A man gets older, he said, he finds they’s lots of things he can do jest as well without and so he don’t have to worry about this and that the way a young feller will. I worked near all my life and never had nothin. Seems like a old man’d be allowed his rest but then he comes to find they’s things you have to do on account of nobody else wants to attend to em… Most ever man loves peace, he said, and none better than a old man.”
Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper
A man gets older, he said
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Did you just have a birthday, Mr. PG? I’m noticing a certain senescencist trend with these last three posts.
He could be making the mistake of watching the (non-tech) news.
The way things are going, misanthropy can seem quite reasonable at time. 😉