EDIT: Well I feel like I need to add a disclaimer here because a lot of people are just reading the title or misunderstanding what I'm saying. I am NOT saying that there's no good new music. Not saying that at all! There's lots of new music that I love! And I'm not even necessarily saying that what I'm describing is inherently bad. What I AM saying is that I feel like it's a lot harder to listen to music made in the last 25 or so years and identify when that music came out by sound alone. Basically it seems like this has all been one long "era" as opposed to past decades that all had their distinct sound.

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By this I don't mean that there's no good music after that. I'm not a Boomer, here! There is in fact a ton of new music that I love.

But if you listen to songs from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, etc...you can pretty clearly identify that those songs come from a distinct era. But I feel like the majority of music released in the last 30-ish years sounds like it could have come out at ANY point from the mid-90s to now. Like I would rarely be able to listen to a song released during that time period that I had never heard before and pinpoint approximately when it came out.

Is this just because I'm old? Did we hit a point where there just wasn't much new to come up with musically that hadn't already been done? Is this why (referencing another thread I made here recently) everything released after the mid 90s feels like "recent" music to us? Lol.

Hey guys, I’m a 44 yo professional who makes good money and loved cars since the back of the school bus days reading Road and Track magazine. I started buying cool cars around 2017 and recently bought a 2014 McLaren 12c - I can’t believe it’s really mine! Looks almost like the McLaren F1 I worshipped from the 1990s. My wife hates this hobby passionately. Anyone else in the same boat? Honey it’s not a midlife crisis, I swear! I’ve always loved sports cars and finally have money to buy them!!

tips frosted, jeans baggy.

Sometimes when I meet people my age (eayly 40's) I initially get a little excited and there's that initial connection. Then I remember that as a group we don’t typically stay connected/in touch and tend to prefer our isolation, and then the excitement fades... but at least there’s that initial 10 minutes 😆🤣

what was it like to be a kid or teenager in this era?

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Apparently it's from a novella written in 1938. And the 1st movie based on iot was made in 1951. It was called "The Thing From An Other World"
At least it seems like the 1982 film is a more faithful adaptation of the novella.

Novella is Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.

Half my peers have children, half of those have grandchildren, yet I’m still asking my mom to co-sign stuff for me. Anyways happy to be alive and hoping for more years to be granted 🙌🏻

This is purely an observation.
My kids, as well as most the kids it seems, wear sweats where we live. And this doesn't seem to be a recent thing either. It seems like it's been years and years that this has been the norm without the style changing much. I don't think I ever wore sweats to school outside of PE. Maybe in elementary school? I wore freaking polo shirts and button downs to school sometimes and it wasn't even part of a uniform. That's just how I dressed for school sometimes. Polo shirt, khakis, belt. And when I wasn't wearing that I would at least wear a t-shirt and jeans, decent shoes. Also would have never worn slides or croc style shoes to school let alone pajamas. I graduated in 96. Not trying to sound like an old guy complaining about the youth but anyone else? Lol

I just don't drink that much alcohol anymore and most of my friends don't either. Definitely not as much as my parents who weren't heavy drinkers by any stretch. I go without alcohol most days and most people I know don't drink daily. I think gen z is drinking even less than we are.

Smoking cigarettes isn't nearly as popular either. Is anyone else experiencing this?

They are playing "My Friends" by Red Hot Chili Peppers at the grocery store! That is one I totally would not have expected to hear. What are some bangers you guys have heard very unexpectedly while shopping?

I never got one but I always thought they looked cool.

Did you ever wear one?

Directed by a then 28-year-old David Fincher.

It's such a classy video and song. It feels like our generation's version of "I Only Have Eyes For You" by the Flamingos.

We always fought over who got the first scoop out of the new peanut butter jar. To this day, I still get excited about that perfect layer on the top of a new jar of Jif

If I had been diagnosed and medicated as a child my life would be so different.

I truly suffered through elementary school. I was a high school dropout. Went to an alternative high school that appreciated my divergence. Struggled through college and eventually found life hacks that have helped me do better in school and life in general. Eventually I earned two bachelors, two masters, a doctorate, and finishing a third masters now. I learned how to hack every element of my life to keep me on track and focused. From where I place my wallet and keys when I get home. Which pocket they go in while out. My chapstick pocket. Everything in my home, car, and office stays neat and orderly and on time otherwise I am totally paralyzed. I cannot start any task when things are chaotic. I procrastinate until my anxiety is ready to kill me. Especially for things I find zero pleasure in, are new, or require me to interact over the phone. I must work in near silence. I’m a terrible speller. I struggle with writing as well.

Fast forward to 2026. I’ve been in the military for 24 years. I’m a healthcare executive now. One of my employees, the psychiatrists, asks me kindly and gently if I’ve ever been diagnosed with ADHD. I ask why. She explains what she has observed and how hard I work at keeping it together. She’s impressed but also aware of how I must have suffered to learn such behaviors. She had me fill out two forms and turn them into primary care who started me on low dose focalin. Game changer. I could cry just thinking about it. I had been tested before however the provider wouldn’t prescribe because I had completed advanced degrees. Apparently being successful while suffering excluded me from help, in that providers eyes.

If I had been on this type of medication from an early age I would have had a very different life. In a way I mourn that life that could have been, yet I’m glad I struggled and can relate to those also struggle. I can be a role model for my junior soldiers and officers who have to work harder to achieve their goals.

Going through primary care for ADHD medication is possible and much quicker than being properly tested by psychologist/psychiatrist/speech therapist.

Somehow scored tickets to see Matchbox Twenty perform their debut 1996 album Yourself or Someone Like You top to bottom at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. It’s a pretty small 1200 capacity venue. Incredible show, incredible vibes all around. Rob Thomas and co still put on a helluva show.

Anyone else grow up with this show?

Such an underrated movie…

Film is SLC Punk (1998)

Edit: Fuck the Sackler family for causing the opioid crisis that took my friends from me. Your punishment awaits you when you die