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This'll make you feel old.

post #1 of 15
Thread Starter 
I was feeling pretty good today, the foot isn't even nagging me too badly, but then someone sent me this. Now I feel old.

30 Years Difference

1974: Long hair
2004: Longing for hair

1974: The perfect high
2004: The perfect high yield mutual fund

1974: Keg
2004: EKG

1974: Acid rock
2004: Acid reflux

1974: Moving to California because it's cool
2004: Moving to California because it's warm

1974: Growing pot
2004: Growing pot belly

1974: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2004: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1974: Seeds and stems
2004: Roughage

1974: Killer weed
2004: Weed killer

1974: Hoping for a BMW
2004: Hoping for a BM

1974: The Grateful Dead
2004: Dr Kevorkian

1974: Going to a new, hip joint
2004: Receiving a new hip joint

1974: Rolling Stones
2004: Kidney Stones

1974: Being called into the principal's office
2004: Calling the principal's office

1974: Screw the system
2004: Upgrade the system

1974: Disco
2004: Costco

1974: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2004: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1974: Passing the driver's test
2004: Passing the vision test

1974: Whatever
2004: Depends

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1986.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic
The CD was introduced the year they were born.
They have always had an answering machine.
They have always had cable.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are!
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Granted, I was born in '72, but still...
post #2 of 15
I was born in 81, and as i'm still in college....i do feel a bit bad looking at freshman, the girls that is.
post #3 of 15
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Originally Posted by Peter Venkman
I was born in 81, and as i'm still in college....i do feel a bit bad looking at freshman, the girls that is.
But you don't feel bad about checking out the freshmen guys?
post #4 of 15
There was a shuttle explosion in 2003. Other than that, pretty good list.
post #5 of 15
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Originally Posted by thejumbo
There was a shuttle explosion in 2003. Other than that, pretty good list.

That's the other reason it makes you feel old. People have been emailing this list around for years and years and years.
post #6 of 15
Ouch! My humor sensibilities!
post #7 of 15
Quote:
Originally Posted by kittyinjammies
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1986.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic
The CD was introduced the year they were born.
They have always had an answering machine.
They have always had cable.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are!
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Granted, I was born in '72, but still...
I always love taking these things with my wife. There's a 7 year age difference and I married her when she was 19. I jest with her that when she gets older I'll have to trade her in for a younger model and then quote Dazed and Confused to her "That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age" then get hit in the arm pretty hard

also, they don't know what a BBS is
post #8 of 15
One thing I've found funny is that I've met quite a few 'youngsters' who dont know how to tell time on an analog clock. Now that's weird!
post #9 of 15
I'm 11 years older than my girlfriend. We started dating 4 years ago, when she was 18.

One day I joked that I didn't like my unusual last name, and I was thinking about changing it to something different...like Fonzarelli.

"Fonzarelli?" she said, "But that sounds kind of Italian."

THE BITCH DIDN'T KNOW WHO FONZIE WAS!!!!

Yeah, that turned me on a lot.

-AiV
post #10 of 15
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Originally Posted by AshInVegas
I'm 11 years older than my girlfriend. We started dating 4 years ago, when she was 18.

One day I joked that I didn't like my unusual last name, and I was thinking about changing it to something different...like Fonzarelli.

"Fonzarelli?" she said, "But that sounds kind of Italian."

THE BITCH DIDN'T KNOW WHO FONZIE WAS!!!!

Yeah, that turned me on a lot.

-AiV
Dot, dot, dot.
post #11 of 15
Quote:
Originally Posted by AshInVegas
I'm 11 years older than my girlfriend. We started dating 4 years ago, when she was 18.

One day I joked that I didn't like my unusual last name, and I was thinking about changing it to something different...like Fonzarelli.

"Fonzarelli?" she said, "But that sounds kind of Italian."

THE BITCH DIDN'T KNOW WHO FONZIE WAS!!!!

Yeah, that turned me on a lot.

-AiV
Damn! I thought EVERYONE knew the fonz. Nick & Nite needs to beef up their tv lineup.
post #12 of 15
I'm at work, here at the theatre. I just shouted "I love the smell of popcorn in the morning!" to my floorstaff. In my best Robert Duvall voice.

Nothing. Damn kids.

I agree though, that list itself is making me feel old.
post #13 of 15
Quote:
Originally Posted by kittyinjammies
The CD was introduced the year they were born.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
I love these two. I had an 8-Track in my room for years as well as a record player, and when I was high school, I fixed up my dad's reel-to-reel and would listen to some old jazz and country music. And for swimming anywhere, be it a pond, lake or a friend's swimming pool, it just wasn't done at night. Jaw's fucked me up for a long time.

This is making me want to dig out my old LPs, but I think the only ones I have left are early 80's stuff.
post #14 of 15
Thread Starter 
Not on the same topic, but some of these are pretty damn funny.

(Yes, I'm sure that many of you got these in an email many moons ago.)

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.
Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
Life is sexually transmitted.
Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's butt."
Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?
Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
post #15 of 15
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Originally Posted by thejumbo
There was a shuttle explosion in 2003. Other than that, pretty good list.
No, Columbia experienced disintegration on re-entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia
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