> the package had never actually been opened, and contained the original packing slip… with a date several years before I was born.
But the packing slip says 1999!!!!
But the packing slip says 1999!!!!
And still, 2004 feels "a few years ago" to me. I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.
You mean as an ego boost, right? You're certainly wiser than anyone born circa 2000s. We can hack drivers for breakfast.
Probably the biggest thing I wish I could share though is general civics and history knowledge. A lot got cut from education since then in the US. Plus what 90s America felt like-freedom before “terrorism.” (Quotes because there are many great books on all this that I’m not able to even point at right now.)
In all seriousness, I like learning about things that were before my time, and that's why I use the term "archaeology." It's not really archaeology, since I know plenty of people who were alive at the time, but it still appeals to my inner curiosity.