created by Major_Square on 06/09/2020 at 00:37 UTC*
572 upvotes, 45 top-level comments (showing 25)
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It's not mandatory, but please consider adding some user flair to indicate your age (or age range).
Below is the relevant part of the sidebar for those who cannot see it.
User flair:
I'm not a user of the Reddit redesign, but I believe you can find it by expanding the "COMMUNITY OPTIONS" menu in the sidebar. If you're on mobile, I have no idea. All the apps work differently. If your're on the old site, you edit your flair in the sidebar just underneath where it shows you how many subscribers there are. It's near the top of the page.
Rules, for those who can't see them:
https://i.imgur.com/kyCIL9q.png
Comment by wanamassamama02 at 06/09/2020 at 01:40 UTC
398 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Old enough to not know how to add flair to my username.
Comment by PaPaw85713 at 06/09/2020 at 02:41 UTC
91 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Fuck your new-fangled flairs ya whippersnappers. My username speaks for me.
Comment by trelene at 06/09/2020 at 00:48 UTC
53 upvotes, 3 direct replies
This might be a good time to remind people to give themselves a user flair too; one that gives us a good idea of the age-range we're dealing with please.
Comment by bigmamaGE at 06/09/2020 at 04:17 UTC
90 upvotes, 2 direct replies
TIL I'm am old person. And what a Gen X is. And that I am one.
Comment by catdude142 at 06/09/2020 at 03:38 UTC
26 upvotes, 1 direct replies
But, but....
I don't *feel* old!
Comment by CyanHakeChill at 06/09/2020 at 03:12 UTC
52 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You young people are not very good at explaining how to set a flair. Don't argue - you missed the first instruction.
Comment by Zappavishnu at 06/09/2020 at 14:11 UTC
23 upvotes, 2 direct replies
"Ahh, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now"
Comment by bicyclemom at 06/09/2020 at 16:49 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Wait.
Gen X is old?
Comment by Niandra_1312 at 25/10/2020 at 02:40 UTC
15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm not even 40 and I'm "old".
Reddit can be quite depressing.
Comment by marbleriver at 06/09/2020 at 02:44 UTC
24 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I'm only 68, so I guess I'm out ;-)
Comment by thatbloodyredcoat at 06/09/2020 at 13:18 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yay! I'm old enough to answer questions.
Comment by craftasaurus at 06/09/2020 at 05:24 UTC
7 upvotes, 2 direct replies
How do I find the sidebar on mobile?
Comment by InadmissibleHug at 06/09/2020 at 22:01 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Oh god.
I expected not to be able to answer, not to be betrayed this way.
Dammit.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/11/2020 at 17:35 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Gen X isn't even old. They're like 45.
Comment by mom_with_an_attitude at 06/09/2020 at 00:51 UTC
22 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Define old.
Comment by somajones at 06/09/2020 at 11:29 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Testing, testing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
Comment by ktho64152 at 06/09/2020 at 14:56 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Well, define "old." And I still don't get how do a flair????
I'm 59 in calendar years but inside I still feel about 25 and have always thought like a Gen Z-er on most things. But physically I've felt about 60, since I was about 27. But even as a child I was always a small adult.
So - define "old."
Comment by dan_jeffers at 06/09/2020 at 16:46 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Me: I'm not old, I'm calling about my [parent] etc., who is old.
Them: What's your age?
Me: 63
Them: ...
Comment by iggybu at 08/10/2020 at 20:09 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Why Gen X+? Some of the questions asked here deal with things I'm old enough to remember (e.g. Palm Pilots, airports before 9/11).
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2020 at 18:59 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Can someone please define “old” here? Isn’t that kind of a relative term? I mean to a five-year-old, a 13-year-old is old. In the Supreme Court, someone in their 50s is considered young. At what age do you officially become old? I’d like to know if I’ve hit that age! 😊🤶🏻 Thanks!
Comment by catdude142 at 16/01/2021 at 18:58 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Old enough to be pissed off when some young shit asks us "are you afraid of dying because your're so old" or "does technology scare you (when we designed the fucking stuff) or "what was the first car you drove?" or a multitude of repetitive questions that they ask.
They're so "advanced" that they can't figure out the search function of the subreddit so they have to ask the same goddamm questions once per week.
Get offa my lawn!
Comment by mrlr at 06/09/2020 at 15:46 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If necessary, wait.
Comment by quird_quard at 06/09/2020 at 09:20 UTC
5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I don't know whether to be disappointed or pleased that I'm not quite old enough to answer questions on Ask Old People, being (only just) Gen Y.
Comment by bicyclemom at 06/09/2020 at 17:02 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Honest question. Rather than putting a "Gen X" comment in the "About" section on this, wouldn't it make better sense to just state an age qualification? That would future proof it. After all, some day, "Generation Z" or whatever we're calling the kids born this year will qualify.
Comment by magicblufairy at 06/09/2020 at 15:04 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Oh good. Gen X here. I am old enough. I mean technically I can consider myself a Xennenial because I just barely made the cut off for Gen X, but I did. What do I win?
