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We are not a personal advice, health, or mental health sub.

Please only respond directly to posts if you were born on or before 1980. If you are younger, please restrict your activity to asking questions and responding to existing comments.

This is not an advice forum.


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We are not a personal advice, health, or mental health sub.

Please only respond directly to posts if you were born in or before 1980. If you are younger, please restrict your activity to asking questions and responding to existing comments.


Rules

1. Respondents to posts must be "old": Born 1980 or prior

2. Please do not seek personal advice or emotional support here.

3. Posts must be 300 characters or less

4. No surveys or homework help

5. Be cool to one another

6. Maximum three questions per user per week, one per day

7. Questions should be topical for the subreddit and its audience


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6

Did the Tyson-Douglas fight upset shock you when it hit the news?

9 Comments
2024/04/29
04:43 UTC

37

If You Grew Up Poor What Was The Cheap Meal You Were Fed Often?

Wife is from the Boston. Hers was pasta…I’m from TX so beans and rice.

College it was Ramen.

119 Comments
2024/04/29
04:23 UTC

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What did older people used to get on your case about when you were younger?

70 Comments
2024/04/29
02:55 UTC

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Were you driven to achieve something a lot that you were willing to pull all-nighters for it?

I am looking at some of my long term goals. Curious about your past long term goals, or hobbies.

24 Comments
2024/04/28
23:30 UTC

27

What was your comfort food as a kid?

108 Comments
2024/04/28
22:00 UTC

36

Why was there such an aversion to therapy and medication for mental illness for so long?

I notice a distinct aversion to mental illness understanding as well as a distinct aversion to taking psych meds in older adults. A mentality of "you don't need to be on that, you're fine." What gives?

72 Comments
2024/04/28
21:46 UTC

12

How did your humor change through the years?

I feel like my brother kept his but mine is gone forever, I rarely ever laugh anymore.

But I have to admit that life has been very different for us from the start.

If you got it back , how did you?

23 Comments
2024/04/28
21:16 UTC

80

When you were in high school, where did you get money to pay for school lunches?

274 Comments
2024/04/28
19:23 UTC

13

When did gambling stop being seen as immoral?

I recently learned that for a long time gambling was illegal because people saw it as immoral, it of course became moral in most places, but when did people accept it morally

46 Comments
2024/04/28
16:45 UTC

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For those pof you who were teens in the 70s, why was Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" such a big hit in the 1970s?

I don't get it. People in the 70s had great taste in music, yet "You Light Up My Life", a corny ballad about loving God, sung by Pat Boone's daughter, stormed the charts. Even Karen Carpenter wasn't that square.

296 Comments
2024/04/28
16:40 UTC

96

What's the coolest thing you ever inherited?

No, not your dimples, winning personality or love of gin (rummy). We're talking something tangible. Something so good that it made your loved one's passing a little easier for you.

240 Comments
2024/04/28
15:35 UTC

72

Is it a good or bad thing for society that staying in your home is so easy now? Is there anything you need to go out of your house for after retirement?

Since Covid, you can order anything for delivery. Even doctors are online.

106 Comments
2024/04/28
14:52 UTC

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In what ways do you think politicians in the US have changed over the last 50 years and in what ways have they stayed the same?

49 Comments
2024/04/28
14:33 UTC

15

Do you miss having your Kodachrome slides and projector shows?

36 Comments
2024/04/28
12:42 UTC

13

What were your parents like? What stories did they tell?

They must have survived some breathtaking change of times just like your generation did, but what did you learn about it as a kid yourself?

45 Comments
2024/04/28
12:30 UTC

37

As you age, how good have you gotten at estimating time of day without looking at a clock or watch?

68 Comments
2024/04/28
08:27 UTC

32

Do you find yourself eating out/ordering food more now than in the 80/90's?

I know I am, tho it's expensive, it becomes a fact of life. In earlier times, eating at home we norm and even burgers were datenight

73 Comments
2024/04/28
02:29 UTC

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What are aspects of the 1980s and 1990s that were actually quite awful that people never mention?

I’m not including the 00s even though they are often romanticized now because I have heard a fair amount of people complain about 9/11.

646 Comments
2024/04/28
05:07 UTC

9

How have your sleep habits changed over decades?

28 Comments
2024/04/28
02:55 UTC

86

Is it really hard to stay in shape as you get older? What age did you start feeling it getting harder?

159 Comments
2024/04/28
00:21 UTC

15

Do you like any of the Hollywood remakes?

Do you like the OG MacGyver or the 2016 remake? The OG Oceans 11 or the 2001 remake? Same thing with Walker, Texas Ranger, Hawaii Five-O, Mission Impossible. Are they good or do they make you want to bang your head against a brick wall?

76 Comments
2024/04/28
00:21 UTC

18

When was the last time you climbed up a tree?

saw some kids playing on a tree and this question popped into my head. It brought back some memories about climbing berry trees in my hometown when I was younger. It got me reminiscing and all nostalgic. I was hoping you could share some stories.

48 Comments
2024/04/27
20:32 UTC

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Have you gained faith in a religion or ideology - if so, why?

Being that this is reddit, I hear about the opposite all the time - religious to agnostic / atheist, left or right leaning to apolitical, etc. I figure that there are at least a few of you who can relate to the question and I'd love to hear your experience :)

Thank you for reading / responding.

79 Comments
2024/04/27
19:03 UTC

11

Chronic Pain (for those that have lived with it for minimum 10yrs)

For me its basically failed surgery + rehab.
For those that have lived with chronic pain how have you managed to handle it over the years?

Cheers

62 Comments
2024/04/27
18:47 UTC

5

Have you lost touch with early friends? Do you regret investing time into them? If not, what have you done to keep the connection?

Curious to know if you're still friends with those in high school, college, etc. Thanks!

19 Comments
2024/04/27
16:43 UTC

32

What do you think of r/BoomersBeingFools

Have you checked out this subreddit? Thoughts?

348 Comments
2024/04/27
15:38 UTC

32

If a person has toxic parents, will there be a high possibility that the person will also end up having a toxic spouse/life partner in the future?

If a person has toxic parents, will there be a high possibility that the person will also end up having a toxic spouse/life partner in the future?

Like is there a high possibility that the pattern repeats itself in life?

43 Comments
2024/04/27
14:55 UTC

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Have you achieved your major goals in life, and if not, how do you feel about it?

Pretty much the title, I'm curious how you guys feel about it now. Thanks!

106 Comments
2024/04/27
13:19 UTC

62

Why wasn't The Dick Cavett Show a bigger hit?

Despite an extremely clever host and the appearance of so many iconic guests, the show was abruptly cancelled and staggered on through different networks for the next 20 years. Was it missing something which kept it from having a loyal audience?

81 Comments
2024/04/27
11:51 UTC

10

How did you deal with the "in between" seasons of life where you don't know what you want for a career or family life?

I want a family and marriage, but I want ambitions before that.

16 Comments
2024/04/27
04:43 UTC

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