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u/dan_blather

▲ 204 r/regularcarreviews

We used to be a regular country. 🇺🇸 😢

Parking lot at the Walden Galleria (upscale shopping mall in Buffalo, New York USA) from 1989. The first photo is colorized; the second is the original black-and-white photo. So much regular. K-cars (The Galleria is in the Easttowns, after all), Escorts, and only one pickup truck.

EDIT: Higher resolution original image at https://i.imgur.com/qWJ3UZ8.jpeg

u/dan_blather — 4 days ago
▲ 21 r/GenX

A guess, at least. I couldn't find her name anywhere online.

u/dan_blather — 15 days ago
▲ 3 r/decadeology

I really can't think of any other words for it. You know; Ed Hardy, Von Dutch, the emergence of a kind of in-your-face party bro culture, that sort of thing.

u/dan_blather — 20 days ago
▲ 81 r/datingoverfifty

... and I left feeling even more like I'm going to be by myself from here on out.

I'm a proud early Generation Xer, who turned 60 (M) just a few months ago. I'm looking to meet someone who is around my age; maybe 55 to 62. Based on online dating profiles, it seems like most women older than 62 are retired and looking for a travel partner. (I'm going to be working into my 70s.) Many also look much older than me, and the attraction from my end just isn't there. (Sorry.)

Anyhow, I signed up for a Meetup 50+ singles group in my area (metro of about 900,000 residents), and attended my first happy hour yesterday after work.

A few months ago, I started a thread here titled Does "50+" really mean 70+. Well, that turned out to be the case for this happy hour. Even at 60, I was the youngest person there. Everybody else there was well into Boomerhood; late 60s through 70s.

The crowd was small; five women, three men (including myself). One woman was monopolizing my time.

I feel like I'm at this awkward age; peak baby bust, where there's no single peers.

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u/dan_blather — 23 days ago