For example, mine is that I love watching Antiques Roadshow.
My old person trait is being 72.
You! The only person on Lemmy older than me!
I have opinions on my lawn and your proximity to it.
I refuse to scan a qr code for a menu. Give me a damn piece of paper
This irritates the hell out of me, especially after those malicious link hijacks in the news recently. I’d accept a url before a qr code.
When out eating and drinking, my preference is to go and order food and drink at the counter/bar, rather than install some app or give a website all my personal information before I can order.
What? This is a thing at restaurants now?
Involuntary groans whenever I sit down or stand up.
I primarily write in cursive.
Ugh, I feel this one. I had only written in cursive for something like twenty years, and then I got a job where I needed to write in print for some legal reasons. It was super bad, yo.
Other people don’t? Why are other people writing like children?
Yes, me too. Cursive is easier and faster to write. Though I usually print the capital letters.
Arthritis, so I can predict rain with my knees.
I have several joint damaging injuries. I’ve broken my ankle, torn the cartilage in my knee, and dislocated my shoulder fourteen times - and not only are those only the joint injuries, but only those that have required surgery.
Last year, during a change of seasons, I was visiting a local diner for a takeout order and asked if they minded if I sat down to wait for my order, explaining that I was a damaged individual. They, of course, acquiesced, but then the owner of the venue asked if I noticed more pain during inclement weather.
That was the first time over about thirty years of owies that I realized my pain might be correlated with barometric pressure.
I am incredibly difficult to buy gifts for because I have everything I want, which is not much at all.
I genuinely hate new things and most change at this point.
I don’t think it’s me getting old. I think I was raised differently than most of my peers and exposed to how previous generations actually fought for their rights instead of rolling over and taking it up the ass.
Most of my peers are dumb as shit and have no concept of how much businessmen are taking advantage of them. If someone tells them to buy something, they’ll buy it.
Some part of my body always hurts. Mostly back, intestines, and joints, but these feet of mine have been finding their footing in this game lately too. Life is pain ;(
Ya probably eating something you can’t tolerate. Been checked for coeliac disease? Affects joints, gut, skin, etc…
It’s a combination of arthritis and ulcers in my case, but you’re spot on about poor diet playing its part with my ulcers. Learned that lesson a long time ago. And the again some time later. And then again after that. And then again last week, too. Such is life. Not sure what’s up with my back tho
Sorry to hear about your aches and pains, I get them too as I’ve been getting older, especially my knees. I have a spinal fusion and a few things have really helped to alleviate my chronic back pain.
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Stretch every day. I pay special attention to my hamstrings, they get most of the stretching because it helps loosen lower back muscles too.
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Try not to sit too much. A sit stand desk helps with that, but I also try to stand if I’m watching tv. It’s weird, but it works.
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Go for walks. I don’t have to go anywhere, I just throw on an audiobook or music and walk for an hour or two around the neighborhood.
These keep my daily pain minimal, most days it’s so low pain, I can just ignore it and I’m fine.
Thank you for this sage advice, dude. Tried all three over the last couple days and am having a much better time over here. I was already stretching my back and shoulders etc most days, but the hamstring note was such an obvious connection that I just never put together on my own, and it’s already making a massive difference. Like, im still dealing with pain in the area, but compared to a few days ago, the difference is clear.
You’ve changed a strangers life for the better and it is appreciated greatly.
Fuck yes my dude! The hamstring connection isn’t the most obvious, but makes a lot of sense once you hear it. I spend 5 minutes on hamstring stretches alone and it helps keep a lot of my pain away. I could never touch my toes until I had 2 metal rods in my back! 🤣
I am so glad to hear it’s helping!
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Gluten gives me so many ulcers, pisses me right off
I avoid going out during busy times - e.g., rush hour, school zones, restaurants on a Friday or Saturday night.
I love shoehorns and sneeze loudly.
Didn’t realise these were old person traits but then these are also mine.
I like to go to bed at 9/10 and wake up at 4/6
The older I get the earlier my bedtime/alarm gets.
My old person trait is my knees.
My age
I’m always up to date on the grocery store sales in my area and when there’s something especially good on sale I will show up at the store when it opens at 7:30.
“Good morning, sir! We open at 8am.”
