For any 20-something, playing with tazos, watching ‘Small Wonder’, buying video casettes or helping Mario save his princess is part of the distant past. Those simple pleasures have been replaced with apps, streaming platforms and VR. But it doesn’t take long for nostalgia to strike and the reminiscing of a cherished childhood to be triggered.
Sometimes, all that is required is listening to an old Bollywood song or even the iconic theme of Doordarshan! Any rumour, show or image opens the floodgates and takes us back to the 90s. And the realisation that we’re OLD hits us like a ton of bricks.
If you too are of the 90s generation, you’ve got to see this new Twitter thread with the hashtag #YouAreOfficiallyOldIf. It has all the staples of that era right from Scooby Dooby Doo, The Flinstones, Nataraj pencils, rotary dial-up telephones and marbles!
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you remember the relationship of pencils and cassettes pic.twitter.com/xksKwdFuSY
— Just John is still staying home (@BobFrantic) August 22, 2019
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you watched the episode where The Flinstones and The Jetsons met each other pic.twitter.com/0Qu9IZYL5e
— Saya Kimura (@saya_kimura) August 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/RachelJuly16/status/1164531969557958656
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you used this to write in all your scrapbooks pic.twitter.com/6aBtULrmyK
— Santu (@santumisra) August 22, 2019
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you remember playing this game. pic.twitter.com/QM9lWV6ImB
— mellow yellow (@sonakshinakshi) August 23, 2019
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf Duck Hunt was your first video game pic.twitter.com/amcBvUkcmw
— Curtiesha Colbert ♏ (@Curtiesha) August 22, 2019
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf Scooby Doo was part of your Saturday morning cartoon rotation. pic.twitter.com/lcqTggHB9b
— Sean Wasson (@SeanWasson) August 22, 2019
People also poked fun at themselves (and their old age) with this trending hashtag. The jokes and memes about weak bones and back aches were aplenty on Twitter.
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you involuntarily make a noise every time you stand up
— Chris O'Brien (@bigdweeb) August 22, 2019
It takes 10 seconds to scroll to your birth date on a drop down menu. #YouAreOfficiallyOldIf
— David E (@DaSkrambledEgg) August 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/CopeBryon/status/1164769828214693888
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf they were part of your childhood pic.twitter.com/jEsgYnjiDR
— A. (@mightyysmiter) August 23, 2019
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you prefer to eat dinner at 4pm.
— Billie (@Billie_Jean00) August 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/EJager314/status/1164636112226258946
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you get excited about naps and bedtime. I mean REALLY excited. pic.twitter.com/fQQWLMXSB0
— Kari (@downstimes) August 22, 2019
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf you know tazos: pic.twitter.com/7sjd2jRV9V
— Yash Gupta (@yashdotin) August 23, 2019
#YouAreOfficiallyOldIf if you have played this sports pic.twitter.com/ZF6nNw7sZJ
— Vish Agarwal (@Na_llayak) August 23, 2019
Didn’t scrolling through this thread make you want to look for episodes of ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ or ‘The Jetsons’ online? Tell us which one of these is your favourite childhood memory.