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We’re not getting any younger, and there’s little we can do about it. And we may ignore it, but the reality sometimes shamelessly comes right into your face.
For example, when looking at your phone pictures from last year, or when lathering your skin with anti-aging cream, or when suddenly meeting your unrecognizable childhood friend in a supermarket, or when scrolling for your birthdate in a drop-down menu. These painful reality checks hilariously remind us of the passing time.
So when someone asked “What made you realize ‘you're old?’” it hit a soft spot for too many people out there. A whopping 16k comments later, the all too relatable responses are in, and oh boy, I never felt as ancient as I do right now.
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#1
I almost fell over when a local radio station called songs from the '80s the 'golden oldies.' No! The golden oldies are the '50s/'60s!
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
On an app I use, a user has a slogan I can relate to. "I thought it would take much longer to grow old."
Load More Replies... Carl Roberts 2 years ago
When the classic rock stations started playing Metallica, Guns n Roses and Nirvana.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 2 years ago
Millennial here, but I love classic rock. There's a "classic rock" station I listen to pretty often, and they've gradually started adding in music that makes me feel grey hairs growing on my head lol Bit of a kick in the teeth to hear Foghat, Linkin Park, Cream, Soundgarden, Korn, and Grandfunk Railroad all in the same block of music. Might as well pack it all in, buy a cardigan, and head to the Walgreens for some Centrum Silver 👵
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Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
A golden oldie is: Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me.
faireymomma 2 years ago
Worse is when you hear them playing in elevators (even worse if it's turned into an easy listening version), grocery stores, etc.
yellowphantom 2 years ago
They had Mumford and Sons' Little Lion Man playing in a national chain grocery store one time I was shopping, and they had bleeped out half the words. I have also heard Green Day "Longview" as "elevator music".
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#2
I find more and more people are being stupid and annoying.
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
I don't want to get a reputation as a grumpy old man, so I smile as I shout at them.
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
Especially when those damn kids are on my lawn.
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Niamh Gallagher Kerr 2 years ago
That's not an age thing. I worked with the public in hospitality since I was 16 there is too many people who don't have any common sense.
JamezyJamez 2 years ago
Amen! I know I was the same in my 20s but the delight in hearing your own voice and believing that everyone needs to hear your thoughts is foreign to me now. I keep my mouth shut unless it's something I really deem worthy of others' ears and attention. It's cringe to think back to times that I openly announced to others that I'm really good at reading people. Yikes.
#3
Getting annoyed when they rearrange the grocery store.
Margot Moser 2 years ago
Costco is known to do this deliberately so that shoppers will discover products they didn't know they needed whilst looking for items on their lists.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
They all do this, there's a whole marketing plan behind it, and they've been doing this stuff for decades.
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
I don't get why the jars of cherries has moved to the popcorn and candy aisle when they were fine in the baking aisle.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
I wouldn't mind the rearranging of the aisles if it made sense. One day I was looking for light bulbs and couldn't find them anywhere. I finally asked an employee who directed me to... the baking aisle! Office supplies were across from the canned soups and electronics were in the aisle with cereals. It was total anarchy!
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Mary Rogers 2 years ago
It can be if you are mobility challenged. I can't tell you the number of times I have wanted to just grab a few items and get out of the store because I was in pain, only to have to wander all over the place because they moved things. When you are young, it may be slightly annoying. But when you get older it becomes a big deal.
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Will Cable 2 years ago
All to increase sales and yet when they do it I buy less because I can't find what i went in for!
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
Is your store a local bodega or mom pop run? All the big chains have to comply for marketing purposes. Thats how they make copius amounts of money to stay in business! Schematics. All a scheme.
Load More Replies...Laura Wasser, a family law expert and chief of divorce evolution at Divorce.com, told Bored Panda that a positive outlook on getting older involves accepting it as a natural part of life and concentrating on the upsides.
“As time goes by, we acquire valuable experiences, insight, and a better comprehension of ourselves and our surroundings. Instead of getting hung up on the unavoidable bodily changes, let's appreciate the wisdom, personal development, and connections we've made over the years,” she explained.
#4
Doing nothing became my favorite thing to do on the weekend.
Baseball is Life 2 years ago
Absolutely nothing wrong with this, we don't always have to be doing 'something'
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Unfortunately, there is always something that needs doing.
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Beck 2 years ago
I used to go go go. Wake up early, work all day. Out all night. Repeat. Never sleeping. One day, when I was around 29 I was like you know what? My bed sounds nice! I love my bed.
chops jones 2 years ago
Wait until u buy an adjustable bed HEAVEN ... MOVIE BINGE HEAVEN!!!
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Earthquake903 2 years ago
When people ask me what I'm doing on my day off/vacation, I say "as little as possible".
chops jones 2 years ago
I say shut down & recharge... & a hibiscus michelada lol
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Headless Roach 2 years ago
Doing nothing is actually very difficult to do - you never know when you're done!
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
On the other hand it's always easy to pick up where you left off later.
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LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 2 years ago
Name your ‘nothing’. Or someone asks what are you doing, oh nothing, great can you help me do — whatever —. You never HAVE to fill in your days with what people expect you to fill in your days with.
Yu Pan 2 years ago
I used to date someone who always made me feel bad about not doing something on weekends. So I forced myself to do something just so I wouldn't be shamed. One day my boss asked me how was my weekend and I sheepishly said sorry, I didn't do anything. He chuckled and said, isn't that's what weekends are for? I never feel guilty or shamed anymore.
#5
I used to sneak out of home to go to a party, now I sneak out of the party to go home
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
And if they won't let me leave, I find a comfortable chair and go to sleep!
Rosa Carone-Prendergast 2 years ago
I never really had FOMO but now that I'm old I definitely have JOMO....Joy Of Missing Out. :)
StitchIsCuteAndFluffy 2 years ago
For introverts everywhere, I can say this isn’t just an old people thing. My personal hack is that I don’t go to parties in the first place.
#6
Sleeping straight through the night is a thing of the past; if it's not a hip or shoulder screaming at me to roll over, it's a bladder wanting releif.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
The worst part is when different parts of your body are disagreeing on what would be a comfortable position
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
Or you have different doctors telling you different positions you should be in regarding your different ailments. Sure, extra pillows are good for acid reflux. But they are not good for my neck.
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Ethel The Frog 2 years ago
When my bladder forces me out of bed, I've got the added enjoyment of 2 cats thinking it's now breakfast time. They throw loud tantrums if I try going back to bed without feeding them at 4am :/
Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
My cat thinks it's time for affection if I wake up and go to the bathroom. She'll meow and meow at me until she gets tired of being ignored. Then she walks up my side to meow into my ear. All at 4 am. I usually threaten to skin her alive yet, for some reason, she's not scared.
Load More Replies... Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
I'm doubly blessed. My hip wakes me up and I work hard finding just the right position to ease the hip then I get really comfortable and start to doze off. That's when the bladder alarm goes off!
Cheryl Ramsay 2 years ago
My hip wakes me up too and when I find that good position, my husband rolls over and takes all the covers!
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 2 years ago
I hate that. Especially when I'm interrupted from a good dream and can't go back to sleep, but it's 4am and I still have about 2 and a half more hours before the ol' alarm goes off.
Will Cable 2 years ago
You start looking at how cats can seem to sleep anywhere and you get envious.
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
Menopause is a nightmare especially because of the hot flashes and night sweats.
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Paul Brown 2 years ago
Oh God, I know this one all too well! I can't remember the last time I slept thru the night.
According to Laura, “keeping our spirits up and feeling thankful help us nurture a happier, more satisfying attitude toward aging while still looking after our mental and emotional health.”
Being in a relationship as you grow older offers many positive aspects. Laura explained that one of the main perks is the sense of companionship. “Sharing life experiences, memories, and moments with someone you care about makes life richer and more satisfying,” she said.
#7
I'm disgusted by TikTok
Joe Publique 2 years ago
This is reasonable. TikTok (and almost all algorithm-based social-media) is intellectual cancer.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
"intellectual cancer" - a new favorite expression! Thanks! 8-)
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
As much as I would love to make short videos with my daughter on the generational differences, I will never resort to TikTok. I had it once for a few days and then deleted it. There's nothing of substance on there. When I was on it there was a "trend" going on off staring into your phone camera's blinding light to take a close up picture of your eyeball then using some sort of filter to capture the "true colour" of your iris. Teens have gotten permanent eye injuries and loss of sight from doing this one time. This is it, folks. Society is going down.
imgonaarickrollyousohard 2 years ago (edited)
*Society is going down* has been for decades perhaps centuries. We still live in an era where sh*t happens and leaders push their own agendas (TX attempting to push the 10 commandments into every classroom, no formal vote from "the people" just their agenda)
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OutspokenHBW 2 years ago
I still like the ones with cute animals and obnoxious Vine-esq stupid humor. I never did outgrow my love for a good Dadaist shitpost.
Rosa Carone-Prendergast 2 years ago
I'm 57 and my daughters got me into Tik Tok. At first I hated it because it was just teens doing stupid dances and stuff but my daughters told me to hit "not interested" over and over again and to like videos that I was interested in and eventually the algorithm learns what you like and that's what you see. I follow pets, paranormal, decorating/remodeling and politics.
Tortitude 2 years ago
Same age and same, I like cat videos, history and political satire. It's usually not the tool at fault but the use people make of it
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Ellinor 2 years ago
It depends on what side of Tiktok you are, my "for you" page is filled with people baking cakes, puppies and tutorials to grow plants
真壁まつり 2 years ago
I m pretty young and dislike short videos they simply are devoid of meaningful content
Wiki 2 years ago
Tiktoks are 1-10 minutes long though, I wouldn't really call that short. It has kinda become the new youtube
Load More Replies... Michelle C 2 years ago
I hate it with the rare exception of a heartwarming or plain cute story or livestream existing there. I have never used it and don’t want to use it, either!
#8
Whenever I have to enter my birthdate in a drop-down menu
Me 2 years ago
Going, going, going. And spinning so fast to get there that it passes the year. :(
Michelle C 2 years ago
I admit I find myself thinking, “I shouldn’t have to scroll this far down…” sometimes! I still think 1970 was thirty-three, not fifty-three, years ago at times, too. I can only imagine what I’ll be thinking when I am fifty myself!
XenoMurph 2 years ago
Just turned 50 this year. Stay reasonably fit, and it's fairly meaningless.If you don't stay fit, getting fit is much harder, believe me! I intend to live to 100, so I have to look after the container if I expect it to carry my consciousness another 50 years.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
I encountered one that didn't even go down that far to reach my birth year. Does that make me legally dead?
#9
I teach writing to college freshmen. I had a student writing about standardized testing who started a paragraph with the phrase: 'Beliefs about education at the turn of the century worked from the assumption that...' It took me two paragraphs to realize that the turn she was talking about was 1999 to 2000. This was two years ago. The resulting existential crisis is still unresolved.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
When Pointless asks contestants a question involving "Greatest music artists of this century", it takes me a while to cotton on they don't mean groups like The Jam or The Beatles
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
All my knowledge comes from pointless I know everything about the periodic table because from this program
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The Accidental Cat Thief 2 years ago
A teenager referred to me as being born in "the late 1900's". And they aren't wrong. I'm 41.
BluRaven 2 years ago
This one cut deep enough that I am now sharing your existential crisis. I teach photography and still teach the now dying art of film/analog cameras as well as digital. They eventually get really engaged in physical camera and film because it is a tactile and fresh experience to them developing work in a real red light dark room but ffs it feels like I’m around a campfire explaining dinosaur bones when I teach how to load a film camera…
Terry Tobias 2 years ago (edited)
I'm so glad that people like you are teaching film photography. The convenience of digital is nice, but you're right when you say that the tactile experience is engaging, and that getting your hands "in the soup' is alot of fun!
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Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Yeah, for me it was when I was officially older than Marge Simpson. Marge is canonically 34 years old, and never older. That shït hurt, not gonna lie.
Lyndsey Shir-McDermott-Pour 2 years ago
When people use the phrase "thirty years ago" I'm thinking the 70s, but no they mean 1992 and I end up swearing.
“Additionally, being in a healthy partnership leads to better mental well-being. Research indicates that people in strong relationships experience increased happiness, reduced stress, and a lower likelihood of depression.”
Moreover, Laura noted that sharing your life with a partner comes with practical advantages. “Life becomes easier when you can tackle daily tasks, financial matters, and important decisions as a team. This shared responsibility leads to a more enjoyable and manageable lifestyle.”
#10
When I realized that I own t shirts that are older than people I work with
David 2 years ago (edited)
My oldest grandson is 18, almost 19. My microwave is several years older than him. Also at least one of my printed tshirts for that matter. EDIT: PS - Bonus Points - I bought that 1997 Panasonic microwave used at a garage sale for I think about $15. LOL! It was fairly new-ish then but some people were moving or something. Folks that looked like they had money and could afford to get new stuff wherever they moved to.
Apps 2 years ago (edited)
I have a leather belt that's in beautiful condition, with a quality made buckle and super cool. My neice wanted to borrow it and I said to her, I've had this belt since you were born! She's 26 years old - so she was asking to borrow a 26 year old belt! We both felt weird!
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Mark Howell 2 years ago
One of the neighbours kids is 19 and was wearing a repro Iron Maiden sweatshirt showing tour dates 1989. After a small rummage around I gave her an original from the 1989 tour, she was over the moon, I just felt v old; I was her age when I got it.
Paul C. 2 years ago
I played Sunday football until I was 45 and one morning found myself marking/chasing some young lad around the pitch. Afterwards I shook his hand and discovered I was three times his age! He said I bet you were quite good when you were young! I went to the pub to console myself with a pint, happy in the knowledge he couldn't have one.
OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago (edited)
I’ve been the same weight since I was 17, in 1988, which is only slightly more than when I was a high school freshman. I’ve pants & shirts from the 80s that still fit perfectly. Yesterday I wore a concert t-shirt from a show in 1985 & someone asked where I got it, as if it was a recent reprint. When I told them it was from the show they were certain I was BSing.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I had a 15 year old wardrobe and when I started working at a thrift store, started buying clothing from there, I've come to realize I'm replacing 15 year old clothes with thrifted clothes that are merely a couple years old or less.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
Me too. I have a hoody I bought when my wife was 8 years old. Wait, that doesn't sound right....
Hagen Radcliffe 2 years ago
That’s kinda the point - the stuff made “back then” used better materials and was MEANT to last. Good look finding anything current still in wearable shape in 10–20–30 years!
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Travelling Stranger 2 years ago (edited)
i've got one that's 26 y.o., i mean, a t-shirt, not a coworker
Joe Publique 2 years ago
Ahhh, you have the old (better version) of the boots before Pereira bought the company and moved production to Asia. Sadly they’re now made using inferior leather, midsole, etc. For anyone interested, Solovair still makes the same boots using the original materials, and are far better quality than the current Dr. Marten-branded shoes/boots.
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You know all the celebrities that die. I remember celebrity deaths to me for years were just always random people that might as well have been from Ancient Rome for how well I knew of them and how old they were. Now, every celebrity death is like, 'What?!??! She died?? But she was just in that movie!' But then you remember that for you, 'just in that movie' was a movie 30 years or more ago sometimes.
Jake B 2 years ago (edited)
When they are older than you, oooo boy, weird! edited: autocorrect stinks
cecilia kilian 2 years ago
When an older artist, author, celebrity dies, and you think, "Weren't they already dead?". Also, waiting to see if you will outlive Keith Richards.
Su Smith 2 years ago
My mum and I have this long-running discussion about Jack Palance 😂😂 Still don't know if he's dead or not!!
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Will Cable 2 years ago
Or a celebrity version of a TV show and you have to google who the celebrities are.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
When people of my age group died, it was because of a medical condition or accident. Now it's just because of old age!
JamezyJamez 2 years ago
I often google image search what celebs looked like back in the 90s, when I first became familiar with them. I did so with Barbara Walters, who was younger than my parents are now by far but I saw her as an older woman. She went on working much longer, retired, disappeared from public life and then recently died. It all blew my mind a bit, despite that she died at a very old age from natural causes.
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
Back when we still had newspapers, you knew you were old when you turn to the obits first. Someday someone is going to make an obits' site on the web, then we can get back to doing it
49 reasons 2 years ago
Many online newspapers have obituary sections. I know this because I've seen them, and check my local one daily. 😏
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Look at an intact cardboard box you have in your house. What do you think? If the answer is: Oh, this is a good cardboard box, I should hold on to it, you know it has started.
C.O. Shea 2 years ago
Or build a spectacular cat fort from boxes and duct tape.
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Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
You have to keep the box for at least 30 years to make sure the item works properly and it won't need returned. 😉
StrangeOne 2 years ago
When you've moved a lot in your life, you know it could be very important to hold on to them.
sturmwesen 2 years ago
there is a word for all those little containers like joghurt glas, ice cream tubs etc. you might need later:Fününü
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Thank you, today I learned that I have a dedicated fününü cupboard. Not sure I want to say it out loud though
Load More Replies... Headless Roach 2 years ago
Funny how all this time I imagined you to be a teenage girl 🤎
Load More Replies... Lesley Zed 2 years ago
Now that is very true, but I save it temporarily for the kitten to play in.
Mark Stewart 2 years ago
When a parcel arrives in the post I keep the box it came in "just in case", I've become that guy.
Melissa Hollowell 2 years ago
I have a cardboard box I started using for paper trash. It got full. I emptied it instead of throwing out the entire box.
We also wondered why our society is so obsessed with staying forever young. Laura explained that “people love the idea of staying young because it reminds them of a time full of chances, energy, and new beginnings.”
“Being young means having more freedom and fun, and as we age, we often miss those simpler times without many responsibilities. By trying to stay youthful, we hope to keep enjoying life like we did when we were younger,” she said.
Moreover, our society values and promotes youthfulness, Laura argues. “You can see young people and new ideas in movies, music, and ads, which makes us think that being young is something worth chasing after.”
#13
Viggo Mortensen is now older than Ian McKellan was when he played Gandalf in Fellowship..
Lady Miss Pie 2 years ago
He is still really handsome! He looks wonderful
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The Other Guest 2 years ago
And Wil Wheaton is older than Patrick Stewart was in the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Sleepy Panda 2 years ago
That’s because he already looked 80 years old 20 years ago.
Load More Replies... Demosthenes 2 years ago
Meh this is just an example of how good Viggo looked for his age (42) when he played Aragorn
Matthew Daubenmire 2 years ago
The women in the Sex and the city reboot. Are the same age as the Golden Girls when it first aired. That is just weird.
#14
Wait a minute - let me get my glasses and put the main light on to read this properly...
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I've noticed my sight has gotten disturbingly weaker. I may need glasses soon, but I don't think anything will fix the permanent floater in my left eye. Trying to read the fast food menus and I'm squinting and snarling my lips trying really hard to focus my eyesight, asking the young employees to read stuff for me. Oiy do they get annoyed for some reason.
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Near sighted sucks because you need glasses to find your damned glasses
Suby 2 years ago
I have an extra pair in a designated spot in my bedroom for that specific purpose.
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Reinaldo Fuentes 2 years ago
Right? It's not that I fear switching to portable devices as my go-to computing experience. It's simply that I need the screen real estate of a sit-down computer with a 41" monitor in order to see anything.
#15
When my Mom moved into my mirror.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I’m starting to look more like my mother and late maternal grandmother. I’ll take it!
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
Me too. They were/are beautiful ladies and I don't mind.
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Diolla 2 years ago
If only.... My mom passed away age 23 so I have no idea what my future holds look-wise. Am 56 now.
Hagen Radcliffe 2 years ago
🌷 just look in the mirror and smile. Think of all her love for you. There she is. 🌻
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Moezzzz 2 years ago
I used a, damn it, I can't remember what it's called, but you can find them on SnapChat and it makes you look different- the one I used made me look old and I swear I saw my grandmother looking back at me. Not photoshop, but filter!!! That's it! It was a filter!! Damn it I'm getting old...
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Stephen King talks about the 'magic mirror', where you see the same thing every day for years, then one day you see it has jumped forward by several years. And then that becomes your new reflection for another few years, and then it happens again. And again. And once you notice the new face, you can't ever go back to the old one.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
In my case, it's my auntie I see - but at least she's ageing well! Me, not so sure...
Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
Every morning before putting on my contacts, I see my mother in the mirror.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I shudder when I see my mom's face in some photos. Usually it's when I'm wearing a full face of make up with a half smile.
#16
Spent my 30th birthday itching to go home and take my new cordless vacuum cleaner for a spin.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I recall on my 5th Christmas I felt sad my mom got household appliances for a present. But I was confused why she was so excited and not sad she doesn't get any of the cool, fun toys I got. She said it was her version of toys and I'd know the feeling when I'm older. She was right. However, I still wouldn't mind getting a few cool kids toys, still.
Clown fish 2 years ago
I got a good frying pan for my birthday and I've never been more excited
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Joe Publique 2 years ago
Ooooh. New vacuum cleaner! How was it? Reccomend? Got a link? Kitchen appliances excite me now too.
Joelle Jansen 2 years ago
When I found a kitchen bin for food scraps that perfectly suited my needs, I was so excited. It was also when I realized I got old, lol.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
My ex-boyfriend offered to buy me a new ironing board for Christmas and I threatened him with disembowelment. Instead he bought me a new blender and I was ridiculously happy with it!
Sarah Parker 2 years ago
I got a hoover for my 30th! And i didn't wait until my guests left to use it either 😊
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
30 is not old. I’d love to go back to 30 and slap myself and warm myself of the dumb s**t I would end up doing that I regret.
#17
When "ow that hurt" became "I hope that's not permanent"
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
People think I'm exaggerating when I put it into words. I keep hearing "you're not THAT old and I tell them of the challenge that is getting out of bed and feeling the inevitable ache somewhere and wondering if this is temporary or the new normal.
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Ryan-James O'Driscoll 2 years ago
Twisted my ankle getting off a bus and tore a tendon. It's still a problem.
#18
Guy at the liquor store looked really quick at my license. I said that was fast. He said it starts with 19--
StrangeOne 2 years ago
The LC people take an uncomfortable long time on mine cos my picture is a decade old. I was supposed to get it replaced but then the pandemic hit and the license issuers were not doing photos. They sent me a replacement when mine expired with my old picture. When restrictions lifted I called to book an appt. for retakes, as they said I could. But they said I now have to wait until my new card expires unless there's a major difference in my appearance.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
At least they sent you a replacement. Where I live they required you to book an appointment, which were filled up for months out.. most places were pretty understanding about my expired ID though, and fortunately I had a passport for the sticklers
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Channo Sagara 2 years ago
At least you still got asked for a license. Last dude looked really quick at my face and said "have good day, sir". I was like "you too, young man", then f*****g curse on the way back to my car.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 2 years ago
I'm 18 years old with 46 years of experience is my explanation.
imgonaarickrollyousohard 2 years ago
That's math most people won't even take the effort to ask their AI about it. Over 46, got it
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I was at a self checkout buying a bottle of Baileys. My hair is frizzy and, from behind, it gives the impression I'm younger than I am. A worker is behind me and says she just needs to check my I'd and I'm feeling great as I'm 43 then she got closer "Oh nevermind now I can see your face ".🤨
Chris Landrum 2 years ago
I. am a cashier and I ask. for an ID and then I. find they were born in the 80's. Good for them for looking young
Danielle El-Menawy 2 years ago
In Arizona (only lived there briefly) I delivered alcohol to a house, took one look at his license and was a bit confused. The photo was when he just turned 21 and baby faced. Now he was a grown man with a beard. Turned out you keep your license there a very long time and they don't update your photo.
Jennie Carleton 2 years ago
Oh yeah, that's for sure one of those weird Arizona things (I live in AZ, and got my license here... I'm 42 and the photo on my card is STILL from the DAY I turned sixteen.) It's crazy.
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Anne Roberts 2 years ago
However, my 93 year old dad was buying beer at Walmart and they asked for his ID. Like...really???/
R1MV4Superleggera 2 years ago
lol! Born in 84 (yeah! I know! I'm darn Old!) And my Wife gets really annoyed at me when we go clubbing and the doorman only asks ME to see an ID! And Wife is just couple years younger than me (same decade, but, If i tell you her age...she would kill me in the most painful way!) 😅
#19
I was reading Rolling Stone at the doctors office and realized I hardly knew any of the bands on the billboard #1 singles list. 90s music to my kids is like what 60s music was to me.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
F**k whatever's popular on the charts, listen to whatever you enjoy. I actually really liked the "oldies" as a teen, and I'm still a fan of the classic big band/lounge/swing stuff. Still regularly finding new bands with good music too, but they aren't topping any charts (which makes the live shows more intimate and enjoyable too)
Dan Flo 2 years ago
You were to me what I am to those that now are the ones I was. :)
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Xerybhm 2 years ago
D and I perusing the Reading act list (way back in 2015) D: So apart from Metallica, I don't know a single other band... X: Ooh look! Simple Plan! D: Never heard of them.. X: Yes you have. Remember they were in that episode of Scooby Doo with the ice monster and they were all skiers? D: oh yeah. That was them was it? X: I think so... As we walk away D: So what you're saying is that we only know one other band because they were guests on Scooby Doo?
Michael Largey 2 years ago
How many of Rolling Stone"s current readers know what song it's named after?
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
I was in the hairdresser's the other day and didn't know a single song that played the whole time I was there!
#20
I use urban dictionary
Lotekguy 2 years ago
One step older than that is not even giving a s**t what any new youth -generated terms or phrases mean.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Yep. Had to look up NTA, YTA and ESH just to read this site.
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OutspokenHBW 2 years ago
Yeah, I had to look up chugie. Seems a bit redundant with cringe already being a term, imo.
imgonaarickrollyousohard 2 years ago
When you don't know what the kids are talking about urban dictionary can sometimes help. It's generally used to help translate specific "slang" words and phrases
Lesley Zed 2 years ago
Sometimes I have to check to make sure it’s not my brain going funny. So much jive talk I don’t understand, it is them however every time and not Alzheimer’s sneaking up on me. Scary!
Hagen Radcliffe 2 years ago
Wanna feel reallllllly old? I asked my daughter “what does that mean” about some tic-toc y slang …. And SHE didn’t know!! OMG my baby aged out of cool kids stuff! OMG how did this happen!! Btw- she’s 36. But looks 26, so I forget she’s old. OMG my baby’s old!!
#21
My "Check Knee" light turned on.
OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago
When a surgery is to repair the scarring from a previous surgery that was to repair a torn meniscus that happened after a previous surgery for the same thing.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
Mine was damaged when I was young, it's now just a matter of degree.
#22
A bunch of things lol.
Bent down to pick up my 20 lb pup and threw my back out.
Seeing athletes get drafted into the NFL that were born after 2000. Also watching guys I saw get drafted now retiring.
Wanting peace and quiet instead of parties.
Getting excited about grocery or furniture shopping.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
i hate grocery shopping. The Safeway near me has now blocked off access of the exiting area from the entrances, and the exit area has the public washroom. I used to just go under the chains or lift the gates up in the closed checkouts. Now they chain shopping carts in the closed checkout aisles. So if I need to use the washroom I have to push past people in the tight check out lanes, or try to hold it and wait to pay for something. It's giving me so much anxiety. what if there's a fire? What if someone has realized they needed a shopping cart instead of a basket? What if someone just needs to leave because they realized they forgot their wallet? Why do we have to be trapped in? That's what it feels like. Trapped.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I hate shopping anyway, but it's getting ridiculous. One of my local department stores has closed half their entrances and divided the clothing and electronics sections into separate corrals with walls and gates (conveniently one-way, so after entering you have to find the separate exit). Also you now have to show your receipt to a security guard as you exit. Feels more like jail than a supply errand, I no longer go there
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Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Yeah hurting your back isn't just an age thing. It's the twist and bend at the same time that does it. First time I hurt mine was early 20s playing touch football nudged sideways while placing the ball on the ground. Subsequent ones were just stupid, slipped in the yard on some mud, didn't even fall just slipped a few inches. And bending to get a can of coke out of the fridge, twisted to put it on the counter without straightening and did it again. The last two were around 30ish. Haven't hurt it since (20 years) knock on wood.
Load More Replies... Edward Treen 2 years ago
Household & Grocery shopping? - Internet and home delivery every time. If I can't get it from John Lewis, M&S, ASDA, or Amazon then it's a specialist thing and I either find an online specialist dealer or don't really need it urgently. I'm in my eighth decade so who's got time to waste in supermarket queues?
Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
Pulled a muscle in my back while I slept. I simply sleep on my side, not in any extreme position. I don't do a whole lot of tossing and turning either. Knew I was old when that happened.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Pulled a back muscle recently while making a sandwich! *smh*
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I threw out my back picking up an empty bag in the grocery store. They could hear me scream back in the meat department.
#23
when 30 seems like "just a kid"
Clown fish 2 years ago (edited)
Yay I'm a kid lol kind of I'm 30+ so does it still count?
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Reinaldo Fuentes 2 years ago (edited)
Yup. I've had so many conversations to the tune of "If I were looking to meet someone, 45-ish is my lower cutoff" and people get all huffy and offended that I don't consider a 25 y/o an adult, and while I certainly DO think that's an adult, that age is not remotely appropriate for me to be interested in. A 25 y/o is not only young enough to be my child, they are young enough to be my third child, not even my first.
RAVEN Howard 2 years ago
No... 30 really is just a kid still... but even at 55 I don't FEEL that old in my head... but wow, I wish the rest of my body knew that!
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Didn't feel old at 50, 55 or even 60. 70, however, really knocked me for a loop! 8-(
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PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
Haha yay im still a kid. In my late 30s. Love the 30s decade! Being in my 30s not 1930s heehee Well i like History from 1930s beautiful photographs that tell a story and Peaky Blinders on Netflix. K ive gone off the rails like an older person with no one to talk to.... 😁
Susan Howell 2 years ago
When I was growing up in the 60s, one of the mantras of the counterculture was “Never trust anyone over 30”. Now I’m 76 and I don’t trust anyone very much
#24
Nearly busted my a*s in the shower and suddenly life alert made sense 🤣
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
I slipped and fell on wet shower tiles in my 40s. I learned what pain is that day.
SofiaB 2 years ago
I feel like anyone who lives by themselves should have life alert...accidents happen no matter how old or young you are!
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
I made the mistake of thinking I could walk on the tiles in my stocking feet. Had to spend the rest of the night lying there until someone came to help me up.
Nonesuch 2 years ago
Oh no. We certainly need to modify our lifestyles as we age. I hope you are okay
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The times my life has flashed before my eyes in the shower I should be getting life alert.
imgonaarickrollyousohard 2 years ago
For modern day, I have Alexas set up where it can hear me holler from any room
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago (edited)
Broke my tailbone. Took a year and half to heal. Had to sit on a donut pillow for that whole time. Have had a shower stool since 2020 pregnant with second child. Dont wanna get faint dizzy woozy in there. Whilst pregnant tried to slide out of bed with wrist apparently. Had to wear a brace for 3yrs it took forever to heal. Was also diagnosed with autoimmune disorders during pregnancy so body is constantly fighting against me.
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
In 2016 I broke my foot, spiral fractures, two tarsals, stepping into my shower. My foot just sort of didn't "foot" for some reason. Fun times...
#25
My everyday routine: Come home from work, watch Wheel of Fortune, look at the newspaper and sit outside(weather permitting), to watch the birds and squirrels. If that doesn't mean I am old, then nothing does!
EP 2 years ago
I Seriously just said to myself “wow I have to adopt that!”
Load More Replies... Lawrence 2 years ago
Wheel of Fortune is the show you suffer through to get to Jeopardy. Otherwise, it sounds like a very relaxing, pleasant evening ritual.
UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
We get Jeopardy before Wheel. Immediately change the channel once Final Jeopardy is done
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Peppy 2 years ago
Was just thinking that, it looks like it would be nice to drink from
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cecilia kilian 2 years ago
Would have been Jeopardy ( with Alex ) for me. Then the local news.
#26
When I discovered my sciatic nerve
SkekVi 2 years ago
hot baths + heating pads + nerve glides + not laying on your back + naproxen. stay warm and hang in there my friend.
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Sarah Parker 2 years ago
No-one needs to be acquainted with that m**o. Not a very nice feeling at all when that starts playing up!
Reinaldo Fuentes 2 years ago (edited)
If you give me a Sharpie, I can draw on my skin exactly where it runs from my back to my heel. I have no medical training whatsoever, but I've got a tenner says I get it perfect.
Mother Goose 2 years ago
Same. It was a rollerblading accident at 15 that eventually led to sciatica at 17
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Michael Cunningham 2 years ago
Lie on the bed, make a fist, put it under you, and massage your butt, helps :)
Maisey Myles 2 years ago
When I introduced my friends Cy Attica and Arthur Rightis to one another
#27
I recently saw a reddit post about things that were popular 25 years ago and I thought about the 80s until I saw a comment that pointed out that we are talking about 1998. I also then realized that I am older than 25.
I also recently used the phrase '20 years ago' when I was talking to a friend. That hit different.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I'm still 26 in my head. My body will just have to tag along the best it can.
VonBlade 2 years ago
My brain is convinced I still look like 20yo me, and mirrors/shopwindows come as a constant shock.
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Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
20 years ago, I was just about to start high school, which feels surreal to say.
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
I started high School before they taught us where Korea was in geography
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I tend to say at least 30 years ago, if not 40. I'm starting to talk in decades, not years.
Mark Boelte 2 years ago
To go along with the picture above, when you know what 'dialing a phone' really means, you know you are old.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
I was talking with someone in the Navy. I realised that my time in the same Navy is as far back in time from his as World War 2 was from mine.
#28
At 44 I don't feel old but when I'm going to do something now a days I think about it if I could get hurt
StrangeOne 2 years ago
This is why I don't learn how to skateboard, and I'm now afraid to try ice skating and roller skating again. But I really want to.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Living in the northeast, just ICE in winter is frightening as hell!
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kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
If you say now-a-days you are not as young as you think you are.
JayhawkJoey 2 years ago
I broke my ankle 2 years ago, and now I think about breaking bones because I don't think I could go through that again.
Will Cable 2 years ago
Has anyone got to the point where when watching people fall etc YT videos you feel a 'jolt' as if you are the one who has fallen?
Janine B. 2 years ago
Yeah but one with wrinkles and partially grey hair. 😁
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Nilsen 2 years ago
The main reason old men get hurt is that they believe they are still young men! You're not that good at climbing or skateboarding or jumping from high places that you were when you were nineteen. And when you break something or tear something (and you will, because you aren't nineteen) it takes longer to grow.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I go back and forth on this one. Most of my injuries have been from doing something stupid, but for every one of those, there were so many more that I pulled off unscathed. And my most recent injury is from simply slipping on a wet surface. The risk/reward ratio is good to keep in mind, but it's also sometimes easier to regret the things you have done than it is to regret the things you never tried
Joe Publique 2 years ago
I hear ya. I find those 'nearly' moments happening far more frequently than they used to.
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Both parents have died and their siblings are also gone.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
It is. I'm not looking forward to this one. I am 50 and am thankful every day for the time I have with my mother.
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saw & order 2 years ago
I remember my grandfather saying that he’s the only one left, his parents are dead and so are all his siblings. He’s still very sharp for being almost eighty, and his wife and kids are all alive but damn. It’s depressing to think about.
Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
My mother died when I was still a teen and my dad in my early twenties - no need to be old for that...
Gaabriel Becket 2 years ago
My mom was the youngest of five, she's the last one left. I think that must feel so weird. Also realizing after I had kids what "unconditional love" actually meant, realizing how my parents loved me, and when my grandparents died that when your own parents die there's no one left in the world who loves you like that.
Gaabriel Becket 2 years ago
This also made me love and appreciate my parents more, and realize I should tell my own kids this.
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I'm the last one of my immediate and extended family. Instead of being one of the kids, now I'm the great grandfather!
Suby 2 years ago (edited)
The weirdest part about that is that at a certain point, you realize you're the only person on the planet who still has certain memories that you used to share with others. When I was a little kid and staying at my grandma's overnight, everyone had to make a circle and sing a song, otherwise I wouldn't go to bed. The last member of that circle, my great-aunt, passed away last year. Now that memory lives only in my head. It's weird.
JG 2 years ago
I think that at a certain age everyone just starts living in a 'Golden Girls' situation...100%🎉
Joe Publique 2 years ago
The cast of Friends is now older than the youngest Golden Girl was at the time of production. Let that sink in...
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Mark Secker 2 years ago
went through that a few years back 2019/2020, very quickly, all my male relatives of that generation had passed over a 20 year period up to about 2016 but my mum and all my aunts on both sides and all their female cousins all passed away within an 18 month period, went from having 12 "aunts" to none in less than 2 years (and no, surprisingly, nothing to do covid)
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
I have a friend whose sister just died. Both parents dead. Both parents were only children. Sister never had kids. He has never had kids. So he has no living relatives as he has no cousins and no aunts or uncles.
#30
When I gave dating sites a try and found that the people my age were old looking.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I still find guys in their 40s up too old and seem creepy on dating apps where there's so many young women. Or maybe I just find dating apps creepy in general. Idk. I have bf now, anyways and I hope we grow old together and I'll never have to resort to trying a dating app out again. Last time I got hit up by the same guys and recommended the same guys week after week. Tried looking for someone new, messaged a few guys. I had on my profile I'm looking for a long term commitment but men would just ask if I'm looking to hook up. Shows no one reads profiles, or takes females seriously. One guy started messaging me back. After the 3rd message he was like "Are we going to meet up or what? I'm not doing this messaging b******t." Like, whoa bucko. Chill out. So I immediately blocked him cos that was scary af. It was a learning curve, finding more about who I am, really, and discovered I need more time to heal from my previous abusive relationship and come to terms that I'm more asexual.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
Sorry for your bad experiences, but maybe it depends on the app. When I used one a few years ago, I got plenty of age inappropriate suggestions, but I just ignored them, and quickly discovered that you can easily identify the creeps or the men who want a one-night stand (stupid, sexy-sounding names for a start), but there are a lot of genuinely lonely people out there looking for friendship and/or love. Obviously, people should be careful but it can have a happy ending.
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Lesley Zed 2 years ago
One of the main benefits of being a 75 year old woman is never having to worry about being sexually harassed any more. Men talk to my face and actually listen to what I’m saying. It’s amazing!
Beck 2 years ago
When my husband and I watch movies I got upset because i will see someone who is 40, but looks 64 and ill say do I look that old? I am older than them but they look my mom's age!(I am 44). Happens during every movie.
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago
Younger gen sees 35 - 100 as being one large age group.
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
I'm relieved af when I see someone (celebrity, stranger-acquaintance, new person you meet, whatever) and think "They're attractive" and find out they're a healthy 5-10 years older than me. I'm like "phew. I'm not unconsciously cougar-ing". Seriously... RELIEF.
HogHedge 2 years ago
I'm so old now that I can't be bothered with trying to find a partner. They're a pain, so demanding, TV on all the time, make a mess bugger that. I come home from work, house is all to myself and I can listen/watch whatever I like or nothing, cook if I want, no mess to clean ... BLISS
Kevin Kvisle 2 years ago
Some young women find Old men attractive. And Old guys lust after youthful women. So far, no action though.
#31
Discovered I had a favorite spatula
Terran 2 years ago
What are you talking about? I want details and compare our favourite spatulas!
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Cara 2 years ago
I discovered that the best use for my ladle was pushing my kitchen window open and hooking the bowl round the handle to pull it shut as I couldn’t be bothered to climb up onto the worktop to reach it!
Mr. Cinder 2 years ago
Also a favourite burner, pot, frying pan, wooden spoon and mixing bowl. Just to name a few more things.
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
I have a two-prong serving fork that belong to my mother, so it's at least 125 years old
Mama Penguin 2 years ago
I don't think this is necessarily an old thing. When you start to cook regularly, you tend to have kitchen utensils that become your favorites.
The Other Guest 2 years ago
And what better way to say "I love you" than with the gift of a spatula?
Cousin Vinny 2 years ago
My favorite kitchen tool is the pasta fork - not for pasta but because it's the best back scratcher in the world !
#32
I was taking to my team (early 20s, I’m basically their parents’ age) about the actress Gillian Anderson and when it didn’t ring a bell, I said “you know, Agent Scully from X-Files. No one knew X-Files or who Agent Scully was but one of the girls chipped in “oh, the mother from Sex Education” and they all clicked.
3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
You'll be happy to know my parents show my brother and I X-files this summer, and we loved it. We're on season 4 now.
Jake B 2 years ago
I think cancer man is secretly Mulder’s Dad. I’m in season 4 too. It’s been so long it’s like the first watching only better because no ads. I was at the first convention and Cancer man came and gave this hilarious speech on eradicating humans and only a couple of us laughed. People thought he was serious since he was in character. Great guy.
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Joe Publique 2 years ago
I used to be besotted by Gillian Anderson. She's aged beautifully and gracefully, whilst I have not.
Headless Roach 2 years ago (edited)
I used to be addicted to X-Files. My favourite scene was when Mulder picked up an old newspaper with the front title "Elvis Presley dead at 42" and he goes with a genuinely surprised look "Oh!". Anyone remembers that epidode?
EP 2 years ago
I think my favorite is the Sean Aston BP post about stranger things, lord of the rings, and goonies…. I was so excited to see him in stranger things. He was my childhood heart throb. He and Corey Feldman back them were our teenage gods! “Hey, that’s the actor from Stranger things….” That ‘throw back’ cracks me up! SMH
Sommer Hawblitzel 2 years ago
I never realized that was her, I love Sex Education!! I was also a HUGE X-Files fan!!
Michelle C 2 years ago
I’ve seen a few clips of X-Files and I’m definitely thinking of watching the entire thing. Many of my peers loved it growing up!
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
And a young kid dreamed and said hi captain. I look stupid and he said Gilligan's Island. I said yes I watched that show too back in the original run!
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My sister, a decade younger than me, asked about a band I was listening to. I told her I'd burn her a CD for her car. She told me her car doesn't even have a CD player.
VonBlade 2 years ago
As someone who's burnt hundreds of CDs, that's WAY less trouble than Spotify.
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Lizard Lady 2 years ago
Anyone else remember 8-tracks? Getting a cassette player in a car? Or am I the oldest person reading this thread? Wait, don't answer
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Probably not, I think we have one or two war babies
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Joe Publique 2 years ago
Remember when you bought things you used to own them instead of just renting them from somebody's server?
TeaAndWhimsy 2 years ago
My 2020 car has a cd player... I actually wish it didn't because a) i no longer have any cds and b) i could really use that space for my other old lady things like snacks, tissues, and spare glasses!
Elizabeth Butler 2 years ago
Rage that we have the LAST available car of our favored make that has a cd player and if we total it we cannot replace it. Rage that the music corporate structure hated the cassette tape because we could OWN our media. They are gleeful to finally enter the streaming era where they just rent it to us and can cut it off anytime they please. REBEL folks!
#34
When kids refered to the 90s at the "late 1900s"
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
Did you know tapes are making a comeback lots of bands are bringing their music out on tape!
Reinaldo Fuentes 2 years ago
Realizing that having been born in 1970, I will be to the 21st century what those really old people from the late 1800s who managed to remain were to me in my childhood.
Anne Roberts 2 years ago
Those cassette tapes reminded me that my first car had an 8-track tape deck.
#35
I had to go to a Walgreens to get my passport photo taken. They use a digital camera. The clerk helping me was so young, she said something like, 'I’ve never used one of these old type cameras before.' I had to help her get the SD card out and put it in the printer.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
Does anyone remember the excitement of waiting a week to get your photos back only to find half were overexposed and the other half had a finger in front of the lens??...Good times!
Suby 2 years ago
By the time you got your pictures back, you had half forgotten where they were taken and with whom. Waiting for months to take those last few pictures to fill the roll would do that.
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LeeAnne B 2 years ago
It's useful still knowing how this old technology works. There is an old typewriter at work that is still used sometimes and I am one of about 4 people that still remember how to use it. I never told my colleagues that the model I learned on was all metal and weighed around 20kgs.
Knux Kitsune 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure I could figure out an old mechanical typewriter. Just press "Return" and push the spindle to the right when it dings, right?
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Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
RRRG! I still have a film camera, and there's a shop nearby that still develops them!
Fluffy Griffin 2 years ago
It's not old type, it's higher quality type. Sure cell phones are great and getting better, but DSLR is still top tier.
Fiddy E 2 years ago
I disagree with that last statement, film is the best and digital cameras are right below them. Digital cameras get outdated quickly, while with film it really doesn't matter what camera you use as long as the film is good and you know how to use the camera. They are cheaper too!
Load More Replies... Lizard Lady 2 years ago
Cell phone cameras would be my guess but I'm over 50 so ...
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Oof. I remember shooting passport photos at JCPENNEY. We used an old film camera (literally from the 70's) at the time (1998). I'd have killed for a digital then! XD Imagine how lost she'd be with the massive film camera!
Knux Kitsune 2 years ago
The camera for passport photos has a guide and everything so you can make sure they're centered in frame before taking the photo.
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#36
I stepped in a hole in the concrete at the gas station and fell over. That simple fall to the pavement broke my foot, my ankle, and three ribs. I'm 56 and now officially old.
EP 2 years ago
I walked across my grass, fell on NOTHING, was in a boot after that for twisting my ankle. Are we made of glass now? Is that what’s happening?
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Joshua Moore 2 years ago
I can top this. A few months ago, I'm in my house and took the first step to go upstairs and I heard a pop and felt a pop in my right foot. The pain was so bad, it took me down to one knee. I get my foot looked at and turns out I fractured 2 bones in my foot ****by taking the first step to go upstairs**** I'm 44, this was my first broken bone(s) in my life. I'm getting old and frail. Where's my vanilla ice cream? What time to Matlock on? Get off my lawn!!! 🤔🙄🤦
Midnightoil 2 years ago
Man- you better start calcium and weight bearing exercises..🫢
Load More Replies... Julie Snelling 2 years ago
I want to know at what age do you go from "falling over" to "having a fall"?
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Not an age thing, that happened to a colleague of mine, a pup in her late 30s. She was off work for months, the fracture was so complex. She's got a very cool scar though
Mary Hiers 2 years ago
True. I managed to break my ankle while answering the phone (an old-school landline mounted to a wall). I was 25.
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Brenda White 2 years ago
I wonder if the general population over 50 is aware of the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency? Bones and ribs getting that badly injured could be caused common problem. BTW lack of sufficient vitamin D played an enormous role in Covid illnesses. This is an easy fix.
Kracken 2 years ago
I take vitamin D & K2 plus I get a lot of sun, bones are good but I will probably get skin cancer ;)
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Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
I ride unicycles. It may be inappropriate when you are over 18. But it does miracles for your balance. Either that or I was a cat in a previous life, because I instinctively know how to land.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
When I was 47, I tripped over a concrete speedbump and broke my left elbow. Both my maternal grandmother, and my mother, had both osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. I've already been diagnosed with osteopenia, which is the precursor to osteoporosis. When I broke my elbow, I asked the bone doc if he saw any evidence of either osteoporosis or osteoarthritis. Fortunately, he said no. Ended up with a rod and a bunch of pins holding my forearm together. I'm 51 now, and fortunately I've regained full range of motion in my left elbow.
Bill Evs 2 years ago
I turned my head and pulled a muscle in my neck that gave me incredible pain for about 3 months. Literally just turned my head!
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
Rolled over in my sleep and pinched a nerve in my neck. By the time I woke up I was in so much pain and couldn't lift my left arm up.
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Temporary Dork 2 years ago (edited)
To prevent and fight osteoporosis, take 1000 mg (one gram) of calcium and 500 mg magnesium every day. If supplements are all you eat, combine it with 25 micrograms (1000 IU) of vitamin D and 75 micrograms of vitamin K2. This goes especially for UNDER 30 because you're still adding to your bone mass. After 50, start adding 750 mg of EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate, it's in green tea) which will help prevent loss of bone density, and has the added benefit of helping to prevent Covid-19.
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
Please search Google for the right kind of calcium and magnesium because there are many and not all of them work.
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#37
When I started mixing corn flakes with frosted flakes because frosted flakes alone was too f*****g sweet.
7 year old me would be shocked at old me
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I'm shocked I was able to eat just the icing on a cake and only the marshmallows in Lucky Charms. I miss my old sweet tooth.
Leonel Roque 2 years ago
I love anything sweet but icing alone is kind of even a lil to sweet for me!
Load More Replies... Luna Crow 2 years ago
I've been noticing with age my snack cravings have shifted from sweet to savory. Is this a common thing maybe?
Fester Sixonesixonethree 2 years ago
For me it was the new found freedom to eat my frosted flakes with chocolate milk.
snicksnocksnack 2 years ago (edited)
Damn, I've always disliked sweet things. I'm not even sure why.
simfan all day every day 2 years ago
In comparison they have increased the sugar in most cereals since the 90s
Tena Douglas 2 years ago
Was sick and got some Ensure....woah..mam that is sweet. Won't be drinking that!
#38
You know what's a totally not fun game to play with your younger coworkers? Asking them what cartoons they grew up watching. Asking them where they were on 9/11 is also a good one.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
For my Dad, it was when JFK was shot. Everyone remembered where they were. For my generation, it was when John Lennon was killed. Then the Twin Towers. Oh dear, starting to see a pattern here...
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EarthGrowl 2 years ago
My kids were just a little too young to remember 9-11. The Russian invasion of Ukraine sent them into a frenzy. The threat of nuclear war really rattled them. I was reminding them that U.S. and Russia have been threatening to nuke each other for decades. It's not going to happen. Putin wants to rebuild the Soviet Union not have Russia blasted off the map.
cecilia kilian 2 years ago
As a teacher, there was a time when I asked my students where they were/ what they were doing on 9/11, now they ask me.
AJJ 2 years ago
My 3rd grader was doing a project for 9/11 and had to interview several people about where they were on 9/11. She asked me if I was born yet when 9/11 happened, I answered yes, I was a college freshman. She skipped away, clapping excitedly, saying "wow, I can't believe I am related to someone who was alive during 9/11".
Littlebunnyfufu 2 years ago
I'm guessing the Challenger (for Americans) because that's when, along with crew members, a teacher died in front of millions of American classrooms who watched it live. It's considered one of the defining events of Gen X. While tragic, I'm not sure Apollo or the Columbia explosion would be considered a defining event for those generations in the same way.
Libstak 2 years ago
My nephew and his wife remained utterly ignorant of the extent of what happened on 9/11 until 3 years ago when a repeat documentary was on the tv when they visited me. They were 25 years old 3 years ago. They were 6 years old In 2001 and both their parents kept them isolated from the news for so long that they grew up having no really info about it ever.
D'oh Rae is Me 2 years ago
That age group is pretty great at keeping the conspiracy theories alive about 9/11. It's frightening the things that come out of them about it.
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Dan St John 2 years ago
Rocky and Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle, Chip and Dale, Buggs Bunny and Elmer, Daffy Duck, Roadrunner and Wiley Coyote and geez I'm old.
#39
Nirvana being considered Classic Rock.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Coldplay should not count as 'classic' or 'rock'...
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MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I heard Green Day on the "classic rock" station and almost drove off the road. Now I can't let anyone see my Kerplunk! Tattoo.
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago
Nirvana and Metallica helped unalive-off hair metal and ghastly 80’s pop. It was like Springtime flowers and sunshine replacing a nasty winter
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I'd lean the other way (give me Van Halen over Metallica any day), but to each their own.
Load More Replies... Ashley_Kirin 2 years ago
I'm always a stickler for genres. So much so that it tends to annoy people. They aren't classic rock. They're grunge rock.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Nirvana is one of those bands I only know from their Weird Al parody.
Living Life 2 years ago
My 22 year old cousin doesn't know who Shinedown is. I listed off some of their songs and realized the songs are older than my cousin.
#40
Clerk in a store was singing along to Soft Cell Don't you want me/ Where did our love go. I said "ur too young to know this" He said he "lived with his Grandpa and knows all the oldies"
Wicket 2 years ago
It was Human League. Soft Cell sang Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go. Showing my age...
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Joe Publique 2 years ago
Human League - Don't you want me? Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where did our love go?
Genericist 2 years ago
I heard a kid singing Scatman John at the garden centre and asked how he knew the song "ski-bop-bad-bada-bop"(sp?). He said his Dad had it on in the car, which was a weird agecheck as a non-parent. Also, I was in a garden centre voluntarily.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
That song is so annoying. Also "garden center voluntarily" got an upvote
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René Sauer 2 years ago
And " you are too young to know this" is an extremely rude comment to make...
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I had an older co-worker express astonishment that I know who the Talking Heads were because she had listened to them in highschool. I explained that I found 'em via YouTube and a couple of different movie soundtracks. Instant fan.
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago
I hope you get to see the Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense,” especially their Life During Wartime song
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Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
I think you mean Tainted Love/ Where Did Our Love Go. Don't You Want Me was The Human League. Both great songs though. Now, if they thought Tainted Love was a classic song by Marilyn Manson, then you get upset and leave...
Knux Kitsune 2 years ago
Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" was a cover as well. The original is from 1964 by Gloria Jones.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 2 years ago
When I was at karaoke, I sang "China In Your Hand" by T'Pau. Used to have a tape of hers. One of the KJ's friends was surprised I knew the song at all. I'm not that young but I look it, I guess LOL. That was years ago.
#41
The first time the barber asked if I wanted my eyebrows trimmed.
David 2 years ago
You got off easy. For me it was the first time the barber asked me if I wanted my ears trimmed. That was the day I learned I was getting Yoda ears.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
My husband has had Yoda ears since we met (30) I cherish them
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Cousin Vinny 2 years ago
I think we melt as we age. The hair on top of our head slides down to our eyebrows, ears and nose.
XenoMurph 2 years ago
No, I thought they meant I might want my eyebrows trimmed. What subliminal messaging did I miss??
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Asked a young relative what music she was into, thinking I would be able to impress her with all I know about the "cool" bands. She listed quite a few and I had never heard of a single one, instantly humbled.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Trying to impress a young relative probably means you are getting old.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
There aren't a lot of bands that the kids listen to that I'd be into at all. So I'm happy to not know any "cool" bands.
Load More Replies... Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
You can impress them with your extensive knowledge of ALL the words, artists and probably even years of decades of music, and as most of them have been remixed into newer versions, they'll really wonder how you know so much! 😂
Joe Publique 2 years ago
Agreed. It used to blow my kid's minds when I could name almost all of the samples in their music or the original artists of cover versions. They thought it was all new and original. Oh to be young again...
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
I actually really enjoy chatting about music with my kids and their friends. They're really into Metallica and Megadeath now.
Kyle Simonson 2 years ago
The pic is one of my favorite guitarists Pat Travers, the album cover is from the seventies, the album called Making Magic.
IntrovertedSloth 2 years ago
It's been years since I had heard of anyone who was nominated for a Grammy.
Michael Hauck 2 years ago
The first time I heard the song pink Cadillac I was in a pink Cadillac convertible waving at the girls lol
C Hypercube 2 years ago
This happened with my niece. I'm her uncle and we're both the rebels of our families. I asked her about the music she listens thinking that I'll "click" with her on that matter...And then she started listing some names of new bands I've never heard about and I mumbled "umm.. uh.. no, never heard about them". Fortunately, she also listed Eminem and Metallica...and when I mentioned Iron Maiden the roles reversed and she went "ummm..nope, never heard about them". Still, there's hope.
Destini Mattocks 2 years ago
NEVER HEARD OF IRON MAIDEN?!? Time for some education!!!!
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Appreciating a well mown lawn.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
I do that as well as 7 others. LOVE a freshly mown/trimmed lawn (and the ME money)
Load More Replies... Michael Hauck 2 years ago
You know you’re getting old when you worry about the tread on your cars tires.
#44
The setting in Back to the Future was the same distance from the 1950’s as we are to the 1990’s.
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
I still feel cheated, 2015 came and went and I still don't have a mattel hoverboard or fully reconstitutable food.
Nikole 2 years ago
There actually was a show on Fox like 20 years ago called “That 80s Show” with completely different characters. It starred Glenn Howerton! (Dennis from always sunny)
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#45
My job has an ipad that we use for certain things. I asked a younger coworker how to adjust the volume, and he said "oh it's just an ipad. Wait, do you not know how to use an ipad?" & he was genuinely surprised that I'd never used one before. I'm a millennial. My mom used to say I was tech savvy with my flip phone. Now look at me, pathetic.
SofiaB 2 years ago
I'm a millennial and know how to use an ipad...the first ones came out around 2010 if im not mistaken...I had one in my 20s...maybe you're not as tech savvy as you think?
Rob Miles 2 years ago
I'm GenX, and I can fumble my way through an iPad if I have to, but I prefer the Android based devices because their layout makes a lot more sense to me. It really depends on what you use day-to-day.
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kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Poor guy/gal was probably looking for a volume dial on the iPad.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I wouldn't know anything on an iPhone or ipad as I haven't used anything Apple for about 15 years. I only have Android now.
Cold Eagle 2 years ago
Well, one of these replies is a little insulting and that's such a shame ☹️
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Uuhhhhhh Gen X here, fully capable of operating an Ipad. It's not rocket science...
Marla Singer 2 years ago
This is also an Apple vs. Not-apple user issue. I'm very comfortable with old and new pcs and Android devices, but if you hand me any Apple device, it might as well be Martian technology to me.
René Sauer 2 years ago
" Well excuse me for not being able to afford this overpriced apple cr*p in private. And is it my fault they decide to do everthing differently to all other manufacturers?"
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I'm starting,... no, actually, for a while I have been feeling super insulted when people react like that when I don't know something about technology, or don't have a specific device.
#46
Hangovers lasting into a 2nd day and waking up with random sore muscles.
James016 2 years ago
I got tipsy one night and woke up with such a terrible hangover I have never drunk alcohol since. That was in 2002
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
The thought of alcohol makes me gag! I drank 1 hard cider 10 years ago and the headache lingered for days.
EP 2 years ago
Is today the day I’m going to be able to get out of bed and immediately walk upright….. that’s my question every morning.
katy Schalles 2 years ago
This is the sad TRUTH! I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one :)
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Cathelijne Van 2 years ago (edited)
Went dancing yesterday, wore heels (not really high but still) and this morning I cloud hardly walk down the stairs 🤣 Took them one step at a time, like a toddler. I looked very cute the night before though so no regrets
Ashley Schriber 2 years ago
For a moment I thought you meant you looked cute going down the stairs like a toddler...
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Looked in the mirror. Thats not my face, and it's way older than me. Then my voice said "damn, I'm old" and I had to agree, but was very confused who said it.
Caiman 94920 2 years ago
keep scaring myself when my grandma pops up in my mirror each morning
Natasha Arruda 2 years ago
You sure you didn't accidentally repeat "I'm hungry" three times or something to summon her?
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Where did all these lines on my forehead come from?! And I have frown-lines as well, thanks to a lifetime of Resting Bitchface and generally being a grump finally leaving a permanent mark.
Nikole 2 years ago
I have some lines specifically above the eyebrow I can raise independently of the other… My “oh really…?” go to move.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 2 years ago
When I look at my face I'm happy but depressed. I don't have many wrinkles but I see my face is sagging more and my eyes are not as round and wide.
Pickles, Pennies, & Ponies 2 years ago
Yep, that's when I started tio exfoliate a couple of days a week and started using a vitamin c serum. Makes a big difference.
Mark Secker 2 years ago
face wise I've been "lucky" I still look ballpark like I did early 30's in my mid 50's hairline, double chin, & neck skin? not so much
martymcmatrix 2 years ago (edited)
It is not because we are "adults". We were forced at some point in our past to deal with "adult stuff". Tax returns, leases, job interviews became unwanted hobbies or full time activities and we forgot to be a "kid" or see the world like one. The lines that we had drawn, did they get easier to cross? Did the times have gone, or did the feeling just get lost?
#48
I hit 49 years of age and my body decided at that point that I'm old. Every bad decision I made regarding my health came back to bite me.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
Yup - all that junk food and alcohol from your 20s will eventually come knocking at your door 😭😭😭
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
The worst is when you stop exercising as much. And typically that comes later once you've got a desk job and a bunch of kids so you don't have time to play sport and your job is too sedentary. And bonus points if you've become well off enough you can drive to work every day (or work from home) instead of walking to a bus stop/train station.
Load More Replies... Headless Roach 2 years ago
Like a broken elbow that you didn't bother to rehab properly and it hurts more every day now?
Anne Roberts 2 years ago
When I hit 60 it was all downhill from there. Just thankful to still be alive and kicking ..kinda. 😊
Wicked Adi 2 years ago
Yup! drunken night fall? Ohh guess what your knee is now shot. 25 years of office work? How about pain from shoulder to fingers. If only our bodies stayed as young as our minds.
Cathelijne Van 2 years ago
Oooo oooo, so I have only two more years to go to the gym 😭 I'll go tomorrow
Cathelijne Van 2 years ago
Why, why does it set my reply to a random comment??? 🤔 I meant to reply to OP
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Was in hospital for 3-4 days from eating like a teenager, Coke and spicy trailmix for my lunches for a week or so gave me an ulcer and hiatal hernia..yeesh
#49
When celebrities would come on late night shows and they looked SO much older… then I would think “I guess I do too…”
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
I noticed lots of celebrities are getting very old but I'm not getting any older weird that!
LeeAnne B 2 years ago
Happened recently with Jason Bateman. I had to Google his age and the realization that he's my age. Sobering thought.
pamela nichols 2 years ago
My son said I should dye my hair ,get grey out. I told him he and brothers helped earn my grey hair and had no intentions of dying my hair.
#50
When i started working with kids, and they were told "You listen to [my name]! Do what she tells you, okay?" Hang on, i am in charge here? Of tiny people? F*ck.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Even though I've parented my own daughter and she's an adult now, I still feel powerless around teens and kids. Try to rein them in and it's their parents that intervene and encourage rude behaviour. If they're being a nuisance towards you, starting getting a reaction then they whip out their phones and start recording the "Karen". Now you got them AND online trolls bullying you. You can't discipline online trolls. You can't discipline kids who are not yours. Adults have lost so much power in just one generation of kids. This is one of the reasons kids should not have smart phones and easy access to social media. I've put my foot down and dying on this hill.
Joe Publique 2 years ago (edited)
When I was young, if the neighbours caught us misbehaving they'd give us a quick clip around the ear (known locally as a 'skite'). I'd go home and tell my mum and she'd say good, I must have deserved it.
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Genericist 2 years ago
I volunteered a science fair at a nursery school when I was in sixth form (I dunno what that is in the US, but it's aged 16-18 in the UK). During the day, one of the kids asked their friend if they were allowed to do something and the friend pointed at me and said "Miss said I could". I was still a legal child myself but suddenly felt 863.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
My way of holding my students' attention was to instill in them the question "What is this lunatic going to do or say next?"
Martin John 2 years ago
As a veteran middle school teacher, I will occasionally have a moment where I am aware of my responsibility towards my students and how they (mostly) trust me implicitly and do what I say (again, mostly). If I tell them to stand up without any explanation why, they'll do it and that just blows my mind!!
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
Teachers are very important. Such a tough time in kids lives. They are always watching and listening. They will learn and remember your impact their whole lives. I talk to mine on Facebook. They made huge differences in my life.
martymcmatrix 2 years ago (edited)
"Enough words have been exchanged, let me also see the deeds!" (not a quote from Shakespeare)
#51
When the supermarket started playing the music I listened to in high school
Edit: wow ty for the gold and rip my inbox!
JM 2 years ago
Several years ago, I actually heard a muzak version of a led zeppelin song in a grocery store and I simultaneously thought I had lost my mind and realized I must be old. *sigh*
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
I remember when they first started running muzac
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I find they play music that's very new to 30, 40, 50 years old. Doesn't bother me.
LillieMean 2 years ago
I changed my whole routine when going to the store because on Friday evenings there was a radio program called Retro Friday and I would either sing or jam along. In the end, I couldn't stand the embarrassing memories of my youth anymore and started going to the store on Saturday mornings, as old people should.
Walter Brameld 2 years ago
The radio station that plays 80s music makes quips about being old between the songs.
#52
Butt problems.
There, I said it so you don't have to.
David 2 years ago
Get your colonoscopies. I have had two - both fine but had a few polyps removed (extremely common). My neighbor who is a bit older than me never did ant is currently dealing from colon cancer. And his brother just died from it last week. His brother's was farther along. My neighbor may survive.
James016 2 years ago (edited)
My colonoscopy showed that I have IBS. I wouldn’t wish the preparation on anyone though. Sorry to hear about your neighbour
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Ok, three suggestions, well only two if you're a dude, lift weights, colonoscopy by 40, and a mammogram if you have mamms. No, ignoring problems doesn't help.
Amaryllis 2 years ago
Check out FODMAP. changed my life by discovering what food was causing IBS. No more wheat for me.
James016 2 years ago
I looked at FODMAP but can only do it for short periods. I can’t eat wholemeal, sourdough bread anymore. Though I do find that a particular food will trigger my IBS some of the time.
Load More Replies... PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
Double whammy if you are a mom over 35. Geriatric pregnancy. Issues for life. Joys of growing a baby then birthing them. 🤣
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I've been dealing with butt problems since I was 20. Yay for Crohn's. The weird bit for me is seeing doctors who were on their first rotation out of med school are now my specialists.
Attila Ángyán 2 years ago
Probably trying to say haemorrhage. Quite common and can be quite bad but easily treatable. And always have to be checked, symptoms can be similar to cancer.
#53
I mentioned the band ‘Pearl Jam’ and no one had heard of them!?!
Beck 2 years ago
I had a tape with ten on one side and vs on the other. I blared it every time I was in my car. The 90s were awesome.
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
They still play and make new music. The last album is actually quite good.
Walter Brameld 2 years ago (edited)
Well, to be fair, they're kinda s**t. One of those bands that is inexplicably popular for a little while and then completely forgotten about once reality rights itself.
Frances Pitchounetta 2 years ago
Yeah, well, that's just like, you know, your opinion, man.
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I was watching Derry Girls and thinking, “Finally, they cast *actual* teenagers in a show about teenagers!” They were all over 25 and one of them was 31.
Vicki Doggurl 2 years ago
I’m still waiting for the next season!!! It like waiting for a movie to come out on VHS so you can rent it from Blockbuster!!
Load More Replies... Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
All of them? Even Orla? They all looked young at first, but are now starting to look too old for schoolgirls alright.
G R 2 years ago
Last week I saw the actress who played Orla in a play and her character was 35. She was 24 when Derry Girls started.
Load More Replies... Joe Publique 2 years ago
Yeah, remember when 30-year-olds could play 18-year-olds? Now 18-year-olds look 30...
Oerff On Tour 2 years ago
Remember BeverlyHills 90210(the original series)? Ian Ziering was 34 playing a high school student. And no one cared.
Load More Replies... Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
You know you're old when young Sheldon is too old for the part.
#55
My teenager had a camera that prints out the picture!!! It's amazing! Look it prints out the picture right after you take it!! FML
David 2 years ago
I'll never understand why some folks want those newer polaroid cameras. The pictures are more expensive and lower quality. The appeal back in the day was being able to see the picture right away (at the expense of not having a negative to make more copies.) But with digital you CAN see the picture right away and you can instantly send it to a friend on the other side of the world.
Samantha Mix 2 years ago
Yes, it's the insta pix system! The teens were really into it a couple of years ago.
3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but Polaroid cameras are super popular nowadays, and they make lots of film for them.
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#56
I was browsing a thrift store a few years ago, an RCA wooden console TV caught my eye because we had an identical one growing up so I checked it out for fun, read the back of it and everything. A while later as I was standing in line beside the TVs, a kid behind me points to the wooden console one and goes "MOM, LOOK AT THAT ANCIENT TV!"
It was made the same year I was born
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I have a dream of refitting one for use as an aquarium someday
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I've been a gigging musician for over 30 years and in the last 10 those late nights just started killing me.
Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago (edited)
I did read that as "giggling musician" the first few times and was really puzzled. About time I find my reading glasses I guess.
#58
Music that I listened to as a kid being played on the "oldies" radio station.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Back in '98 a guy in my class was flipping out because he heard Nirvana being played on an oldies station. Probably he meant the classic rock one, and not AM radio. But he said AM radio. So, I don't know. Tried listening to AM radio to see if any Nirvana would play but didn't hear it. I believe him though. Since then, I just assume any music 10 years old or more, is deemed an oldies.
Dutchman Callypso 2 years ago
I literally saw Jonas Brothers on Retro TV a while ago. JONAS BROTHERS. ON RETRO TV. I'm barely 30 and I felt ancient...
#59
Two friends and I were backpacking in the high Sierras in California. Dan and I had been up this same trail twice before with no problems. It starts around 8000’ (2440 m) and goes up to a pass at 11,400’ (3480 m) in about 8 miles. This time however, by 9000’ we were all quite tired and took a long break. We moved on and up and within another mile we were all ready to stop but the canyon is very narrow with no camping spots. We had to continue, but we searched for campsites every step. By 10,000’ we were all nearly exhausted, one of us in particular. He threw off his pack and was going to camp right in the trail, which is not allowed. I volunteered to scout ahead for a campsite. Maybe 1/3 of a mile on and about 10,300’ I found a nice area next to a beautiful lake. I left my pack and went back to get my friends. We were moving on shaky legs. It took forever to set up camp, fix dinner, pump water, clean up the cooking stuff, and so on. We were in bed before dark and slept like logs. From then on, for the rest of the week, we were fine. But it surely highlighted aging. (I was 70).
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Plot twist: This is an excerpt from the diary of one of the Donner Party.
Rodney McKay 2 years ago
“Donner! Party of Five? Party of Fi.... Four! Donner, Party of Four?”
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#60
When Gen Z started calling me aunty
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Nah, I'm super okay with this. It was way weirder when my 16 year old informed me that I was considered the high school's "Queen MILF". Honestly surprised MILF is still being used too.
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
Even worse, when you're getting along just fine feeling great and they ask Are you okay Old timer?
Frances Pitchounetta 2 years ago
Or when a young man says to another who is not looking where he is walking: "Pay attention to the lady". It's very gentleman, but at the same time... GOD! I'm a "lady" 😭😭😭
#61
When I was about to turn 50 and I got my first AARP application in the mail.
JM 2 years ago
wait until you are older - I’m in my early 60’s and I’ve started getting junk mail for cremation and burial plots!
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
So, my hubby had his identity stolen when he was a teenager in the 90's. We learned about it when he started getting mail for joining AARP, Colonial Penn, and crematorium offers in his early 20's. They started showing back up last year and he's furious again. 😂
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
When you turn 50 here (Australia) you get bowel screen test in the mail.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
When the staff at the local Salvos store rings up our purchases and ask if we have a Seniors Card, then it hits home that I may feel and act 18 but I certainly don't look it
David 2 years ago
Everywhere that has a senior discount just gives it to me for asking without needing to look at any ID / card. They look at me and think - yeah, totally believable he is old dude.
Load More Replies... Amanda B Bench 2 years ago
I've been getting those since my early 40s! I'm assuming it's a mistake because I also get Medicare ads in the mail. 😑 Wth??!!
Debra McGeorge 2 years ago
I was insulted when I got my "invitation," thinking I'm not that old. Old is when you realize that was twenty years ago.
#62
Ear hair
David 2 years ago
yeah, i commented on that eyebrow post - but first time the barber asked me if I wanted him to trim my ears. I managed to not say a lot of the thoughts that flew through my head and just go with yes please. -- I saw the little runt sitting there on a log I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said, "Yoda" Y-O-D-A, Yoda Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda
#63
When I went out to the bar and thought that some of the people there looked like children to me. They were probably 25…
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Uh oh, you've become "the old guy" at the bar. I'm sorry you had to find out this way.
#64
The song '1979' by The Smashing Pumpkins is closer to the year 1979 than it is to our current time, and not inconsiderably so. Released in 1995
The Ghost of Glasgow 2 years ago
I played this with my band the other day and thought, "sh!t, this is a song reminiscing about 20 years ago and here we are playing it more than 20 years after." Weird.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Also consider the temporal relationship between "Summer of '69" and its release date. If it were released today it would be "Summer of '08"
Walter Brameld 2 years ago
The year 1999 is closer Prince's 1982 hit "1999" than to today. Also, Prince has been dead for 7 years.
#65
My kid makes fun of me because I mix white milk with chocolate milk because it's too sweet. Just leave me alone and grab my Lactaid
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
Remind me of when I had to drink Ovaltine to get the label to get a secret code decoder ring
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
The first message to decode was drink your Ovaltine
Load More Replies... René Sauer 2 years ago
I would do that because I find most pre made chocolate milks not necessarily too sweet, but too chocolate-y.
#66
When all of my fellow welding apprentices at work started calling me their "Shop mom."
#67
Work with a young lad named Dillon. He just got back today from a two week holiday and I greeted him with a - "Dillon!... You Son Of A B***h!" -He looked confused and I said " Yano? From Predator?"... ... he asked me what Predator was. *cries internally*
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
BUT, on the otherhand, you might've talked him into watching Predator.
What do you think ?
bElLa sTairZz 2 years ago
how old are you? personally id say that being married at all is when you start to get old
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Bill Evs 2 years ago
Today I took a broken wooden bed down to my local recycling centre and as I was clearing it out of my car I found two or three good pieces of wood. I genuinely stood there for about a minute looking at those pieces and thinking "should I throw these away, they could come in handy". I had no actual plan to use them for anything , I just couldn't part with some (potentially) useful wood.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
My daughter has been pretty familiar with VHS tapes and VCRs. Didn't think I would have to explain anything to her. After we finished watching a movie I got engrossed in BP and let the tape just go to the end. I get snapped out of my world to her saying "It stops on it's own?" and then she hears the whirring "And it rewinds on it's own?" all amazed. I thought she knew that. Apparently not so. So, then I asked her if she knew what a device called a "tape rewinder" was. Nope, she said. Got to explain the convenient, but highly unnecessary, technology some people had where if you were too lazy and impatient to rewind a video before watching another you could put it in a small machine in which it's only sole purpose was to rewind VHS cassettes. Her grandma and grandpa have/had one but she never noticed.
VonBlade 2 years ago
We've all got a favourite ring on the stove, a favourite mug, a favourite vegetable strainer. We all own clothes that once decended from out "best stuff" to "bumbling around the house in" and, eventually, back to going out in. These are the hidden truths of getting old that nobody discusses.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
I love that all my clothes have been in and out of fashion almost three times now. :)
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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago (edited)
Ooh, I have one! I was at a shop and they played the song "say my name", but it was a cover version, and I realised that kids nowadays don't even know the original by Destiny's Child, which is wild to me because when that came out, I already considered myself "too old for new music", lol
Knux Kitsune 2 years ago
They may not know Destiny's Child, but I'm pretty sure they know who Beyonce is.
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Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
When something hurts and you say to yourself, " jeez, I hope that's a pulled muscle and not a major organ failure. "
tuzdayschild 2 years ago
When you're listening to the music lineup for the Grammy Awards and you don't know any of them. None at all!
The Redhead 2 years ago
I'm 41, recently a neighbor from my childhood neighborhood sent a picture of my mom and me when I was about 12. My mom was my current age I couldn't believe how young she looked!
PupperPanda 2 years ago
You know you're old when you no longer fall over; you now, "have a fall".
bElLa sTairZz 2 years ago
how old are you? personally id say that being married at all is when you start to get old
Load More Replies... Bill Evs 2 years ago
Today I took a broken wooden bed down to my local recycling centre and as I was clearing it out of my car I found two or three good pieces of wood. I genuinely stood there for about a minute looking at those pieces and thinking "should I throw these away, they could come in handy". I had no actual plan to use them for anything , I just couldn't part with some (potentially) useful wood.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
My daughter has been pretty familiar with VHS tapes and VCRs. Didn't think I would have to explain anything to her. After we finished watching a movie I got engrossed in BP and let the tape just go to the end. I get snapped out of my world to her saying "It stops on it's own?" and then she hears the whirring "And it rewinds on it's own?" all amazed. I thought she knew that. Apparently not so. So, then I asked her if she knew what a device called a "tape rewinder" was. Nope, she said. Got to explain the convenient, but highly unnecessary, technology some people had where if you were too lazy and impatient to rewind a video before watching another you could put it in a small machine in which it's only sole purpose was to rewind VHS cassettes. Her grandma and grandpa have/had one but she never noticed.
VonBlade 2 years ago
We've all got a favourite ring on the stove, a favourite mug, a favourite vegetable strainer. We all own clothes that once decended from out "best stuff" to "bumbling around the house in" and, eventually, back to going out in. These are the hidden truths of getting old that nobody discusses.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
I love that all my clothes have been in and out of fashion almost three times now. :)
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 2 years ago (edited)
Ooh, I have one! I was at a shop and they played the song "say my name", but it was a cover version, and I realised that kids nowadays don't even know the original by Destiny's Child, which is wild to me because when that came out, I already considered myself "too old for new music", lol
Knux Kitsune 2 years ago
They may not know Destiny's Child, but I'm pretty sure they know who Beyonce is.
Load More Replies... Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
When something hurts and you say to yourself, " jeez, I hope that's a pulled muscle and not a major organ failure. "
tuzdayschild 2 years ago
When you're listening to the music lineup for the Grammy Awards and you don't know any of them. None at all!
The Redhead 2 years ago
I'm 41, recently a neighbor from my childhood neighborhood sent a picture of my mom and me when I was about 12. My mom was my current age I couldn't believe how young she looked!
PupperPanda 2 years ago
You know you're old when you no longer fall over; you now, "have a fall".
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