I'm This Old
Added by Matt • Updated 10 months ago by shevyrolet
![Kangaroo Jack Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson posing with a kangaroo wearing shades](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/029/773/jack.jpg)
Type: Image Macro, Social Game,
Tags: age, pop culture, #imthisold, #imthisoldchallenge, @i_dot_green, @chasedinero317, @wltgsb, @flowered_one, @unstablee_,
Additional References: Memebase,
![Kangaroo Jack Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson posing with a kangaroo wearing shades](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/029/773/jack.jpg)
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
I'm This Old refers to a social game in which participants share images of pop culture artifacts to express their age.
Origin
The earliest available example of the game was posted by Instagram [1] user @I_dot_green on March 28th, 2014. That day, they posted an image of an 80s-era Apple Macintosh computer with the caption "#howoldareyou #imthisold #thegreentexthurtmyeyes" (shown below).
![screenshot of Instagram post of an 80s Mac computer and hashtags about being old screenshot of Instagram post of an 80s Mac computer and hashtags about being old](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/973/c6a.png)
Spread
Several years later, on May 5th, 2019, Twitter [2] user @chasedinero317 tweeted a photograph of a Minute Maid juice bar and a frozen Ellio's Pizza. They captioned the photograph "Im This Old 😬" (shown below, left).
Days later, Twitter[3] user @wltgsB tweeted the caption with a photoshopped Game Boy game adaptation of American rapper Lil B's mixtape Blue Flame (shown below, center).
On May 18th, 2019, Twitter[4] user @flowered_one tweeted a photograph of girl's undergarments labeled with the days of the week. They captioned the tweet, "Im this old 😭 😭I used to get so upset if I couldn’t find the right day." The tweet received more than 11,000 retweets and 33,000 likes in three days (shown below, right).
![I'm This Old meme with pics of old snacks, a pizza square and a frozen juice bar I'm This Old meme with pics of old snacks, a pizza square and a frozen juice bar](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/977/09b.png)
![I'm This Old meme of Game Boy cartridge with picture of rapper Lil B I'm This Old meme of Game Boy cartridge with picture of rapper Lil B](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/979/a88.png)
![I'm This Old meme of underwear labeled with days of the week I'm This Old meme of underwear labeled with days of the week](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/982/bb3.png)
As the posts grew in popularity, variations of the meme also emerged. For example, on May 18th, Twitter[5] @Unstablee_ tweeted a photograph from the film Small Soliders. They captioned the tweet, "Let me show my age in a tweet, I’m this old." Within three days, the tweet received more than 32,000 retweets and 78,000 likes (shown below).
On May 20th, BuzzFeed [6] published a listicle about the memes. That day, Twitter[7] published a Moments page on the meme.
![I'm This Old meme of Small Soldiers characters I'm This Old meme of Small Soldiers characters](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/985/606.png)
Various Examples
![KFC Towelette "How old are you?": TM MOIST TOWELETTE 10:30 PM -18 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/987/3fc.png)
![Kangaroo Jack IM THIS OLD 2:58 PM -19 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/988/288.png)
![Gold Pokemon Card im this old 6:05 PM - 19 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/989/584.png)
![NAW IM REALLY THIS OLD😂😂 NAW IM REALLY THIS OLD r (-CYCLONES 8:16 PM - 19 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/990/d15.png)
![Wayans Sitcom im this old 9:48 PM - 19 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/991/3f8.png)
![mcdonald's toys How old are you? Me: 1:53 AM-19 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/992/06a.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Instagram – @I_dot_green's Post
[2] Twitter – @chasedinero317's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @wltgsB's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @flowered_one's Tweet
[5] Twitter – @Unstablee_'s Tweet
[6] BuzzFeed – These 15 'I'm This Old' Photo Tweets Were Hilarious Because They're True
[7] Twitter – Nostalgia-filled pop culture references are a great way to tell people how old you are
Entry Editors ( 3 )
Tags: age, pop culture, #imthisold, #imthisoldchallenge, @i_dot_green, @chasedinero317, @wltgsb, @flowered_one, @unstablee_,
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