In Which I Realize I Am Getting Old, And You Do Too.

Clint Eastwood

Tonight I tried to play some multiplayer GoldenEye with my longest tenured friend. Upon using gamefaqs to look up how to unlock more characters to play as, I attempted to enter the code multiple times.

I could not properly enter the code, after approximately five tries. I was forced to play as Boris, and them Ouronov. For the record, I lost a Throwing Knives match on Temple 5-4 and won a Lasers match on Facility 9-1.

I feel old. I can't even put a damn code in right so I can play as jaws in GoldenEye! It's all downhill from here. Who knows what sort of hellish tortures await me in the further twilight years??? I probably wouldn't even be able to turn on DK Mode! A fate worse than death! Clearly it's all downhill from here.

So now, please tell me about the last thing that made you feel old.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j53KP79g5Wk

DJ Eebs

I too, played goldeneye recently

and I thought it was pretty bad!

Tef

I logged into Facebook on the PC for the first time in like a year and had no idea how to do anything.

I had to get my younger brother to come and explain it to me like I was an old man

Clint Eastwood

FUUUUUUUCK

YOU!

It's fun. What did you think was bad about it? aside from the horrible Nintendo 64 controller of course.

Machwing

I, too, played goldeneye recently

man those control schemes sure did eat dicks

Death of Rats

The last thing to make me feel old? Realizing that my dad was my age when I was 10.

That I've known people I think of as my "college friends" for a decade.

That I remember when the Simpsons first started airing. I'm older than The Simpsons, and the fact that that doesn't seem crazy to me, or that the internet being something people were talking about coming is something I lived through are both signs I'm getting old.

That I remember the day Kurt Cobain died and I cried my little eyes out.

That Ronald Reagan is someone I remember seeing on TV as our President.

And that Trix use to be little balls, not fruit shaped and I remember when the VCR first became affordable.

In one week I'll be 30.

Get off my fucking lawn.

RMS Oceanic

My youngest sister, ten years younger than me, has been at University for a year.

I have the olds.

knitdan

For one thing it looks atrocious.

The last thing I did that made me feel old? Having a drink served by a bartender whose birth I can remember.

Clint Eastwood

The first CD I ever bought was fucking astro lounge. Kill me

ASimPerson

Several of my friends are turning 30 and in 6 months I will join them.

It's not just that, per se, after all, it's just a number. But I think it'll be weird to no longer be a "twenty-something". I'll have a new classification for the first time in a decade!

Donovan Puppyfucker

I remember when we got our first VCR. It was a top-loading National with a cable remote that we didn't get because we got it second-hand from a family friend that used to run a t.v. and electronics repair workshop.

Fucking thing still worked last time I saw it plugged in, about 7 years or so ago.

EDIT: I found a picture!

Sorce

When I realized that all my (immediate) supervisors would pretty much always be younger than I am.

Seriously

there is a noticeable resistance in various hinges and joints when I first get up these days

it's not pain, and it works itself out after I've been moving for a bit


but I have a more visceral understanding of why my dad makes so much fucking noise getting out of bed

Seriously

also I have very little interest in sugary things any more


get that shit out of my face

get me some, I dunno, oats or something


maybe I'm actually becoming a horse

DJ Eebs

Clint Eastwood wrote: »

FUUUUUUUCK

YOU!

It's fun. What did you think was bad about it? aside from the horrible Nintendo 64 controller of course.

I remember it being fun when it came out but it doesn't compare well to wwf no mercy imo

Brovid Hasselsmof

I make all the noises standing up or sitting down or picking things up. My back is permanently at some level of fucked so I can't put my socks on without some logistical planning. Everyone I know is starting to get married and talk about babies. I don't like tv or modern music. I rant at software updates that change how things look. I don't get drunk any more because I can't be arsed with the hangover. I make a point of getting enough fibre.

I am only 29.

Vivixenne

I have rheumatoid arthritis and my body no longer heals in a timely fashion when injured or sick. Fuck you, age.

Atheraal

dru thread

BillyIdle

Almost 24 over here, and just realized I'm at best 1/4 of the way into my lifespan. I really miss being younger. Less responsibilities, more playing with physical toys outside, and no major worries. I don't have many fears, but something about reaching my parents age, and then grandparents age scares me.

RT800

Listening to music from the 90's on the radio being referred to as "retro".

The 90's aren't retro goddamnit.

Your mom is retro.

Muggins

If I remember right the code to unlock all characters is bullshit because it requires you to hold down buttons in such a way on that weird n64 controller than you need to use your face to help.

RMS Oceanic

RT800 wrote: »

Listening to music from the 90's being referred to as "retro".

The 90's aren't retro goddamnit.

Your mom is retro.

They mean the 1890's obviously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yvOMwHsh1A

Liiya

I'm only 7 years older than my university classmates and housemates, but I am regularly astounded at the difference in common sense/laziness between us.

Liiya

I'm not old but they try my patience enough to make me feel old.

I Win Swordfights

i go to stores and look at alcohol and think "i could buy that if i wanted to" but then i don't because i don't drink

Veldrin

I can no longer eat an entire 500g pack of peanut M&Ms without feeling like absolute rubbish the next day.

Come back, 20-year-old me.

The Anonymous

I pay attention to politics now.

tynic

I'm super old BUT

- i still fall down and have permanently scabby knees, like a six year old
- i still get all weird about doing basic phone-call chores, like a 16 year old
- i still drink too much at parties, like ... uh every age between late teens and now I guess
- i still don't dust

when does grownup happen

DJ Eebs

ugggggggggggggh fuck phone calls

Veldrin

oh oh wait how could I forget

I legitimately enjoy prune juice

tynic

Veldrin wrote: »

oh oh wait how could I forget

I legitimately enjoy prune juice

oh ok you win

Liiya

I changed careers so I can be financially stable and one day have a house and mortgage, I want a house and mortgage.

Smrtnik

Believe me is not all its cracked up to be.

Anzekay

I had a friend ask me the other week if he could borrow a film off me, since he knows I own it.

I went looking through our DVDs for ages before I remembered it's a video.

That made me feel a bit old.

Brovid Hasselsmof

Veldrin wrote: »

oh oh wait how could I forget

I legitimately enjoy prune juice

Nowt wrong with wanting to be regular

Lalabox

I, for one, am 21


And I've got back problems that I really shouldn't be getting until I'm 60 or something

Platy

We're not getting old, we're only getting older

Platy

Thought about my Super Nintendo earlier which is at my parent's place

And wondered if I'll ever take the time to play those games again

Fyndir

I don't know if I've ever really felt young physically.

I've felt like me physically, but it doesn't seem to match up with what I'm meant to be like because of my health.

P.S. It is super butts when you think you've fixed your sleep schedule and go to bed at a reasonable hour, wake up at like 7am and then can't sleep at all that night for no apparent reason.

scherbchen

my first computer was a C64! those were all the rage back then. get off my laaaaawn!

Peas

Jogging feels like dying