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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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#1
I'm Just Going To Leave This Here
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#2
Ah Nostalgia....
#3
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.
#6
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.
#7
I'm Old I Remember Having One Thinking It Was So Cool
#8
I Feel This Deep In My Soul
kristina law 4 years ago
That cashier was just jealous that you got to experience Blockbuster and they didn't lol
#9
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."
#10
You Might Be Old...
#11
Doc Brown And Marty Mcfly Still Here, Together, In 2021
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
Hey, this one actually made me feel good. They ditched the Delorean?
#12
Never Failed
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
#13
"I Grew Up With No Internet" Starter Pack
#14
Beware This Man
Serial pacifist 4 years ago (edited)
Thanks, Macaulay. I wish you would look up to Bart Simpson, he doesn't age like that.
#15
I Resemble That Remark
#16
Who Else Had These Exact Same Speakers?
#17
This Feeling All Of The Time
#18
What Else?
#19
In The ‘80s, TV Stations Just Turned Off Late At Night. No Infomercials, Nothing. Just This
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
Well, they played a nifty tune first, and then some nice white noise to fall asleep to...
Al Christensen 4 years ago
We got the Star Spangled Banner and waving flag.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Ours used to make a constant beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep sound.
De Gueb 4 years ago
The test card!!! the idea was that you could adjust the set to make sure everything was straight and colours didn't overlap. focus etc. I was in TV / VCR repair in the 80s we had a thing call a pattern generator so we didn't have to stay up late at night to adjust the sets we repaired ;-)
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago (edited)
Used a Heathkit pattern generator as well.
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Flisey 4 years ago
In NZ we got the Good Night Kiwi. He would turn off the camera, ride an elevator to the top of the broadcasting tower and snuggle up with his cat ^_^
De Gueb 4 years ago
In spain we had "Casimiro" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfQ71hMr_k
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Dodo 4 years ago
And in the UK we had that test card with the little girl and the scary-ass clown thing
Rebecca Surette 4 years ago
Two of our three channels showed us jets flying with the National Anthem, THEN that.
MellonCollie 4 years ago
Face masks with this design were a hit in my village among the 40+. Kids were all flabbergasted why me and my 'old' friends thought it was so funny.
Michelle Line 4 years ago
What about "It's 10 pm. Parents, do you know where your children are?"
Origami Chik3n 4 years ago
Late at night? When i was a kid, the channels had a break during noon hours too.
Casey Ironmonger 4 years ago
Yes, I remember that too haha! We got our first TV in 1959 but I didn't see the "test pattern" until later, cos I was too young to stay up until ... late.
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Princezz Puffypants 2 years ago
A lot of channels would play the national anthem (in the US), with a video of a waving flag. Then the screen would go to fuzz
Sophia Avelin (C10) 3 years ago (edited)
i dont watch tv anymore but i remember the joy of being up to see the station close cus it means I got to stay up late as a kid.. do tv stations still close or do they run 24 hrs?
Janet Graham 3 years ago
When they fired back up in the morning; nice music, station sign-on info, Star Spangled Banner, and a flag raising!
Janet Graham 3 years ago
One of our channels showed the American Flag. One had this in black and white, one had the clapper thing like when ending a scene, and the fourth channel had kind of a big c in black and white
Elizabeth Bass 3 years ago
I remember not knowing about this and trying to sneak to watch TV and the rainbow bars and test tone scared me so bad. And even if I had managed to escape back to my bedroom and lie my butt off the after glow of the TV would have given me away
Louise Sumrell 3 years ago
We had three channels that shut down at midnight. One channel had a late show on Saturday night, usually consisting of a Hammer Productions vampire movie.
Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
We had the national anthem before sign off, then a black and white test pattern. A great Indian in full headdress image was in the center circle. What is test pattern my LED friends ask? It was an image projected on the screen you could use to adjust the cathode ray tube guns for the best picture. The old tubes were high voltage; not a task for the faint of heart.
christine buckley 3 years ago
In the 50s it was usually a brief announcement followed by w picture of the flag with the national anthem played.
Wendy Neumeyer 4 years ago
That's pretty elaborate compared to the teleprompter I grew up with. A flag accompanied by the Star Spangled Banner then then the colored vertical stripes with a black bar at the bottom right after late night TV, which for me was Monty Python, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, and Midnight Special... and eventually Saturday Night Live. #70's, # after Johnny, #nightowl.
Wendy Neumeyer 4 years ago
That's pretty elaborate compared to the teleprompter I grew up with. A flag accompanied by the Star Spangled Banner then this.
Marsha Cain 4 years ago
National Anthem, weird picture for a bit, then snow, on all 3 channels.
Lorna Skinner Emmons 4 years ago
PBS channel had a cool sign off. I can even remember how amazed I was when that stopped
Catastrophe555 4 years ago
Ours always went to a plain color striped screen and played a continuous beep. So we'd turn it off, cause that was annoying.
Holvnn Olive Ntivuguruzwa 4 years ago
For my country it was until 2006 that national television which was the only broadcast television, started to work 24hr...
Moborox Jones 4 years ago
If I saw that now I would assume we were headed towards the apocalypse
Tracy Owens 4 years ago
Yep, and sometimes they played God Save the Queen, our national anthem at the time
Michael Isaacs 4 years ago
PSAs, the Star Spangled Banner with patriotic film, and then the test pattern and signal (beeeeep)
Alison Paget 4 years ago
I remember the test card before this, a monochrome one, and having only one channel.
Shirley Heyn 4 years ago
My station showed a flag while playing the National anthem before the B&W (before color TV) station's call letters and an annoying long beeeeeep so you would shut it off.
R De Backer 4 years ago
Back then household appliances were still fixed when broken. My father was in TV repair and used that image to finetune the colourscheme, brightness etc of the TV for the client.
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
The heading should read "Up Through and Into the 80's" because stations would just turn the transmitter off after a rousing rendition of the National Anthem.
Christine Ladyman 4 years ago
We had the Epilogue first,,, words of wisdom from a clergyman!!!
Dale Lambers 4 years ago
Test pattern, my dad used to use it to align cathode ray picture tubes.
MAKtheknife 4 years ago
I hate to say this, but I remember something like this from the '50s, only they had no color.
Baali Venomax 4 years ago
You were lucky if you got the test card. Sometimes we just got snow.
Leslie Simpson 4 years ago
Dish satellite now does tower checks and it's pretty much this, channel off air and they do different checks and sometimes it talks...so it's baaaack
Holly McGuire 4 years ago
Except on weekends, on weekends we got RAGE! RAGE! RAGE! Ra-Ra-Rage!
Whawhawhatsis 4 years ago
That's a lot fancier than what we got! We got just vertical strips of color, about 10 or 12 that filled the screen!
Racheal Birdsong-Bradley 4 years ago
So, not everyone's Grandma paid for them to have cable TV back then? Damn, I was spoiled!
Matt Hollis 4 years ago
What about the girl with the creepy balloon man when TV ended, might be just the UK lol TEST-CARD-...525c6b.jpg 
Debbie Burton 4 years ago
My daughter (born in 1980) didnt know this until we moved from Brisbane to Perth and she thought she had broken Channel 10 hahahahaha
Alice Teasdale 4 years ago
When I was a kid in the eighties, we had to ask our parents what their favourite TV show was. My Dad said "the ABC Test Pattern"
Ivan Campos 4 years ago
When I was a kid there was a TV channel with a scary "ending video" that I was afraid of. It had tje Falcon movie theme song and some weird drawings of a satellite sending the TV signal all over the country, but seemed more a pea can or a watering can. You can check this preciosity here: https://youtu.be/lePTHbNuTr4
Phil Green 4 years ago
In the 70s and before, BBC played the National Anthem before shutting down at 2300.
Carol Vasbinder 4 years ago
No, first they played some random air force video. Then it all shut down and we were done until morning.
Aunt Sherry 4 years ago
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...." Always loved this sign-off.
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Mikael Högfors 4 years ago
In Sweden it was called "the War of the Ants", that strange black and white blur that appeared late at night.
Cip IESAN 4 years ago
In Romania, in the 80's, we had only 2-3 hours of TV per day (5 hours Saturdays and Sundays, when we could watch Dallas or Mannix, Kojak, Colombo, one episode per week etc.), communist propaganda featuring Ceausescu. Now, we have at least 100 channels, but there are 7 years since I watched TV for the last time...
Jessica Cifelli 4 years ago
This looks like the count down clock for YouTube videos getting ready to premiere
Teresa Simmons 4 years ago
Where is the Indian one? On english TV in Okinawa back in the 1960's they played the Air Force Blues before going off air.
Cray Melton 4 years ago
We got Ray Charles singing "America the Beautiful'' before the pattern. At one time it was a Native American.
Cray Melton 4 years ago
...instead of the graphics. (Still written poorly)
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mcborge1 4 years ago
This was the one most brits saw back in the day. :) test-card-...9ae5d1.jpg 
Happiness is Hippo 4 years ago
That little girl looks like she knows something - hopefully it doesn't involve the clown
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Mirva Rahunen 4 years ago
I live in Finland and I have this channel called test channel and there is this test screen. I love it!
Glen McMurray 4 years ago
Except late on Saturday night, which was really Sunday morning and you got a church service on some channels
#20
70's Kids Checking In
#21
Well, This Is The New Metric For How Old We Are, I Guess
Danish Dynomummy 4 years ago
My Kids freak out every time I tell them I wasn't born in this Millennium
#22
Stolen From Facebook
#23
Phoebe’s Baby Is A College Grad
S. Tor Storm 4 years ago (edited)
hahaha, I actually thought to myself: wow, she actually kept in touch with him even tho it wasn't her baby?
#24
Was It A Nokia Or A Razr You Had?
Michelle M 4 years ago (edited)
I had a Nokia c2 when I was 10 or 11. Used to feel quite smug typing fast without looking at the keyboard.
#25
We All Knew This Day Would Come
#27
Anyone Else??
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
And then you go to the actual store and those young whippersnappers rearranged it again.
#28
An Ancient Artifact From A More Civilized Time
#29
Pretty Much!
MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago
oh crap, i totally have such location in my home town, the realization hit me like ton of brick
#30
Old School Uncool
#31
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....
#32
I Was 20 When It Aired And God, Do I Still Feel Old....
#33
Good Morning
MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago
me, 35, in march 2021 : for vaccination too young, for gynecologist 'geriatric' :D
#34
Afv Anyone?
David Shoemaker 4 years ago
The American bashing on this site seems to be a hobby for a lot of people.
#35
After 9 And On The Weekends Plus $.10 Texts
#36
Pink Floyd::pride
#37
This Cut Me Deep
#38
Never Failed
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
I use to have a fake 8 track player to fool my car into playing cassettes. In 1992.
#39
That's Relatable
#40
Internet Is For The 1 Percenters
#41
That Moment...
Casey McAlister 4 years ago
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.
#43
Anyone Else Unable To Resist The Urge To Touch It When It Was Red Hot? Just Once, Of Course?
#44
This One Hurt
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
Expecting stairway to heaven and get teenage dirtbag.
#46
I’m Officially Old
#47
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
Irina Deneva-Slav 4 years ago
To cushion the blow, pine trees grow quickly. Ours went from 1 foot to 10 feet in less than 10 years.
#48
Kurt Cobain’s Daughter Is Now Older Than He Was At The Time Of His Death. She’s 28, He Died At 27
#49
Does Anybody Else Remember These Lift-Top Beasts?
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
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.
#50
Who Remembers These Scratch And Sniff Stickers... I Got The Pickle One Once In 1985 I Remember (First Year Of School)
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
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.
#51
Found In The Attic…
#53
We Are Now As Far From The 80, As The 80' Was From The 1940's
Groundcontroltomajortom 4 years ago
Breakfast club! Watched this in secondary school drama class (UK) changed my life!
#54
My High School Class Yearbook Is Now On Display At The County Historical Museum. I’m 42
Milan 4 years ago (edited)
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 ☺️
#55
F**k He’s Right
#56
This Is Over 20 Years Ago
#57
This Is True
Karl Baxter 4 years ago
I’ve got one in the attic - still play the odd game of Invisible Tank Pong for old times sake
#58
In The Simpsons Episode Where Lisa Is Shown Her Future, The Future Is 2010
#59
20 Years Down The Memory Lane
#60
What's The Time? Let Me Check My Swatch, The Ultimate 80's Watch!
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
My Swatch is one where if you tap the "glass", bunnies rotate to ....interesting positions! It's worth over a thousand now!
#61
My, How Time Flies
Michelle M 4 years ago
Bartender: 'Wait. That was when I got married. Wasn't that 11 years ago?'
#62
Roll Up Your Puffy Sleeves!
#63
Tommy Lee Jones Is 75
#64
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
#65
We All Have, Buddy
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
I used to love that show. Now I think "why" lol. The acting was so bad.
#66
A Working Phone Booth!?!
#67
...and It Was Usually Followed By Hee-Haw
#68
Car Cassette Adaptor
#69
Cole Sprouse Who Played Ross's Son On Friends Is Now The Same Age As David Schwimmer When He Played His Dad
#70
Terminator 2 Is 30 Years Old This Year!
#71
Whoa
#72
I'll Just Leave This Here
#73
Ralph Macchio Is Currently 59. Pat Morita Was 51 When ‘The Karate Kid’ Came Out
#74
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
#75
That 70s Show Was Made Longer Ago Than The Difference From When It Was Set
#76
The Infant (Played By Sophia Coppola) That Was Baptized In "The Godfather", Turns 50yo Next Year
Michelle M 4 years ago
I'm not proud to say that I've never watched The godfather. But I love me some Robert De Niro.
#77
I've Carried The Same Umbrella In My Car For 26 Years. It Was A Baseball "Umbrella Night" Giveaway In 1995
Persp Gold 4 years ago
This actually goes with the theme of the thread and people are being rude
#78
Bindi Irwin, The Late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwins Daughter
#79
Ah, The Golden Era Of Gaming!
#80
Joe Biden Is So Old, The First Time He Ran For President, If He Would've Won He Would Have Succeeded Ronald Reagan
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
You might say he had to BIDE his time for quite a while before he finally got the job. ...I'll show myself out.
#81
Today 21 Years Ago The Real Slim Shady Lp Came Out. I’m Old!
#82
Johnny Knoxville Is 50
#83
This Hurts
#84
Pain
#85
“Mclovin” From Superbad Turns 40 Today
#86
Kurt Loder Is 74
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Mark Fuller 4 years ago
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!
Michael Se 4 years ago
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.
Ivy la Sangrienta 4 years ago
Wait, what other kind of pumps are there?!!
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Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
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!
April Caron 4 years ago (edited)
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!)
DuchessDegu 4 years ago
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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Caroline Overill 4 years ago
You know you're old when an actor you had a crush on is advertising stair lifts.
BoredHuman 4 years ago (edited)
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.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
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)
Seanette Blaylock 4 years ago
I got my first communication from them at 28 (somehow, they knew when I saw that first gray hair....)
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Aaron Burgoyne 4 years ago
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."
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
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
Chassi 4 years ago
We just called our parents and their friends dinosaurs or old as dirt.
Load More Replies... Michelle M 4 years ago (edited)
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.
RandomBeing 4 years ago
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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Emily Fowler 4 years ago
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?
Notnow 3 years ago
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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Monte Larson 4 years ago
My granddaughter's collection of historical coins includes anything before 1995. 🤣
Sarah Runyon 4 years ago
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.
Charles Bosse 4 years ago
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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Jennifer DeFillippo 4 years ago
71yo now...and so many memories I can't even begin.... it's almost my bedtime and I haven't even had supper yet!
not your average weirdo 4 years ago
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.
Robin DJW 4 years ago
You know you are old when you recall that the neighborhood dogs all ran around together. We did not even on a leash (lead).
Notnow 3 years ago
And they could poop anywhere and nobody bitched about it. Yeah! Oh wait I forgot *****.
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TJ Wilkins 3 years ago
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
AzKhaleesi 4 years ago
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.
Diane Aguilar 4 years ago
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.
Ray Martin 4 years ago
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.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
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
Tina Hugh 4 years ago
I have never been so old in my entire life, so I feel you.
Load More Replies... RandomBeing 4 years ago
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.
classbag 4 years ago
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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Cathy Hurd 3 years ago
I remember when I was about 12 figuring out hold old I would turn in 2000. "43? I'll never be that old"
Benjamin Strydom 4 years ago
I think when I started looking at the expiry date before I buy a bread...that was a dead giveaway
Mark Morey 3 years ago
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.
Himory TheDreamer 3 years ago
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.
TJ Wilkins 3 years ago
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
Marla Anderson 4 years ago
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!!
AngelWingsYT 4 years ago
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"
AngelWingsYT 4 years ago
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
Lilly Amadu 4 years ago
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.
-logansucrose- (he/him) 4 years ago
they made me feel old and im 15. the fact i knew what most of these were-
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Lia Hamada 3 years ago
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.
Laura Osborne 4 years ago
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!
Jaice Terry 4 years ago
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?
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
I feel so old now. Can somebody hand me my zimmer frame and a packet of ibuprofen please?
Mark Fuller 4 years ago
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!
Michael Se 4 years ago
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.
Ivy la Sangrienta 4 years ago
Wait, what other kind of pumps are there?!!
Load More Replies... Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
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!
April Caron 4 years ago (edited)
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!)
DuchessDegu 4 years ago
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... Caroline Overill 4 years ago
You know you're old when an actor you had a crush on is advertising stair lifts.
BoredHuman 4 years ago (edited)
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.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
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)
Seanette Blaylock 4 years ago
I got my first communication from them at 28 (somehow, they knew when I saw that first gray hair....)
Load More Replies... Aaron Burgoyne 4 years ago
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."
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
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
Chassi 4 years ago
We just called our parents and their friends dinosaurs or old as dirt.
Load More Replies... Michelle M 4 years ago (edited)
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.
RandomBeing 4 years ago
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... Emily Fowler 4 years ago
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?
Notnow 3 years ago
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... Monte Larson 4 years ago
My granddaughter's collection of historical coins includes anything before 1995. 🤣
Sarah Runyon 4 years ago
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.
Charles Bosse 4 years ago
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... Jennifer DeFillippo 4 years ago
71yo now...and so many memories I can't even begin.... it's almost my bedtime and I haven't even had supper yet!
not your average weirdo 4 years ago
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.
Robin DJW 4 years ago
You know you are old when you recall that the neighborhood dogs all ran around together. We did not even on a leash (lead).
Notnow 3 years ago
And they could poop anywhere and nobody bitched about it. Yeah! Oh wait I forgot *****.
Load More Replies... TJ Wilkins 3 years ago
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
AzKhaleesi 4 years ago
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.
Diane Aguilar 4 years ago
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.
Ray Martin 4 years ago
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.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
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
Tina Hugh 4 years ago
I have never been so old in my entire life, so I feel you.
Load More Replies... RandomBeing 4 years ago
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.
classbag 4 years ago
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... Cathy Hurd 3 years ago
I remember when I was about 12 figuring out hold old I would turn in 2000. "43? I'll never be that old"
Benjamin Strydom 4 years ago
I think when I started looking at the expiry date before I buy a bread...that was a dead giveaway
Mark Morey 3 years ago
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.
Himory TheDreamer 3 years ago
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.
TJ Wilkins 3 years ago
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
Marla Anderson 4 years ago
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!!
AngelWingsYT 4 years ago
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"
AngelWingsYT 4 years ago
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
Lilly Amadu 4 years ago
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.
-logansucrose- (he/him) 4 years ago
they made me feel old and im 15. the fact i knew what most of these were-
Load More Replies... Lia Hamada 3 years ago
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.
Laura Osborne 4 years ago
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!
Jaice Terry 4 years ago
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?
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
I feel so old now. Can somebody hand me my zimmer frame and a packet of ibuprofen please?
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