Hints that you're getting older

[Kuchinawa212]

First time I heard my bones creak when I get outta bed in the morning. Or when I take my morning vitamins

 

[superbatranger]

I turn 21 tomorrow. I think that's a pretty big hint.

 

[Rolf]

Usually i could play games all night long without problem. Now i fall asleep if i try.

Also most of the shows and movies i used to love is about 10-15 years old.

 

[Lokithrsourcerer]

yeah I've noticed my nose hair growth has accelerated exponentially while my head hair is starting to fall out. My best m8 started to get grey hairs in his beard too (we're 28 btw)

 

[Vault101]

well since I dont do such stuff like all nighters or drink to excess then I havnt had one of "those" moments

Im still bright eyed and optimistic when it comes to my entertainment...Ill become cynical soon enough Im sure..In fact I completley gave up on movies...couldnt name a single film thats come out...but ive gotten back into the habit of seeking out films and watching..tonight its "American beauty"..before it was "American phsycho" and mabye next weekend Ill continue the theme with "American history X"

anway thats really because ive thrown myself compltley in the the black hole that is gaming

 

[thiosk]

Who among you has had your first inklings that you're starting to age? You're coasting through your early adulthood, still riding high on that youthful feeling of invulnerability. Suddenly and without warning, your mind and/or body suddenly pipes up and says, "look buddy, you aren't a kid anymore. You can't keep this lifestyle up for much longer, so get your shit together."

There were three major things for me.

First, around the time I turned 27, the word "regularity" took on an entirely different meaning.

Second, I learned about twitter when watching CNN one day.

Finally, there was a party in an apartment across the way-- and all i wanted to do was wave my fist in the air and tell them young whipper snappers to keep it down because some of us have to go to work in the morning.

 

[joinchoir]

A teacher's least favorite words: "You were my mother's music teacher."

 

[Austin Howe]

You still think the PS1 is the greatest system of all time, despite the clear advances of the previous and current generations. (Me to a tee. That said, I'm turning 18 in January. I'm not really bothered by getting old, though.)

 

[3AM]

When you, umm... ah... well damnit, I forgot what the question was. Or what my answer was going to be.

Also, reading glasses.

 

[surd360]

Well I'm in the military and I noticed it when I enjoy getting desk jobs rather than field work.. gah, man I use to love getting my hands dirty.

 

[Pandalisk]

Receding hairline, nothing serious, but its slowing happening, Oh old age, you are a harsh mistress, take my mind, take my bowels, but NOT. MY. HAIR!.

 

[Dags90]

A teacher's least favorite words: "You were my mother's music teacher."

My mom used to have a crush on one of my high school English teachers.

If you went from being a high school teacher to elementary though...that wouldn't be so bad. You could conceivably still be in your 20's, if the mother got pregnant in high school...

And I'm pretty sure I topped that with my elementary school gym teacher. One day I asked her when her baby was due...except she wasn't pregnant, she just had a FUPA.

 

[Scarim Coral]

While I have stop growing but I remember when I used to be so small that I couldn't use the mirror in the bathroom (too tall for me). Of cource overtime I saw myself in the mirror more and more. This in turn also mean I got taller compare to my mum since I was small compared to her.

 

[Hipsy_Gypsy]

I'm starting to look things up on Urban Dictionary because I have no clue what they mean.

My knees crackle on stairs... but my condo is a main floor unit, so I don't normally use stairs anymore, so that may just be it.

Oh, my knees creak when I'm sitting on them, gathering stuff together and I always stop to think, "What's that noise?" then I slowly move and discover it's my knees. Certainly not the floor boards either.

People constantly asking me if I have kids. Or when I buy something they say "and get this for your kids!" ... Do I look like I have kids? My clothes are clean, I don't have bags under my eyes[...]

I have bags and dark circles under and around my eyes but that's from waves of insomnia ever since I was age sixteen. The odd, individual gray hair for quite some time now. Sigh.

 

[D Moness]

You still think the PS1 is the greatest system of all time, despite the clear advances of the previous and current generations.

I can make that worse . I consider the snes the best gaming system made. Most of the games i consider great are from the snes.

 

[Austin Howe]

You still think the PS1 is the greatest system of all time, despite the clear advances of the previous and current generations.

I can make that worse . I consider the snes the best gaming system made. Most of the games i consider great are from the snes.

Gamers who've been around a while consider it a very, very close call between those two systems, but I think in a few years we'll have the historical perspective to say that with games like

The Legacy of Kain series,
the Team Ico games,
the Xenosaga franchise,
Tales of the Abyss,
the original Kingdom Hearts,
the two Metal Gears
(and the first iteration of the under-rated MGO),
The three Silent Hills
etc.

That the PS2 will be considered the strongest console.
Oh, and that's just the games I like. There are also so-called "classics" I didn't put on that list like FFX, FFXII, and the forgotten games of the WWII genre (which became today's "NOT the war in Iraq-istan" genre.)

 

[Ulfrick]

When you look back at your time in high school and want to invent a time machine just to go and kick your own ass in a dark alley somewhere and leave yourself bloody and beaten with a note stapled to your chest saying "Grow the fuck up, stop giving half a shit about what other people think and enjoy your self, these are your best years."

Also when you finally transcend that point of giving a shit about what other people think. Because then you can finally start picking and choosing who you spend your energy on.

 

[Broady Brio]

When you realise that going to clubs is the shittiest idea in the world. As for house parties, those can stay.

 

[Ulfrick]

When you realise that going to clubs is the shittiest idea in the world. As for house parties, those can stay.

When you realise that even house parties are over rated and limit yourself to pubs with good food/beer and music quiet enough to actually talk over

 

[MarsProbe]

Re-watching the films I loved as a kid reminds me of this every time. Also, as a kid I loved Linkin Park and the like, seeing their songs as soulful yet powerful. Now... well... I don't. I realize now that they are just another pop/rock band that is aimed at the teen demographic and isn't at all different than the crap that plays today. Once I loved their entire discography, now I can stand less than 5 of their songs and hate the rest.

I recently pulled an old CD by "Hell is for Heroes" out of the loft that I bought when i was in my early 20s (29 now) which at the time I also thought was one of the most powerful things I ever heard. I transferred the album onto my iphone for a quick listen. What seemed somewhat profound and emotional back then now just sounded whiny and a little immature for the most part.

Then there was the time where I was in a shop and was making my way down one of the aisles that was slightly clogged up with people (reading the magazines as opposed to paying for them, as you do) when I came up against some little kid blocking the way. There was no way through, so I just had to hover about until her mum turned around and told the kid to "let the man past". That's when I realised that I had reached the point where I now looked like a man - the dream was officially over.

The main thing is though when I go for a night out these days with the people from work, whereas I used to feel that the night was really just getting started come 11, nowadays I'm starting to think about heading up the road and checking the time to make sure I don't miss the last bus home.

Also, there are now "young people" at my work who are more or less just out of school and (the horror) weren't even alive at any point during the 80s! Unthinkable!

Other things, like becoming an uncle, or the fact that a good number of my friends around my age or younger are now married with a 2 or 3 kids, some of which have probably already started school. Scary.