71 Posts That Gave People An Unexpected Existential Crisis About Their Age (New Pics)
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CuriositiesPublished Jun 22, 2026 71 Posts That Gave People An Unexpected Existential Crisis About Their Age (New Pics)
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As cliche as it sounds, time really flies. Blink, and an entire decade has gone by. You just don’t notice it until you start doing the math. Here’s a fun one for you: the first iPhone came out almost twenty years ago. Bored Panda launched back in 2009, and yes, that means we’ve been around for 17 years now. Wrap your head around that one.
But honestly, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Today, we’ve gathered some truly nostalgic photos from a subreddit dedicated to making people feel old. Scroll down to see how many you remember, and upvote the ones you miss the most!
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#1Classical Music Appreciation?
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CD King CD King Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago (edited) Classic music, historical figures, great literature, conflict resolution, being clever was better than being strong, Etc…
24 24points reply View more comments RELATED:Not Bragging At All!
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Jenka666 Jenka666 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago It really was
27 27points reply View more comments #3Just For The Laughs
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Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium 
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29 29points reply View more commentsIf scrolling through this collection has made you feel a bit personally attacked about your age, don’t worry. No matter how old you are, a lot of people actually don’t feel their age.
Kids are a great example. They constantly insist they’re older, and if you tell a toddler they’re small, they will absolutely argue that they’re a grown-up, thank you very much.
As adults, we tend to do the same thing in reverse. You might be 60 if you look at the date on your birth certificate, and yet pretty much feel like you’re not a day over 35. There’s actually plenty of research to back up this interesting phenomenon and how it impacts us.
#4What Was The Question Again?
POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago 8675309
18 18points reply View more comments #5You Can Hear This Can't You?
POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago (edited) And then sometime in high school, during an American Lit class, you learn about the tragic inspiration for this.
18 18points reply View more comments #6The Metal Lid On A Can Of Nestle Quik Where You Had To Use A Spoon To Pry It Open
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StrangeOne StrangeOne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago This just tasted so much better than we got now.
22 22points reply View more commentsBack in 2006, researchers David Rubin and Dorthe Berntsen surveyed 1,470 Danish adults between the ages of twenty and ninety-seven with a pretty simple question: do you feel older, younger, or the same as your actual age? People under twenty-five usually felt a bit older than they actually were.
But past thirty-nine, it was a whole different story. Seventy percent said they felt younger, twenty-seven percent felt exactly their age, and only two percent said they felt older. So if you’ve ever thought “there’s no way I’m actually this old,” you’re far from the only one.
#7Miss Days Like These
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Verity Stewart Verity Stewart Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago True. I miss this
9 9points reply View more comments #8Getting Taught On These In A Warm Room Trying Not To Fall Asleep
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Ace Ace Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago (edited) Taught? Bloody kids. I used to run a training and consultancy business with my first wife, these were the only method of projection generally available. Still got some of the unused transparencies sitting in a cupboard somewhere.
5 5points reply View more comments #9Who Else?
POST CD King CD King Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago The tv might have said it had 13 channels but for a good part of my childhood only three of those channels actually picked a broadcast
18 18points reply View more commentsA more recent survey by financial services company Legal & General found something similar. They asked over 1,000 people about three different versions of their age: chronological, mental, and physical.
Eight out of ten people said they felt mentally younger than their actual age, and 56% felt physically younger too. The gap also widened over time. By the age of 60, most people felt like they were 42 on the inside.
#10Who Else Used 5¼" Floppies?
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Graeme Clark Graeme Clark Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Before that... 8 inch floppies.
15 15points reply View more comments #11Yes, You’re Old, But Are You This Old?
POST CD King CD King Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago These two are the reason Gen Xer’s can be really mean and think it’s funny
18 18points reply View more comments #12One Of The Memories Of My Schwinn 10-Speed
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Alessa Gillespie Alessa Gillespie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Definitely have a couple of scars from these
6 6points reply View more commentsThe survey also looked at what kinds of activities made people feel more youthful. Exploring the outdoors, traveling, going to live events, and socializing all scored high across the board.
One standout finding, though, was about dancing. For 77% of women, it had a strong connection to feeling young. For men, that number dropped to just 46%. On the flip side, the biggest thing that made people feel older was plain old aches and pains, which affected about a third of respondents.
#13Did Any Of You Actually Use This After The First Week?
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Liliana Spiro Liliana Spiro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Well... check out my last name. Heard so many jokes and got so many nicknames because of this :D
10 10points reply View more comments #14Hello My Baby ..hello My Honey
POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago Michigan J. Frog.
18 18points reply View more comments #15If You Can Hear This You're Really Old
POST StrangeOne StrangeOne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago MOOOOoooooOOOOOOooooooOOOOO
23 23points reply View more commentsHere’s the good news, though. Feeling younger than your actual age can genuinely be beneficial for your health. Yannick Stephan and his colleagues at Montpellier University studied 10,000 adults and found that people who felt older than their real age had a 25% higher risk of being hospitalized in the coming years.
Stephan even suggested that doctors should start asking patients about their subjective age as a simple diagnostic tool. “It’s information obtained by asking a simple question, without taking blood samples and without a medical examination, but it gives precious indications,” he said.
#16Any "Night Court" Fans Out There?
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Mike F Mike F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Selma Diamond ftw.
8 8points reply View more comments #17People Here Will Know Exactly What This Is
POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago Something that will temporarily blind you for a few seconds, followed by a blue dot in the center of your vision for another minute.
19 19points reply View more comments #18It’s A Chair, It’s A Step-Stool. 2 Things Can Be True. Grandma Had One In 60’s And 70’s
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago We had one when I was a kid. It was red.
12 12points reply View more commentsA 2022 study published in JAMA Network Open followed 14,000 adults over the age of 50 for four years.
Researchers found that those with the highest satisfaction with aging had a 43% lower risk of passing away from any cause. They also had lower rates of diabetes, stroke, cancer, and heart disease.
Really I'm Old Enough ,who's With Me
POST Graeme Clark Graeme Clark Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Installing Windows 3.11 from about 30-odd floppy disks.
15 15points reply View more comments #20The Beginning Of Every School Year
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Hisseefit Hisseefit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Then we drew all over it and wrote band names.
13 13points reply View more comments #21Back In The Day When You Were A Kid. Would This Have Been You?
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BlitheSpirit BlitheSpirit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Oh yes - also, if someone’s parents got a new refrigerator, the box it came in provided hours of entertainment! It’s a clubhouse, it’s a spaceship…
13 13points reply View more commentsOn top of that, they had better cognitive functioning, felt less lonely, were more physically active, and slept better.
As Dr. David Sinclair, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, put it: “If you feel younger, you are more likely to act younger. Maintaining a healthy and positive mindset as you age is one of the best things you can do for a longer life.”
#2250 Yrs Ago, I'd Be Watching This Right Now
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Wagner Wagner Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Hong Kong Phooey!
17 17points reply View more comments #23I Never Knew This Character Had A Name (Gossamer)
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Kombatbunni Kombatbunni Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Monsters are such iinteresssssting people
28 28points reply View more comments #24Making Orange Juice From A Frozen Paper Can
POST StrangeOne StrangeOne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago So good though.
9 9points reply View more commentsSo if this list made you feel ancient for a second, don’t sweat it. The truth is, many of us are walking around feeling way younger than our actual age, and according to science, that’s one of the healthiest things we can do for ourselves.
Your younger self is still very much in there, and a number on a birthday cake doesn’t change that. Embrace it.
#25If You Immediately Recognize This, You’re Officially Old
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago A friend has this tattooed on her arm.
8 8points reply View more comments #26Yep
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Papa Papa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I am also old enough to remember when Pizza Hut had a salad bar.
5 5points reply View more comments #27Who Remembers The Old Blue Tint At The Top Of The Windshield?
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B Parke B Parke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Former glass tech here. Shade bands are still common and come in several colors. Gray, green, blue, some older vehicles had bronze.
14 14points reply View more comments #28Anyone Else A Big Fan Of "Hollywood Squares," Back In The Day
POST Mike F Mike F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Paul Lynde was the best one on there, RIP.
22 22points reply View more comments #29You Belong Here If You Recognize This Man
POST Mike F Mike F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Marlin Perkins!
14 14points reply View more comments #30Why Did These Go Away?
POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago (edited) Several generations of doggos were conditioned to come running to that sound.
17 17points reply View more comments #31The Rubber Coin Purse
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Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Babybel
6 6points reply View more comments #32I Can Still Taste Em
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LALALand LALALand Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago Yum……then the irony aftertaste :)
4 4points reply View more comments #33More Than 40 Years Later And I Still Don’t Know What This Candy Is Called
POST StrangeOne StrangeOne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Dollarama has them. I think they're just called Strawberry hard candies.
6 6points reply View more comments #34Slide Across
POST Hisseefit Hisseefit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Slide up next to your sweetie.
I’m Pop’n Old
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Leanne Hailes Leanne Hailes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Saw one at Walmart last week 🟡🟢🔵🟣
7 7points reply View more comments #36If You Recognize This Show You Might Be Old
POST CD King CD King Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Must of forgotten his shoe phone at home.
12 12points reply View more comments #37My Grandmother Had One Of These Cork Coaster Caddies. I Don’t Recall Why, But I Was Fascinated With It When I Was Young
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Boo Boo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago My barbie's dresser lol.
6 6points reply View more comments #38I Saw It In The Theater
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PrettyJoyBird PrettyJoyBird Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago The giant oatmeal creme pie cookie!
7 7points reply View more comments #39What Was Your Favorite? Mine Was Apple
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ॐBoyGanesh ॐBoyGanesh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Lemon. Hands down.
6 6points reply View more comments #40Filling Up Behind The Rear License Plate
POST B Parke B Parke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Had a car like this. Couldn't ever set the gas pump lock because when it finally would shut off, it would blow some gas out of the tank. I always had to listen to it fill. Probably looked silly kneeling and listening to it.
7 7points reply View more comments #4140+ To Understand This
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Grape Walls of Ire Grape Walls of Ire Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I was just saying...
6 6points reply View more comments #42I’m Positive You Will Not Know What This Ls. If You Really Know This Then You Must Be Old!!
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sturmwesen sturmwesen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago uhm I have about 4 of those
15 15points reply View more comments #43These Were A Blast. Who Had This Or The Cheaper Glider?
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LakotaWolf (she/her) LakotaWolf (she/her) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago My pediatric dentist was fantastic. If we were good for our checkup/appointment, he would give us kids wooden tokens. Behind the receptionist's desk was a prize wall FILLED with goodies. It seriously had as much swag as Chuck E. Cheese's prize booth. Each toy had a "price" in wooden tokens. I had to wear a retainer and headgear, so I was at the dentist's quite a bit, and I saved up enough to get several balsawood gliders. I loved them. I also think that dentist is why I have a positive image of dentists in general and zero fear of going to the dentist, unlike my mother and my ex, who both have to be sedated for any dental work XD
5 5points reply View more comments #44When I Was 16 This Was The 💩
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago That is some fancy-lad equipment. And air conditioning too! One of the cars my dad bought had a blank metal plate in the space where the radio would have been if you weren't such a damned cheapskate.
7 7points reply View more comments #45It Sure Was Fun Watching Them Pour Over
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Gingersnap In Iowa Gingersnap In Iowa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I still have mine and it works.
11 11points reply View more comments #46Who Else Watched This
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago There's no need to fear. Underdog is here!
12 12points reply View more comments #47If You Used This Sometime In Your Life, You’re A Legend
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Glen Ellyn Glen Ellyn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago My dad had one at his archery range. The oldest of my four brothers would help Dad out quite often (he was about 10-11 at the time). One of his jobs was to "fill the Coke machine."
2 2points reply View more comments #48And That’s The Truth
POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago I remember it had tubes glowing in the inside.
10 10points reply View more comments #49Used To Have The Same One And Refill It With The Boxed Band-Aids
POST Grape Walls of Ire Grape Walls of Ire Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Still have one! The bandages have been replaced though.
6 6points reply View more comments #50Who Remembers This?
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Otorgar Otorgar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago High beams
9 9points reply View more comments #51Did Ya Have One?
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Divado Divado Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Along with Evil Knievel.
2 2points reply View more comments #52Anyone Played With This?
POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago We survived a of dangerous things… this is just one of them. Lawn darts were another.
14 14points reply View more comments #53Did Anyone Else Have One Of These?
POST BlitheSpirit BlitheSpirit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Merlin!
4 4points reply View more comments #54Are You Old Enough To Be Freaked Out By This?
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Armac Armac Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago It’s made from people!
16 16points reply View more comments #55I Played With These
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Chris Osborn Chris Osborn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I still have 1 piece also
2 2points reply View more comments #56You Are Old, If You Ever Dressed Up Just Because You Were Flying Somewhere
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago So much space!
12 12points reply View more comments #57If You Know Why This Ship Is Famous, Then You Might Be Old. 49 Years Ago Today
POST Hisseefit Hisseefit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Those gales of November are no joke! I’m not far from Lake Superior and it can become quite dangerous.
9 9points reply View more comments #58What Was His Name?
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TheBadHalfofHel TheBadHalfofHel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago And! Cover it with plastic wrap. My mom was so p-i-s-s-e-d!
3 3points reply View more comments #59Ahhh..but Those Carpeted Side Panels Were Something Weren't They? (With Or Without Cigarette Burn Holes)
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago My car has ashtrays. For a while I was using the front-seat one to stash quarters to pay toll booths and parking meters.
5 5points reply View more comments #60Im Ancient
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FlamingZombies FlamingZombies Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago That's back when Wendy's had the SuperBar.
1 1point reply View more comments #61If You Can Smell This Photo…
POST LakotaWolf (she/her) LakotaWolf (she/her) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago They still make this! My ex and I used to paint a lot of miniatures (mostly Warhammer 40k) and he liked using Testors metallic paints on his army. My Space Marines just had leopard spots on their pauldrons XD
5 5points reply View more comments #62Anyone Remember This Guy?
POST Otorgar Otorgar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Paul Williams. The brilliant mind behind Phantom of the Paradise!
12 12points reply View more comments #63Guys - Did You Have One, Or Just Want One?
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago One of my friends had one of these, with the 5-speed shifter. I was so jealous.
8 8points reply View more comments #64We Had This In My Old Middle School
POST LALALand LALALand Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago With powdered soap
7 7points reply View more comments #65You’re Old If You Know This Kid. He Guest Stared In Almost Everything In The Mid 70’s And Early 80’s
POST Mike F Mike F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago He looks like John Denver had a kid with John Denver.
20 20points reply View more comments #66You're Definitely Old If You Know What That Slot Is For
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Or maybe you just live in an old house.
14 14points reply View more comments #67Kmart Cafeteria 1975. I Can Smell The Coffee And Cigarette Smoke
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Ray Carrillo Ray Carrillo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I loved the pudding cups.
0 0points reply View more comments #68I’m Old
POST nottheactualphoto nottheactualphoto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I still have mine, and I use it. The fluid is D4 now.
2 2points reply View more comments #69If You Know What Comes Next ….you’re F’in Old
POST Boo Boo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Face looks familiar, but can't place it.
2 2points reply View more comments #70Thank You For Your Service If You Ever Used One Of These. Bonus Points If It’s On Your Key Ring Now
POST Chich the witch Chich the witch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago Have two in the kitchen. Only can opener that reliably works if you know how to use it.
4 4points reply View more comments #71Anyone Play This At The Gas Station?
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Northlander72 Northlander72 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I pkayed it on my Commodore 64. Was one of the few good arcade conversions for the C64 as well.
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POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago Thanks for reminding me just how old I am 👍
10 10points reply Chich the witch Chich the witch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago I was already into adulthood when many of these came on the scene :p
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Deborah Deborah Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Same. I'm a 50's child.
1 1point reply Load More Replies... Papa Papa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Me too (1961 model).
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David Paterson David Paterson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Better than the usual collection, much better. Some even older than me. And not too US centric.
2 2points reply Fred Fred Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Almost entirely USA, I think. Or did I grow up on another planet?
6 6points reply Load More Replies... POST Bored Jellyfish Bored Jellyfish Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago Thanks for reminding me just how old I am 👍
10 10points reply Chich the witch Chich the witch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow Premium Premium user. Get details. 1 day ago I was already into adulthood when many of these came on the scene :p
5 5points reply Deborah Deborah Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Same. I'm a 50's child.
1 1point reply Load More Replies... Papa Papa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Me too (1961 model).
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2 2points reply Fred Fred Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Almost entirely USA, I think. Or did I grow up on another planet?
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