Subreddit: AskOldPeople

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A couple of rule clarifications

created by Major_Square on 19/01/2023 at 07:36 UTC - 313 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

57 comments

How many people love(d) their job?

created by awakeningat40 on 26/01/2025 at 15:52 UTC - 71 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

328 comments

When you were growing up, was it common to meet adults that never married, like it is today?

created by Special-Fuel-3235 on 26/01/2025 at 17:49 UTC* - 19 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

113 comments

Was there anything your folks refused to have in the living room (or front room) when you were growing up?

created by MesabiRanger on 26/01/2025 at 16:04 UTC - 25 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

96 comments

Does anyone else feel like f-it, I'm going to quit going to the doctor?

created by Palm_Olive on 25/01/2025 at 23:01 UTC - 468 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

656 comments

How old are you and what were you doing in your life this exact day 42 years ago on Jan 25 1983?

created by Specific_Charge_3297 on 26/01/2025 at 08:09 UTC* - 88 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

650 comments

Have you ever been embarrassed about being old?

created by Zimbo212 on 26/01/2025 at 17:23 UTC - 12 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

99 comments

Did you use Napster?

created by llkahl on 26/01/2025 at 05:22 UTC - 65 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

92 comments

Do you like your kids?

created by papamilli66 on 26/01/2025 at 01:56 UTC - 96 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

312 comments

What are your memories of the United States Bicentennial?

created by PrestonRoad90 on 26/01/2025 at 07:38 UTC - 25 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

128 comments

How badly were Vietnam Vets treated in the 60s/70s

created by Non-Intelligent_Tea on 26/01/2025 at 04:57 UTC - 37 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

151 comments

Thanks for group, but is there one for *really* older people, like 60+

created by Bronk33 on 25/01/2025 at 15:09 UTC - 383 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

355 comments

what’s the one thing you always look back on from your youth?

created by Different_Couple_965 on 26/01/2025 at 18:50 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

15 comments

How have eating habits changed from the '70s to today?

created by towinem on 25/01/2025 at 14:47 UTC - 293 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

1267 comments

Elders of Reddit, what are some differences between the feedback you've been getting from people in your offline life and people online? or has it been similar?

created by paz2023 on 26/01/2025 at 17:43 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

2 comments

How awful did people talk pre-social media?

created by MirandaR524 on 25/01/2025 at 21:15 UTC - 51 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

215 comments

Do you engage in any mischief / pranks on the younger world now that you've been through it all?

created by Unknowing_One on 26/01/2025 at 17:44 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

9 comments

When did you realised you’re becoming like your parents?

created by Available_Song_6183 on 26/01/2025 at 17:38 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

4 comments

When you're out driving, and you get behind an old carbureted car, you can smell that very distinct old car exhaust smell. Is that what entire cities used to smell like, when all cars were carbureted?

created by AVeryHeavyBurtation on 25/01/2025 at 19:06 UTC - 53 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

102 comments

(USA/Italy) was the Italian mafia feared back in the day?

created by Lazzen on 26/01/2025 at 16:14 UTC - 0 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

22 comments

How many of your oldest friends are kindred spirits vs people you just get along with?

created by Walaina on 26/01/2025 at 03:07 UTC - 11 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

23 comments

How do you feel about the JFK files finally being released?

created by Significant-Fox5928 on 25/01/2025 at 23:16 UTC - 19 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

176 comments

People who committed to May/December romances, how did it play out in later years?

created by wtwtcgw on 26/01/2025 at 17:50 UTC - 0 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

5 comments

Does the feeling of nostalgia ever ease as you get older?

created by Shot_Conflict_9374 on 26/01/2025 at 02:12 UTC - 7 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

43 comments

Is there any environmental issue that was talked about a lot before but not today?

created by Professional-Pick360 on 25/01/2025 at 22:27 UTC - 14 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

170 comments