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40 Funny Posts Of People Grasping The Reality That They’re Old Now, As Shared On This Online Group
If not for the three grey hairs peeking out, I’d feel as fresh as new. It seems like only yesterday we’d drink Capri Sun, burn CDs and listen to the Smashing Pumpkins. Speaking of the latter, kids these days call it “dad rock,” and how can you blame them?
The oldest of Gen Z, aka the newest generation that was born between 1997 and 2012, is now 24. No, it’s not you who are 24, it’s the kids who have no clue what “pick up the phone'' means.
So today, we’re diving deep into the world of no illusion, ready to face one fact we all dread (hence the booming skincare industry among millennials!)—we are old. Thanks to the corner of Reddit ‘Heck I’m Old,’ we have a collection of posts to make you feel not just old, but rather ancient. “When you look at kids nowadays and see their music you can't help but think of how everything is old,” says the group’s description and from what you see below, they ain’t lying.
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#1
I'm Just Going To Leave This Here
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#2
Ah Nostalgia....
#3
Zoom Meetings!
If you ever feel like time is passing at the pace of a hadron collider, you can be sure you’re not the only one. Most of us feel that the passage of time is inevitable, and that it only makes us older (but also wiser, more confident and happy overall!).
Having said that, it's no secret that our modern society is obsessed with freezing and even turning back time. This ageing paranoia that’s sweeping across our society has been heavily fueled by social media, where young folks constantly put pressure on achievements, looks, and everything, really. Its competitive nature shows that someone is doing better and has accomplished more by your age than you have.
#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
Sky Render 3 years ago
The number tells you how many mines are adjacent, but not where. It's a game of deductive reasoning.
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Suz66 3 years ago
I had a Commodore 64 with a COLOR monitor and a disc drive. I thought I was a hero until the Radio Shack TRS 80 showed up. I'm old man!
Charles Bosse 3 years ago
I saved up $400 for a four color monitor in grade school. 100% worth it.
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Michelle M 3 years ago
I'm 20 and I used to play these games on my school's computers. The fun I had with Paint.
Dodo 3 years ago
Yeah I was definitely in my early teens. My first computer was a Commodore 64. Had some cool games on it though, including a weird jigsaw puzzle thing where you had to put together pictures of Thatcher and Reagan before they exploded...
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Juniper Rose 2 years ago
The one thing you're missing is Jezz Ball. I freaking love Jezz Ball.
Serbob 3 years ago
Had a customer a while ago whose computer crashed. He didn't care about retrieving his pictures, files or documents. All he worried about was whether I could restore his high score from Minesweeper onto his new pc. Priorities.
Charles Bosse 3 years ago
This is someone who doesn't know about the trick with loosing enough to roll over the score from negative to positive.
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Rob Williamson 2 years ago
Fun fact: minesweeper was included in the earliest computers to teach users how to right click. Solitaire taught us to drag and drop 😀
Anne Kelly 3 years ago
Solitaire is my addiction. I absolutely hate it when they want to update the older version.
Carole Drolet-Yost 2 years ago
My 1st experience was discovering Tetris. Played til 5am transported to another reality. Until my family woke up:"MOM what are you doing still up?" I still enjoy it!!!
Microwave Chef 2 years ago
I once won a game of solitaire without repeating the side stack. Thought I was pretty cool.
Heather Talma 2 years ago
Had internet but still played 3/4 (minesweeper got old fast with no explanation)
Ouching Tiger Limping Dragon 2 years ago
Oh, that Space Cadet pinball game brings back the nostalgia! I spent hooouuurrrs honing my craft, playing while waiting for my favorite chat rooms to liven up lol
Shoto Todoroki 2 years ago
The old paint, you will be missed. Ayo what about the 1st Age of Empires game? I think that's what it was called. You had a castle with nothing around you, you could send your army out to march and stuff
Roxy Eastland 2 years ago
I'm so old that I grew up playing Patience (what Americans call Solitaire - we have another game with that name) with actual playing cards. I remember it could get quite addictive and I'd keep shuffling and retrying for hours.
Flide Aganus 2 years ago
As a kid, Minesweeper was arguably my own version of an odd combination of try not to laugh and a jumpscare. There were also the good times when we had to go to my school's friendly neighborhood IT guy who could download GameHouse games on your computer (Hamsterball was my favorite), since I was getting bored of pressing H everytime I played a microsoft game since I had no idea how to play.
Tracy Owens 2 years ago
Had an electronic free childhood growing up in the late 60s and 70s, and only came across a computer for the first time in 1994!
Hannah Marshall 3 years ago
I installed Pinball Space Cadet 3D on my laptop, which runs Windows 10. It is so full of nostalgia!
Riley Quinn 3 years ago
I was middle-aged before getting my 1st PC in 1995, but I was as excited as a kid. I thought the Internet would open doors for so many. Little did I know it would become a cesspool.
Bored Moogle 3 years ago
Space Cadet was awesome! I wish they hadn't removed it from Windows 10.
Kelly Hartle 3 years ago
I had one of the first “portable” computers when I went to college—a TRS 80 model 4P. It was the size and weight of a sewing machine. And we were the last college in the big 10 that still used punch cards for computer programming classes (in FORTRAN 77).
Jane Dorothy Warner 3 years ago
I grew up with pen and paper. Man, I am too old even for this page!
Nancy Lynch 3 years ago
I was thrilled when my college got 8 Macintosh computers for students to use. There was a run on floppies at the bookstore.
Random person 3 years ago
I play solitaire while listening to audiobooks/podcasts/etc, and I'm a young teen xD Learned the habit from my mam
Isabel Care 3 years ago
I grew up with no computer apart from a generic pong that plugged into the tv
Racheal Birdsong-Bradley 3 years ago
Shoot, I started off using Grandma's IBM PCJR. We had to put little cartridges in and type in the commands just to play golf, although, my favorite was Scuba Venture.
Charles Bosse 3 years ago
1) We had internet before any of these games existed (it wasn't GOOD internet, mind you) and 2) I was So Dang Good at Space Cadet pinball (and so bad at Solitaire)
best turtle 3 years ago
bruh i sucked so badly at mine sweeper the first block i touched was always a mine
Oskar vanZandt 3 years ago
I think the young folks today forget that we older human beings lived through the various iterations/precursors of hard and software that they take for granted today... "I've had to learn all the updated versions, buttercup so no, I do NOT need you to explain it to me..." the only thing I lack in is knowledge of the new social media apps that keep popping up but I have no interest in those or I WOULD learn them too.
Charles Bosse 3 years ago
What we know (I'm not so young, but I spent my time as the kid doing tech support even though my mom was a database programming project manager) is that the things you want to learn how to do and the things young people are expected to know how to do regardless of desire (and therefore are things older people should be aware of too) don't always match, usually to the frustration of whoever has to fill that gap.
Load More Replies... Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Playing actual patience - or solitaire (but in the UK we have a completely different solitary game called solitaire) with actual cards. It can get quite addictive and you can't stop until you've got all the cards out. A different and fuller experience than playing on the computer.
Donkey boi 3 years ago
Minesweeper was a great game! Setting up custom games to make it stupidly hard!
Mystery Egg 3 years ago
I remember in my office first job, I used to entertain myself when bored by drawing funny/rude pictures in Paint and emailing them to my school best friend who was also in her first office job. We did this back and forth all day. Circa 2000/2001
Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago
Combination of lockdown and trying to reduce my kids’ screentime led me to try and teach them how to play solitaire with actual cards. It’s a lot more fiddly!
Shull GaRett 3 years ago
Dang i still play minesweeper on win 10. Adventure mode is addicting... passes lvl 2100 and going for 3000 ;)
#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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