You know you're getting old when...

[RustedFox]

Okay, I'm 34. I'm still young. I get it - but this happened to me yesterday on-shift, and it definitely stung just a touch.

23 year-old female, 6:10 AM. Abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting - admits to to going to concert and drinking "a lot" (10-12) mixed drinks the night before. In her defense, she has a history of Crohn's disease, and is wondering whether she did something to really piss off her Crohn's. She came totally clean about how much she drank. No drugs. ETOH level = only 43. That sweet smell of cinnamon whisky is all around.

Me: "Okay, so what did you drink?"
Pt: "We started with PBRs, then whiskey sours, then other beers, then... (pauses to think) vodka-cranberries... then..."
Me: "Okay, so your abdomen is soft. You are clearly hungover, and I will make sure that you're okay. I understand that you're scared because of the Crohns.... by the way, what band did you see?"

....

There was no hesitation. There was only dismissal.

Pt: "Oh, you wouldn't know."

....

Burn. She might as well have just said; "Eff you, square. What do you know about my music?"

Undaunted, I pressed her.

"Come on, give me a try here."

- "The Marianas Trench"

I conceded defeat.

"Well, I know WHAT the Marianas Trench is; but I don't know the band".
Patient: "What's the Marianas Trench, then?"


Figured everyone can have a laugh.

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[deleted480308]

Okay, I'm 34. I'm still young. I get it - but this happened to me yesterday on-shift, and it definitely stung just a touch.

23 year-old female, 6:10 AM. Abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting - admits to to going to concert and drinking "a lot" (10-12) mixed drinks the night before. In her defense, she has a history of Crohn's disease, and is wondering whether she did something to really piss off her Crohn's. She came totally clean about how much she drank. No drugs. ETOH level = only 43. That sweet smell of cinnamon whisky is all around.

Me: "Okay, so what did you drink?"
Pt: "We started with PBRs, then whiskey sours, then other beers, then... (pauses to think) vodka-cranberries... then..."
Me: "Okay, so your abdomen is soft. You are clearly hungover, and I will make sure that you're okay. I understand that you're scared because of the Crohns.... by the way, what band did you see?"

....

There was no hesitation. There was only dismissal.

Pt: "Oh, you wouldn't know."

....

Burn. She might as well have just said; "Eff you, square. What do you know about my music?"

Undaunted, I pressed her.

"Come on, give me a try here."

- "The Marianas Trench"

I conceded defeat.

"Well, I know WHAT the Marianas Trench is; but I don't know the band".
Patient: "What's the Marianas Trench, then?"


Figured everyone can have a laugh.

running joke with one of my considerably younger and cooler classmates is me asking them what band I've never heard that they saw in concert last weekend

 

[Rekt]

Some kind of weird poppy country. I don't think you're missing out.

 

[e30ftw]

I felt old in 1999 when I did nothing but study Hendrix, SRV, and Bach, and obsess over boxy, manual-transmission cars from the '80s.

Really nothing has changed.

In some ways, I was never young.

 

[Angry Birds]

I know how you feel, but I fear that if we keep getting worried about being old, we won't enjoy the time when we are actually still young.

 

[Daiphon]

Dude. There are attendings who weren't alive when the Challenger blew up... that's my yardstick, and how I know I'm old. d=/

 

[HoosierdaddyO]

You know you're getting old, when your back goes out more than you do :/

 

[WilcoWorld]

After listening to that song, I'd say you should take it as a complement that she assumed you wouldn't know the band. Maybe she could just sense that you actually have good taste.

Okay, I'm 34. I'm still young. I get it - but this happened to me yesterday on-shift, and it definitely stung just a touch.

23 year-old female, 6:10 AM. Abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting - admits to to going to concert and drinking "a lot" (10-12) mixed drinks the night before. In her defense, she has a history of Crohn's disease, and is wondering whether she did something to really piss off her Crohn's. She came totally clean about how much she drank. No drugs. ETOH level = only 43. That sweet smell of cinnamon whisky is all around.

Me: "Okay, so what did you drink?"
Pt: "We started with PBRs, then whiskey sours, then other beers, then... (pauses to think) vodka-cranberries... then..."
Me: "Okay, so your abdomen is soft. You are clearly hungover, and I will make sure that you're okay. I understand that you're scared because of the Crohns.... by the way, what band did you see?"

....

There was no hesitation. There was only dismissal.

Pt: "Oh, you wouldn't know."

....

Burn. She might as well have just said; "Eff you, square. What do you know about my music?"

Undaunted, I pressed her.

"Come on, give me a try here."

- "The Marianas Trench"

I conceded defeat.

"Well, I know WHAT the Marianas Trench is; but I don't know the band".
Patient: "What's the Marianas Trench, then?"


Figured everyone can have a laugh.

Some kind of weird poppy country. I don't think you're missing out.

 

[WilcoWorld]

Dude. There are attendings who weren't alive when the Challenger blew up... that's my yardstick, and how I know I'm old. d=/

Holy $h!t you're right.

 

[DocEspana]

EDIT: just realized the challenge explosion predates me.

but i do know jokes about it. really really bad ones.

 

[Daiphon]

EDIT: just realized the challenge explosion predates me.

but i do know jokes about it. really really bad ones.

Like I said... anyone know a nice glue factory looking with an opening? d=)

 

[DocEspana]

Like I said... anyone know a nice glue factory looking with an opening? d=)

What was the main astronauts last words?

What does this button do?

 

[gman33]

When co-workers don't know Seinfeld or Nirvana, I feel really old

 

[Daiphon]

What was the main astronauts last words?

What does this button do?

Some of these were as bad, if not more so, than the Hellen Keller jokes that to a 10 year old were hilarious... but make me cringe now.

 

[DocEspana]

Some of these were as bad, if not more so, than the Hellen Keller jokes that to a 10 year old were hilarious... but make me cringe now.

I'm avoiding the many truly offensive ones I know

 

[Daiphon]

When co-workers don't know Seinfeld or Nirvana, I feel really old

Word. Dave Grohl is awesomesauce, but he is more than just Foo Fighters.

 

[CraftyMed]

What was the main astronauts last words?

What does this button do?

Your age is showing a bit because you also didn't know that the Challenger explosion wasn't about pushing the wrong button. It was about the all mighty O-ring. And when it happened, there were plenty of "O-ring" jokes to make our juvenile brains giggle [insert beavis & butthead laugh here]

 

[Doctor Bob]

What was the main astronauts last words?
What does this button do?

I'm avoiding the many truly offensive ones I know

What was the last thing to go through the pilot's head?
The dashboard.

That was the height of hilarity in elementary school about a year after the explosion.

 

[Perrin]

Hell, I had a student shadow me for a few hours. I asked what school she was attending and she mentioned a local high school. She was a senior. I did the mental math and blurted out, "Sh1t, you were born after I graduated high school!"

One of the interventional cards guys here let me shadow him when I was in undergrad. Now I'm paging him to the ED for STEMIs.

We have a board where we honor retiring physicians and it lists their years of practice. There's an oral surgeon/dentist who started with the hospital in 1957. Above him is a specialist who started in the mid 80's. I always imagine the oral surgeon walking by, seeing that, and muttering 'weak sauce.'

Times a b1tch

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Some kind of weird poppy country. I don't think you're missing out.

The girl is cute.
But, yeah, this is weak sauce music.

 

[njac]

When co-workers don't know Seinfeld or Nirvana, I feel really old

I had to explain who The Cure are to one of the scribes.

Challenger predates me, but I was ready to put myself out to pasture.

 

[njac]

When co-workers don't know Seinfeld or Nirvana, I feel really old

I also don't recommend having "where were you on 9/11" conversations with students.

 

[Daiphon]

Challenger predates me, but I was ready to put myself out to pasture.

SMDH. This causes me pain. Did your residency director know this? d=)

 

[njac]

SMDH. This causes me pain. Did your residency director know this? d=)

I take That back.

I was two and a half so I have no recollection of it.

Better??

I finished up with you guys 5 years ago this July. Now I'm starting to feel old!

 

[TooMuchResearch]

Our school system is failing us.

I'll be more worried when they don't get my references to Chicago or Kansas as bands OR places.

Edit: I don't frequently make these references, and I was not alive during peak popularity for either band. I was alive for Challenger.

 

[engineeredout]

Some kind of weird poppy country. I don't think you're missing out.

You can tell the angst he has in his heart because his bangs cover his eyes.

 

[CajunMedic]

That was the height of hilarity in elementary school about a year after the explosion.

I was in 3rd grade, ours was: What does NASA stand for? Need Another Seven Astronauts.

The joys of being a non-trad: I've got a classmate the same age as my daughter, and a couple of professors have made references to "Urban Cowboy" and I'm the only one to fess up that I got the reference.

 

[JustPlainBill]

I was in 3rd grade, ours was: What does NASA stand for? Need Another Seven Astronauts.

The joys of being a non-trad: I've got a classmate the same age as my daughter, and a couple of professors have made references to "Urban Cowboy" and I'm the only one to fess up that I got the reference.

Young whippersnapper --- I was 22, first job out of college (non-trad here) and watched that bad boy blow on live television ---

you do know that Christa McAuliffe had blue eyes, right? one blew right, the other left.... Her last words to her husband? you feed the dogs, I'll feed the fish.... last transmission from the Challenger? I said,"Bud Light".....

and so it goes ---

 

[deleted6669]

it gets worse folks...I just realized I was already working in the ED when some of my attendings were born. some of my nurses were recently giving me crap about my age and I said" really, how old are your parents". they told me. my age. exactly. crap. and EM terminology : spin a crit, IVP, etc...all gone

 

[deleted6669]

Young whippersnapper --- I was 22, first job out of college (non-trad here) and watched that bad boy blow on live television ---

you do know that Christa McAuliffe had blue eyes, right? one blew right, the other left.... Her last words to her husband? you feed the dogs, I'll feed the fish.... last transmission from the Challenger? I said,"Bud Light".....

and so it goes ---

you know why nasa sent coke on the mission? they obviously couldn't get 7 -up. (there were 7 crew members)

 

[Old_Mil]

Most of my favorite bands...are dead.

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[scoKraz4]

You don't have to be young to recognize good music...which the marianas trench are not