Ubiquitous items from relatively recently youngsters may not recognise

[AHunter3]

@WildaBeast

I’m almost 43, and a lot of the things people posted in this thread as items that were ubiquitous “relatively recently” are things that were obsolete before I was born. Punch cards? The only place I’ve ever seen 'em used was at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA

Heh. This was the key to making me feel ancient:

Stark reminders that you are getting old

I’ve told this tale on Straight Dope before, but it really stands out as the the exemplary “Damn I got old” moment for me so I’ll tell it again. Bunch of us were sitting around talking about harmless practical jokes we’d played on people, and at some point I chimed in and told about the time we stuffed Mr. Gibbons’ car with balloons filled with computer punchies and taped a birthday card to the window with a needle to pop balloons with (which of course he did and ended up with a car full of co…