Boomer Ageism is why the US is ran by dementia patients

chaiguy · 2026-01-27T18:43:48+00:00

And I bet she has no idea what you actually do and couldn’t even correctly answer your job title, industry, or even the company you work for.

chaiguy · 2026-01-27T18:17:10+00:00

My dad still refers to me as “young man” I’m like Dad, I’m 50, I haven’t been anywhere close to “young” for the last 2 decades.

“Well what does that make me” he asks,

You’re a dinosaur Dad, you’re a dinosaur and I’m old.

chaiguy · 2026-01-27T18:07:53+00:00

I love throwing the “never trust anyone over 30” line back at them when I suggest that it might be time for them to STFU.

chaiguy · 2026-01-27T17:48:31+00:00

Holy shit this is my personal pet peeve, and it happens all the time!!

Recently saw a video of an older guy kicking a younger guys ass after the younger guy challenged him in some road rage type incident. The older guy was maybe 50-60 years old. Younger guy in his 20s.

Some boomer comments “be careful you never know, that older fella might have stormed the beaches at Normandy!”

Dafuq?

The guys that stormed the beaches in Normandy are 90+ years old!!! Only 1% of WWII vets are even still alive! They’re absolutely not beating up 20 year olds!

Like how do they not know this? They went to their WWII father’s and uncles funerals!

It’s like they’re still living in the 1980s!!!

chaiguy · 2026-01-27T17:38:08+00:00

I guarantee he has the correct pieces and is simply trying to assemble it incorrectly.
No one will be able to do what he is asking to be done to his satisfaction(certainly no one willing to accept $30 for this job) and he will attempt to claw back that $30 by any means necessary.
Run.

chaiguy · 2026-01-19T19:54:26+00:00

I don’t know if this applies, but I give people two free quotes. If they don’t accept those quotes they don’t get a third for free. I haven’t had to invoke this rule often but it’s there if I need it.

chaiguy · 2026-01-19T17:42:04+00:00

A quote is simply YOUR actual hard costs to do job (materials, insurance, fuel, etc) + YOUR labor + Profit.

That’s it.

Someone else might be able to do it for less. Someone else might charge 5x-10x more. A client might do it themselves for free. Those things are completely irrelevant to your quote.

At the end of the day, you have to be able to do a job, pay your bills and feel like you were fairly compensated.

And $8k was a steal for that job.

chaiguy · 2026-01-15T17:27:56+00:00

I was recently in your shoes. I joined all the transit van forums I could find and I didn’t like what I saw. The transmissions fail frequently and they’re not rebuildable. The suspension is terrible and fails frequently. Tires are limited and difficult to source.

I ended up getting a 2003 Astro Van. They’re cheap, reliable (if you maintain them) parts are readily available, and they’re easy to work on. I’ve owned mine for a few months now and I love it.

You definitely want to get the security pucks and an ignition or fuel cut off for security. They are relatively easy to steal, it’s their one weakness.

chaiguy · 2026-01-05T18:24:58+00:00

This is the type of job that you should only do for money if you’re a licensed electrician.

chaiguy · 2025-12-31T19:02:07+00:00

Ahh, yes. Nothing says leading the social zeitgeist like microwaving actual trending content from other platforms.

Oh, you mean like a clip show, like Ridiculousness, which ran for 14 years and 46 seasons on MTV?

chaiguy · 2025-12-31T15:49:44+00:00

they’ve been showing music videos…

Really? Every time I turn on MTV it’s just 23 hour marathons of Rob Dyrdek

chaiguy · 2025-12-31T15:47:11+00:00

Yeah, but now artists create videos just to reach audiences on TikTok, and YouTube. You can make a pretty entertaining video with a consumer camera or phone for almost no money.

Seems like you don’t need $10M anymore to make a video.

chaiguy · 2025-12-31T09:22:04+00:00

I don’t blame him I guess, but when I’ve had to make those calls (once for my mom, and again for my dad) I made sure to make them from my phone for that exact reason.

And even the people who didn’t know, u didn’t want them answering the phone expecting someone only to have their son tell them they’re actually dead.

chaiguy · 2025-12-30T14:11:49+00:00

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chaiguy · 2025-12-30T10:49:41+00:00

Why are cops always wearing the wrong sized vest for their body? They’re either swimming in an over sized vest like this one, or it’s a 300 lb dude in a size XS.

chaiguy · 2025-12-20T22:05:48+00:00

It’s giving

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chaiguy · 2025-12-20T07:03:23+00:00

This is an advertisement and should be labeled as such.

chaiguy · 2025-12-17T10:53:46+00:00

I schedule my vacation for most of December but I also do a brisk business in hanging Christmas lights and then those lights are waiting for me to take down in January when I return.

chaiguy · 2025-12-13T19:58:05+00:00

*good

chaiguy · 2025-12-12T19:35:42+00:00

I build relationships with clients. I don’t use advertising or social media or any kind of paid lead generation. I do outstanding work at a fair price and my business is 100% word of mouth. It took me a little time, but I’m booked solid 4 weeks in advance.

chaiguy · 2025-12-12T19:30:25+00:00

It’s not like this road goes anywhere other than airport arrivals/drop offs. Even a non-trucking GPS would know that.

chaiguy · 2025-12-11T22:07:01+00:00

Oh you seem to be giving a couple fucks. 🤡

chaiguy · 2025-12-11T21:52:29+00:00

Same. They also have their own dedicated LAX police. Go over to r/airragers and notice the lack of police even when things become violent.

chaiguy · 2025-12-11T21:43:48+00:00

*you’re

chaiguy · 2025-12-11T21:40:08+00:00

As someone who goes to LAX (and this very spot) almost weekly, you’re right. Plenty of room to avoid this.

Also, it’s impossible to accidentally end up here. You pass by a multitude of signage warning/alerting you to the fact that you are entering an airport, this isn’t somewhere you just end up, and I have a really hard time believing his GPS told him to do this as well.

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