20 Objects That Found Themselves On The Wrong Side Of Time

As the uploader explained, they all but put this through hell when they were doing robotics work in middle school and high school.

In their words, "I lost the flashlight and plastic portions when I used the screwdriver to open a can of instrument polish in college and got acetone on it which ate through the glue. Had to reshape the rivets a few times with a ballpeen hammer."

And as we can see, the results leave it looking as worn, faded, and woolly as an old book. What I didn't expect, however, is that the brand name would be so hard to recognize.

If it didn't already know it said "Timberland," I'd assume this was made in Trinidad.

For instance, I wouldn't have even thought about whether I touch something when I point at it on a map or not if I didn't see such clear evidence that most of the people who used this one did so.

And if they still seem pretty beat-up to you, it may help to learn that they've apparently been in use for about 60 years.

For instance, this is the difference between a Roomba wheel that's been in use for a while and the new one brought in to replace it.

Although it's unclear how long it took for them to get like this, I can't help but be reminded of what happens when we wear the same pair of shoes for long enough.

In some machines like the hot water heater this came from, it's sometimes necessary to include a "sacrificial" component that's only job is to take that machine's abuse.

Judging by the estimate of a commenter with a similar model, this likely happened within about two years.

And after six years of traversing salty winter roads, this old boot is definitely showing its age.

And judging by that groove in the toe, it seems its wearer had to kick a lot of stuff in its time as well.

Considering how much the rays of the sun like to strip the color off of things, it's pretty clear which part of the sign was exposed.

That said, it must get pretty hot in this area since that part of the sign is also clearly bent out of shape. That's not quite as common.

And since this was apparently a favorite watering hole during the gold rush of the 1850s, I'm guessing that this has been the case for well over a century.

Not that they necessarily had the same carpet for all that time, of course.

We can see some clear fading in the color and a few tears on the outside, but they've kept it in reasonably good order.

After the uploader found the same kind of teddy they got in 1977 on eBay, they decided to put them side by side to explain how a 46-year-old bear could be considered "like new."

Granted, it wasn't in regular use since the uploader was in the sixth grade since they tended to favor short hairstyles that didn't need it in most of the time since.

But when they recently tried to use it again, they discovered that enough time had passed that the plastic in the brush was basically falling apart. Hence the new one.

So what finally ended its tenure? After 10 years of service, the wheels fell off and the bottom became too cracked to work anymore.

It had a good run.

Unfortunately, the uploader only learned after they had already bought a new brush that the wire bristles on these have been found to have dangerous and hard to remedy medical complications when swallowed.

And sadly, swallowing one is easier than it may seem because it's often very hard to notice when a bristle has found its way into food.

Although we don't know how long the old case was in use, the fact that they had to tape one of the flaps up shows that it's been through a lot.

That's because it belonged to their great-grandmother, who used it while farming and was recently passed down by their grandfather. It's already very special to them.

That's because what we're actually looking at here is an engine block that's so rusted out and warped that it's almost impossible to recognize.

Either this Burger King has been here for a very long time or the employees here must have some very calloused elbows because it seems like these bricks would need to be scuffed thousands of times for this to happen.

As they said, "You could say I ride my bike a lot," indicating that we're looking at the grip sleeves that go on their handlebars.

Apparently, it only took a year for the one on the left to get like this.

On the plus side, the more rust that builds on that panel near the ground, the less likely Disney's lawyers are to come sniffing around.