[Closed] As you've got older, which of life's truths do you now just accept

Saying no to people is a skill more people should cultivate.

Helping people out is it's own reward so don't expect an actual reward.

Don't lend things out especially money.

All drivers haven't seen you.

Doing new things keep you feeling younger and slows time.

I'm currently working on a theory and can't decide between

10% of all people are just bastards

or

Everyone is 10% bastard

I still prefer to believe no.1 but suspect no.2 is closer to the truth, just trying to identify the 10% in me 8)

Hanlon's Razor

Cougar's Razor: life is too short to spend it in the company of arseholes.

10% of all people are just bastards

After a lifetime giving people the benefit of the doubt, I've now concluded that there are just some people who have absolutely no redeeming features as human beings whatsoever. Luckily there aren't that many of them. 😀

Quite a few of these are perhaps unique to me:

Marriage:

Women marry Men hoping they'll change, but they won't
Men marry Women hoping they'll stay the same, but they won't.

Happiness:

No one wants to look like a loser so they'll tell you their life is great. Social Media only made things worse.

You wouldn't compare a film you've seen with one you've only seen the trailer for - so don't compare your life with someone else's facebook output, after all the trailer for Suicide Squad looked amazing!

If you can find joy in the small things in life you can alway find joy - a roast poato after a cold winter ride is withing everyone's grasp.

Children:

There are times when every parent is sick to the back teeth of their kids.

There are times when every parent daydreams of a child-free version of their life.

There are times when every parent will tell anyone who asks that they live and breathe for their kids and they’re the most important thing in the world to them, because every other parent says the same thing and you don't want to show them you're a horrible evil person because you enjoy other things sometimes.

When you’ve just about had enough and you’re ready to leave in the night on the first thing smoking to the furthest place on earth from them you can find, they’re flaw you by how amazing they are, the ****s.

Bikes:

Once you get past the real cheap crap not many are better than any other, not really, not if you remember the point is to have fun, you’re not a WC Racer, if you were you wouldn’t be here. Some are faster than others, some look nicer, some are a bit better at one aspect than another, but most will do most things very well given the chance.

Work:

Very few people work because they want to, some people could stop if they wanted to, but invariably those people are so devoted to their work it’s the only thing they know how to do.

Some people will tell you if they won the lottery they’d be back in work the next day, they might, but they’re only the next shit day in work away from leaving and never looking back.

If you can accept the above, then you can accept you work because you have to, but that doesn’t mean you have to hate it. If you can find a job you can tolerate, you can make it a job you enjoy with the right attitude.

Money:

Some people only think about the future, they save, they invest, because there’s always tomorrow, next year, next decade – until there isn’t.

Some people can only think about the here and now, because this day is special it’s worth spending more than you should, because why worry, there will always be more money - until there isn’t.

People who have bad experiences in their chosen camp can change camps.

Holidays:

Unless your idea of fun is limited to drinking yourself stupid and sleeping it off on a beach or by a pool until you’re sober enough to do it again – package holidays are a waste of time and money.

Disneyland Paris is a terrible place full of unhappy children and shops. The ratio of Unhappy/Bored/Happy is roughly 20/70/10, it’s a ghastly place full of queues, drizzle, fibreglass, sugar and shops, with the occasional fayre ground ride.

You shouldn’t go on Holiday just to entertain your kids, a holiday that ends with the burning desire to get back to work isn’t a holiday. It is possible to enjoy a holiday as a Dad over and above vicariously through your kids.

Don't get married, don't have kids, keep your options open.

P-jay 😯

I agree with a lot of it but was that quite cathartic for you 😉

My life's truth.

Sometimes life is just unfair. The skill to know when to just suck it up and move on is just as valuable as the skill of dealing with life's injustices. If not more valuable. The true skill is knowing which of life's injustices are worth fighting tooth and nail over.

There are times when every parent is sick to the back teeth of their kids.

Corollary: there are times when everyone else is sick of them too. (-:

There must be a relation between the hairs missing from the top of my head and the new ones apearing on my shoulders but I haven`t worked it out yet.

Old age doesn't come on it's own

Trust me on the sunscreen.

Shit happens.

You don't stop playing when you get old, you get old when you stop playing.

Age is only a problem if you use it as an excuse.

The more you try to be someone else, the less likely you will be happy

Binners

No one has got a clue what they are actually doing and everyone is just winging it.

indeed. i can't believe I've got this far without being found out

Your opening gambit was the first clue TBH.

But to add to the winging it thing... age does not confer wisdom, merely arrogance. Unless, of course, humble pie is consumed on a regular basis.

🙂

Youth is wasted on the young, just don't begrudge them for it.

Most organisations are led by sociopaths

My experience would testify to this. Oh and the titular head of the organisation is not necessarily the one doing the leading...

You're wrong, but I'll never be able to convince you of the fact.

I'm currently working on a theory and can't decide between

10% of all people are just bastards

or

Everyone is 10% bastard

Edit - wait, annoyingly that doesn't make mathematical sense.
10% of people are 99% bastard
89% of people are 10% bastard.

Ah **** it. Some people are mostly bastards. Most people are sometime bastards.

Seems I've met more of the former.

edit due to edit...

I'm never getting a hoverboard.

All new music reminds me of something else, to the point that I spend the time listening trying to work out what, exactly, it reminds me of as opposed to actually listening to the music itself.

Life doesn't turn out how you expected, but this doesn't have to be a bad thing.

There's only room for one thing in the grave. Don't horde possessions.

A small, simple act of kindness can go a long way.

Everybody is a bastard, apart from me and I'm not 100% sure about me 😉

Life's only certainties are death, taxes and nasal hair
Unless you're Noel Gallagher, Jimmy Carr or Daniella Westbrook.

Are you trying to say that Noel Gallagher is immortal?

I think he is, but everyone should know it's Keanu Reeves

zanelad
Shit happens.

And added to that:

"The mark of a man is not in his attempts to deflect that ****, but his actions when that deflection proves to be futile"

Olives are really tasty

Whisky is the best tonic

I'll always be fat

Life's only certainties are death, taxes and nasal hair
Unless you're Noel Gallagher, Jimmy Carr or Daniella Westbrook.

Are you trying to say that Noel Gallagher is immortal?

There are parts of Daniella Westbrook that will never decompose, so in a way...

For the cheese/Worcester lovers...try it on this stuff (not sure if they sell it on the mainland)

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Might be an idea to get a couple if you can find it. For two reasons...firstly it's the ultimate companion for melted cheese. Secondly - as it's best toasted one side only it might take a few tries to get the amount of toasting just right. It's one of those breads that looks unphased by the heat from the grill until you look away for a split second and it goes from "looks like it might be about to brown a bit' to 'ffs! it's only fit for the bin now'.

Anything that can go wrong, will.
The perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum.
Death and taxes are universal constants.
"Sir, I may not agree with what you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to be a complete asshole"
"Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy"
Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional. (My personal maxim).

Two elderly relatives passed away last year, they both separately said Greed was the curse of humanity.

'Minimum safe distance' is not a universal constant.

Two elderly relatives passed away last year, they both separately said Greed was the curse of humanity.

It's certainly the curse of recent times. People have become greedier, which makes me feel very alienated, as the one sin I've never suffered from is greed.

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There are many more S****horpes in the world than there are decent people, so choose your friends carefully and eat cheese on toast often.

I love cheese.
I love toast.
I love Worcester sauce.

But HATE cheese on toast with Worcester sauce.

So my universal truth is.. people are weird.. and they like what they like despite logic.

Cheese?
CHEESE!

Cheese, cheese, cheese.

And what about the Bacon?
🙄

As i grow older, I know that sickness and death are inevitable. We have to work our @$$3$ off to earn money as well. So I think we should cherish the time with our family and friends more and try our best to live a wonderful life.

Time goes quicker!

Where the heck has this week/year/last 3.5 years gone? 😯

This place is great
PJay is right about everything other than Disneyland, especially the potatoes
I'm still feeling hungry for cheese on toast 🙁

As you've got older, which of life's truths do you now just accept

That you'll always need a piece of wood/cane to stir a pot of paint.

Singing stupid songs to annoy your children is about as good as it gets

Anyone who believes they're important hasn't asked the six odd billion people that just think they're a ****

Cheese on toast, with Worcester sauce, is the most enjoyable food in the world

Worcs sauce tastes rank and i live in Worcestershire

Life is too short to put off the things you want to do until tomorrow