"Feeling Old" - 2014 edition

bayonetbrant · February 17, 2014, 06:37:03 AM

http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/38-things-you-will-never-experience-again

TheCommandTent · February 17, 2014, 08:01:56 AM

What a depressing way to start the week, thanks for that.

bayonetbrant · February 17, 2014, 08:58:57 AM

^^^
says the 12-year-old

TheCommandTent · February 17, 2014, 09:22:41 AM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 17, 2014, 08:58:57 AM
^^^
says the 12-year-old

I know, I can't even imagine how the rest of y'all old folks feel.

Martok · February 17, 2014, 02:27:48 PM

Man, I still miss my glow-in-the-dark stars & planets on the ceiling of my bedroom. Even now, there are no words to express how amazingly, impossibly cool I found them to be.

Silent Disapproval Robot · February 17, 2014, 02:55:30 PM

The fact that I was too old for several of those entries when they were first released makes me feel even older. I've half a mind to hop on my rascal, drive over to Brant's place and fling Centrum Silver vitamin pills at him.

bayonetbrant · February 17, 2014, 03:11:11 PM

I'm too old/fat to run from you at this point...

Gusington · February 17, 2014, 06:44:44 PM

#38 is clearly the most soul crushing.

But...WTF did people print with the GameBoy printer?

Bison · February 17, 2014, 07:11:30 PM

I'm guessing low quality porn images Gus.

Staggerwing · February 17, 2014, 07:21:47 PM

^And probably in ascii art.

Bison · February 17, 2014, 07:26:52 PM

Man is drawn to boobs in all media forms. (.)(.)!!!

Jack Nastyface · February 17, 2014, 07:40:24 PM

sigh...I turned forty-freaking-nine this month and I was diagnosed with Celiac disease (can't eat wheat / gluten). You know what I am going to miss? BEER! I can't freakin' drink real beer anymore. No more Guiness, Innes & Gunn, Harp, Boddingtons...not even a crappy Coors or Budweiser.
That's why I am feeling old...

Staggerwing · February 17, 2014, 07:49:45 PM

Quote from: Jack Nastyface on February 17, 2014, 07:40:24 PM
sigh...I turned forty-freaking-nine this month and I was diagnosed with Celiac disease (can't eat wheat / gluten). You know what I am going to miss? BEER! I can't freakin' drink real beer anymore. No more Guiness, Innes & Gunn, Harp, Boddingtons...not even a crappy Coors or Budweiser.
That's why I am feeling old...

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis Jack. There's no denying it will severely curtail your food and drink options...

But, strange as it sounds, there are gluten-free beers. Some of them are even supposed to taste good. One, in fact, is from Dogfishhead (my favorite brewery for the last few years):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thrillist/6-gluten-free-beers-that_b_4549633.html

Jack Nastyface · February 17, 2014, 08:50:40 PM

SW,
Hey, thanks for the note. I've already tried three GF beers - most have been underwhelming. I would be disinclined to try the Dogfishhead brew because it is a "fruity" beer which I never really liked. Corona is considered a GF beer because it is below "20 parts per million" rating required for GF foods, so I may be able to stick with that.
To be honest, being GF it's not really that big of a deal for me. Although I WILL miss good beers and things like Japadogs (a Vancouver thing), I have already lost 7 lbs over the past three months of being gluten free. I can still eat vietnamese pho, masa tacos, korean bibimbop, etc. But still...no Guiness. That's like no sex...

Mr. Bigglesworth · February 17, 2014, 11:45:05 PM

That sux, I did not know it was something that could happen later in life. I used to work with someone that had celiac, I thought it was something she had all her life. I could bring oats or rice to the office with no worries.

The only thing I played with on that list was the sticky hand. The sticky hand was great for pulling in the GF.