Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning ... uphill BOTH ways yadda, yadda, yadda And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet . If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and **** it all up! We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister! We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed! Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no on-screen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! And there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-****s! And Tivo? recording numerous TV shows and watching them at your leisure? Screw that. If you missed your show, you had to wait six months to see the rerun! And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire ...imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. That' s exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980! Regards, The over 30 Crowd *I'm sure this has been emailed around for years but dammit, this is the first time I've ever seen it lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 thats so true. rich people had MTV when I was a kid. and that wasnt until I was 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuler74 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 thats so true. rich people had MTV when I was a kid. and that wasnt until I was 10 Not true we did have friday night videos and pump it up with Dee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 The microwave has been around for a long time so that does not deserve to be on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Not true we did have friday night videos and pump it up with Dee and remember when wrassling was on national TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 To add to it: When I was growing up, there were no graphic sex tapes by pretty female celebrities or websites showing still shots from every nude scene an actress has ever been in...not even any Photoshopped fake nudes to give you the illusion of what they might look like nekkid... In my day, seeing an attractive female celebrity or movie star topless was a rare treat! You'd hear about them taking off their shirt in a new movie, and you just HAD to find a way to get in to see it even though it was rated "R". Seeing them completely naked for a few seconds in a scene was the holy grail of nudity, and even then it probably wasn't really them, but a body double! I mean, Farrah Fawcett's nipples in a poster was a huge thing back then! Now? Now you get video footage of lingering gynecological shots of Pamela Anderson. Spoiled punks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 and remember when wrassling was on national TV? Saturday Night's Main Event!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Cable?..when I was a kid that was what ya sent messages over. I bet you young punks even had color TV to watch the three channels. We did get video games finally,playing Pong and drinking Tang. Ya'll with ya push button phones and pet rocks:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I'll add one. Before the internet really took off I used to have to watch spice and Adam and Eve through the scrambled channels. Was I alone here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paredskinsfan Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Remeber when the family got their first VCR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuler74 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 and remember when wrassling was on national TV? Wrassling you mean JYD and Bob Backlund? I'll tell you what I did have.. Atari, original nintendo Microwave, toaster oven Rarely sent any mail Had a Walkman Did not need the internet had my dad's playboy and penthouse collection from the early 70's Tv guide every sunday in the newspaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Remeber when the family got their first VCR? our clock always flashed. even when i could figure out how to change it we would lose power or whatever until i finally just stopped changing it I'll add one.Before the internet really took off I used to have to watch spice and Adam and Eve through the scrambled channels. Was I alone here? hell ya...blue and green boobs were the best!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Wrassling you mean JYD and Bob Backlund? I'll tell you what I did have..Atari, original nintendo Microwave, toaster oven Rarely sent any mail Had a Walkman Did not need the internet had my dad's playboy and penthouse collection from the early 70's Tv guide every sunday in the newspaper I had the outisde. i had tuffskins jeans and play shoes. after 10AM on saturday cartoons i was "forced" to go outside and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 The microwave has been around for a long time so that does not deserve to be on the list. I guess it depends on how far back you go lol...in 1980, they were somewhat common. In 1975, though, the majority of households did not have a microwave in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuler74 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Remeber when the family got their first VCR? My dad bought beta..:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnativenerd Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 It never fails... Every generation promises they'll never be like their old man; and sooner than later, that's exactly what they become. Sunrise, sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryfuhl Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 You had a simpler life and less bull**** to worry about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 It never fails...Every generation promises they'll never be like their old man; and sooner than later, that's exactly what they become. Sunrise, sunset. dont talk too much sonny boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I'll add one.Before the internet really took off I used to have to watch spice and Adam and Eve through the scrambled channels. Was I alone here? Back when Skinamax ruled the airwaves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Cable?..when I was a kid that was what ya sent messages over.I bet you young punks even had color TV to watch the three channels. We did get video games finally,playing Pong and drinking Tang. Ya'll with ya push button phones and pet rocks:rolleyes: LoL :applause: Shoot, I remember my video games being nothing but a white rectangle bouncing a white square off of it..and thinking it was fantastic! lol... This was my game right here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnativenerd Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Boy the way Glenn Miller played... SONGS THAT MADE THE HIT PARADE.... Guy's like us we had it made... THOSE WERE THE DAYS! AND YOU KNEW WHERE YOU WEEEEEEEERE THEN! Guirls were guirls and men were men. MISTER, WE COULD A MAN LIKE HERBERT HOVER AGAIN! Didn't need no welfare state... everybody pulled his weight GEE, OUR OLD LASALLE RAN GREAT! THOSE WERE THE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS (My impression of what this thread is going to be ) LOVE YOU GUYS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Boy the way Glenn Miller played...SONGS THAT MADE THE HIT PARADE.... Guy's like us we had it made... THOSE WERE THE DAYS! AND YOU KNEW WHERE YOU WEEEEEEEERE THEN! Guirls were guirls and men were men. MISTER, WE COULD A MAN LIKE HERBERT HOVER AGAIN! Didn't need no welfare state... everybody pulled his weight GEE, OUR OLD LASALLE RAN GREAT! THOSE WERE THE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS (My impression of what this thread is going to be ) LOVE YOU GUYS! Stifle it, meathead :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Stifle it, meathead :cool: geez archie!! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 My dad bought beta..:doh: So did I, ya had to tune each of the channels manually with dials...all 15 of em...I still have it,and it works. which naturally included the scrambled spice and Adam and Eve channels:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuler74 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 My extremskins was George Michaels sports at 5:50pm and 6:50pm Mon thru friday and my sportscenter was George Michaels sports machine every sunday at midnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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