▲ 165 ▼ The worst part of getting old is that you get less and less "first experiences" and are always comparing current with previous ones (programming.dev) submitted 1 year ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments Double edged sword, since it's good that we can actually remember said experiences and maybe pass the wisdom down.
[+] cloudless@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago 10 years ago, if I saw 5 seconds of movie preview, I would know if I had seen it before and generally be able to tell you the whole plot, etc. These days, I can be 30 minutes into a movie I saw 10 years ago before I recognize anything in it, and still be surprised by later parts after recognizing that I have seen it before. Which is good, because the vast majority of new stuff coming out looks like crap to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago 10 years ago, if I saw 5 seconds of movie preview, I would know if I had seen it before and generally be able to tell you the whole plot, etc. These days, I can be 30 minutes into a movie I saw 10 years ago before I recognize anything in it, and still be surprised by later parts after recognizing that I have seen it before. Which is good, because the vast majority of new stuff coming out looks like crap to me. permalink fedilink source parent