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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
#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.
#4
I Remember!
#5
The Struggle Is Real
#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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 years ago
Well, they played a nifty tune first, and then some nice white noise to fall asleep to...
#20
70's Kids Checking In
#21
Well, This Is The New Metric For How Old We Are, I Guess
Danish Dynomummy 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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
R Carson 3 years ago
How about the ones before digital where the numbers were tabs hat flipped like calendar pages?
Yup 3 years ago
My father had one and I loved watching it flip. Simple times…
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Stefaan De Clerck 2 years ago
Same here: for more than 20 years. Still uses mine.
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Al Christensen 3 years ago
Oh yeah, I predate these. I've had them in some hotel rooms and it seems like about half the time a previous guest had set the alarm for 4:30 AM and I can't figure out how to turn it off.
Bobby Jean 3 years ago
Friend staying over was startled by that clock radio alarm... jumped up, grabbed both kids, screamed FIRE! 🔥 FIRE! 🔥 and ran for outside. Still groggy from sleep, I was 'let me turn off alarm, can't hear you.'
Glen McMurray 3 years ago
Still have one because I don’t want to leave my phone on. Too many notifications early in the morning. Plus you can wake up to radio!Win win
Caffeine72 3 years ago
Still have one! I sleep really deeply, so a phone alarm is never enough. I need something that sounds like Defcon 4.
andre urban 2 years ago
I liked the snooze button. You could punch it badly without damaging it. 👍🏻
jack Sigel 2 years ago
Still have it and why will it pull AM stations half way across country when my system in truck-Alpine and home Bose get 2 stations??
Ruth Fichter 3 years ago
Oh dear. I'm still using one quite like this in my bedroom. I'll show myself out....
Michelle Line 3 years ago
I was ecstatic when I got a clock with numbers that physically flipped, like an old Rolodex.
Bonnie Edwards 3 years ago
That auto setting is wonderful - until your neighbour goes on a 2 week holiday without turning it off, and the alarm beeps for hours.
Carolann Bennett 3 years ago
i still use one. My kids say "use your phone" but I can't see my phone without my glasses on. I love the big bright numbers.
Karen Clark 3 years ago
Oh god, yes. GE made it, and my husband and I got one as a wedding gift.
Lisa McKay 2 years ago
I think this was the only one that was made at the time. Complete with the dust and crumbs.
Featherytoad 2 years ago (edited)
I bought one off Ebay a few years back. It was the same one I had when I was like 13, not the same as above though. It was strictly a nostalgic purchase. It's in good condition and works fine.
Liz Hardee 2 years ago
That the same model I threw at my 2nd husband to shut him up. I didn't hit him. Just needed to make a point.
Mahogany Eclipse 2 years ago
Id like to smash all those stupid alarm clocks. F*****s don't stop beeping until you crush its soul 😅
Cathy Hurd 2 years ago
Mine wasn't digital, the numbers were on little plastic cards that flipped
Claire Law 2 years ago
I have 1 very simular and guess what, it still works. Don't make then like that anymore
Joy Hunter 2 years ago
We loved that clock radio! It lasted forever--at least 40 years--before developing an annoying buzz in the radio function. Cloc still works, though.
Pauline Evans 2 years ago
I’ve never had one that modern. My alarm clock has a double bell on the top 😄
Heather Barber 2 years ago
Yep. I had the same Alarm Clock, decorated with the same amount of dust. Same color of carpet. Same wall color. Same cable cord coming out of the wall. I can almost hear that jolting alarm sound again. Good times.
Rosemary Edwards 2 years ago
And you were living large if the alarm had 2 settings for the couple.
Shoto Todoroki 2 years ago
I had one as a kid that was camo colored. The alarm was a drill instructor yelling to get up
Marilyn Myers 2 years ago
Still have mine...and it still works.! WISH MY KNEES WORKED THAT WELL.
Veronica Cougar 2 years ago
I still use that, with a battery backup, because my cats kept trampling over my cellphone while doing the Kitty 500 in the middle of the night, turning off the alarm.
Valerie Johnson 2 years ago
I not only have that Exact alarm clock, I still use it! Laughing my head off!
Marsha Cain 2 years ago
I had the analog one that had a tiny rollodex number pages that flipped slowly as the time went by, way b4 that digital one.
Lori Sandoval 2 years ago
I still have that. My sister got it for Xmas when she was 15 (1984) and I inherited it. Though the radio is starting to go.
Leet_loves_space 2 years ago
"more civilized" is so right I'm not old enough to have experienced the golden age but wish i was born back then
Sarah Beaulieu 2 years ago (edited)
I think I still have this exact clock in a box in my garage. Oh great I'm not just old I'm a horder too 😭
Kate Johnson 2 years ago
My Dad had an alarm clock that had the little number flaps that showed the time and I loved that clock! Then this one came because the other broke or something, and I got one, too.
Tracy Owens 2 years ago
I only threw out the one I had not that long ago. The radio and alarm still worked although didn't use the radio side of it anymore, too much static They were amazingly good I must say
Emberlee Tatum 2 years ago
I'm literally sitting right next to this clock, I'm only 15! Is the clock really that old?
Tim Arrell 2 years ago
I still had one, working a couple of years ago, think it's still me my electronics junk box! :D
Janet C 2 years ago
I go WAY back before that. First of course were the analog clocks with the giant "alarm off" button on top. Then came the fake digital clocks. The numbers looked digital but they were really just radium-painted numbers on little plastic squares that flipped down as the time changed.
Shirley Heyn 3 years ago
I had the one with the numbers that flipped, first digital clock and the best! It made a louder noise "on the hour" when all the numbers flipped.
David Geurtsen 3 years ago
What about these kinds? I woke up to this for a few years... flip-digit...687245.jpg 
Sandra Llewelyn 3 years ago
I still use mine and it has a little arm that projects the time onto the ceiling.
Leisa Farrow 3 years ago
I had this clock tjat I got at a yard sale for $5. It worked for (I Kid You Not!) 18 more years!
Baali Venomax 3 years ago
i still HAVE this exact alarm clock. Its been in storage for about a year but we haven't found the box its in yet so I don't know if its still working. It was beforehand.
Vicki Perizzolo 3 years ago
still have the model after that... have bought new ones... always went back to my old one.. still have a 'new' one in the box... no reason to sh*tcan mine.. works fine.
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
I still have that alarm clock. It sits next to the TV. All our clocks are vintage except 1. Our whole house is vintage really. We don't like to buy anything new(other than mattresses.) I don't want any new made in china crap in our house.
Nonie MacKenzie 3 years ago
I got mine at Consumers Distributing. The phone on it doesn't work but the rest of it does
Jane Dorothy Warner 3 years ago
I've got that beside my bed right now. Why get rid of what still works?
Allan Miller 3 years ago
I had one with big white numbers that flipped over with a soft click.
Todd Hollfelder 3 years ago
I have one! The numbers work fine. The radio died a long time ago.
Neill Powell 3 years ago
Yeah well, I always had the hand-me-down ones given to me. When i could afford it i went out and bought the best one Money can buy. Digital tuner, Subwoofer, iPod dock, light sensor... I can't get over not waking up to the radio, but I CAN have a better experience.
Whawhawhatsis 3 years ago
Didn't have? My husband still uses the same one! I don't know why he won't just use his phone like a normal person...
Steffen Rehm 3 years ago
Not this Modell, but my Alarm Clock is almost 40 years old and survived 3 other clocks.
Monica Hayes 3 years ago
mine just bit the dust last yr.! and it was a replacement one at found at at garage sale for a quarter....ah, good times!
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
From Radio Shack!! Another long gone relic that was the only place to buy batteries kids
Christie Schmitz 3 years ago
My parents had that exact same alarm clock...it still works and is next to their bed as we speak
Janice Blaufox 3 years ago (edited)
I have that clock/radio but not as dusty. They still sell it at Wal-Mart. $10.00
Amanda Branch Woods 3 years ago
My dad still has one of those! Humans will have long gone extinct and millienia later the alien archeologist will dig it up to find it still working along with my lost Nokia.
Michael Benedetti 3 years ago
I still use my led alarm clock with the built -in cassette player.
Linda Bell 3 years ago
Holy s**t! It's currently on our dresser. We still use it!(I hate the S****.)
Julie Harden 3 years ago
I had this exact same alarm clock radio. I think I even got a 2nd one when the first one crapped out.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
My mum and dad had one exactly like that, except better condition.
#29
Pretty Much!
MagicalUnicorn 3 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 3 years ago
me, 35, in march 2021 : for vaccination too young, for gynecologist 'geriatric' :D
#34
Afv Anyone?
David Shoemaker 3 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 3 years ago
I use to have a fake 8 track player to fool my car into playing cassettes. In 1992.
#39
That's Relatable
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Mark Fuller 3 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 3 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 3 years ago
Wait, what other kind of pumps are there?!!
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Lunar Bicycle 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 years ago
You know you're old when an actor you had a crush on is advertising stair lifts.
BoredHuman 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 years ago
We just called our parents and their friends dinosaurs or old as dirt.
Load More Replies... Michelle M 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 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 3 years ago
My granddaughter's collection of historical coins includes anything before 1995. 🤣
Sarah Runyon 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 years ago
And they could poop anywhere and nobody bitched about it. Yeah! Oh wait I forgot *****.
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TJ Wilkins 2 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 2 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 years ago
I have never been so old in my entire life, so I feel you.
Load More Replies... RandomBeing 3 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 3 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 2 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 2 years ago
I think when I started looking at the expiry date before I buy a bread...that was a dead giveaway
Mark Morey 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 3 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 3 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 3 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) 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 3 years ago
I feel so old now. Can somebody hand me my zimmer frame and a packet of ibuprofen please?
Mark Fuller 3 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 3 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 3 years ago
Wait, what other kind of pumps are there?!!
Load More Replies... Lunar Bicycle 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 years ago
You know you're old when an actor you had a crush on is advertising stair lifts.
BoredHuman 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 years ago
We just called our parents and their friends dinosaurs or old as dirt.
Load More Replies... Michelle M 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 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 3 years ago
My granddaughter's collection of historical coins includes anything before 1995. 🤣
Sarah Runyon 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 years ago
And they could poop anywhere and nobody bitched about it. Yeah! Oh wait I forgot *****.
Load More Replies... TJ Wilkins 2 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 2 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 years ago
I have never been so old in my entire life, so I feel you.
Load More Replies... RandomBeing 3 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 3 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 2 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 2 years ago
I think when I started looking at the expiry date before I buy a bread...that was a dead giveaway
Mark Morey 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 3 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 3 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 3 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) 2 years ago
they made me feel old and im 15. the fact i knew what most of these were-
Load More Replies... Lia Hamada 2 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 2 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 2 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 3 years ago
I feel so old now. Can somebody hand me my zimmer frame and a packet of ibuprofen please?
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