Something that made you feel old

[BlueStarryHat]

My cousin who is 21 said a couple of days ago that she couldn't read cursive writing.

 

[PollyannaMom]

My cousin who is 21 said a couple of days ago that she couldn't read cursive writing.

It's sadly becoming a lost art.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

When I start reading through and responding to all the posts like this!! And I can relate to most of the responses!

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

When I have to fill in my date of birth online by scrolling (for the month, day and year) and it takes a looooong time to finally get scrolled down to my birth year..

 

[tvguy]

Being asked by my kids, "Mama, what's a pager?" and "Mama, what's a land line?"

LOL. If you work in an office, you probably had a landline on your desk. And emergency agencies and hospitals still use pagers because it is a quick way to get emergency information out. I used to have to explain to new co-workers what the fire department pager was we had. Anything urgent, like a plane making an emergency landing, multiple alarm fire, major rescue, or major auto accident is paged out to everyone in the fire department and media.

 

[rangerxenos]

Having co-workers that haven't been alive as long as you've worked for the company!

 

[tvguy]

Having co-workers that haven't been alive as long as you've worked for the company!

Or when your supervisor is younger than your kids.

 

[tvguy]

At 64, turning 65 in June of next year, I am actually paying attention to those Medicare Advantage ads with Joe Namath and Jimmy Walker.

 

[Disneyfan754321]

My ds 11 is obsessed with the 80s... the way he ask me questions makes me feel so old.
This all started with the Goldbergs... my son will ask me is that true?
Your video games looked like that
.. how did you stand playing that?

 

[shh]

When I have to fill in my date of birth online by scrolling (for the month, day and year) and it takes a looooong time to finally get scrolled down to my birth year..

omg...this is so funny. I have to scroll and scroll...I'm like wth

 

[shh]

LOL. If you work in an office, you probably had a landline on your desk. And emergency agencies and hospitals still use pagers because it is a quick way to get emergency information out. I used to have to explain to new co-workers what the fire department pager was we had. Anything urgent, like a plane making an emergency landing, multiple alarm fire, major rescue, or major auto accident is paged out to everyone in the fire department and media.

It's amazing how many in healthcare still rely primarily on FAX. That's right... FAX! I've been told I can't (or they can't) email or link to something. I can either visit the office/facility in person (circa 1960s) or fax it (circa 1980s) lol.

 

[Skippy918]

When a friend of the family said he was born the same year I graduated from high school.

I have coworkers who were born when I graduated high school. Kids born in the mid to late 90s are in the workforce now.

 

[Wendy1985]

When I realized anything 90s was considered retro

 

[Skippy918]

Having co-workers that haven't been alive as long as you've worked for the company!

This is true for a small handful of coworkers who have been with the company over 30 years. The most senior person reached her 45 year milestone recently.

 

[Skippy918]

When you find out people younger than you are already grandparents. I’m in my early 40s and my oldest is 13.
Having your coworkers not understand certain TV references like Seinfeld because they were preschoolers when the show aired.

 

[2letterwords]

My 9-year-old likes to say that my husband and I "grew up in the nineteen hundreds." While he's not technically wrong, it makes us cringe.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Our oldest granddaughter is 10 years old. It seems just like yesterday that I was holding that little baby. Now she’s becoming a young lady and it makes me sad that I’m also 10 years older and will be 60 next year.

 

[Mysterian]

My 9-year-old likes to say that my husband and I "grew up in the nineteen hundreds." While he's not technically wrong, it makes us cringe.

What's weird is in thirty years, it will be The '50's again. There have technically been several "'50's" across the ages, but there is supposed to be only ONE '50's, amirght?

 

[Mysterian]

In the near future, the Harry Potter cast will be on the cover of AARP magazine too. All the once-little Potter fans will be middle-aged people in robes at an HP convention- everyone will assume it's all the local city judges having a party.

But then you have to prepare yourself for the Pokémon Pikachu walk-in bathtub.

 

[tvguy]

It's amazing how many in healthcare still rely primarily on FAX. That's right... FAX! I've been told I can't (or they can't) email or link to something. I can either visit the office/facility in person (circa 1960s) or fax it (circa 1980s) lol.

Courts are the same way with faxes. I used to have to send in requests to have a TV camera in a hearing, and most courts only accepted faxes. That did change for some last year with the pandemic, and some would take e-mails. Although there is still one county court where they will only accept those forms in person or via snail mail.
My son works in computer IT and he says faxes are probably slightly more secure than even encrypted e-mail.