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As you're growing up, politicians, teachers, and pretty much everyone around you keep repeating that you are the future of this world. The person who will shape the way it looks tomorrow. But before you can take it all in, it's already the day after, the echo of those words has faded, and the only thing you're left with is that annoying back pain that doesn't go away no matter what mobility exercise you're doing.

But don't worry, this realization is part of maturity. To make it easier to accept, the subreddit 'Heck I'm Old' shares posts from people who are in the same position and choose to reminisce with smiles and giggles. So let's scroll through what they have to offer and maybe, just maybe, knowing that the past is still alive in our collective memory is exactly what we need to feel better about our wrinkles and graying hair.

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Who Is Old Enough To Remember All Of These?

Who Is Old Enough To Remember All Of These?

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Savahax
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you've got kids, get them this. It's one of the things that got me fascinated about shapes and patterns

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I Feel Personally Attacked

I Feel Personally Attacked

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Mike F
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I hear about someone doing those things it's while reading their obit.

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While the inevitable passage of time certainly takes a lot of things away from us, it does provide quite a few as well. One of its most important contributions is to the way we feel.

Positive and negative affects (mood) seem to operate independently of each other: you can have a lot or a little of either or both.

"High affect" people score above average on both positive and negative mood levels, while "low affect" people score less on both.

No matter which type you start out with, you can expect your affect levels to change in a favorable trajectory over the course of your life.


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Nuff Said

Nuff Said

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Shelli Aderman
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Billy Jean is not my lover and the CHAIR is not my son!” This lived in my brain for far too long! 🤣

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Let's Start Telling It Without Telling Your Age LOL Let's Who Will Win

Let's Start Telling It Without Telling Your Age LOL Let's Who Will Win

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According to research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, both men and women see an increase in positive affect as they get older (women, in particular, see a greater and accelerating increase).

On average, negative affect does not change for women predictably with age, but it decreases for aging men (with the caveat that the decrease is more pronounced for married men; for unmarried men, negative affect is elevated at every stage of life).

#8

If You Can Tell What This Is, You Might Be Old

If You Can Tell What This Is, You Might Be Old

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Many theories have been proposed for why this happens. But a 2013 review of research indicates that older people develop at least three distinct emotional skills: 1) they react less to negative situations, 2) they are better at ignoring irrelevant negative stimuli than they were when younger, and 3) they remember more positive than negative information.

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Basically, it's like knowing your negative emotions won’t last so you disregard them when they do arise and get a head start on the good feelings.

#9

You May Be Old, But Are You This Old?

You May Be Old, But Are You This Old?

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Scott Rackley
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone's fancy with their wall phone. Mamaw had a desk telephone you could use as a weapon.

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#10

You’re Old, But Are You This Old?

You’re Old, But Are You This Old?

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#12

Some Of You Can “Feel” This Door In Your Mind

Some Of You Can “Feel” This Door In Your Mind

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Jeff Gabrisl
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pfft, please, that belongs to a 4 door. Only us real ones know the weight of a 2 door, the door was taller than you and weighed more than the engine....

Heather Atwood
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'76 Oldsmobile Cutlass! Driving that was literally like being the captain of a ship!

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T'Mar of Vulcan
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An Uber driver once said to me, "Why do women always slam the car doors?!!" Because we grew up during the time when it was so heavy that if you didn't slam it, it didn't close.

Id row
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The heaviest doors I ever had on a car was from an '81 Trans Am. The hinges were actually effected because the doors were so heavy. All the weight was in the front and it was rear wheel drive. The tires just spun as soon as the road got wet. Really bad design on that car all around, but it looked cool.

Bec
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! My brother had a 70s muscle car and had some girls riding with him once. They weren't going far so one girl was sitting on the others lap in his passenger seat. He warned them the doors were heavy but I guess they still didn't close it hard enough to properly shut it and they almost spilled out when he went around a sharp corner! It had cool T-Tops and an aftermarket stereo that he put in himself

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Pernille
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up with a Citrôen Dyane, it had doors made of sheet metal with cardboard filling, it was hung with rubber hinges, and if you slammed the door the bottom would fall out, or the roof would get another crack. I loved that car...

Stephanie Did It
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Kids, you better not be messing with that cigarette lighter back there!"

Midwest Mike
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HA!!! I have a 2012 VW EOS.....The Doors weigh as much as most small cars!!! This lives on in the not too long ago past current future!!! But yes....as someone who had a 78 Mercury Cougar (aka "The Car that thinks its a house")....this is not too far off!!!

Dawnieangel76
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Grampa only drove luxury cars. My chubby child fingers were slammed into these doors by my impatient mother so many times, I don't know how I still have them!

Cydney Golden
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cadillac sedan door almost closed on my ankle, could barely walk for weeks.

R.A. Haley
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My folks had a '71 Chevy Kingswood station wagon that could carry the car I'm driving now strapped to the luggage rack.

MsPlants
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

dont forget the ashtray in the door that you would stick your gum into as a kid then get yelled at when your parent went to go use it as an ashtray lol

Andy Frobig
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had Toyotas and Volkswagens, so I only had to deal with this when I got a ride

The Shark
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 2017 Civic Si coupe's doors weighed more than I do! They also would close on you without warning-- my shins were bruised from that thing more often than not. Definitely not exclusive to older cars...

Nimitz
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, remember when manufacturers built 2,000 kg cars cause steel was cheap, then bitched about having to improve fuel standards? MAGA started with Joe McCarthy and just got worse from there

Mario Clouâtre
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They didn't had "finger protections" either. Better watch out where your hand was when dad shut the door.

Min
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can hear the sound of flicking that ashtray open and closed out of boredom when I look at that photo.

Dick Fint
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First car. 67 Caddy Coupe DeVille. Had the 429 in it, so it wasn't as thirsty as the newer ones from the mid 70's. Got about 11 mpg. You couldn't park in the lined spaces parking lots unless you got an end spot because you couldn't open the doors enough for people to get out of the back seat! And if the door was open all the way, you had to lean out of the car to grab the handle to close it.

Biofish23
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom accidentally slammed my fingers in that door -it was even that shade of green- when I was 5 or so.

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Arthur Brooks, who is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness, thinks that when we're talking about growing old, we also have to mention changes in personality.

"Personality is generally separated by psychologists into five parts: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism," Brooks writes, discussing a paper by two researchers in which they summarized ... a voluminous literature on how these dimensions of personality change as we move from childhood to old age.

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How Many Of You ‘70s Kids Can Feel This Picture?

How Many Of You ‘70s Kids Can Feel This Picture?

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Lost Panda
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not a 70s kid, but yes... Just because it wasn't red did not mean it wasn't hot

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"Some of the changes are not necessarily either good or bad. For example, people tend to become less gregarious after their mid-50s; they become more assertive from adolescence through their mid-30s and stay at this higher level; their openness to experience rises into early adulthood, stabilizes, and falls after their mid-50s."

But other changes are unambiguously positive. "Agreeableness tends to rise throughout adulthood, probably as we see its benefits and establish more emotional equanimity," Brooks adds. "Neuroticism usually falls, at least until one’s late 60s. And conscientiousness rises continuously. If you follow the typical development, you can expect to be nicer and kinder, and less depressed and anxious, when you are old."

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#19

This Always Seemed To Appear On My Parents Coffee Table Between Thanksgiving & Christmas

This Always Seemed To Appear On My Parents Coffee Table Between Thanksgiving & Christmas

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Who Remembers Changing A Channel By Turning The Knob

Who Remembers Changing A Channel By Turning The Knob

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Our self-esteem also tends to rise as we move through adulthood, all the way to age 60.

It usually stays at a high level until about 70, then slightly declines. This last downward section could be connected to the accumulating death toll of elderly friends and spouses, but even so, we can expect it to be better at age 80 than 30.

#21

I Loved These And Used To Read Them At The Dentist's Office. It Was Standard Waiting Room Stuff For Kids

I Loved These And Used To Read Them At The Dentist's Office. It Was Standard Waiting Room Stuff For Kids

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#22

If You Remember Seeing This Machine You're Pretty Old

If You Remember Seeing This Machine You're Pretty Old

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Midwest Mike
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And getting them as a kid for your parents/grandparents and NO ONE CARED!!!

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#24

Who Dares To Admit That They Liked These Guys?

Who Dares To Admit That They Liked These Guys?

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So now that you know things are likely to get better as you age, we invite you to dive deeper into 'Heck I'm Old' and fire up our earlier publications on the subreddit 50 Painfully Funny Pics Of People Who Are Getting Old Faster Than They Expected and 40 Funny Posts Of People Grasping The Reality That They’re Old Now.

#25

Anyone Else Grow Up With These?

Anyone Else Grow Up With These?

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Savahax
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother had a rotan fetish for a while. The whole house was so damn noisy

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#26

I Bet Future Generations Won't Understand This Immensely Frustrating Experience At All

I Bet Future Generations Won't Understand This Immensely Frustrating Experience At All

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Did Anyone Else Sleep In One Of These? I Think I Would Have To Be Helped Out Of It Today

Did Anyone Else Sleep In One Of These? I Think I Would Have To Be Helped Out Of It Today

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Mike F
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had sex on one a handful of times. Odd experience, you just had to get started and the tide took care of the rest, lol.

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#30

Really I'm Old Enough ,who's With Me

Really I'm Old Enough ,who's With Me

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Flopsy
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I even remember how mind blown I was when I saw my first cd and realised you can just skip songs easily.

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#33

These Guys Were The Best -

These Guys Were The Best -

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Bill Swallow
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, but how many of you remember 'Spy vs Spy vs Spy', with the lady Grey Spy playing Black and White off against each othet?

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#34

Dont Even Try To Tell Me You Dont Know These

Dont Even Try To Tell Me You Dont Know These

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JimSteve
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*Gasps in recognition* *Pulls out those exact pots out of kitchen drawer*

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#35

Who Had One Of These?

Who Had One Of These?

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Mike F
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only handy for parking meter change. It didn't matter if it took you 5 or so minutes to dig that damned quarter out.

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#37

I See Your "Tales From The Crypt," And Raise You Elvira

I See Your "Tales From The Crypt," And Raise You Elvira

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I’ll See Your Paddle Ball And Raise You A Cheap Airplane

I’ll See Your Paddle Ball And Raise You A Cheap Airplane

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#39

Could This Movie Be Made Today?

Could This Movie Be Made Today?

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Who Was Around When These Two Became Famous And Then Infamous?

Who Was Around When These Two Became Famous And Then Infamous?

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#41

This Is What 30 Year Olds Looked Like In The 80s

This Is What 30 Year Olds Looked Like In The 80s

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#43

If This Was Your First Live Action Joker, You're Old

If This Was Your First Live Action Joker, You're Old

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If You Remember This Boat

If You Remember This Boat

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#46

Did You Ever Win Anything Other Than A Free Pop?

Did You Ever Win Anything Other Than A Free Pop?

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Carl Roberts
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today: Please enter your email, phone number, Facebook, Twitter, social security number and name of first born child, and you might win a free Pepsi.

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#47

Are You Old Enough To Remember When Wendys Had Cool Old Fashion Tables?

Are You Old Enough To Remember When Wendys Had Cool Old Fashion Tables?

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Mike F
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reading material so you didn't have to listen to MIL blathering on.

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#48

The Golden Age Of Education

The Golden Age Of Education

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#50

It Really Wasn't Difficult

It Really Wasn't Difficult

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Maggz Bennett
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have young people really never heard of maps?? What do they do in geography classes, it can't all be oxbow lakes and types of rock.

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