Especially if you do it in front of someone and they ask if you’re okay.

Yes, Susan, I appreciate your concern but let me limp off and hide my shame and concurrent outrageous anger.

I finally found the video that your comment reminded me of: sorry for the IG link

I validate your anger on this one

Oh no!

You can perfectly remove all stickers/tags from new stuff you just bought

I’m taking a free AI course at my local library next month!

The alarm is a great idea. I should do that. Even just sitting for long periods hurts now!

Ah, yes. The Scared Straight, Couch Potato Edition. A classic at my house.

Spoiler alert, it doesn’t get any better. I need to do more yoga and cross training 🫩

I’ve had to come to terms with taking things slower than I used to. I learned the hard way that I can’t just train for a 10k in a few weekends.

The rule of increasing distance/duration by 10% per week is to protect our joints/bones/etc when they ain’t what they used to be.

Saved this comment. Thank you, this is a great way to reframe a lot of things I struggle with.

After every meal, whether I like it or not

Collective hopelessness

Why does this feel like an advertisement?

Agreed. It’s middle managers all the way up. I thought it would get better, or I’d be the change I want to see, but it’s utter chaos at every turn.

Just give me a stapler and a broom closet and leave me alone.

The last thing I hear as I choke to death on a grape trying to rush for my turn is, “mwaahahaaaaaa!”

Significant other?

(sorry, replied to the wrong comment)

There’s a reason Gen X is called The Forgotten Generation #sadNoises

I’m sure they’d love for you to believe that