You know the type, probably a good father or worker, but serious faced all the time, never smiles, often in a bad mood, very cynical. It’s just I feel like I’m on the path to this, I’m 28, just escaped 12 years of food service so I’m already super cynical and if someone comes up to me, I’m super ready to shut down whatever’s about to happen. I feel like working with customers for years I’ve learned to have giant walls up and I can’t seem to remove them. I see the other guys in the factory I’m working at laughing and joking all the time, I think of myself as funny but it’s always deadpan humor and I wish I could genuinely smile and laugh and make friends with the other guys. Any old timers or well travelers out there have any advice?

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    1 year ago

    The way you avoid becoming a crotchety old man is to die young. I’m not sure I’ve met a genuinely happy old man.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve met several. Usually on dive boats in the Caribbean! So I’d say the secret is to overdose on nitrogen while staring at fish in their natural habitat.

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      I know of one that seems happy all the time, he’s approaching 70. He’s also stoned 24/7 which may have something to do with it.