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<p>If you&#39;re getting older, that&#39;s good news: it means you&#39;re still alive.</p><p>But it&#39;s also a tiny bit of a bummer, because being young is so <em>fun</em> and your skin is smooth and everyone loves you. The first time you start to realize the hands of time are finding their way to you, it can be shocking.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ladpd3/notyoung_people_of_reddit_what_was_the_first/">recent Reddit thread</a> asked, &quot;What was the first thing that ever made you feel old?&quot; At least we&#39;re all in it together...</p><h2>1. Hearing Weezer in the same category as the Rolling Stones can be painful.</h2><blockquote> <p>My local rock station reformatted as classic rock... and didn&#39;t change the music... - ObeydMarsh</p> </blockquote><h2>2. You&#39;ll get there one day!</h2><blockquote> <p>When I have to enter my birth year on webpage and have to keep scrolling and scrolling.... - infecteditem</p> </blockquote><h2>3. I thought we agreed to leave this kind of behavior in the &#39;90s.</h2><blockquote> <p>I took my kids to the fair and promised them we&#39;d get ice cream at the end of the day. When ice cream time came I looked at the prices, and they were ridiculous. I declared the price too high and said we could just go home and eat the ice cream we had in our freezer. In that exact moment I felt so old and knew it was irreversible. - KatieCashew</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. This should be illegal.</h2><blockquote> <p>Walked into the doctors office and realized he was younger than me. Was a real shock for some reason, and instantly felt old. - am_sorry</p> </blockquote><h2>5. At least it&#39;s satisfying.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I realized I make that grunting noise whenever I bend down to lift something off the floor. - notjustsomeonesmum</p> </blockquote><h2>6. Oh, this is terrible news.</h2><blockquote> <p>When hearing that kids today don&rsquo;t understand that the &lsquo;save&rsquo; icon on computers is a floppy disk that we actually used to use. - catworld</p> </blockquote><h2>7. Someone tell the checkout people to stop doing this!</h2><blockquote> <p>Being called &quot;Ma&#39;am&quot; instead of &quot;Miss&quot; in the checkout line - ZeN-HikeR</p> </blockquote><h2>8. Lucky them.</h2><blockquote> <p>Someone asked me what &quot;a tape&quot; was. They didn&#39;t know either audio or VHS... - lilspiffy</p> </blockquote><h2>9. Spooky.</h2><blockquote> <p>When my job started hiring people who were born in years I could clearly remember. Also when the news started talking about things being twenty years ago and I started going &ldquo;no that can&rsquo;t be right counts on fingers oh s*** it is!&rdquo; - 1950sguystuckin2021</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10. They should just call it an &quot;anniversary&quot; and not add the year.</h2><blockquote> <p>Movies from my youth started having 25th and 30th anniversaries. Ouch! - WorthyLocks</p> </blockquote><h2>11. And they used to seem so old...</h2><blockquote> <p>Watching re-runs of old favourite sitcoms and thinking &#39;oh my god they look so young&#39; - ipakookapi</p> </blockquote><h2>12. Hopefully you were writing them up because toddlers shouldn&#39;t be driving.</h2><blockquote> <p>I used to work in law enforcement, and I ended up writing a traffic citation to a kid who was born THE EXACT DAY I graduated college. COLLEGE. FML. - Gadav</p> </blockquote><h2>13. It&#39;s tough when this starts.</h2><blockquote> <p>I said the phrase &quot;When I was in college&quot; . I felt like I turned into stone like in an anime. - tallbluelady</p> </blockquote><h2>14. Ah yes, the hangover reckoning.</h2><blockquote> <p>The crippling hangovers, not like when I was a spring chicken. - Marquetan</p> </blockquote><h2>15. Stop that right now.</h2><blockquote> <p>Cousins becoming grandparents. - UtopiaForest</p> </blockquote><h2>16. This happens.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was talking about how it was &#39;us&#39; younger folks, in their mid twenties and younger, that were being careless and spreading covid in mid 2020. My brother in law told me that I am not in my mid twenties. He&#39;s right, of course. - Baccarat7479</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 people reveal the moment that made them 'feel old' for the first time.

If you&#39;re getting older, that&#39;s good news: it means you&#39;re still alive.But it&#39;s also a tiny bit of a bummer, because being young is so fun and your skin is smooth and everyone loves you. The first time you start to realize the hands of time are finding their way to you, it can be shocking.A recent Reddit thread asked, &quot;What was the first thing that ever made you feel old?&quot; At least we&#39;re all in it together...1. Hearing Weezer in the same category as the Rolling Stones can be painful. My local rock station reformatted as classic rock... and didn&#39;t change the music... - ObeydMarsh 2. You&#39;ll get there one day! When I have to enter my birth year on webpage and have to keep scrolling and scrolling.... - infecteditem 3. I thought we agreed to leave this kind of behavior in the &#39;90s. I took my kids to the fair and promised them we&#39;d get ice cream at the end of the day. When ice cream time came I looked at the prices, and they were ridiculous. I declared the price too high and said we could just go home and eat the ice cream we had in our freezer. In that exact moment I felt so old and knew it was irreversible. - KatieCashew 4. This should be illegal. Walked into the doctors office and realized he was younger than me. Was a real shock for some reason, and instantly felt old. - am_sorry 5. At least it&#39;s satisfying. When I realized I make that grunting noise whenever I bend down to lift something off the floor. - notjustsomeonesmum 6. Oh, this is terrible news. When hearing that kids today don&rsquo;t understand that the &lsquo;save&rsquo; icon on computers is a floppy disk that we actually used to use. - catworld 7. Someone tell the checkout people to stop doing this! Being called &quot;Ma&#39;am&quot; instead of &quot;Miss&quot; in the checkout line - ZeN-HikeR 8. Lucky them. Someone asked me what &quot;a tape&quot; was. They didn&#39;t know either audio or VHS... - lilspiffy 9. Spooky. When my job started hiring people who were born in years I could clearly remember. Also when the news started talking about things being twenty years ago and I started going &ldquo;no that can&rsquo;t be right counts on fingers oh s*** it is!&rdquo; - 1950sguystuckin2021 10. They should just call it an &quot;anniversary&quot; and not add the year. Movies from my youth started having 25th and 30th anniversaries. Ouch! - WorthyLocks 11. And they used to seem so old... Watching re-runs of old favourite sitcoms and thinking &#39;oh my god they look so young&#39; - ipakookapi 12. Hopefully you were writing them up because toddlers shouldn&#39;t be driving. I used to work in law enforcement, and I ended up writing a traffic citation to a kid who was born THE EXACT DAY I graduated college. COLLEGE. FML. - Gadav 13. It&#39;s tough when this starts. I said the phrase &quot;When I was in college&quot; . I felt like I turned into stone like in an anime. - tallbluelady 14. Ah yes, the hangover reckoning. The crippling hangovers, not like when I was a spring chicken. - Marquetan 15. Stop that right now. Cousins becoming grandparents. - UtopiaForest 16. This happens. I was talking about how it was &#39;us&#39; younger folks, in their mid twenties and younger, that were being careless and spreading covid in mid 2020. My brother in law told me that I am not in my mid twenties. He&#39;s right, of course. - Baccarat7479 

If you&#39;re getting older, that&#39;s good news: it means you&#39;re still alive.  But it&#39;s also a tiny bit of a bummer, because being young is so fun and your skin is smooth and everyone loves you. The first time you start to...

16 people reveal the moment that made them 'feel old' for the first time.

1. Hearing Weezer in the same category as the Rolling Stones can be painful.

2. You'll get there one day!

3. I thought we agreed to leave this kind of behavior in the '90s.