20 years ago...

[Roger Wilco Jr]

Tell ya what makes me feel old ... a long, slow piss, followed by a 2-3 minute wait, followed by a short, slow piss.

Hey, since I discovered the secret of the second piss, I can sometimes get 5-6 hours of uninterrupted sleep!

Consider that a Pro-Tip for some of you other old farts out there.

[Tifu]

I've personally witnessed the transition from mainframes to PC's & laptops to smartphone & tablets. The internet arrived in my country thru a 64k leased line connected all the way to the US via submarine cables in the mid 90's and things were never the same after. Thanks Loriath for posting that, some issues are eternal no matter what the technology.

[charlie2alpha]

This is the old fart thread? Not that I am really better, many of the things mentioned in the previous posts I saw them myself. But hey, Deep Purple were already kinda old when I discovered Hard Rock in the middle 80's. At the time Mettalica became my favorite, I was young and hot blooded and settled on thrash metal. Still have a shelf in this very room with LPs of the time.

[Loriath]

20 years ago the movie independence day done pretty well at the cinema.
Shit! ,knowing that makes feel fucking old.

Relevant:

http://warof1996.com

[Loriath]

Also of note in 1996.

N64 was released.
Garry Kasparov was defeated by Deep Blue.
Ansari X Prize of 10 million was announced.
The Who headlined the Prince's Trust concert marking their first public performance since 1989.
Dolly the Sheep was born.
Atlanta hosted the Olympics. The games were interrupted when a bomb was detonated killing 1 and injuring 111.
The Ramones played their last show.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana were officially divorced.
Fox News Launched in the USA.
STS80: Shuttle Columbia conducts the longest Mission of all the Shuttles.
NeXT computers was purchased by Apple, cementing the return of Steve Jobs.
General Motors launched the first Electric Vehicle for sale, The EV1.

Birdy was born as was Lorde, singer famous for the song Royals.

Gene Kelley (actor and Dancer), Bob Shaw (Irish Science Fiction Writer), George Burns (Actor and Singer), Jon Pertwee (British Actor), Ella Fitzgerald (Singer), Tupac Shakur (Rapper and actor), and Carl Sagan (American Astronomer) all died.

Twister, The English Patient, Mission:Impossible, The Rock, and Jerry Maguire we all released.

As was Lawnmower Man 2, Happy Gilmore, Broken Arrow, Fargo, From Dusk till Dawn, Mulholland Falls, Muppet Treasure Island, Flipper, Spy Hard, Dragonheart, The Cable Guy, Striptease, Phenomenon, kingpin, Escape from L.A., Tin Cup, Bordello of Blood, The First Wives Club, Sleepers, Ransom, 101 Dalmations, Sling Blade, Mars Attacks, Michael, Scream, and Beavis and Butthead do America!

We got to play Duke Nukem 3D, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, Tekken 2, Super Mario 64, and Dead or Alive.

Music : "Macarena" by Los Del Rio, "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls, and "Wonderwall" by Oasis and Weird Al gave us Amish Paradise,

Quite a Year.....
(remind me to get a life and stay out of the Wikipedia Rabbit hole)