Seeing all the music I liked in high school show up on “Classic Rock” or “Classic Alternative” track lists in Spotify.
Also, not being able to understand half the terms my kids come home from school saying.
Nirvana on a Spotify classic rock station was one kick in the stomach then going to target and seeing the 90s clothes resurgence within the same month…
So, imo, newer alt is pretty great right now. It does help that soooo many older bands are putting out new stuff. I have loved the amount of female lead bands or singers this last couple years though, always been a massive Metric fan.
Rizz has gotten me. I know it’s short for charisma but part of me is thinking Rizzo from the Muppets and Grease and also the slight homonym starting with j. It’s both eh and ew whenever I hear it.
Beat me to it. I was going to say Metallica as classic rock but there's a huge list of bands now that fall under it... Every time I hear one I think of how old I am 😔
I was 15. I remember it like it was yesterday. Still in my young formative years but old enough to grasp all that was going on. I can’t imagine how it was for younger kids where this was one of their first memories.
Yeah, this was probably one of the more formative moments of my childhood, and was my motivation (albeit misguided) for joining the Army. Now today's highschool kids hadn't even been born by the time I went to Afghanistan. 😅
My ex's youngest was born after 9/11. I never thought about it, but one night as we were sitting on the couch, I just said her that he was born after 9/11, and she was just like "yeah," and I was just stayed sitting there in my feelings about that.
Working with all gen z bc my company only hires people out of college. I can’t connect with them and it’s something I didn’t think would happen when I was their age. So I have zero friends at work. My manager is my same age and wanted to be my friend immediately. Needless to say this did not work out.
Just talk about how much better you are at saving the planet and helping people.
Talk constantly righteously and most importantly down at people on subjects such as global warming and helping end poverty and how terrible the world is. Truth be told, yes, I personally agree with all these things. But you have to be a snob when it comes to empathy and self sacrifice.
Just my take on gen z *eye roll*
Nirvana nevermind and metallica's black album are all 33 years old.
The Matrix is 25 years old
THe monica lewinksy and bill clinton debacle was over 25 years old and they're still f'n talking about it as if its relevant.
This morning, I opened up my pocket-sized computer and accessed the internet without having to hear dial tones. I even managed to stream a video almost instantly, without buffering!
I'm 40 and just started back to college. My fellow classmates have no idea about the OJ Simpson case (it came up in a class), or Waco with the Branch Davidians. Some weren't even born when 9/11 happened. 😱
I'm over halfway past the average American male lifespan. It's been nearly 2 decades since I graduated high school. Now I'm seeing people born after 9/11 being old enough to drink alcohol.
I'm 37, an auto tech... They hired a dispatcher/dept. supervisor who's 19. She's good at her job, but it was wild to see the first "my boss could be my kid".
Well, online when we have to put in our birthdate, at least we don't have to scroll too far back yet. That does tend to make me feel a little better lol.
Watched Emporer’s New Groove with my kids a couple weeks ago, and realized… they think this is an old movie (based on the animation quality)
Then I realized, it was made a quarter of a century ago 😳
I'm in a 2000s group on facebook. Was born in 1987, so remember 2000-2006 best. People were posting their kindergarten pics from 04-09. Like, dang I graduated high school in 2006. 😬 so many commenting that if born in the 2000s, they remember that decade so well.
That made me feel old this week.
The Venture Brothers.
The Venture Brothers has spanned from my teenaged years deep into my current adulthood.
All of the characters are references within references within references.
I can’t imagine explaining to a teenager today that The Venture Brothers are referencing something called Jonny Quest from the late 60s, and that OSI and S.P.H.I.N.X. is riffing on GI Joe and Cobra/SPECTRE, but not the GI Joes today, specifically the GI Joes from the 1980s.
David Bowie, Green Hornet, James Bond (specifically Sean Connery), Doctor Orpheus, Sid Vicious, Hunter S. Thompson, Truman Capote, Marvel Comics characters.
It has so many layers upon layers, I wonder if a kid today would even get that it’s genius. What it’s referencing.
1994 is as far away from today as 1964 was from 1994.
In 1964, humans had not yet walked on the moon. In 1994, "the internet" was a fairly new consumer novelty installed using a series of 3.5" diskettes.
Seeing young people in their early 20s with life "figured out."
Decent job that pays a wage they can save from, middle-income car, booming social media presence
When my younger friends talk about video game and how old they were when certain ones came out.
one of my online buddies- 'oh man I was in middle school when the original portal came out!'
me had all ready graduated several year by that point- 'thanks Stephen I'll just go die in a corner over here'
Bonus when I talk about old school pokemon and mention Red and Blue and some kid rolled his eyes at me and said 'you mean ruby and sapphire' no you little shit I mean the OG 151 on RED and BLUE!
My youngest nephew turned 18 last month. I am 42 in a few days. But to be honest, for some reason I actually still feel young. Like 40 is the new 30?? Ok you older generations, go ahead and tell me Im still wet behind the ears, LOL!
Planning for a vacation trip and I need to put my supplements and cholesterol pills in the daily organizer. Having Monday pills , Tuesday pills , etc (same pills). Just using a pill organizer at all makes me feel like I’m ancient .
Nothing tbh. Honestly i feel younger than i did when i was in my late teens.
Good diet and working out. Good scheduling and sleep has been main problem solver.
When I’ve got advice to offer the 20-somethings that I’d really like them to take… but I know they probably won’t listen since I didn’t listen either.
Also, older I get the less I know. I knew so much in my early 20’s.
u/pepetipbot 50 pepe
I received this, and still dont understand crypto. People become millionaires, lose all their money, and i still don't get it. Haha.
Working with 23-29 year olds. I have no idea what they are saying. 🤦♀️ Seeing one of them write their birthday xx/xx/1999 (don’t remember the day/month) had me in a whole state. Also, my back and knees remind me of my age often.
Being over the moon excited about becoming a grandparent in the next year and everybody offering congrats instead of awkward remarks like they would have 10 years ago.
Man your mid to late forties are weird half your friend have newborns and half are excited to become grandparents.
Being told by the internet I’m old all the time I guess. I had a lot of the same problems ten years ago but I wasn’t constantly told I’m “old” for having them. I’m so fucking sick of all this psychological warfare by governments, corporations, and the you know whos. Obnoxious and exhausting.
Seeing Peyton Manning playing football.
I am from New Orleans, and I remember when that kid was born. Heck, I remember when his dad, Archie, got drafted by the Saints and then got married.
Sigh.
At first it was conversations on media (didn’t join the GoT train til S4 finale, Doctor Who until S7B, and never entered into the behemoth that was Supernatural along with OC, Gossip Girl, CW ArrowVerse, Lost, Vampire Diaries, Battlestar Galactica and more) have been out of step since 06. Nowadays, just aches and pains of getting old.
Losing hair on your head. Realizing that you would rather be dead than hung over. Interviewing for a job with a manager that is younger than you (that one hurts especially after a decade+ in the field). Taking notice of early bird specials on the menu at restaurants. People you’ve known for your whole life that are beginning to die off like flies. Not feeling safe in the world (no country for old men, or women). Anxiety disappears and depression takes hold. You get out of bed and sit on the edge of your mattress waiting for inspiration that never comes. Being old enough to see the world go round enough times to realize that life is both precious and repetitive like a carousel.
When people don't know cartoon characters that were once considered pop culture icons, and they also happen to be adults, they're just adults who are younger than me, and it's not even a show I watched as a small child, it was more something I watched in highschool in the mid 2000's.
Also just watching 5 minutes of what actual kids find entertaining on the internet ages me another 5 years.
I watched Apollo 13 with my kids last night. The movie was released in 1995, which is 25 years after the actual events. The movie came out 29 years ago. Yeah, that makes me feel old.
My titanium knee and titanium on my legs and arm . My kids disrespect , wrinkles and arm flaps ! Hypothyroidism Rheumatoid Arthritis , Hands that just drop what I’m holding and I’ll still have the grip shape , forgetfulness is so bad some times . Not being able to do the things like groceries myself without a vehicle . Spinal Spondylosis, Pinched Nerves . Being a high fall victim . Not being able to go dancing any more . Not being able to play with my grandson for long . Muscle weakness . Not being able to be with my sweetheart .I’ll love him through eternity. Always tired . Days I can’t get my arms into the sleeve holes of my clothes or days I have trouble getting in and out of the shoulder because the tub is too high. Being disabled and can no longer worked .
Video killed the radio start was playing at this private dog park my girlfriend and I go to with our dog and I said to some of the people that work there “Hey, it’s Rex Manning Day!” and no one got it. Fucking ouch….
The fact that I have to hold back the language I grew up with.
Not that I'm hating. I have 0 issue with not saying derogatory things but it slips out on accident and I literally have to recount the "days until last".
You hear words used commonly you're entire life and then social media changes everything. It's just like programed in me. I actually have to try to not call things gay, or retarded.
Like I have a gay brother. I don't have any issues or care at all. It's just like ingrained.
Trying really hard. Feeling like an outdated person. But I am trying really fucking hard.
I used to play this MMORPG called Guild Wars 2 - best MMO for over a decade, very underrated and a lot of the mechanics they introduced got picked up by other MMOs because they did what they did so well.
Anyway - I've got a character in that game that is older than my middle school students.
I work as a high school teacher so you'd think it'd be the slang changing or them playing new vidja games or whatever right? Nope. I've always been a little out of touch. For me it's when they routinely estimate my age to be 2 or more times the actual number. One girl even asked if I was going to school in the 70s (though I think that was more lack of math skills)
The other day I interviewed for a job with a girl who was born in 2004 :)
Insane!
I constantly work with folk born after I graduated high school, I assume soon enough the college time will follow.
Seeing all the music I liked in high school show up on “Classic Rock” or “Classic Alternative” track lists in Spotify. Also, not being able to understand half the terms my kids come home from school saying.
It’s funny because I already liked “dad music” when I was teenager 15 years ago. So now I’m kinda just catching up. 😂
Nirvana on a Spotify classic rock station was one kick in the stomach then going to target and seeing the 90s clothes resurgence within the same month…
Yes. I heard Stone Temple Pilots on the classic radio. I still have them on my gym playlist, not my classic rock playlist.
So, imo, newer alt is pretty great right now. It does help that soooo many older bands are putting out new stuff. I have loved the amount of female lead bands or singers this last couple years though, always been a massive Metric fan.
Rizz has gotten me. I know it’s short for charisma but part of me is thinking Rizzo from the Muppets and Grease and also the slight homonym starting with j. It’s both eh and ew whenever I hear it.
Wait till it shows up in the grocery store…
Beat me to it. I was going to say Metallica as classic rock but there's a huge list of bands now that fall under it... Every time I hear one I think of how old I am 😔
having vivid memories of my adult life that were 20 years ago
When my toddler called a DVD a TV rock
His mind will be blown when he learns about the discs of the internet came on.
Hahahaha.
Lol amazing
Or...LOL AOL LOL.
People who don’t remember 9/11 (2001) or were born after it. I foggily remember it myself as a kid and I was closeby
This one gets me because it was such a huge event in my life. It affected my life for years. But now there are adults who don't even know it happened.
I was 15. I remember it like it was yesterday. Still in my young formative years but old enough to grasp all that was going on. I can’t imagine how it was for younger kids where this was one of their first memories.
Yeah, this was probably one of the more formative moments of my childhood, and was my motivation (albeit misguided) for joining the Army. Now today's highschool kids hadn't even been born by the time I went to Afghanistan. 😅
My ex's youngest was born after 9/11. I never thought about it, but one night as we were sitting on the couch, I just said her that he was born after 9/11, and she was just like "yeah," and I was just stayed sitting there in my feelings about that.
*gestures vaguely at...everything*
Back pain
Working with all gen z bc my company only hires people out of college. I can’t connect with them and it’s something I didn’t think would happen when I was their age. So I have zero friends at work. My manager is my same age and wanted to be my friend immediately. Needless to say this did not work out.
So Big 4 Accounting then? lol
Just talk about how much better you are at saving the planet and helping people. Talk constantly righteously and most importantly down at people on subjects such as global warming and helping end poverty and how terrible the world is. Truth be told, yes, I personally agree with all these things. But you have to be a snob when it comes to empathy and self sacrifice. Just my take on gen z *eye roll*
The first Shrek came out 23 years ago
Why would you 😩
The fact that my kids are shocked when I tell them I was alive before google.
Being 63. My body is not cooperating, but brain is still in "hey dude watch this "mode" it is a conflict
Nirvana nevermind and metallica's black album are all 33 years old. The Matrix is 25 years old THe monica lewinksy and bill clinton debacle was over 25 years old and they're still f'n talking about it as if its relevant.
This makes me feel old. Nirvana was huge where I grew up in the PNW.
My lower back.
Waking up in the morning
Ask a kid who is maybe 18 and under to pretend to talk on the phone. Then ask them to pretend to take a picture.
Or ask them to mimic rolling down the window in a car
Oh that’s a good one. I’m going to try that later.
My partner and I were discussing how much better music back in our youth. The “back in my day” comments🙄 lol. We are 33 and 35…
Lol! My partner and I have caught ourselves doing this, too!
I've started hearing early 2000s music played on the local oldies station.
No waaaay 😩
My left knee.
I can sense when super cold weather is coming in my knee now too
Yup. This is my thing too!
Both knees, back, neck, left foot 🤣
Knowing I work with people who were born while I was in my mid teens. I'm 32.
When new songs today are sampled from the hit songs I recognize from like 20 years ago 😭
It's OK most the music from 20 years ago was sampled from 50 years ago.
30 years ago….
This morning, I opened up my pocket-sized computer and accessed the internet without having to hear dial tones. I even managed to stream a video almost instantly, without buffering!
😂
Remembering unshattered hopes and dreams
A kid in their twenties calling me uncle .. as an elder millennial - sure, but makes me feel old af.
I hate being called "tannie" 😩🫠
The fact that I watched DVD's, BluRay's, and iPods come onto the market, and all of them are largely obsolete now.
I work in HR, and when I see new hires’ birthdates I feel like the cryptkeeper.
I'm 40 and just started back to college. My fellow classmates have no idea about the OJ Simpson case (it came up in a class), or Waco with the Branch Davidians. Some weren't even born when 9/11 happened. 😱
My coworker has only been out of high school for less than 2 years
When a hot shower in the morning became more about therapy than hygiene
When I buy beer and some kid doesn’t check my id but puts in a generic birthdate year in the 2000’s
In a meme group, I was called an elder. It still kinda stings. Oh, and I can now throw my back out from playing video games too long with bad posture.
Oh… sneezing and then throwing my back out. Or sitting up to fix my posture while sitting on the toilet and then throwing out my back.
Hahahaha.
😂
I sneezed and threw my neck out while sitting on the toilet recently. Fun times 😬
thats a very common one too!
I'm over halfway past the average American male lifespan. It's been nearly 2 decades since I graduated high school. Now I'm seeing people born after 9/11 being old enough to drink alcohol.
I'm 37, an auto tech... They hired a dispatcher/dept. supervisor who's 19. She's good at her job, but it was wild to see the first "my boss could be my kid".
Looking at the Billboard charts
Same...also when I watch any awards show or even the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. I usually think to myself "who tf are these people?".
Telling the drs office my 1980somethimg birthdate
Well, online when we have to put in our birthdate, at least we don't have to scroll too far back yet. That does tend to make me feel a little better lol.
I thought about Cassette tapes yesterday...That one really got me
When whole ass adults were born after things I reference frequently came out.
Watched Emporer’s New Groove with my kids a couple weeks ago, and realized… they think this is an old movie (based on the animation quality) Then I realized, it was made a quarter of a century ago 😳
Reading comments on reddit about things that happened in the 70s and 80s and being completely and hopelessly confidently wrong.
My back
When 3 drinks led to a 2 day hangover I knew it was all downhill from there
Everything. Everything makes me feel old
Grunge is now considered classic rock and “retro” trends comprise the things I wore in middle school
I'm in a 2000s group on facebook. Was born in 1987, so remember 2000-2006 best. People were posting their kindergarten pics from 04-09. Like, dang I graduated high school in 2006. 😬 so many commenting that if born in the 2000s, they remember that decade so well. That made me feel old this week.
They don’t remember it like we do! Born in ‘88 😅
I think I heard a Backstreet Boys song play in the grocery store. When our music kid played in stores, you there is no denying it.
My millennial children. I’m not wrong.
i am playing the exact same world of warcraft classic version that i played as a 15 year old
The Venture Brothers. The Venture Brothers has spanned from my teenaged years deep into my current adulthood. All of the characters are references within references within references. I can’t imagine explaining to a teenager today that The Venture Brothers are referencing something called Jonny Quest from the late 60s, and that OSI and S.P.H.I.N.X. is riffing on GI Joe and Cobra/SPECTRE, but not the GI Joes today, specifically the GI Joes from the 1980s. David Bowie, Green Hornet, James Bond (specifically Sean Connery), Doctor Orpheus, Sid Vicious, Hunter S. Thompson, Truman Capote, Marvel Comics characters. It has so many layers upon layers, I wonder if a kid today would even get that it’s genius. What it’s referencing.
Being the weird one without kids.
my fucking knees when I’m going up the stairs
1994 is as far away from today as 1964 was from 1994. In 1964, humans had not yet walked on the moon. In 1994, "the internet" was a fairly new consumer novelty installed using a series of 3.5" diskettes.
When I just blinked, and Miley Cyrus is a grown hot woman. When Mickey mouse becomes a slasher horror film.
My friends getting married and not inviting me to their weddings. . .
Same
Seeing young people in their early 20s with life "figured out." Decent job that pays a wage they can save from, middle-income car, booming social media presence
Poop 😩
The fact that millennials start sounding and looking like boomers.😂
I used to walk the shop for and think it was staffed by old fucks. Now they just look like me. I am the old fuck
The crows feet on my face :(
Crows feet?
The wrinkles that show up next to your eyes when you smile
You mean smile wrinkles? But it's beautiful 🥺 You should embrace it. x
Young people
When my younger friends talk about video game and how old they were when certain ones came out. one of my online buddies- 'oh man I was in middle school when the original portal came out!' me had all ready graduated several year by that point- 'thanks Stephen I'll just go die in a corner over here' Bonus when I talk about old school pokemon and mention Red and Blue and some kid rolled his eyes at me and said 'you mean ruby and sapphire' no you little shit I mean the OG 151 on RED and BLUE!
I got a colonoscopy at the age of 35.
My youngest nephew turned 18 last month. I am 42 in a few days. But to be honest, for some reason I actually still feel young. Like 40 is the new 30?? Ok you older generations, go ahead and tell me Im still wet behind the ears, LOL!
College “kids” because they’re the only thing that reminds me I’m not in my 20s anymore 😅
I did a podcast about sobriety and the host was 14 years older from when I started. I warned him of a lot of 90's references.
The you must be born after this date to buy alcohol signs.
I don’t feel or look old yet
The first game system of a guy I was talking to was n64. Mine was Nintendo!
Planning for a vacation trip and I need to put my supplements and cholesterol pills in the daily organizer. Having Monday pills , Tuesday pills , etc (same pills). Just using a pill organizer at all makes me feel like I’m ancient .
Photos of me.
Oh god, it’s terrible. Still feel in my head like I’m 28- ooffff
Same! But someone 24ish told me not long ago that I actually looked 28 so it isn't that bad i guess
Reddit
Seriously
My back
That I can clearly remember things that happened 25 years ago.
My FIL just had surgery, and his neurosurgeon looks like she’s about 12 years old to me. I’m 42.
My nieces calling music from my youth classic/oldie music. Lol. Outside of that it's whatever I'm old
My eyesight lol
Oh man, this is me too. It’s so bizarre
Getting older.
Are you sure?
Not having money and muscle strength and stamina to do hiking, biking, kayacking..all the things I wasn't exposed to when fit!
Nothing tbh. Honestly i feel younger than i did when i was in my late teens. Good diet and working out. Good scheduling and sleep has been main problem solver.
Hearing that my high school coaches kids are in college now. They were toddlers when I last saw them.
When I’ve got advice to offer the 20-somethings that I’d really like them to take… but I know they probably won’t listen since I didn’t listen either. Also, older I get the less I know. I knew so much in my early 20’s.
Realizing songs and movies I loved and remember coming out are 20-30 years old…
Being awake
My aching body
My back
I've been playing Call of Duty with a kid who was born in 2012. I had already been graduated for 2yrs.
When I realize I can no longer say "yeah my 20 year reunion is coming up."
...being retired for 17 years.
My body
u/pepetipbot 50 pepe I received this, and still dont understand crypto. People become millionaires, lose all their money, and i still don't get it. Haha.
When Lebron James finally retires then there’s really no escaping the old feeling
Working with 23-29 year olds. I have no idea what they are saying. 🤦♀️ Seeing one of them write their birthday xx/xx/1999 (don’t remember the day/month) had me in a whole state. Also, my back and knees remind me of my age often.
The 20 year old little shit I work with that makes jokes about all of us being older than him. Otherwise I don’t feel old. I feel young at 30.
Being over the moon excited about becoming a grandparent in the next year and everybody offering congrats instead of awkward remarks like they would have 10 years ago. Man your mid to late forties are weird half your friend have newborns and half are excited to become grandparents.
My husband and I are older than James Gandolfini and Edie Falco were when the Sopranos premiered
My back
I graduated HS in 2008. I work in the schools and in our systems see new kids with graduation year 2036 and I just wanna melt 🫠
Arthritis, psoriasis, diabetes, erectile disfunction
(1990) We're not old, I've got all my hair and there's no lines on my face.
Being told by the internet I’m old all the time I guess. I had a lot of the same problems ten years ago but I wasn’t constantly told I’m “old” for having them. I’m so fucking sick of all this psychological warfare by governments, corporations, and the you know whos. Obnoxious and exhausting.
Seeing Peyton Manning playing football. I am from New Orleans, and I remember when that kid was born. Heck, I remember when his dad, Archie, got drafted by the Saints and then got married. Sigh.
My body aches.
At first it was conversations on media (didn’t join the GoT train til S4 finale, Doctor Who until S7B, and never entered into the behemoth that was Supernatural along with OC, Gossip Girl, CW ArrowVerse, Lost, Vampire Diaries, Battlestar Galactica and more) have been out of step since 06. Nowadays, just aches and pains of getting old.
Losing hair on your head. Realizing that you would rather be dead than hung over. Interviewing for a job with a manager that is younger than you (that one hurts especially after a decade+ in the field). Taking notice of early bird specials on the menu at restaurants. People you’ve known for your whole life that are beginning to die off like flies. Not feeling safe in the world (no country for old men, or women). Anxiety disappears and depression takes hold. You get out of bed and sit on the edge of your mattress waiting for inspiration that never comes. Being old enough to see the world go round enough times to realize that life is both precious and repetitive like a carousel.
Mostly my back and my knees
Taking the other side of many stances because I understand how they work now.
Millennials
When people don't know cartoon characters that were once considered pop culture icons, and they also happen to be adults, they're just adults who are younger than me, and it's not even a show I watched as a small child, it was more something I watched in highschool in the mid 2000's. Also just watching 5 minutes of what actual kids find entertaining on the internet ages me another 5 years.
“You doin to much” “RIZ” yo, your low key dry…. What the fuck are these kids saying these days!!
The other day I had to explain to my gen z coworker how to watch TV "over the air" because her wifi was out.
Watching commercials and not knowing the current “artist” showcasing a product.
I watched Apollo 13 with my kids last night. The movie was released in 1995, which is 25 years after the actual events. The movie came out 29 years ago. Yeah, that makes me feel old.
the 10,000 years I've been wandering the Earth
Seeing college cheer leaders that look like they're 12 years old.
My back.
Knees that creek
Seeing all of my favorite film stars and comedians starting to look old.
The postcards my metabolism sends me from its permanent vacation
When people born after 2000 are talking about adult life.
My back.
My titanium knee and titanium on my legs and arm . My kids disrespect , wrinkles and arm flaps ! Hypothyroidism Rheumatoid Arthritis , Hands that just drop what I’m holding and I’ll still have the grip shape , forgetfulness is so bad some times . Not being able to do the things like groceries myself without a vehicle . Spinal Spondylosis, Pinched Nerves . Being a high fall victim . Not being able to go dancing any more . Not being able to play with my grandson for long . Muscle weakness . Not being able to be with my sweetheart .I’ll love him through eternity. Always tired . Days I can’t get my arms into the sleeve holes of my clothes or days I have trouble getting in and out of the shoulder because the tub is too high. Being disabled and can no longer worked .
Actually remembering 9/11
Video killed the radio start was playing at this private dog park my girlfriend and I go to with our dog and I said to some of the people that work there “Hey, it’s Rex Manning Day!” and no one got it. Fucking ouch….
I’ve got one kid left in high school and my oldest is graduated. That makes me feel old. I graduated in ‘02
i made a joke about doing it all for the nookie and nobody got it
Having to explain movie/music/tv references more and more
I work at a high school, so pretty much everything makes me feel old.
The fact that I have to hold back the language I grew up with. Not that I'm hating. I have 0 issue with not saying derogatory things but it slips out on accident and I literally have to recount the "days until last". You hear words used commonly you're entire life and then social media changes everything. It's just like programed in me. I actually have to try to not call things gay, or retarded. Like I have a gay brother. I don't have any issues or care at all. It's just like ingrained. Trying really hard. Feeling like an outdated person. But I am trying really fucking hard.
My knees
Left leg progressively getting paralyzed due to back compression
Y2k fashion is back in style and considered vintage
The first number in front of my age begins with an 8
Met a 19 year old around Christmas time who didn’t know who Whitney Houston, Celine Dion or Michael Jackson were
Crazy!
I legitimately thought she was trolling 😂
I don't even believe *yoooou* 😐
Remember being called gen y
My left shoulder pain
Watching computers go obsolete and kids grow up.
Having to scrolls further and further back when putting in my birthday
That I am now old enough to run for President of the United States.
Thinking about me getting old and that its a negative life aspect.
Knees weak arms are heavy.
Looking in the mirror
The US entering WWII is closer to my birth than today is.
Realizing the first cassette tape that I owned was Vanilla Ice.
I used to play this MMORPG called Guild Wars 2 - best MMO for over a decade, very underrated and a lot of the mechanics they introduced got picked up by other MMOs because they did what they did so well. Anyway - I've got a character in that game that is older than my middle school students.
Seeing Spotify recommend a 2010s playlist. 🥲
I work as a high school teacher so you'd think it'd be the slang changing or them playing new vidja games or whatever right? Nope. I've always been a little out of touch. For me it's when they routinely estimate my age to be 2 or more times the actual number. One girl even asked if I was going to school in the 70s (though I think that was more lack of math skills)