On reaching 50 and losing track of app menus
Masaru-san has reached his 50th birthday. This commemorative recording kicks off with a poignant yet relatable topic: noticing that familiar shops in town have vanished without a trace. It evolves into a pub-like chat where the two laugh off the trivial, subtle oddities of daily life that one begins to notice with age.
The city landscape and remote control situations keep changing.
They share empathy for the melancholy of finding shops gone, and recount the confusion of buying a replacement TV remote only to find it was not what they expected. They discuss the minor inconveniences of life that become more apparent in your 50s. The way remote controls seem to multiply unexpectedly is sure to make you laugh.
It is a bit lonely when memories of those days start to fade.
Moments when the city scenery changes so much that you can no longer recall what used to be there. As if to fill those gaps in their memory, the two unpack nostalgic recollections of the past. Along the way, Masaru-san begins to share a memory about a specific place, and Toshi-san's reaction to it is quite memorable.
Please feel the atmosphere in the full episode.
Navigating the second half of life in their 50s with a light touch and a bit of self-deprecation, the two show no signs of stopping. There are plenty more topics to cover. Please enjoy the rest of the conversation in the full episode.
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