The “Geez, am I really half that old?” Thread

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  1. Subtract your current age from the year of your birth

  2. Perform a Google image search for that year

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Spyridon Louis, Winner 1896 Olympic Marathon

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Never mind

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Wait. What?
What would this number have to do with my half age?

I don’t get it.

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The Flatiron Building was only half-built.

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Not sure this counts, but it’s all i’m getting …

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This may be the biggest thing in the thread. :sunglasses:

When Krakatoa Blew: How the 1883 Eruption Changed the World | HowStuffWorks

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Some obscure German patent office clerk released a series of papers he wrote on a wacky scientific theory. I think he had some special relatives, or something.

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Cars were pretty basic back then…

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNdzBES0Ava-sXOlx4F-k3M5hgAQFmljP-hpKzH

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Some folks were having a good old time, despite prohibition:

Closer to my interests and well-being however, things weren’t so great:

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Imgur

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You have to scroll farther down. I got this hot babe, LOL.

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Broken link.

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Later on he’d find some general relatives of his.

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Your current age is half of what you’d get as a result of doing the subtraction. Wait, I’m putting that awkwardly. When you do the subtraction, if you were born that year you’d be twice as old as you are today.

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There was some minor skiffle going on.

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Another. Bad blizzards in the USA, and snow ball throwing in Tallahassee FL where it was below zero.

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Colonel Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

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No notes but this came up for me. I’m guessing a visit of Polish luminaries to London?

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Class of 1892