That Moment You Realised You're Old
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God...damn...it. I know too, the actual oldness is physically hurting now...usmarine4160 said:Oh I know I know! Oh god I'm oldRadoh said:I realised I had no new age to look forward to. I'm old enough to drink and that's the last thing of freedom I am afforded.
Also, when I realised that knowing the connection between these two objects is not common knowledge.
The moment hit when I had this night out with a bunch of friends, the tipping point hit (You all know it, it's that point wether you either go home or get fucked up till the sun comes up). My friends asked if I wanted another drink and I said "Nope, because the way you are drinking means you're counting on me to drive us safely to the highschool reunion tomorrow" Uttering that sentence mixed in with the wisdom of actually fucking off made me realise that I suddenly showed responsibility at age 25.
The day my iPod ran out of charge in the car (I have one of those headphone-jack-to-cassette adaptors for my car stereo), had to listen to the radio for the first time in years, and realised that modern music is terrible.
Seriously, I like certain auto-tuned songs (I can even stomach Ke$ha, at least a certain remixed version) but the kind of crap that is sent out over the airwaves today just makes me long for the msuic of my youth (and before I was born).
Seriously, I like certain auto-tuned songs (I can even stomach Ke$ha, at least a certain remixed version) but the kind of crap that is sent out over the airwaves today just makes me long for the msuic of my youth (and before I was born).
Just the other week, I was reading on the couch while my girlfriend was watching X-Factor or something similar. I looked up at the tv, saw some prancing teenager mangling a pop song and muttered something along the lines of 'that kid needs to get a haircut, a good stint in the army is what his generation needs'. My girlfriend has taken to nicknaming me granddad ever since. I quite like the name actually.
I definitely remember having rewound a cassette with a pencil... and yet I can't imagine why in God's name you would want to do that, apart from boredom when you could just press rewind surely? >_>
Like the Atari 2600 joystick. It is terrible. Just terrible. The stick is too stiff and the button barely even goes down IIRC. Mind you, it's been many many years since I played my 2600...
Also, the entire CONCEPT of using a JOYSTICK for games even into the early/mid 90s. People who used Amigas/Atari STs etc. will know what I mean.
What was the point? Maybe it's just being using to joypads for most of my life at this stage, but to imagine playing games like SWIV or even platforms that require some timing and reflexes with a Zip Stick is crazy. Joypads had already been well established by the NES at least so I don't know why sticks seemed to be so popular then.
Also, why the Amiga seemed to only ever have 1 fire button. Despite using the same controller ports as the Mega Drive, so it wasn't some kind of hardware limitation, it just seems that 1 button controllers must have been the focus for God knows what reason, even to the point of ruining Street Fighter II when they blatantly could have allowed 6 button pads. /rant.
Floppy disks were an annoying whore too. Sure, it was fine to have 2, but once it became 3 or 4 or more and you were switching disks every time you did anything it was a nightmare, even today on an emulator.
Maybe we're like, GENUINELY getting old and out of touch with "the kids"? =O
Did he live in a box until he was 10? :O
Could just be you get more work as school/education progresses.NightHawk21 said:
In fairness though, it's easy to look back at some things in gaming with a modern perspective and realize that some things were ****ing absurd.NightmareLuna said:Yeah, I feel a bit old when I am around my two smaller cousins. They really look up to me and call me when they need help with something but one day I showed them my old NES games because I knew they have never seen one before, and what did they say?
"What? Seriously, what the hell is this?"
"What awful graphics, only 2 buttons, I can't believe you played this shit."
"This is not fun, this is just boring."
Although I expected this reaction I was a bit stumped and old.
Like the Atari 2600 joystick. It is terrible. Just terrible. The stick is too stiff and the button barely even goes down IIRC. Mind you, it's been many many years since I played my 2600...
Also, the entire CONCEPT of using a JOYSTICK for games even into the early/mid 90s. People who used Amigas/Atari STs etc. will know what I mean.
What was the point? Maybe it's just being using to joypads for most of my life at this stage, but to imagine playing games like SWIV or even platforms that require some timing and reflexes with a Zip Stick is crazy. Joypads had already been well established by the NES at least so I don't know why sticks seemed to be so popular then.
Also, why the Amiga seemed to only ever have 1 fire button. Despite using the same controller ports as the Mega Drive, so it wasn't some kind of hardware limitation, it just seems that 1 button controllers must have been the focus for God knows what reason, even to the point of ruining Street Fighter II when they blatantly could have allowed 6 button pads. /rant.
Floppy disks were an annoying whore too. Sure, it was fine to have 2, but once it became 3 or 4 or more and you were switching disks every time you did anything it was a nightmare, even today on an emulator.
Y interweb no called Info Super Highway no more? ;'(Scarim Coral said:
Me too, I just thought they never stopped saying thatnikki191 said:
Maybe we're like, GENUINELY getting old and out of touch with "the kids"? =O
But... but... but... he's supposed to treat you with a mix of disgust, fear and suspicionBatou667 said:
How can somebody not have used VHS tapes and be 18?... *Thinks* 2011 - 18 = 1993 if it happened this year. DVDs weren't exactly ubiquitous until some time in the early 2000s...freakydan said:
Did he live in a box until he was 10? :O
Did you smack him? Queen is not from the 90s.Death God said:
OT: My old moment was teaching my niece and nephew about Super Mario. They were absolutely fascinated with the game, not because it was "fun", but because anyone could call that rude collection of pixels a "game."
Probably when I stopped hating everything that was different to me.
When meaningless sex didn't really do anything for me anymore.
When making people feel good about themselves was better than only caring about myself.
And when I became tolerant and understanding.
But then again we never stop growing so in two years I might think, "man I was such an idiot back then, NOW I know I'm an adult because..."
When meaningless sex didn't really do anything for me anymore.
When making people feel good about themselves was better than only caring about myself.
And when I became tolerant and understanding.
But then again we never stop growing so in two years I might think, "man I was such an idiot back then, NOW I know I'm an adult because..."
I'm 21 and got carded the other day at gamestop for buying Condemned, I'm never gonna be old ^_^
I work with a lot of 19 to 20 year olds. Almost on a daily basis, something from the time around 1994 - 1996 comes up and those people say something like: "I was born that year" and I think to myself "Holy Crap, I was a teenager that year". Also, I work alot with kids that are born around 1998 - 2000. Always when I read their date of birth I think: Wow, I remember the Y2K Panic and being at work when 9/11 happened and those kids where just infants. I am 28 now.
Not that I am old, but this makes me remember how fast time goes by.
"Holy shit, that movie came out seven years ago?!"
"Holy shit, that movie came out seven years ago?!"
This was only the beginning for me. The real realization comes when you hit 30-ish and start thinking: "Man, I better start putting away money if I want to ever retire! Saving time is running out!". Then you start wondering about RRSP's and what the hell they even are, etc.Tom Artingstall said:
It gets worse, trust me.
1. Waking up and feeling every major injury I've had in my life flaring up as small yet increasing pain centers, which comes to the realization that my body is falling apart.
2. I used to be able to run places without getting winded, and feeling like a million bucks afterward. Now running leaves me breathless and my body is aflame.
3. Realizing that I have played almost every version of Ultima when it was contemporary.
4. Owning an NES from almost day 1 release.
5. Telling younger generations how cheap things were "back in my day" like gas, beer, etc.
6. Feeling like it was 100% easier to get a job when I was 20, people didn't do background checks, rarely cared about references and almost never called your last employer.
Also, thinking about retirement and life insurance policies.
2. I used to be able to run places without getting winded, and feeling like a million bucks afterward. Now running leaves me breathless and my body is aflame.
3. Realizing that I have played almost every version of Ultima when it was contemporary.
4. Owning an NES from almost day 1 release.
5. Telling younger generations how cheap things were "back in my day" like gas, beer, etc.
6. Feeling like it was 100% easier to get a job when I was 20, people didn't do background checks, rarely cared about references and almost never called your last employer.
Also, thinking about retirement and life insurance policies.
-The first time I went to bed without masturbating and waking up and realizing it's been three days since I did.
-When I tried to strike up a conversation about the new pokemon game. (Silver just came out).
--Urgh, realizing there's a Pokemon silver just now and probably no kid played that version.
-This guy asked me something on the street and called me "sir" for the first time.
-A woman screaming for help and my first reaction wasn't to stop or run away but run towards to help her.
-Out living three dogs.
-When I tried to strike up a conversation about the new pokemon game. (Silver just came out).
--Urgh, realizing there's a Pokemon silver just now and probably no kid played that version.
-This guy asked me something on the street and called me "sir" for the first time.
-A woman screaming for help and my first reaction wasn't to stop or run away but run towards to help her.
-Out living three dogs.
Heh kind of. I had a ten year marriage, my wife died, I'm the sole parent of a 2 year old child and I've been through bankruptcy and out the other side. Despite all that I *still* don't think I am getting old. Despite the fact that my girlfriend is about to hit 40 this month.intheweeds said:
When I was no longer carded when buying alcohol. That's when you truly realize that you are old.