Proof That Time Is Passing Faster Than You Think 😳

You know how people say, “Life goes by fast”? Well, apparently life has now hit the 110 on Highway 400 and isn’t even tapping the brakes.

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Here are some facts guaranteed to make anyone over 35 stare silently into their coffee:

• 2027 is only four months away. We just got used to writing 2026.
• COVID emerged nearly seven years ago. Somehow 2020 feels both six months ago and 47 years ago.
• 2016 was a decade ago. Yes, a DECADE. Please respect my privacy during this difficult time.
• 2007 is further behind us than 2044 is ahead of us. I don't care for that information at all.
• Someone born in 1990 turns 36 this year. They're only 14 years away from 50. Welcome aboard. Your lower back has been expecting you.
• Babies born during the 2020 lockdown are now school-aged. Meanwhile, some of us are still emotionally processing Tiger King.
• Kids born in 2008 are turning 18. They can vote in Canadian elections while having absolutely no memory of a world without smartphones.
• The 1990s began 36 years ago. Which means the '90s are now as historically distant as the 1950s were to us in the '80s. Excuse me while I crumble into dust.
• Kids born in 2022 are turning four. Some are already heading into preschool while 2022 still feels like last Tuesday.
• Your childhood bedroom may not even exist anymore. It could be renovated, turned into an office, or currently occupied by someone who thinks Nirvana is a clothing brand.
• The year 2000 was 26 years ago. Remember when we were worried Y2K would destroy civilization? Instead, we survived and now pay monthly subscriptions to use heated seats.
• The first iPhone will turn 20 next year. There are adults who have never known the joy of angrily snapping a flip phone shut.
• Finding Nemo is 23 years old. Nemo could have finished university, bought a condo and realized he can't afford groceries by now.
• Shrek is 25 years old. Shrek is now old enough to complain that music today isn't as good.
• Home Alone is 36 years old. Kevin McCallister is no longer the kid left home alone. He's the age of the dad wondering why the hydro bill is so high.
• People born in 2000 are 26. And some of them have mortgages, careers and children. Rude.
• Kids today consider DVDs old technology. Meanwhile, some of us still have a drawer full of mystery cables because one of them might be important.

And perhaps the most painful realization of all:

The songs you danced to at the bar are now playing in grocery stores.

Nothing prepares you for buying Metamucil while “Yeah!” by Usher plays softly over the produce section.

🎙️ Radio closer:
Time isn't flying. It's doing 110 in the left lane while we're yelling, “HOW IS 2016 TEN YEARS AGO?!”