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How has the world changed the most since you were a kid? I asked my kids this question today and it got some real interesting responses so I figured i'd ask you? With me its mostly been hairstyles and technology that have changed.  Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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Definitely technology. . . Music. . . Fashion | |
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everything.  | |
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technology without a doubt. the swift and dramatic changes that have
occured over the last 20 years make me wonder what the world will be like in another 20 years. i guess us old folks will be hopelessly out of touch by then and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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technology 
somethings are about the same. Its the same as the 70s as far as crime. people are still eating kids  [Edited 5/2/08 4:21am] | |
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The Internet - NOTHING. I mean NOTHING has impacted me more. | |
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Imago said: The Internet - NOTHING. I mean NOTHING has impacted me more.
not even when mcdonalds brought back the mcrib? | |
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the invention of fire..didn't see that one coming. no more solar slow-fried meat  | |
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Everything!
From music, fashion, technology. But for some reason, what stands out the most, is how kids use to play outside. Riding their bikes everywhere, not coming in until the street lights came on. I just don't see that anymore. I guess kids are more interested in the internet and video games.  Proud Memaw to Seyhan Olivia Christine ,Zoey Cirilo Jaylee & Ellie Abigail Lillian  | |
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My Dad was a pro photographer - we had a darkroom in our basement ...
Anyway The changes in photography is amazing to say the least | |
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When I was a kid and would look down at the ground, it was much closer to my face than it is now.
So I think that the world has gotten smaller than it used to be. | |
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Mach said: My Dad was a pro photographer - we had a darkroom in our basement ...
Anyway The changes in photography is amazing to say the least | |
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karmatornado said: I asked my kids this question today and it got some real interesting responses so I figured i'd ask you? With me its mostly been hairstyles and technology that have changed.
Black folk can VOTE. | |
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The Internet, it exist now.
My son couldn't believe I didn't have it when I was his age! No More Haters on the Internet. | |
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1999 - I got my own Internet connection.
Being gay was never easier. I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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Nobody uses cash anymore. | |
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Dayclear said: Nobody uses cash anymore.
100% untrue. | |
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the internet and cell phones.
i don't know a single person who has a land line. You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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MoniGram said: Everything!
From music, fashion, technology. But for some reason, what stands out the most, is how kids use to play outside. Riding their bikes everywhere, not coming in until the street lights came on. I just don't see that anymore. I guess kids are more interested in the internet and video games. Co- I was thinking the same thing. Kids are slaves to technology and do not venture outside anymore. When I was growing up, during the summer, we'd leave the house early in the morning and be gone til 8 or 9 at night, spending the WHOLE day playing in 100 degree temps like it was nothing. No wonder kids are so obese.  | |
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Graycap23 said: karmatornado said: I asked my kids this question today and it got some real interesting responses so I figured i'd ask you? With me its mostly been hairstyles and technology that have changed.
Black folk can VOTE. Damn, honey, how old ARE you? | |
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SCNDLS said: MoniGram said: Everything!
From music, fashion, technology. But for some reason, what stands out the most, is how kids use to play outside. Riding their bikes everywhere, not coming in until the street lights came on. I just don't see that anymore. I guess kids are more interested in the internet and video games. Co- I was thinking the same thing. Kids are slaves to technology and do not venture outside anymore. When I was growing up, during the summer, we'd leave the house early in the morning and be gone til 8 or 9 at night, spending the WHOLE day playing in 100 degree temps like it was nothing. No wonder kids are so obese. What wouldn't I give to play "kick the can" again.
Y'know...I think another factor in this is that people just don't have as many kids anymore. So it's hard to get a good game of any kind going. In the neighborhood I grew up in, there was one family that had fewer than three children - and most families had four or five. There was always somebody to play or hang out with. [Edited 5/2/08 8:17am] We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Kids' cartoons are fucking awful.
13/14/15 year-olds are increasingly precocious. No one younger than my generation seems to aspire to anything right now. | |
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Genesia said: SCNDLS said: Co- I was thinking the same thing. Kids are slaves to technology and do not venture outside anymore. When I was growing up, during the summer, we'd leave the house early in the morning and be gone til 8 or 9 at night, spending the WHOLE day playing in 100 degree temps like it was nothing. No wonder kids are so obese. What wouldn't I give to play "kick the can" again.
Y'know...I think another factor in this is that people just don't have as many kids anymore. So it's hard to get a good game of any kind going. In the neighborhood I grew up in, there was one family that had fewer than three children - and most families had four or five. There was always somebody to play or hang out with. [Edited 5/2/08 8:17am] I grew up as an only child but we had a "crew" of neighborhood kids that hung out and kicked it outside ALL day, EVERY day during the summers and on weekends. Now, I live in the 'burbs and I know there are a lot of kids in the neighborhood and there's usually 2 or 3 out and about (walking through my lawn  ). However, they're outside in spurts and it's never a pack of 'em like when I was a kid. I think they hangout at each other's houses playing video games. [Edited 5/2/08 8:22am] | |
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lots has changed...
the internet - they offered a computer class when i was in high school, i remember thinking it wasnt such a big deal (it was relatively new) so i decided not to take it 
the SIZE of computers has changed so much since then. drugs, they have changed a lot since i was young... crack? meth?
gas prices, thats obvious. groceries, i could go to the store and buy 4 loaves of bread for a dollar, no more of that shit! violence, the world is so sick now.... when i started smoking, they were 1.25 a pack... television has changed incredibly!!! it used to go off at like midnight or whatever time it was. we had no remotes, no cable... actually, the christmas we got the vhs player i remember very well, we got ET
candy, they really did have penny candy back then
clothes 
i remember when my family got our first microwave. my dad was a bit late getting it, but still - now microwaves are everywhere. records or cassette vs cds... cameras - as stated above i remember when the polaroid was the shit
damn.... i'm OLD! [Edited 5/2/08 9:04am] One of the best days of my life... http://prince.org/msg/100/291111
love is a gift 
an artist with no fans is really just a man with a hobby.... | |
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SCNDLS said: Graycap23 said: Black folk can VOTE. Damn, honey, how old ARE you?
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Empress said: SCNDLS said: Damn, honey, how old ARE you?
Old enough 2 know.....NOT much has changed. | |
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Graycap23 said: Empress said:
Old enough 2 know.....NOT much has changed. Just teasing you Gray. I'm probably older than you are. | |
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Empress said: Graycap23 said: Old enough 2 know.....NOT much has changed. Just teasing you Gray. I'm probably older than you are. I know.....  | |
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SCNDLS said: MoniGram said: Everything!
From music, fashion, technology. But for some reason, what stands out the most, is how kids use to play outside. Riding their bikes everywhere, not coming in until the street lights came on. I just don't see that anymore. I guess kids are more interested in the internet and video games. Co- I was thinking the same thing. Kids are slaves to technology and do not venture outside anymore. When I was growing up, during the summer, we'd leave the house early in the morning and be gone til 8 or 9 at night, spending the WHOLE day playing in 100 degree temps like it was nothing. No wonder kids are so obese. I remember days like that...and when it got to hot, we put on the sprinkler or went to the pool.  Proud Memaw to Seyhan Olivia Christine ,Zoey Cirilo Jaylee & Ellie Abigail Lillian | |
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Genesia said: SCNDLS said: Co- I was thinking the same thing. Kids are slaves to technology and do not venture outside anymore. When I was growing up, during the summer, we'd leave the house early in the morning and be gone til 8 or 9 at night, spending the WHOLE day playing in 100 degree temps like it was nothing. No wonder kids are so obese. What wouldn't I give to play "kick the can" again.
Y'know...I think another factor in this is that people just don't have as many kids anymore. So it's hard to get a good game of any kind going. In the neighborhood I grew up in, there was one family that had fewer than three children - and most families had four or five. There was always somebody to play or hang out with. [Edited 5/2/08 8:17am] Kick the can..and hide and seek...loved those. Proud Memaw to Seyhan Olivia Christine ,Zoey Cirilo Jaylee & Ellie Abigail Lillian | |
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