I'm 45 years old, AMA

Things were pretty shitty in the late 70s/early 80s socially. Tons of crime and poverty (worse than now), nuclear war around the corner, and a shitty economy. During the Reagan years things slowly started to turn around and we all had a renewed optism. The 90s were great, don't let anyone say that's just millennial talk.

Around 2005-2007 I think stuff started falling apart again. The current state of the US reminds me a lot of 1979 though I was fairly young with it. But we had the same kind of issues, tons of racial tensions and cities being plagued by crime and homelessness and a general feeling of traditional social order being assaulted by the far-left as US power was being snubbed abroad.

Back then though people weren't as openly antagonistic to each other. The internet has given everyone echo chambers and nobody feels like have to respect each other anymore. I've never seen people so casually rude/antagonistic to each other, that's the biggest change from when I was a kid

I've largely checked out, most of school today for middle schoolers is digital homework. You just assign and review work from the day before then let them play on their phones. Unless you can take their phones away there's no hope/point to teaching them.

How do you deal with the constant suffocating depression? How do yoy keep getting up every morning, go to work and pay bills, then spend your nights and weekends at home, watching tv, and then go to bed just to do it all again?

How do you keep living the same dull sitcom of a life, in which ever joke is on you, day in and day out for years? Decades? How do you reconcile the feeling of desperation, the pressure in your skull telling you something is terribly wrong, with the competing feelings of powerlessness and numbness?

Im honestly asking, because Im a little more than half your age and the thought of this being it....this being my life....like Im drowning and no one around seems to even notice. I think Im starting to lose my grip.

How have you made it as long as you have?

>How do you deal with the constant suffocating depression? How do yoy keep getting up every morning, go to work and pay bills, then spend your nights and weekends at home, watching tv, and then go to bed just to do it all again?

Drugs & alcohol. Also little hobbies like miniature building/painting

Thanks for the responses user. They were an interesting read. I'd stick around and ask more but I'm about to pass out.

How did you wind up on Jow Forums loser board at 45 years old?

Were the 70s groovy?

Cuz I live by myself and never married and have no friends beyond casual work acquaintances

70s were horrible. I barely remember them except that there was a general feeling of decay and panic everywhere. Everyone was getting fired and mugged

You cant (or rather not) live on your own being a middle school teacher? I have dated a teacher before and they make decent money.
do you live in a high class place where cost of living is very high?
or is your sister living with you because you want the company?

If you took their phones away, would it hurt?

I live separately in my own apartment. My sister is a doctor with her own husband/kids/family and my elderly parents
kids today are insane. Basically uncontrollable. Will freak out/complain/stage mass protests and walkouts over the littlest thing. The phones keep them passive.

you just try to keep things quiet during class, give them homework ,then move on

I'm 37, it's strange to see older robots on here, doesn't happen too often.

We're completely fucked when they become adults, aren't we?

If you had to give advice to your 20s self, what would it be?

>discovered it while finding jojos bizarre adventure scans
*sucks teeth* you aight old man

yes
Appreciate what you have now more
You have no idea how hard it was to find manga pre-2003ish. Every chapter was a struggle, and to be caught up on a series as it was releasing weekly was a laughable idea.

yeah pretty much.
Anyways, OP what are your political reviews in relatino to you being in your 40s? (i know this might cause some Jow Forumsttard war but idgaf)

Can you tell us more about oldschool mango collecting
There was a thread about what conventions were like in the dark ages a few years ago on /a/ so the subject captivates me

I remember manga becoming way more popular around that time yeah, I was a freshman in highschool in 2004 when I got into manga by randomly discovering a copy of Shonen Jump in the magazine aisle. My mind was blown that something like that actually existed, then I discovered the manga section in book stores and began collecting physical volumes. One Piece was/still is my shit.

Beyond JJBA, what are you favourite animu and mango, ossan?

'81 here, the ones who are 40+ are a lot rarer though.

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have you ever fingerblasted a girl??

How do you feel about Baneposting?

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When I was a kid anime was basically unheard of except speed race & gigantor. It really wasn't until the late 90s and Toonami that it became mainstream. People say it took off with like Akira/Ghost in the Shell but beyond the theatrical experience it was still very underground

Originally there were these MSN pages that people ran and slowly uploaded mangas too. The scanlations were horrible quality and you often had to just read translations based on the Japanese RAW's. I started reading like Naruto in 2001 only a few years after the manga had started in Japan and it wouldn't hit the US for another 5 years

Around 2005 the site mangahelpers was founded which allowed for releases the same week as their japanese counterpart which was a big deal. By 2007 you had mangastream/one manga making manga mainstream finally easily accessible

Would you ever consider getting a comfort doll?

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Berserk, Hunter x Hunter, Trigun (the manga), Rurouni Kenshin, Mobile Suit Gundam
No the most wild I got was girl on top with a chick in HS
It's alright, I was on the board when it first took off. Memes were a lot different back then. Jow Forums was a lot less aggitated/aggressive and more laid back. People made memes for everybody and had a laugh. Racist/political memes and so on were fairly rare. This was a time when brony's, guy fawkes masks, and reaction face memes were mainstream though

I'd get a sexbot but not a doll I want something that interacts with me

AS an older person, where do you think America is heading? Up or down?

Do you, by any chance, use MAL? Post your list if so.

This shit is cyclical with the swings left to right, the only difference today is kids seem a lot more leftist and aggressive than they used to be comparatively. It reminds me of like China's cultural revolution

David Hogg and Emma Gonzales are very good looks into what kids today are like politically. Don't think they're fringe, they're worshiped by my students at school

what's MAL?

Just a site to keep track on the anime and manga you've consumed.

oh my animelist. I had one of those ages ago circa 2006 but have long since lost the account

public schools everybody

>Back then though people weren't as openly antagonistic to each other. The internet has given everyone echo chambers and nobody feels like have to respect each other anymore. I've never seen people so casually rude/antagonistic to each other, that's the biggest change from when I was a kid

31 year old here, I am glad I am not the only one who notices this.

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I remember when onemanga went down for good, user. It was a sad day for us all. Found other Manga sites since, but nothing I've found has been as good as onemanga

Are you into DDlg? Would you choke me and slap me and hug me and spoon me?