Society & Culture Things that Make You Feel Old

[Gough]

I was watching the Royle Family last night, and realised little baby David would be almost old enough to take his old Grandad to The Feathers for a pint.

 

[Tadpole]

The Tianamen Square massacre was 28 years ago.

Realising it's been 26 years this year since I graduated High School.

 

[skilts]

Living on this planet for nearly 69 years has made me somewhat weary. As a mate of mine says, I'll "keep boxing on."

 

[craigos]

Found a hair on the end of my nose. Wtf is with that?

 

[Scotland]

yugoslavia broke up 25 years ago

I heard they're getting back together for a reunion tour.

 

[Gough]

Needing two hands to count the number of Carlton flags you can remember seeing.

 

[Scotland]

Thanks to the recruitment of Drew Petrie and Sam Mitchell I've been given a year's grace, but the standard footy fan life cycle.

Early 90s reading the Record: wow, some guys running around were born in the 50s
Late 90s reading the Record: wow, soon someone my age will be playing
Early 2000s reading the Record: wow, Armstrong and Sampi got drafted
Late 2000s on the Google: hmmm, players older than me are starting to thin out
2010s on some smartphone app: ****, I am now older than every single player we have

 

[Roobs321]

Most of my favourite rock musicians from the 90s are in their 50s like Billy Corgan and Maynard James Keenan or dead like Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland.



That happened to me about 10 years ago when I found myself listening to ABC radio more than Triple J, I hardly listen to Triple J at all anymore.

Honestly, that's the truth for me too, ABC radio (RN addict). I seldom listen to the mentioned music stations, but I don't mind them, feel snug in what they play.

Even being an appreciator of the radio medium can leave you feeling old nowadays.

 

[Roobs321]

Feck me, that last one

The number of iconic albums from my youth having 20th and 25th anniversary reissues this year.

My Unit Rebooted from 1998 (Regurgitator) might be the oldest acquired PC playback device I still own. Still works beautifully as well, took pride of place in my car over the new years period.

I was surprised to hear recently that Neopets is still a thing. I was addicted to Neopets around 2000-2001, and haven't played it since. Assumed it was just a massive fad that vanished down the line, but appears more massive than ever.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

i agree, i am mid 20s and i certainly dont feel old. my trick is avoiding responsibilities and having zero goals to improve yourself.

I'm mid-40s and have that. That doesn't stop me feeling old - but I do have the lungs of a 90 year old, heart of an 80 year old, mind of a 14 year old.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

The Tianamen Square massacre was 28 years ago.

Realising it's been 26 years this year since I graduated High School.

Since when do Australians "graduate high school"? (assuming you are Australian)

 

[Scotland]

Dexter Holland from The Offspring is 52 this year.

I am not OK with this.

 

[Scotland]

Will Smith is older now than Uncle Phil was during The Fresh Prince.

 

[Damon_3388]

I heard they're getting back together for a reunion tour.

Playing all the hits:

"War (What Is It Good For?)"
"What About Me?"
"Stuck In the Middle with You"
"I Don't Like Mondays"

 

[Scotland]

I used to find it funny when other Eagles fans on BigFooty would say things like 'yeah I can't compare Judd to Matera because I'm not old enough to remember Matera at his peak' or 'I don't remember the 92/94 GFs' Etc. and these days half our posters weren't even alive for those GFs.

 

[PP34]

Seeing future NBA prospects that weren't even alive when 9/11 happened.

Seeing kids younger than my sister drafted in the AFL. That's probably the main one really. 5-6 years ago I was always hoping I'd get back into footy and miraculously end up good enough to play AFL. Now there's players several years younger than me entering the comp while I'm merely a crappy social footballer. Feels bad.

The fact that Ben Cousins life started going to shit a decade ago is also pretty scary. Plenty of kids today wouldn't know who he is and would look at him like I look at the likes of Dunstall, Lockett etc.

I'm not even that old either. But it feels really weird getting to an age now where I'm not considered a kid anymore. Always felt like I'd be in my teens forever. Seeing kids entering high school now that have no idea about a world without iPhones, iPads, wifi etc is really strange.

Also starting to hear a few songs from the early 2000s when I was in primary school on Gold FM and retro Spotify playlists etc. Where did all the time go?

Toy Story being 22 years old. I was born 7 months after it came out, but by the time I was hitting pre school I'd watched it multiple times. Seems weird today to think that kids are far more interested in movies like Frozen and Toy Story is now probably forgotten about a bit.

 

[Damon_3388]

Toy Story being 22 years old. I was born 7 months after it came out, but by the time I was hitting pre school I'd watched it multiple times. Seems weird today to think that kids are far more interested in movies like Frozen and Toy Story is now probably forgotten about a bit.

Try being of the age that was old enough to see it at the cinema, there's a fair bit of nostalgia for it.

I remember seeing both Toy Story and The Lion King at the cinema as a 6-7 year old kid. Thought they were both OK, but was pretty indifferent to them, and have never watched them again since. Fast forward to my mid-20s where seemingly everyone is still in love with these films and schedules in time to re-watch them every few months, and people look at you like you're the one that killed Mufasa when you admit you don't really care for them.

 

[PP34]

Try being of the age that was old enough to see it at the cinema, there's a fair bit of nostalgia for it.

I remember seeing both Toy Story and The Lion King at the cinema as a 6-7 year old kid. Thought they were both OK, but was pretty indifferent to them, and have never watched them again since. Fast forward to my mid-20s where seemingly everyone is still in love with these films and schedules in time to re-watch them every few months, and people look at you like you're the one that killed Mufasa when you admit you don't really care for them.

The Lion King I've never been into.

Always enjoyed Toy Story though.

 

[Spongebob]

The original Star Wars came out 40 years ago, 1977.

Yes, I saw it back then.

 

[Scotland]

I remember going to see Toy Story at the cinema in 1995. Doesn't feel like that was 22 years ago.

The cinema I saw it at (Hoyts Carousel v1.0) was demolished "a few years ago". In 1998.

 

[Scotland]

Toy Story is up there with Terminator 2: Judgment Day as great 90s movies that haven't dated.

 

[rank and file]

Literally,grabbing my Mrs on the arse.

 

[Mofra]

In about 2 years and 5 months the 90s started 30 years ago

 

[Jobe Watson]

I find it strange that I may well be conversing online with people who were born after 9/11. It's so weird because, even though I was only 9 at the time, I can still remember that day vividly. The kids who were born after that probably don't have any real idea of the impact that event had on the world.

I don't really feel old because I still do a lot of the same shit I did as a teenager (play video games 'til 2am, eat junk food with little care for my body, jerk off); just replace slacking off at school all day with slacking off at uni/work. It does annoy me though when I see people who are years younger than me but far more successful.

 

[Scotland]

I have no reference for things after high school (2001).

I can rationalise that 1993 was a shortened 20 game season and that 1994 was 22 over 24 rounds before Freo came in to make it 16 teams, but the idea that Richo hasn't played for 8 years doesn't process.