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40 Funny Posts Of People Grasping The Reality That They’re Old Now, As Shared On This Online Group
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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I'm Just Going To Leave This Here
Ah Nostalgia....
Zoom Meetings!
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.
I Remember!
The Struggle Is Real
Just Pause Duh
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.
I'm Old I Remember Having One Thinking It Was So Cool
I Feel This Deep In My Soul
That cashier was just jealous that you got to experience Blockbuster and they didn't lol
I Consider This A Small Victory
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."
You Might Be Old...
Doc Brown And Marty Mcfly Still Here, Together, In 2021
Hey, this one actually made me feel good. They ditched the Delorean?
Never Failed
I'm too old to even remember this! When I was a kid, there was no internet to connect to. When I was at university I would use the much faster uni network to download stuff and I couldn't afford a landline anyway. There there was then a period of using dialup on my own landline, but I lived on my own, so nobody ever interrupted my connections. Then I got broadband and you could use the phone and the internet at the same time!
I remember playing Mech Warrior over dialup. That was so long ago the air was a different colour.
Lol the amount of youngins who think channel 3 is a reference to hdmi/input 3... No he literally means tv channel 3.. (though some fancy connectors had a toggle switch for 2 or 4). You literally had to turn your tv to channel 3. With a k**b. And then rotate the sub k**b to tune the channel properly.
What's this world coming to when BP won't let you use the word k n o b? 🤦🏾♀️
Load More Replies... I don't think kids these days really appreciate the luxury that is high speed internet ^^ And they've really missed out on the history of it all.
On this day 40 years ago, I waited all night for a song to come on the radio, I succeeded, until my mother unplugged the radio.
I used a small program at that time which allowed you to continue a download if it stopped. It was a free program.
When Kazaa came out and you could reconnect a download, the world became a happier place :)
Wait, I had high speed internet 15 years ago. And I had WiFi. But I had the same issue downloading photos from Usenet in 1989 to 1996 when I finally got something faster than my 9600 baud modem.
Man, I'm the one that ran the wiring setting up my parents first home internet connection (a 14-4 dial-up bit). I used to go to work with my graphic designer dad to download music with their 56k in only half an hour per song, rather than 3 hours at home! F**k bees, I'm old.
I spent all summer once staying up all night downloading a few songs at a time. End of summer, SUPER proud to have made it to 1000 songs… only to have them start skipping and freezing. Sent my laptop to be checked out, hard drive was cracked. Lost all my songs. An entire summer. Wasted.
Ohhhhhh my x mil would call just to see if i was using the internet and kick us offline for fun, i guess? She was a special kind of evil.
I can still feel the fear when I picked up the phone and all I heard were those ear-ripping noises... And I knew my brother was jumping over his table to come smack me 'cause I riuned everything!!! 🤭😅
Look it up kid, Metallica killed Napster and limewire because they were losing too much money. It is the equivalent of corporate greed. Like how today we are paying enormous gas prices because the oil companies can't stand to make a couple million less out of their billions of dollars.
I loved Napster! Internet was slow as hell back then! It took so long to download a song sometimes that by the time you got it, it was no longer on Casey Kasem's top 40! LMAO :-)
Wasn't that illegal anyway?My son downloaded like 100 songs for me and I thought I'd never hear them again then for some reason, maybe he was angry bout something or needed space he erased them all. Anybody remember mili vanili?
Napster lol then when it was gone... Morpheus, limewire, Bearshare... Haha I never knew if I was downloading house music or viruses
I feel your pain ... brings back some very angry moments in my download history.
Back when dial-up downloading took a serious time commitment and explicit instructions to family/friends not to touch anything until complete.
I used to use a different website for that stuff. A single song of three minutes could take forever.
Especially frustrating when you finished the download and it was the wrong file.
Two weeks ago I still had to leave my computer on overnight to download an hour long tv program. My up to 19 speed was only ever up to 3 and a half at best and recently 0.8 most of the time. New provider can give me about 22 so far. Shocked at the download speed and the ability to watch something with little buffering. The new housing estate to be built opposite will no doubt slow it down again
When you nearly finish down/upload in among us and some calls a meeting
When I meet my man... Long time ago.... We talked about music, downloaded one song, and the 20 minutes it takes we talked about anything. Listen to it and found another sind the other doesn't know ... Spending nights that way Still wondering how young folks find time to be just there with each other.
Really?? 15 years ago the dial up internet has been long gone. I was already working from home on a PC and sending my work through emails.
eMule was my jam. At least there you could check the other names the file had, so you could see if you were about to download a porn movie.
I mean, that was no big deal with Napster though, it could resume files from day one... imagine it happening when you're downloading from a BBS, that REALLY sucked.
I'm in my 40's and I still don't know what Napster is. I mean, I was an adult when it was around and I know the name, but still no idea what it is. Was it just in America by any chance?
Probably...it was a sight that you could pirate download any music you wanted. I'm in my 40's and after making mix tapes in my teens in the 90's, Napster made mix CD's in my 20's
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did you consider the possibility of- lesbians?
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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
"I Grew Up With No Internet" Starter Pack
Beware This Man
Thanks, Macaulay. I wish you would look up to Bart Simpson, he doesn't age like that.
I Resemble That Remark
Who Else Had These Exact Same Speakers?
This Feeling All Of The Time
What Else?
In The ‘80s, TV Stations Just Turned Off Late At Night. No Infomercials, Nothing. Just This
Well, they played a nifty tune first, and then some nice white noise to fall asleep to...
70's Kids Checking In
Well, This Is The New Metric For How Old We Are, I Guess
My Kids freak out every time I tell them I wasn't born in this Millennium
Stolen From Facebook
Phoebe’s Baby Is A College Grad
hahaha, I actually thought to myself: wow, she actually kept in touch with him even tho it wasn't her baby?
Was It A Nokia Or A Razr You Had?
I had a Nokia c2 when I was 10 or 11. Used to feel quite smug typing fast without looking at the keyboard.
We All Knew This Day Would Come
Anyone Else??
And then you go to the actual store and those young whippersnappers rearranged it again.
An Ancient Artifact From A More Civilized Time
Pretty Much!
oh crap, i totally have such location in my home town, the realization hit me like ton of brick
Old School Uncool
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....
I Was 20 When It Aired And God, Do I Still Feel Old....
Good Morning
me, 35, in march 2021 : for vaccination too young, for gynecologist 'geriatric' :D
Afv Anyone?
The American bashing on this site seems to be a hobby for a lot of people.
After 9 And On The Weekends Plus $.10 Texts
Pink Floyd::pride
This Cut Me Deep
Never Failed
I use to have a fake 8 track player to fool my car into playing cassettes. In 1992.
That's Relatable
Internet Is For The 1 Percenters
That Moment...
Youtube comments under the song from 2004: "Like if you are still listening to this". What do you mean still? 2004 was like two months ago.
Netflix
Anyone Else Unable To Resist The Urge To Touch It When It Was Red Hot? Just Once, Of Course?
This One Hurt
Expecting stairway to heaven and get teenage dirtbag.
I’m Officially Old
Strolling Through Google Maps And Looking At The Houses Of Kids I Played With As A Kid. I Was There When They Planted That Pine Tree. It Was 2 Feet Tall And We Used To Jump Over It
To cushion the blow, pine trees grow quickly. Ours went from 1 foot to 10 feet in less than 10 years.
Kurt Cobain’s Daughter Is Now Older Than He Was At The Time Of His Death. She’s 28, He Died At 27
Does Anybody Else Remember These Lift-Top Beasts?
No, those must be an American thing. We have double desks in Germany, with two kids sharing one desk and they still look the same now as they did in the 90ies.
Who Remembers These Scratch And Sniff Stickers... I Got The Pickle One Once In 1985 I Remember (First Year Of School)
I love scratch and sniff stickers. Who remembers when magazines had an advertisement for perfume and it had a scratch and sniff sample of the perfumes scent. I thought they were awesome.
Found In The Attic…
Imagagin Covid03
We Are Now As Far From The 80, As The 80' Was From The 1940's
Breakfast club! Watched this in secondary school drama class (UK) changed my life!
My High School Class Yearbook Is Now On Display At The County Historical Museum. I’m 42
Well, be honest, in USA is more things celebrated as historical. Once i was on a police station in small city near New York and on the walls was a sign, something like “rich history of the town Sayreville” and there was a date “incorporated in 1920”. Yes, my milk in fridge is older and have richer history 😀😀 No offense though, i know America is really young compared to Europe ☺️
F**k He’s Right
This Is Over 20 Years Ago
This Is True
I’ve got one in the attic - still play the odd game of Invisible Tank Pong for old times sake
In The Simpsons Episode Where Lisa Is Shown Her Future, The Future Is 2010
20 Years Down The Memory Lane
What's The Time? Let Me Check My Swatch, The Ultimate 80's Watch!
My Swatch is one where if you tap the "glass", bunnies rotate to ....interesting positions! It's worth over a thousand now!
My, How Time Flies
Bartender: 'Wait. That was when I got married. Wasn't that 11 years ago?'
Roll Up Your Puffy Sleeves!
Tommy Lee Jones Is 75
Today, My Dad Passed Away. When We Got Home And Were Sort Of Aimlessly Looking Through His ‘Computer Room’ I Came Across This And Was Instantly Transported Back To When Dial Up And Aol Where The Thing. I’m Old
We All Have, Buddy
I used to love that show. Now I think "why" lol. The acting was so bad.
A Working Phone Booth!?!
...and It Was Usually Followed By Hee-Haw
Car Cassette Adaptor
Cole Sprouse Who Played Ross's Son On Friends Is Now The Same Age As David Schwimmer When He Played His Dad
Terminator 2 Is 30 Years Old This Year!
Whoa
I'll Just Leave This Here
Ralph Macchio Is Currently 59. Pat Morita Was 51 When ‘The Karate Kid’ Came Out
I’m Thinking Of Someone Who Is Right Now As Old As I Was When This Song Came Out, And Then Thinking Of 2004 And It Is Not Going Well
That 70s Show Was Made Longer Ago Than The Difference From When It Was Set
The Infant (Played By Sophia Coppola) That Was Baptized In "The Godfather", Turns 50yo Next Year
I'm not proud to say that I've never watched The godfather. But I love me some Robert De Niro.
I've Carried The Same Umbrella In My Car For 26 Years. It Was A Baseball "Umbrella Night" Giveaway In 1995
This actually goes with the theme of the thread and people are being rude
Bindi Irwin, The Late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwins Daughter
Ah, The Golden Era Of Gaming!
Joe Biden Is So Old, The First Time He Ran For President, If He Would've Won He Would Have Succeeded Ronald Reagan
You might say he had to BIDE his time for quite a while before he finally got the job. ...I'll show myself out.
Today 21 Years Ago The Real Slim Shady Lp Came Out. I’m Old!
Johnny Knoxville Is 50
This Hurts
Pain
“Mclovin” From Superbad Turns 40 Today
Kurt Loder Is 74
40 years old in a few weeks and currently on holiday. Very excited / proud that we went OUT for dinner after 8pm and stayed up after midnight!! But did still walk passed most of the bars and restaurants because they were "too loud" or "busy". We just wanted peace and quiet, with decent food, a nice atmosphere and as few other humans as possible. We're officially old. But had a lovely evening!
A few months ago, I (only 43) had to show a kid how the gas pump worked. He kept hitting the octane number. After the fifth punch I told him, "You have to lift the handle cradle. It's old school." He lifted it, and pleasantly chuffed, said, "Thank you, sir!" And I was instantly 70 years old.
Wait, what other kind of pumps are there?!!
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Honestly, any of these that start with “remember when?” and then show computers or cell phones seem silly to my old self. Those all still feel new to me! I still remember when a cordless landline phone felt like future tech. I called a friend from it and told him I was in the front yard. He was blown away. And we didn’t even keep the phone. It was a gift for my grandparents, and my mom wanted me to test it first since she didn’t trust the technology!
My official first “I feel old” moment happened way back in 1997, when my son was 6 years old. We had an old stereo system that had a record player. I still owned a few albums, but never played them, because it was missing the needle. I finally found one in an old thrift shop and set about putting it to use. After listening to the first side, I told my son to flip it over to the other side. Being a child who only knew CD’s, he exclaimed, “It has music on both sides?!! Cool!!!” (This kid is 30 now, which officially makes me ancient!)
Bullcrap. If your kid was 6 in 1997 he's like 20 now. YES he is. He is. Yep. No, you shut up. 😐
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You know you're old when an actor you had a crush on is advertising stair lifts.
Wanna feel old. As a young teen, I remember it being a big thing to stay up late to watch Soul Train and the Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack on weekend nights.
When you get your invitation card from AARP... well, that made my hubby feel old. Me, I'm two years younger, so they're not after me, yet. (yet)
I got my first communication from them at 28 (somehow, they knew when I saw that first gray hair....)
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I was telling my kids about the first Fantastic Beasts movie: Me: "I think it takes place in the 20s." 7yo: "It IS the 20s." Me: 7yo: Me: "Fine. The 1920s."
I can't remember I was this busy with proving other people are old when I was a kid. Do kids these days think they don't age or something? I mean, this is a nice trip through memory lane for me, but I don't need it to know how old I am. The pain in my back when I slept wrong and the tired eyes at 22:00 tell me that :D
We just called our parents and their friends dinosaurs or old as dirt.
Load More Replies... Though, I'm Gen Z, I feel like I know many of these because my grandparents raised me and I love me some old movies. A kid in the future would probably ask me what Netflix was or who the Kardashians were.
Gen Z old entertainment gang! :D I have so many awesome memories from older live action disney movies like Love Bug that nobody else seems to know about as well as just older movies in general.
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I was 55 when the young woman at the movie theater asked if I wanted the senior discount. Slightly taken aback, I said " no thanks" ." Are you sure?" she asked?
I remember when people started saying " yes ma'am and no ma'am" to me. I finally had to let it go and let them.
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My granddaughter's collection of historical coins includes anything before 1995. 🤣
I remember telling my husband that smart phones were just a passing fad because they were so sensitive they might not stay off if you put them in your purse or pocket and that no one looks at the internet enough to justify those charges.
I was in college with a smartphone before the iPod existed. Windows CE was as bad as anyone said but it was pretty rad when I visited Kansas and realized the fields all had free WiFi and in 2002 I could surf the internet on the go like most people take for granted now.
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71yo now...and so many memories I can't even begin.... it's almost my bedtime and I haven't even had supper yet!
I'm gen z but still, I grew up with more “old fashioned” things. I barely knew what an iPhone was when I was in 5th grade.
You know you are old when you recall that the neighborhood dogs all ran around together. We did not even on a leash (lead).
And they could poop anywhere and nobody bitched about it. Yeah! Oh wait I forgot *****.
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Making my grandchildren watch APOLLO 13 so they could see what a real miracle going to the moon actually was - spaceship with knobs & buttons and no digital/computer
No doubt! I turned 40 last August, and my (now husband) and I went on our honeymoon in January to Puerto Rico. There was all kinds of partying and clubbing and we were like Nah, let's grab a glass of wine and sit on the beach and just cuddle and listen to the waves. No crazy drunkeness or anything. And we too stayed up late cuz you know ... honeymoon special occasion lol.
It's just hit me that I'm the same age my late mother was when she was busy having her first Year from Hell, with a husband (my dad) battling cancer while her father (my grandfather) passed away from a heart attack. I thought she was so old back then. Now I'm THAT age, though it's been eighteen years since *I* lost MY dad and six years since I lost my mom. That makes me feel ancient.
You feel old? I'm older than the space age. When I was born, the only thing orbiting the Earth was the Moon. The world population was 2.87 billion.
I just retired... a little early, but still. I have never felt so old in my entire life. I feel great, and don't look ancient, but every single time I tell people "I'm retired" when they ask what I do... oy vey.. I die a little more
I have never been so old in my entire life, so I feel you.
Load More Replies... As a member of Gen Z I always find this stuff kinda funny. A lot of my entertainment was old growing up. My family often watches disney movies from around the 70's like The Cat from Outer Space and rarely does anybody else know what I'm talking about. We also had an amazing VHS collection.
Everyone grows up watching Disney classics, regardless of generation. But I will admit I've never heard of The Cat from Outer Space.
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I remember when I was about 12 figuring out hold old I would turn in 2000. "43? I'll never be that old"
I think when I started looking at the expiry date before I buy a bread...that was a dead giveaway
I see that more than half the items were deleted per viewer votes. I assume the ones I wasn’t too old to relate to were among them.
Age is a weird thing. I'm 22 and extremely socially inept autistic. I'll see people talking about work, college, marriage, kids and feel like they are so much older than me, but often they're younger or just 2 or 3 years older. And then in the same breath they talked about being engaged they will say something that feels so naive I can't believe this person is my age.
Making my grandchildren watch APOLLO 13 to show how going to the moon was actually so incredible… got there on knobs and toggles and no digital/computers
A couple years ago I went to a goodwill store and was browsing, found a few things for my crafts and was at the counter when the gal said to me 'any discounts??' I glanced up and she said 'ahh senior discount, any more??' I left everything on the counter and walked out. Got in my car and started to cry!!. Reality hit and I walked back in and said ' yeah i will take it....senior discount.' I had just turned 65 and that was my first hint of reality!!
Years ago i remember this one commercial for a dvr box where 1 kid who was like 1-2 years older said to her younger sis "when i was your age we only could record 2 shows at once not 3". XD i got SO mad at it like "girl when i was YOUR age we recorded ONE show on a black tape box the quality was piss n it lasted a yr at most. The first box to record tv live was freaking sorcery! N you still could only record one thing n it was always parents shows"
Im at that age a kid asked what a VHS was..and i fear soon will get to the point ppl will ask what a dvd is....i also remember when TVO first came out how ground breaking it was....im 27 i feel old xD
My "now I'm old" moment came when, about 20 years ago, I was working at a store that sold media and collectibles and such and I had two teachers come in who wanted a poster they could cut the face out of for a pie in the face booth. "I have *the perfect* thing!" and I take them to our mounted posters and proudly display the one we have of Curly, from the 3 Stooges. The one looks at me and goes "Our kids would have no idea who he is." Me: "Now I feel old." I don't think the (older than me) teachers appreciated that remark very much. That, and they were looking to have a poster *donated* to their carnival rather than, y'know, buying something from the store.
they made me feel old and im 15. the fact i knew what most of these were-
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My mother doesn't agree with me if i am saying, i am old. Even I am actually 21 y.o, but my childhood really makes me feel like in heaven because no stress for social media.
I have posted this before on a similar thread, but I was talking to my niece a while ago about computers and school, I told her that we didn't have computers to google answers and she replied with - "oh yes, they had slates and chalk in your day, didn't they?" - I'm 49 now!
I was born in 1996. I'm turning 26 this year. I have siblings that were born in the late 80s. I can relate to most of this list. I shouldn't feel old at 26. What's happening?
I feel so old now. Can somebody hand me my zimmer frame and a packet of ibuprofen please?
40 years old in a few weeks and currently on holiday. Very excited / proud that we went OUT for dinner after 8pm and stayed up after midnight!! But did still walk passed most of the bars and restaurants because they were "too loud" or "busy". We just wanted peace and quiet, with decent food, a nice atmosphere and as few other humans as possible. We're officially old. But had a lovely evening!
A few months ago, I (only 43) had to show a kid how the gas pump worked. He kept hitting the octane number. After the fifth punch I told him, "You have to lift the handle cradle. It's old school." He lifted it, and pleasantly chuffed, said, "Thank you, sir!" And I was instantly 70 years old.
Wait, what other kind of pumps are there?!!
Load More Replies... Honestly, any of these that start with “remember when?” and then show computers or cell phones seem silly to my old self. Those all still feel new to me! I still remember when a cordless landline phone felt like future tech. I called a friend from it and told him I was in the front yard. He was blown away. And we didn’t even keep the phone. It was a gift for my grandparents, and my mom wanted me to test it first since she didn’t trust the technology!
My official first “I feel old” moment happened way back in 1997, when my son was 6 years old. We had an old stereo system that had a record player. I still owned a few albums, but never played them, because it was missing the needle. I finally found one in an old thrift shop and set about putting it to use. After listening to the first side, I told my son to flip it over to the other side. Being a child who only knew CD’s, he exclaimed, “It has music on both sides?!! Cool!!!” (This kid is 30 now, which officially makes me ancient!)
Bullcrap. If your kid was 6 in 1997 he's like 20 now. YES he is. He is. Yep. No, you shut up. 😐
Load More Replies... You know you're old when an actor you had a crush on is advertising stair lifts.
Wanna feel old. As a young teen, I remember it being a big thing to stay up late to watch Soul Train and the Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack on weekend nights.
When you get your invitation card from AARP... well, that made my hubby feel old. Me, I'm two years younger, so they're not after me, yet. (yet)
I got my first communication from them at 28 (somehow, they knew when I saw that first gray hair....)
Load More Replies... I was telling my kids about the first Fantastic Beasts movie: Me: "I think it takes place in the 20s." 7yo: "It IS the 20s." Me: 7yo: Me: "Fine. The 1920s."
I can't remember I was this busy with proving other people are old when I was a kid. Do kids these days think they don't age or something? I mean, this is a nice trip through memory lane for me, but I don't need it to know how old I am. The pain in my back when I slept wrong and the tired eyes at 22:00 tell me that :D
We just called our parents and their friends dinosaurs or old as dirt.
Load More Replies... Though, I'm Gen Z, I feel like I know many of these because my grandparents raised me and I love me some old movies. A kid in the future would probably ask me what Netflix was or who the Kardashians were.
Gen Z old entertainment gang! :D I have so many awesome memories from older live action disney movies like Love Bug that nobody else seems to know about as well as just older movies in general.
Load More Replies... I was 55 when the young woman at the movie theater asked if I wanted the senior discount. Slightly taken aback, I said " no thanks" ." Are you sure?" she asked?
I remember when people started saying " yes ma'am and no ma'am" to me. I finally had to let it go and let them.
Load More Replies... My granddaughter's collection of historical coins includes anything before 1995. 🤣
I remember telling my husband that smart phones were just a passing fad because they were so sensitive they might not stay off if you put them in your purse or pocket and that no one looks at the internet enough to justify those charges.
I was in college with a smartphone before the iPod existed. Windows CE was as bad as anyone said but it was pretty rad when I visited Kansas and realized the fields all had free WiFi and in 2002 I could surf the internet on the go like most people take for granted now.
Load More Replies... 71yo now...and so many memories I can't even begin.... it's almost my bedtime and I haven't even had supper yet!
I'm gen z but still, I grew up with more “old fashioned” things. I barely knew what an iPhone was when I was in 5th grade.
You know you are old when you recall that the neighborhood dogs all ran around together. We did not even on a leash (lead).
And they could poop anywhere and nobody bitched about it. Yeah! Oh wait I forgot *****.
Load More Replies... Making my grandchildren watch APOLLO 13 so they could see what a real miracle going to the moon actually was - spaceship with knobs & buttons and no digital/computer
No doubt! I turned 40 last August, and my (now husband) and I went on our honeymoon in January to Puerto Rico. There was all kinds of partying and clubbing and we were like Nah, let's grab a glass of wine and sit on the beach and just cuddle and listen to the waves. No crazy drunkeness or anything. And we too stayed up late cuz you know ... honeymoon special occasion lol.
It's just hit me that I'm the same age my late mother was when she was busy having her first Year from Hell, with a husband (my dad) battling cancer while her father (my grandfather) passed away from a heart attack. I thought she was so old back then. Now I'm THAT age, though it's been eighteen years since *I* lost MY dad and six years since I lost my mom. That makes me feel ancient.
You feel old? I'm older than the space age. When I was born, the only thing orbiting the Earth was the Moon. The world population was 2.87 billion.
I just retired... a little early, but still. I have never felt so old in my entire life. I feel great, and don't look ancient, but every single time I tell people "I'm retired" when they ask what I do... oy vey.. I die a little more
I have never been so old in my entire life, so I feel you.
Load More Replies... As a member of Gen Z I always find this stuff kinda funny. A lot of my entertainment was old growing up. My family often watches disney movies from around the 70's like The Cat from Outer Space and rarely does anybody else know what I'm talking about. We also had an amazing VHS collection.
Everyone grows up watching Disney classics, regardless of generation. But I will admit I've never heard of The Cat from Outer Space.
Load More Replies... I remember when I was about 12 figuring out hold old I would turn in 2000. "43? I'll never be that old"
I think when I started looking at the expiry date before I buy a bread...that was a dead giveaway
I see that more than half the items were deleted per viewer votes. I assume the ones I wasn’t too old to relate to were among them.
Age is a weird thing. I'm 22 and extremely socially inept autistic. I'll see people talking about work, college, marriage, kids and feel like they are so much older than me, but often they're younger or just 2 or 3 years older. And then in the same breath they talked about being engaged they will say something that feels so naive I can't believe this person is my age.
Making my grandchildren watch APOLLO 13 to show how going to the moon was actually so incredible… got there on knobs and toggles and no digital/computers
A couple years ago I went to a goodwill store and was browsing, found a few things for my crafts and was at the counter when the gal said to me 'any discounts??' I glanced up and she said 'ahh senior discount, any more??' I left everything on the counter and walked out. Got in my car and started to cry!!. Reality hit and I walked back in and said ' yeah i will take it....senior discount.' I had just turned 65 and that was my first hint of reality!!
Years ago i remember this one commercial for a dvr box where 1 kid who was like 1-2 years older said to her younger sis "when i was your age we only could record 2 shows at once not 3". XD i got SO mad at it like "girl when i was YOUR age we recorded ONE show on a black tape box the quality was piss n it lasted a yr at most. The first box to record tv live was freaking sorcery! N you still could only record one thing n it was always parents shows"
Im at that age a kid asked what a VHS was..and i fear soon will get to the point ppl will ask what a dvd is....i also remember when TVO first came out how ground breaking it was....im 27 i feel old xD
My "now I'm old" moment came when, about 20 years ago, I was working at a store that sold media and collectibles and such and I had two teachers come in who wanted a poster they could cut the face out of for a pie in the face booth. "I have *the perfect* thing!" and I take them to our mounted posters and proudly display the one we have of Curly, from the 3 Stooges. The one looks at me and goes "Our kids would have no idea who he is." Me: "Now I feel old." I don't think the (older than me) teachers appreciated that remark very much. That, and they were looking to have a poster *donated* to their carnival rather than, y'know, buying something from the store.
they made me feel old and im 15. the fact i knew what most of these were-
Load More Replies... My mother doesn't agree with me if i am saying, i am old. Even I am actually 21 y.o, but my childhood really makes me feel like in heaven because no stress for social media.
I have posted this before on a similar thread, but I was talking to my niece a while ago about computers and school, I told her that we didn't have computers to google answers and she replied with - "oh yes, they had slates and chalk in your day, didn't they?" - I'm 49 now!
I was born in 1996. I'm turning 26 this year. I have siblings that were born in the late 80s. I can relate to most of this list. I shouldn't feel old at 26. What's happening?
I feel so old now. Can somebody hand me my zimmer frame and a packet of ibuprofen please?
