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[โ€“] [email protected] 62 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"All the Small Things" came out 24 years ago, in 1999. Meaning it came out last millennium!

I remember getting this CD at a virgin records store. We're getting old, you fuckin whippersnappers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Saying that All the Small Things came out in the late 1900s gives this a different feel

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was talking to someone (younger, obviously) and they used the phrase "in the late 1900s" completely unironically. It stopped me dead in my tracks and took my brain about 5 seconds to compute. By the time I was able to speak again, the only thing I could say was "you need to shut the fuck up and leave right now."

As an elder millennial (84, fuckers) I'm really struggling with entering middle age. But I guess I just approach it the same way my generation has approached everything else, with a weird mix of existential dread and wry humor (hat tip to Gen X for starting that, though).

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I really hate saying "turn of the century" and having to specify which century.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Welp, I knew it would happen sometime. I'm outta here before I miss the 4:30 auto-gyro.

[โ€“] Squirrel 2 points 11 months ago

The album with the song talking about being 23... is now 24 years old. Ouch.