“Please be patient with me. I’m from the 1900s” is a jocular saying that began in the 2020s. The speaker is over 20 or 30 years old and cannot process new technology easily.
“Welp, I’m old. Please be patient with me, I’m from the 1900"s” was posted on X/Twitter by Citizen Sass on October 12, 2022. The saying went viral in February 2024. “Please be patient with me I’m from the 1900s” was posted on X/Twitter by E.A💤 on February 12, 2024. “Please be patient with me, I’m from the 1900’s…” was posted on X/Twitter by AMERICAN BADASS on February 19, 2024.
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Citizen Sass
@jentiphansen
Welp, I’m old. Please be patient with me, I’m from the 1900"s.
Is it ever appropriate to use the ‘thumbs up’ emoji? Gen Z says no https://mol.im/a/11301843 via
@Femail
6:30 PM · Oct 12, 2022
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E.A💤
@edwardayla
Please be patient with me I’m from the 1900s
9:21 PM · Feb 12, 2024
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sheikha🕯
@phalankull
please be patient with me im from the 1900s
6:21 AM · Feb 14, 2024
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Amber Ihlen 🌈
@IhlenAmber
please be patient with me im from the 1900s
12:44 PM · Feb 14, 2024
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LexTokeAboutIt
@Lextokeaboutit
Please be patient with me, I’m from the 1900’s.
5:00 PM · Feb 16, 2024
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𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚 🐉
@iSasha
“Please be patient with me I’m from the 1900s”
6:19 PM · Feb 16, 2024
Facebook
Yalda Saghar Sediqi
February 16, 2024 at 11:30 PM ·
Please be patient with me
I’m from the 1900s
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soup🌱
@thrluv
please be patient with me im from the 1900s
12:16 PM · Feb 17, 2024
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AMERICAN BADASS 🇺🇲
@ABadassPatriot
Please be patient with me, I’m from the 1900’s…
6:27 PM · Feb 19, 2024
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Evansquez
@EvansquezN
Please be patient with me I’m from the 1900s
1:45 AM · Feb 20, 2024
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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