Whether we like it or not, none of us are getting any younger. Days go by, seasons change, years pass and become history (this is a good thing when it comes to 2020), but most of us feel like things happened yesterday.
But to find out the real pace of time, one has to look at hard, cold facts. Like, Bart Simpson turning 41. Oops! Did I just ruin The Simpsons for you? Or the fact that we are closer to 2030 than we are to 2000, which feels like a winter ago.
This is just the tip of the iceberg and this time, we will be looking at some of the most age-defying, random, and, honestly, kinda useless facts. So let’s get our popcorn ready, ‘cause we’re all about to feel like a grandpa.
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Toy Story was the first feature-length 3D cartoon, and it came out 25 years ago
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Shrek, and Ocean’s Eleven were released in the same year. It’s been 19 years since
Time is one tricky nut to crack. Many songs have been written about it, and many philosophers throughout history have devoted their time and effort to explain it. And even if there’s a lot we don’t understand about it, we at least know that there’s a phenomenon about the passage of time that makes it feel like time is speeding up faster as you get older.
Scientists have different theories for this and Bored Panda reached out to author and lecturer Steve Taylor, who wrote the book “Making Time” dedicated to the subject matter. “Most experts on time perception believe that the speed of time relates to information processing—that is, the more information we process, the slower time seems to pass,” Steve told us.
For example, when you take in lots of information, perceptions, and experiences in a short space of time, it feels that this period of time is way longer than usual. This commonly happens when you travel abroad and find yourself in a completely new environment.“
Kevin McCallister was left home alone 30 years ago
I think Home Alone 1 and 2 are the best Christmas movies ever.
Bart Simpson would be 41 years old this year
The last Friends episode came out 16 years ago
I can’t count how many times I have watched Friends episodes. Great tv series, my daughter is now hooked on it.
As we become adults, we begin to ‘switch off’ to the wonder and is-ness of the world around us, gradually stop paying conscious attention to our surroundings and experiences.” As a result, we gradually take in less information, which means that time passes more quickly. Time becomes way less "stretched" with information.
Steve explained in line with the above that “the main reason why time seems to pass so slowly for children is because of the massive amount of perceptual information that they take in from the world around them.”
While young children live in a world that’s more intense, more real, and more fascinating and beautiful, adults lose this intensity of perception, and the world becomes a more familiar place.No wonder many people have fears related to the passage of time and getting older.
Leonardo DiCaprio; 16 year difference between Titanic & The Great Gatsby
It has been 27 years since we first saw a T. rex in Jurassic Park
“A lot of people feel that time is the enemy, because we can't keep up with deadlines and appointments, and so we feel stressed. We also don't like the idea of getting older and moving closer to our death.” And Steve suggests that the key to overcoming them is rather simple—learning to live fully in the present.
“In a sense, the past and the future are illusions. They only exist as ideas. The future seems to exist because we imagine it, and the past seems to exist because we remember it. But neither of them are actually real.”
In the end, Steve assured us that all we have is the present. "If we give our whole attention to the present moment, paying full attention to our surroundings and experiences, lives become richer and more contented.”
In 2009, the actors from Game of Thrones looked like today's fans of the series
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first Harry Potter book, came out 23 years ago
Ralph Macchio, the actor who played Daniel LaRusso, is now older than Mr. Miyagi was when Karate Kid came out
Today, we're closer to the opening of the Nickelodeon time capsule than to when it was buried
Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade Scott is now 24
If I remember rightly from another BP post, Eminem watched her graduate in a seperate room so the spotlight wasn’t taken away from her.
Lindsay Lohan met her fake twin in The Parent Trap 22 years ago.
Dirty Dancing was released 33 years ago
This movie was such a huge part of my youth. It was a war time in my country and this movie is one of rare things that was one of little sunbeams in my life. I've watched it over and over again (one of two video tapes I've had). When I hear some songs and music themes from that movie I literally can go in past.
Is it just me or is this one of the most overrated movies ever. It is extremely popular but I don’t like it and I love many dance movies.
I don't understand why the downvotes. It really is overrated, an ordinary romance with some dancing. I loved the dancing parts, the rest was kind of...naive, if that's the word. I proclaim that you are allowed not to like it particularly, and i will be glad to take the downvotes for that :)
Load More Replies...My younger cousin loved this movie. The VHS tape was released just before her Bat Mitzvah, so I decided to give it to her together with the movie poster as a present. She put it in the VCR right away and my grandmother got so angry (I had only seen the film once and didn't remember it started with pictures of people rubbing against each other dancing). She thought I had gotten my cousin a porn film. Needless to say, my cousin was very happy. Mine was her best present, she said.
An entire generation of women still watch this with tinted glasses. The rest of us just roll our eyes and switch to "Die Hard".
The Olsen twins are now older than John Stamos was when Full House ended
Madonna is 62 years old
That I can believe. I do wish she would stop the Madam X thing she's doing now, but I guess there must be ppl who enjoy it or she wouldn't do it, so yeah i mean not my place to complain XD
You've been dancing to "Oops!... I Did It Again" for 20 years
The Krusty Krab pizza episode of "Spongebob" is 21 years old
The first episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch aired 24 years ago
"Google" was a number 22 years ago
You've been singing "Wonderwall" at karaoke for 25 years
The Sprouse twins just turned 28 years old
We're closer to the year 2030 than the year 2000
While you were watching Hercules in movie theaters, Kylie Jenner was not even born yet
Oh those were the days....I don't watch their show yet somehow they've infiltrated my consciousness like that creepy river fish that swims up guys pee streams
Keeping Up with the Kardashians has been on TV for 13 years
My flatmate had the Motorola razor phone, when I first moved out just before I was 18. I feel very old. I have phones older than that that still work just fine, the only reason they can't make calls etc is the phone companies cut off the older generations of phone years ago and won't connect them to the network
It's almost like ... as time progresses forward ... things that happened in the past get older. AMAZING!
My flatmate had the Motorola razor phone, when I first moved out just before I was 18. I feel very old. I have phones older than that that still work just fine, the only reason they can't make calls etc is the phone companies cut off the older generations of phone years ago and won't connect them to the network
It's almost like ... as time progresses forward ... things that happened in the past get older. AMAZING!