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Where did it all go wrong?

Journal by turgid

So I was drinking beer and eating curry. Where did it all go wrong? Life's great mysteries!

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday November 12 2021, @10:59PM (9 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 12 2021, @10:59PM (#1195779) Journal

    Where did it all go wrong?

    The problem is that you didn't stay eight years old. It's quite the common mistake.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 12 2021, @11:18PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 12 2021, @11:18PM (#1195785)

    Silly observations, glad to see you branch into comedy /nos

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 13 2021, @12:49AM (5 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 13 2021, @12:49AM (#1195808) Journal
      Silly or science [wiley.com]?

      Studies of music, motion pictures, movie stars, and fashion products have shown that styles popular during a consumer's youth can influence the consumer's lifelong preferences. The authors present an integrative model of this phenomenon and propose that these nostalgic effects are not limited to products that relate to the arts and entertainment or are primarily aesthetic. As an illustrative example, the authors investigate the effects of early experience on consumer preferences for automobile styles. Consistent with expectations, they find that men do but women do not show evidence of nostalgic attachment to the styles experienced in their youth—that is, their preferences peaked for products that were popular when they were young. Also, as expected, individual differences in the psychographic variable of nostalgia proneness play a role in moderating these effects. These findings expand the understanding of the generality, the boundaries, and the managerial relevance of the age-related peak-preference phenomenon.

      One consequence is that people tend to think of their youth as being the best times of their lives, no matter when they were born!

      • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Saturday November 13 2021, @09:40AM (4 children)

        by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday November 13 2021, @09:40AM (#1195889) Journal

        khallow has managed to stay eight years old. And a Vienna School Libertariantard. Astonishing.

        • (Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Saturday November 13 2021, @11:54AM (3 children)

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 13 2021, @11:54AM (#1195902) Journal
          Unlike you, I haven't managed it for 2300 years. But I haven't died yet so it's progressing well.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 14 2021, @03:42AM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 14 2021, @03:42AM (#1196028)

            So if I'm reading this correctly either Aristarchus is actually your ally, which would mean you hate what you are; or you are really Aristarchus' pupil or sock puppet.

            Intriguing.

  • (Score: 2) by turgid on Saturday November 13 2021, @12:21PM (1 child)

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 13 2021, @12:21PM (#1195908) Journal

    The rot had already set in by then. I would have preferred to have stayed 6. I had my epiphany at 7.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 13 2021, @03:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 13 2021, @03:59PM (#1195938)

      > I had my epiphany at 7.

      Musts be a late bloomer, 19 for me (several life changing events).