Feeling old?

ideasrule

If you haven't seen this already: http://xkcd.com/891/

If you're 15 or younger, read the mouse-over text.

Pengwuino

I hate my life now.

JaredJames

Wow, Shrek was 10 years ago. I actually felt a twinge of devastation reading that.

AlephZero

You mean there are people aged 15 or younger who still know how to read?

Well, you learn something new here every day

Newai

I know what an 8-track was.

Darken-Sol

my son is into transformers at the same age i was. even mario is pushin 30

Jimmy Snyder

A child thinks that 25 cents or 25 years can scarce ever be spent.

JaredJames

A child also thinks 2x50p pieces are worth more than a £1 coin.

jhae2.718

<ignorance>100p = £1, right?</ignorance>

JaredJames

Yep.

Give them a pound coin and they're happy, give them five 20p coins and they're ecstatic.

Seen a few fights because one got "more" than the other in this way.

Jimmy Snyder

And if you give an adult a gold coin that turns out to be chocolate wrapped in tin foil, they will be disappointed. If you give a child a gold coin and it turns out to be solid gold the child will be disappointed.

Borek

Kramer Jr. is almost 40.

George Jones

It has been more than 38 years since astronauts last walked on the Moon.

GeorginaS

The last season of Gilligan's Island was in 1967.

JaredJames

What the heck are you guys talking about?

BobG

What a coincidence. There's even a cartoon for that: http://xkcd.com/893/

Andre

I explained what an LP is/was to the bf of my youngest daughter.