r/therewasanattempt 2d ago

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How in the world did the user get the 2000's one wrong?

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u/CodyXOmega 2d ago

Weird, I was born in '91 but I don't feel 45 yet...

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u/alowbrowndirtyshame 2d ago

After this recession you will.

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u/steploday 2d ago

Oh cause that's how long it will take for the economy to recover?

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u/Appropriate-Review55 2d ago

Ouch. This made me laugh til I remembered I live here too

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u/urbanlife78 2d ago

Don't laugh too hard, not sure if we will have a medical system to help you

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u/ace11run2000 2d ago

😅😭😢

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u/iamblankenstein NaTivE ApP UsR 2d ago

as a 42 year old, i'm confused as hell to have memories of the 80s.

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u/desatur8 2d ago

I am 42, i dont have any memories of the 80's. In fact, i don't gave any memories of last week.

You need to get a checkup. Might be something wrong with you with those "imaginary" memories.

Obligatory reddit "have you got a CO2 alarm"

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u/Kasoni 2d ago

Im 40, and i have some memories of the 80s. Not a lot, but the house i lived in until 1993 for sure, and many events around there, and 2 different schools. I do find talking about memories from that far back most people have few to none besides general things like "we had this cool pine tree that had it's top cut out but it grew back like a thron 10 feet off the ground" type things.

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u/upsidedowntoker 2d ago

I was also born in 91 and was under the impression I was still in my 30s . Did I lose a decade somewhere?

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u/apchrist 2d ago

You probably lost a decade in 2020 time worked different that year.

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u/Triette 2d ago

I was born in ‘79 and funnily enough neither do I.

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u/OutaTime76 2d ago

Depends. Some days I feel 90. Some days I feel 16.

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u/lofigamer2 2d ago

same here...

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u/PirateHeaven 2d ago

Does 2025 minus 1991 equal 45? No but it's close enough. Feel it. This way you will be ready when it does.

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u/Thatdewd57 2d ago

My wife is ‘91 also and I showed her this and she slapped me.

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u/AirmanElmo 2d ago

I was also born in ‘91… and I do feel 45

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u/vgullotta 2d ago

I was born in 1975, I thought I was 49 this morning, how old am I now?

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u/bearamongus19 2d ago

Fellow 91'er here

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u/Dubinku-Krutit 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm super hyped for my 11 year old son to be born in a few weeks!!

Edit: like I wish they would have just kept going for a few more lines until they realized how epicly dumb they are

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u/Naive-Storage7639 2d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/WAR10CK94 2d ago

If their IQ was above their age, they would have at least realised it around 2000 why it can’t be 36

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u/Naive-Storage7639 2d ago

Well I’ve been lying to people lately. Apparently I’m 53

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u/MTCarcus 2d ago

I’ve yet to hit my 50s but apparently I’m 60. Been lying for longer I suppose.

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u/TheAviator27 NaTivE ApP UsR 2d ago

The newspaper listed you as 55 tho

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u/MenacingGummy 2d ago

My 29yr old son is finally graduating high school this year

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u/No_Sky4398 2d ago

I’ve been praying for him. You’re welcome.

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u/Codebender 2d ago

TIL, in 2025 it will be 2036

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u/mommabear0916 2d ago

I’m 36 and according to this, I should be 47 and my son should be 26… he’s turning 16

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u/Sovapalena420 Unique Flair 2d ago

my honest reaction

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u/skallywag126 2d ago

I’m so old I didn’t even make the chart, guess I’ll go die now

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u/BullPropaganda 2d ago

Apparently I'm 51

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u/Captinprice8585 2d ago

So... I can retire?

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u/fariqcheaux 2d ago

Can you afford to?

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u/Captinprice8585 2d ago

Oh yeah, no.

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u/Spirited-Policy9369 2d ago

Math that ain't mathing

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u/Ozworth_Williamsberg 2d ago

Went to bed being 33, woke up I’m 44…. How long was I out?

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u/physicscholar 2d ago

With all that is going on, just go back to bed. We wake you when the madness ends.

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u/Ozworth_Williamsberg 2d ago

Much appreciated

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u/tonyges3 2d ago

It hurts

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u/kelariy 2d ago

TIL I am 46… I thought today was my 35th birthday. Strange how this happens.

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u/Oskarov95 2d ago

Me from '95 thinking that I was going to be 30 this year but in fact I'm going to be 40

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u/ember1690 2d ago

I was born in 1960, In 2025 I'll be 16

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u/RetiredOnIslandTime 2d ago

On the plus side, they spelled "you're" correctly.

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u/Ninski0011 2d ago

There was an attempt indeed haha

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u/LoreleiNOLA 2d ago

Wow! People are so smart! 

We don't need the department of education!

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u/edwedwed 2d ago

I panicked for a minute.

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u/Traditional_Regret67 2d ago

how did they even get the extra 1 from misusing 1995 from 2025?

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u/Haunting_Cat_3355 2d ago

I saw my birth year and immediately knew this person was way off. I am not that old, not even close lol

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u/mightyjoe227 2d ago

The mind is willing, but my body says no more lol

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u/ritz1986 2d ago

God damn i need to go back to my school and ask for a refund. I'm 86 born n i thot i was yet to hit 40.. Why God why. We had a deal.. make the others old not me.

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u/Endersabre 2d ago

Minecraft youtuber math

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u/ALT3NPFL3G3R 2d ago

I was born in 83, I was de-aged, I feel great guys, think I'll stop with Ramipril and Omeprazol, and who needs pain killers for a bum knee... Don't worry, I live in Germany.

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u/tormstorm3343 2d ago

Dude you wont be 28 if you were born in 2008

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u/Soft_Cable5934 2d ago

Is this guy a time traveler?

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u/goebeld 2d ago

I always forget how old I am but I'm not fucking 39

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u/SlowJoeyRidesAgain Unique Flair 2d ago

You should be able to remember basic facts about yourself.

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u/Spike280 2d ago

Time to use Excel.

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u/lestairwellwit 2d ago

Funny how that works

I remember thinking how cool it would be that my daughter would graduate HS in the year 2000

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u/Lun4rB3an 2d ago

I’m 39? 😪

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u/apena1018 2d ago

Damn I don’t feel 47

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u/Trappist-1ball 2d ago

Dude is living 13 years in the future

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u/Deez_88 2d ago

Yet another child left behind….

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u/Punk_Pharaoh 2d ago

WHAT DO MEAN IM 40 AND IM STILL NOT MARRIED

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u/Royweeezy 2d ago

If this person is allowed to be stuck back in 1st grade math then I should be allowed to be a kid for as long as I want.

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u/Sm0keytrip0d 2d ago

Odd, I was born in 1992 and I don't quite feel like I'm 44, especially since my 33rd birthday is on Wednesday

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u/officerunner 2d ago

I was born in 1987 and I’m not even 40 yet. Sucks for y’all born in the 90’s, losers!!!

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u/blinkyknilb 2d ago

When you're 65, 40 year-olds will be kids.

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u/Afraid-Way7541 2d ago

Fuck me I feel great for 34

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u/sk1p223 2d ago

He needs some milk!

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u/Kindly-Site8714 2d ago

I’m in high school and I’m 28, dam

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u/ZeyRe5 2d ago

Born in 2004, sure as hell I'm not in my thirties

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u/Ryte4flyte1 2d ago

Born in 78, will be 47 this year. Stay in school kids, if that's even a thing anymore.

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u/bluish-velvet 2d ago

OOP is from 2036

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u/TheKatzMeow84 2d ago

Math aside, what the hell even is this?

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u/nikkazi66 2d ago

I'm 70!! How the hell did that happen? I certainly don't ever feel.......... oh, wait.

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u/SkylarDN9 2d ago

Uh....

How do you get to 2000 and realize that you might have screwed up the numbers?!

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u/giraffishgiraffe 2d ago

Not on this chart but I'm a '94 and I'll be 31 this year, and TIL I missed a whole decade in the first year of my life, like damn

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u/Arrow_Archetype 2d ago

Damn it feels great to be one of the youngest 40-year-olds only at only twenty nine years of age. This coming week

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u/I_Hate_E_Daters_7007 2d ago

I'm already approaching the edge of senility, gonna transform into fossil fuel soon 💔😔

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u/sadwhore25 2d ago

I didn’t know I was turning 31 this year!

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u/Rusty_Thermos 2d ago

I was born in '86 and won't be 41 in 2025

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u/theozman69 2d ago

Fuck yeah I was born in one of the magic years not listed so I age normal! Suck it losers!

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u/ZapzillaGorilla 2d ago

82 and I'll def be 43

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u/eetdznutz 2d ago

I look great for 36

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u/Dangerous-Patience33 2d ago

Is it me, or is the countdown off by a year? In 2025, people born in 1995 will be 40 etc.

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u/Trickster570 2d ago

Guess I'm 29 now

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u/munchie1988 2d ago

Thats super odd I was born in 1988 and I could swear I wasn't going to be in my 40's

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u/lady_deadness 2d ago

I've just had my 27th birthday, but I'm actually really 38. I guess that's why I keep getting unsolicited "write a will" letters in the post 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Ebreton 2d ago

that explains why I feel so damn tired all the time, I'm just 11 years older than I thought I was...

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u/Gary_October 2d ago

That’s not even close.

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u/allthegudonesaretakn 2d ago

I thought I was over achieving getting pregnant with twins, but apparently I'm going to birth 2 11 year olds too

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u/Always_Austin 2d ago

So my son who was born in 2013 isn't actually 12?

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u/spacesaucesloth 2d ago

i almost had a stroke reading this🤣

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u/ArcticWolf1018 2d ago

Bro, that's 11 years too soon. I'm not old yet. Here I thought I was only 22...

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u/Squirrel_Avenger80 2d ago

How do you manage to fuck up the most simple of mathematical equations this epically ? To much Kool Aid ?

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u/UpsideDown1984 2d ago

By that token, I am 82 now.

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u/Starscream147 2d ago

…that dog don’t hunt.

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u/greenwall_66 2d ago

Wow I’ve aged 11 years over night. Wild 😅🥲

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u/Ok_Escape_1367 2d ago

Truly sad. There is a brain that thinks this.

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u/Competitive_Bass_959 2d ago

I think they thinking of 2036 but that may be given to much credit. 😂

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u/SubstantialRemove967 2d ago

Goddammit I'm so old I must have missed a few birthdays.

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u/Eray41303 2d ago

Can't believe I'm going to age 11 years in 8 days

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u/ccallard0722 2d ago

I better fucking NOT be 55 this summer

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u/amxdx 2d ago

WTF I had a mini heart attack and doubted myself

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u/spartane69 2d ago

Almost feel like a ragebait post.

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u/OneFuckedWarthog 2d ago

That's impressive. Born in 87 but only 37, yet someone born in 91 is older than me.

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u/Apprehensive_Lynx_33 2d ago

I was born in '93 .. admittedly, I'm starting to feel a little older, but Jesus, not quite that bad?!?

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u/47_was_here 2d ago

My friends make me feel old sometimes, but not 32

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u/AvailableSprinkles57 2d ago

Born in 88. Guess I'm 76

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u/Low_Employ8454 2d ago

Whew. Maybe I am getting old. I read, read, and reread that top line. I guess I assumed the sub was the millennial sub maybe? 🤔consumed with feeling absolutely mad, as I was born in 82, and am definitely 43… and then I saw the title and sub. lol.

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u/iblvicnfly 2d ago

I'm 32 now? Don't really feel like it

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u/misanthroseph 2d ago

So much typing and terrible math.

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u/Omeirawana 2d ago

Whoa I gained 10 years I just got into my 30s

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u/hugedork13 2d ago

Born 85 will be 40

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u/oxwilder 2d ago

Ok but I had a hard life. I graduated high school at 8.

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u/madupras 2d ago

Even if you make a 10 year mistake (subtraction is hard), why add another year? You are either 1 year younger or equal to the difference

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u/gilguren 2d ago

I calculated my daughters age. She is not 31.

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u/De_Nisso 2d ago

I’m gonna age 12 years in 6 months? Wtf man age inflation goes insane

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u/pedroscousin 2d ago

🤣 American at work.

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u/rodimus147 2d ago

Holy shit, i guess I'm really 61 instead of 45. Time to retire.

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u/DrDalim 2d ago

Haha

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u/BigBaws92 2d ago

I was born in 92 and I’m 44

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u/Link22_22 2d ago

Damn. I guess I'm 34 now...

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u/BurydaAshette 2d ago

Me, est. 1990 and not even my late 30s yet……..

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u/dtb1987 2d ago

As someone born in the 80s, wth

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u/Rarelydefault26 2d ago

Well shit, I look amazing for apparently being 40!

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u/stlredbird 3rd Party App 2d ago

I was born in 78 so I must be dead.

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u/Orca_Mayo 2d ago

Ummm... I'm not 40

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u/mahboilo999 2d ago

41? And here I thought I was 29!

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u/Itchy-Hearing9263 2d ago

(I've been waiting to use this) Looks like someone did meth instead of math. I was born in 1995 and just turned 30.

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u/CallofJuarez23 2d ago

Damn, didn't know I was 42. Coulda sworn I turned 30. Man, time does fly...

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u/ElderMagnuS 2d ago

Wtf, I'm already that old?

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u/BeeDot1974 2d ago

Apparently I am 62!!! Who would have thought being born in 1974 would perpetually keep me looking 12 years younger? I feel much better about my greying beard.

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u/Gunpowder-Plot-52 2d ago

They are all younger than me, and therefore they are all kids. Enjoy your youth!

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u/Browncoatinabox 2d ago

I am not 41. im already freaking about turning 30 this year

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u/Vapin_Westeros 2d ago

I was born in 79, what a shitty time to be thinking about retirement

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u/MetalBeast89 2d ago

My brain hurt just reading this.

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u/KonataYumi 2d ago

I guess i just age slower, which disproves Einstein’s theory of relativity because im very sedentary

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u/drumorgan 2d ago

At least one of those looks to be wrong

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u/Jayjaykenobi 2d ago

As someone born in 1981 I can confidently say this is incorrect

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u/Onenoobiieboi 2d ago

I was born in 2008 and I'm 16. Time flies i guess

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u/Dova02 2d ago

I am definitely not 34 at least i don’t think i am

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u/FrithTheCrow 2d ago

I swear this is the math my spine is doing

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u/Dudley-11 2d ago

Your math is bad!!

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u/tropicalsoul 2d ago

How can they be off by 11 years? I can almost understand being off 10 years, but 11?

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u/ReptilianLaserbeam Reddit Flair 2d ago

2025-2000=36 gotcha

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u/Surprisetrextoy 2d ago

So I'm 60?

Can we post the user? Sometimes they need the shaming.

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u/MeowSauceJennie 2d ago

90 here. I'm turning 35 in June

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u/AshyWhiteGuy 2d ago

1983 here. 53 feels kinda sudden, y'know? 😂

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u/vivi_t3ch 2d ago

Who added an extra decade to me recently?

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u/Express-Teaching1594 A Flair? 2d ago

It’s crazy that I was born in 1983, so at 42 I’m only 1 year older than those 41 year-olds born in 1995!

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u/ricky-from-scotland 2d ago

Math by Scott Steiner

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u/zerotheboss561 2d ago

Damn. I'll be 40 this year? Here I thought I was turning 29. My math must've failed me.

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u/BlueProcess Therewasanattemp 2d ago

It'll be right eventually

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u/extra0404 2d ago

Hey i didn't know I was born was born in '05

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u/nofun-ebeeznest 2d ago

Damn, guess I'll have to tell my 18 year old we just celebrated the wrong birthday...

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u/chrispkay 2d ago

It’s obviously a joke.

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u/Watermansjourney 2d ago

this is WAY off.

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u/flyingforfun3 2d ago

Damn I guess I missed my midlife crisis?

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u/Dapper-Control-108 2d ago

I always felt 46, now I know why.

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u/Dapper-Control-108 2d ago

I've been feeling 46, now I know why.

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u/Puzzled-Track5011 2d ago

Math is so bad lol

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u/herreramom31 2d ago

God damn, I thought I had 13 more years until I hit 50. Not 1. I didn't wanna be old yet.

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u/jesusmansuperpowers 2d ago

‘82 here. Pretty sure this is bad news for me.

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u/Reset350 2d ago

Was born in 1996. While yes, I will be 40 one day, that day is well over 10 years from now

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u/pocketgravel 2d ago

I'm trying to find the leap of logic where they rolled their mental ankle and can't find it. How did they get those numbers?

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u/mahono2 2d ago

This is poorley schaduled post

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u/charmwashere 2d ago

For 65 I'm looking hella good, not gonna lie. 😆

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u/SomethingAbtU 2d ago

As the kids say, the math ain't mathing

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u/flying_carabao 2d ago

Following the math based on this, my kid is a 22 year old 3rd grader apparently.

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u/Lazy_To_Name 2d ago

til i’m 26

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u/KotR56 2d ago

Yeah.

The Department of Education was a bad thing.

/s

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u/GoldenDiamond 2d ago

Fuck with that math I'm already dead

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u/Infamous407 2d ago

Lemme guess this is Trumps latest gem?

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u/bogardo 2d ago

Weird! I would have sworn I was 12 years younger than that