It’s no big secret that our tastes change with age! We get exposed to new experiences, go through good old personal development, and, well, mature.
Today, Bored Panda put together a list of random things that folks born between 1980 and 2000 discovered they liked less as they grew older. So, grab a little drink, shift your chair nearer, and enjoy the read!
More info: Reddit
#1
People. I hate other people. We’re so selfish and annoying.
Image source: Japh2007, Kaique Rocha
#2
Noise
Image source: LordyItsMuellerTime, Andrea Piacquadio
#3
Staying out late. I’m good with the occasional night out, but more often than not these days I’m happy to be in my pajamas and on the couch by 7:30.
Image source: PNWHikingGuy, Maurício Mascaro
#4
climbing the corporate ladder.
I’m tired man. Just give me my paycheck and let me live my life. Crazy high aspirations are GONE. Im only 29. Lmao already burnt out
Image source: MirrorZealousideal66, Sora Shimazaki
#5
Caring about what most people think of me. I’m a geeky oddball and at this point I really don’t care if people have a problem with that or the way I dress. I spent so much time trying to conform and it’s exhausting.
Image source: InstantMedication, Pixabay
#6
Social media sites like Instagram and Facebook. I used to check them and post often, now I rarely get on my profiles.
Image source: daisy_chain_gang, dole777
#7
The news. I’m getting older and I have a daughter now, I just can’t handle all the doom and gloom. It hurts my heart.
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#8
Society and it’s lack of compassion and empathy for others…and the fact that everything has to be made into a joke of some fashion, as if things can’t be taken seriously. Yeah, I don’t like that.
Image source: Dapper-End183, Said
#9
Kids.
Now I know why the stereotype about old people telling kids to stay off their lawn exists.
Image source: manimopo, Naomi Shi
#10
Clothes that look good but are kinda uncomfortable
Image source: WhippieCake, Polina Tankilevitch
#11
Getting drunk. Having my Saturday or Sunday gone is a miserable existence.
Image source: hisglasses66, Pixabay
#12
glorifying “the grind.”
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#13
Dating
Image source: k-dick, Josh Willink
#14
Facebook, it’s gotten old. Even the memes aren’t really funny anymore. It’s the same boring, repeated self centered jokes about mental health issues, dumb reels, people vying for attention, it’s just annoying at this point lol
I used to love mental health memes but they’ve just gotten stale I guess? It’s almost like so many people just make mental illness their personality and try too hard to be edgy, and it gets old
Image source: thequeasydream, Tobias Dziuba
#15
Work. I’m getting older and more crotchety and it’s getting harder and harder to put on my work face and pretend to get excited about quarterly earnings and whatnot.
Image source: toodleoo77, Anna Shvets
#16
Haha as a guy who used to be really into cars, I really hate loud cars now…
Image source: just_ric, Garvin St. Villier
#17
My body and my choices in life
Image source: donabbi, Towfiqu barbhuiya
#18
Bending down to pick stuff up.
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#19
Driving for sure.
Image source: Nstewster_the_legend, UHGO
#20
Doing stuff just to feel included. Used to go to events and stuff just because I didn’t want to be left out and be on my own. Now I’m totally ok with saying no, I don’t want to go that doesn’t sound fun.
Also, people who blame all their c**p opinions and feelings on “it’s just a joke”. And this is coming from someone who loves dark humor.
Image source: HM2008, Afta Putta Gunawan
#21
Just got a new phone and I really didn’t like the change. It’s weird, but I guess I’m old and get annoyed with some things changing needlessly (in my opinion).
A couple years back, Google changed all their app icons significantly and I was crabby about that for a while, too.
Image source: HanktheDogMarktheMan, ready made
#22
Waiting in long lines. I used to be one of those foodies who would wait in line for hours to try pop ups and try stuff like ice cream with gold foil lmao. Now I’m over trying new wacky food trends unless it actually sounds good. But still not willing to wait in a long line for it.
Image source: ngofilter, Cindy Shebley
#23
Artificially flavored and colored foods and drinks. I’ve been bartending for my entire adult life, and I used to make a lot of fresh fruit syrups and tinctures. But after a while it got frustrating because all my customers seemed to *prefer* the fake pucker flavors over my fresh ones. Never made any sense to me. It’s gotten really weird to see people in my bar taste-testing different hard seltzers we get in. I always joke when people ask for recommendations on them that “this one’s artificially flavored strawberry, and this one’s artificially flavored watermelon, and this one’s artificially flavored cucumber”. But nobody else ever seems to care that it’s all fake c**p.
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#24
Music with lyrics
I’ve grown intensely fond of orchestral music, and the bands I was so fond of as a teenager have just become trite and boring now
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#25
Drinking and eating fast food
Image source: billyoldbob, Polina Tankilevitch
#26
Participating in online discourse. Especially political debate. Complete useless and maddening. Was good for honing my ideals and testing my convictions for a while but I think I’m good now.
Otherwise I still pretty much love everything I used to love, partying, socializing, concerts/music, videogames, sex… just don’t have nearly enough energy for it all with a one year old at home.
Image source: elkinthewoods, Karolina Grabowska
#27
Live music. I used to love metal and punk shows. I don’t drink anymore and it’s not the same experience. Also the last show I went to I got a horrible case of Covid. I still love metal but through my headphones.
Also, drinking. It just doesn’t feel the same at 40.
Image source: TaylorCountyGoatMan, Kevin Bidwell
#28
Honestly the ability to have a social life and have genuine friends. Even meeting new people and creating a relationship that will last. I am getting to the point of having epiphanies that everyone… and I mean everyone was a bloody monster in the past. You start to see past the naïve younger self and the colored rose glasses seem to be crushed. You see their hidden agenda or their true intentions. You start to see past their bs facade. I don’t make an attempt to meet or make new friends. I see it has a gambling and it’s a lose lose situation. There’s no winning ever. And having a good genuine person with a good heart is truly rare. As you get older the world gets smaller and your circle of “friends” gets even more smaller.
Image source: zero_two42, Mikhail Nilov
#29
Soda. I always think I want one and after one or two drinks it’s wasted
Image source: turdbird42, Craig Adderley
#30
Packaged food. There’s so much unpronouncable s**t in there with lots of sugar and salt. I’m not giving up cereal or crackers anytime soon, but they seem to be saltier the older I get.
Image source: WhySoSerious37912, Cats Coming
#31
Modern anime.
Image source: taquito_kitty, Pat Krupa
#32
Video games
Image source: Vfbcollins, Mister Mister
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