I was scrolling through YouTube the other day and came across a video with a timestamp that said ‘20 years ago.’ It really threw me for a loop. I mean, I know time flies, but seeing it spelled out like that on a platform that feels so modern just hit different. Anyone else ever have one of those moments where the passage of time suddenly feels way more real than usual? It’s wild to think about how long YouTube’s been around and how much content is out there now. Makes me wonder what other surprises are lurking in the depths of the internet’s archives.
I totally get what you mean about those ‘20 years ago’ timestamps. It’s a real trip, isn’t it? I had a similar experience recently when I stumbled upon an old video of a concert I attended back in college. Seeing that ‘18 years ago’ label made me do a double-take.
It’s not just YouTube, though. I’ve noticed this weird time warp effect on other platforms too. Like finding ancient forum posts from the early 2000s that are still floating around, or coming across my first Facebook status from 2007. It’s like digital archaeology, uncovering these time capsules we didn’t even realize we were creating.
What really gets me is thinking about how much has changed since those early internet days. We’ve gone from dial-up and MySpace to having entire libraries in our pockets. Makes you wonder what we’ll be looking back on 20 years from now, doesn’t it?