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Time Lord
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Shoulder hair. White shoulder hair.

BUT..I've had none of Susan's yet. I'm still doing rocking air guitar solos at concerts.

Ad Production Manager
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When I asked for a Roomba last Christmas and was as happy as a child when I got it. And it's still awesome.

Also, living in the South where everyone calls you ma'am whether you're 18 or 70 doesn't help the feeling of being old.

Paperboy
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Joined: 2 Jul 2008

I'll never be old or admit that I am. It's my worse fear. I'm 21 by the way and I'll stay youthful and live forever. :)

Time Lord
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UltraStationJin:
I'll never be old or admit that I am. It's my worse fear. I'm 21 by the way and I'll stay youthful and live forever. :)

Ah, I remember those days...back then, this was all 1's and 0's...

Copy Clerk
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Joined: 22 Aug 2007

When I Started Yelling At Kids On My Lawn

Oh Crap The're There Again

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 9 Aug 2008

When I was talking to some kid on the internet (on here I think) and I mentioned "Captain Planet" and he didn'nt know what the hell I was talking about.

Also when they started letting me in strip clubs.

Copy Clerk
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Joined: 14 Aug 2008

When I listened to a rant of mine at thirteen and thought I sounded like a pissed 50 year old.

Pulitzer Laureate
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Joined: 26 Jun 2008

I don't have time for this! I have to go buy a single piece of fruit with a coupon and then return it, making people wait in line behind me while I complain!

Although, I am already in my pajamas...

Beat Writer
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Joined: 29 May 2008

When I started complaining that things were better in subjective time of "The good old days". Oh, and when I started not doing things because I am comfortable where I am right now.

Also, That's hilarious, Starnerf.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 12 Sep 2007

The first time the sweet young thing cutting my hair asked "Do you want me to trim your eyebrows, sir?"

Gone Gonzo
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thebobmaster:
I'm not old. I may be in college, but I will always be a high school freshman at heart.

ya, I used to say that back in the day. haha. Well, I'd say "young", not high school freshman. who wants to be a high school freshman?

Now, though, I actually enjoy being slightly older. Stupid things just don't matter anymore.

Vault Legend
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Joined: 30 Jul 2008

They were selling Dual-Shock 1 through 3-shaped wings that fit onto the WiiMote/PSP/Classic Controller. I blinked, and stared, surely these kids could use a controller without the small wings on the bottom, like in my old NES/SNES days.

Kids? Old S/NES days? Ah hell. I'm not old, per say, but it does certainly give me a feeling of disconnection with the generation only a few years younger than me. Very alienating feeling.

And I'm only twenty, not old by any stretch. But I do feel like I've never really focused on the stupid things. Just, comment on them, like the above.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 19 May 2008

Two weeks ago when I was playing Castle Wars online and some kid pointed it out.

Naturally, I devastated his castle after that. Ha!

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 13 Aug 2008

When dairy owners stopped asking for my ID whenever I bought booze.
(Insert sighing noise here)... I miss the scrutinisation

Edit: Of course it could just be that the dairy that I go to now days has a dodgy owner that want's to sell liquor to minors. Maybe.

Paperboy
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Joined: 22 Jul 2008

When your friends get married, engaged and start having kids. That made me feel old and also lonely.

But those guys are suckers right, they may have a family that loves them but I have myself a whole bundle of disposable income.

Copy Clerk
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Joined: 12 Nov 2007

When I was talking to a co-worker and mentioned i had a birthday in a few weeks, he asked how old i would be and when i told him he said "Oh right, so you're nearly dead then." Cheeky git

Muckraker
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Joined: 24 Jul 2008

i felt older when someone spilled some acetic acid in a science class and they panicked and were quickly getting it off everything and i told them it wasn't corrosive

News Room Contributor
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I think it was when I started going into clubs and being one of the oldest people in there.

I stay home these days.

On the Record
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Joined: 3 Mar 2008

Me? Old? Never!

Anonymous Source
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Joined: 22 Aug 2008

Ohh my..

I first realised I was getting old when I brought my new born son home from the hospital. Everything changed in an instant.

My latest knockback staying young forever...... my youngest brother (by 10 years) becoming a father..... for the fourth time (madness!)

First computer game: 3D Monster Maze - on the Sinclair ZX81 (great game at the time and ran in just one kilobyte of RAM!!)

BANNED
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Joined: 26 Mar 2008

When i walk through doormen at clubs and bars and they barely even notice.

User was banned for: Poll: Round 4 - North: (1) Turbine vs (2) Valve. (Permanent)
Beat Writer
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Joined: 19 Aug 2008

thebobmaster:
I'm not old. I may be in college, but I will always be a high school freshman at heart.

FRESHEMEN!!!

Red Guard
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Joined: 14 Oct 2007

I feel old whenever I'm around people who act younger than I do. Which is rather often. It's weird.

Copy Clerk
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Joined: 30 Jun 2008

When I was younger I had a stomach like a goat. I could eat anything with no consequences. My favorite was Taco Bell because it was tasty and cheap. Taco Bell gives me the runs now, as does most cheap and greasy food. Sucks.

Copy Clerk
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Joined: 31 Jul 2008

When my back went
When I started getting frown lines
When I realised I preferred games before 2002

Anonymous Source
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Joined: 19 Aug 2008

malestrithe:
When I had to explain what the term "narc" means to a bunch of teenagers.

That happened to me last week ^_^

Anonymous Source
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Joined: 20 Jun 2008

The first time I felt a draught, I never really believed they existed before.

Also when having a conversation with someone who didn't know that there were once good sonic games.

Senior Editor
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Joined: 9 Jan 2007

When someone on these very forums asked "What's DOS?"

Should've banned him...whippersnapper...

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 6 Aug 2008

Susan Arendt:
When someone on these very forums asked "What's DOS?"

Should've banned him...whippersnapper...

Whats DOS?

Infamous Scribbler
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Joined: 22 Dec 2007

Reaperman Wompa:

Susan Arendt:
When someone on these very forums asked "What's DOS?"

Should've banned him...whippersnapper...

Whats DOS?

I'm only 16 and I know that

I know that I'll be old when I actually have a reason to start one of these threads.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 6 Aug 2008

Sib:

Reaperman Wompa:

Susan Arendt:
When someone on these very forums asked "What's DOS?"

Should've banned him...whippersnapper...

Whats DOS?

I'm only 16 and I know that

I know that I'll be old when I actually have a reason to start one of these threads.

I'm 15 and have avoided the online community until recently like the plague so i'm over ignorant, even for a newbie.

On the Record
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mintsauce:
When staying out drinking until 2am became really, really hard, and not particularly appealing.

This.

Though, I still find it hilarious to put things on my head to see if I can make them balance there, and then stare at myself in the mirror to see how I look with it on my head. My latest one was the cardboard packaging for a 4 pack of Smirnoff Ice bottles. I'm not quite sure if I feel old. I indulge my 'inner' child a fair bit. But then, I also have taken to getting grouchy if I don't get enough sleep (like...really grouchy shout at anyone who disturbs me grouchy) and I'd prefer to stay in and have a quiet night than go to a club and dance the night away.

I know I'm limiting my chances for sex with this, but I much prefer a quiet, or at least, quaint, pub atmosphere to that of a rave club. Am I 'old'? Maybe, but either way, you can take your revoltingly sticky floors, overpriced drinks, eardrum blowing 'music' and stale air and shove it up your arse. I'll have a pint of ale, barkeep.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 28 Jun 2008

When I saw that I was the only person in my peer group who texted out whole words.

I'm down with the kids, yo.

Paperboy
Posts: 33
Joined: 23 Aug 2008

every time i go hill running with my cross country team. we always look at each other before we start and say: "we're getting too old for this"

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 6 Mar 2008

When I found myself using the phrase "back in the day..." a lot more in conversation

When I get excited when I find some old movie or tv show I remember watching as a kid, on youtube

When I start thinking about how kids born recently will have had DVD's and the internet and all that for their whole lives

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