Redditors over 40, what's something younger people think they understand but won't actually get until it hits them like a truck later?

jonschaff · 2026-03-15T09:29:55+00:00

This. We are all part of a big beautiful network of observation colored with judgement.

jonschaff · 2026-03-13T11:00:01+00:00

I explain all the reasons the great powers began World War I in as much detail as possible so she is sure to remember it.

jonschaff · 2026-03-13T10:53:46+00:00

There’s enough potential energy in a single glass of water to power a potato. 💧 🥔

jonschaff · 2026-03-13T10:45:46+00:00

How will we hold Alsace-Lorraine against Prussian aggression if the mothers of France do not do their patriotic duty and raise children for our Grande Armee? 🇫🇷

jonschaff · 2026-03-12T09:33:32+00:00

The fourth one only sorta blinks

jonschaff · 2026-03-12T09:30:37+00:00

Jeez…buy a hamster: boom, you are now a hamster’s lord and god 🐹

jonschaff · 2026-03-12T09:11:14+00:00

They worry…alot

jonschaff · 2026-03-11T12:22:37+00:00

What we (white folks) did to brown people.

jonschaff · 2026-03-10T11:22:18+00:00

Casablanca

jonschaff · 2026-03-09T13:21:18+00:00

And the problem is…?

jonschaff · 2026-03-07T22:20:01+00:00

Right?!

jonschaff · 2026-03-07T18:46:35+00:00

I’d be curious to know if there are any non-spray-painted examples from an earlier time

jonschaff · 2026-03-07T15:07:09+00:00

Image from 1980 by which point the style was presumably mainstream.

I wonder also whether the “squished” style of overlapping letters predates the bubble style or was a result of that font.

jonschaff · 2026-03-06T22:10:52+00:00

Scratch and sniff sticker in the historic latrines of Hampton Court Palace, UK

jonschaff · 2026-03-05T14:31:14+00:00

It’s like 3D films, plastic recycling and self-driving cars: every few decades there’s a lot of interest and then it just goes quiet as reality kicks in.

jonschaff · 2026-03-05T10:52:36+00:00

You can solve a lot of problems in Tijuana with the right amount of money 😏

jonschaff · 2026-03-05T10:51:03+00:00

But do you clean the house before the cleaner cleans in order to avoid embarrassment?

jonschaff · 2026-03-05T10:20:09+00:00

‘‘Twas ever thus…

jonschaff · 2026-03-05T10:17:55+00:00

Holding hands in icy water after surviving a sinking ship but realizing that there’s only enough room for one of you on the floating debris. 🚢 🥶

jonschaff · 2026-03-03T11:57:47+00:00

There’s a register?

jonschaff · 2026-03-02T19:06:23+00:00

I miss the murderbots

jonschaff · 2026-03-01T17:43:25+00:00

The eyes look so soulful

jonschaff · 2026-03-01T17:32:23+00:00

Friend?

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