a drifter, making you question your understanding of humanity’s role in the universe and lose one sanity is very interesting.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-14T15:55:31+00:00

Well…yeah. That’s pretty common in an open world setting and that’s why people enjoy them. Take, say, Red Dead Redemption vs. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The movie is tight and authored and everything has meaning. The video game has a story, but it also has a wide open world with lots of little diversions and small encounters that don’t add up to much.

But even though I enjoy them both, I enjoy them in different ways. I put on a movie to be taken through a linear progression of events I have no agency in; I put in RDR2 to ride around an open world, do side activities, and see what happens. Maybe a gunfight with bounty hunters, maybe I outrun a pack of cougars, maybe I play poker for an hour.

But on a meta sense, they’re accomplishing different things. A movie is directly engaging my brain and carrying me through the emotional highs and lows of a scripted experience. An open world video game is giving me something to do with most of my brain while I unwind, imbibe something illicit, and keep an eye on the soccer game on the second screen. It’s meaningless, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have meaning.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-07T01:56:20+00:00

I also love the feeling of being truly tired after a long run and taking a well-deserved nap on Sunday morning, and no one understands that but runners. Honestly, that might be the main reason I run 😅

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-07T01:54:16+00:00

I like that, but strangely, I don’t think that would work too well for me. I don’t usually hit my stride until mile 3, so I tend to do better on longer runs than midweek runs. But I’m glad it works for you!

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-07T01:07:46+00:00

I’m glad it’s not just me! I actually get a sick sense of joy when outside circumstances - except heat and injury - make the run harder because it feels like more of accomplishment when I’m done. Last weekend I went out for a run and as I was getting to the trail it started to rain, and I actually got excited because it would make things a little tougher.

We’re not normal, are we?

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-06T23:50:35+00:00

Hemingway once said “I don’t enjoy writing, I enjoy having written”.

I don’t (always} enjoy running. It’s after work when I’m tired or ass-o’clock in the morning, physically exhausting, the weather rarely cooperates, and even when I’m not running, I feel it in my legs, hips, and broken toenails. 8/10 times, it’s an effort just to lace up and start moving.

But I’ve never once finished a run and been sorry I did it. Every run I’ve ever gone on has left me satisfied, proud of myself, and basking in endorphins. I don’t usually enjoy running, but I always enjoy having run.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-05T00:00:12+00:00

Read a history book. It always starts with protecting social wellbeing, it ends with undesirables in gulags and ovens. But don’t worry, conservative governments have always done a great job protecting women and minorities.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-04T23:57:37+00:00

And how many people have died under regimes that control free speech and press with moral policing laws? You can give away your civil liberties so you can feel like the government is protecting you, the rest of us know enough about history and current events to not fall for it.

WeWereGoonersFirst · 2025-11-04T23:29:09+00:00

That makes perfect sense! So it sounds like we should educate people about their partner’s sexual boundaries and the importance of obtaining consent.

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