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re: Where has the time gone? 20 years ago seems like yesterday.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:58 am to theunknownknight
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:58 am to theunknownknight
20 years ago I was done with school and already working. Now I'm still done with school and already working.
In 2004, 20 years ago meant I was in elementary school and not even old enough to play Little League.
The world in general changed more as well. In 2004 YouTube existed, TD was up and running, some people had early smartphones, offices had high speed Internet lines and conducted business by email. In 1984 you turned a knob to change the channel, NES was cutting edge gaming, the Internet was for computer geeks with money, and you ordered from a catalog. The difference between 1984 and 2004 was a lot more than the difference between 2004 and 2024.
In 2004, 20 years ago meant I was in elementary school and not even old enough to play Little League.
The world in general changed more as well. In 2004 YouTube existed, TD was up and running, some people had early smartphones, offices had high speed Internet lines and conducted business by email. In 1984 you turned a knob to change the channel, NES was cutting edge gaming, the Internet was for computer geeks with money, and you ordered from a catalog. The difference between 1984 and 2004 was a lot more than the difference between 2004 and 2024.
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Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:04 am to theunknownknight
I was kinda feeling down last night, couldn't understand why. Was watching a movie with my lady. It just dawned on me reading the OP, something in the movie reminded me of my grandpa and a couple of memories popped up. It was definitely the nostalgic sadness of knowing I can't talk to him anymore. I guess that'll never go away until I see him in the next life.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:09 am to theunknownknight
My 3 year old daughter was crawled into bed with us at 6AM and started making silly faces this morning.. It was just one of those moments that I know I'll kill for in 20 years when she's off living her life.
I know I'm in the good old days right now. I just hope I'm living them up as much as I can.
Judging by how fast the last decade went, I feel like I'll blink and another 10 years will pass.
I know I'm in the good old days right now. I just hope I'm living them up as much as I can.
Judging by how fast the last decade went, I feel like I'll blink and another 10 years will pass.
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 9:11 am
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:16 am to Bestbank Tiger
I graduated from LSU 24 years ago. Time flies.
The biggest reminder of this are the kids. Our youngest will be a legal adult this year. It seems like she should be in middle school.
The biggest reminder of this are the kids. Our youngest will be a legal adult this year. It seems like she should be in middle school.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:16 am to Bestbank Tiger
The only computer geeks messing with the internet in 1984 were at DARPA or whatever the equivalent was then. I was a very early user and I didn't get on till early 90's. Hell, 1984 was TRS-80's booting off a floppy. You weren't doing much with it. Maybe dial up BBS sites but that's it and that was miserable.
I'm in my fifties now and this acceleration of the perception of time is fascinating to me. Because it's absolutely real and I think it's got something to do with the fact that you're just so much more experienced here after this much time that it all compresses for you. You start to realize it and start projecting that perception into the future. Like, I know when I was a kid a year was practically an impossible thing to comprehend. Whereas now it holds about as much significance as a week did as a child. That changes everything about your perspective.
It's why you hear us old folks complain about "Wish I'd known then what I know now". That's also universal. Because you get wiser. And it's about this time when you start to wonder what your perception would be in another fifty if you were healthy. Or a hundred? Because you'd be so much wiser with such a longer view of things you could build long projects and save more effectively and all the things we don't do because we're young, unwise, and busy with whatever is in front of us at that moment.
If we ever unlock the ability to stay in this body for a really long time, or move consciousness to another body so it stays alive forever, the species would likely civilize at an exponential rate because old folks just don't have patience for the dumb shite they did as kids. Wars would likely be a thing of the past.
I'm in my fifties now and this acceleration of the perception of time is fascinating to me. Because it's absolutely real and I think it's got something to do with the fact that you're just so much more experienced here after this much time that it all compresses for you. You start to realize it and start projecting that perception into the future. Like, I know when I was a kid a year was practically an impossible thing to comprehend. Whereas now it holds about as much significance as a week did as a child. That changes everything about your perspective.
It's why you hear us old folks complain about "Wish I'd known then what I know now". That's also universal. Because you get wiser. And it's about this time when you start to wonder what your perception would be in another fifty if you were healthy. Or a hundred? Because you'd be so much wiser with such a longer view of things you could build long projects and save more effectively and all the things we don't do because we're young, unwise, and busy with whatever is in front of us at that moment.
If we ever unlock the ability to stay in this body for a really long time, or move consciousness to another body so it stays alive forever, the species would likely civilize at an exponential rate because old folks just don't have patience for the dumb shite they did as kids. Wars would likely be a thing of the past.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:17 am to theunknownknight
As you get older, the days grow longer but the years grow shorter.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:34 am to NBR_Exile
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:37 am to terriblegreen
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I'll never understand this. I'm 51 and I'm constantly thinking about how many good years left. I hope I live 50 more.
As we get older we start to think in a more existential way. Personally, I've started to consider more and more that at 42 I am only 11 years younger than when my dad and his brother died. It doesn't matter that I have taken much better care of myself than he did. I can't help but think I only have about 11 years left.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:43 am to theunknownknight
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Is this what it is like to grow older?
Yes.
The years get shorter as you get older.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:44 am to theunknownknight
I still use the year 2000 to base how old stuff is
Like 1970 was 30 years ago
Like 1970 was 30 years ago
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 9:45 am
Posted on 7/11/24 at 9:49 am to jmarto1
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It doesn't matter that I have taken much better care of myself than he did. I can't help but think I only have about 11 years left.
Personally, I feel genetics regarding longevity, is a little overrated.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:00 am to Mushroom1968
I have two genes associated with longevity with one being specifically for females. Women on my mother's side always live to their 90s. My mother and father had very different lifestyle though
Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:18 am to Paul Allen
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Are they not active on social media?
Seems like everyone these days has some sort of platform where they keep in touch with people.
My wife is a coupla years older than me (shes 73) but she has made so many contacts on Facebook from High School and her military wife friends...
We're friends with people we've not seen in 30-40 years but it's like yesterday to us...
We're boomers I know but if you came up thru the, telephone only to beepers to dial up era it's kinda cool...
So many people lost touch with good friends back then and Facebook has been a Godsend for her....
Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:33 am to theunknownknight
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Is this what it is like to grow older?
Yep. Seems the older you get, the faster times seems to pass. I'm now 71 and the years seem to fly by, and not just the years, but decades at a time.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 4:39 pm to theunknownknight
I don’t know if this has been mentioned, but a real eye opener for me is when an actor dies and I realize they were in their 70s or 80s. That’s when I realize the great movies they were in were 40 or 50 years ago.
Damn…
Damn…
Posted on 7/11/24 at 6:01 pm to The Torch
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he's starting his Senior year in a few weeks.
Did daddy get those pesky felonies taken care of?
Posted on 7/11/24 at 6:10 pm to ShelbyCountyTiger
20 years now, where'd they go?
20 years, I don't know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night
Oh, when I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall, I recall
20 years, I don't know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night
Oh, when I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall, I recall
Posted on 7/11/24 at 6:13 pm to TigerFanatic99
quote:damn man.
just turned 40 last week and if I'm going to be honest, I'm ready to die
Posted on 7/11/24 at 6:17 pm to theunknownknight
45 years ago I held my new born son in my arms, 10 yrs ago I held my dying father. I’m not much for looking back I already know what happened. Tomorrow is much more interesting.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 6:19 pm to Beer did clam
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45 years ago I held my new born son in my arms, 10 yrs ago I held my dying father. I’m not much for looking back I already know what happened. Tomorrow is much more interesting.
35 years old is way too young for a child to lose its father.
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 6:20 pm
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