You know you're getting old when..

[Professor Willow]

When you can remember a time where petrol or diesel were less than £1 a litre.

[humphrey]

^ I remember when it was £1 a gallon! And you could fill your tank for a fiver.

[gregarious_introvert]

50p per gallon, cigarettes 50p for 20 and beer 50p per pint. Although a "cheap" flight to Spain was around £200 return then, so swings and roundabouts!

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[Dougella]

Tiktok. Just tiktok.

[Hayman]

When it comes to fuel, I remember it was in the mid 40p per litre margin when I was a child (I've been very much into motoring my whole life). I distinctly remember £5 was roughly a quarter of a tank my dad's company Ford Escort when I started taking notice. I also remember him and my mother complaining when it started to cost £25 to fill from empty.

To this day, I still don't consider anything over £1 per litre to be 'cheap'.

[Tubbs]

I remember when I was little (early 90s) my mum putting £5 worth of petrol at a time into her Mini Metro. That wouldn't get you very far now!

[Azalea]

Originally Posted by Tubbs

I remember when I was little (early 90s) my mum putting £5 worth of petrol at a time into her Mini Metro. That wouldn't get you very far now!

Probably just about to the next pump.

I remember people being horrified when it went up to 50p a gallon.

[limey123]

You ask ppl to guess how old you are on your b-day, and they say, "uh, 50?"

[Professor Willow]

When licking the cake mixing bowl clean makes you feel sick.
It was so much better when I was 5.

[Scurrilous Rumour]

Old tv shows and films feel more real than current tv and films.

Probably because I was in my twenties in the '90s, tv and films from that decade feel the most familiar and recognisable to me. Everything after that feels increasingly surreal. That's not to say that the modern stuff is worse, it's often much, much better, but I increasingly find it presents a world I don't immediately recognise. The world seems to be accelerating in every way imaginable, and try as I might, I can't quite keep up.

[Clumsy*]

When you find it wrong to fancy Tom Holland

[The Devil, Probably.]

It's sunny. And the first thought is, "cor blimey, I should have to pay to see what she's showing". Followed by a second thought, "how did it ever become socially acceptable for women to walk around, without any convincing pretext, with their cracks on public show. Cover up, ffs"

[Dougella]

^ The cracks I usually see on sunny days are men's, either their chests or builders bums! I think it's legal to wear whatever you want in public as long as your genitals are covered and your nipples if you're a woman.

[Consolida]

^^^ Who is Tom Holland?

^^ In a so called equal society I don't really understand why it's perfectly okay for men to walk around topless but it's not okay for women
That said, I don't particularly want to see anyones bare chest and would prefer them to stay covered

[Dougella]

^ Yeah, last summer I was in the supermarket and some young lads wandered in wearing shorts and no tops, I do think that inside buildings all nipples should probably be covered up!

[Consolida]

^ I know what you mean, but maybe if ALL nipples were on show (at least when the weather is warm) then we wouldn't thing anything of it and it would be no different to seeing noses or ears, etc

Sorry I'm spouting rubbish here

[Dougella]

^ That's true

[The Devil, Probably.]

It's definitely legal, that's for sure. It doesn't mean it should just pass by without curiosity or comment.

Do you think my perspective is warped, given that I spend half my day around university aged people?

I'm not really talking about toplessness. The males I see going about my life seem to almost always be dressed weather appropriate. And that has been my experience, for most of my life. It's a bit hot, so put on a short sleeved t-shirt. Maybe wear some baggy shorts. Women, by contrast, seem to have social license to wear clothing so tight and revealing you can see where stuff comes out, and stuff goes in. The sun is the pretext but it is a unconvincing one. There is zero practical or functional reason to be wearing such revealing and explicit clothing. If men were walking around with clothing so tight one can discern the shape of their genitalia I think we would wonder wtf is going on. And yes, I notice. And yes, I'm twice their age.

I don't think you can compare a topless man with a topless woman, for reasons rather obvious. Though if we are to encourage women to take their tops off for equality, we might want to invest in Kleenex because every young man will need to carry some with him. I speak from my experience as a twenty something, a long time ago. I do think, being serious, that there are reasonable questions to be asked about the cultural construction of the sexualised breast, but I don't think necessarily that is something we want to neutralise. Why would we want to think of boobs as akin to noses? Shall we also think of Mozart as elevator music?

There is probably a reason why women do not go all in for toplessness, because women actually want to optimise and maximise their look. Nudity doesn't and wouldn't do that (compared to yoga pants, cleavage out etc). A man being topless isn't trying to look good. He's not dressing in a way with unavoidable sexual undertones. No one even notices him, or gives a shit, unless he's buff and flexing. Topless men are almost all ridiculous and foolish pricks. So yes, definitely, if I saw a man with muscles using any pretext to go topless I'd also think, "ffs put some clothing on" - the difference being that it isn't countered with the "cor, blimey....take some more off if you really must walk about flashing your flesh and encouraging passing males to think of having sex with you" thought.

[Dougella]

^ Possibly spending your days around people who are mainly 18- 21 may be influencing your viewpoint. What kind of clothing are you seeing women walking about in? Bikini tops? Crop tops? Short skirts? Short shorts?
(Have you seen cyclists that all come out in the good weather, are they wearing skin tight cycling shorts to excite people?!)


I only really go along to the shops so if I notice people going about on sunny days the only difference is women might be wearing shorts or a dress or skirt, so there's more visible legs about, same with men, but I can't say I really notice women wearing particularly revealing tops, just sleeveless ones maybe.

You think a man who goes about topless isn't thinking he looks good?! And you think women don't notice men's chests in a sexual way because I can tell you we certainly do! (Depending on the chest in question.)

[Consolida]

Seeing all the lovely jumpsuits in the shops that appear to be all the rage at the moment but knowing that I could never wear one because when I need to pee I'd struggle to get it off in time! And to think, there was a time when I used to be able to last ALL day without going to the bathroom

[Tubbs]

^ I hear you Consolida!

[Rocket Spud]

Can't you get them with bum flaps?

What exactly are we talking here anyway? Like an all in one body suit? I love those... on women. If this is trending then i'm all for it!

[Marco]

When having a pee takes at least twice as long as it used to and invariably is accompanied by a loud and prolonged fart.

[Tubbs]

^^ Bum flaps!

When I think of a jumpsuit I imagine something like this

[Rocket Spud]

Oh, boo.... I was thinking something sexier. At the very least Salma Hayek Wild Wild West sexy...

[Mr. Nobody]

When you have the indignity of having to squat over a small (disposable)Tupperware dish, and then send the "results" to some unfortunate boffin through the post

[Professor Willow]

You can remember a time when it was possible to work on your car at home without needing thousands of pounds worth of computer equipment.

[girlinterrupted]

When you can remember having a 4 digit phone number. As well as when you can't remember if you already posted this

[Dougella]

^ When you can still remember your childhood home phone number!

[Quietman]

^ I remember my childhood home number and my nan’s and auntie’s, it’s strange after all these years as I haven’t rang them for about 15 years, if only my brain would remember more useful information but it never does.