Want To Hear 16 Facts That Will Leave You Feeling Old?

Want To Hear 16 Facts That Will Leave You Feeling Old?

Want To Hear 16 Facts That Will Leave You Feeling Old Skip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 30 Jun 2017 Want To Hear 16 Facts That Will Leave You Feeling Old Please make time stop. by Jamie JonesBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 Most of your Beanie Babies are old enough to legally drink Getty Images / BuzzFeed The first batch of Beanie Babies were released in 1993, meaning Garcia the bear is well within his rights to rock up to a dive bar and say "one Cuba Libre, go easy on the coke". A terrifying thought. 2 The first Grand Theft Auto game 1998 was released closer to Pac-Man 1980 than to today Rockstar Games / Namco 3 People who have never known a world without SpongeBob SquarePants are now old enough to drive Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Viacom International / Nickelodeon SpongeBob first aired on Nickelodeon way back in1999, meaning kids born after its airdate of July 17 are now over the age 17. 4 Back to the Future Part II The Running Man and Escape from L A all depict futures that have already passed Universal Pictures / TriStar Pictures / Paramount Pictures Back to the Future Part II is set in 2015, The Running Man in 2017, and Escape from L.A. in 2013. Seriously, how much longer do we have to wait for ~real~ hover boards. 5 Sophie Turner has never lived in a world without Pixar movies Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images / Walt Disney Studios / BuzzFeed She was born in 1996, almost a year after the release of Toy Story. 6 In movies The Breakfast Club 1985 was released closer to the first Godzilla movie 1954 than to today Universal Pictures / Toho 7 If the characters of The Simpsons actually aged here s how old they d be today 20th Television / BuzzFeed At the start of the series Homer was 36, Marge: was 34, Bart was 10, Lisa was 8, and Maggie was 1. 8 And this is how old the Rugrats would be Nickelodeon / BuzzFeed 9 The launch of MTV happened closer to the end of World War II than to today Keystone / Getty Images / MTV Here's the maths: World War II ended in September 1945 and MTV launched in August 1981, leaving a gap of 34 years and 11 months. The gap between MTVs launch date and today is a whole 35 years and 10 months. 10 Kids born after Family Guy first aired on TV will be entering university this year 20th Television Family Guy's first episode aired way back when in January 31, 1999. 11 In books Bret Easton Ellis s Less Than Zero 1985 was released closer to the first Lord of the Rings book 1954 than to today Simon & Schuster / Allen & Unwin 12 This is the baby who played the sun in the Teletubbies looks like today Pinewood Studios / BBC One / BuzzFeed She's 22 years old now and no longer looks like a luminous sphere of gas. 13 Sabrina from Sabrina the Teenage Witch is now older than both of her aunties were at the beginning of the show Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF CBS Television Melissa Joan Hart who played Sabrina is now 41 years old. 14 In music The Beastie Boys s Licensed to Ill 1986 was released closer to Elvis Presley s first album 1956 than to today Def Jam / Columbia / RCA Victor 15 There are kids in high school today who have never lived in a world without America s Next Top Model Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF CBS Television 16 We re closer to the year 2032 than we are to the year Avril Lavigne s Sk8er Boi was released Arista / Getty Images We're probably closer to flying cars than we are to saying "see you later boy". CORRECTION Jul. 01, 2017, at 09:26 AM Turns out I'm terrible at maths and the first Grand Theft Auto game was released closer to today than to the release of Space Invaders. An earlier version of this post stated otherwise. Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
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