10 Signs You’re Officially Old

If you ever used a pencil to rewind a cassette tape, congratulations—you’re now officially “vintage.” A list of nostalgic throwbacks is making the rounds again online, featuring 40 things that only truly seasoned humans remember from their youth. If you show this to someone under 25, they’ll probably assume you made half of it up.

Here are 10 of the most painfully relatable reminders that you’re almost as old as dirt:

1. Rewinding Cassettes with a Pencil
You weren’t really alive in the ’80s or ’90s if you didn’t spin a cassette wheel with a pencil to fix the tape.

2. “Get Off the Internet, I Need the Phone!”
Dial-up internet meant that choosing between AOL chatrooms and a working landline was a legitimate family feud.

3. Cars with Two Keys
One key for the door, another for the ignition. Losing one meant you were halfway screwed.

4. Push-Up Pops
A childhood delicacy best described as ice cream served in a glorified toilet paper roll. Still worth every sticky bite.

5. Printing Directions from MapQuest
Before GPS, we braved the open road armed with inkjet printouts and sheer optimism. And maybe a highlighter.

6. The Address Book That Lived in Your Head (or Your Notebook)
Every friend’s number was either memorized or carefully written in a spiral notebook. Lose that notebook, lose your social life.

7. Switching to Channel 3 to Watch Movies
“Input” wasn’t a thing yet. Channel 3 was your portal to VCR heaven.

8. Burning Yourself on a Car Cigarette Lighter
It looked fun to touch. It wasn’t. And now that round hole is just a USB adapter.

9. Finding Movie Times in the Newspaper or Calling Moviefone
Did you know there was an actual phone number you called for showtimes. And yes, it was always busy.

10. CD Holders on Your Sun Visor
Every car had one, and it was always jam-packed with burned mix CDs labeled in Sharpie: “ROAD TRIP,” “BREAKUP,” “PARTY,” “MIX #47.”

If this list sounds like your actual life story, just know you’re not alone. You’re not “old”—you’re retro. Which is cool again, right? Sort of? Please?