no gravel bike at 40? A deeply disturbed individual
I might take up the tumbak.
Dude seems like he could use a hobby
Also bialetti coffee makers are really simple little cook top devices that give you some amazing espresso for the change you’ve got in your couch. Fantastic little appliance.
Is a gravel bike something specific or just like, a regular bike?
It’s something in between a road bike and a mountain bike.
Okay yeah, so exactly what it sounds like. Wasn’t sure if it was a brand maybe or something.
Used to call those “touring bikes”, no?
No, we used to call them Cyclocross.
Do you mean the ol’ dandy horse?
Everyone should learn new things as often as they can. Pick up a new hobby or skill, become very proficient at it, incorporate it into your life, repeat. This active mental engagement is the best way to prevent dementia and keep your mind sharp.
This active mental engagement is the best way to prevent dementia and keep your mind sharp.
It’s also… you know… fun
Relevant to many of us on here, this approach also lets you lean in to your ADHD powers to better your life instead of resisting them and stressing out.
My midlife crisis is degoogling, switching to Linux, eating less meat, reducing the footprint I leave on this world, spending more time with my wife and daughter, treating my recently diagnosed ADHD and not giving as many fucks regarding work. Oh, and I took up archery. Pretty ok I guess. I’m 42.
This sounds less like a crisis and more like ‘getting your shit together’.
You’re setting things up to enjoy life more. All power to you!
Hmm I’ve been a coffee geek and bicycle nerd (hobby mechanic) since my teenage years, and ran a half-marathon in my mid 20ies … guess I’ve been 40 for a long time now …
30 something, regular MTB, Areopress. I’m on the right trajectory.
Me who just went to see a friend this morning on my fixie “Neat… I totally fit the stereotype!”
40something, gravel bike, training for a half century, use a French press.
Wow, someone real mad about a French press?
God forbid people pick up new hobbies as they grow older, we should all make as much money as humanly possible and then die i guess.
The problem with hobbies is they tend to contribute to clutter and as you get older you want less of that.
I want less clutter so I’ve got more space for my hobbies
Some even try to stay healthy! What a bunch of losers!
fuck yeah i love money
I can’t find a single job to save my life because all the job postings are saturated, what’s wrong with me?
Nothing is wrong with you, the job market is a hellscape. It’s a job posting written by AI being applied to by AI. Most entry level jobs get thousands of applications when a few years ago it was only a few dozen. You literally can’t compete in that. My suggestion is network. Goto job faires and meet people who are looking for or match people to jobs.
The only thing wrong, judging by that statement, is the hellscape you (and I) live in.
I have really enjoyed my midlife crisis (which looks a little different as a woman): lost 30 lbs, began dressing like a scary executive, got rid of the imposter syndrome, and give very few fucks. It has been delightful.
Do you have fingernails that shine like justice?
No, doesn’t qualify for one of my few fucks to give. 😉
No, but her voice is dark like tinted glass.
She’s changing her name from Kitty to Karen
You know, I’ll soon have the space to do some car restoration if she’s interested in trading me her MG so she can find a white
Chrysler LeBarongeneric luxury SUV.
Please explain the scary executive getup. I am taking notes for my own impending midlife crisis.
Yeah is this well fitted suit scary, or turtleneck scary. I personally leaned the other way and wear literal rose tinted Lenon glasses now. Fuck it, I tried everything else to see this world as anything other than a shithole filled with idiots, may as well take a metaphor out for a spin
That is because the world is a shit hole run by idiots. This is the perfect perspective for the scary executive look. Your disgust and impatience is justified - go with it. 😉
I am reticent to take advice from a sun burn slapper, but I like the message, I will go with it
This has some good stuff: https://www.caspermagazine.com/feature/the-art-of-tailoring-with-an-edge
Sigh. I really don’t love the walking-on-my-pants-cuffs trend, especially for dress pants (pictures in the link are worse than this thumbnail).
As someone about to hit 40, I’m tryyyyyyying to let go of skinny pants, but the above is just so impractical!
I see that to dress like a scary exec, I must first earn like a scary exec…
You can also adapt it to your needs. For example, replace the bag with an axe or a limp kitchen towel
🤣 good on you!
I think the person who drew this comic was born into the wrong generation. (They’re a boomer at heart.)
If it was boomer coded, he’d have mentioned model trains
Nah, the interests are boomer, just different hobbies.
I’m in that age bracket and I’ve turned to spunking the little amount of disposable income on amateur radio kit and equipment.
I wish I’d picked up a debilitating cocaine habit instead. It’d be cheaper.
Oh hey that’s something I’ve been vaguely interested in for a while!!! You enjoying it? What do you do?
A debilitating coke habit?
Unfortunately, I’ve done my time with that hobby already 🫡
Very little 😂
No I got into it to learn the theory of it more than anything. I’ve been faffing about with a VHF setup to see if I could establish a little station that could be heard anywhere in the town I’m in. That’s inexpensive to do and you can probably knock together a basic station with decent range for £100 and the time and effort needed up a ladder.
The next step is to look further afield and build a station that operates in the 20m band, but I’m yet to be able to convince Chief Girlfriend that an end fed antenna dangling across the back garden, or a fiver metre whip mounted to the roof is a good idea. HF transceivers are exponentially more expensive, and require some support devices too.
Otherwise, I go “hilltopping” and head up elevated positions with a quarter-wave antenna and a cheap handheld radio to listen out on what’s happening. It’s good for the geek in me; it’s good for the mind being at such pretty viewpoints; and it’s good for the body walking or running up hillsides.
Alternatively, I’ll sit in the garden while the kids play around with FlightRadar24 open on a device and a handheld radio tuned to the local airport approach frequency, and talk about what an aircraft is or may be doing while listening to the chatter.
So yeah, I don’t do a lot really. I live quite close to the coast so getting into marine frequencies is something on my list to do; and speaking to folk worldwide would be a laugh!
That’s fascinating. I was worried it was going to be closer to £300! Thank you for sharing!!
The FlightRadar and hilltopping sound great, and I’d love to see if I could catch some pirate radio around 👀
Honestly, I didn’t have a scooby about amateur radio until I watched a few videos by Ringway Manchester - he’s a really knowledgeable amateur. He’s a bit of a wanker to people in his comments who dare to offer dissenting opinions, but his videos are generally presented with a classic no-bullshit British vibe.
The point of this is that he pushed me in the direction of the Baofeng UV-5RH, which is a handheld that operates on the VHF bands but is very versatile. The company gets grief for producing hamstrung cheap shit, but honestly being a so-called Baofeng Warrior has provided me with the inexpensive entry point into the world of Ham Radio - and it even has a function for listening to FM radio for the… lesser-legitimate audio broadcaster needs 😊
My advice would be to get a UV-5RH (around £25), get a quarter-wave magmount antenna for the car (around (£15 for a cheap one), and check out Essex Ham’s videos on Foundation-level radio guidance (free with a recommended donation).
If you like it, brilliant - get your chequebook out and go wild. If you don’t, then you’ve invested forty-odd quid and you can get half of that back on various internet auction sites.
Have fun!
edit: but yeah if you want beyond line-of-sight communication then £300 would be well under a lowball estimate 😢
I’ve thought about that! seems fun! On the other hand I have choosen the worst, most stressful, expensive and frustrating 40s hobby because I’m like that. 3d printing. Should have gone for the radio. (still spend all my free time doing that )
3d printing is pretty challenging I take it? I’ve seen pictures of some setups, with all those spools of material. Pretty neat, but probably more difficult than I imagine.
I think it’s very frustrating. I tried selling my printer twice before, out of anger lol. But once you get to understand the problems things get better. But of course I have an ender3, not a “super perfect” bambu lab. people say bambu have no problems so that would be nice
