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[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Halo: Anniversary, the 10 year HD re-release/remaster of Halo: Combat Evolved, is 11 years old.

This hurts - right in the telomeres.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And yet we still haven't gotten Halo: Anniversary: Anniversary SMH head bungie

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Joking aside, I would buy it.

I remember the controversial launch of Grand Theft Auto. The first game.

GTA 5 is ten years old.

Sigh.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I legitimately feel like my mind stopped updating time when I graduated high school. The PS3 and Xbox 360 will always feel fairly recent to me, lol.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still consider them "modern" consoles.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The PS2 was my newest console until I got a Switch this year. If I could experience Fallout 3 on a PS3 like I did one time in college, I'd probably still be blown away.

[–] An_Ugly_Bastard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From birth to 18 feels like such a long time. The next 18 years felt like they went by in a flash. 

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

My dad said to me when I was a kid that when I was ten a year was a whole tenth of my life, and when I'm 50 it will only be one 50th of my life. So every year feels shorter. Not sure how much sense that makes, but it's always stuck in my head.

[–] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm waiting for "20" to register the equivalent of "year" and all anyone hears is the second number: 2072 = 72.

And in this world, "19" throws people for a loop. Like "Shit. You're THAT old"

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About 10 years ago I overheard one of my kids dismiss something as being "from the 1900's". It was about 15 years old at the time.

Ah yes, the ancient year of 1998

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

"20th Century Boy" hits different now.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

I think it's pre-covid now. That last few years were so fucking long.

[–] Spesknight@feddit.it 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like when they say "Pre-Covid".

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

man, those were simpler times. Ahhhh. The good old days.

[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I’m ever hazy about “10 years ago” I just consult my knees.

Some people's knees can tell the weather, but telling time is even better!

[–] MudMan@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

See, this one doesn't quite do it for me because 2013 was two whole countries ago, so yeah, it kinda feels like a decade.

Get out of my head :(

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago

Nah, "10 years ago" makes me think fondly of the relative stability of the Obama administration. The difference from pre- to post-2016 seems far bigger than any shift in the two decades before that.

[–] KingPyrox@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait I don't think the math is right 🤔

[–] londos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remind me in 20 years.