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How do I avoid becoming a crotchety old man? I’m seriously asking. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You know the type, probably a good father or worker, but serious faced all the time, never smiles, often in a bad mood, very cynical. It’s just I feel like I’m on the path to this, I’m 28, just escaped 12 years of food service so I’m already super cynical and if someone comes up to me, I’m super ready to shut down whatever’s about to happen. I feel like working with customers for years I’ve learned to have giant walls up and I can’t seem to remove them. I see the other guys in the factory I’m working at laughing and joking all the time, I think of myself as funny but it’s always deadpan humor and I wish I could genuinely smile and laugh and make friends with the other guys. Any old timers or well travelers out there have any advice?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Get a better job and hang around with cooler people, get drunk and high if you feel like it, and get your mind into a state of carelessness about all the bullshit. Don't worry about things that you can't control, because it does no good and stains your mind. Enjoy your hobbies and do whatever you want.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

get drunk

they buried the real answer here inside a bunch of extra fluff

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Remember kids that drugs and alcohol (redundant) only boost your dopamine levels temporarily while you're under the influence, and can totally ruin your body's ability to produce dopamine normally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

only boost your dopamine levels temporarily

That's true if you're only under the influence of drugs and alcohol temporarily. Be high and/or drunk all the time and it will boost your dopamine permanently.

Source: my 20's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Obligatory PSA from Southpark about the real danger of many drugs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd4cASkBAp0

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

name checks out