40 things that will make you feel old

oogabooga · Dec 10, 2011

Thread makes me feel old. I would have figured the spice girls were older so that was kinda surprising.

Atomic Playboy · Dec 10, 2011

Very little about that list makes me feel old, except for the girl from Jurassic Park being older than I am. And that made me feel more shocked than old; I had no idea she was that much older than me to begin with. Everything else... meh.

Mr. Pedantic · Dec 10, 2011

Some of those make me kind of scared. I actually remember a lot of that stuff. The Macaulay Culkin one, though...I basically grew up watching Home Alone.

Also, I was kind of surprised the Rugrats are around my age.

BoomerD · Dec 10, 2011

highland145 said:
Graduated college in '86. I'm practically vintage.:biggrin:

Oyeve, too.

911paramedic said:
Graduated from the Navy in '87.

Show some people in HS (or up to 25 years old or so) this thing and ask them to identify it:

How much do you want to bet that most of them will say "tape backup for computers?" Shit, I remember when a cassette tape was the only backup for my computer, lmao.

Yer all a bunch of kids...I "graduated" from the USMC in 1973...by the mid-80's, both my kids were in grade school. My youngest was born in 79. Hell, my oldest grandson turned 12 a couple of months ago...

I remember some of the things in that post...but not fondly. (well...maybe the teletubbies

) I was old enough that most of it was aimed at my kids...or at teenagers.

I remember when 8-tracks became popular. You HAD to have an 8-track player in your car...and a fucking suitcase to carry around enough cartridges to get through a night of cruising...then, OMFG! cassette tapes became the new rage..."Look how small this is...and it's a whole album!"

zinfamous · Dec 10, 2011

Atomic Playboy said:
Very little about that list makes me feel old, except for the girl from Jurassic Park being older than I am. And that made me feel more shocked than old; I had no idea she was that much older than me to begin with. Everything else... meh.

compare her supposed age to the supposed published current ages of the Spice Girls in that article.

So...who's lying?

dawp · Dec 10, 2011

I was 6 when neil took his one small step. now get off my lawn.

Zeze · Dec 10, 2011

This made me lol.

IndyColtsFan · Dec 10, 2011

911paramedic said:
Graduated from the Navy in '87.

Show some people in HS (or up to 25 years old or so) this thing and ask them to identify it:

How much do you want to bet that most of them will say "tape backup for computers?" Shit, I remember when a cassette tape was the only backup for my computer, lmao.

I believe my mom still has several 8 track tapes and maybe even a working player.

IndyColtsFan · Dec 10, 2011

You guys should go on Youtube and watch the commercial compilations from when you were a kid. I was born in 1970 so I went and watched some of the compilations from the early 80s. I thought it was pretty remarkable how many of those commercials I remember well and I also thought the newsclips interspersed in the commercials were interesting, especially things like 11% auto financing and 17% mortgages.

Fingolfin269 · Dec 10, 2011

The only thing on that list that somewhat blows my mind, probably because I spent so much time following it, is how long ago all of the lord of the rings buzz started.

dwell · Dec 10, 2011

IndyColtsFan said:
I believe my mom still has several 8 track tapes and maybe even a working player.

Probably the worst format ever made. No random seek like vinyl and no fast forward like cassette. You basically had to listen to the album straight through or jump into the middle of songs on the other three tracks.

Rubycon · Dec 10, 2011

BoomerD said:
Yer all a bunch of kids...

You got that right! :biggrin:

dwell said:
Probably the worst format ever made. No random seek like vinyl and no fast forward like cassette. You basically had to listen to the album straight through or jump into the middle of songs on the other three tracks.

You can actually fast forward an 8 track. Not rewind though. Of course once you figure out how it works with FF and track changes it was relatively easy (in the day) to find your song...

IndyColtsFan said:
You guys should go on Youtube and watch the commercial compilations from when you were a kid. I was born in 1970 so I went and watched some of the compilations from the early 80s. I thought it was pretty remarkable how many of those commercials I remember well and I also thought the newsclips interspersed in the commercials were interesting, especially things like 11% auto financing and 17% mortgages.

Speaking of commercials...

Some where downright scary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bh5VeWSfNA&

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-OaGGOSadE&

Now the "question" sounds hilarious but in the 70s nobody knew.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JEtkqJS3XE

dwell · Dec 10, 2011

Rubycon said:
I cannot listen (download) to them now but will try it tomorrow. I definitely remember *the* sound like it was yesterday.

Check out the simulator:

http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/2XL/index.html

It's Flash and you can plug in the original tapes and use it just like a 2-XL. I think I only had the General Information tape.

Exterous · Dec 10, 2011

clamum said:
I'll be 29 next month and yeah, almost all of that brings back memories of the 90s.

I'm edging towards 30 *shudder* and the moves and music always tend to hit home. Mostly because I remember them so well so it doesn't seem like they were as long ago as they were

IndyColtsFan · Dec 10, 2011

Rubycon said:
Now the "question" sounds hilarious but in the 70s nobody knew.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JEtkqJS3XE

Believe it or not, I remember that product. IIRC, it lasted well into the early 80s and obviously, once AIDS was formally named, it either disappeared or was renamed.

Rubycon · Dec 10, 2011

dwell said:
Check out the simulator:

http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/2XL/index.html

It's Flash and you can plug in the original tapes and use it just like a 2-XL. I think I only had the General Information tape.

Wow that's pretty neat. The only thing I'm not seeing is his LED eyes flash with his speech. Probably hard to do with Flash.

It's pretty good because if you track jump (press buttons at random) he gets "pissed" at you. Just how I remembered it. (From 1979)

KingstonU · Dec 10, 2011

Today's photo of the baby on the cover of nirvana: nevermind struck me.

waggy · Dec 10, 2011

911paramedic said:
Graduated from the Navy in '87.

Show some people in HS (or up to 25 years old or so) this thing and ask them to identify it:

How much do you want to bet that most of them will say "tape backup for computers?" Shit, I remember when a cassette tape was the only backup for my computer, lmao.

my grandmother left me a huge box of those when she passed away. i have some of Elvis, bing crosby etc. wonder if they are worth anything.

when my daughter seen them she laughed. when i told her one of them held as much as a CD she giggled. then i showed her a tape casset! lol

waggy · Dec 10, 2011

BoomerD said:
Yer all a bunch of kids...I "graduated" from the USMC in 1973...by the mid-80's, both my kids were in grade school. My youngest was born in 79. Hell, my oldest grandson turned 12 a couple of months ago...

I remember some of the things in that post...but not fondly. (well...maybe the teletubbies ) I was old enough that most of it was aimed at my kids...or at teenagers.

I remember when 8-tracks became popular. You HAD to have an 8-track player in your car...and a fucking suitcase to carry around enough cartridges to get through a night of cruising...then, OMFG! cassette tapes became the new rage..."Look how small this is...and it's a whole album!"

damn. you graduated the year i was born! you are a old fart! :awe:

8-tracks in the car? did they skip a lot? or get "eaten"?

MayorOfAmerica · Dec 10, 2011

Rubycon said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JEtkqJS3XE

I'm a terrible person for laughing at that.

LiuKangBakinPie · Dec 10, 2011

nanette1985 · Dec 10, 2011

IndyColtsFan said:
Believe it or not, I remember that product. IIRC, it lasted well into the early 80s and obviously, once AIDS was formally named, it either disappeared or was renamed.

Renamed as Diet Ayds, but it didn't last long anyway.

Bonus points for old people: Do you remember what AIDS was called before it was officially named AIDS?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayds (second paragraph)

nanette1985 · Dec 10, 2011

waggy said:
8-tracks in the car? did they skip a lot? or get "eaten"?

Yes and yes.

But they were better than what came before that, car record players http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010/04/car-record-players-other-cool-vintage.html remember them?

Gothgar · Dec 10, 2011

ATOT, the only place being older is cool

clamum · Dec 10, 2011

Exterous said:
I'm edging towards 30 *shudder* and the moves and music always tend to hit home. Mostly because I remember them so well so it doesn't seem like they were as long ago as they were

I think that's what strikes me the most as well, or has the most emotional impact I guess, the music and movies. Reminds me of better days.

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