26 Facts That Will Completely Destroy Anyone Over 25
I. Am. Shook.
BuzzFeed Staff
BuzzFeed Staff
1. First off, in almost a year and half the '90s will start becoming 30 years away.
2. And 2018 is to 1980 as 1980 is to 1942.
Fact via u/ekregekgt.
3. Not to mention that 1992 is closer to the moon landing than today.
The moon landing had happened 23 years earlier in 1992. We're now 24 years removed from 1994.
4. There are teens in high school today who were born the same year Mean Girls was released.
5. And people born the same year Shrek came out will be starting college next year.
6. Mariah Carey had a No. 1 hit with "Always Be My Baby" a month before Tom Holland was born.
7. While Men in Black and Air Bud were both in theaters when Kylie Jenner was born in 1997.
8. If My Girl was created today and set the same number of years back, it’d take place in 1999.
The movie, which was released in 1991, was set 19 years earlier in 1972.
9. And if The Wedding Singer was created today and set the same number of years back, it’d take place in 2005!
The movie, which was released in 1998, was set 13 years earlier in 1985.
10. This year also marked the first time that people who were born in the '00s are full-fledged adults.
I just realized that those BORN in the year 2000 will be considered adults this year on their birthday. There will be ADULTS with their birth year 2000. 😳
11. While this year’s college freshman have never lived in a world without Family Guy or SpongeBob SquarePants.
12. And the only Clinton they’ve seen run for office is Hillary.
13. While people born after 9/11 will be able to vote in the next US presidential election.
14. Also, 9/11 is an event that is taught in history books to today's kids.
15. Back to the Future Part II now entirely takes place in the past.
16. Kids staying home sick from school today probably have NO idea who Bob Barker is... Drew Carey has been hosting The Price Is Right for over a decade.
17. We're now further removed from The Brady Bunch Movie, than the movie was to the original '70s series.
The movie premiered 23 years ago in 1995, while the show had ended 21 years earlier, in 1974.
18. If the Pokémon cartoon was a real person it'd be old enough to drink!
19. Friends has been off the air longer than its actual run.
The show ran for 10 seasons and has been off the air for 14 years.
20. Melissa Joan Hart is now older than Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick were when they first played her aunts on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Hart is 42 years old today. Rhea was 32, while Broderick was 37 in 1996, when the show first aired.
21. iPods are now in museums as dated technology.
22. Ben Savage and Rider Strong are now older than the actor who played Mr. Turner (Anthony Tyler Quinn) was when he started on Boy Meets World.
Quinn was 32 years old when he first portrayed Mr. Turner in 1994, while today Savage is 37 and Strong is 38.
23. Most kids (OK, young adults) graduating college this year were born the same year the Spice Girls released Spice.
Yup, the album was released 22 years ago!
24. They also have never lived in a world where Jurassic Park or The Lion King didn't exist on home video.
25. TLC's "Waterfalls" is now considered an oldies song (along with most songs from the '90s).
Heard TLC's "Waterfalls" on the oldies station. If you need me, I'll be affixing tennis balls to my walker.
26. And finally, we're now closer to the opening of the Nickelodeon time capsule than to when it was buried.
The time capsule was buried in 1992, which was 26 years ago, and won't be open until 2042, which is 24 years from now. And yes, 50 years would have passed.