"Damn, I’m old": Users hilariously process their aging crisis as YouTube celebrates 20 years

YouTube hits its 20th anniversary this month, and users cannot believe it has been 20 years already since it entered their lives and the pop-cultural scene. Fans are funnily expressing their opinions and coming up with hilarious ways to describe how old they feel.

A netizen wrote,

(via @ViolinPlayer10/X)

YouTube came into our streaming vis-a-vis the pop cultural realm in the year 2005. Now that we are in 2025, it completed 20 years of existence. It has left a far-reaching impact on our lives and evolved in more ways than one. Thanks to YouTube - we now have vlogs, music videos, and whatnot at the tip of our fingers.

It gave independent filmmakers, singers, and artists a space to showcase their talent and reach out to more people. It connected the world in a way that a man living in the remotest part of the world could follow a vlogger and, through him, travel to many unknown places.

As we move ahead, we now have podcasts and even celebrities with their own channels. Even for educational purposes, YouTube has played an important part. Business does not run far behind.

To sum up, let's just say YouTube worked like a genie, offering us what we wanted to see for light-hearted fun and knowledge. From housewives to tutors, learners to vloggers, it has delivered information and entertainment to one and all. Now that the user's favorite app and platform reached a milestone of 20 years in the digital space, fans are nostalgic and full of funny memories.

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Users hilariously process their aging crisis as YouTube celebrates 20 years

A netizen wrote, (via @nochancestaken_/X)

"Damn, I’m older than YouTube is that what kids will make fun of me for when I’m 50?"

Another netizen wrote, (via @D2Ryungtrav/X)

"And I was launched in 1996 how iconic is that"

Another X user posted, (via @B5ARU/X)

"Internet Explorer (Today) : New video streaming platform has been launched with name Youtube."

This social media user wrote, (via @sthedoingthings/X)

"It can't be that YouTube existed before Biggie & 2Pac died but the first video for it was posted in 2005 or 2006."

This X user wrote, (via @UniversalSWave/X)

"I was one year and four months too late from being a founding member."

Another comment from a funny netizen goes,

''Even though it is very advanced now, it was less stressful during its starting days.

I recall those lovely days but I don't feel old. I don't have time to think about age.''

This comment reads, (via @AvoirJoseph/X)

So I'm 7 months older than YouTube??

One last before we sign off, (via @Prime_Friction/X)

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