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Older Adults Are Revealing The Thing They Unapologetically Do That Instantly Shows Their Age
By Claudia Santos,
20 days ago
As we get older, it can be a little tough to keep up with new trends or avoid things that instantly point to the fact that we're getting older. Sometimes, it feels like one day, I just woke up and lost the ability to stay awake past 10 p.m. So when redditor u/Center_Power_Unit asked the r/AskReddit community to share the thing that really shows their age , older adults instantly chimed in. Here's what they had to say.
1. "Not recognizing most of the guests on late-night talk shows or SNL . I've maybe heard the names but have no idea what they do."
5. "You can pry my side-parted hair from my cold, dead scalp. "
6. "Whenever I see a building in my town, I tell people about what used to be on that same site. Example: 'See that grocery store. I remember when it was just a cow pasture.'"
"When you want to give directions but it's entirely based on places that aren't there: 'Well, first you turn right where there used to be a Blockbuster, then you make a left where there used to be a Pizza Hut and go down half a mile. It's in the same shopping center where Sears was. If you get to where there used to be a Circuit City, you went too far.'"
12. "Apparently, wearing ankle/no-show socks lets everyone know I'm old. I don't understand how wearing crew socks halfway up your calf when it's 90° outside is comfortable."
13. "According to my 24-year-old friend: holding things up in clothes shops and saying, 'I had one of these in the '90s.' I did, though. Half that kid's wardrobe is things I could have saved her money on if I'd kept all my teenage clothes."
14. "You know the lady who has a rose garden and gives freshly picked tomatoes to the neighborhood kids? I've become her."
18. "I buy comfortable shoes. I stopped wearing Vans and Nike SBs. I now wear Altras because they have a wide-toe bed and are good for plantar fasciitis."
21. "At work two years ago, our system was enabled to send a text to clients. One of my younger colleagues asked why there was a 160-character limit and why the counter reset if you typed more than 160 characters. I had to explain about paying 10 cents per text message. She was so young that WhatsApp had essentially always existed for her, so her mobile contracts had always included unlimited texts by default. I'm only in my 30s, but that shit made me feel old."
22. "I use pen and paper for my grocery shopping list."
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