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kleinbl00  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You're Getting Old

There's something tragic about people out-olding each other. I know I'm a long ways from the oldest on here and I saw Star Wars Episode IV in a theater. Back then, we just called it "Star Wars."

I want you to imagine: You're five years old. You've driven the 30 miles to the movie theater to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture (the incomprehensible weirdness you're left with - a discussion for another time). The lights come down and you see this:

And then you are told you have to wait until summer to see the rest.

That's five months of kindergarteners speculating on the nature of "AT-ATs."

But hey - I've got friends that remember when Kennedy got shot. Old is decidedly relative.