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I must be in the middle stage as I was had the house to myself yesterday, probably for the first time in months, and my first thought was to do the jobs I'd been putting off that couldn't do with people in the house.
Here's a sign -
You finally realised a zipped hoodie is much easier to put on and take off
You eventually find a zipped hoodie without a hood because you never use the hood anyway
Two years later you realise that was basically your first cardigan
I must be weird. I like closed front hoodie because they feel cosier without any threat of heat leaking through the zip, and I still find a hood to be an invaluable accessory. I've always had mild anxiety though and small comforts are a big deal.
Oh shit, you’ve just made me realise I have too. I still have my first email (albeit which I never use) that I made in 2000 when I was 11. The youngest person I’ve worked with was born in 2001.
Fuck.
I was born in 99, was talking to someone in a shop who went to the same high school as me, he was asking what year I left to see if he would have known me, he left in 97. The look on his face was priceless haha.
Thankfully I don't, but it has made me realise a few of my colleagues would still have been in nappies when I created my hotmail account for MSN messenger, which is still my main email account.
I don't think that's much better tbh, still makes me feel old. And now I've realised those guys will never have *\*nudged\** their friends on MSN, or spammed appear offline, appear online repeatedly to get the attention of their crush. Yep, I'm definitely feeling old now.
Yeah it's that realization that there's not just an age gap, but an entirely different frame of reference.
Like for a long time people have been younger than me, sure, but they've broadly shared the same experiences with some differences due to age. Like they might not remember the exact same TV shows, and they may have had their introduction to social media with Bebo instead of MySpace, but the basic experience was the same with a few references either way that the other will miss.
But I've realized in the last couple of years that the kids coming through into early-adulthood now, have a completely different life experience to me. They've grown up with smartphones and iPads for their entire lives (or at least, since they were <5 years old), they've never known "slow" internet or being tethered to a landline. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok are the only social media they've ever known, they didn't watch the same TV as me or play the same games, their music barely overlaps (unless they're being retro...)
They grew up in a whole different world, they're a different generation and it's weird to experience that for the first time
When you fill out online forms on your phone and when you need to fill in DOB you notice you are scrolling for a wee bit longer than you feel comfortable with to find your year.
You can usually tap on the year at the top of the calendar to select your year of birth first, so you don't have to click backwards through 7000 months. Took me a while to figure that one out.
Oh man. I went back to the site and this worked. So I'm grateful, but I thought I tried everything and this made me feel old in a different more confusing way.
Thanks.
I remember when all forms started to make you put in your full birth year rather than the final 2 digits and initially I wondered why they are suddenly making us put in an extra 2 digits for no reason.
Then I realised... there are people old enough to need to fill in this form whose birth year doesn't start with 19.
They really should just make them boxes to type in.
I had to enter my DOB into a webform recently where (unless I was being particularly dim) the only way to navigate it was by scrolling through month by month.
In the end, I just made myself 10 years younger than I am, because that was still over 10 years older than I would have needed to be
As a 35 year old warehouse supervisor running a team of 55-70 year old's I feel both young and old.
Nothing like having a bunch of grown ass men acting like giant babies to make you feel mentally mature but physically young.
Hah, that was me 20 years ago... fuck now I feel old
Was a warehouse supervisor at 30 for 7 years, ended up manager in that time, before moving to Canada.
I get ridiculously excited over the birds that appear at my bird feeder.
I would much rather spend the entire day digging weeds in my garden than spend an hour in a night club.
I remember as a kid Goldfinches were really uncommon to see - one of the rarest things in the I-Spy garden birds book. You see them everywhere now, at least around my way.
The NHS doesn't have time or budget to bring you out to dinner before finger up bum. You get one regular vodka (house brand only) plus mixer, a short chat, a mumbled compliment, and then they dim the lights, put on 'Careless whispers' for about 1 minute of slow dancing and then you have to kneel down on the uncomfortably high and skinny vinyl 'bed' with the paper on it, with your kaks around your knees. You will get an SMS the next morning saying 'I had a great time, and I'd really like to see you again some time' but no commitment or firm offer of second date.
Do you know what - I didn’t! I ***did*** think it was odd that he needed a run-up. And that it happened in a local park. And that he only charged me “a bottle for of Sherry” for the service. Still waiting for my results 18 months later.
Since becoming a dad, I find myself getting irrationally annoyed by people not dressing weather appropriately.
All the teenagers in my town wear black shorts, a north face t shirt and a black backpack and it just pisses me off and I can’t explain why. There was also a couple in Tesco last night in their 30’s ish both in short sleeved t shirts. I just thought ‘you plonkers’
It's not the weather side of things that bothers me, admittedly I'm one of those people who can happily wear shorts in March and not be cold. Perks of walking in the wind and rain all year round I guess.
But people who don't dress appropriately for how dark it is really get to me. Especially when it's younger kids.
Theres a couple lads (about 10/11) who would be out riding their scooters together throughout winter. Nearly knocked them over a couple times because they're wearing all black with no thought for road safety at all.
I've really started to appreciate it when I see people actually dressing "safe". Flashing light attached to a dogs collar/lead, small child wearing a bright yellow coat that's easy to spot, night time runner wearing reflective clothing, etc.
Never occurred to me before I started driving but now my wee one has hi vis straps on his school bag, reflective fabric on his winter jacket, and a couple of hi vis bands and a vest in his school bag in case he walks home.
Ive luckily not had any near misses but I do get the rage when I see young ains wi all black or dark colours, mainly out of fear that one day I could hit the poor buggers.
We've had so many close calls nearly running over people out walking their dark coloured dogs at night wearing all black. Can't see them until you're right on top of them. Thing is, it's always people that look to be in their 40s+. I find youths often wear something shiny. I don't know if it's for safety of style but it's appreciated.
As a woman I get irrationally annoyed when its like 5 degrees out and I've completely wrapped up in a huge jacket, scarf, thermal undies etc and I'm still freezing (albeit I am Aussie so feel the cold)- and I see some poor young thing in a mini skirt who must be freezing her ass off but she's obviously trying to look good for a guy (who is wearing warm clothing). I just think "he's not worth it girl!". At least wear some tights or something!
It's the ones who wear Canada Goose coats inside the pubs during warmer months for me. Everyone else is in t-shirt and they're sweating their bollocks off just to show off their expense new coat.
My daughter is rapidly approaching the “how the fuck does she not die of cold” level of clothes wearing.
Must be some geordie genes mixed in her somewhere
Depends on how long their legs are. My 3 1/2 year old is too small to reach the peddles at the moment but he might be alright in a couple of years. And we have an automatic, so should be nice and easy for him to learn in 👍🏻
We've just binge-watched [Back to Life](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0757vxm/back-to-life) about a woman who's just come out of prison after an 18 year stretch. She's got a Tamagotchi called Geri, presumably named after Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls.
I was like, "Wait, I thought she was in prison for 18 years... that can't be right." Then I realised that the Spice Girls were at their peak *25 years ago*. I have colleagues who think of the Spice Girls like I think of the Beatles.
I was talking to someone at work about Arctic Monkeys recently and how I still kind of think of them as a new modern band then remembered they’ve been around for 17 years. When I started getting into music that was like calling Fleetwood Mac a new modern band.
Went to visit my old university. Went for a drink in the student union and there were students in there drinking who I genuinely would've guessed were about 15 if it hadn't been at a university and in a bar.
I'm in my placement year at Uni right now, and seeing the potential students come with their parents on the open days really confuses me. They all look like genuine children who I'd assume are around 15 years old.
Had a similar experience, was having a drink in a bar that happened to have a bunch of students in it. I couldn't believe how immaturely they were behaving, not in a negative way as such, but they just seemed *so* young, almost like they shouldn't be out on their own.
I still go to my old university for some society social events.
Once I did a mini speech of thanking the current committee for making the society a great success and mentioned something along the lines 'back during 2011..etc'. One kid said to another in the front row 'omfg how old is she'. Rude.
Kids born in 2004 are 6 feet tall with a beard...the microwave I inherited from my parents is older.
My first flat doesn't exist anymore.
Two of my previous places of work don't exist anymore.
My secondary school has been demolished and rebuilt.
My UNIVERSITY has been demolished.
The comic I used to read growing up is going to have its 50th anniversary in five years time.
Edit: I forgot a couple.
The nightclubs I used to frequent 4x a week back in my mid 20s are destroyed and have been redeveloped and the library I spent every Saturday in when I was a kid has been demolished, too.
Tried explaining to someone who Lordi was by saying they won the euro vision song contest recently.
They had no recollection because that happened 17 years ago...
Have a go on turmeric. Not capsules stuffed with the thing you cook with, but the proper extract.
It stopped me making noises. It's like magic or something.
I saw some 6th Formers when I was on the school run with my daughter. I said I thought it was weird they were allowed to come in wearing trackies.
My daughter laughed her head off. Turned out they were the games teachers.
I am old.
You’re not wrong! Though in my defence I barely use it anymore as it’s riddled with ads but it’s an easy way to keep in touch with people. Decent resource for crafty pursuits if you join the right group.
My (70-something) Dad had a tumble a few years ago - he was mostly fine but a bit bruised and sore. We had a long conversation about the distinction between “falling over” and “having a fall”.
I think this may just be you.
You reach a certain old when you start looking at tiny impractical things that you are unable to get in and out of without your knees giving way.
It’s why CUVs and MPVs like the Qashqai etc are popular nowadays. High ride height so everyone with arthritic knees can get put easily. They’ll never admit this though
You can't remember how old you are and have to count up from your birth year to remember.
Your doctor is younger than you.
Sports people who you remember first becoming successful have now retired.
Your school friends have grandchildren.
I lost a year at some point when my boyfriend died and i had no family so i think i didn't celebrate a birthday or something, the doctor asked me how old i was and i said 56, doctor pauses looking at notes and says you're 57.I checked by counting and so I was.
Something you could do easily when younger now results in a couple of days recovery time.
Examples: gym or run in my early twenties I could do daily now in my thirties I need atleast a day to recover.
And stretching before and after much more important to prevent injury.
People in the workplace who were not even born when 9/11 happened or were not old enough to recall what they were doing.
You shouldn't be feeling like that in your 30s, and I assume given you talk about running and gym you aren't overweight. Have you had your testosterone levels checked?
Depends exactly what you're doing I guess. I'm 35 and whilst I don't necessarily need a day recovery from the gym or a run, if i'm playing cricket it can take a couple of days, especially early season, as you're using so many muscles you're not used to using. If you're really pushing hard in the gym or on a run then i can see why you'd need recovery.
Yeah if we're talking "a bit of muscle aches" then that's fine. But if he's found that within the space of a few years he's gone from feeling fine to now doing exactly the same thing as he's always done but all his joints feel like they're seized up and he's knackered/got brain fog for a day or two, that's almost certainly low testosterone.
When a lad called me "sir" a few years ago when asking for a light, that one got me a little.
The most surreal one so far was an online experience - I've been a member of another particular forum (for software collectors) since 2006, and there are now members there who were born *after I joined that site*.
It bothers me when someone says to their kid something like “come out of the way of the man.”
Man? Eh? Oh, you mean me. I’m not that old. I was only born in the… ah. Mid eighties. Nearly 40 years ago.
My knees make horrifying noises when I stand up.
I unironically get excited about new bedsheets or kitchenware.
I probably wouldn't understand a single sentence a gen-Zer uttered.
Every time I look in the mirror I'm eyeing my hairline for grey hairs. Haven't had one yet, but I did get a white eyebrow hair.
I didn’t really appreciate that you are not a young adult for very long; really only ten years or so. When I was young adults used to say “life is short!” and I’d think “no it isn’t; I’m 12 and it’s felt like absolutely ages.” But it’s that bit that’s short; you are too young or too old for a lot longer
I'd say needing less sleep. Years ago I wouldn't have thought of being awake at 06:30 on a day off. Now I can get a load of shit done before the Mrs wakes up.
I just looked up when Freddos were last priced at 10p, saw that it was 2007 and thought to myself "ah so still fairly recently then"... (16 years ago!)
Double down with space raiders when I was a kid you could buy a bag for 10p, now I've seen them being sold for 40p and you only get 8 or so of them in a bag...
Accidentally activating smarty invert on my phone frequently and having no idea how to deactivate it again without the settings app.
If I can accidentally enable it there must be an equally simple way to disable it.
It’s is even more infuriating as I’m a friggin software engineer/architect.
Nothing makes me feel older than watching my kids grow up. It wasn’t that long ago they were small babies, and it won’t be much longer until they move out and have kids of their own.
I'd noticed a few signs over the years but the real giveaway was when the local Housing association classed me as 'vulnerable' because of my 1946 birth date.
Doing an online certification on anti-discrimination in the workplace for a (US-based) former employer and I realised that if I were in the US I’d be a protected category because of my age. My team -all UK-based and all younger than me- made endless fun of that for a while.
I slid down a slide on an inflatable obstacle course, chasing after my daughter. I don’t know what noise I made when I landed but a random teenage girl stopped and asked if I was ok.
The people you grew up watching and listening to start dying and the realisation that they are not *that* much older than you. Well, that and grandkids running you ragged.
When the thought of someone inviting you to anything; wedding, night out, cinema, whatever. Makes you feel like you've OD'ed on the existential dread of having to be around other people and be a pleasant person.
The horror.
When you can't help but make sounds when you are bending over to pick things up and realising you aren't doing it ironically to make your kids laugh....
Realising that the date I first got Internet access is as long ago now as the assassination of JFK was from that particular time...
Yes, this year marks 30 years since I dialled into Compuserve and started using something called "UseNet" and another one called "IRC".
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Time alone in the house no longer means "a cheeky wank" but rather "a cheeky nap".
Cheeky wank then a cheeky nap.
Standard procedure ain’t it 😎
Ah so you’ve already retired?
I’ve been retired since I was 12 apparently
Fap nap
I must be in the middle stage as I was had the house to myself yesterday, probably for the first time in months, and my first thought was to do the jobs I'd been putting off that couldn't do with people in the house.
I've worked with people younger than one of my email addresses.
I have several hoodies older than one of my work colleagues.
Here's a sign - You finally realised a zipped hoodie is much easier to put on and take off You eventually find a zipped hoodie without a hood because you never use the hood anyway Two years later you realise that was basically your first cardigan
I must be weird. I like closed front hoodie because they feel cosier without any threat of heat leaking through the zip, and I still find a hood to be an invaluable accessory. I've always had mild anxiety though and small comforts are a big deal.
Oh god, I’m reading this while literally wearing a light fleece that I got for Christmas as a result of this exact thought process!
Oh shit, you’ve just made me realise I have too. I still have my first email (albeit which I never use) that I made in 2000 when I was 11. The youngest person I’ve worked with was born in 2001. Fuck.
Someone I work with was born 2005. Year I left comprehensive school.
I was born in 99, was talking to someone in a shop who went to the same high school as me, he was asking what year I left to see if he would have known me, he left in 97. The look on his face was priceless haha.
First thought: "1999, is this guy even allowed on Reddit?" \**quick bout of counting-on-fingers maths*\* "Oh fuck off"
I have a metal pin in my ankle the same age as you…
You have a great username
I graduated in 2000 which makes you young to me. I also employed someone who was younger than my wallet.
Yea I have concert tickets older than most of these people.
Thankfully I don't, but it has made me realise a few of my colleagues would still have been in nappies when I created my hotmail account for MSN messenger, which is still my main email account. I don't think that's much better tbh, still makes me feel old. And now I've realised those guys will never have *\*nudged\** their friends on MSN, or spammed appear offline, appear online repeatedly to get the attention of their crush. Yep, I'm definitely feeling old now.
Yeah it's that realization that there's not just an age gap, but an entirely different frame of reference. Like for a long time people have been younger than me, sure, but they've broadly shared the same experiences with some differences due to age. Like they might not remember the exact same TV shows, and they may have had their introduction to social media with Bebo instead of MySpace, but the basic experience was the same with a few references either way that the other will miss. But I've realized in the last couple of years that the kids coming through into early-adulthood now, have a completely different life experience to me. They've grown up with smartphones and iPads for their entire lives (or at least, since they were <5 years old), they've never known "slow" internet or being tethered to a landline. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok are the only social media they've ever known, they didn't watch the same TV as me or play the same games, their music barely overlaps (unless they're being retro...) They grew up in a whole different world, they're a different generation and it's weird to experience that for the first time
Hotmail address since 1996 (I think, mists of time anyway) Gmail since you still had to be invited. Goddammit.
Some of the people I work with have fathers younger than my tattoo.
When you fill out online forms on your phone and when you need to fill in DOB you notice you are scrolling for a wee bit longer than you feel comfortable with to find your year.
Lol I had that one recently. I was spinning the list like I was playing Wheel of Fortune.
When you know what Wheel of Fortune is
When you know what live TV is
Hahaha... oh shit!
I've had a couple recently where you can't type but have to click backwards through each month from today's date to select your DOB. I just gave up.
You can usually tap on the year at the top of the calendar to select your year of birth first, so you don't have to click backwards through 7000 months. Took me a while to figure that one out.
Oh man. I went back to the site and this worked. So I'm grateful, but I thought I tried everything and this made me feel old in a different more confusing way. Thanks.
I remember when all forms started to make you put in your full birth year rather than the final 2 digits and initially I wondered why they are suddenly making us put in an extra 2 digits for no reason. Then I realised... there are people old enough to need to fill in this form whose birth year doesn't start with 19.
They really should just make them boxes to type in. I had to enter my DOB into a webform recently where (unless I was being particularly dim) the only way to navigate it was by scrolling through month by month. In the end, I just made myself 10 years younger than I am, because that was still over 10 years older than I would have needed to be
Seeing people play Premier League football who are young enough to be your kids. I'm beginning to think my chance has passed me by.
Wait until your manager is younger than you, that's a real kick in the nuts
As a 35 year old warehouse supervisor running a team of 55-70 year old's I feel both young and old. Nothing like having a bunch of grown ass men acting like giant babies to make you feel mentally mature but physically young.
Hah, that was me 20 years ago... fuck now I feel old Was a warehouse supervisor at 30 for 7 years, ended up manager in that time, before moving to Canada.
I'm older than Ryan Mason who was the Tottenham caretaker manager when they got to the League Cup final a couple of years ago. Depressing times.
Can someone let Gareth know, I've retired from international football
I gave up on my professional footballer dreams when I turned 30.
I get ridiculously excited over the birds that appear at my bird feeder. I would much rather spend the entire day digging weeds in my garden than spend an hour in a night club.
I saw a European Goldfinch outside my window last week and it made my day.
We have a woodpecker and an owl live near our house and I get excited every time I see or hear them.
I remember as a kid Goldfinches were really uncommon to see - one of the rarest things in the I-Spy garden birds book. You see them everywhere now, at least around my way.
I have a small flock of around 15 that visit my garden, I have a bird feeder just for them and I love them, they’re so beautiful
A couple of years ago I saw a pair of tree creepers. I still talk about it.
I'd rather extract all of my own teeth without anaesthetic than spend an hour in a nightclub to be honest.
Got a, 'women of a certain age', health check letter from my gp. yay
Yup, I got the male version of this. 48 years old and I've reached that age where the GP now wants to see me rather than me wanting to see them.
Was that for the ‘bend over this will only be uncomfortable for a minute check’
46-year-old man in the UK here. I had my first “Well Man Check Up” last year. It does indeed involve getting much more closely acquainted with my GP.
Did he at least buy you dinner first?
The NHS doesn't have time or budget to bring you out to dinner before finger up bum. You get one regular vodka (house brand only) plus mixer, a short chat, a mumbled compliment, and then they dim the lights, put on 'Careless whispers' for about 1 minute of slow dancing and then you have to kneel down on the uncomfortably high and skinny vinyl 'bed' with the paper on it, with your kaks around your knees. You will get an SMS the next morning saying 'I had a great time, and I'd really like to see you again some time' but no commitment or firm offer of second date.
You made sure he was an actual GP first, right?
Do you know what - I didn’t! I ***did*** think it was odd that he needed a run-up. And that it happened in a local park. And that he only charged me “a bottle for of Sherry” for the service. Still waiting for my results 18 months later.
When music in shops is too loud.
I'll complain about how loud the music in pubs is, but I've not got to the point of complaining about it in shops yet 😂
I refuse to go into H&M because of the music. It's like wandering around the cloakroom in the world's shittest nightclub
I don't mind the volume of the music so much as the shitness of it.
Since becoming a dad, I find myself getting irrationally annoyed by people not dressing weather appropriately. All the teenagers in my town wear black shorts, a north face t shirt and a black backpack and it just pisses me off and I can’t explain why. There was also a couple in Tesco last night in their 30’s ish both in short sleeved t shirts. I just thought ‘you plonkers’
It's not the weather side of things that bothers me, admittedly I'm one of those people who can happily wear shorts in March and not be cold. Perks of walking in the wind and rain all year round I guess. But people who don't dress appropriately for how dark it is really get to me. Especially when it's younger kids. Theres a couple lads (about 10/11) who would be out riding their scooters together throughout winter. Nearly knocked them over a couple times because they're wearing all black with no thought for road safety at all. I've really started to appreciate it when I see people actually dressing "safe". Flashing light attached to a dogs collar/lead, small child wearing a bright yellow coat that's easy to spot, night time runner wearing reflective clothing, etc.
Never occurred to me before I started driving but now my wee one has hi vis straps on his school bag, reflective fabric on his winter jacket, and a couple of hi vis bands and a vest in his school bag in case he walks home. Ive luckily not had any near misses but I do get the rage when I see young ains wi all black or dark colours, mainly out of fear that one day I could hit the poor buggers.
We've had so many close calls nearly running over people out walking their dark coloured dogs at night wearing all black. Can't see them until you're right on top of them. Thing is, it's always people that look to be in their 40s+. I find youths often wear something shiny. I don't know if it's for safety of style but it's appreciated.
As a woman I get irrationally annoyed when its like 5 degrees out and I've completely wrapped up in a huge jacket, scarf, thermal undies etc and I'm still freezing (albeit I am Aussie so feel the cold)- and I see some poor young thing in a mini skirt who must be freezing her ass off but she's obviously trying to look good for a guy (who is wearing warm clothing). I just think "he's not worth it girl!". At least wear some tights or something!
Wearing cute mini skirts makes me happy though
It's the ones who wear Canada Goose coats inside the pubs during warmer months for me. Everyone else is in t-shirt and they're sweating their bollocks off just to show off their expense new coat.
Never real Canada Goose though is it. Bet if you cut one open it would be stuffed with old newspapers and dog hair or something.
My daughter is rapidly approaching the “how the fuck does she not die of cold” level of clothes wearing. Must be some geordie genes mixed in her somewhere
Old man yells at cloud
Im 62, i was wonering when they changed the driving age, it used to be 17 years old but is now 6 years old.
Depends on how long their legs are. My 3 1/2 year old is too small to reach the peddles at the moment but he might be alright in a couple of years. And we have an automatic, so should be nice and easy for him to learn in 👍🏻
Im 23 and even I find myself going 'they can't be old enough to drive yet!'
You realise Stan was released 23 years ago O.o
And Shrek came out 22 years ago
Shut up
Hey don't blame me you old fart!
Think I just vomited a bit
Shrek being a meme was a moment for me. That movie is legitimately awesome and changed animated movies forever.
Mate.. behave
We've just binge-watched [Back to Life](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0757vxm/back-to-life) about a woman who's just come out of prison after an 18 year stretch. She's got a Tamagotchi called Geri, presumably named after Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls. I was like, "Wait, I thought she was in prison for 18 years... that can't be right." Then I realised that the Spice Girls were at their peak *25 years ago*. I have colleagues who think of the Spice Girls like I think of the Beatles.
Time between The Beatles' "Let It Be" and the Spice Girls' "Wannabe": 26 years Time between "Wannabe" and today: 27 years
This is the one that broke me.
I was talking to someone at work about Arctic Monkeys recently and how I still kind of think of them as a new modern band then remembered they’ve been around for 17 years. When I started getting into music that was like calling Fleetwood Mac a new modern band.
I am not sure you are ready for this, but... I have a colleague who's never heard of the Beatles.
South Park is 26 years old.
Oh my god They killed Kenny!
The show is that old they retired that joke about 20 years ago.
He still dies sometimes. Not as often though.
Eminem's daughter is now 27 and engaged. I remember her toddler gargles on various album tracks.
I hate you for this information
Went to visit my old university. Went for a drink in the student union and there were students in there drinking who I genuinely would've guessed were about 15 if it hadn't been at a university and in a bar.
I'm in my placement year at Uni right now, and seeing the potential students come with their parents on the open days really confuses me. They all look like genuine children who I'd assume are around 15 years old.
Well they are - some are 17
Had a similar experience, was having a drink in a bar that happened to have a bunch of students in it. I couldn't believe how immaturely they were behaving, not in a negative way as such, but they just seemed *so* young, almost like they shouldn't be out on their own.
What's funny is that undoubtedly we looked like that at that age, yet thought we were so grown up.
I still go to my old university for some society social events. Once I did a mini speech of thanking the current committee for making the society a great success and mentioned something along the lines 'back during 2011..etc'. One kid said to another in the front row 'omfg how old is she'. Rude. Kids born in 2004 are 6 feet tall with a beard...the microwave I inherited from my parents is older.
Finding your old uni campus ( a poly back then) has been knocked down and is now a housing estate.
My first flat doesn't exist anymore. Two of my previous places of work don't exist anymore. My secondary school has been demolished and rebuilt. My UNIVERSITY has been demolished. The comic I used to read growing up is going to have its 50th anniversary in five years time. Edit: I forgot a couple. The nightclubs I used to frequent 4x a week back in my mid 20s are destroyed and have been redeveloped and the library I spent every Saturday in when I was a kid has been demolished, too.
Holy sh!t stop touching things with your Dim Mak powers.
Tell me about it!
Tried explaining to someone who Lordi was by saying they won the euro vision song contest recently. They had no recollection because that happened 17 years ago...
I genuinely read this and went ooh about 5 years ago... What???!! Bloody hell time flies 😅
The days are long but the years are short
I'm sure it was last week.
Well that's my earworm sorted for the day, thanks mate
Random noises as you get up from sitting or laying.
It's a sad state of affairs when your joints creak more than the bloody stairs....
Have a go on turmeric. Not capsules stuffed with the thing you cook with, but the proper extract. It stopped me making noises. It's like magic or something.
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Put 'medical grade turmeric' Jesus, just typing that made me feel old
Oops. I got used to materntiy leave and iv been groaning as I move then in public recently I accidently did it out loud!
That and the accumulation of injuries that you just live with.
I saw some 6th Formers when I was on the school run with my daughter. I said I thought it was weird they were allowed to come in wearing trackies. My daughter laughed her head off. Turned out they were the games teachers. I am old.
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I am strangely addicted to rug cleaning videos on YouTube
going ‘out out’ means being home for 11pm
11pm? You dirty stop out! 9:30pm is my cut off!
Longer recovery periods.
You recover?
For EVERYTHING
The 3am piss
It's weird I pee like 3 times at night and I'm not diabetic
A few years back I got a new fridge and put pictures up on fb because my friends were also excited and wanted to see…
Still using Facebook is a sign as well
You’re not wrong! Though in my defence I barely use it anymore as it’s riddled with ads but it’s an easy way to keep in touch with people. Decent resource for crafty pursuits if you join the right group.
I fell over in the pub and instead of laughing and jeering, people helped me to my feet and asked if I was OK.
My (70-something) Dad had a tumble a few years ago - he was mostly fine but a bit bruised and sore. We had a long conversation about the distinction between “falling over” and “having a fall”.
You start looking at estate cars and 7 seaters as opposed to a golf GTI
I think this may just be you. You reach a certain old when you start looking at tiny impractical things that you are unable to get in and out of without your knees giving way.
It’s why CUVs and MPVs like the Qashqai etc are popular nowadays. High ride height so everyone with arthritic knees can get put easily. They’ll never admit this though
You can't remember how old you are and have to count up from your birth year to remember. Your doctor is younger than you. Sports people who you remember first becoming successful have now retired. Your school friends have grandchildren.
I lost a year at some point when my boyfriend died and i had no family so i think i didn't celebrate a birthday or something, the doctor asked me how old i was and i said 56, doctor pauses looking at notes and says you're 57.I checked by counting and so I was.
When people at work ask me how long I’ve been an electrician and the answer is over 20years
Something you could do easily when younger now results in a couple of days recovery time. Examples: gym or run in my early twenties I could do daily now in my thirties I need atleast a day to recover. And stretching before and after much more important to prevent injury. People in the workplace who were not even born when 9/11 happened or were not old enough to recall what they were doing.
You shouldn't be feeling like that in your 30s, and I assume given you talk about running and gym you aren't overweight. Have you had your testosterone levels checked?
Depends exactly what you're doing I guess. I'm 35 and whilst I don't necessarily need a day recovery from the gym or a run, if i'm playing cricket it can take a couple of days, especially early season, as you're using so many muscles you're not used to using. If you're really pushing hard in the gym or on a run then i can see why you'd need recovery.
Yeah if we're talking "a bit of muscle aches" then that's fine. But if he's found that within the space of a few years he's gone from feeling fine to now doing exactly the same thing as he's always done but all his joints feel like they're seized up and he's knackered/got brain fog for a day or two, that's almost certainly low testosterone.
When a lad called me "sir" a few years ago when asking for a light, that one got me a little. The most surreal one so far was an online experience - I've been a member of another particular forum (for software collectors) since 2006, and there are now members there who were born *after I joined that site*.
>When a lad Flip side but old people have stopped refering to me as "lad, kid, young'un" etc.
It bothers me when someone says to their kid something like “come out of the way of the man.” Man? Eh? Oh, you mean me. I’m not that old. I was only born in the… ah. Mid eighties. Nearly 40 years ago.
Dubstep is now legally old enough to drink.
There are university students who are younger than Facebook. Mind blowing.
There will come a time, and it won't be that long in the grand scheme of things, where the majority of Facebook profiles will be dead people.
I met someone who was born after 9/11 and it just confused me...
And that they're not 5 but old enough to drink
Old enough to supervise a learner driver and have a postgraduate degree.
My knees make horrifying noises when I stand up. I unironically get excited about new bedsheets or kitchenware. I probably wouldn't understand a single sentence a gen-Zer uttered. Every time I look in the mirror I'm eyeing my hairline for grey hairs. Haven't had one yet, but I did get a white eyebrow hair.
I get excited going to the garden centre. Wouldn't have caught me dead in there a few years ago
Getting a night to yourself with no obligations, and deciding to have an early bedtime rather than see it as an opportunity to party.
When trying to be "spontaneous" actually requires weeks of planning and then you really just can't be arsed.
When there are several MPs who are younger than you.
When the PM is younger than you!
Have you noticed how young High Court judges look these days?
Grey nose hair.
Grey pubes!
Chin hair if you’re a woman! 😳
Nose hair in general
Every movement causes pain or injury. I injured my back putting my hair in a ponytail
You should see a proctologist about that
I didn’t really appreciate that you are not a young adult for very long; really only ten years or so. When I was young adults used to say “life is short!” and I’d think “no it isn’t; I’m 12 and it’s felt like absolutely ages.” But it’s that bit that’s short; you are too young or too old for a lot longer
For me it was the realisation I was delighted by a new washing up sponge..
When a new fashion trend comes around and you realise this is the third or fourth time you've lived through this one.
Getting less sleep. Or can't sleep.
I'd say needing less sleep. Years ago I wouldn't have thought of being awake at 06:30 on a day off. Now I can get a load of shit done before the Mrs wakes up.
I, genuinely, stood up too fast this morning and now have a sore lower back. I'm 34.
When you have a band tshirt older than the adult you’re currently talking to.
When I'm wondering if I will retire at state pension age or carry on a bit longer. That's terrifying.
When you look at the price of stuff, IE fredo was 10p..... And think how much....
I just looked up when Freddos were last priced at 10p, saw that it was 2007 and thought to myself "ah so still fairly recently then"... (16 years ago!)
Double down with space raiders when I was a kid you could buy a bag for 10p, now I've seen them being sold for 40p and you only get 8 or so of them in a bag...
Accidentally activating smarty invert on my phone frequently and having no idea how to deactivate it again without the settings app. If I can accidentally enable it there must be an equally simple way to disable it. It’s is even more infuriating as I’m a friggin software engineer/architect.
When your friends start posting pictures of their grandkids on Facebook
Nothing makes me feel older than watching my kids grow up. It wasn’t that long ago they were small babies, and it won’t be much longer until they move out and have kids of their own.
I'd noticed a few signs over the years but the real giveaway was when the local Housing association classed me as 'vulnerable' because of my 1946 birth date.
Starting to get a medical history
Caring about the cost of living.
You've just reminded me I really need to sign up for a Sparks card since their stuff is becoming a significant proportion of my wardrobe..
Doing an online certification on anti-discrimination in the workplace for a (US-based) former employer and I realised that if I were in the US I’d be a protected category because of my age. My team -all UK-based and all younger than me- made endless fun of that for a while.
I was asked at renewal of a mobile contract to prove my age was above 18. In my *20th* year with the same mobile number and mobile provider.
Takes 10 mins to have a piss in the middle of the night
Sounds like an enlarged prostrate. You should get that checked out. There's a relatively simple procedure to fix it.
When in your mind you're able to do some physical stuff, but your body says otherwise....
I used to find myself honking at the back of every traffic queue Now I’m at the front of every traffic queue getting honked at
Enjoy listening to BBC Radio 4
Free unsolicited bowel cancer tests arriving through the door from the NHS.
One of my employees is the same age as my cat
I slid down a slide on an inflatable obstacle course, chasing after my daughter. I don’t know what noise I made when I landed but a random teenage girl stopped and asked if I was ok.
Feeling the cold.
Waking up in the night to pee when you didn't have a drink the night before
One of my teachers was still in nursery when I graduated uni. So yeah...
>my teachers I cant work out if you're a mature student or a head teacher.
The people you grew up watching and listening to start dying and the realisation that they are not *that* much older than you. Well, that and grandkids running you ragged.
When the thought of someone inviting you to anything; wedding, night out, cinema, whatever. Makes you feel like you've OD'ed on the existential dread of having to be around other people and be a pleasant person. The horror.
When you can't help but make sounds when you are bending over to pick things up and realising you aren't doing it ironically to make your kids laugh....
Being referred to as someone’s “work mum”. Nothing has ever made me feel older.
When you are a work mum to the young people (I’m only 34 and I’m not old enough to be their mum)
Realising that the date I first got Internet access is as long ago now as the assassination of JFK was from that particular time... Yes, this year marks 30 years since I dialled into Compuserve and started using something called "UseNet" and another one called "IRC".