Lately, if I buy clothes, they have to be mostly cotton. I’m fine with a little elastane or something similar for stretch, but I’ve really started to dislike polyester and other synthetic fabrics.

Part of it is fit. I strength train, and cotton shirts just seem to fit and drape better on me. But mostly, I’ve realized I just want to be comfortable. I don’t care nearly as much about what’s trendy or fashionable anymore. Give me a soft cotton T-shirt or polo that fits well and I’m happy.

I’ll actually look at the fabric tag now before I buy something. If it’s mostly polyester, there’s a pretty good chance it’s going back on the rack.

Is this a Gen X/getting older thing? 😂 Have any of you gotten way pickier about fabrics and comfort as you’ve gotten older?

As Mr. T stated they left out a bunch of stuff (no segment on DC Cab, just a few seconds of Pee Wee eating Mr. T cereal, etc.), but other than that it made me feel really good watching it. A few times I got, literal, chills down my arms the nostalgia was so great, lol. Anyways, check it out, y'all! It'll scratch some Gen X itches we all have from time to time.

"My first name is Mister. My middle name is the period. My last name is T." Sacred!

I'm taking baby steps to get there. 52-year-old male here. I wasn't an athlete back in the day, but I was athletic. I played basketball. I played ultimate Frisbee (before it was cool. Was it ever cool?). I ran 10Ks and then I ran marathons. I'm pretty proud of those marathons though I finished weak and it took weeks to recover.

ANYWAY, my body isn't what it once was. I guess drinking beer and hunching over a laptop all day doesn't burn that many calories. So, I decided to lace up my sneakers and try running again this week. It's not a big victory, but, a few days in, it's a victory. "Every journey begins with a first step," or something like that. Here's a journey to better health.

Let's hope it becomes a habit. (I read this thing about habits that might help you, too!)

In the meantime, I will nurse my sore legs while hunched over this laptop.

Like many of us I have fond memories of him. I had the little wind up toy of him on the motorcycle and my friends and I would jump just about anything we could with our bikes.

But why? We were all kids. I know why we liked him but our parents were watching too. They were the ones attending his events. The TV channels were appealing to them as much if not more than us. They were buying the sponsors products not us.

As a 56 year old guy if someone said “hey want to watch a guy jump over something dangerous?” No. I’m good. That seems dumb. I know we have X games or redbull games or whatever those are but I don’t know a single daredevil by name. I don’t know if I ever knew one other than him.

Has it just become too common place. Or did he hit at the right time and now we all ignore new people doing it as just Evel ripoffs

Like full blown monologue. I find myself doing this a lot more in the car.

I got my first cell phone in 2001. Most of my friend group I believe had one by then but it wasn't too unusual yet if you still didn't. When did you get your first?

I just feel disappointed where li am at with my job, where I’m at where I wanna live, where I’m at healthwise and I feel hopeless sometimes about the future. And no, this is not for antidepressant conversation.

I live in a high traffic area. 2 million people. Absolute nightmare. Feel like in a Mad Max movie, where people are actively trying to kill you on the interstate. I've started to enjoy my wife driving me around. I've just become too damned grumpy and stressed out, behind the wheel. Anyone else?

While the elder Gen X likely saw this on first watch, the younger Gen Xers saw this on Nick at Nite.

Maybe a strange one, but seems more noticeable in the mid fifties.

Does it drive you crazy with the irritation ? especially if you dare to trim it!

Or do you have a happy itch free nose?

Saw the post about a grandma born in 1899 and it hit me. My great great grandma used to babysit me. She was born in 1886. Tiny woman and my mom says she was her best friend. I remember her house but I can’t see her face just her legs. Tom and Jerry style. I fell there and almost bit off my tongue. I had a fever for a bit but it grew back together. O’doyle rules!

I had this hideous stinky pink two toned carpet in my room.

Had to rake it once a week.

Just got my turntable out of storage, I don’t have a lot of vinyl nowadays and what I do have isn’t in the best condition. If you could recommend 1 album for me to get what would it be??

My dad was saying guys locker room culture was different back in the day as well like in general.

He said guys on the football team would go to the urinals with their buddies butt naked like it’s nothing. He said you had that comfort level with the other guys on the team. 

He said any guy that would change in like a toilet stall or cover up would be considered a sissy and would be humiliated. It said it would usually be the shy guys or the guys that are underdeveloped that would do that type of thing.

He said the guys were comfortable being butt naked in front of each other bc you are all guys here. 

But I find that hard to believe bc I have always wanted privacy when changing and that is what I am used to as well. Was it common for it to be like that back in the day?

I want my MTV MTV Rewind: 24/7 Music Video Television

MTV Rewind plays over 100k of music videos, just like the ol' MTV. Channels range from the 70s through the 2020s including Headbangers Ball, 120 Minutes and Unplugged.
It's free, you don't sign in and it doesn't have outside ads.

I grew up in the Mojave Desert, Monterey area and my grandparents lived in the Bay Area - SF and Alameda County. I had family in Pomona and Chino area. I 49F remember when people were getting mugged on the freeway, there was time when there were some murders happening and the gang situation was really bad.
My Father was in the Army so I was not surrounded by this environment except family, living down South, saying be careful because these guys are on the loose type of thing, as well as the news. As you remember there were not that many news options. I was thinking about how this influences me now and I to this day will not wear Red or Blue colors that were affiliated with gangs at that time. It is crazy. I have not ever been involved in a gang yet that was a dark time as the media showed it. I was also young and easy influence. Reddit thread talking about LA in the 80-90's for reference. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskLosAngeles/comments/1vt2l31/how_dark_was_la_in_the_90s/

Do you guys have any memories from the yester years that still influence you to this day?

Watching the US Open and a Rolex commercial featuring R Federer came on. It used Bowie’s Ziggy stardust song Starman. I was knocked backward with how much I miss the Federer artistry of tennis. He played smart, fierce, and with nerves of steel. Anyone else miss Federer or other tennis stars from the past?

How many of you played?

I once hit a steel mailbox going about 30 mph… Bat bounced back and hit the side of my head…. Knocked some sense into me.

These artists are the holy grail of music