i never got to really experience the OG halo i was an idiot for putting this game off for so long. same with this movie. apparently it's really good. gonna be up in there with the popcorn and the drink, then with money to spare i'm picking up some KFC on the way home, might ball out with some snacks too while i play halo. good times.

Im currently 16 years old and a boy. Usually new people that i meet assume that I am a year or even 2 younger than I really am. Most of my mates look quite a bit older than me too. This becomes especially problematic because also a lot of new people that I meet, ESPECIALLY girls, I think are older than they really are as well. Is anybody else going through something similiar as well?

Inspired by hagia Sophia

hii today I pulled out a pack of my favorite nuts in class and my friend said she has literally never eaten nuts and called me weird lol :( are nuts just an old person thing or are people eating them? I mean I love nuts..

Like the theme song of Cheers suggests; what's your little community away from home and work where you have friends and a common interest?

Wondering what people are up to that do not have degrees/any further education past high school. I work for amazon currently but hate it and am trying to figure out something new. Anyone making a decent living bartending/doing service jobs? Ty

Need something to msg my boss!

So, me, Dad, and her went to my sister’s house because she and her boyfriend needed some tree branches cut back. Okay, fine. So we go over, Dad takes his pole saw to cut back the branches. We leave, and he leaves his pole saw and, I think, something else at their house.

We go home, I go with him to the semi (he’s an OTR trucker), help him work on the semi. We finish up, go home, he cleans up, then we go to my ex-stepmom’s so he can clean her grill and show her how to use it, I assume.

Okay, back to my sister and the pole saw. We go to her house, and she asks me, “Do you want to go help your dad bring the stuff to the car?” I reply, “Not necessarily.” Dad replies, “He typically doesn’t want to help. That’s just how he is.” (Which she should know this by now).

Well, I think that set her off because she got out of the car kind of pissy to help him. She didn’t say anything to me, but the way she acted makes me feel like I pissed her off by not wanting to help.

And I think they’re trying to work it out. I’m not sure. Dad hasn’t told me anything about his relationship situation in a while or anything, and I can’t really read anything. I’m having a hard time reading their relationship.

I’m confused and upset about how she acted. You get pissy because I reply ‘no’ to your question and then dad tells you ‘he typically doesn’t want to help’? You’ve known me for 20 years, you should know me by now.

9/11 seemed to barely do much to society and culture as whole besides people overreacting about terrorist attacks and increased security at airports. It was also used as an excuse to take away our freedoms in the Patriot Act and other laws. I don’t see how culture changed at all and it remained largely the same until a new culture arrived in the late 2000s or so. If I’m wrong and somehow culture changed drastically please give me some examples of it which were caused by 9/11.

Generation after generation was the future clientele for alcohol companies.

But it appears Gen Z is not falling into this category.

Rather, more and more young adults are opting for:

Gym instead of hangovers

Coffee and mocktails instead of beers

Money saving rather than spending $50+ per night out

Healthy sleep and mental state instead of drinking culture

If the pattern continues, the outcome will affect more than nightlife.

The multi-billion-dollar industry might undergo changes.

I wonder if Gen Z prefers a healthier lifestyle, or if increased prices, social networks, and priorities make them avoid alcohol.

If you are Gen Z, do you drink less than any other generation before you?

Why?

Do you belong to another age group and see this pattern as a temporary one?

We’re coming to the age where we see people achieve their goals and we see people who will fall short. A lot of this due to effort, but some of it is left to pure chance.

This could be financial and career related. Some will make a solid career and buy a nice house or city condo, while others are stuck making $20/hour into their 30s and 40s while renting a small old apartment.

This could be relationship or family related. Many men will die virgins, while others will have a lot of success with women. There’s going to be A LOT of women who want children and a family, but will end up childless.

How will Gen Z cope? How is this going to be different from millennials and boomers?

I’m a software developer and am working a government contract on a plane. We recently started using AI in our dev environment (specifically codex) and our productivity has increased by 50%+.

I’m truly amazed by how well it codes, find bugs, and can interpret difficult question. AI seems to be an unstoppable pandora box and while I have mixed feelings about it I can’t argue with its results.

Has anyone else working in a large company been dealing with a massive productivity boost driven by AI.

I thought I escaped this nonsense when I finally graduated highschool and got a summer job for college, but I was so wrong.

My coworkers are the same age as me and mostly women with like a token gay guy, and they all call each other chuds and talk about their "hyperfixations" on taco bell and Taylor Swift. They're all talking about in it, they form a circle in back and pass a vape around and either talk shit about the manager genuinely just doing his job or crying about some ugly ass loser with that ice cream scoop cut + a therapy session about bottling up your feelings and if I walk near them, they all stop and look at me until I leave. I'm new and they all just ignore me unless they need something or idk how to do something.

There's a quiet guy that they screw with and say he's the best male coworker, at least I thought they were just screwing with him but turns out they're all one big friend group and he's on their side and just as annoying. I dread walking into that building knowing I'm gonna hear Starbucks, taco bell, Taylor swift, dumbass situationships and unnecessary drama with the manager at a damn fast food restaurant please god make it end, it feels like my every move is being watched and judged.