30 People Reveal How Old They Are Without Mentioning Their Age, and Their Creativity Is Hysterical

Time flows. It is one of the constants in our known universe.

No matter what happens, it never stops flowing. Inevitably, it brings about changes.

These changes are visible all around us – in nature and in our society. We are shaped as individuals by these transformations.

The way we grew up has a significant impact on who we are today. But what are those factors that shaped us, besides our families and friends?

A Redditor going by the name u/greengulred asked a simple question: “Without telling your age, how old are you?” The answers that came in truly take us on a trip down memory lane.

For people who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood, this is a wonderful reminder of some better and simpler times. For the younger crowd, it’s a chance to learn something new (or rather old, depending on your viewpoint).

You will see posts from people who are so old that “rainbows were black and white when they were kids,” but also from those who grew up with He-Man and She-Ra cartoons. Take a look at 30 of the most interesting answers; we know you are going to love them:

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1. Typewriter

One of the first commercially made typewriters was patented in 1868, but it wasn’t successful until Remington took over production in 1874. It was rendered obsolete when computers and printers became widely available.

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2. Video games on Channel 3

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3. Red, white, and yellow cords for connection...

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4. The computer mouse had a ball inside...

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5. Floppy disks for games

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6. The Berlin Wall was a barrier that surrounded West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

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7. The rotary phone

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8. Dial-up Internet

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9. Purple ketchup

Heinz EZ Squirt was in production from 2000 to 2006

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10. Feed your Tamagotchi...

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11. VHS tapes

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12. IBM 5155 - a legend...

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13. Unfortunately, 'duck and cover' is a thing again

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14. Again a thing in some parts of the world... Emergency backpacks and suitcases

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15. Games on multiple disks...

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16. Floppy disk is a 3D-printed save icon

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17. Younger Redditors have finally figured it out:

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18. Yup, that's all you can do...

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19. Satanic Panic was a big deal in the US in the '80s and spread throughout the world by the '90s

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20. Cars had at least two keys

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21. Moon landing - 1969

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22. Good shows...

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23. Turn the channel...

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24. Now it all makes sense...

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25. Everything comes into place

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26. Do they still exist in printed form?

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27. That was cheap

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28. Good old times...

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29. Mount St. Helens underwent a catastrophic and deadly eruption on May 18, 1980.

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And the winner is:

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We can’t really say those were simpler times because everything was more difficult back then. You didn’t have much access to information as you do today; you couldn’t look up or check a person in an instant.

You had to go to the store to buy a record or a CD. But it taught us to have patience and that we must put in some effort to get what we want.

Younger generations have everything at their fingertips. Is it a good thing? Time will tell…