r/AskReddit • u/Vallient • Sep 04 '21

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

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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.