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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 53 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The 90s will always be 10 years ago in my brain.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We existed in a different millennium.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you are born 1999 and live until 101, you have lived through three centuries and two millennia

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

my grandfather was born in 1899 and wanted to make it to 2000

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a really shitty year to be born and I bet your grandfather had an intense life.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know really as I only knew him as an old man. He did not make it but he came close. He grew up in ireland to so he saw some massive technological change.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

You can barely fathom the changes he must have witnessed

[–] sweeny@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

If you were born in the 90s there's a real solid chance you'll see the 2100s, longevity escape velocity baybee

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same with 2000 kids. The new millennium started Jan 1st 2001.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] FlaminGoku@reddthat.com 8 points 11 months ago

Are you in your 30s/40s?

I've noticed that there seems to be a time anchoring that happens around your formative years which is why most people think 10 years ago = high school || college age - 10.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 11 months ago

This is the way.

[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was speaking to someone at a party and for some reasons the topic of 9/11 came up and they mentioned they weren't born when it happened so I just stopped talking to them.

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 29 points 11 months ago

I've got a really personal connection to 9/11 so the memories surrounding it are really vivid for me. Was talking to a buddy the other day about it and he started laughing and I asked why. He said "You were playing with a pocket knife and I was shitting in my diapers." It was at that moment I remembered he was born in 2000. My joints immediately were filled with sand.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

how could 2010 be 6 years ago when 2000 was 10 years ago?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And somewhere in there 2020 was 10 years long...

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Man what even was 2020 lol

[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 11 months ago

Born in 2000? Why are 10 year olds on here

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

I always love that the older I get, that the younger and younger these actors that used to seem super mature look.

[–] TipoPies@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There's a neat little video I stumbled across recently that explains this phenomenon rather well! https://youtube.com/shorts/GLViYl-AdXQ?si=8WLzfZkWDkflL1T4

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Huh, that was actually quite fascinating. Thank you!

[–] allstar@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago

While the phenomenon he explains does exist, it is an incorrect explanation for the feeling described in your title. This video is amazing, and I suggest watching all of it or just jumping to 10:50 to see your explanation:

https://youtu.be/zHL9GP_B30E

P.S.: I was born in 2000, but ffs what's up with these short format videos of people talking really fast and shoving incorrect info down your throat? I just can't watch these, nor can I understand what they are saying.

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[–] Harlan_Cloverseed@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Joke’s on you - 2010 is still a decade away!

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

And tonight I'm going to party like it's 1999.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Hes just a man, no older than my friend Gary, who's around my age now that I think about it"

[–] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mr Sunday Movies, is that you?

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Seeing this meme has set me on a Mr Sunday Movies binge. I'd been off them for a bit since they were mostly covering things I wanted to see and didn't want spoiled

[–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

Same. In highschool when we made pedo jokes it was about people born in 2003, and now they've been adults for 2 years

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

1990 was about 10 years ago

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

I almost swear I could go digging in my closet and find the comically oversized Osiris skate shoes I had in high school in 2010

[–] gianmarco@feddit.it 1 points 11 months ago

Wasn't 2010 just two years ago?