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

[A Grey Cat]

since we’re on the topic of video games, try telling/showing a kid how much fun Venture was on the ColecoVision and have them look at you like you’re nuts. For maximum old factor, show them the controller for the console and have them attempt to figure it out

Speaking of video games, playing a fighting game and realizing the hand eye coordination isn't what it used to be, and being unable to pull off any special or finishing moves. If i can just hear the KI 2017 announcer call out ULTTRRRAAAAA combo and watch fulgore wail on Saber Wulf with an ultimate finishing move just one more time I can die a happy man.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I saw a twenty something explaining Vine to a teenager today. I never used Vine because, at the time, it was kids shit.

 

[PFM]

The amount of grey hairs in my beard. The good news is I feel as though I'm getting more and more attractive as I get older, judging by my reception.

If I was single I'd be conquering like fucking Genghis Khan.

 

[Wraith]

I have an arcade a number of miles away where House of the Dead 1 is among all the other games, and it's displayed prominently. That game is what, 25 years old? And it even isn't one of those classic arcades where you pay $15 to hang out all day and eat munches. We have one of those not far away from this one. They display some of the old arcade cabinets in their two story facility, and it frightens me the flashbacks to the 80s alone.

 

[Tootsie Bear]

I have an arcade a number of miles away where House of the Dead 1 is among all the other games, and it's displayed prominently. That game is what, 25 years old? And it even isn't one of those classic arcades where you pay $15 to hang out all day and eat munches. We have one of those not far away from this one. They display some of the old arcade cabinets in their two story facility, and it frightens me the flashbacks to the 80s alone.

When you mentioned classic arcade games reminded me being a child and playing Pac-Man and Frogger, then decades later there are slot machine versions of those classic games.

And this is coming from someone who thought Frogger on the PS1 in 1997 was old. Imagine seeing the slot machine version of it in person.

 

[Wraith]

When you mentioned classic arcade games reminded me being a child and playing Pac-Man and Frogger, then decades later there are slot machine versions of those classic games.

And this is coming from someone who thought Frogger on the PS1 in 1997 was old. Imagine seeing the slot machine version of it in person.

That is boomer-level debasement. Holy hell that's pathetic. I've had to study namco, konami and other vg companies because reasons, so I know some really bad stuff about them, and seeing their old works like this, humiliated in such a way... I never thought I would see it.

I'll add another thing that reminds me I'm getting old.
Where I'm at near pizza land, because of electronics you rarely see kids outside anymore. However we have a few houses and you can hear the kids come out and play every once in a while and makes me feel The Melancholy of Wraithy Suzuredeyes.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Every time I hear or see commonly used social media (think Instagram, Tik Tok, etc) I just roll my eyes.

I’m able to know how soulless corporate marketing and such truly is.

Each time that a new phone rolls around I’m clueless to what it actually is because I don’t care enough to remember.

The list goes on lmao.

On the topic of new phones, it absolutely astonishes me that people are falling over each other to get the new model. Here are the things 99.9% of people use phones for:

Social media
Taking selfies/other artless photos
Notes
Calls, texts, IM of various kinds
General Internet usage

All of which can be more than adequately accomplished to a high standard by phones that were out in 2015 or so.

And yet, people are dropping 1k+ on new models.

It actually destroys my brain if I think about it.

 

[A Grey Cat]

My Brother is driving my ma around now, he's the youngest of three. It feels like only yesterday he and my other brother were watching Sesame Street and drinking out of finding nemo sippy cups.

 

[.iota.]

getting a kick out of hearing they might be giants on a mati stream.

posting a song for null to enjoy, only to realize it's almost a decade older than he is.

acknowledging that my college degrees are older than i was when i earned them.

 

[Becky McDonald]

I saw a twenty something explaining Vine to a teenager today. I never used Vine because, at the time, it was kids shit.

Yup, all part of the struggle of growing up in the weird Millennial/Zoomer overlap I might have talked about in this very thread a while ago.
Vine was shit, and paved the way for Tiktoks to further destroy their brains. Call of Duty was shit. I've never watched a Pewdiepie video based on how he acted up to 2015. I harbour no nostalgia for cartoons that premiered after ~2007 or so.

 

[AnOminous]

Realizing the meme you just used is probably older than the person you're talking to.

 

[Dysnomia]

When you mentioned classic arcade games reminded me being a child and playing Pac-Man and Frogger, then decades later there are slot machine versions of those classic games.

And this is coming from someone who thought Frogger on the PS1 in 1997 was old. Imagine seeing the slot machine version of it in person.

I have Frogger Hyper Arcade Edition on PS3. But at least that's a real game and not a one armed bandit. I guess all the oldsters who waste their retirement funds on Vegas and Atlantic City really are old enough to have played Frogger in the arcades when it was new. It came out in 1981. I was two in 1981.

 

[Becky McDonald]

Realizing the meme you just used is probably older than the person you're talking to.

In the next year or so, there will be YouTube videos older than the youngest Farmers. That's a fucking trip and a half.
A couple years ago, I also realised the current students at my old secondary school (basically junior high - first 2 years of HS) were shitting their diapers when I went there.

 

[teriyakiburns]

In the next year or so, there will be YouTube videos older than the youngest Farmers. That's a fucking trip and a half.
A couple years ago, I also realised the current students at my old secondary school (basically junior high - first 2 years of HS) were shitting their diapers when I went there.

You think that's bad? Some of the teachers at my old school were doing the same when I went there, and they've been on the job for several years by now.

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

I saw a twenty something explaining Vine to a teenager today. I never used Vine because, at the time, it was kids shit.

Vine proved that brevity is the soul of wit by limiting you to seven seconds, tiktok proved that brainless retards will watch goddamn anything as long as it's under two minutes long.

 

[Sergeant Major Buzzkill]

Vine proved that brevity is the soul of wit by limiting you to seven seconds, tiktok proved that brainless retards will watch goddamn anything as long as it's under two minutes long.

I dunno why I couldn't comprehend why my cousin protested about a song I've shown him was nine minutes long lmao. But then again Tik Tok is one of the main things he consumes.

 

[A Grey Cat]

*old man voice* In my day we didn't call it "Binge Watching" We called it a"marathon," and you couldn't just pick when and where you wanted to watch it on that fancy Netflix service. You had to tune in to the tv at a very specific time to catch it or you were shit outta luck.

 

[Captain Syrup]

And this is coming from someone who thought Frogger on the PS1 in 1997 was old. Imagine seeing the slot machine version of it in person.

Dave & Busters has a Crossy Road arcade port. It's pretty fun.

My friend and I tried playing Galaga Assault, but it's best to just stick with the original.

 

[A Grey Cat]

Seeing some let's player on youtube play a remastered re release of some 90's fmv game like night trap or double switch and it opens with them saying "it was before my time, but these games walked so fnaf could run." Or something like that.

 

[Local Fed]

Any time that a current TV series ends. Last night was the series finale of Better Call Saul. It's not like it was on for decades like The Simpsons or anything, but it was something which I followed from day one since its beginning over 7 years ago. It makes me kind of sad not just because the show has ended its run, but I always get a bit sentimental. In the grand scheme of things 7 years isn't all that much, but a lot changes.