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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!
mcborge1 3 years ago
I had one of these. (not this actual one but same model). :D music-cent...493a5b.jpg 
James016 3 years ago
I had a Kenwood system when I was 13 at the start of the 90s. For me it was the best thing ever
Al Christensen 3 years ago
Who remembers when recordings weren't compressed and degraded via MP3?
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
My parents had one! We used to listen to The Beatles and Cat Stevens on it. Good times.
Auntriarch 3 years ago (edited)
Massive reel to reel. All transferred to a streamer half the size of a shoe box now. And James Taylor
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mike morton 2 years ago
As soon as I saw it, I heard the sound of the glass door latching on to the magnet to keep it closed.
Gail Willard 2 years ago
My late husband had one we lived in a trailer park,he played. Nazareth pull bast!
Liesl Ryan 3 years ago
I have a technics bought in 1986 for £999 not including CD player ( negotiator a pioneer 6 play )both still going strong
Huzzir Zakaria 2 years ago
Used to own few... Still hv a set (power amp, eq & cassette player) somewhre at home I think... Now goin to dig it up!
Anne Aldridge-Baligian 2 years ago
My father won one of these setups at a company outing back in the late 1970's and it was the best thing ever. :)
Barbara Vandewalle 3 years ago
the sound was good you could balance the bass and treble to your preference
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
My family literally still had this one, with some modern additions on it's pile of boxed tough.
Cass 3 years ago
I was visiting a friend and the phone rang. My friend was busy in the kitchen so I answered. (Remember when the one phone in the house was stuck to the wall?) The guy who was calling started bragging about his stereo and I shot him down and hung up. 20 min later he knocked on the door. 30 years later and we're still married. The stereo tower still resides with us.
Ilene Dover 2 years ago
Like being a batchelor in his first apartment. You don't have any money for food because you spent it on the $1200 stereo unit.
Asexual Panda 2 years ago
I have one at my house right now. It was my grandpa's. Idk if it still works.
Sharon Peters 2 years ago
Inherited it when hub's mom passed in 2004. Still plays fine. Haven't used it since we got Spotify!
Tabia Coulibaly 2 years ago
Confronting this system (and never mastering it) was the beginning of the ride down the slippery slope of technology;which continues to this day
L.a. Williams 2 years ago
Glad it doesn't take up a whole cabinet. I love blue tooth speakers.
Jeremy Biggs 2 years ago
Still have. Still use. Still love String Driven Thing. Google thé band
Monica Isnota Robot 2 years ago
I had that until my storage unit it was in got auctioned off 😭😭😭
DemiBones Lindberg 2 years ago
I may or may not have that whole set up in my garage because nobody wanted to buy it on Facebook marketplace.😅
Riley Quinn 3 years ago
Still remember my 1st Marantz system and the agonizing detail getting the turntable perfectly balanced. Play albums once, copied them to tape, and stored them in pristine condition.
Bored Moogle 3 years ago
My parents had an 80s CD player they never used and never let me or my brother use it either. It just sat in a compartment of the entertainment center under the TV.
Baali Venomax 3 years ago
My Grandad left me one of these. I may still have it though i'm not sure the turntable for the vinyl still works.
Andy Hinds 3 years ago
I still have a Hi-Fi system made from separates. Nowadays, it comprises of an amp, network player, CD player, DAB/FM tuner and a turntable that needs repairing. I got rid of the cassette deck years ago.
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
we still have one like this. I still have all my albums and my husband collects and has at least 1000.
Stacey Lynch 3 years ago
I'm so old, I STILL have that set-up and I've FORGOTTEN how to use it!
CharliAnn Olney 3 years ago
Had one. Kept it until about 2 years ago when I had to downsize and move.
Jason Doakes 3 years ago
And when I finally had enough money saved to buy one of these, they only sold the "new & improved" micro-compact-stereo-towers, which were just boomboxes you couldn't transport, and the few big ones still being produced where out of my pay grade
april jenkins 3 years ago
it has to jave an equalizer, and TWO cassette decks, for recording!!!
Brady Raphael 3 years ago
I love stereo cabinets. I'm glad I managed to get one, and finally got a stereo that isn't a POS to hook the record player up to. As a matter of fact, I might do that today
Samantha Melnychuk 3 years ago
We had this stereo until my brother blew it up at cookie and beer night
Calvin Wilkinson 3 years ago
Our family sort of stopped using ours past 2009 except for cleaning house on the weekend. Streaming got cheaper than disks and tapes, and with an iPod you could put on headphones and still hear your music over the vacuum. Have a setup in my apartment that I haven't used since 4 years ago for a DVD.
Cactuar Jon 3 years ago
the clink of the glass doors closing with the sturdiness of the magnet and that smell... always smelled like clean dust (those who know, know)
Marnie 3 years ago
Whatever happened to people playing music for more than just one person? If you did, I guarantee this thing sounds better than a phone plugged into a tiny speaker over in the corner. Yeah, always though I'd get a good stereo like this and have people over. Never had people over :-( Now, listening to music is a private affair, like masturbation.
Susan Bosse 3 years ago
I had several of these over the years. Each one becoming smaller and better quality. Just realizing I don't have one now because we don't need them anymore, really. Guess I'd get another should I ever have another media room but that would prob be the only reason.
William Teach 3 years ago
Um, I still kinda have that. Same stereo receiver from around 1987. The tape deck is in the attic. The CD deck was apparently stolen from one of the people who did work in the attic on AC/heat system. Still tons of CDs (cassettes in attic). VCR in attic, too.
purple zebra 3 years ago
My brothers got one like this. I remember playing with every k**b and button on that thing and never noticing much of a difference.
Jessica Stewart 3 years ago
I can hear the click of the cabinet door as I push the corner open. We could never touch the glass. My mother would freak out!
Alphabet Soupy 3 years ago
I just liked opening and closing the glass doors with the little magnet strips lol ahhhhhhh 😌
W.G. SamKito - bored 3 years ago
I did ad a 20 € Bluetooth adapter. Works perfect! Super sound
albernistuff 4sale 3 years ago
I am not an audio-phile but have been informed by some that the non-digital circuits and spacing of the components meant less internal interference. As well. the large well built speakers of a high end system like Bose or Klipsch are still superior in sound quality to the all-in-one systems of today. Even MP3's play back more clearly on the old stuff (again not an AP, but when demonstrated to me, I was sure I could head greater depth and clarity)
best turtle 3 years ago
i remember my uncle had one and then he lost it in a bet with one of my dads freinds
Ahimsa Soul 3 years ago
but... with big ass speakers that your grandma was always tempted to put a doily on it.
Hogswallop 3 years ago
My parents still have a working one. Never figured out how to use it. We were never allowed to touch it. The speakers are about as big as a two-year-old and still have the chew marks from my sister.
Michael Parker 3 years ago
All those nobs and only 2 work. Off/On Volume and the Station Selector. :P
Terry Tobias 3 years ago
My dad had a whole top of the line system! It was amazing! He also had quadraphonic sound and an LP that sounded like a space ship taking off. It was so cool to sit in the middle of the living room and hear the sound moving around you!
Hilary Mol 3 years ago
This is the stereo my mom still has. She bought it when I was in 5th or 6th grade. And it still works.
Robert Martens 3 years ago
This currently sits untouched for decades at my FIL's house. I have no need or use for it, but since I was denied one in my youth I must have it.
Donkey boi 3 years ago
Had one! I replaced it with a B&O system in the early 90's and still use it today!
Klas Klättermus 3 years ago
Good times. Is it just me or is music not as fun since spotify came along and made ablums and stereos obsolete?
Stefan Scheiben 3 years ago
I treated myself to a stereo like that in the early 90's and was deemed totally crazy by my parents then for spending nearly all of my savings. I think the fact that I still use it (of course I added some gadgets like digital radio, bluetooth and internet access) suggests otherwise.
Kisses4Katie 3 years ago
Oh s**t my dad had this. Used his first bonus as a soldier to buy it in the 70’s. He had it for over 20 years.
Rissy cake 3 years ago
We had this and somehow it magically turn on and it was loud that I got out of the house . Spooky stereo
LadymissKimberley 3 years ago
My parents had one of those. Once during what can only be described as a b*tch fight over 'fame' versus 'shadupayourface' I sliced off my sister's little finger by smashing the lid on her hand. She totally deserved it.
Veronica Cougar 2 years ago
That was the stereo I had, until I lost it in storage when I became homeless. I had a catastrophic miscarriage, doc said I needed to rest in bed or die from hemorrhaging, and my boss fired me, saying that if I didn't want to work those hours, she'd give them to someone else. She'd just had a baby. The month prior, I arrived at work to find her sitting in the hallway crying because she was having premature contractions and was afraid they'd fire her if she left work to go to the hospital. I sat with her, held her hand and had her do some relaxing deep breathing that stopped her contractions and probably saved her baby. When she fired me, I lost my home, my car and my university degree because I had to drop out mid semester in my senior year and it was too late to withdraw with permission so I was given failing grades in all my classes. I was homeless for 8 years after that; there were no programs to help people like me, a middle class white woman. Have to stop, my PTSD is triggered.
#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
#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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