# Weird things you notice about getting older that young you never thought about **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-notice-about-getting-older-that-young-you-never-thought-about/658573 "2013-05-17T01:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DeweyDecibel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DeweyDecibel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeweyDecibel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-notice-about-getting-older-that-young-you-never-thought-about/658573/101 "2013-05-20T19:43:18Z")
Coming into this thread and not posting because obviously I don’t belong in the old person thread… Only to see people younger than me posting about how old they are. I’m 33 Another time-related one… I was born in 1980. The Vietnam war ended in 1975, 5 years before I was born. Therefore, 9/11 will be further removed for my kids (4 and 6) than Vietnam was for me. And I remember it seeming like ancient history as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-notice-about-getting-older-that-young-you-never-thought-about/658573/102 "2013-05-20T19:48:34Z")
> [@DeweyDecibel](#): > > Coming into this thread and not posting because obviously I don’t belong in the old person thread… > Only to see people younger than me posting about how old they are. I’m 33 > > Another time-related one… > I was born in 1980. The Vietnam war ended in 1975, 5 years before I was born. Therefore, 9/11 will be further removed for my kids (4 and 6) than Vietnam was for me. And I remember it seeming like ancient history as a kid. Same way I feel about WW2 v. Vietnam. Kids nowadays are all wearing peace symbols as a fashion motif. When I was young it was a political statement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-notice-about-getting-older-that-young-you-never-thought-about/658573.md?page=5)