Music - From 8 tracks to records to tapes to cds to mp3s.....

MoniGram said:

Don't forget the classic Slip 'n Slide. I can't believe how easily amused we were. Nowadays, if you gave a kid a slinky, some jacks, or even a Rubiks cube, or Easy Bake Oven, they'd look at cha ass like you were crazy.

I remember vinyl records.

SCNDLS said:

Slip n Slides were fun...but my Mom would get so pissed how it ruined the grass.

Everything everybody else said. A 12oz can of soda and a bag of cheetos was 50 cents. Berry trees were everywhere. Commercials were only at the beginning the end and maybe every 15 minutes into a show, and they lasted a couple of minutes.
Being able to see movies in full after they've left the theatres. Money was only green and white, and you could buy something for a penny, I forgot what but something.

Dayclear said:

Are you calling me a nobody?

MoniGram said:

I was thinking about that too. Also, technology and the fact that I think the humor used in media - tv and movies especially - has become so mean-spirited.

Airplane travel used to be so much more social. I used to love seeing my grandparents greet me and my parents at our arriving gates, and touching farewells right before we boarded our return flights.

Those days are gone.

ThreadBare said:

agreed, having to say goodbye in the middle of the damn airport in front of security sucks ass.

evenstar3 said:

Yeah, it's so ... incomplete.

ThreadBare said:

evenstar3 said:

But, I figured you and Ben for the super-rebellious types who'd bust through security, shooting the TSAs defiant glares, guns blazing, dramatic soundtrack goin', trench coats flarin', Doom meets Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets Matrix meets Lady & the Tramp meets Popeye meets...

You two are starting to sound ... normal.


[Edited 5/2/08 22:54pm]

ThreadBare said:

we only sacrifice puppies and stuff on weekends. i did tell this scummy chav guy who made a comment when we were saying goodbye last time to fuck off, though.

men try to dominate intelligent women more than ever before but there's as many psychopaths as there are saints.

I was a kid in the 90s. I guess people would expect me to say "not much", since technology was on an up and running course at the time. From where I see it, the changes have come socially with children. When I left middle school, that's when all the metal detectors and such started to come up. That's when school violence began to rise. I mean, we had teeny tiny little instances of rival gangs and whatnot, but, they'd always be coming from other schools to bother some of the older kids. (this was around '94/'95.) When I graduated ('99) it seems like all hell broke loose that Summer. Just like now, I never thought I'd be in a time where 2 dozen plus people in the City of Chicago would be shot and killed. And for what? Turfs, retaliation violence, gang beefs. That, and the fact that where I live/commute, the attitudes of some of these young girls! They're twice as smart-assed, dirty mouthed, and vulgar! But it's not all negative. I think the greatest change in the world since my time as a kid (which in some cases is hardly over..lol) would be the availability of educational information. Kids don't have to turn to books alone. They can get updated information with the click of a mouse. It doesn't have to be outdated, either like it sometimes was with the books. I remember the days when kids in my class had to depend on the copier, the encyclopedia, and MAYBE a PC. Good times, good times.

When I was a kid, which was not awfully long ago, we used to play in the summer time from sun up till sun down. These days I really don't see too many kids playing outside.

MoniGram said:

Agreed, posted my response before I read thru.

HamsterHuey said:

typical liberal

2Jay said:

Yeah, someone has to. Mostly the ones with brains.

It's too late anyways. So fucking what?

Graycap23 said:

Yep, I remember watching TV and seeing my people being attacked with fire hoses and police dogs. Laws have changed since then, but not folks' hearts.

HamsterHuey said:

I'm pretty sure the whole New York City won't sink under water. Besides, global warming hasn't happened since 1998. Learn the facts

uPtoWnNY said:

2Jay said:

Well, thanks for reading much more into the picture than what I meant. All I meant was to remind that humanity has a huge impact on the world, much more than can be set right.

If that's a liberal point of view, then thank you, cuz it is at least sane to acknowledge it excists.

ooh, look! A chip on yer shoulder! It's the Kyoto treaty.

back atcha

It's not OK for parents to go to a party 2 doors up and leave their kids at home, checking in time to time with a long range baby monitor/intercom

2Jay said:

Well, the search function was working for one!

2the9s said:

I typed in APE and 2JAY and that pic is what I got; serious!

ANYWAYS...

Mobiles. They changed conversations. Especially in public transport.

TRINNGGGGG
"Yes?"

"I'm on the train."

"I AM ON DA TA RAIN!"

"I WILL BE THERE IN FOIVE MINUTES!"

HamsterHuey said:

so calling me a monkey because I'm black is ok?