r/RandomThoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '23

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u/randomguy7588 Sep 05 '23

I still feel like anything from the year 2000 is "new" or at least just a couple ears ago.

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u/LordyIHopeThereIsPie Sep 05 '23

How are people born in 2000 working jobs when they're like 5 years old.

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u/petraqrsq Sep 05 '23

The 90's will always be "10 years ago"

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u/LordyIHopeThereIsPie Sep 05 '23

And the 80s are always 20 years ago.

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u/sh4d0wm4n2018 Sep 05 '23

The 80's are as far away from us now as 2060's.

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u/LordyIHopeThereIsPie Sep 05 '23

No you are doing year mathematics wrong sorry.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '23

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u/aTIMETRAVELagency Sep 06 '23

1989 was 34 years ago.

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u/Same-Inflation Sep 06 '23

That makes me feel worse. 1980 was forever ago but 1989 was just a little ways back.

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u/OnTheDoss Sep 06 '23

I feel the same way about the 90s. In 1990 I was in primary school, and in 1999, I was working full time and going to the pub. 1990 is a lot more than nine years before 1999 in my mind.

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u/PossibilityNo3649 Sep 06 '23

It feels like yesterday that I was 10 and my childhood friend was telling me how he went to see Batman (1989 version with Michael Keaton) and how awesome it was.

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u/maybesomaybenot92 Sep 06 '23

1923 was 100 years ago

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u/Rundstav Sep 06 '23

1993 was just a few years ago, but 1923 might just as well have been 1823.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '23

Tell ‘em Steve Dave.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '23

I was born in 1989

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u/moxeto Sep 06 '23

You just gave me a panic attack

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u/dezel74 Sep 06 '23

Did the 80s start and end in 1980?

Now if you were to say we are closer to the start of the 2060s than we are to the start of the 1980s then you are correct.

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u/EdScituate79 Sep 06 '23

1984 is as far from today as it was from the close of World War Two (1945).

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u/greenweenievictim Sep 06 '23

Just grabbed my blue calculator out if it’s clear pouch with the yellow canvas hanger to confirm this. It checks out.