Another Day: The Calculator That Makes You Feel Old

Does it ever feel to you that time is accelerating as you age? It happens to all of us. My mother used to say that life is a like a roll of toilet paper- it goes faster as you get closer to the end. The web toy Another Day highlights this time distortion by calculating how old the pop culture of your life really is. The first episode of South Park is closer to the moon landing than to today. The release of Toy Story is closer to the attack on Pearl Harbor than to today. The birth of Wikipedia is now closer to the release of Star Wars than to today. Well, pop culture sticks around, and if it's good, several generations will enjoy it. But you can put your own birthday into the calculator and feel really old.  



Oh dear. I may have to go lie down for a while. The relevant discussion at Metafilter might make you feel even older. 


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