#grownup — Public Fediverse posts

Friends at #GrownUp SaaS companies in the iOS realm...

I'm looking for 2027's Swiftjective-C sponsorship. $11k for the year. Despite the whole AI thing, readership has grown YoY.

If your company is interested, email me at [email protected]
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Think You’re an Adult? The Ministry Wants Proof.

https://satiregpt.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/think-youre-an-adult-the-ministry-wants-proof/

Adulthood: An Evolution with EMIs?

https://satiregpt.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/adulthood-an-evolution-with-emis/

Little Books With Lots of Heart, by Mawson: One of this bright world’s few published Writer-Bears
It's not easy being #grownup All this business of having to be sophisticated and industrious youreader can flop down among the cushions and relax.Here you can find the answers to just about nothing at all. You can forget you ever had questions anyway.

http://baffledbearbooks.com/2026/07/18/little-books-with-lots-of-heart-by-mawson-one-of-this-bright-worlds-few-published-writer-bears/

A quotation from Bill Watterson

CALVIN: I think grown-ups just act like they know what they’re doing.

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-02-18)

More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/81972…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #adult #comprehension #facade #grownup #pretending #pretense #understanding

One of the things about being a #grown-up is #learning how to act right even when you feel wrong. ---Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004

One of the things about being a #grown-up is #learning how to act right even when you feel wrong. ---Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004

El lado del mal - Grown-up Mode de ChatGPT: Podrá ser utilizado para Gore y Erotismo https://www.elladodelmal.com/2025/10/grown-up-mode-de-chatgpt-podra-ser.html #chatgpt #GPT #IA #AI #GrownUp #InteligenciaArtificial #ArtificialIntelligence #Gore #Erotica

A poem from Edna St. Vincent Millay, published in 1922 when she was thirty.

#poetry #poem #ednastvincentmillay #ageing #grownup #Adulting #adulthood #1920s #quote #quotes #quotation #sleep

A quotation from Terrance Dicks

   SARAH JANE: Doctor, you’re being childish!
   THE DOCTOR: Well, of course I am! There’s no point in being grown-up if you can’t be childish sometimes.

Terrance Dicks (1935-2019) English screenwriter, author [pseud. Robin Bland]
Doctor Who (1963), 12×01 “Robot,” Part 4 (1975-01-18)

More info about this quote: wist.info/dicks-terrance/4643/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrancedicks #doctorwho #fourthdoctor #adult #childishness #growingup #grownup #immaturity #maturity

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: How come grown-ups don’t go out to play?
   CALVIN’S DAD: Grown-ups can only justify playing outside by calling it exercise, doing it when they’d rather not, and keeping records to quantify their performance.
   CALVIN: That sounds like a job.
   CALVIN’S DAD: … Except you don’t get paid.
   CALVIN: So play is worse than work?
   CALVIN’S DAD: Being a grown-up is tough.

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1995-05-09)

More info about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/79243…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #adult #exercise #fun #grownup #hardwork #maturity #play #work #recreation #labor

Your #kids are all #grownup. But what does being an '#emptynester' mean in 2025?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/07/08/empty-nest-parenting-stories-tips/82689499007/

How can I get out of all these boring household tasks?

Dear Jane, my parents keep giving me loads of chores to do and saying something about “responsibility” and “being a grown-up”. I mean, what are they on about? I only just turned 30. How can I get out of all these boring household tasks?

Unhappy from Hampton

Oh my poor beleaguered buttered scone of injustice!

How dare your parents suggest you take on responsibilities simply because you’ve reached the tender and innocent age of thirty?! Why, you’re practically still in the larval stage of adulthood, just barely crawling out of your sock drawer of self-discovery!

Let me tell you, chores are a vicious rumour spread by people who don’t own enough decorative hats. I once avoided all housework for seventeen consecutive years by pretending I was allergic to dust, soap, and effort. It worked marvellously, until I was eventually mistaken for a long-lost Victorian ghost and exorcised from my own kitchen.

Now, here’s my expert advice for dodging every chore ever:

1. Invent a fake PhD in “Domestic Aversion Syndrome.” Tell them you’re part of a long-term study that forbids vacuuming due to potential sock displacement trauma.
2. Hide in the laundry basket. They’ll never think to look for you there—especially if you blend in by wearing nothing but unpaired socks and a tea towel turban.
3. Fake extreme hat-related injuries. “Oh no! My feathered fez slipped and I twisted my dishwashing instincts!”
4. Train a squirrel to do your chores. Failing that, just blame everything on the squirrel. “Why didn’t you do the dishes?” “Because Reginald chewed through the sponge, obviously.”
5. Write them a strongly worded note in icing. I’ve found that cakes with messages like “Responsibility Is a Conspiracy” or “Let Me Nap, I’m Thirty” are both delicious and persuasive.

And finally, for full escape velocity, I recommend my bestselling guidebook “Grown-Ups Are a Myth: Escaping Adulthood With Grace and Cupcakes.” It pairs beautifully with “Avoidance Through Sock Puppetry” and the ever-popular “Ten Reasons I Can’t Hoover (Allergies, Ghosts, and General Vibes).”

So pop on your most distracting hat, declare yourself emotionally fragile, and lock yourself in the loo with a nice hot pot of prune juice until the laundry folds itself or they give up entirely.

Irresponsibly yours,
Lady Jane Sillybottom
Author, Hat Philosopher, Sock Whisperer, and Domestic Avoidance Specialist

#chores #grownUp #housework #larvalStageOfAdulthood #ResponsibilityIsAConspiracy #skiving

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3729 - Why Do I Still Read Comics - pt.1 of 828. https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-3729-why-do.html #ComicBookSunday #ImmortalThor #Thor #ComicBooks #MarvelComics #Fandom #GrownUp

Are Grownups Just Giant Kids?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/are-grownups-just-giant-kids
#ycombinator #grownup #adults #childhood #adulthood

#GrownUp hack: every time you buy a new hardware thing, search for a pdf version of the manual. Store it on your disk with a filename that you can easily search for.

Next time you have a problem with that thing, you won’t need to search for that small paper printout in font size 4 😅.

The #AngryOrangeWotsit is going to have to be a #GrownUp about #IT and #GoToPrison for a #VeryVeryLongTime...

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#ThomasNewman: Shawshank Prison - Stoic Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ciBeyOv4E

The band’s facebook messenger chat page is exploding right now. We’re trying to get all four of us into a room together and it’s proving to be more difficult than ever before. Our traditional 6pm on Sunday rehearsal time is not doable. We’re waffling back and forth between earlier on Sundays and after work on Thursdays. Thursdays appear to be in the lead at the moment.

Scheduling things is difficult. Was it this hard to do when we were kids? Is this an adult thing? Is it a middle aged adult thing? It’s tough to say. Sometimes acting like a grown up sucks, but what can you do? The alternative (not being a grown up) is probably worse.

Okay. We’re booked for Thursday. I put it on my Google Calendar. It is officially set in stone now. Or something like that.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/08/02/scheduling-things-is-difficult/

#adult #adulthood #adulting #BandPractice #beingAGrownUp #calendar #CoverBand #grownUp #lizardfish #makingPlans #Music #plans #schedule #time

It has been a busy six months.

#blog #gaming #grownup

http://gamerpeak.com/2024/05/26/the-dust-has-settled/

"...Texas, a part of the United States that #Alberta hardly resembles at all. In reality, what Texas resembles is #Canada. It has more than 30 million people, plenty of #tidewater, a #grownup #economy that involves more than #resource #extraction, and a rough split between #progressive-minded and #conservative folk (Republican for the time being but with demographics inexorably marching toward a Democratic Party majority)."
#abpoli
https://albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/planned-provincial-police-to-be-called-alberta-rangers-brace-yourselves-for-more-conservative-cowboy-cosplay

When my mom asked me what I wanted for my 44th birthday, I said face cream with sunblock. #Grownup

#Yes... #IKnowRight...

#LordsAndStars...

I've #GrownUp to: #BecomeCervantesDeLeón...

#IT wasn't #Deliberate; #IT #JustHappened...

I #DefinitelyNeed a #ParticularlyFancyHat...

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Legs MC aka Daddy Legs from Brighton started rapping and making beats in 1999. After stopping for years, Legs was awakened during the coronavirus and began to make music again. The result is 7 Year Itch and the Grown Up series.

#7YearItch #DaddyLegs #DJTGK #GrownUp #GrownUpFree #JGRomez #LegsMC #MurmurBeats #RhymeAdvocates #SolarSounds #TedRoxwell

https://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/downloads/audio/legs-mc-grown-up-free-audio.html

Embracing adulthood with style! Swapped the usual IKEA fare for a sophisticated, high-end dining table and chairs. A true mark of grown-up living! 🌟

#AdultingLevelUp #grownup

"after all why not, why shouldn't i have both a gingerbread and saffron roll? maybe two of each?" #grownup

You know you are a #grownup if on your day off you will be doing more work than when you are on the #job

#adult #maturity #grownup #never #IWon't! #childish #Parent'sBasement #PuerAeternus

The thing that always gets me about #Trump is that, despite being a #narcissist and arguably a #sociopath, he is exceedingly concerned about not just his #reputation, but his #popularity.

He thinks his strongest #attacks are when he points to one of his imagined #foes and shows how he is doing better in some random #poll than his would-be dragon slayer.

I have #never seen someone so absolutely #obsessed with being #popular.

And I did 4 years of high school.

#HighSchool #drama #adult #GrownUp

At a #SlowAndSteadyPace, we #DriveTogether keeping #Alert for #Stray and #Excited #HorsesOnTheRun in #TheMiddleOfTheNight, both of the #TwoHorses were #Black... #AtNight...

We reach her #LandRover, while #IdioticTraffic ignores her #HazardNotice and #Speed around a #BlindCorner that may or may not have #TwoHorses #OnTheRoad... #NotSoWellDoneThem...

She and I both #Huff at them and #TheFutility of being a #GrownUp #Sometimes...

We #Bond a #LittleBit...

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#Yes... #IKnowRight...

I've #GrownUp to: #BecomeCervantesDeLeón...

#IT wasn't #Deliberate; #IT #JustHappened...

I #DefinitelyNeed a #ParticularlyFancyHat...

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https://vmst.io/@PSiReN/109755368024494099

翻看舊照丨感慨時日變遷 體重增加 聲帶受損 心態改變 洪卓立「堅持喜歡唱歌」 女友Hillary甜撐：堅持喜歡你

2012年，#洪卓立 推出第7張專輯《#GrownUp》，主打歌《#想一個人》成為他的第1首四台冠軍歌，《#勿忘草》是他難忘舊愛的親身經歷，《奴隸與皇后的愛情故事》是他首次參與作曲的歌，《某天再會》是悼念外婆之作。

這張專輯，帶給洪卓立很多回憶，昨日他在社交網貼11年前拍攝《Grown Up》封套的花絮相，感慨留言：「念舊的雙魚 突然發現了十一年前拍攝唱片封套時的花絮，真想問一句，這十年到底發生過什麼事？😂其實確實經歷了很多東西，歷練多了，心態改變了，新陳代謝慢了，體重增加了，甚至環境也令我改變了一點，聲帶受損，連聲音也不同了，但喜歡唱歌這件事，仍然發亮，轉眼間今年又到10月了，#你還在為想堅持的事努力嗎？」

11年過去，雖然在樂壇發展未如理想，但他仍然熱愛唱歌，上次出單曲已是前年的《你那邊好嗎》，洪卓立仍為想堅持唱歌而努力，樂迷仍在等他開演唱會，紛紛留言力撐：「...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyIcCwapCkL/

#Journal, Day 1262
Saturday, 02 Sept 2023
(Day 124 of #WGAstrike)
(Day 51 of #SAGAFTRAstrike)

#Mauifire death toll at this hour: Still at 115.
55 identified, 50 names released publicly w/5 pending notifications of the families.
*Still officially missing: 385.

#burningman #flooded
#floridaman #grownup
#desantissucks

Do folks do #introduction posts here? Here’s mine:

I’m a #Neurodivergent #PossiblyAutistic web developer specializing in user interfaces and front end tech. #Husband, 3x #DogDad, #guitar player, recovering #Artist, and occasional #GrownUp.

I’ve been known to hoard #fonts. I collect modest #watches. I miss my #friends and #SummerBreak. I thrive on #HeavyMetal, especially the #Scandinavian stuff. 🤘

I strive to fill my digital life with #FLOSS / #OpenSource software. I’m a recent #Neovim convert from #VSCodium and hardly miss it. My battery sure as 🔥 doesn’t.

@pezmico @BrilleBhrealla

I am at a similar juncture - oldest is 18 and not really a child... still a teenager but appearing very grown up and independent 🥰

#blink #blinkandyoumissit
#grownup

Last night I had the most #GrownUp #Nightmare I've ever had. I dreamt that I had to wake up really early, stayed up too late watching something on TV, and only got like an hour of #Sleep. I woke up from the #Dream with my heart racing and couldn’t go back to sleep. #Dreams are weird. Bad dreams hit different when you get #Old.

Given the full playground of my #Fears, the most terrifying thing my #Subconscious could come up with was that I was overly #Tired… And it worked.

I like to consider myself a grown up.

But today an old man near me in a waiting room tried to mask a large fart with a small cough and I nearly suffered a hernia forcing myself not to laugh.

Being a grown up is hard.
#wind #funny #grownup #mature #toot

The plaid shirt looks better on. The jacket fits great and has elbow pads!
#very #grownup for #conservatory #reunion #call me #professor or #daddy #will do #plaid #shirt #lavender #cotton #not #stretchy #thanks