[tunnuz]

I always assumed that it was something to do with people getting increasingly frustrated with the struggle of keeping up with stuff.

[biofox]

Chronic pain probably plays a part too. I know I get grumpy and miserable when I'm unwell or in pain.

[ethbr1]

I've attributed that to a decreased ability to deal with novel situations as we age. E.g. the world behaved differently than I was expecting.

One thing it's definitely possible and important to intentionally keep exposing oneself to!

[sgc]

I am definitely grumpy. What makes me grumpy is the fact that society keeps banging its head against a wall for no good reason.

There is everything there for growth, and yet I see none. I get very tired of knowing well what the boring, selfish reaction of the person I encounter is going to be. I am sure I do the same thing - and don't change much compared to what is available to me to make changes. I do not lead by example at all the way I would like.

Nonetheless, what makes me grumpy is lack of change, not the superficial appearance of change with which technology distracts us. Moral growth would be so refreshing to see, but I see none of it - despite virtue signalling as a veneer from all parts of society.

Said more colloquially, a lot of older people just grow tired of all our bulls*t.