As you grow older, do you find that fewer things impress you?

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NikolasGLT · Accepted Answer

It depends on the person really, in my opinion people who are not impressed by anything are very apathetic to things in life. They don't try to think out of the box why they should be impressed, some things are not as obvious as they might seem and it is easy to not get impressed when that thing or person tried actually impressing you in a different way. There are many examples in which people were "meh" but when the person who tried to impress them tells them "I was trying to do something else entirely" and all of a sudden the unimpressed person becomes impressed. Those kind of people are extremely apathetic and passive. People who seek knowledge and seek a way to improve any thing in this world will always get impressed because they appreciate the effort that was made. I as individual am studying psychology and I am extremely curious therefore I think that in my life I will always be impressed by everything.

Lynx122 · Accepted Answer

Yes but the things in the post never impressed me much anyway. I can still be impressed it just takes more now I have to search a bit more to find things that impress me but I still find them. Im really into music etc. So even if you've heard a lot of music you can still find new songs that are different and creative or new artists that you like and admire :).

It also depends on how good I am at something myself. If I'm not good at something I'm usually more impressed beause I don't really understand how they do it and why I suck at it ^^.

sejla · Accepted Answer

More things impress me. There are too many cool things. Some simple things like in nature and some things like in technology. I find some apps really fun like Tik Tok but had to remove it so I could load Ticketmaster app to access my tickets to show at a concert venue. I was one site Rabbit and I could talk kpop with a young woman in Mongolia. There are pluses and minuses to every time period.

Iwillneverunderstand · Accepted Answer

Have they ever? Lol.
But yes the older I have become more accustom to the shitty side of things.
It's to the point nowadays, I feel like it has to be above and beyond before I'm particularly impressed, Which is an unfair standpoint.

razelove · Answer

I'd find that meme realistic unless you go hang out in the back end of a third world or developing nation for a while... You'll see some new stuff there. Of course, being in Australia a lot of those flights aren't too far away I'd imagine.

Jjpayne · Answer

I totally agree with the last thing it says!!! Time really changes you, what you value and what you believe. I was just playing MS. Pac man last night, very simple but addicting. It's strange that the simple pleasures are still there. They can still capture my interest over time. But as we age the wonder we had as a kid dies down as we seek more mature ways to find that wonder again. I will say that while technology can do that and will continue to provide that wonder, relationships with people are the one thing that is the most satisfying especially when they surprise you with humility, loyalty, honesty and morals

Ephermerallhama · Answer

Well.. sort of. The thing is that it's only human to be unimpressed with something after you've experienced it for the umpteenth time because it does not stimulate anymore. That being side, one can take joy in actually letting someone else experience the same phenomenon and gauge their reaction to it (it might even give you a different perspective on it).

frostwalrus · Answer

Yes, looks. I find that looks mattered to me less and less as I emotionally matured. I literally could not care less if someone was physically beautiful. It's just an accident of nature and not a particularly impressive one either. It now seems very low IQ to me for looks to impact one's opinions of people.

1stranger · Answer

This isn't about the age of person, but about the age of the soul. Sometimes the age of a young person's soul can be too much. In this case, nothing will impress that person. Sometimes, vice versa.

SuperManiac · Answer

At least the novelty of many things wears off. One constant that has impressed me aside from what is listed on the bottom are highly-skilled people. They never cease to amaze me.

IlyaTheImpaler · Answer

Many things impress me less (RPGs, scifi, fantasy like GoT, movies etc.), and many things impress me more (Aristotle's spacetime, Newton's first law, the real numbers etc. those obvious things I took for granted in grade school). The total might just stay the same 🤔

goaded · Answer

Partly, but now skills impress me more than they did; I've tried doing things and found them extremely hard, so I have more respect for the people who can do them.

TahoeHiker · Answer

No way. I'm still impressed with people doing things I can't do. The guy at the pizzeria tossing the dough, the pilot landing the plane, the doctor giving me a colonoscopy.
Conversely, I still have the abilities to impress others, especially my girlfriend.

red324 · Answer

Yeah. The bar is set pretty low these days, so not much really impresses me. We live in a world where everything is involved in just good enough to meet the bare minimum, not a whole lot more. Your car, your house, the water bottles you drink couldn't possibly be any thinner to save on money/plastic. It's how the world works, i'm glad you figured it out.

aWes0MeNeSs · Answer

Yes, I would say that's true.

I've actually noticed recently how the younger the person, the more easily impressed they tend to be, and they also tend to believe what they're told more than actually needing to see actions to back up words.

aljohnson7899 · Answer

I don't think so. Because when you were little art class was thrilling. Then you grew up and meeting girls was thrilling, then dating, then finding another person and so on. So life won't get boring. Your objectives will change.

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

Yes because you've seen more things, when you are young even you moving your own feer impresses you, but at the age of 3 you already grown accustomed to it. This is true for most things.

taleets · Answer

Yes 1000 percent. I’m not easily impressed anymore. All the people I used to want to be/be friends with are not cool to me anymore

R_ūshī · Answer

I agree with you completely. I feel like I've always been old tho cause I've never been a very impressionable person.

BobbyC65 · Answer

Nothing impress me as I get older. From women and girl's and men and boy's. Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much (Official Music Video)

MissDawn7961 · Answer

yes and no because sometimes I feel I have seen most but if I have not then I can find it or see it online ! Thanks

IAMNathanael · Answer

Yeah totally. When I was a kid I couldn't do many things that adults do Now that I am an adult they are common and normal.

lightbulb27 · Answer

In general yes, The importance and priority changes... hopefully for the better. I'm still impressed by a lot though...

jillybeanns · Answer

As my sister likes to say, “I’m not easily impressed”.

goldcoast · Answer

More things impress me. When I was younger I didn’t even know it was abnormal for our friend to be a professor at a prestigious university, now I know he must be very smart and have worked very hard.

Dainolf · Answer

Yes idd. Honesty and relationships is the only thing I value at this point and I have little of those things in my life.

MannySimms · Answer

Yeah, except for one thing...

CallMeGarth · Answer

No, it’s the opposite. I keep finding more things that fascinate me, and I want to learn more about them.

ShowOff11 · Answer

Its very real. What impresses me these days is when someone actually sticks around with you for some time.

adidas0169 · Answer

I do feel that. older i get more and more simple things to me seems like they impress me and more and more i realise there's to many stupid lazy people are around.

pyrro_ · Answer

1 south park episode described it it called : you are getting old. It's contents 2 or 3 episodes

Gedaria · Answer

The important things change. Money and possessions seem to take a back seat. More into meeting new people...

Connor-RK800 · Answer

The whole thing with the sun really surprised me for the first 19 years. Now I'm a blind boring fortune teller.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Yeah to an extent... a Bentley will still impress me just like seeing a decent watch in the wild will

Phoenix98 · Answer

Honestly I've always been that way even when I was younger.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

The things that impress me actually get MORE; but I am less 'overwhelmed' by them?

kittenbits · Answer

I find I am more impressed actually. Especially of those who have jobs that are life threatening or require a long road to being qualified

Ianto · Answer

It is more that different things impress one. I now have more value for kindness, empathy, and sensitivity than I did as a brash youngster.

Ayer93 · Answer

I've been attracted to the same things in a girl my whole life.

AntiHunger · Answer

Yes fewer things do impress me because they get repeated everyday.

chriscdi · Answer

yea or it could be that the more i grow, the less fucks i give

Nikodemus · Answer

Yes. I am also much less inclined to spend money on whatever vast marketing budgets have been allocated to.

FitGhost · Answer

Yep. Less things attract and even lesser in impress

Anonymous · Answer

You could say that but lately I've found ways to appreciate life.

Nightflight95 · Answer

Yes , i think thats normal when you have seen more things more often.

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

In a smaller margin than the information I've learned and wild shit I've seen on the internet.

TheAteam1978 · Answer

Unfortunately yes I do! But then I find more crazy things to enlighten me!

TaherB · Answer

nothing... everything became cold and grey... nothing special anymore.. all the days are the same... nothing impress me long time ago !

Razal · Answer

seemingly correct. ur experience, knowledge increases and hence the element of surprise is diminished.

rajesh_leo · Answer

Yes, after experiencing all the hard heartedness and selfishness.

Anonymous · Answer

Money never goes out of style to me. I just can't get enough😎

MannMitAntworten · Answer

No. If anything, I find the opposite.

BCA6010 · Answer

Yes, I strongly agree.

nailu · Answer

😳it’s like you’re inside my head

BrianTG78 · Answer

Impress? No. Surprise me? Yea

Massageman · Answer

Yes. The fewer, more simple things impress me.

broken_heart_at_48 · Answer

No I find different thing impress me

Danny_dan92 · Answer

BIG sigh*  yep

Anonymous · Answer

Meh, I am not impressed by this question..

OddBeMe · Answer

Yes, that’s the result of experience.

Sha84 · Answer

no my choices now are same since fifteen

User_Friendly · Answer

A high sex drive will always impress me <3

Rob19777 · Answer

that picture is so very true

Kbin47 · Answer

Yes... Happens to me.

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