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Originally posted by Enthralled Fan
reply to post by Frankidealist35
Back when I was a kid, we had board games. We wrote letters, and we had five network t.v. channels because there was no cable. When I listened to music, I played vinyl 45's or 33's on a turntable. We had 1 house phone, and foot races between the 4 kids at our house to be the first one to the phone to answer it when it rang.
I consider myself pretty lucky. It's almost sad things can't be as uncomplicated as they were in those days!
Originally posted by Frankidealist35
They have their Xbox 360's, they have their internets, they have their DVD players, they have their digital cable, they have Ipods. Back when I was a kid we had the SNES, I only had cable, when I listened to music I had to either use a cassette player or a CD player, and, I had no internet. I didn't use instant messaging when I was a kid. I didn't have a cell-phone when I was a kid. They don't know how lucky they are.
[edit on 29-6-2008 by Frankidealist35]
Originally posted by The Utopian Penguin
reply to post by Seaman_Richie
Are you wearing an Ipod right now
Do you have a game on pause right now ?
Are you text messaging between posts ?
Originally posted by MadSeason313
Born in 1988, 20 years of age..
First off, I too was raised in the NES days, and the cheesy board games were all far to familiar.. We had the big black satelite dish that had crappy reception, probably as well as you ol' chums.. But, I was also raised in with technology, and digital cable..
I'm a youngling compared to you previous posters, but that's okay..
All i'm saying is, i've had a taste of both worlds, the old one and the new one.
So the question remains, what's wrong with kids these days?!
Well, the question itself is a bit odd, due to the simple fact that Frank didn't really give a solid reason why the question stands in the first place! But, i'm assuming it's something on the line, that we're spoiled little brats, and couldn't live in the old way?
Pfft... Wouldn't matter to me, because as I noted earlier, I lived the old way.. And on a reservation nonetheless, which is like a billion years behind.
Originally posted by Maybach Hanson
i think it is all these brown people that are ruining everything, and the fact coorporate america has been replaced with islamo facism
Originally posted by Frankidealist35
They have their Xbox 360's, they have their internets, they have their DVD players, they have their digital cable, they have Ipods. Back when I was a kid we had the SNES, I only had cable, when I listened to music I had to either use a cassette player or a CD player, and, I had no internet. I didn't use instant messaging when I was a kid. I didn't have a cell-phone when I was a kid. They don't know how lucky they are.
[edit on 29-6-2008 by Frankidealist35]