So we’re all here because of a change in circumstances that none of us expected. I’m in my early 50s and a creature of habit, I don’t cope well with change.
I used to enjoy Twitter, but it’s gone to shit, every third tweet is an irrelevant ad for something I’ve never expressed any interest in (crypto etc.). It’s pretty much unusable now.
I used to subscribe to The Age, hard copy, home delivered. But then Nine took it over and it started to go down hill, to the point where it’s now the Herald Sun but for people who can read big words and long sentences.
Pre-CoVid my favourite local bar was open five days a week, from at 5pm. I was usually the first in the door, and Fridays and Saturdays we’d be a big group handing a fair amount of money over the bar. Post-CoVid restrictions, the owners changed it to Fri/Sat only, late opening, and more of a club vibe to attract the younger crowd, so that killed it for me.
I could go on, but this is turning into a bit of a rant, so I’ll just finish by saying that because of the way my brain is wired, I need routine and predictability, and I’m really over shit changing around me in every aspect of my life and having no say in it. How do you guys cope with change?
I don’t mind change. It helps me to learn things I wouldn’t normally seek. What I don’t like is that our community that I learnt so much from was basically deleted forcing people to splinter off. The more people, the wider range of topics, better the conversations. :(
I’m grateful for this space too, really impressed how quickly we’ve adopted a new home.
I think I just want a stable and predictable (read: boring!) life these days, after decades of upheaval and forced changes that I wasn’t ready or prepared for.
i’m a millennial used to social media platforms changing every few years. I guess I’ve just given up on the concept of anything online being permanent.
A lot of us are feeling this way with the loss of Reddit, I hadn’t realised that I used it daily for the last decade.
I think it isn’t as bad when you have something new and exciting to look forward to, like maybe you find another bar that ends up being better than the old one.
I was disappointed when Fairfax got bought and was hoping the newspapers wouldn’t be part of the deal.
I think humans naturally adapt - and that includes you. What did you do before Twitter, for example? And hell, you’re here, instead of the DT on Reddit. It’s similar, but there’s still change involved.
What I think is important is recognising that maybe the “change” takes a little longer to adopt, or adapt to when you’re older (and I say this as a late 30s individual who’s starting to notice things like this). But that’s okay, as long as we do evolve and change in some capacity. Otherwise we’d still be stuck in caves smashing rocks together to make fire.
I miss the Age in its heyday too. There was proper in depth journalism, especially liked the weekend editions. There’s nothing the same anymore. It’s all easily digestible snippets or click bait. But anyway, reddit DT is back now and I’ll be using it because I like the interface better. I find it clunky and a bit too start-up here.
So we’re all here because of a change in circumstances that none of us expected. I’m in my early 50s and a creature of habit, I don’t cope well with change. I used to enjoy Twitter, but it’s gone to shit, every third tweet is an irrelevant ad for something I’ve never expressed any interest in (crypto etc.). It’s pretty much unusable now. I used to subscribe to The Age, hard copy, home delivered. But then Nine took it over and it started to go down hill, to the point where it’s now the Herald Sun but for people who can read big words and long sentences. Pre-CoVid my favourite local bar was open five days a week, from at 5pm. I was usually the first in the door, and Fridays and Saturdays we’d be a big group handing a fair amount of money over the bar. Post-CoVid restrictions, the owners changed it to Fri/Sat only, late opening, and more of a club vibe to attract the younger crowd, so that killed it for me. I could go on, but this is turning into a bit of a rant, so I’ll just finish by saying that because of the way my brain is wired, I need routine and predictability, and I’m really over shit changing around me in every aspect of my life and having no say in it. How do you guys cope with change?
I don’t mind change. It helps me to learn things I wouldn’t normally seek. What I don’t like is that our community that I learnt so much from was basically deleted forcing people to splinter off. The more people, the wider range of topics, better the conversations. :(
I am grateful for this little corner :)
I’m grateful for this space too, really impressed how quickly we’ve adopted a new home.
I think I just want a stable and predictable (read: boring!) life these days, after decades of upheaval and forced changes that I wasn’t ready or prepared for.
There’s nothing wrong with that. Being comfortable is what makes us happy.
I’ll let others reply with more serious answers but your post just gave me a thought which you may or may not enjoy:
People usually say “change is as good as a holiday” but as someone who doesn’t like change, you could say “change is as good as a holiday to Adelaide”
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i’m a millennial used to social media platforms changing every few years. I guess I’ve just given up on the concept of anything online being permanent.
A lot of us are feeling this way with the loss of Reddit, I hadn’t realised that I used it daily for the last decade.
I think it isn’t as bad when you have something new and exciting to look forward to, like maybe you find another bar that ends up being better than the old one.
I was disappointed when Fairfax got bought and was hoping the newspapers wouldn’t be part of the deal.
I think humans naturally adapt - and that includes you. What did you do before Twitter, for example? And hell, you’re here, instead of the DT on Reddit. It’s similar, but there’s still change involved.
What I think is important is recognising that maybe the “change” takes a little longer to adopt, or adapt to when you’re older (and I say this as a late 30s individual who’s starting to notice things like this). But that’s okay, as long as we do evolve and change in some capacity. Otherwise we’d still be stuck in caves smashing rocks together to make fire.
Funnily enough 1 million years on from the first Homo erectus making fire… I can’t do shit without a lighter or matches.
I feel this. I’m starting to wonder if it’s the pace of change rather than change itself (if that makes sense).
I was hoping for a shittymorph-esq transition of this comment into Grandpa Simpson’s rant about wearing an onion on his belt.
Well someone changed the onion to an apple and I’m not happy about that either!
I’ve never actually had ‘regular’ habits so accepting change is kind of easy.
Always had different groups of friends and interests growing up.
Even with work, I tend to change jobs every 3-4 years.
The only constant in my life for the past 20 years has been my wife and, more recently,kids.
Swapping a platform to talk shit with people ain’t no thing 😁
I miss the Age in its heyday too. There was proper in depth journalism, especially liked the weekend editions. There’s nothing the same anymore. It’s all easily digestible snippets or click bait. But anyway, reddit DT is back now and I’ll be using it because I like the interface better. I find it clunky and a bit too start-up here.