Feeling Old

[an annoyed writer]

At age 18 I already had people at my workplace offering me beers. I looked to be in my late 20's then. I look like I'm 30 now, and I feel like it too. I watched all of those movies on that chart, and more even older films and shows. As a kid I watched Batman: the animated series, Transformers, Johnny Quest, Pokemon, and various others. My first shooter was Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and my first console was an old NES. I'm only 20, and I look and feel like I'm 30. Luckily though, I'm doing something to mitigate that. The more I work out and the better my diet gets, the younger I'm starting to look and feel. So young whippersnappers, the key to looking and feeling young is eating healthy and getting plenty of exercise. Go figure.

 

[scorptatious]

This is in date enough to be relevant.

I've not had that yet, but it's coming like a freight train

Holy fucking Saint Bernard shit.

It's hard to believe I'm 20 now and have seen most of those movies. I still remember the day I first saw Shrek. Shit was glorious.

*sigh* This song comes to mind...

 

[targren]

Christ, wait until you break 30. Then you get those moments every damn day.

Childhood icons die (RIP Maxwell Smart and Lt. Columbo), Wesley Crusher turns 40, you hear your favorite music on an "oldies" station...

It never lets up.

there are people alive today who can, Vote, drink, smoke, get married, etc that were born after Kurt Cobain died

See? Like that. Dude, you are a total bastard for that.

 

[MisterGobbles]

I'm sure there are plenty of kids where I live that didn't know we hosted the Olympics in 96'. (I live in Atlanta)

You'd have to have no eyes. When you drive into the city, you can plainly see the Olympic thing they put up, rings and all. I actually didn't know that until yesterday, thought it was pretty cool.

OT: The fact that Super Mario Bros. Deluxe came out in 1999, and I started playing it in like 2000. I've been gaming for over a decade...which is a good thing, but doesn't help my age.

 

[Ryotknife]

Was there any moment that stopped you in your tracks and forced you to look at your old withering form? Here I was minding my own business when I realized that there are people who use these forums now that are younger than the N64... holy shit, I couldn't wrap my head around this concept. It's easy to feel like time exists in a vacuum until things hit close to home like that. Gives perspective to the whole aging thing.

So yeah, I've been told 23's a good age but never really felt like I had aged at all in the last few years until just the other day. Has this happened to anyone of you?

Also, sorry if the whole "kids here are younger than the N64" thing caught any of you off-guard and triggered this phenomenon. I feel you bro.

... Oh, and The Matrix came out 13 years ago. Fuck.

im only 28 but im starting to grey on the sides already

/flex

sadly, i think i have almost as many grey hairs as my father in his mid 50's.....

Kinda ironic as my face looks much younger than my age, whereas my hair makes me look older than my actual age.

oh, here is a good one. The original power rangers came out when i was in second grade (1993)!

The original pokemon when i was in high school. I played Game Gear in elementary school.

 

[xPrometheusx]

This is in date enough to be relevant.

I've not had that yet, but it's coming like a freight train

...You're a terrible person. Seriously. I saw Finding Nemo in theaters when I was 7 or 8. Back when my family actually went to see all the Pixar movies. Ah the memories... jeez, they haven't made a movie that was interesting enough for me to consider seeing in years. I think their movie next year is a prequel to monsters inc, though. Monsters university. Looked funny, maybe I'll see that.

But in all seriousness, I'm still adjusting to the fact that its 2012. My mind says it's still 2008. Doesn't FEEL like it's been 4 years...

*Edit: Someone brought up cartoon network cartoons. Great example. Fosters Home and Megas XLR are both like.... 7 or 8 years old now. So is Teen Titans. Man... old cartoons. At least they're getting good replacements though, with the exception of spongebob, which looks like is just going to keep struggling forward until it dies. Adventure Time and Regular Show are definitely some of the best cartoons ever made. And Avatar the Last Airbender, though that's not as old. Season 2 is, I guess. Wut was up with the 2 year gap there? Lol. Wonder if there's going to be a good american anime replacement to it sometime soon.

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

The first video game I ever played was for a device that has been obsolete for nearly a decade (Pokémon Gold Version, in case anyone's wondering.)

Jaysus Chroist.

 

[shrekfan246]

The first video game I ever played was . . . Pokémon Gold Version . . .

Jaysus Chroist.

Back in my day there were only 151 Pokemon, and only 150 were legally available in the games!

Damn whippersnappers!

Spoiler

Seriously. My first post in this thread was mentioning how I own a copy of Pokemon Red that's literally almost older than some of the people posting on these forums.

Thank you, for making me feel even older.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

Well, from a gaming related point of view, someone on these forums once remarked that Halo was the first FPS they'd ever played when they were a kid.

The first FPS I ever played was Wolfenstein 3D, which came out in 1991. I was 11 years old at the time.

Ouch.

Yikes. Even I had played Doom and Star Wars: Dark Forces/Dark Forces II long before Halo was released.

Also, Shadowcaster. Nobody ever talks about that game. Or Betrayal at Krondor. I technically shouldn't even remember those, myself, but I do! Mostly because my computer isn't ancient enough to actually play the old disc of Betrayal at Krondor that my dad owns.

I never did beat that game...

My first FPS was probably Goldeneye, but that's likely due to that fact that I didn't have a pc to play games on until 2000ish. I was a little young for Doom during the 90's anyway.

Yup, another 29 y.o. Wolf 3D and Doom player here. I also watched my older brother play Eye of the Beholder, and thinking this is some crazy format of RPG, they managed to turn what people do with polyhedral dice into a video game, what genius!

Going through the list over at GOG.com and checking their release dates will make you feel pretty old, especially the old Sierra adventure games, Descent, Planescape, X-Com, etc.

 

[RedLister]

22years old. Few months time will be 23.

All those mentionings of Doom and wolfenstein. I remembered i ran it on MS DOS when i was a lad. My father somehow custermised it into a blue menu of somesort with a list of programs to run (like D for Doom1, E for Doom2 etc) Made it easier for me because i couldn't remember all the commands.

That makes me feel a bit older.

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

The first video game I ever played was . . . Pokémon Gold Version . . .

Jaysus Chroist.

Back in my day there were only 151 Pokemon, and only 150 were legally available in the games!

Damn whippersnappers!

Spoiler

Seriously. My first post in this thread was mentioning how I own a copy of Pokemon Red that's literally almost older than some of the people posting on these forums.

Thank you, for making me feel even older.

Glad to be of service.

If it makes you feel any better, I was born in 1995, and the original Red/Green versions weren't created until 1996. Red and Blue didn't leave Japan until late 1998, so I'm roughly three years older than your cartridge. In fact, I'm older than Pokémon itself!

...

Urgh.

 

[Autumnflame]

Git oof me internet lawn yer young whipper snappers.

i am 29 and i am a crotchety old man

 

[alandavidson]

Probably the fact that when I play very physical sports I tend to play "old man game" (I used to have a reputation for being reckless and pulling crazy shit on the field). Also, getting out of bed hurts.

And my niece can talk to me. Sort of.

Captcha: Face the music.

I have, Captcha. I have.

 

[Vanitas likes Bubbles]

Oh you think that's bad, next year, I'm going to be spending time knocking people born in the year 2000 out of my way at school!

Yea, I got nothing.

 

[Avalanche91]

Listening to pop music makes me feel old.'Seriously? this is what the kids today are into? Back to my classic rock cave.'

 

[Fasckira]

I keep finding grey hairs in my hairline and beard. Im only 28 so thats a bit meh. I wish it would go all grey at once though, so I can adopt a sophisticated appearance as opposed to a mottled cat look.

 

[Easton Dark]

If you watch old Cartoon Network commercial bumps.

And see them saying a new episode of one of your favorite shows was up next.

And then realize that it was cancelled years ago.

That makes you feel old.

Ed, Edd, and Eddy in case you were wondering.

 

[Rack]

Things that make me feel old...

Elijah Wood is now 30, he was 18 when he was in The Lord of the Rings.

God DAMN you. I was okay with everything till that, but I thought I was basically the same age when that film came out as I am now.