# Is this a common occurance in getting old?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-common-occurance-in-getting-old/700008>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 30, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-common-occurance-in-getting-old/700008 "2014-09-30T20:32:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-common-occurance-in-getting-old/700008/41 "2014-10-01T20:55:15Z")

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I still like trying new things, music TV, movies, etc. but I do find as I get older I have less patience and I am quicker to bail on something if I don’t like it.

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-common-occurance-in-getting-old/700008/42 "2014-10-01T21:09:24Z")

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> [@Dale\_Sams](#):
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> Feeling like: “New music? New movies? Nope. I’m done. My brain is full.”

I’d say I have more discretion when than when I was younger. There’s a LOT of crap up there simply because I put up with it when I was young, so I’m stuck explaining why I know all the words to “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero” even though I never liked it. Decades later, I know “Thrift Shop” because I _do_ like it, and skip stuff like “Anaconda” or “Fancy.” Same with other media.

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**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-common-occurance-in-getting-old/700008/43 "2014-10-01T21:16:26Z")

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> [@epbrown01](#):
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> I’d say I have more discretion when than when I was younger. There’s a LOT of crap up there simply because I put up with it when I was young, so I’m stuck explaining why I know all the words to “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero” even though I never liked it. Decades later, I know “Thrift Shop” because I _do_ like it, and skip stuff like “Anaconda” or “Fancy.” Same with other media.

Well, I know all the words cause it WAS my favorite after ‘Seasons in the Sun’ and ‘Save the Last Dance for Me.’

At least I liked Steely Dan and my first album was “Hunky-Dory”

Edit: I should add that I would have a lot more tolerance for songs like “Fancy” if they were novelty songs and not a trend. I had no problem with Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” cause…well, it’s kind of a novelty song.

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