# Things that make you feel old **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732 "2016-07-12T17:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/41 "2016-07-13T05:05:34Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > 2 of the 3 gave me free Viagra samples. 😃 Okay, there’s one that make me feel kinda old. Remembering when boner pills were a new thing and be shilled during primetime television by a presidential candidate. I feel old when I get up off the couch and can’t stand up straight and have to shuffle along hunched over because my back has gone out. Again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/42 "2016-07-13T05:07:49Z")
My cat is about 5 years old. I once realized that it is about 50/50 as to whether I will bury her or she will bury me. and yes - modern “music” _ **is** _ Garbage! ---
**Author:** ![codgerone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@codgerone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codgerone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/43 "2016-07-13T09:43:06Z")
Realising whilst engaging in a discussion on a soccer message board that it was over half a century since I attended my first match. Realising now that that realisation was 5 years ago. I remember watching Winston Churchill’s funeral on TV. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/44 "2016-07-13T09:43:53Z")
I can’t have my back surgery until I know whether I’ll need another heart surgery. Then I can start thinking about my knee replacements. The hernia surgery , achilles tendon surgery and the next dental implant will just have to wait. Oh, and the last Cleveland Indians game I saw live, Bob Feller, Bob Lemon and Larry Doby were playing. ---
**Author:** ![Whitney\_Harper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/45 "2016-07-13T16:56:55Z")
Waking up tired (fatigued). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/46 "2016-07-13T17:21:10Z")
Only last week did I seriously begin to feel old. I can’t get rid of Trump in my Facebook suggested pages. I tried blocking the pages, clicking off of them, reporting them, even “liking” liberal pages – even though I don’t want to see more liberal stuff in my feed, I just don’t want to see Trump’s face ever again! None of it is working and I am considering not using Facebook because of it. I don’t know what I did to deserve to be lumped in his demographic. Previously everything else that happened was more like “haha, stuff I like happened a long time ago” but I seriously do not like this. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/47 "2016-07-13T17:34:26Z")
The phrase, “Wha…? What’s a… Stick Shift…?” ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/48 "2016-07-13T17:37:35Z")
70-something women holding doors open _for me_ … that’s just cold … ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/49 "2016-07-13T17:41:27Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > The kids born on the day that I was old enough to drink are now old enough to drink. Kids born on the day that I was old enough to drink now have children old enough to drink. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/50 "2016-07-13T17:47:42Z")
When the local radio DJ says he is going to play an “oldie” or a “throwback” and proceeds to play a song that was released when I was already out of college. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/51 "2016-07-13T17:50:11Z")
Realizing Beavis & Butthead debuted nearly a quarter of a century ago. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/52 "2016-07-13T17:55:49Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > Kids born on the day that I was old enough to drink now have children old enough to drink. Ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/53 "2016-07-13T18:31:06Z")
Trying to explain to my cousin’s daughter that _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is a classic because people used to be scared of computers. ---
**Author:** ![Taco\_the\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Taco\_the\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taco_the_cat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/54 "2016-07-13T19:21:51Z")
People who are younger than me. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/55 "2016-07-13T19:42:37Z")
After showering, reaching down to dry my feet and ankles. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/56 "2016-07-13T19:51:17Z")
I was 26 when I went to college. On the first day of class this guy walks into the room and I thought “Oooh, that guy is cute, I hope he sits next to me.” …he was the teacher. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/57 "2016-07-13T20:02:34Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > After showering, reaching down to dry my feet and ankles. After showering, not being able to reach down to dry my feet and ankles. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/58 "2016-07-13T20:45:25Z")
Discussing the topic of old movies with my daughter. When I think of old movies I think of movies that starred John Wayne or Elvis Presley. When she thinks of old movies it’s movies like Ghostbusters or Weekend at Bernie’s, the movies I grew up with. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/59 "2016-07-14T02:42:31Z")
(Apologies in advance) Having to get up three or more times a night to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/60 "2016-07-14T15:53:25Z")
_Beauty and the Beast_, which I admit I saw when I was in elementary school, came out closer to the Apollo 11 landing than today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732.md?page=4)