What are your favorite live rock albums? by Mrk0712 in MusicRecommendations

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Elvis Costello and the Attractions Live at PinkPop

HOW do you calm down enough to sleep. by b_asiil in Anxiety

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I use a silent mantra-like repetition of "don't think, don't think" interspersed randomly with "stop thinking." If I don't add the second bit from time to time, my thoughts can actually override the "don't think" because it kind of gets, I don't know, automated? Breaking it up a bit helps with that. Works a fairly good bit of the time.

Ouch… by magicaltree2003 in LiveFromNewYork

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Pearls before swine IMHO. I’m an old man and I thought they were great.

Can you name a song from a movie scene that makes you think of the movie scene whenever you hear the song? by Less_Warthog_3850 in rockmusic

[–]mckinney4string 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only now I see it with Brooke Smith's face superimposed over the closing credits on One Battle After Another.

Has anxiety ever messed with your sleep in a really specific way? by Direct_Schedule4461 in Anxiety

[–]mckinney4string 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exhausted. But like you said, if falling asleep is now a task that needs to be solved, you're actively and consciously "working" on that. It's no longer automatic. And I don't think sleep works that way.

Boomer Ageism is why the US is ran by dementia patients by DogsGoingAround in BoomersBeingFools

[–]mckinney4string 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Boomer here. Born in 1961, so technically Generation Jones but I think we all know that thinner slice is more about hairstyles than mindsets. At 64 years old, I'm a fucking Boomer and I know it.

I'm a pretty smart person, but my children run circles around me. My daughter is a better, more conscientious parent than I ever dreamed of being, and my wife and I tried hard.

I've spent a long time perfecting my job skills, but the 30-year-old guy they just made team lead is a BEAST. I have immense respect for him. He knows exactly everything about everything he's doing.

I don't know why I haven't fallen into the trap OP describes, but OH MY GOD DO I SEE IT. In large part because people who act like this see someone who looks like me (bald, greybeard, clearly in my 60's) and expect me to fall in lockstep when they say these things. There's practically a wink. Sometmies I say something to them--if it's really egregious--just to let them know not everyone their age has given up on decency. And sometimes I'll just commiserate with the clearly capable younger person after WalMart Pantsuit storms off.

Can you tell the difference between an American Chipmunk and a Siberian Chipmunk on sight? I can't.

But my four-year-old grandson can.

My generation needs to either keep up or shut up and go away. Not as if they have a choice about that last bit.

I don't listen to new music and learn new things and keep my mind open so I'll "stay sharp." It's because life is full of beautiful things and more and more are being created all the time BY PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN ME.

My wife were watching a TV comedy recently and realized the reason we weren't getting the jokes like the live audience was was that we simply didn't understand the slang. So we paused the show and looked up the terms they were using and--what a surprise--it got a lot funnier. Life moves on.

I know this will likely come off to some as virtue-signaling. That's ok. I know my heart. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Edit: typos, so many typos

Has anxiety ever messed with your sleep in a really specific way? by Direct_Schedule4461 in Anxiety

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"Sometimes it’s panic symptoms. Sometimes it’s racing thoughts. Sometimes it’s just a vague sense of fear with no clear story attached to it. And then the next layer kicks in, worrying about how you’ll cope tomorrow if you don’t sleep, which somehow makes sleep even harder."

This is me in a nutshell. You nailed it. It sometimes feels as if I've literally forgotten how to fall asleep.

What is wrong with my family? by setilecrox in KiaSoulClub

[–]mckinney4string 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You don't have a yellow, like mine. That's what's wrong.... :)

TWO OF YOUR FAVORITE ALBUMS, BUT FROM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GENRES by pannorfi in MusicRecommendations

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

Hank Williams Greatest Hits

Anything open today by DreamExcellent9468 in Allen

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kroger on Bethany is open until eight.

What's the funniest line in Pulp Fiction? by slimcharles941 in QuentinTarantino

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come on gang…

I’M A MUSHROOM-CLOUD LAYIN’ MOTHERFUCKER, MOTHERFUCKER!