# Getting old.

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-old/63865>\
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion\
**Created:** [February 15, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-old/63865 "2014-02-15T19:58:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-old/63865/1 "2014-02-15T19:58:55Z")

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Just realized that it’s been 5 years since I first signed up to YYE. Damn. I can still vaguely remember the days when I used to read every single thread and spend hours in chat every day.

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**Author:** ![EvanW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evanw/32/564_2.png) [@EvanW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanW)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-old/63865/2 "2014-02-16T09:39:02Z")

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> [@JonasK](#):
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> Just realized that it’s been 5 years since I first signed up to YYE. darn. I can still vaguely remember the days when I used to read every single thread and spend hours in chat every day.

I’m gonna be honest, the old flash-based chat was the best. IRC is nice and streamline and all, but I felt like the theme of the flash chat gave it more of a sense of “chat room” than the IRC does in my opinion.

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**Author:** ![Trace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trace/32/620097_2.png) [@Trace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Trace)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-old/63865/3 "2014-02-19T16:58:13Z")

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A lot has changed over these five years. Seen some really great companies\people come and go.

It’s a real shame when one of those community pillars leaves. But there’s always new people coming in that hold a lot of potential.

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**Author:** ![slowyojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/slowyojoe)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-old/63865/4 "2014-02-19T17:04:47Z")

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I’m coming up to a relatively significant birthday, and I don’t even have a proper job yet, despite being far too old for being in that scenario. Although I haven’t been throwing that long, perhaps it’s a way of staying close to youth, inside if not on the outside.