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If not for the three grey hairs peeking out, I’d feel as fresh as new. It seems like only yesterday we’d drink Capri Sun, burn CDs and listen to the Smashing Pumpkins. Speaking of the latter, kids these days call it “dad rock,” and how can you blame them?

The oldest of Gen Z, aka the newest generation that was born between 1997 and 2012, is now 24. No, it’s not you who are 24, it’s the kids who have no clue what “pick up the phone'' means.

So today, we’re diving deep into the world of no illusion, ready to face one fact we all dread (hence the booming skincare industry among millennials!)—we are old. Thanks to the corner of Reddit ‘Heck I’m Old,’ we have a collection of posts to make you feel not just old, but rather ancient. “When you look at kids nowadays and see their music you can't help but think of how everything is old,” says the group’s description and from what you see below, they ain’t lying.

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If you ever feel like time is passing at the pace of a hadron collider, you can be sure you’re not the only one. Most of us feel that the passage of time is inevitable, and that it only makes us older (but also wiser, more confident and happy overall!).

Having said that, it's no secret that our modern society is obsessed with freezing and even turning back time. This ageing paranoia that’s sweeping across our society has been heavily fueled by social media, where young folks constantly put pressure on achievements, looks, and everything, really. Its competitive nature shows that someone is doing better and has accomplished more by your age than you have.

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Just Pause Duh

Just Pause Duh

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yes, spilling the juice while running back to the tv and constantly bumping your knees or toes when jumping over the furniture... but thanks to the adrenaline: no pain felt!

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Being scared of ageing is not only nothing new, it seems like it creeps into the minds of younger generations obsessed with anti-ageing life choices earlier than ever in history. In 2018, a report from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) found that millennials felt the most negatively towards ageing, viewing it as a steep decline and assuming dementia and loneliness as inevitable.

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I'm Old I Remember Having One Thinking It Was So Cool

I'm Old I Remember Having One Thinking It Was So Cool

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Fat Harry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had the 16 colour version. It was a bitch to write with because it was so fat.

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I Feel This Deep In My Soul

I Feel This Deep In My Soul

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That cashier was just jealous that you got to experience Blockbuster and they didn't lol

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I Consider This A Small Victory

I Consider This A Small Victory

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In some extreme cases where fear of getting older interferes with your life, doctors diagnose people with gerascophobia. “Gerascophobia sufferers have very frequent thoughts about changes in their appearance due to ageing and increasingly losing control over their life as they get older. These thoughts trigger panic attacks, shortness of breath, sweating and shaking," Dr. Rose Aghdami, a consulting and coaching psychologist, told Refinery29.

"Their behavior is affected too, as they often avoid certain activities which remind them of ageing, withdraw from social contact, and become more isolated."

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You Might Be Old...

You Might Be Old...

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Doc Brown And Marty Mcfly Still Here, Together, In 2021

Doc Brown And Marty Mcfly Still Here, Together, In 2021

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The RSPH has also urged people to stop using the term 'anti-ageing' popularized by the beauty industry, since it could be putting pressure on women to see ageing as something inherently detrimental. Another 2017 study found that 30% of women under 35 were regularly using anti-wrinkle products, a fact that’s so obvious when browsing through social media that you don’t need a survey for it

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"I Grew Up With No Internet" Starter Pack

"I Grew Up With No Internet" Starter Pack

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And still have no idea how to play minesweeper 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Beware This Man

Beware This Man

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks, Macaulay. I wish you would look up to Bart Simpson, he doesn't age like that.

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This Feeling All Of The Time

This Feeling All Of The Time

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What Else?

What Else?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

UK specific but when I was a kid in the 80's we had a grand total of 4 TV channels to choose from.

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In The ‘80s, TV Stations Just Turned Off Late At Night. No Infomercials, Nothing. Just This

In The ‘80s, TV Stations Just Turned Off Late At Night. No Infomercials, Nothing. Just This

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, they played a nifty tune first, and then some nice white noise to fall asleep to...

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70's Kids Checking In

70's Kids Checking In

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Well, This Is The New Metric For How Old We Are, I Guess

Well, This Is The New Metric For How Old We Are, I Guess

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Phoebe’s Baby Is A College Grad

Phoebe’s Baby Is A College Grad

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hahaha, I actually thought to myself: wow, she actually kept in touch with him even tho it wasn't her baby?

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Was It A Nokia Or A Razr You Had?

Was It A Nokia Or A Razr You Had?

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Michelle M
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a Nokia c2 when I was 10 or 11. Used to feel quite smug typing fast without looking at the keyboard.

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We All Knew This Day Would Come

We All Knew This Day Would Come

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a great imagination right there!! I remember the young person that saw a real floppy disc and asked his dad why he has 3d printed the save icon!!

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Anyone Else??

Anyone Else??

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then you go to the actual store and those young whippersnappers rearranged it again.

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An Ancient Artifact From A More Civilized Time

An Ancient Artifact From A More Civilized Time

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Pretty Much!

Pretty Much!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh crap, i totally have such location in my home town, the realization hit me like ton of brick

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Old School Uncool

Old School Uncool

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Some Redditor Is Mocking His Dad For This 80's Handset That's Plugged Into His iPhone. All I Can Say Is, That Looks Amazingly Comfortable....

Some Redditor Is Mocking His Dad For This 80's Handset That's Plugged Into His iPhone. All I Can Say Is, That Looks Amazingly Comfortable....

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I Was 20 When It Aired And God, Do I Still Feel Old....

I Was 20 When It Aired And God, Do I Still Feel Old....

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Good Morning

Good Morning

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

me, 35, in march 2021 : for vaccination too young, for gynecologist 'geriatric' :D

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Afv Anyone?

Afv Anyone?

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After 9 And On The Weekends Plus $.10 Texts

After 9 And On The Weekends Plus $.10 Texts

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Pink Floyd::pride

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This Cut Me Deep

This Cut Me Deep

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yesterday i was watching the next top model of my country! And i kid you not but the models(18-19 years old) didn't know Sharon stone, Michelle Pfeiffer and CHER!!!!! How can you not know Cher????

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On a Dutch talent show a 21 year old girl claimed she never heard of Queen or Freddie Mercury.

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Robert T
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually re-watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off recently and it wasn't as good as I remembered it. Weird Science was better. :D

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't get my college degree until I was 35 (15 years ago), so I was going to school with bunch of 18-20 year olds, while my professors were mostly my age or a little older/younger. One day one of my profs referenced a Simpsons episode (the reverse vampire one), as an example of something, and he and I laughed, and sort of riffed on it for a minute. Everyone else in the class stared at us like we were crazy. They had no idea what we were talking about.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once rattled off a quote from Purple Rain and was greeted with a blank stare. I said "Prince, 1984". She said "I was three." I died right then and there.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone who was 3 in 1984 was born in 1981 so they’d know who Prince was if they liked music. I wasn’t even born in 1984 and I’m an older millennial. Our generation grew up with prince. And is also the generation referenced above.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hold up...y'all have to STUDY that? My dad made all his kids (ages ranging from 17 to a few months old) watch those movies and TV shows. We loved them.

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Chich
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just like you saddened your profs when you had no clue about laugh in. "Sock it to me" anyone?

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Elizabeth Guss
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My students would have to watch "Lost in Space" or "Hawaii 5-0". "Emergency" would be good too. Or "Dragnet".

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shado
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... easier maybe just to do the Leslie Nielsen 'Naked Gun' trilogy, and kind of cover them all?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me...a gen z...knowing all of these by heart (I'm prepared for college!! 💀)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the late millennial/early whatever generation Profs of the future will do the same exact thing to their students. I'm sorry, I may have missed it in my Gen X feeble mind, how exactly is your generation better than mine? Before you begin, please spare us the RANTING that your generation will be better than the one before. Each generation, including mine, has made the same rant. Yet here we are. Your generation, when time proves it out, will be, at worst, no better than the one before it. At best your generation will be minimally better than the one before it. Guess what? Everything I said after "Yet here we are." has been said, in some form or fashion, by every generation preceding mine. Humanity has proven only one thing in its entire existence and that is that we are incapable of truly, actually, learning from the mistakes of our collective past. Our attention span is far too short for this. Of course my generation has a far longer attention span than yours.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I AM astounded at the lack of common knowledge is with this gen...I don't get it! ! Even a fetus in womb absorbs knowledge.

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Lynn Grimm
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I taught my son well. Even got him to watch M.A.S.H. and David Letterman.

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Lucky2BAlive
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had to explain nearly half of Forrest Gump to people - while it was in the theater!

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Bex
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Which is actually odd, because as a gen x, I do know the icons from generations before mine. Maybe it's just the overwhelming amount of media available that makes later gens not bother to look into older stuff for the parts of it that were good, which is a shame because there is a lot of quality there.

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Janet Graham
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is sad how much of our rich culture will never be shared because today's youth will never see it online.

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Marisa Mee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone remember Bevis & Butthead..? Nasty, but hillarious duo.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tip: if he drops something and says "Doh!" Respond with "Marge we need some more vanilla,chocolate, strawberry ice cream!" He'll know!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you not know CHER???..... And early simpsons were AWESOME! Back b4 everything had to be so "politically correct"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went back to school get a graduate degree in the late 90's, when I was 40 something and saw a sign on a bulletin board for an "80's party". I had been pregnant and also working in a suit-requiring profession throughout the 80's and had no idea what fashion would have been popular then. Whatever it was, it has probably come back in style at least twice since then.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

confused? They will have a complete woke mental breakdown, being unable to communicate with you, only sitting in their safe spaces with their thumb in their mouth, craping a pillow while rocking back and forth...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems some college tips never change. Sure, the "extra credit" work a student needs to put in has changed decades, but seeming to be sympatico with your older prof is still the same.

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Susan Mercurio
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I studied Harry Potter so that I could connect with my Gen Z grandchildren. Then I fell in love with the books for themselves.

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Mari Bryant
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my daughter was in middle school (she's 27 now), i had gotten her a Long Duck Dong shirt that said, " no more yanky my wanky", and one of her teachers was so impressed. I got cool mom points that day. Lol

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Colleen Thompson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Us Gen X'ers have one flaw with this logic... we don't give a rats ass if we don't "connect" with you lol We insulted our best friends for fun. We roasted each other in public. We weren't so thin skinned. "what would YOU do if someone said something offensive to you?" Hell I would applaud them for their efforts and roast em back. THAT is a connection lol

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Stephanie IV
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so true, I printed it out and put it up in the staff room.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yesterday I described to Weekend at Bernie's to a co-worked who had never heard of it. Then told her to "watch it with a your 90s filter on." Then remembered it came it in 89, I just watched it in the 90s.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m a millennial and I’ve never seen princess bride and I don’t ever notice anyone reference it in real life. Simpsons yes.

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Never Failed

Never Failed

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use to have a fake 8 track player to fool my car into playing cassettes. In 1992.

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That's Relatable

That's Relatable

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly: I did see this picture in a different BP post and: yes, I was absolutely thrilled and thought I need to get this for my little recreation cabin in the mountains!

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Internet Is For The 1 Percenters

Internet Is For The 1 Percenters

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