I have also watched many movies set in "the distant future" when they came out in the 80's, and then lived through their future timelines. For example:
Blade Runner (1982)
Set in: 2019
The Running Man (1987)
Set in: 2017
RoboCop (1987)
Set in: Near future, often cited around 2020 in expanded lore.
Escape from New York (1981)
Set in: 1997
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
Set in: 2010
The Terminator (1984): Future war in 2029 (still to come!), Judgment Day in 1997
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Set in: 2015
Akira (1988)
Set in: 2019 (Neo-Tokyo)
I'm sure there's a bunch more, those are just movies I watched back in their day and lived through in real time.
Isn’t it 6 for the people born in 80? The decade doesn’t start until 71, 81, etc. because the 70, 80, etc. is meant to be the 10th year of the previous? It’s like how the millennium didn’t actually begin until 2001.
This timeline sucks. I have a job making over 100K per year and I still live paycheck to paycheck and can't save to buy a house because I'm always paying rent. It's not supposed to be this way. 😭
NonFussUltra@reddit
And two geological eras
HerculeMuscles@reddit
Unless you were born January 1st, 1980. You would have actually only lived through 3 decades.
clickclick-boom@reddit
I have also watched many movies set in "the distant future" when they came out in the 80's, and then lived through their future timelines. For example:
Blade Runner (1982) Set in: 2019
The Running Man (1987) Set in: 2017
RoboCop (1987) Set in: Near future, often cited around 2020 in expanded lore.
Escape from New York (1981) Set in: 1997
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) Set in: 2010
The Terminator (1984): Future war in 2029 (still to come!), Judgment Day in 1997
Back to the Future Part II (1989) Set in: 2015
Akira (1988) Set in: 2019 (Neo-Tokyo)
I'm sure there's a bunch more, those are just movies I watched back in their day and lived through in real time.
DeanOfClownCollege@reddit
Only five decades? Please! Late 70s babies gettin that 6th decade in before turning 50.
Ambitious_Nomad1@reddit
Same for me born in 78
jeepney_danger@reddit
Me too, 78
PHX480@reddit
78 in the hizouse
Ilovevinylme@reddit
I had like 54 weeks in the 70s, I don’t remember anything of it except brown shag pile carpet and Jimi Hendrix’ “burning of the midnight lamp”
alehanjro2017@reddit
Barely made it in the 6 decade club. '79 during the holidays
aubreypizza@reddit
‘79 club!
archiekane@reddit
It's a great club but my back has gone.
UnluckyCardiologist9@reddit
NYE 79 here
alehanjro2017@reddit
Yeeaahh boy!- Flava Fla
queenofcaffeine76@reddit
76 here
Whitworth@reddit
us 76ers are too young for HR Puff N Stuff GenXers, too old for elder Millenials who quote Good Burger.
South_Dakota_Boy@reddit
Way.
Lorindale@reddit
Me too.
zinh@reddit
Just put me in the old folks home as a 46 yo born in 78.
mrsg1012@reddit
Isn’t it 6 for the people born in 80? The decade doesn’t start until 71, 81, etc. because the 70, 80, etc. is meant to be the 10th year of the previous? It’s like how the millennium didn’t actually begin until 2001.
Majestic-Joke461@reddit
Preach
glamb70@reddit
ThinkFree@reddit
70s baby reporting
the_orange_baron@reddit
Late 79 getting 6th decade in when still 40
-mudflaps-@reddit
Yippee ki yay
JakeJakeJaaake@reddit
My first thought when I saw this. 78 here too.
starker@reddit
Fuck off Skeletor, I don’t need that level of existential crisis when I am doomscrolling my insomnia.
Fuzakeruna@reddit
Millennia*
ChronicPronatorbator@reddit
This voice sounds like the voice of a chronic Diablo 4 player who often corrects people and likes anime.
beattysgirl@reddit
Damn skeletor
Kizenny@reddit
And don’t forget about all the unprecedented once in a lifetime things we have experienced
HopelessMagic@reddit
This timeline sucks. I have a job making over 100K per year and I still live paycheck to paycheck and can't save to buy a house because I'm always paying rent. It's not supposed to be this way. 😭
Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit
The large hadron collider has swallowed us up and spit us out in this shitty universe
HopelessMagic@reddit
Neil Degrasse Tyson said this can't be real because the law of probability has gone out the window. I believe him.
muricabrb@reddit
I'm tired boss.
Richard_Tucker_08@reddit
AppropriateAmoeba406@reddit
I miss living in precedented times.
triggeron@reddit
Tell me so I don't forget.
Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit
Some late December 79s had 6 different decade in January 2020 a matter of days after turning 40
rydan@reddit
At one point this was true of me and I wasn't even 40.
Salty-Tomcat8641@reddit
Not even close to 50... I'm in my prime
Garg_Gurgle@reddit
Let's see what =3 thinks about the garbage this week.
Zaibach88@reddit
not even 40 yet.
cathode-raygun@reddit
Utterly insane
Joker1485@reddit
Where's my 1985 people?
Evening_Ad_1099@reddit
Wow i feel better!
stanpinkowski31@reddit
Well shit!
ospfpacket@reddit
Mcbadguy@reddit
Thank you Mr. Skeletor
Majestic-Joke461@reddit
‘78 is great!
Kiloburn@reddit
I needed this today
Upnatom617@reddit
70s (by six months), 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s.
Jokierre@reddit
6 decades for us!
Past-Adhesiveness150@reddit
What if I were born in the 70's & im not 50?!?!?
Jokierre@reddit
It’s 6 decades for us!
TheDnBDawl@reddit
Basic-Employment3985@reddit
This rules but I was born in November 79 and I now feel sad lol
TheMaskedSuperStar29@reddit
Skelitor always bringing the facts! Damn him!
Academic_Deal7872@reddit
Embracing my inner Skeletor, hehehehehe
Atrocious1337@reddit
Not to mention lived through multiple "oNcE iN a LiFeTiMe" crises.
C0sm1cB3ar@reddit
I only count in wars and financial crisis
Seanbodia@reddit
OldManClutch@reddit
Gee thanks for reminding me of my incoming mortality Skeletor
Thereminz@reddit
and 20 'once in a lifetime' events
drewbaccaAWD@reddit
But do you remember? The 21st dayyyyyyyyy of September?
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
And it's time you had a colonoscopy
SoCrazyItMustBeTrue@reddit (OP)
You're not wrong. 🤷♀️🤣
neoistheone79@reddit
Fuck you Skeletor…
Atillion@reddit
Thanks skeletor. Thanks.
RosemaryRoseville@reddit
Thanks gargamel
BrvoChrlie@reddit
fuelvolts@reddit
Millennia. That's the plural of Millennium.
ryhoyarbie@reddit
TrepidatiousInitiate@reddit
Don’t even get me started on all the historical events. And then, there’s 2025.
Dumphdumph@reddit
Oh man skeletor always gives me vibes
CaptainEdibles@reddit
CaptainEdibles@reddit
I didn't need to hear that today
VinceAmonte@reddit
Late 70s and not 50 yet lol
Drinon@reddit
I was born in 1978, I have 6 decades under my belt and still not 50.
NavDav@reddit
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
💜💙
___wiz___@reddit
I knew Skeletor was a bad dude but this is cold
jockfist5000@reddit
Thx I hate it