Both? I simultaneously don’t give a fuck about most anything and hate everyone and everything.

Yes

A mix of both. I put up with less immaturity and am quickly becoming a “git off my lawn” type for people doing dangerous or disruptive things that they ought to know better than to be doing. At the same time I’ve gotten more patient in dealing with genuine mistakes and with people who lack knowledge or experience. Young kids, other adults, and most coworkers like me better now and I’ve been asked to take on a couple of mentoring roles. Teenagers and early 20s people in my neighborhood are starting to avoid me.

Kind of both? I’m becoming more cynical, but my cynicism does tend to be fairly predictive. I am getting better at taking it in stride, though, and I try to be more laid back.

I was born an “old man” really feel like I’m finally growing into my true phase of life. So not really any grumpier I would say.

I’ve developed a real interest in reading about cognitive science and psychology, and I really feel like that’s made me more relaxed in accepting how different peoples’ ideas, opinions and lived experience is; and it has really made me get over judging people for thinking the “wrong” thing.

Some of both columns if I think about it. You go though enough that the volume on trivial crap gets turned way down and you don’t sweat so many of the things you really can’t affect substantively. While at the same time you’re likely to be dismissive and not wish to waste time on folks that have demonstrated they’re willfully ignorant dillweeds.