Is it normal i think of years like this

"Everything from the 20th Century backwards seems like another world to me, and actually living then is something I can’t really imagine."

I remember when 1984 was a big deal. I remember when 1999 was a big year cause they were worried about Y2K compliancy. Yeah, they thought computers would crash and basically the world would end in darkness.

In the 1900's though, yeah we typically would just call the year in two digits. I was born in 74. I started school 81. Graduated in 93.

To ME, it still sounds and feels weird to think we are in the 2000's. Like in less than six months, we will be in the 20's. My mind still thinks 1920's.

For the record, when us Gen Xer's were kids in the 80's, we didn't think the world would last until 2000. It just seemed so far away. Thinking of year 2000 was like thinking we would have civilizations on other planets if we didnt die in world war 3.

Kids I gotta tell you - it is true, the older you get, the faster time seems to go. For me, the 80's seemed an eternity, good or bad parts. Lately, I am wondering where the hell the 2010's went? One day in 2010 I moved to where I live now, and from there it is just a blur.

I feel you, I was born in 1996 and I feel like the pre-2000s were a darker, blander and more cramped time period. When I picture the turn of the century I picture everything bursting into technicolour.

I know this isn’t true and I just think this way because I scarcely remember the 90s. Infact the beginning of the 2000s co-incided with a boom in the quantity and detail of my autobiographical memories.

A year starting “nineteen” does sound old fashioned, almost quaint. I’m sure in many years it will become an age-related insult, “Your momma so old her year of birth starts with 19” or along those lines.

I always thought saying 19-whatever was cool.
On topic, I use the last two digits for 1970 to 1999. So I'd say '99, or '86. But that doesn't really work for 2000s. You can't really say back in '05. It sounds weird, at least in my mind. I say 2002, or 2015 like it is and say '97 when referring to 1997. Now for a bit of 90s nostalgia.

I miss the late 90s and early 2000s. Rushing home from school to watch Swat Kats (freaking cats flying jets), Scooby doo, the Mask and the animated Godzilla series on our bigass CRT TV. I had a walkman as a kid, then a discman and then an mp3 player. Only the cool kids had portable music.
We had a VHS player and my mom and dad would give me cash to rent out movies. It's nostalgia that stays with you forever.

My dad had a 1996 Mazda 626 automatic with climate control and a cassette player with an auto reverse function.
In Eastern Europe air conditioning and automatic was considered top luxury. And my dad had that!
Heck, even nowadays those features are a luxury of sorts, but that's another story.

I liked the music. Even the most generic pop songs were catchy and fun. Music videos were artistic and cool with no spinning fruit on turntables, or rappers with serious speech impediments having a seizure on screen.

Speed cameras were used only in a few places.

Dial up internet was shit tho XD

No, I don't have that feeling

Nineteen ninety nine only has one more syllable than twenty nineteen and the same as two thousand nineteen.

Nope sorry, it doesn't seem normal and I am the same age as you.

I was born in 1991 and any memories I have of that decade seem like another universe to me. It’s weird to think we had dial-up internet, grainy t.v., no smart phones, shitty looking cars, etc. Man just brought out the nestolgia for me. Lol

Maybe cause growing up it was always a 2000 something? So to think of something else like 1900 seems weird. Idk I kinda feel that way cause it’s like I didn’t actually enjoy much 90’s. I mean for sure I remember a lot of 90’s shit and it’s not like as soon as 2000 hit things changed but times did change fast, like usual. When I think of what I loved as a kid it’s so crazy different nowadays that although I’m not old to think of 90’s stuff I loved makes me feel old. Which ik I hear it sometimes I’m basically not a 90’s kid cause 1998 is pretty much nothing of 90’s but I do remember a lot from it. Really wish I could try another blue barrel drink again too. Honestly I’m glad I grew up the time I did life seemed more simple without phones constantly in kids hands. I remember just basic stuff even had a cd player. Would always watch vhs movies and be outside playing for fun. Back when my ps1 had some badass graphics too and I’d think I’m playing spyro with my brother till I get older and realize my controller was never plugged in.

You're so cute! I was born in 1970,so I remember the 19's quite well. To me, saying 2000-something sounds odd. I do miss the 20th century, because things were much simpler then.

No.