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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

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

Ruddy new fangled floopy disks. I remember using audio tapes for data storage. Still younger than my colleague who remembers punched cards!

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

You've just reminded me how my brother used to play computer games that came on little tapes! It took about half an hour for the damn thing to load, and it was making quite a noise.

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

I remember personally holding one of the mid-size ones here. (Had no idea that the largest size even existed.) 1200px-Flo...009_G1.jpg 1200px-Floppy_disk_2009_G1.jpg

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

My first computer used the 5 1/4" and 3.5", and it was a big deal that I had high-density double-sided drives. Also thought I'd never fill that 80MB hard drive (no, that MB is NOT a typo).

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

I once brought in a floppy disk to show my students. I think I aged 5 years that day.

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

OMG! I've seen that "Save" icon for so long it never occurred to me that people wouldn't understand it was the icon for an old floppy disc.

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

That looks more like a diskette than a floppy. Wasn't the diskette 3.5 and hard case and the floppy 5 and malleable

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

They were both considered "floppy" disks, even though the 3.5" one was rigid, since the disk inside was floppy (as compared to the disks in a "Hard Disk").

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

Yet again, I'm 16 and I've always known that was a floppy disk? I'm starting to get the feeling I might be a 45-year-old trapped in a teenager's body...

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

How funny! I have saved some of the 3.5 hard floppy as well as the 5.25 soft floppy just to freak out the grandkids. I wish that I still had my C-64 or old 186

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

I learned about floppy discs from Magic School bus. Yes, they had a book about floppy discs.

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

Anyone else feel that one in their chest? The floppy disk sized hole?

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

Year 3050 hey who put the embedded auto sensory nervous system integrated mobile phone in excel as the save icon..

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

Because when we had to save something back in the day it would take a few minutes, just enough time to buy another soda.

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

Very sad, it (the 3.5" disk) was invented by Sony Japan, where he's from. https://www.macgeek.org/museum/sony400kdrive/

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

Now that I think about it, I’d never thought to question about why the save button looks like it is

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

I remember when floppy disks were 3x5 ans mastering Fortran was a big deal.

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

I saved a few floppy discs, 3.5 discs and 8 track tapes to wow my grandkids with

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Lenora Hames Lundquist
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will never be able to unsee this. I will always see that soda can now. Thank you SO much. LOL. (And that is not a "floppy disk." A floppy disk is 5" and, well, floppy! It also doesn't have that "slider" or whatever it was called. That's a 3.5" disk and it wasn't floppy. It was in a hard case. So there! Nyah!)

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Bernadette Circle
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The case is hard, but the disk inside is floppy. The ‘slider’ gave the computer access to the disk

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

I remember that the floppy disc was specifically designed (sometime in the 1970s) to fit in a man's shirt pocket...because of course women would never need to use them. I also remember a bulldog clip (from the 1990s; as far as I know, still in production) that was clearly designed to hold one floppy disc and one piece of paper, for a cover memo.

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

Oh this one hurts! For those who don't get it, that's a picture of a floppy disc, an ancient way of storing data when computers were younger. They were actually "new and improved", a step up from backing up data on a cassette tape!

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

First "desktop" mini computer I used (actually was a desk sized unit), ran off paper tape. Mag tape and 8" floppies were greeted as incredible advances!

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

I am so used to sub-acknowledging the save icon, that it did not occur to me what else it might look like!

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

lol I am glad they included the icon because I was not getting this visual!

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

ITS A FLOPPY DISK I LOVE THOSE THINGS!!!!! I'm not even old at all and I still know what they are!!

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

Very creative. Like those puzzles that analyse you by your reaction to a picture.

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

Sweet, sweet child. That's a floppy disc. Be thankful you don't understand.

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

This is exactly why I don't like icons. "Save" is so much simpler than a pic of a disc.

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

Yeah, I am ancient. I remember 8 inch floppies but why continue to use that icon?

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

Remember when the Mac was introduced? I think was the first computer with the 3.5" drive.

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

I teach photoshop and every time I get to Dodge and Burn tools, I explain why the icons are shaped like that - because no one knows!

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

Hmm. I remember using punch cards with 1s and 0s as an electrical engineering student in 1973. We didn't have floppy discs in those days, so no saving!

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

Question from our early 20s intern at work when I showed her a picture of my circa 1991 Mac Classic: "what's the big rectangular hole in the front of it for?" She also couldn't understand why computers existed before there was internet.

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

Next he's gonna ask what the thing to the left is. Then he'll ask what paper is.

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

Sad day. I remember when those were the hard discs, not a floppy.

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

I always loved that a 3.5" disk would fit in a shirt pocket.

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

Didn't even think about that. I haven't seen a disk in years. Even longer since 5 and a quarter inch. My C64 had that, I used to cut a notch in the other side to make a single sided disk, double sided. Also drilled a hole in the other side of 3.5 inch disks to double the capacity.

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

I have to explain where to save daily. I fear the day when a young colleague/client does not know what it is.

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

My kids described the painted handicap sign in the parking spaces as "the man on the potty"

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

I friend of my brother said "cool someone 3D printet the save logo" first time he saw a diskette.

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

The original floppies were actually floppy, no hard plastic case.

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Fred the rat king
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bro I remember my vending machine that saved everything I had my floppy disc felt neglected

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

There's this kid finding a floppy disk and asking: why did you 3D print the save icon?

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

I know it is a floppy disk, but why does it also look like the 800 pound tv we all had in 99 lol

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

Wait until they find out what it is and that you only had 1.44MB of space on it. Fairly sure I have simple Word documents bigger than that now

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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

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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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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