What Makes You Feel Old?

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Conza

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I started using MSN, 10 years ago in primary school (grade 5), actually, its coming up on 11... wow.
 

Canid117

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I'm only nineteen so nothing. There is a difference between being old and not being a kid anymore and I recognize that.
 

Sticky Squid

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robot_slipper said:
This may be a bit UK-centric, but:
- still being bitter about how Margeret Thatcher stole our milk! And being only one of a few of people at work who remember this!
The country never recovered from this.
 

ClassicJokester

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CardinalPiggles said:
ClassicJokester said:
It may seem silly, but anytime someone mentions a pokémon past #252.

It doesn't make me feel "old" (I'm not, really), but its a reminder that people are growing up with very different feelings about what "retro" and "all that old stuff" is.
past the origonal 150, i dont even know so...
All I know is that in Gold and Silver, they were still original and interestingly named/themed.
Can't believe I didn't link this at first:
 

Astoria

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Crispee said:
I felt old when Toy Story 3 came out, I remember watching the first two when they came out. I then felt old when I realized the film's current target audience besides people my age wouldn't even have heard of it. I'm 17.
Same here. It's weird that those excited about a kids movie were teenagers. My cousin that's 6 wasn't excited about it at all.
 

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What made me feel old was when i was old enougth to get my own benefit money...i have asbergers, college has been agressive since the TAs didn't really knew what they were doing, and neither did me. :/

When i was walking with mum to the hospital to get the out of work slip, i was like "But getting a slip means that im almost 1 5th through my life *dundun dadun di da dundun didi dunn*, its like old people getting their buss pass" and then mum was like, "but people dont live to 100 often" and that scared the hell out of me.

Didnt really have that many friends throughout my school life, since it was usually like 1 or 2 kids that probally didnt go to the same secondry school or even college, so when i was in college, i just distanced myself so i wouldn't lose any potencial friends i could have been friends with but then lost, though i did sort of fall in love with one of the girls in my class, though i bottled it up. i know her DevArt ID though. :eek:

She was sweet, she had nice long brown gold hair, was into videogames and she always kept her spirits up despite being kept down by her dad. (think shes a 2nd generation French/Russian living in the UK or somthing, heard her dad watched basic channels or russian tv though)

College was so awesome, i was allowed to wander about downtown, eat new things, buy new stuff for whatever, but at home? its ruled by some 50 odd year old who is a sexist pig who screams at his 30-40 somthing wife because the coffee wasnt sweet enougth, not even allowed out unless its for a reason, like mum running out of cigs, the dentist or new clothes.

to put it in perspective, i think my brother is probally somewhere 24+ years old, so chances are my dad was in his 20s whilst mum was in her teens or late teens.
 

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Soylent Bacon said:
Remember VHS tapes? There are kids today who have never heard of such a thing.
Really? I fear for civilization now.

OT: There's not much that makes me feel old, I suppose the last time it happened was when some 16 year old kid didn't remember what an EyeToy was. Then again, I'm only a year older than he is so I have no right to feel old.
 

derob

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making references to old canceled sitcoms makes me feel old.
other things making me feel old:

1. digestive problems
2. back problems
3. constant whining about kids on my lawn
 

Alon Shechter

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Crispee said:
I felt old when Toy Story 3 came out, I remember watching the first two when they came out. I then felt old when I realized the film's current target audience besides people my age wouldn't even have heard of it. I'm 17.
I'm three years younger and feel the exact same way.
Kinda sad, really.
 

CrazyGirl17

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Seeing mainly tweenie bullcrap on channels like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network that are SUPPOSED to be for kids.

*SIGH* It's so hard being a (mostly) grown-up cartoon fan...
 

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LooK iTz Jinjo said:
When I meet people who:

Have never played (or even heard of) Ocarina of Time.
Have never seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
People who think that Good News Week has only been around for a couple of years (Aus).
People who acknowledge any Pokemon past 151, who never saw Dragonball Z and never saw Cheeze TV (Aus).
haha, I'm 21, and love the 2nd generation of pokemon. I stopped watching Pokemon around 2003/2004 when i was 13/14 because I was getting older, and it went off of network tv (i didn't have cable tv). But seriously, the Gold/Silver generation of Pokemon was pretty cool, with Lugia and stuff. I remember when my dad took me to see Pokemon 2000 when i was 10, and Lugia was my favorite. I was never really into Dragon Ball Z. Some kids in my class were, but it wasn't as big as pokemon when i was a kid. I'm not sure what Cheeze TV is...
 

THEMILKMAN

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Everytime a new Pokemon generation comes out.

As far as I'm concerned every Pokemon after Mew doesn't exist...
 

Superfly2008

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THEMILKMAN said:
Everytime a new Pokemon generation comes out.

As far as I'm concerned every Pokemon after Mew doesn't exist...
Why does Pokemon after Mew not exist. Pokemon in the early 00s was still good during the Gold/Silver generation. How old are you? I'm 21, and was still in 4th/5th grade 2000/2001
 

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Astoria said:
Crispee said:
I felt old when Toy Story 3 came out, I remember watching the first two when they came out. I then felt old when I realized the film's current target audience besides people my age wouldn't even have heard of it. I'm 17.
Same here. It's weird that those excited about a kids movie were teenagers. My cousin that's 6 wasn't excited about it at all.
I actually think toy story 3 was made with the kids who had seen it orginally in mind

think about it it syncs up perfectly with us, andys off to college so are we/already there

anyday and us are both nostalgic for the toys and charachter, this movie was the perfect formula to give us a huge emotional attatchment/punch

oh and calling it a "kids movie" dosnt really do it justice (yeah its made with kids in mind but comone this movie was best picture worthy, as is any piar movie)
 

THEMILKMAN

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Alright you got me. I'm 18 but I don't remember what grade I was in in 2000/2001 (1st or 2nd maybe?) I did overreact a bit. Pokemon Gold/Silver was good, damn good infact. But I will not budge on the fact that the 3rd generation and onward was total crap.

Edit: Wow the quote button is really screwing uo for me tonight. I better read the text before I post it to be sure it's quoteing.