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We all like to think that age is just a number. And it kinda works until you come across a relic from the old times. Your heart starts pumping, and you gotta tell yourself "I ain’t a kid no more."
So when someone started the "I’m this old" Twitter challenge, it blew up in an instant. People started sharing pictures of old-school stuff that best represents how old they’ve gotten. From Myspace accounts and floppy disks to Accelerated Reader and Yogos Bits, there’s a relatable thing for virtually everyone. So let’s go down memory lane, where everything feels so much more recent than it actually is.
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Ring-Toss
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Old School Image Projectors
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CD Collection
If any of these objects seem familiar, there’s a great chance you belong to the millennial generation, which covers anyone born from 1981 to 1996. That being said, the youngest millennials are now fully-grown adults. That means we can clearly spot the generational differences in comparison to to Generation X (born from 1965-1980) and baby boomers (born from 1946-1964).
According to Pew Research Center, millennials make up the 2nd largest generation in the US electorate, “a fact that continues to shape the country’s politics given their Democratic leanings when compared with older generations.” In general, this demographic group is “more educated but there’s a sharp economical divide between those with a college education and those without it.”
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Class Journals
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Minesweeper
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
Apparently, whatever your first choice was, it was never a mine. Never realised that. Just thought I was always lucky.
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School Stuff
To compare with their predecessors, millennials tend to be more conscious about their health and general well-being. A 2013 Aetna poll showed that “baby boomers were likely to define 'healthy' as not falling sick.” Meanwhile, millennials consider healthy eating habits and physical activity as the definitions of healthy. That explains why we have seen such a rise in food preferences like vegan, gluten-free, organic, and other natural alternatives.
On the other hand, there’s a steady tendency of decline in millennial homeownership. Business Insider suggests that this is due to the fact that as a whole “they have less money than their parents did at the same age.” According to this report titled “Are Millennials Different?” by The Federal Reserve: millennials have lower earnings, fewer assets, and less wealth compared to baby boomers.
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Car Radio With Removable Front Piece
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VHS collection
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Etch-A-Sketch
thee1nonlykRiS 4 years ago
Some ppl have mad skills on these things! It blows my mind. I could barely make anything recognizable! haha
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Watching Movies On VHS
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Can Phone
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Cassette Adaptors
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TV/Game Computer Switch
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Laser Pointers
varwenea 4 years ago
Laser pointer with different tips to create different looks. High tech. 😉
Jody Brown 4 years ago
Thank you, varwenea! I'm old enough, but hadn't ever seen this.
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Lorrie Finley 4 years ago
Thinking the exact same thing, Bettye! Could keep her entertained forever!
thee1nonlykRiS 4 years ago
I don't really consider this old bc I recently purchased 1 for my kids to use playing with our kitten with it. Though it did NOT have all the different little interchangeable lenses in the package like we use to have.
Jessie Drummond 4 years ago (edited)
HAHAHA looked like a fancy tampon set to me...collector’s edition or something 🤣😂
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Can’t have these anymore unless they are less than 1 milliwatt as they are illegal in Australia.
Alan Ersen 4 years ago
Well, I hate to tell you this, but they still sell them, they aren't obsolete yet.
Kathi Keegan Chang 4 years ago
"High Tech" indicates I"m far older than I thought...... oy......
Claire Armstrong 4 years ago
Wow! Haven't seen one of these in years lol! Kids nowadays wouldn't be interested in this - it's not powerful enough to bring down a plane!! Do I think young people today are going down the drain, no, no, no, not me, never (said very tongue in cheek lol)
Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
Laser pointer, each cap featured a different pattern.
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Bernadette Circle 4 years ago
The shapes for these laser pointers were pretty lame. Star, smiley, X-mas tree, heart,etc... The straight pointer was all that was ever needed
Sharon Hahn 4 years ago
Have one for my cat, has 5 different shapes but she still favors just the one round one.
Mangle the Fox 4 years ago
used this to get my cat to exercise - she spun in circles for like 5 minutes. my bro and I had a ball with that.
Lorrie Finley 4 years ago
One of the best exercises for overweight cats. They can't resist. (Not implying anything here)
Kai Grieb 4 years ago
Get your mind out of the gutter! It’s a laser pointer with interchangeable lenses for different shapes.
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Practical Jokes
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Lite-Brite
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Movie Classics
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Tetherball
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Pogs
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So Old School It's Vintage
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Cherry Bombs
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Skydancer Barbie
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Robo Pets
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Juice Bars
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Cheating Prevention
PotterHead 4 years ago
I had to use these when I was in 1st-3rd grade and i´m 13. They may be old but their still in use today so...
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Colorful Macs
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Golden Oldies
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Ankle Skipper
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Path of Totality 4 years ago
Same, I'm 14 and came to see the things I wouldn't recognize. The vast majority I do.
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Elsahthescienceguy 4 years ago
I’m turning thirteen in seven days, and I remember most of these
CbusResident 4 years ago (edited)
Well kids and teens, that's b/c a lot of these 20-somethings on here are pointing to things from their fairly recent childhood and saying they're 'old', when they're actually not old yet. I'm 36, so not that old either. I'm actually old enough that there were probably some things from my childhood in the '80s and '90s which you kids these days wouldn't recognize. But, unlike the 20-somethings on here, I realize I can't really claim to be old yet, I have to wait my turn on that. Waiting until it's properly your turn to claim something is the sort of thing a lot of the younger Millennials and Gen-Z people refuse to do, even in a context like claiming to have a lot of life experience. Ironically, you'll sound less immature than them if you have the patience to not claim to be old before you are.
SuavePotato 4 years ago
Yeah. yeah. I do remember most of these and being confused because I'm 14, I'm not that old? Mdr.
Ruth oro 4 years ago
Wow, I seriously didn't realize people this young browsed bored panda! 😊 I figured you would be on insta/chat or something, good on you!!
Path of Totality 4 years ago (edited)
I actually first made a BP account when I was eight! That said, I don't have Instagram or anything, but I don't really have an issue with it.
Ben Steinberg 4 years ago
Ah, this takes me back. Who remembers using these? hand-axe-5...777a0d.jpg 
Leslie K Von Dell 4 years ago
Oh yea, I remember those.... didn't they sorta fall outta favor about the time that round thing popped up, you know, some guy had it and called it a "wheel"?
2WheelTravlr 4 years ago
Me too. I remember when we sold our huge console b&w tv at a garage sale, then dad brought home the shiny new (tiny) Sony color tv.
John Baker 4 years ago
Me too. We had a TV very much like this one when I was a kid. We didn't get a color TV 'till around 1965, because the old man said he wasn't buying one until they had square screens. ;-)
CbusResident 4 years ago (edited)
"Omg, I'm so old I remember my little kid toys from 2007!!" - Look, I'm 36, older than a lot of people on here talking about how 'old' they are, but I admit that I'm not really that old yet. A lot of you little latter-Millennial and first wave 'Gen-Z' babies have a long, long way to go before you can talk about this stuff without sounding absurd to actual old people. I sort of do too. Let's be glad for that, enjoy it while it lasts.
Animal lover❤ 4 years ago
Easy there. The post just asked how old they are, the item didn't have to be very old.
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Katie and Jared Coates 4 years ago
Nah but it should be old. If someone posted Paw Patrol we'd all laugh
Ann Abdelzaher 4 years ago
I hear where you are coming from I am 43 so I remember a lot more of those things and had/have some of the original things.
Jodie Shepherd 4 years ago
I'm hearing you! I feel damn old right now... I'm 47 and don't feel old until I look at this stuff! I used to clock in to work with one of those things on the wall and use a card and get cash in pay packet. Where did the time go I ask you!!! haha
Jodie Shepherd 4 years ago
and I thought my friend who had VHS and Beta video players was so rich! we had neither. :)
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Same age as you and there's a lot more on here that are older than me. Remember doing math on an abacus because they wanted to make sure you knew how?
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
Cbus you are a millennial. The older millenials are about 39 right now. Most lists have millenials being born in '80 or '81.
CbusResident 4 years ago
Sarra R, I'm saying I'm NOT old and crotchety at 36, lol. I'm saying, my age, 36, distinctly ISN'T an older person's age. So therefore, people younger than me using the adjective 'old' to describe themselves?! Ha! Ridiculous!
Bellatrix Lestrange 4 years ago
Ok I'm a gen z and I have seen all of these in my life. It might have been that I went to a broke christian private school but these really arent all that old.
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
My brother had a bunch of these books. I stuck to Calvin and Hobbes.
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SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
New name for the thread lol: People in their 20's and 30's post nostalgic pictures, pretend that they're "old", and don't realize that 90% of the things are still in use, and kids still know about most of the rest of the stuff haha. Also do people know that gen z started in the mid to late 90's, so many of the older gen zers grew up with millennials and in the 90's?
Firework 4 years ago
Millennials started in the late 90s. A lot of gen-z people aren't even adults yet.
Load More Replies... SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
Uh...no? Where did you get that information? Pew Research Center defines the Millennial generation as 1981 through 1996. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/
Gail Nicholson 4 years ago
As a Gen-Xer I kind of resent photos and comments that suggest stuff I am perfectly familiar with from my childhood is a hallmark of the next generation! Hey, I'm not THAT old..! :P
Lea Springstead 4 years ago
"Millennials on Twitter post about how "old" they are" (except for the guy with the glass coke bottle)
Andreea Ionita 4 years ago
I'm 19 and seen it all. It took even 15 years for those things to get to eastern Europe.
it's me again 4 years ago
Meh. Most of these are not that old. Many are still in use & currently available today.
Dutch VanZandt 4 years ago
I liked/commented on all the ones I remember or actually used... I was a teen in the 80s, so I remember quite a few!
Samantha Melnychuk 3 years ago
I had all but #20 at some point, and I know about #20 because my grandma had the old containers from when she used them. Heck, I have one of her tins of "100% pure MSG" that's empty but is cool looking around here somewhere.
Reca Riley 4 years ago (edited)
I'm seeing most of these items for the first time and I'm an 80's baby. This is because most of these things did not come to my country and maybe shipping wasn't that prominent back then
Catherine Ard 4 years ago
I know all of these and i am 14, i remember going to my grandparents house and wanting to watch a movie but the VSH tapes were trouble to figure out
Mark Morey 4 years ago
These comments are comforting. I mean, I AM old but this stuff seems awfully recent.
Ann Abdelzaher 4 years ago
LOL is it bad that I look at some of those and am like that is way too new!
Katharine Lancaster 4 years ago
Popples. I had every single one. I also had all of the G.I. Joe action figures. That’s how old I am.
Bettina Jansen 4 years ago
a lot of this stuff is gen z stuff I believe (that's born i the 80's, right ?) so the title's bogus. Also, some of that stuff is typically american, rather than generational.
Sarah Luna 4 years ago
I haven't seen a single pack of "cigarette gum" since...never mind. ;-)
Carol Emory 4 years ago
What about these. I used to collect these in Middle School. SNS-sticke...28f083.jpg 
Elizabeth Gullett 4 years ago
Not sure I understand the competition for remembering the things that are unimportant.
Path of Totality 4 years ago
Same, I'm 14 and came to see the things I wouldn't recognize. The vast majority I do.
Load More Replies... Elsahthescienceguy 4 years ago
I’m turning thirteen in seven days, and I remember most of these
CbusResident 4 years ago (edited)
Well kids and teens, that's b/c a lot of these 20-somethings on here are pointing to things from their fairly recent childhood and saying they're 'old', when they're actually not old yet. I'm 36, so not that old either. I'm actually old enough that there were probably some things from my childhood in the '80s and '90s which you kids these days wouldn't recognize. But, unlike the 20-somethings on here, I realize I can't really claim to be old yet, I have to wait my turn on that. Waiting until it's properly your turn to claim something is the sort of thing a lot of the younger Millennials and Gen-Z people refuse to do, even in a context like claiming to have a lot of life experience. Ironically, you'll sound less immature than them if you have the patience to not claim to be old before you are.
SuavePotato 4 years ago
Yeah. yeah. I do remember most of these and being confused because I'm 14, I'm not that old? Mdr.
Ruth oro 4 years ago
Wow, I seriously didn't realize people this young browsed bored panda! 😊 I figured you would be on insta/chat or something, good on you!!
Path of Totality 4 years ago (edited)
I actually first made a BP account when I was eight! That said, I don't have Instagram or anything, but I don't really have an issue with it.
Ben Steinberg 4 years ago
Ah, this takes me back. Who remembers using these? hand-axe-5...777a0d.jpg
Leslie K Von Dell 4 years ago
Oh yea, I remember those.... didn't they sorta fall outta favor about the time that round thing popped up, you know, some guy had it and called it a "wheel"?
2WheelTravlr 4 years ago
Me too. I remember when we sold our huge console b&w tv at a garage sale, then dad brought home the shiny new (tiny) Sony color tv.
John Baker 4 years ago
Me too. We had a TV very much like this one when I was a kid. We didn't get a color TV 'till around 1965, because the old man said he wasn't buying one until they had square screens. ;-)
CbusResident 4 years ago (edited)
"Omg, I'm so old I remember my little kid toys from 2007!!" - Look, I'm 36, older than a lot of people on here talking about how 'old' they are, but I admit that I'm not really that old yet. A lot of you little latter-Millennial and first wave 'Gen-Z' babies have a long, long way to go before you can talk about this stuff without sounding absurd to actual old people. I sort of do too. Let's be glad for that, enjoy it while it lasts.
Animal lover❤ 4 years ago
Easy there. The post just asked how old they are, the item didn't have to be very old.
Load More Replies... Katie and Jared Coates 4 years ago
Nah but it should be old. If someone posted Paw Patrol we'd all laugh
Ann Abdelzaher 4 years ago
I hear where you are coming from I am 43 so I remember a lot more of those things and had/have some of the original things.
Jodie Shepherd 4 years ago
I'm hearing you! I feel damn old right now... I'm 47 and don't feel old until I look at this stuff! I used to clock in to work with one of those things on the wall and use a card and get cash in pay packet. Where did the time go I ask you!!! haha
Jodie Shepherd 4 years ago
and I thought my friend who had VHS and Beta video players was so rich! we had neither. :)
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Same age as you and there's a lot more on here that are older than me. Remember doing math on an abacus because they wanted to make sure you knew how?
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
Cbus you are a millennial. The older millenials are about 39 right now. Most lists have millenials being born in '80 or '81.
CbusResident 4 years ago
Sarra R, I'm saying I'm NOT old and crotchety at 36, lol. I'm saying, my age, 36, distinctly ISN'T an older person's age. So therefore, people younger than me using the adjective 'old' to describe themselves?! Ha! Ridiculous!
Bellatrix Lestrange 4 years ago
Ok I'm a gen z and I have seen all of these in my life. It might have been that I went to a broke christian private school but these really arent all that old.
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
My brother had a bunch of these books. I stuck to Calvin and Hobbes.
Load More Replies... SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
New name for the thread lol: People in their 20's and 30's post nostalgic pictures, pretend that they're "old", and don't realize that 90% of the things are still in use, and kids still know about most of the rest of the stuff haha. Also do people know that gen z started in the mid to late 90's, so many of the older gen zers grew up with millennials and in the 90's?
Firework 4 years ago
Millennials started in the late 90s. A lot of gen-z people aren't even adults yet.
Load More Replies... SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
Uh...no? Where did you get that information? Pew Research Center defines the Millennial generation as 1981 through 1996. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/
Gail Nicholson 4 years ago
As a Gen-Xer I kind of resent photos and comments that suggest stuff I am perfectly familiar with from my childhood is a hallmark of the next generation! Hey, I'm not THAT old..! :P
Lea Springstead 4 years ago
"Millennials on Twitter post about how "old" they are" (except for the guy with the glass coke bottle)
Andreea Ionita 4 years ago
I'm 19 and seen it all. It took even 15 years for those things to get to eastern Europe.
it's me again 4 years ago
Meh. Most of these are not that old. Many are still in use & currently available today.
Dutch VanZandt 4 years ago
I liked/commented on all the ones I remember or actually used... I was a teen in the 80s, so I remember quite a few!
Samantha Melnychuk 3 years ago
I had all but #20 at some point, and I know about #20 because my grandma had the old containers from when she used them. Heck, I have one of her tins of "100% pure MSG" that's empty but is cool looking around here somewhere.
Reca Riley 4 years ago (edited)
I'm seeing most of these items for the first time and I'm an 80's baby. This is because most of these things did not come to my country and maybe shipping wasn't that prominent back then
Catherine Ard 4 years ago
I know all of these and i am 14, i remember going to my grandparents house and wanting to watch a movie but the VSH tapes were trouble to figure out
Mark Morey 4 years ago
These comments are comforting. I mean, I AM old but this stuff seems awfully recent.
Ann Abdelzaher 4 years ago
LOL is it bad that I look at some of those and am like that is way too new!
Katharine Lancaster 4 years ago
Popples. I had every single one. I also had all of the G.I. Joe action figures. That’s how old I am.
Bettina Jansen 4 years ago
a lot of this stuff is gen z stuff I believe (that's born i the 80's, right ?) so the title's bogus. Also, some of that stuff is typically american, rather than generational.
Sarah Luna 4 years ago
I haven't seen a single pack of "cigarette gum" since...never mind. ;-)
Carol Emory 4 years ago
What about these. I used to collect these in Middle School. SNS-sticke...28f083.jpg
Elizabeth Gullett 4 years ago
Not sure I understand the competition for remembering the things that are unimportant.
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