2011 Guide to making people feel old

[n2doc]

http://xkcd.com/891/

[daleanime]

1. Damn.....

it works.

[demwing]

2. Too late

I felt old just reading the subject line (sigh...)

[xmas74]

3. What the hell?!!!

Now I'll be checking for more grey hairs.

This sucks, especially the comment about over 35.

[spin]

4. I remember watching news clips of the Korean war on a black and white TV ...

in 1951 or 1952.

The TV looked something like this:

[bobbolink]

6. you HAD a tv?

:)

[madrchsod]

8. yup..i remember watching berle in drag and...

the first "andy`s gang"...

we also bought the first color tv in town.

[Terry in Austin]

12. DuMont!

Our first TV was a DuMont. Right under the brand name logo was the model name: "High Definition." Seriously.

[whistler162]

19. I remember when Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

had no zipcode.

[Turbineguy]

5. When I'd say "I rented a great film for today!"

my kids would ask, "Is it in color?"

[HopeHoops]

7. Well shit. Two of my youngest daughter's favorites are "Blazing Saddles" & "Smokey & the Bandit".

She just recently turned 16. I have two other daughters (17 and 19) and they like movies from that period as well. The middle one is a classic rock fan and it freaks me out that she knows my music better than I do.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. One of my earliest political memories is people talking about "watergate"

I knew it was a big deal, but I always pictured water and a gate.

[sufrommich]

10. I was in High School during Watergate. You are a youngster.

:hi:

[Warren DeMontague]

11. My mind was irretrivably warped by Sid & Marty Krofft in those years.

Proudly Gen X, But still more than 50% grey. :hi:

[spin]

14. I was in high school when JFK was assassinated. (n/t)

[RebelOne]

16. I was a young married woman with a 6-month-old

baby when JFK was assassinated. At that time, the news was not up to date on current happenings. My uncle, who was a truck driver, came by to give me the news while on his route. But I did have color TV at that time.

[KittyWampus]

13. the only movie on that list I saw in the theater was Toy Story.

[11 Bravo]

15. Thanks a lot!, like being 60 didn't already make me feel old enough!

[Jim Lane]

17. Never post an xkcd comic without including the mouseover text!

In this instance: "If you're 15 or younger, then just remember that it's nevertheless probably too late to be a child prodigy."

[Shagbark Hickory]

18. UN REC!!!!

[marmar]

20. As an aging GenXer, that hurts.......

I remember seeing Jurassic Park when I was in college.


But hey, I still look splendid sitting in a coffee house in flannel.