Post #3405213

2026-06-26 04:33 UTC

Long ago, I was an angry young man who railed against all the injustices of the world, but time has passed, I have matured and learned so much more about things, and now I am an angrier old man. (Importing from my old account my pinned post, which seems even more apt (apter?) now than when first expressed.)

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@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org 2026-06-26 04:46

@robpike@cosocial.ca I have had a similar experience. I find myself playing old #punk rock that I loved in the mid-1980s. #DeadKennedys was my favorite band. In the early 2000s, I finally realized that Jello Biafra, in particular, but all political punk lyricists in general, can't tell the difference between hyperbole and reality. Yet, I listen to DK songs like “Police Truck”, “This Could Be Anywhere”, “Soup Is Good Food” & many others & all I think is “they are no longer hyperbole in 2026”! Cc: @evan@cosocial.ca

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@deepfryed@fosstodon.org 2026-06-26 04:54

@robpike@cosocial.ca you're not alone.

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@klausfiend@mstdn.ca 2026-06-26 06:24

@robpike@cosocial.ca When I was in my 20s, I would listen to the Dead Kennedys and wonder why people then put up with the kind of shit their songs were about. When I reached my 40s, I would listen to the Dead Kennedys and wonder why we're STILL putting up with the kind of shit their songs were about. My anger as an old man is far more focused and much less inchoate when I think about the injustices of the world.

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@bjn@mstdn.social 2026-06-26 06:43

@robpike@cosocial.ca I’m 61 and I’ve never been angrier.

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