Things that make you feel old.

[PhroX]

The fact that the year 2000 wasn't about a decade ago....

 

[Angst]

 

[Joij21]

By your early 20s, you have likely already reached the maximum of your abilities on those fronts.

Yep, biology's cruelty. We spent most of our lives in endless decline from our peak at 22.

 

[Remorseless1]

Getting the senior citizen discount without even asking
Being asked if I evaded the draft for Vietnam (I was 9 when Tet happened)
Trying to explain manual transmission in a car...or handles to roll car windows up and down...to my millennial daughters
Hearing White Snake playing in the background while grocery shopping at Safeway
Watching Snoop doing a cooking show with Martha Stewart
The moment my longtime barber told me that yes, I'm going bald

 

[JollyRoger]

At first, it was the oldies radio station that my mom listened to moving on from the music of her youth to the music of my youth. Now it is that same oldies station moving on from the music of my youth to the music of the youth of the oldest whippersnappers.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Layne Staley, Scott Weiland and Chris Cornell are all dead. The frontmen for four of the big grunge bands are all gone (Kurt Cobain being the fourth). The deaths of Cobain and Mia Zapata both happened while that genre of rock was still in its heyday, and so became part of the story of that era. Somehow, I found the deaths of Staley, Weiland and Cornell more depressing than shocking. Many more '90s musicians than that have died, of course. Kristin Pfaff of Hole and Stefanie Sargent of 7-Year [Female Dog] were among the lifestyle's casualties while it was still in full swing; Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees, Peter Steele of Type O Negative, Wayne Static of Static-X, and Mary Hansen of Stereolab as also musicians who oughtn't be dead yet.

 

[privatehudson]

Coming back to this forum after an absence of over a decade and finding some of my old posts. Also wondering what happened to some of the former regulars here and hoping they're doing OK.

Most forums I was involved with seem to have died a death with the rise of social media, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this and another still around. I do miss the good old days of history debate though.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Coming back to this forum after an absence of over a decade and finding some of my old posts. Also wondering what happened to some of the former regulars here and hoping they're doing OK.

Most forums I was involved with seem to have died a death with the rise of social media, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this and another still around. I do miss the good old days of history debate though.

Welcome back!

 

[Narz]

Yep, biology's cruelty. We spent most of our lives in endless decline from our peak at 22.

Not necessarily.

I'm much stronger & smarter than I was @ 22.

 

[The_J]

The moment my longtime barber told me that yes, I'm going bald

Oh crap, yes.
Had a bad case of... hair-loss-mood... or whatever yesterday .

Coming back to this forum after an absence of over a decade and finding some of my old posts. Also wondering what happened to some of the former regulars here and hoping they're doing OK.

Most forums I was involved with seem to have died a death with the rise of social media, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this and another still around. I do miss the good old days of history debate though.

For the thread topic: We have a ton of members who were not born when you joined .

(and welcome back)

 

[stfoskey12]

It was 22 years ago. The very young weren't even born so there's nothing to remember. Even if they were born but in mid elementary - I was that when the Chernobyl meltdown happened, and only thing I recall from it is from a photo.
So, essentially, if you are a few years younger than 30, it is unlikely 9/11/2001 meant anything to you.

As a 24-year-old I view 9/11 as basically the last major historical event I was too young to remember. I don't have a strong emotional connection to it, but I respect its significance on historical events of the last two decades. For the most part I'm still young enough to not feel old, but it's weird how I'm now older than most college athletes, and some celebrities like Billie Eilish or Olivia Rodrigo are younger than me.

 

[Perfection]

 

[Kyriakos]

As a 24-year-old I view 9/11 as basically the last major historical event I was too young to remember. I don't have a strong emotional connection to it, but I respect its significance on historical events of the last two decades. For the most part I'm still young enough to not feel old, but it's weird how I'm now older than most college athletes, and some celebrities like Billie Eilish or Olivia Rodrigo are younger than me.

In general, the sense of being "young" tends to fade when you reach 20 or thereabouts. Simply because there are already people younger than you, who no longer are kids themselves. By 25, you are in a new stage.
Of course anyone is relatively young, when compared to people decades older. But it's not the same position.
I remember thinking how much older F. Kafka was, while I was reading his works/diaries. Now he has died at a younger age than mine (just shy of 41).

 

[Zardnaar]

Nivanas nevermind was 32 years ago. In 91 that's like listening to music from 1959.

 

[Kyriakos]

Nivanas neverm8nd was 32 years ago. In 91 that's like listening to music from 1959.

 

[Arakhor]

1986 was the year I started to remember some things. It was also the year of Halley's Comet, the Chernobyl and Challenger disasters, and the marriage of Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson. That was 37 years ago this year.

 

[Gori the Grey]

I sometimes feel old when I do calculations about how long ago something was vs how many years I still likely have left. Recently I came across a work document from thirteen years ago. I thought to myself that I likely don't have 13 years left in my job. This document doesn't feel like from long ago at all, so I know the coming 10 years, say, will pass equally quickly. And then some shortish time after that I'll be dead (if not before, of course).

 

[Kyriakos]

I sometimes feel old when I do calculations about how long ago something was vs how many years I still likely have left. Recently I came across a work document from thirteen years ago. I thought to myself that I likely don't have 13 years left in my job. This document doesn't feel like from long ago at all, so I know the coming 10 years, say, will pass equally quickly. And then some shortish time after that I'll be dead (if not before, of course).

I hope you don't get stuck in thinking that way. It is bad, and we all age
Besides, I always like to read your posts.

And yes, time passes all too quickly, when it used to move so slowly. Endless winter, waiting for Christmas (with the classic "100 days to Christmas!"), but also even endless afternoons.

Recent photos of Russell Crowe. The guy who played Hando, Bud White and Maximus could play Santa Claus now.

Seems like a lots of pro athletes and Hollywood actors today are the children of actors and athletes I remember from, like, last week.
- Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) is older than her mother was in Pulp Fiction.
- Zoe Kravitz (The Batman; Kimi) is older than her mother was in High Fidelity.
- Jack Quaid (The Boys) is the same age his father was in Dreamscape, and older than his mother was in When Harry Met Sally.

Indeed, Tugger wouldn't even recognize him

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Someome on Reddit the other day posted “When I was a young kid, I grew up on games with silent protagonists like Dragon Age: Origins”

 

[Smellincoffee]

Recent photos of Russell Crowe. The guy who played Hando, Bud White and Maximus could play Santa Claus now.

Seems like a lots of pro athletes and Hollywood actors today are the children of actors and athletes I remember from, like, last week.
- Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) is older than her mother was in Pulp Fiction.
- Zoe Kravitz (The Batman; Kimi) is older than her mother was in High Fidelity.
- Jack Quaid (The Boys) is the same age his father was in Dreamscape, and older than his mother was in When Harry Met Sally.

To me, Matt Damon is the fresh-faced kid I saw as a teenager in The Rainmaker. I always double-take to see him now.