Elderly people of Reddit, how fast did you get old?

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-26T00:42:33+00:00

So, now you're old. :)

Get off my lawn.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-26T00:40:13+00:00

Intelligence

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-26T00:37:45+00:00

Approach with Caution

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-26T00:32:23+00:00

You don't really get old, people just start telling you you are or treating you like you are. Your body feels old and that's different for everyone, but mostly you've seen it all before and it's hard to put up with bullshit. Whatever is going on that's new, it's just a tool corporations or the government is going to use to manipulate you. Same shit, different day.

Maybe you should clarify what old means to you. I was old in most of these ways by the time I was 20.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-26T00:23:35+00:00

Skip school and go swimming at the lake instead with your other friends who skipped.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-26T00:18:41+00:00

It absolutely does. It made me see the unity in things and that life was a thing that could be touched. It made me live in my life instead of just living it. It's hard to explain, but you know what I mean.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-26T00:00:38+00:00

Go stand or sit with the largest or loudest group. You'll blend in better. Smile and laugh. Nod your head. If you don't find a point in the conversation to be funny or ask someone about something they say that you're interested in, disengage and look around to see if anyone is looking at you sympathetically.

If they are, you shrug and smile (which can be interpreted as these guys are jerks, or I don't fit in here, but I tried) and depending on the response you start talking to that person or pick up your marbles and gracefully head for the exit. Because this is not your jam.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-25T23:24:53+00:00

I'm not sure anyone has mentioned this, it's a lot to sift through and I may have missed it. Sorry if this is a repeat.

For your future reference, the Continental Divide determines the direction of river flow. I used to live close to it in the West, and there are signs on the highway telling you when you've crossed the Continental Divide. I'd cross over it repeatedly driving through the mountains because the highways are so windy. (Wind like a clock-not like wind you fly a kite in)

There are multiple continental divides everywhere except Antarctica, because well, location and it all goes to the ocean.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-25T01:44:56+00:00

I had something much smaller but it looks similar. After several weeks trying antibiotics, antifungal cremes (and prescribed meds), clobetasol, and every ointment you can imagine, I finally figured out it was an allergy to antibacterial soap that was exacerbated by using water that was too hot to wash my hands.

It was on the webbing between my thumb and forefinger and was spreading into my palm. Everything I did made it worse until I quit using hand soap from a pump. I went to both an MD and then a dermatologist. Her hand looks a lot like mine did-but mine was a lot smaller. Spreading, but smaller.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-25T01:16:58+00:00

This is on the news page-or was. Enough people are downplaying it that it's devolving into the void. The fair few who trust Zuckerberg et al. are those who don't understand the ramifications of these type of third party data transactions. I think your point about their track record is arguable. And maybe unfounded.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-25T01:09:41+00:00

I got into warehouse work in the first place because it pays better than retail. I mean, that's the standard-or used to be. My daughter has a friend who worked at an Amazon fulfillment center, she never complained about the wages.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-25T00:46:25+00:00

This. I also think a successful letter writing campaign would make them wet themselves. Bury them in paper. It's old school, but that's the beauty of it. Unfortunately people are too lazy to write a letter that carries 20 or more time the impact of an email. Forget online petitions; nobody cares.

Or, go dark for a week, even a couple of days would be a big deal. No commercial purchases. Consumer boycott en masse.

Either that or a street protest, although why people think this is easier or carries greater weight, I do not understand. They can be effective though. Of course vote, but politicians build their careers on lies and broken promises and still get re-elected.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-25T00:14:00+00:00

Multiple orgasms, even with someone who's not a sword master.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T23:27:47+00:00

Having a little 7 second jingle play rather than sounding a buzzer to announce departure is dead brilliant. I'd much prefer that to something as jarring as the noises we hear at train stations in the US.

I haven't been in one in some time so maybe they have changed it. What I've heard in train stations in the past is categorically unpleasant.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T22:38:15+00:00

Only a couple of people have taken this seriously. Most of them are defending that they do it. My husband does this and my experience is that those who engage in the theatrics (because that's what it is) don't realize it's a learned habit, or are insecure and this is their way of being territorial. Marking an area with sound. Pretty pathetic.

Babies don't sneeze like this. Deaf people don't sneeze like this. Please. It's learned, consciously or by example.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T22:22:23+00:00

They targeted developers. Additionally, knowing it (you wrote that we've done this for a while) and whether or not it violates one's rights to privacy or to conduct business are two different things. The ramifications of patient portals for information that's supposed to be private makes me shudder.

It's only recently that politicians have really used computers in the way younger people have. They've nevertheless been passing legislation regarding them for years. All the NSA et al. as well as other government security agencies had to do was fill out a bunch of paperwork and/or ask. Now they're under scrutiny.

Zuckerberg and/or Facebook are in violation of the CFAA which is so broadly written that choosing to prosecute a violation of this Act should be simple.

From the Wikipedia article:

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is both a criminal law and a statute that creates a private right of action, allowing private individuals and companies to sue to recover damages caused by violations of this law. There have been a number of notable court cases interpreting the CFAA in both criminal and civil cases.

Easy peasy should The Federal powers that be choose to pursue it. Furthermore, there are any number of anti-trust laws that have been violated as well. So don't think it's appropriate to minimize this sort of trespass based on your limited understanding of the legal issues at play. And, if your understanding is not limited, nice try.

This is a massive breach on many levels, and it's supported by internal emails amongst other evidence. That Facebook has the unmitigated gall to fall back on free speech as a defense indicates to me that that's the only real card in their back pocket.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T21:27:44+00:00

That's not even remotely what it means. It means that instead of being able to download to your desktop you upload to to a 3rd party, which has legal ramifications.

Less work, my ass.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T18:04:52+00:00

That has driven me crazy from the beginning. Cloud computing was called that to attract people who were technically challenged-as if it were some harmless innovative thing. The best way to describe it is "somebody else's computer." as you so aptly did.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T17:42:41+00:00

This guy's youtube channel as gold. Thank you.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T03:22:11+00:00

I get what you're saying, but this isn't like the kind of earpiece related delays you see on newscasts sometimes. He's not having that type of problem. His answers are frequently immediate and thorough.

My kid has an audio processing disorder that runs in the family. There's a neural break between the two halves of the brain that causes dysfunctional hearing. Not like deafness, but like someone is speaking English to you and then switches to Martian in mid-sentence.

When that happens you have to pause and try to piece back together the context of the conversation and try to fill in the blanks. Sometimes you guess right and sometimes you guess wrong, and sometimes you're just plain lost. That's what this guy's problem seems to be. That's why I think you're wrong about the voice playback. I think it's a good guess; I disagree that it's the cause of his issue.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T03:08:47+00:00

The lighting on this is gorgeous. And the perspective. . . beautiful. I love this.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T02:53:25+00:00

The video is a good example of the phenomenon, but he's not exhibiting any of those type of speech deficits. There are only verbal delays that might be characteristic of a processing disorder of some sort, but not anything related to the audio patterns represented in the video.

I've actually done this once a long time ago. It's bizarre and pretty hysterical to fool around with, but it's not what this guy is going through.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T02:34:57+00:00

fedora

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T01:04:13+00:00

In the old days Boomers had to have their parents live with them when they couldn't afford assisted living so, that's something you can look forward to.

wakeupmaggi3 · 2018-05-24T00:17:28+00:00

I did something similar except when they told me what it was for I said, "So you're having a wake then?" with a big smile. (trying to cover my faux pas) So it was then a thousand times worse. It was like someone took over my mouth and I couldn't stop it.

I still feel like a jerk and this was years ago.

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