I saw an aging Tom Green on my feed, prepared myself to laugh, and cried instead.

[u/Icy-Indication4456]

I haven't seen the guy anywhere since he was terrorizing his parents and putting his "bum on the sweeeeeedish" in the late 90s/early 2000s. I watched this newer video the other day, recording himself on his phone, trying to learn vert skateboarding for a new TV show, and instead of slapstick comedy, I was faced with my own freaking mortality. I've also recently dusted off my skateboard and i can feel it in my body. I'm not the same. I don't bounce back the same anymore. And watching this funny dude fall over on the ramp, out of breath, was hard to watch. I don't know if this is the right way to share FB videos on Reddit. But there ya go. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17mxNK5ADM/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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[u/Irishbookgal25]

This was really sweet. I like when people learn things later in life that most wouldn't.

[u/jacob502030 → u/Irishbookgal25]

I think thats actually important. I see younger people in my office, not older than 22, they are already aiming for that "I know and have learned my stuff, so shut up" phase of life. I always think, thats actually, when you start getting old in your mind. What characterizes young people is that they are not that pretentious, for them a lot in life is new, and they try the new stuff.

[u/clubmedschool → u/jacob502030]

Idk about you but I was definitely arrogant and thought I knew everything in my early twenties. Now that I'm closer to 40 I realize that wasn't true at all. Kinda figured everyone was like that at that age

[u/Icy-Indication4456 → u/clubmedschool]

Probably. My favorite piece of "that stage of life" trivia is about the word sophomore: it means something like "wise fool". That feels like the "sophomore" stage of life. You think you're wise, you know everything, and you don't yet know how much you don't know. Also makes me appreciate the older folks in my life who humored me while i was figuring it out.

[u/girlfriendclothes → u/jacob502030]

The arrogance of youth. I recall older folks always pointing the finger, "you think you know everything!" I didn't think that but I heard it frequently from my mother who added "I've forgotten more than you know!"

In my professional interactions with Gen Z I've mostly felt like the role was finally reversed. Maybe I've been unlucky, but the kids I've trained seemed unwilling to learn new things and would get aggressive when corrected. I had one girl snap at me as I watched her struggle to find a drop down menu in Excel as I tried to help.

I can't imagine they're all like that. My selection sample is slim at this point so I'll still be hopeful there's some curiosity in the cohort. I worry that over reliance on tech, particularly AI, inhibits their desire to learn.

[u/Icy-Indication4456 → u/Irishbookgal25]

I heard someone say this is the millennial midlife crisis. Just learning enriching skills.

[u/DonJota5]

I used to work at a comedy club and he was a polite and thoughtful person

[u/Aggravating-Alarm-16]

If they offered lessons where I live ,I would take some . So I can learn to ollie. I tried in the 90s, couldn't figure it out. So I switched to rollerblades instead

[u/Icy-Indication4456 → u/Aggravating-Alarm-16]

We would have been mortal enemies back in the day. The "fruit booters vs wood pushers" nonsense rivalry.

[u/Aggravating-Alarm-16 → u/Icy-Indication4456]

True , those were crazy times

[u/SpiralBreeze]

I always liked him.  He has a show about his farm.  He’s lovely when he’s not doing crazy things on camera.

[u/AlphaGodEJ]

you cry easily

[u/Icy-Indication4456 → u/AlphaGodEJ]

Oh it's a problem. My kids make fun of me.

[u/DieOften → u/Icy-Indication4456]

To be able to fully experience your emotions and allow yourself to cry is a wonderful thing. Repressed emotions have consequences. Keep on feelin’ brother!

[u/Icy-Indication4456 → u/DieOften]

Hell yeah. I heard a therapist recently recommend having go-to songs or movie scenes if you need a quick decompressing cry. My scenes are Samwise' Two Towers speech and the laundry and taxes scene from Everything Everywhere All At Once. My kids also make fun of me for this.

[u/Secure-Tadpole-3418]

Dude you must understand we are old. We are dust. We’re not 30 year old kids anymore. You just realised this?

[u/Icy-Indication4456 → u/Secure-Tadpole-3418]

It comes in waves. Most of the people i work with are older, so I'm the young one. At home, my youngest is approaching college. That's when i start hearing my bones creak a little more.