I wore my "Octogenarian" T-shirt to Juice Press today.
Cashier: What does that mean?
Me: Someone in their 80s.
Cashier: I don't understand.
Me: Uh, well, it means someone who is at least 80 years old but not yet 90 years old.
Cashier: I thought you meant like an 80s band.
Me: Oh! No, not the 1980s. I guess I don't find the shirt as funny as I used to—every year I get older, it gets a little less amusing.
Cashier: Were you born in the 80s?
Me: [Pause.] I was!
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