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andurilmat t1_j6c8jqn wrote

You know your old when you have to scroll to find your birth year

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thebiologyguy84 t1_j6c9m8k wrote

Or you watch older movies set in the future with dates that have already passed!

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justbiteme2k t1_j6cc5qx wrote

You know you're old when you can describe it like a film narrator: back in the late 20th century

Edit with examples:

I got married last century

My parents were born in the first half of the 20th century

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philipp2310 t1_j6ckrsb wrote

Can’t be that old when you were just born in the year of the flashback. You are getting old when you are still older than the protagonist in the flashbacks

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VampirateV t1_j6cmufx wrote

Nah...what truly makes you feel old is when your kids say "okay, but you were born in the 1900s! You remember Google being invented!" as an argument for basically Parents Just Don't Understand lol

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ZenkaiZ t1_j6cmw2l wrote

:flashes back to 1993 and the main character's parent is shown as a kid: ".........ouch"

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Billy_Rage t1_j6cucqn wrote

Some movies have flash backs from only a couple months prior

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mom_with_an_attitude t1_j6d4ya0 wrote

I knew I was old one day when I walked into Urban Outfitters to shop for my daughter and there was a whole display of turntables and albums and it was supposed to be this hip retro thing and I was like, "Wait a minute, I remember using these things." When there is nostalgia for a time period you clearly remember, you're old.

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dkstr419 t1_j6d5m9c wrote

According to this theory, my high school yearbook would be a cave painting .

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The_Bluejay250 t1_j6d9ahy wrote

surprisingly not— i’m 15 and 2007 was a big flashback in bojack horseman

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bn9012 t1_j6dbpmd wrote

Do y'all know Demolition man? Simon Phoenix will be decryonised on my birthday

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wigzell78 t1_j6dda6q wrote

The music of my youth is on the golden oldies station now. And I'm not that fuc*ing old!

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patient_zero84 t1_j6dhr69 wrote

Or when you sign up for something and have to spin the year wheel like you're a contestant on the Price is Right.

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valthonis_surion t1_j6di14x wrote

My son the other day commented about “those boomboxes from the 1900s…”

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SIRENVII t1_j6dkgf0 wrote

I'm uncomfortable with all these new remixs/samplings of songs I used to dance to at school dances.

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rainmace t1_j6e8uue wrote

Replying to andurilmat (#1,587,290)

Oh I see, so you weren’t actually saying what you were saying. Sorry, it’s hard to tell sarcasm on the internet. So what you actually meant was that scrolling to find your birth year ISN’T actually a good indicator of knowing when you’re old

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andurilmat t1_j6eaqh1 wrote

Replying to rainmace (#1,587,336)

yes, its based on the notion of younger people never having to scroll for their birth year and referring to adults in their 20's and up as 'Old'.

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it did however used to be a good indicator of when you were an adult as lists always had 20+ years before you had to scroll. mobile layouts and better website design have changed that.

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Adventurous_Yak_9234 t1_j6ec7ue wrote

In the movie The Mitchells Vs The Machines home movies of the main character (a young college aged girl) as a little girl and the date on the movies is 2005! I was a pre-teen at that time, so showing flashbacks in a movie of someone as a little kid during that time makes me feel super old.

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JovahkiinVIII t1_j6efx5d wrote

Seeing the early 2000s portrayed in The Last of Us show is indeed pretty weird, with all the period-specific references and so on. It’s just now become that long ago

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KuaLeifArne t1_j6egs4k wrote

Replying to skyrimlo (#1,576,763)

I remember one Norwegian newspaper made a joke article on that date that didn't exactly say it was about Marty McFly arriving in the future, but it was very obvious that that's what they were talking about.

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busdriverbuddha2 t1_j6ei6ve wrote

Countries that existed when I was born:

  • USSR
  • Yugoslavia
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Zaire
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9_of_wands t1_j6en93a wrote

I'm so old the movie can't even have the main cast play their younger selves.

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originalchaosinabox t1_j6eocxl wrote

After Captain Marvel made a big thing about it, I’ve noticed that video stores are becoming shorthand for “This takes place in the 90s.”

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LLuerker t1_j6f2e9b wrote

Even worse when you actually remember the year of the flashback

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ALeaf0nTh3Wind t1_j6f3ykd wrote

You're really old when they STOP using your birth year in flashbacks and start using it as "period piece" type movies

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WutWhoSaidDat t1_j6f7px4 wrote

Replying to andurilmat (#1,592,908)

I see him making a joke and you being a dumbass who thinks he doesn’t understand it and then throwing a childish hissy fit over said joke and then doubling down on the hissy fit.

I fully expect you to triple down and whine some more.

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WutWhoSaidDat t1_j6f8lc2 wrote

Replying to andurilmat (#1,593,084)

Not sure what country I’m from matters, but it’s nice to know that people throw childish outraged hissy fits for no reason in other countries too.

I was also right about the triple down.

Will you go for the quadruple down and cry sone more about a guy making a joke you can’t handle?

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FindorKotor93 t1_j6f991o wrote

Replying to WutWhoSaidDat (#1,593,206)

Okay so you don't get the joke either. Anduril is saying we have flashbacks to almost any year, even toddlers, and making light of that with irony. Rainmace didn't get that and thought he was being dumb and not realising that it's a short time.
The country is relevant because there's a stereotype of yanks being bad at irony. It isn't true, you have brilliant ironic wits, but you also have a lot of loud narcissists who can't reflect on situations to understand irony.

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FindorKotor93 t1_j6fa8mb wrote

Replying to WutWhoSaidDat (#1,593,443)

I didn't say Rainmace was dumb. I said rainmace thought anduril was being dumb and made a joke about that because he missed Anduril's irony.
Thank you for proving what I said about loud narcissists though.

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FindorKotor93 t1_j6fb0rq wrote

Replying to WutWhoSaidDat (#1,593,558)

And you're showing entitlement, grandiosity and a total lack of reflective ability. And deceptiveness with that open deflection, implying an inability to hold yourself to account.I know what you are.
Last chance before the block now, engage my original explanation, apologise for your aggressive and incorrect attacks, or prove me right again.
EDIT: Sorry, accounting for your disability. Those are three options to pick from, not a list I want you to follow.

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eightfingeredtypist t1_j6fb5xl wrote

One's birth year being the destination for time travel makes one feel like a time traveler. For example, the movie Back to the Future. I was a baby during the 1950's.

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OntheRiverBend t1_j6ffiy2 wrote

Replying to jusbrowsinaroundlmao (#1,584,758)

You're barely out of the Uterus lol. You didn't write your thesis paper in cursive before typing a final draft, backed on a compact disk + USB. You're just learning how to have good sex, and build credit lol. Wish I could go back to 21.

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VIARPE t1_j6fjn0v wrote

You know you are very very old when the current year you live ob starts being used as a flashback in movies

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hernamesgabby t1_j6fka59 wrote

How do you think I felt when The Last of Us show used 2003 as the flashback year ?? 🥲🥲

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n21lv t1_j6fkx0q wrote

You know you're old when you can say "twenty years ago when I was still in high school.."

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Maria_506 t1_j6fnm2s wrote

For me it was when I saw some YouTubers I follow are younger than me.

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OntheRiverBend t1_j6frqvn wrote

Replying to _tyjsph_ (#1,595,843)

😂😂😂 What's annoying are the hyper sensitive people on the internet, that are offended on behalf of others... 21 is a good age, and I meant it... However, maybe I wish I was your age, so I can advocate about trivial matters. Pro-tip: Restructure your sentence correctly.

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Professional-Row-605 t1_j6fu7e6 wrote

No.. when your high school or young adult years start showing up on flash backs.

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OntheRiverBend t1_j6g7bnk wrote

Replying to _tyjsph_ (#1,595,831)

Not all Businesses report to the Credit Bureaus regularly, even though it would be ideal, and proper to do so. These type of businesses will report significant situations.
Maybe you should have championed that matter earlier, instead of people's Reddit comments, oui..? Choosing to "cuss out" a business, because they do not report your payments, doesn't build your credit any faster. It is an entitlement. Research how some Creditors operate. They are not obligated to report good standing accounts, it is ideal for them to do so. You'll probably think my advice is also "cOnDeScEnDiNg" #GenerationIAMoffended

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Reddit_Foxx t1_j6gc9lk wrote

If The Smashing Pumpkins wrote 1979 today, it would be called 2007.

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lceGecko t1_j6ghcf8 wrote

You know you are old when you go and take a quick piss just because you are already up.

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kumquat_repub t1_j6gm6f5 wrote

Bojack Horseman did a flashback to 2007. Only 16 years ago but it speaks to how much things have changed since then.

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balille t1_j6gxeow wrote

Even if the flashback is set in 1997, it'll be in grainy black-and-white.

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kupimukki t1_j6h4jjh wrote

No, that happens when you are ten years old if not before. However, there's a kickass HISTORICAL MINISERIES on HBO about my birth year and that DOES make me feel kinda old.

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Bedlemkrd t1_j6h4lf4 wrote

Mine stopped being used in flashback unless the character is a vampire or immortal. Also at the bank the other day mid January I reminded the tellers that we can't trust the weather to get warm and stay warm because of the blizzard of 93 being in March....they told me none of them were born then. I just blinked...I had to have a calculation moment.

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Redlikethecolour23 t1_j6hdrdb wrote

It’s my birthday today, so I’m expecting to see mine come up soon

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OntheRiverBend t1_j6hlchp wrote

Replying to _tyjsph_ (#1,604,806)

"..talk about rent-free." This is an ironic statement lol. Your 2nd comment is on the same thread where you felt the need to say something to me, so this is just gaslighting on your part.You wanted to give advice, and not receieve it back. Do you know how reddit works..? Learn how to manage your credit instead of being hostile on reddit, and plotting to cuss out businesses. Your life is all over the place, just like the logic you're projecting here lol. I'm truly entertained by your ignorance.

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Significant-Set8457 t1_j6k8nf5 wrote

All the "vintage" outfits from the 80's ffs. I graduated 1985 stop calling me vintage!

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sir-lags t1_j6ktf3q wrote

Literally just happened with The Last of Us. Guess it official

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OneFootTitan t1_j6lecku wrote

I’m so old I remember listening to Never Gonna Give You Up when it was first released.

I never mind being rickrolled, it’s just another chance to listen to one of my favourite pop songs of my childhood

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