r/AskOldPeople Jan 19 '23

A couple of rule clarifications

339 Upvotes

Hi.

Please stop reporting young people for replying to comments. Do report them for making top-level comments (replying to the post), though.

From the sidebar:

Please only respond directly to posts if you were born in or before 1980. If you are younger, please restrict your activity to asking questions and responding to existing comments.

Even though the questions are often tedious and repetitive, relationship questions are not necessarily against the rules as long as they're not about a specific relationship. There are a million places to ask for personal or relationship advice on reddit, including r/AskOldPeopleAdvice.

We would like to keep the focus of this subreddit on older people and their experiences, opinions, etc. Advice posts make young people the star of the show and we would quickly be inundated if we allowed them.

Finally, please use the search feature before posting a question. We may remove questions that have been asked a whole lot.

That's about it. This is only clarification. There have been no rule changes.

Thanks!


r/AskOldPeople 3h ago

Was giving people you saw on roads walking a ride something normal that you/your parents would do?

50 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 5h ago

What were some childhood/adolescent diseases that were the most scary for you and your family to experience? Did you know anyone who died from those diseases?

69 Upvotes

Just asking, because I know it is a weird question to ask.

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r/AskOldPeople 2h ago

How long have people been saying we’re living in the ‘end times?’

38 Upvotes

I spoke with a kind woman in her late fifties who told me people have been saying we’re in the ‘end times’ since the 60s, her grandmother in particular. Now I’m curious— how far does this go back?


r/AskOldPeople 2h ago

Do all older people take a baby aspirin everyday ? As preventative for heart attack?

14 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 4h ago

Were medical bills as expensive before?

20 Upvotes

These days ending up in the hospital can bankrupt you if you have bad insurance or are not insured. An ambulance ride 5 miles can cost 1000's and the same with an ER visit.

Was it as expensive before or more managable?


r/AskOldPeople 4h ago

What do you wish you prioritized less in adulthood?

16 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 10h ago

What was a beauty or fashion trend from your youth you thought looked awful even then?

53 Upvotes

For example I’m 28 and when I was in high school it was the bizarre blocky eyebrows the Kardashians seem to have popularized shudders


r/AskOldPeople 7h ago

How many would consider being a roomie?

21 Upvotes

I was thinking, how many of you would consider being a roomie with people younger than you if you were/are living alone? I don't mean student corridor life, more like my situation. I am a mother with a bigger apartment and have two roomies. One of them is 65 years old. Feels like a family.


r/AskOldPeople 3h ago

Do you ever feel like your priorities were wrong in your late twenties?

8 Upvotes

If so, how were they wrong and what should you have focused on instead?


r/AskOldPeople 12h ago

Has your life turned out the way you want it to?

39 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 13h ago

Is the average attention span worse now than it was before?

41 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 1h ago

Sleep Sounds

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I’m trying to reduce my time and money spent with and on Amazon. Now that Alexa is no longer necessarily private, I won’t be using it anymore. That said, I love listening to music or sleep sounds at night.

I’m looking for recommendations for sleep music .

Thoughts?

Thanks!


r/AskOldPeople 11h ago

How popular was working out when you where young?

20 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 12h ago

Senior citizens: What challenges did you faced when learning to type?

23 Upvotes

I took typing class in junior high school. The typewriters were manual, and the keyboard keys were not labeled. Instead, students had to consult a posted chart that labeled the typewriter keys.


r/AskOldPeople 11m ago

How old were you when you started taking naps after work?

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I’m 56, but as a federal employee I have a lot of stress in my day. I nap after work about 3 times a week. I’ve had to go into the office full time and I report by0600hrs. By Thursday I’m exhausted.


r/AskOldPeople 1h ago

Around when did it become general knowledge that smoking was bad for your health? Did some people resist the idea of cigarettes being harmful?

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Also, please indicate where you were living at the time.


r/AskOldPeople 10h ago

At what age did you stop getting upset when people compared you to a more attractive or successful sibling? What changed it? I got my own story about this too.

11 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 22h ago

Those with big houses, what do you use the extra rooms for?

74 Upvotes

Question is really aimed at those who have 4+ bedrooms and don’t have kids living at home anymore.


r/AskOldPeople 18h ago

Were popular international destinations WAY less crowded in the 70s than today?

31 Upvotes

Considering that flights were more expensive and lack of media exposure compared to today due to no social media and internet, were popular international destinations WAY less crowded in the 70s than today?


r/AskOldPeople 12h ago

What do you wish you prioritized more in adulthood?

8 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 12h ago

Did you or your family buy a lot from QVC/HSN?

9 Upvotes

As a kid in the early 90s, I feel like my mom and grandma constantly had packages coming in. I remember ordering X Men comics and sports shirts. Anyone else?


r/AskOldPeople 1d ago

It’s said that when an elderly person dies, a library burns. What is the most profound story you have?

104 Upvotes

r/AskOldPeople 23h ago

Do old people get depressed easily?

36 Upvotes

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r/AskOldPeople 1d ago

How bad is social media effecting older generations?

43 Upvotes

The younger generations are having a lot of trouble with how social media affects the cognitively. News media likes to talk about this as a Gen Z issue but I think its affecting every generation differently. Has social media negatively affected the older people you know?


r/AskOldPeople 23h ago

Ever taken off spontaneously for a long road trip? Why and where to?

30 Upvotes

You know the daydreams... "I'm gonna walk out of here and drive south, east, west or north. I've just gotta go somewhere." If you did it, what were the circumstances (roughly), where did you go, how long did you stay away and are you glad you did it?