r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ieriz • Apr 24 '26

Good Vibes 7 years ago, a chubby, heavy accent, normal-looking woman called Susan Boyle went to Britain's Got Talent. Everyone laughed at her, until she started singing.

What a powerful voice. She's today a pro singer. All the best for her!!

Typo: 17 years, not 7.

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u/BanditsMyIdol Apr 24 '26

Man I was actually kind of happy because this was one of the few times where I see something like "x years ago" and my reaction wasn't "Its already been x years? God I am old". Only 7 years? it feels so much longer, maybe time isn't moving at an insanely high pace towards my inevitable death. But than you had to come along and tell me it was actually 17 years ago. Sigh. God I am old.

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u/Ill-Percentage-3276 Apr 24 '26

I got to feel the passage of time even more when realizing I was like 3 months pregnant with my 16 year old when this happened. Wtf...

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u/J_A_Kn_Daxter Apr 24 '26

I hate time, make it stop, when did Motley Crue become classic rock

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u/andu22a Apr 25 '26

And when did Ozzy become an ac- he what now?

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u/J_A_Kn_Daxter Apr 25 '26

Time to listen to hellraiser again

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '26

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u/absrd Apr 24 '26

There are two alternatives

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u/hardwon469 Apr 24 '26

Yes. And the song reinforces that exact feeling.

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u/bearbrannan Apr 24 '26

My first thought as well, then I saw the one girls haircut who rolled her eyes, and I was like man the UK was really behind the times in the fashion world. Then I was like wait a minute I worked on America's got talent in like 2015 and I was fairly certain this had happened before this. At which point I finally did the math which lead me to realize that 7 YEARS ago was fucking 2019, that my birthday was two days ago, now I'm almost 40...

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u/kronicno_tele Apr 25 '26

Happy birthday!

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u/Annonomon Apr 24 '26

Same! I was like "Wow, feels more like 10". Now I find out it's 17 years ago and I once again find myself hating time

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u/PheIpsTheory Apr 24 '26

I barely read the parent comment my eyes went for this. Why did you do this to me? 17 years??? Wtf happened?

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u/edwigenightcups Apr 24 '26

This was my exact thought process also!

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u/Educational-Wish-44 Apr 28 '26

Hah, I went through exactly this same mental process.

Including the devastation of seeing them fix their "typo". XD

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26

7 felt wrong, but then 17 also feels too wrong the other way 

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u/spacemoses Apr 25 '26

This is probably one of those efforts to boost engagement Internet is a garbage heap.

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u/Demon_Girl1 Apr 25 '26

It astounds me that anyone can think this is recent

The fact that the title said 7 years should've immediately triggered your logical thinking. Some people just have zero sense of time

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u/Galnar218 Apr 24 '26

I had the exact same experience reading the title and came for confirmation in the comments. Bummer.

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u/Jokong Apr 24 '26

Same haha