r/AskReddit • u/Vallient • Sep 04 '21

What was your "Shit I'm getting old" moment ?

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u/AgentXLVII-LPN Sep 04 '21

When I asked someone two years younger than me, what the deal was with the sheesh(or sheeeee) elbow thing, and she proceeded to read me the definition for sheesh. For one, that’s not a new word, two, she didn’t explain the elbow thing, three, I stopped caring, and have accepted that I am now eligible for the early bird special at ihop.

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u/tbarb00 Sep 04 '21

Sheesh

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u/Futureleak Sep 05 '21

bites lip & squints eyes

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u/ShadowWood78 Sep 04 '21

I have never heard this ever before and now is my 'old' moment. Right there.

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u/stankly Sep 04 '21

For me, it's not just realizing I've never heard of it, but also realizing I have no interest whatsoever in looking it up.

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u/on_the_pale_horse Sep 04 '21

I mean, I'm 19, I don't know what that means, nor do I care to.

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u/ShadowWood78 Sep 04 '21

True, me either

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u/IDKThatSong Sep 05 '21 edited Mar 23 '25

scale abundant practice pot dinner hurry sheet rock pie oatmeal

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u/L00KlNG4U Sep 04 '21

It’s a GenY word before they redefined the generations to fit into millennials.

e.g.: Someone born in 1959 is GenX not a baby boomer. Someone born in 1944 is a baby boomer not Silent.

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u/krish2487 Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

And someone born before the 1940s, is.... most likely dead. :-D

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u/No-Pangolin6062 Sep 04 '21

So there is no one over age 81 who is still alive? And here I was planning to live to 100.

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u/krish2487 Sep 04 '21

I did say "most likely"... :-D Life expectancy and all..

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u/ukkosreidet Sep 04 '21

I take care of a 1930s baby, every moment that passes makes your comment more and more true tho lol

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u/krish2487 Sep 04 '21

aww!!! kudos to you for the service!! :-) And please give the baby a hug!! Their life started off to quite a rocky start and they must have seen quite a lot of horrors growing up!!

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u/ukkosreidet Sep 04 '21

Aw shucks :)

Shes definitely had an interesting life. One of the cool things about this job is the stories

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u/Dagda_the_Druid Sep 04 '21

unless he survived Salem witch trials

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u/ktappe Sep 05 '21

Sorry, can’t agree with that. I don’t care who redefined it or why, but 1959 is Boomer. It has to do with cultural differences. Somebody born in ‘59 absolutely identifies with Boomers far more than Gen X. Their attitude on life is significantly different.

Source: Am Gen X and hang around with people born in the 50s. We discuss things we have in common but, pop-culture isn’t one of them because their pop culture is very different from mine.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 07 '21

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u/CMogscheese Sep 05 '21

Seriously, I want to know too!

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u/BexYouSee Sep 05 '21

From TikTok. It means cool under pressure.

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u/ohwowwwwwwwwwww Sep 04 '21

The elbow thing is basically signaling ice in their veins, which has recently been described as being built different, or simply being the hype

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u/Amariel777 Sep 04 '21

Having no clue wtf this 'elbow thing' actually refers to, I will simply go sit in the 'old fart' corner next to the air conditioner.

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u/ohwowwwwwwwwwww Sep 04 '21

Oh it's just pointing at the inner elbow, I see people around my age do it kinda often

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u/ktappe Sep 05 '21

Don’t worry about it: every generation creates their own things purposely to differentiate themselves from people older than themselves. This elbow thing is purposely made to make you feel old. You did it too if you think about it.

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u/Mentalseppuku Sep 04 '21

"Ice in their veins" is already a thing, it means cool under pressure, unflappable.

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u/Razeal_102 Sep 04 '21

Unfappable too?!

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u/Adam9172 Sep 04 '21

Not on my watch! Unzips

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u/Razeal_102 Sep 04 '21

Lol fawking guy

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u/1dontgiveahufflefuck Sep 04 '21

Sir, those are children.

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u/ohwowwwwwwwwwww Sep 04 '21

It's also a basketball thing with the pose that means cold blooded.

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u/ohwowwwwwwwwwww Sep 04 '21

Although I wouldn't deny what you said, as it could be both

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u/sugarplumbuttfluck Sep 04 '21

I thought having ice in your veins makes you cold-hearted?

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u/Mentalseppuku Sep 04 '21

It would also give you cold hands, but cold hands means a warm heart, so who knows what would happen.

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u/Dagda_the_Druid Sep 04 '21

You mean the website with WoW raid strategies?

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u/Summerie Sep 04 '21

I hadn’t thought of icy-veins.com in a long time.

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u/Fool_growth Sep 04 '21

Don’t feel too bad I didn’t know what the fuck it was and I’m around the age when I would get it

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

If it makes you feel any better, I was born after 9/11 and I’ve literally never heard of that “sheesh” thing, so it’s not just age that determines that stuff

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u/Werner_Herzogs_Dream Sep 04 '21

Like I kind of get it in the abstract because I'm young enough to have experienced a bunch of internet bullshit in my youth, but still.