Shit that reminds you that you’re getting old - Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fwd: Damn young’uns

[Neet Tokusatsu]

Every single time i read or hear "X was so popular in the 90s" the very first thing i think is "Oh yeah, like, 10 years ago" then a couple seconds later, realization hits me, not a nice feeling

 

[Red Hood]

Realizing Enema of the State is 20 years old pretty much makes me feel ancient. That CD WAS my adolescence.

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

Beside the gray hair, when I first started smoking you could smoke everywhere and I could buy a carton of Marlboros for $18 (now it costs me about $65 a pop).

 

[Tootsie Bear]

Believe it or not but what makes me fell old is video games. When I was younger video games were my life. I always cherished going to garage/yard sales or visiting the flea market to purchase used games for cheap. Now you can easily purchase them online; regardless if they're physical copies or digital versions.

But the biggest difference is how big video games have become. As a child no adult would want to be caught red handed playing games or they'll be seen as a deadbeat loser. I still remember feeling ashamed as a teen being caught ditching playing Oracle of Seasons on my yellow colored Game Boy color, and the teacher who caught me said I was playing Pokemon and everyone laughed at me! To be fair I did have the Pokemon games in my pockets but I was playing Zelda! To add salt to the wound my Game Boy Color and games were confiscated!

When the original Playstation was released all the young adults I knew used it as a CD player at their parties. This didn't make sense to me because why wouldn't you play multiplayer games with your friends in the room? Now it's a very common for gaming companies to market multiplayer games to families and friends to sell the latest consoles. Remember the Wii?

Now I feel like an outsider whenever someone my age or older brings up the latest games and how nostalgic they are for the games I missed out on as a teenager and young adult. Goes to show you how big geek culture has become, and how every average joe cannot live without the latest tech or how everyday household appliances have been computerized.

 

[sadbird]

I spoke to a girl who didn't know there were harry potter games.

 

[Lemmingwise]

You know what the clearest sign you're getting old is? You're still using outdated forums instead of just of talking on instagram or whatsapp.

 

[Lost send help]

You know what the clearest sign you're getting old is? You're still using outdated forums instead of just of talking on instagram or whatsapp.

Pretty sure that's why I’m here, I hate social media generally it makes no sense to me but I grew up using forums and still prefer them.

 

[Spunt]

My wife described Guns n' Roses as "Dad Rock". I objected to this, GnR are the coolest and hippest and happenin'est thing ever, I informed her. She disagreed.

So I made a bet with her. I would Google Image Search "Dad Rock" and if any pictures of Guns n' Roses appeared on the first screen I would accept that GnR were indeed "Dad Rock". I perform the search, and what do I see, the very last image, right at the bottom right of my oversized gaming monitor?

Spoiler

Fuck. I'm sorry guys, Guns n' Roses are officially Dad Rock now.

 

[Lemmingwise]

Fuck. I'm sorry guys, Guns n' Roses are officially Dad Rock now.

more like granddad rock, lmao

those guys are retirement age now.

 

[goodgrief]

Axl Rose has truly aged hideously.
When I googled dad rock, Nirvana and Oasis popped up. They were both popular when I was very young, I'm not a dad...or male. And now I have to deal with the fact that I like dad rock. The article that suggested those two bands are dad rock also claimed Arctic Monkeys were too and that seems insane. I know they've been around for a while but I feel like they need a bit more time to be classified as that.

 

[FatalTater]

Remember when Boomers were called the "Me Generation" and everyone was worried about how they would mess up the country when the old people had to let them run things? And how everyone was terrified of Generation X because they were the wild cards that would think outside the box and not know how to do anything in an orderly and respectful fashion? Also, Koosh balls. Koosh balls from Spencer's at the mall.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Remembered another one.

The fact I can get kinda pissed off if a friend or sibling wants me to hang out with them, and then they're staring at their phone most of the time instead of hanging out. Don't know if that makes me a normal person irritated with people addicted to their phones, or a 30+ year old boomer who doesn't understand how hanging out works anymore.

 

[Spooky Bones]

Remembered another one.

The fact I can get kinda pissed off if a friend or sibling wants me to hang out with them, and then they're staring at their phone most of the time instead of hanging out. Don't know if that makes me a normal person irritated with people addicted to their phones, or a 30+ year old boomer who doesn't understand how hanging out works anymore.

People think I'm weird because fiddling with her phone on a (first or early, anyway) date is a deal-breaker for me. Getting back into the dating market is a bitch as xoomer.

 

[JULAY]

Remembered another one.

The fact I can get kinda pissed off if a friend or sibling wants me to hang out with them, and then they're staring at their phone most of the time instead of hanging out. Don't know if that makes me a normal person irritated with people addicted to their phones, or a 30+ year old boomer who doesn't understand how hanging out works anymore.

I went to go visit some friends I hadn't seen in years a while back. All 6 of them did nothing but stare at their phones while I was there. No conversation, not even looking around the room we were in. I got up after 15 minutes of that shit and was like, "Well, I'm out of here. This is fucking pointless."

"But you just got here!"

"And I might as well not even be here. Nobody has said a word to anyone else after we sat down. You're all just fucking around with your phones!" And I got up to leave.

What did they do? They all glanced at one another, shrugged and went right back to their goddamned phones.

 

[FatalTater]

I went to go visit some friends I hadn't seen in years a while back. All 6 of them did nothing but stare at their phones while I was there. No conversation, not even looking around the room we were in. I got up after 15 minutes of that shit and was like, "Well, I'm out of here. This is fucking pointless."

"But you just got here!"

"And I might as well not even be here. Nobody has said a word to anyone else after we sat down. You're all just fucking around with your phones!" And I got up to leave.

What did they do? They all glanced at one another, shrugged and went right back to their goddamned phones.

Are you me? I swear this same thing happened to me about a year ago. Everyone, from the teenager to the old grandma moved as one to stick their noses in their phones! Basic etiquette - if there's a human in person, they get your attention before phones. This isn't a new idea but damn people are rude anymore.

 

[JULAY]

Are you me? I swear this same thing happened to me about a year ago. Everyone, from the teenager to the old grandma moved as one to stick their noses in their phones! Basic etiquette - if there's a human in person, they get your attention before phones. This isn't a new idea but damn people are rude anymore.

This group ranged from mid 20s to late 50s, four of them were in their 30s. It's not just a problem with "the kids today", it's almost fucking everyone.

 

[Inflatable Julay]

You know what the clearest sign you're getting old is? You're still using outdated forums instead of just of talking on instagram or whatsapp.

Retro computing is popular now, maybe in a few years we will be "ironically" going back to dial-up BBS

 

[Lost send help]

I had one today, someone was talking about liking Nightwish and didn’t even know who Tarja is. I get they have had other singers now but ffs.

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

You know what the clearest sign you're getting old is? You're still using outdated forums instead of just of talking on instagram or whatsapp.

Even if we unite in mocking of trannies, we still come here to express ourselves properly. That's why forums have become ancient; nobody wants to formulate an opinion without self-doxxing, memes, or 140 characters giving them some kind of safety net as to why their grammar is dog shit.

Remember how teens used to consider themselves social because they played WoW all day? They actually interacted. Nowadays every single online game has the option to mute everything and everyone. If anything, forums are where people are actually social. I remember frequenting r/casualconversation, and it went from something akin a forum to the same 5 people thirsting for anything with tits as you would social media.

The mainstream ruins everything. Not because it becomes popular, but because it becomes easy to use, so all the scum swarm in.

 

[Lost send help]

Even if we unite in mocking of trannies, we still come here to express ourselves properly. That's why forums have become ancient; nobody wants to formulate an opinion without self-doxxing, memes, or 140 characters giving them some kind of safety net as to why their grammar is dog shit.

Remember how teens used to consider themselves social because they played WoW all day? They actually interacted. Nowadays every single online game has the option to mute everything and everyone. If anything, forums are where people are actually social. I remember frequenting r/casualconversation, and it went from something akin a forum to the same 5 people thirsting for anything with tits as you would social media.

The mainstream ruins everything. Not because it becomes popular, but because it becomes easy to use, so all the scum swarm in.

I agree unless you’re willing to just attention whore and slap a snap chat filter on everything or only make posts for approval points no one cares. The World is so fake now we’re all forced to wear gags.