You know you're old when....

[Unknown Entity]

I felt old when humming the Tom and Jerry theme earlier at work (can't remember why, but something had put the tune up there). A colleague asked where that was from. When I told them, they had no idea what I was talking about. Not going to lie... How did someone the same age as me not see Tom and Jerry?

I'm also kinda like Loco. Games do it for me a lot, but I'm not even that old. I remember my PSOne days, and hold them so dear that if someone else can remember that mean timed blade puzzle in Tomb Raider Revelations, smashing the shit out of bad guys that produced from tin can makers in Wild 9, witnessed the death of the flower girl in Final Fantasy VII and power punched dopey bad guys of precarious ledges in Rayman, we can be great friends and probably are soul mates.

While my knowledge isn't all that vast, I tend to be the most knowledgable at work. I get a lot of customers who just want to chat all day with me, but then I get in trouble. That makes me feel old too, because I didn't get in trouble discussing these things with others my age growing up, but now that I'm in a job that requires a bit of knowledge... I'm OP'd.

[Michael Swayne]

Tom and Jerry

Originally, Tom and Jerry were two humans, but when the cat and mouse duo came along they were renamed to D ick and Larry. I don't know this because I am old, but because I love to watch all the Black-and-White cartoons (Betty Boop, Farmer Alfalfa, the Alice cartoons, etc.)

I agree about the Pokemon thing. There are some kids now that don't even know what a Squirtle is. Then I think that maybe I am getting out of touch, since I have no clue about all the new ones. Games were so simple back then. The object of most games was to headbutt or buttstomp on your enemies. Now, enemies are immune to all that and require lasers or some fancy weapon to defeat.

Plus points for Entity's Wild 9 reference! I have only ever played the demo on that disc the PlayStation magazine provided. That's another thing that you know you're old(ish). Demos came from discs, not downloaded or whatnot.