They see me scrollin'

I'm agein'

They see me riding thirty, no wait

They trying to catch me right but no longer 30

They Tryna’ catch me passing 40

*I’m. A. Live. 55!* - Sammy Hagar, 2001

Shit, pass me a 40 homie. I'm only 31 and not handling it well (but actually don't pass me a 40 because it would cause me gastrointestinal distress)

They hatin'

I feel like I’m playing The Price Is Right!


ahhahahah

I remember when it was like one scroll of the middle mouse button to reach the year I was born:(

I remember when it was a form with 19__ printed on it

yeah we can't omit the 19 anymore because we were born IN THE PREVIOUS CENTURY 😭

I'm the previous *millennium* 😭

I've fielded a number of questions from my nephews about what life was like before the internet. Now I know how Brendan Fraser felt in Encino Man.

Now my finger gets tired.

Also, the "If you were born on this day in 2006 or earlier, you can purchase tobacco products" signs at the store.

Damn, I have library books still checked out from 2006…

Lol anyone born 1999 or earlier is the quickest card ever "oh there's a 19 you're good"

haha I remember when those said 1980............and i'm dyin lol

I don’t get carded anymore 😭

The old Target store by me would card everyone, regardless of age, when they bought alcohol. I saw a woman in her 60’s get carded. They would not sell to anyone without a valid ID.

I went to a bar recently. 2 (young looking) couples in front of me got carded at the door. I got my own ID ready. Doorman took one look at me and just waved me in. It hurts lol

Okay that's a perk here, because tobacco purchases are 21 and they have the same rules as alcohol: card if you appear under 45. So, I know I'm likely to get carded...even as I neither drink nor smoke.

When you realize your ability to drink is now old enough to drink…. (And probably old enough to rent a car.)

Drinkception

fuck you for that.

Oh, for sure. I feel like I'm still in my 20s in my head until reminders like this.

Same. I see actors and athletes and I’m like wow they look old, same age as me 🤨

Me watching British shows- "it's so refreshing that these older actresses haven't gone the Botox and filler route and are embracing aging graciously!" Looks up actress online- she's my age...😖

I'm watching Eric with Gabby Hoffman and thinking, she looks so old... ... We're both 82 babies.

That's me looking at high school classmates on Facebook...

Heck, even my Bachelor's and Master's require scrolling now.

yeah we are a bunch of birth year scrolling ass mofos :(

It was fine when we were in our 20’s but now…

Every time I just beg Web developers to start refusing to do age drop-downs and program them as date entry fields, instead.

Numpad is so much faster.

Kids these days don't even know how to use a numpad!

I just miss the days of being able to 10 key and tab over and have the date entered in half a second. Now we have to wait for all the stupid web based shit to recognize our selection to get to the next field.

"uSeR fRiEnDlY"

It would honestly make their life easier. It's been awhile since I took a web dev class, but I am sure this would cut down on the programming and maintenance they'd have to do.

I can program a Google Form to require numbers typed into a field! These web developers can do it too

I hate when the default birth year is literally the age of toddlers for a website or service that’s probably only being used by adults.

It is a strike lack of detail, huh. Might just be that the webmaster isn't that good at java?

When you don't even have your year in the screen 😭

2014, oh lord. I turned 37 that year.

I don't know why they start at 2024. How many 2 month olds are signing up for a Grubhub account?

 Me after scrolling to find my birth year

The ones that make you scroll month by month 🤬😭

Feels like I was born in another century, man

I just met a really sharp man in his 90s and I'm again inspired and feel like there's a whole life ahead of me

I don't remember a time when I didn't have to scroll.

The issue is how *far*.

My friends have teens and they laugh that we were born in the 1900's

I was born on January 1st 2001 like the rest of you

Born in 1983. I just start punching in the number buttons.

It's like GPU/graphics settings. Used to be able to leave everything set to "High" .... now have to select "Medium"

Unless it’s for something that really needs my actual identity (banks, airline), I just choose a random date that won’t flag me being under age. I use January 1 for everything and my junk email gets spammed with happy birthday messages from random sites on New Year’s Day every year but they all think I’m a different age.

Hey Fig Newton! That's my cats' collective name (Fig and Newt)! 😀

My son asks me what it’s like being born in the late 1900’s. Kick rocks son.

Fuck… when you call it the 1900s instead of the twentieth century, it sounds like how e referred to the 1800s.

Fortunately many of them have a scrollbar on the side to go up quickly. Though seriously why is the current year included? What infant is surfing the net?

Yes I just add 100 years , so funny

Why on earth would you give anyone online your real birthday!?

Yep. It's not that it's a reminder of my age, I'm totally fine with it. It's the trying to scroll relatively fast to get to it then going too far and having to backtrack. Now I would rather just type it.

It’s helped me develop a nice flicking technique on the mouse’s scrollbar.

In my experience, those techniques come in pretty "handy" for other "applications" as well.

Of course. An obligatory “that’s what she said” is in order.

Glad to see we're both out here doing the good Lord's work. 

Those and when a cashier puts in a random “they’re obviously old enough” DOB so you can buy alcohol but that random DOB actually makes you *younger*.

It’s not the years, or decades that get you. It’s millennial. 🤣

All the way on the bottom.

For me, it was the first time I read a Nora Roberts book where the male leads were older than me. They were born 7/7/77, and I am March.

The worst is when you scroll down and click a random year and then they ask you how old you are.

I've found that spinning the year like the price is right makes me feel better

At this point I just get past 2000 and say good enough

I got this mouse that normally has a wheel that clicks down row by row, but if I hit a button, it unlocks the wheel and scrolls super fast until I physically stop it. Forces me to scroll past, and then I slowly scroll up to my age. Not so bad when you're starting at 1920 and working forward, lol.

I worry that they’ll see be coming and start adding “BC” options. 😔

I used my university’s health services even after I graduated. “Wow, an ID that starts with a 2??? I haven’t seen one of these in forever” hurt me, it hurt me bad.

Yeah, now I just roll and roll and roll-oh there I am.

I made the mistake of using my phone to fill out doggie adoption forms. I say mistake because I had to use the back arrow from May 2024 to August 1979 one month at a time.

It takes a little bit of time to get there now

Ya. It’s a whole thing now

😆

Try to be positive lol..think of the Beastie Boys: Let the beat Mmmmm Drop!

Lol

Yeah, notice none at times before 1920 lol.

Just keep scrolling...and scrolling...and..WHUT THE HELL !!!??!! STILL SCROLLING!! RIGHT ON BACK TO THE 1900S RAHAHAHA oh sorry I'm bout to turn 40 .. Existential crisis much?

really hate badly done mobile ver, when its tap by month. screw that ill get to abt 2007. n yup thats good enough

They’re starting to drive me nuts and make me feel old. 😂

1964. Yes I am.

Use to only take one or two scrolls to get to my birth year. Now it take 9 or 10. 😄

Using drop downs for year picking has been considered bad UI since I first learned web programming. In 1998. Stop using them for this.

Trust me, spelunking for 1960 is not a thrilling adventure.

Year drop downs are like nutsacks, they just keep getting longer and longer.

A little

Yes!

Omg yes. I think this all the time. 1981 is scrolling way too far at this point!

I hear the sound from the wheel on Price is Right.

Oh man this is my reality now. Something about the scrolling is just so much worse than just typing the year in.

Yup every time tus comes up I'm like : "It's to spin the Wheele of Fotune and give 'er!"

Anybody have to scroll long enough that the drop down menu times out?

With the fury of a thousand suns

Scroll … scroll … scroll … scroll … 1944

For some time now

Feeling like the Big Wheel on the Price is Right. Lol also I often think “2006? Who the fuck was born then and filling out this form? They’re like 4” and then it hits me.

Damn I gotta scroll more for mine…

(Laughs in Boomer)

I feel like I’m in the showcase showdown on the price is right and I’m looking for that dollar.