I started realizing I was out of touch musically when there were big festival lineups and I didn’t know 95% of the bands.
i am an “old hat” in my fire dept. been here 21 years. know a lot. seen a lot. still learning a lot. trained a lot of the newbs. who are mostly 20-30 now. and definitely a cohort of their own. eager. but also dismissive of some of us old guys sometimes. lately i feel like it’s time. i kinda want to transition to a more academic life too. but am grappling with the fomo when the next big job comes in, though i have been at a lot of local history making fires. just kinda feeling invisible, so maybe it’s time to retire.
The day my boss, who asked for my help, said “That’s not what GPT said” and promptly ignored my input, wasted 2 days of a customer’s time and $700 of their money (refuses to walk back his time doing what GPT said), then finally allowed me to fix the actual problem using my meat popsicle intelligence’s output, which took 14 minutes.
We’re doomed. He votes.
When some actress died recently and there was like 30 posts on reddit and all I could think is who the hell is this? And to be honest, I realized I didn’t care and it’s time to leave reddit. Then I thought, I’m getting old, I don’t need a virtual obituary and just want to see cat pictures or something funny after work.
Brother I have never once been “with it”, as the kids say, and the rock I live under gets comfier every year so I probably won’t try to change that.
Whenever there is some viral story about some youtube/ticktock celebrity.
At 40, I don’t think I really am. I’ve never kept up with pop culture, so if you asked me who the hottest musical act is right now, I wouldn’t have a clue. My MP3 collection is so eclectic that even Lemmy probably wouldn’t recognize half of what I listen to. So, if that’s what you mean by being out of touch, then perhaps.
However, I do make an effort to stay abreast of current events, political movements, and what’s happening in the world.
That said, I do feel myself becoming somewhat disconnected from the general cultural zeitgeist as I get older. I’m much more focused on my family these days than on keeping up with what my kids are into. For example, I genuinely don’t understand the humor behind things like Skibidi Toilet, nor do I have any idea what the hell MrBeast is doing. I couldn’t tell you what the most popular YouTube channels are, either.
So perhaps I’m not out of touch with the world itself, but I’m definitely becoming less connected to the culture of the younger generations. And honestly, I’m not entirely sure that’s a bad thing.
Lol I’m autistic, I’ve never been in touch. I rarely understand what’s going on but I fake it really well!
I concur, but that masking brings so many other issues and stress.
I’m out of touch?!
No. It’s the children who are wrong.
If you are an American president children are always right.
And out of time as well.
But I’m outta my head when you’re not around.
When I joined Lemmy. But it’s a good thing
Probably always been a bit out of touch. Never really enjoyed pop culture. The first time was probably around 10 when everyone started getting into social media and I was like why the fuck would you ever put your real name and face on the internet.
Literally never. Not once. I was your nerd at school who’d find joy in a science encyclopedia, and really thought everyone else my age acted like the dumbest people on Earth.
Today’s “67” was yesterday’s something else. And it’s never not made me cringe.
Did you listen to nerdcore? It’s a shame it died out, but I still listen to some of the songs.
I’ve always been into jazz and funk.
Solid choices.
In middle school/junior high, when everybody started talking about rock music and rap music and stopped talking about video games and anime! Lol
I was never under the impression that I was in touch.
Same… I am on the very mild end of the autism spectrum, and had to consciously learn how to socially interact with kids my age like I was Jane Goodall studying some damn apes or something.
