Shit that reminds you that you’re getting old - Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fwd: Damn young’uns

[Gap Hag]

I was very pleasantly surprised when a video of something from twenty seven years ago surfaced and it turns out my memories of the con weren't too far off from the reality
I def misestimated the crowd but it was small for the thing, just not _as_ small as I recalled

Yeah, i find myself looking back towards screenshots or videos of things just to make sure i can go "okay, my memory is correct even if it's only half there, that did happen"

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Yeah, i find myself looking back towards screenshots or videos of things just to make sure i can go "okay, my memory is correct even if it's only half there, that did happen"

I can absolutely recommend having major events of your life happen at well-documented things.
Makes it a lot easier so you can go "AKSHUALLY, Rose, we met on [date pulled from wiki of the event]" when she's on you about that bullshit

 

[The ATF Disliked That]

When I visited my old next door neighbors in my old neighborhood for dinner. I didn't have my car and was staying down the street with my Dad (divorced parents), so I walked over. It was eerie. You ever see those liminal spaces nostalgia clips? It was honestly like that. I could see ghosts of myself and my friends playing outside in the pool, playing on our Nintendo DSes on the front patios, the bonfires out back, kids running around playing ghosts-in-the-graveyard, riding bikes, trick or treating, summertime birthday parties in the garage, digging snow trenches during winter.

I'm only in my 20s and in that moment I felt as if I was 75... Walking back there really sent a chill up my spine.

 

[Domestic Cat]

I am alive so I will never not be in my prime.

 

[Legalize Asbestos]

Adjusted for deflation (going back in time), that's $1.32 to $1.68 in 1996 money.

So it is not merely inflation, things really are getting more expensive nowadays.

(source: Inflation Calculator | Find US Dollar's Value From 1913-2026)

In my papa's day it was 12 cents if you took it out of the store and 10 cents if you drank it right there and gave back the bottle. Which means the bottle return was 17% of the soda's value.

Yet a $2.75 bottle of soda nets you 5 cents now. A 2% value - whether it's glass or fucking al-oo-min-i-um.

Shit man they use to pay you to recycle paper.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

In my papa's day it was 12 cents

What year was that?

 

[The Last Stand]

Have you had a parent that calls you by your full name? If that happens, that means it's something serious.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Have you had a parent that calls you by your full name? If that happens, that means it's something serious.

that's not a sign you're old, that's a sign you're six
if you haven't gotten your parents to go [FIRSTNAME] [MIDDLENAME] [LASTNAME] _WHAT_ ARE YOU DOING by the time your balls drop you done goofed

 

[Jason Wynn]

Have you had a parent that calls you by your full name? If that happens, that means it's something serious.

Oh yeah. If my dad called me by my full name when I was a kid, that was a sign I was two seconds away from getting whooped with the belt.

 

[AnOminous]

Oh yeah. If my dad called me by my full name when I was a kid, that was a sign I was two seconds away from getting whooped with the belt.

I knew the instant I heard my middle name that I was getting a can of whoopass opened up on me.

 

[General Patton]

When I visited my old next door neighbors in my old neighborhood for dinner. I didn't have my car and was staying down the street with my Dad (divorced parents), so I walked over. It was eerie. You ever see those liminal spaces nostalgia clips? It was honestly like that. I could see ghosts of myself and my friends playing outside in the pool, playing on our Nintendo DSes on the front patios, the bonfires out back, kids running around playing ghosts-in-the-graveyard, riding bikes, trick or treating, summertime birthday parties in the garage, digging snow trenches during winter.

I'm only in my 20s and in that moment I felt as if I was 75... Walking back there really sent a chill up my spine.

That happens to me a lot whenever I'm going to places I used to hang out at in my childhood and teenage years.

 

[cactus]

Funny enough, my parents never did the whole name thing, they yelled for us angrily instead.

 

[Jean ValJean]

Shit man they use to pay you to recycle paper.

Yes, I remember taking bundles of old newspaper to the recycling center (Dump) and getting paid $1 for each 100 lbs.

 

[Legalize Asbestos]

What year was that?

He was probably thinking of 1955 - 1960 when he said it.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

In my papa's day it was 12 cents

Yet a $2.75 bottle of soda nets you 5 cents now.

He was probably thinking of 1955 - 1960 when he said it.

So adjusted for inflation, that'd be $1.46 in 2026 money. Which is still less than what a bottle of soda is now.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

Oh yeah. If my dad called me by my full name when I was a kid, that was a sign I was two seconds away from getting whooped with the belt.

Oh yeah, if I heard my mom yell "Cheesegirl Gouda Brie", Taps would start playing in my head. I knew I was done for.

 

[Legalize Asbestos]

So adjusted for inflation, that'd be $1.46 in 2026 money. Which is still less than what a bottle of soda is now.

Nigga my point is that if the deposit kept up with the price we'd be getting fifty cents for every can we return rn, which means Back In The Day™ people were paid much better to recycle their shit - in addition to that shit being cheaper to acquire.

Today's soda price is 98% the product.
In the distant past, it was 83% the product.
So the $1.46 soda would've had a 25c deposit if the deposits kept pace, and that soda would actually only be $1.20. Ya dig?

 

[ToroidalBoat]

my point is that if the deposit kept up with the price we'd be getting fifty cents for every can we return rn

I know, but it's still fun to find out how prices change.

 

[Kurmudgeon]

I drank 2 beers last night and I woke up super groggy and dehydrated. Also slept for 10 hours. I used to be able to pound half a bottle of whiskey, wake up after 6 hours, and feel fine.

Going out again this evening and I'm debating skipping the booze altogether. Don't think I will though, I'm told the place I'm going to makes a mean old fashioned.

 

[Lian Xing]

Going out again this evening and I'm debating skipping the booze altogether. Don't think I will though, I'm told the place I'm going to makes a mean old fashioned.

Ah, you’re in the saddle point: old enough to know you shouldn’t, but young enough to do it anyway.