The Good Ol' Days
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(must... resist... aunt May... counting on me... must... resist... ngggg...)Indigo_Dingo said:
FANBOY! FANBOY! FANBOY!!! WHEEEEEE!!!
But we're also not stating things we enjoy, in general, that the times today have brought to us. I'm sure not everyone here thinks negatively...do we?Fire Daemon said:
....someone?
I did that at 17 and never looked back, except for senior pictures and miscellaneous surgeries. Although elegant would be pushing it. A lot.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
I miss the good old days when ...
Preteen girls were just little girls, not prostitots.
Boy Scouts were welcome in the park but child molesters weren't.
Prayer was in schools and murder wasn't, even though we all carried knives and even guns during hunting season.
I could roam miles into the woods without fear of being shot near an, um, "special glade".
We'd take up hay in the summer.
When the teacher smacked your butt, you could count on getting another one at home rather than a lawsuit filed in your behalf.
A teenager could watch television with her parents without fear of mortal embarrassment.
Reality television meant the news.
We could leave the doors unlocked and still have stuff.
I could eat a couple Wendys triples and still reach my steering wheel.
I could stand up and not have to pause for a moment to remember WHY I stood up.
Tiredinneundo said "And if you look to your left, you can see a burn."
Back then things used to be different. So I guess that now, things are, um, the same?
I guess I should add some as well
I miss the days when $20 was a fortune. (yearning to be twelve years old again just for kicks)
I miss the days when videogames didn't need to defined by top of the range graphics. (nowadays, whenever a game has graphics that wasn't cutting edge people would be like, Whut, the suxxors its gots no good graphixz!)
I miss the days when my friends and I could get together at anytime. (nowadays, we have plan around schedules, eating preferences, etc. ugh)
I miss the days when kids were expected to take responsibility for their mistakes. (nowadays, its like, I was traumatized therefore I can do whatever I want, whenever I want. grr.)
I miss the days when imagination was all a person needed to have fun. (innocent imagination, not the perverted adult kind).
I miss the days when $20 was a fortune. (yearning to be twelve years old again just for kicks)
I miss the days when videogames didn't need to defined by top of the range graphics. (nowadays, whenever a game has graphics that wasn't cutting edge people would be like, Whut, the suxxors its gots no good graphixz!)
I miss the days when my friends and I could get together at anytime. (nowadays, we have plan around schedules, eating preferences, etc. ugh)
I miss the days when kids were expected to take responsibility for their mistakes. (nowadays, its like, I was traumatized therefore I can do whatever I want, whenever I want. grr.)
I miss the days when imagination was all a person needed to have fun. (innocent imagination, not the perverted adult kind).
I miss the days when...
Video games and cartoons were exciting and fun no matter how raw I'd played them.
I didn't have to care how much of an idiot the president was or wasn't.
There was always somewhere for spontaneous sex.
Rubberband guns, blanket forts and pillow fights were perfectly valid forms of entertainment for days at a time.
Actually, I'm going to bring those back. Starting tomorrow or so.
Video games and cartoons were exciting and fun no matter how raw I'd played them.
I didn't have to care how much of an idiot the president was or wasn't.
There was always somewhere for spontaneous sex.
Rubberband guns, blanket forts and pillow fights were perfectly valid forms of entertainment for days at a time.
Actually, I'm going to bring those back. Starting tomorrow or so.
[hubris]Sour, Bitter, and I taste like Linguini with White Curry sauce and Scallops. Soooo much flava![/hubris]stompy said:
And What's with you signing your posts with "A Procrastinator", Stompy? If you procrastinate, how come you're so prompt in posting?
I *do not* miss the old days where...
-Id get piles of homework
-classmates on highschool picked on me
-Had tests every week on school
-Could never buy what I wanted because as a kid, you have no money
-I had to do whatever my parents said
-There was only internet for us on a phone line, which cost a fortune and was slow.
I do miss the old days where
-TV wasn't filled with reality show crap
-TV wasnt filled with 'idols' crap
-Id get piles of homework
-classmates on highschool picked on me
-Had tests every week on school
-Could never buy what I wanted because as a kid, you have no money
-I had to do whatever my parents said
-There was only internet for us on a phone line, which cost a fortune and was slow.
I do miss the old days where
-TV wasn't filled with reality show crap
-TV wasnt filled with 'idols' crap
I can answer that two ways, Anarchemitis (so did not copy/paste your name...):Anarchemitis said:
I procrastinate by being on The Escapist Forums, instead of doing school work (I have tests coming up) and other necessities in life; and
I was particularly touched by Russ's article, ' The Orange Juice Principle [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/smile_nod/4635-Smile-and-Nod-The-Orange-Juice-Principle]', and wish to, well, I don't know what. I just like the article; felt it was relevant, so, you could say this is my homage. And not blatant advertising for the article...
- A procrastinator, who should currently be studying for his Science and Commerce tests
Edit: This could also be attributed to me having school holidays.
Edit Edit: Hey, wait, this means I'm noticed...
Preach it, Brother.stompy said:
But, on the good side, I've now met a 70 year old and a 7 year old who are as mad on Doctor Who as I am.
When I could stop by a friend at a random point of the day to find that they were bumming out on the couch or playing video games, instead of working, studying, engaged in other things.
When I could spend all day slacking off, knowing I'd pass exams anyway instead of working to pay rent every day.
When the people around me weren't joined at the hip with their boy/girlfriend, didn't talk about wine or politics all the time, and could go on after 1am instead of having to move because of early morning appointments.
When giggling at the 'duty' when people pronounce it as 'doodie' was still allowed.
All you people complain about feeling old, I feel young
When I could spend all day slacking off, knowing I'd pass exams anyway instead of working to pay rent every day.
When the people around me weren't joined at the hip with their boy/girlfriend, didn't talk about wine or politics all the time, and could go on after 1am instead of having to move because of early morning appointments.
When giggling at the 'duty' when people pronounce it as 'doodie' was still allowed.
All you people complain about feeling old, I feel young
Hear hear! The Gino Odjick/Captain Kirk days! None of this... grinding, defensive, boring stuff that we used to make fun of teams like New Jersey for playing.Larenxis said:
I miss the old days, before whiny pubescents had the reins of the pop-culture zeitgeist, when Yoshi's Story could be played without excessive guilt, when "casual games" didn't exist, when fads emerged in card form, when connecting to the internet made amusing gleeping blarrghing sounds...
