When was the godforsaken moment when you felt old? Age is just a number, they say but it is hard not to feel anything when the neighbourhood kid tells you "Uncle/Aunty can you please pass me the ball?" or when you take a moment to look around in office and realise that some of your colleagues are at least 5 years younger. Add to that, the painful reminder from every relative: "Beta, ab toh shaadi kar lo."
Let's just all agree that age is a touchy subject. You don't have to be old, you just have to feel it. So, when a Redditor asked, "What moment made you go, "Wow, I'm old"?," answers poured in and it will make you realise that you are not in this alone.
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1. When I saw teenagers struggle to figure out what a cassette player was. -- big_papa_hemingway
2. Someone who was born in 2001 applied to work at my store the other day. I almost cried. -- DanHero91
3. A co worker had to explain how to use Snapchat. -- funnygirl87
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4. When my 16 year old brother told me "I don't do Facebook, it's where all the old people are." -- anjadup
5. When at work I realised I was wearing a shirt that was older than a number of my colleagues. -- fernbritton
6. When cartoons became computer animated. -- BighouseJD
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7. Realising there are kids in school today who will only ever learn about 9/11 from books because they weren't alive when it happened. -- chornu
8. When I realised 1997 wasn't 5 years ago but 20. -- cold_in_the_south
9. When you realise the year you joined university wasn't 4 years ago but a decade ago! makes life seem even more on after burner mode. -- poopellar
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10. High school teacher here. In December I held up a 3.5" floppy and asked students what it was. Responses included "a hard Post It," "a pack of gum," and "the save icon." -- blandwindowsill
11. When a pretty, young 20-something held the door for me. -- Bob_Loblaw007
12. Was teaching a class at university. Some first-year undergrad was born in 1999. -- edinburghkyle
13. I was watching a 'kids react' YouTube video some time back and a kid referred to Linkin Park as classic rock. -- MalluRed
14. Explaining what cc means on an e-mail, followed by bcc and then by what a carbon copy is. -- Sussex631
15. When I looked at a People magazine in a doctor's waiting room and realised I didn't know who any of the celebs were. Didn't care, either. -- Mumbaibabi
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16. We had a kid come in as an intern and during one of our discussions we found out that he had never, in his life, seen a typewriter. -- brennanfee
17. Was talking about MySpace and my younger cousins (13-16) said "what is that?" -- vexation253
18. Well, I had a job interview the other day where 2 out of the 4 people conducting it were younger than I was. -- BeefiestName
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