I wince every time I hear a younger person refer to it as "the late 1900s"

It's fun fucking with boomers by calling 24 years ago "the turn of the century."

Back in my day, we joked about "not having done x since the last millenium" or some such shit.

"Millenium" is just so much grander. And still factual.
- Can we talk about the willenium now?
- That was a fun joke for at least a year (depending on whether your friends subscribed to "2000 is the first year of the millennium" or "2001 is the first year of the millennium" or both)
I'm not even a boomer and that hurts.

"Late 20th century."

I was a bouncer when the first kids born in 2000 were allowed into clubs. That hit differently.

I'm in the military, and whenever one of my Airmen tell me that they're born in 20-- I always have a moment of "...are you even allowed to be here? Did you lie about your age to get in? Do your parents know where you are?!?"

There are people born after 9/11 that can now legally drink. By Christmas, there will be people born after The Return of King was released that can drink.

9/11 sure. Return of the King? Now you've crossed a line.
This isn't funny anymore, guys. Stop it!
This gets funny when you apply it to countries outside of the US. There are people born at the start of the Covid pandemic that can legally drink alcohol* in the UK.

*in a home, with parental supervision
- I’m sorry what
There are adults who were born just around social media and smartphones becoming massive. I can't wrap my head around it.

You guys are getting ID'd? That stopped for me when I was 16/17 🥲

I’m 24 and I got carded a couple of weeks ago. Doesn’t happen often, but it was kind of nice
- I'm 32 and it happened to me 6 months ago. That ego-boost is still lingering a bit.
I'm voting tomorrow. First time I will have been ID'd in years!
- Good job for voting!
- Same here! Aside for in the local elections a while back.
I thought i stopped getting id'd when i was 20 something. The. I realised that i just stopped drinking and smoking and there is no more reason to show an id. Now when i buy cook wine or something to drink for my girlfriend i still have to show id. I'm almost 40
I'm 42 and it's hit or miss whether I get carded. A delivery guy was delivering my dog's prescription and asked me if I was "at least 21"...I was like buddy I'm double that!
I still get carded now at 31
Funily enough I got barely asked for ID before I hit 18. But had to show it constantly after.
PA there's plenty of stores that require it to initiate the checkout process. No scan, no checkout.

They don't even check my ID anymore 😢

Yup places will just ask for my date of birth now, if they even bother to do that at all.
- I'm 37 and have a long beard. I agree the bears helps convincing I'm old enough. But I remember I was offended I got asked my ID all the time. "Do I really look that young? When are people going to take me seriously as an adult!" Now that I'm never asked anymore, I feel old.

It has been longer in this century for me than the years I was alive in the previous one. Fuck, I'm old too.

Here's one I just realized: we're closer to 2070 than we are to 1970.

In general, if someone is over 50, we're closer to their 100th birthday than their birth year. 1974 is currently equidistant to 2074 and it goes up by one every year.

In 1990, we were equidistant from 1940 and 2040.

And the bit you mentioned might make you feel old but consider that anyone born before 1976 still spent more time in the 20th century than the 21st. Or more time in the 2nd millennium then the 3rd. The ones who can't say what you said are the really old ones.

And both people in the running for president haven't even spent a third of their lives in the current millennium.
- Hey, could you kindly shut the hell up?
  
  I already feel old. You don't have to rub salt in the wound.
- In general, if someone is over 50, we’re closer to their 100th birthday than their birth year. 1974 is currently equidistant to 2074 and it goes up by one every year.
  
  This may be the most pretentious "50 is half a hundred" ever written

Late 1900s. I'm stealing that.

I too was born in the 1900s.

Americans talking about getting ID'ed:

We use a formal form of speech when talking to people above our age. This shit reminds you fucking daily. When some fucking 20-ish person starts honoring your age and you thought you are on the same level.

Argh

when you graduate from being called "student" or "older brother" and become an "uncle"
I am so glad we stopped doing that here a couple of generations ago.

I was born a century ago!

Meh, in the last century, what's the difference? :-P

It’s not depressing necessarily to get old, but it’s definitely depressing to keep thinking in old ways even as the world changes, i.e., “if we just support the demokkkrats THIS time, everything will definitely get better at some vague point in the future!” I used to be a liberal but I stopped thinking like this when I started asking why demokkkrats hate the concept of universal health care (answer: they are just the liberal side of the capitalist coin, the republicans are the fascist side).