What did you do...BEFORE the internet?
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I guess i went outside or played with my Atari, NES and 486s
yeah that too. We even developed techniques to produce better hitting-sticks aka "swords", found the kinds of trees and bushes producing the best wood, dried it for weeks .... damn werent we far superior kids than nowaday's ones?Archemetis said:
i used to go outside, i remember the sun, and grass and trees, whatever happened to that stuff D:
We prefered to secretly record late night movies on VHS , watched the whole thing and rewind and review the 5 second nudescenes over and over and over again until the video got really bad and nearly unwatchable.ZydrateDealer said:
That's fucking awesome secret club...unfortunately all we had was our mates dad's porn collection to steal from...ah the heady days of youth.Fetzenfisch said:
Oh so many young people... I mean people talking about not having internet and the Game Cube in the same sentence... just sounds odd to me.
Sure I understand that people might not have had internet back then the GC came out
(I mean I had internet even before I got my PSone... granted I got it just a year before the PS2 )
But yeah as a kid I would read about game news in magazines and hear rumors from friends. Other than that it was TV and toys all the way. Oh and my Gameboy!
Sure I understand that people might not have had internet back then the GC came out
(I mean I had internet even before I got my PSone... granted I got it just a year before the PS2 )But yeah as a kid I would read about game news in magazines and hear rumors from friends. Other than that it was TV and toys all the way. Oh and my Gameboy!
I was on the brink of solving the assassination of JFK, curing cancer and the common cold, solving world hunger, bringing about world peace, and I was about to settle Michael Jackson down into a career based on talent and sound judgement.
Then came the Internet...
Then came the Internet...
Also was born in '91 and a huge part of my life was spent without a computer, let alone internet. I only really had access to one when I was at my dad's house and even then I spent most of my time outside playing or inside playing or watching TV/playing the Game Gear my dad gave me. The only time I remember accessing the internet before I had 24/7 access to a computer was when I was stuck on a game and my dad told me about GameFaqs.
I still was outside playing when I was 13. XD
I still was outside playing when I was 13. XD
I'm going to be 34 next month, and I can tell you that I do pretty much the same thing now I did before the 'net came around. I still read comic books, I still draw, I'm not as prolific a writer as I used to be, but that's just because I work full-time. I still go out with my 'real life' friends, I play my console games, I love to just get out of the house and drive. I listen to music whenever I'm not at my job and the television isn't on...Vault101 said:
My computer, while it has its moments and is fun, is not the center of my life. I do not love my computer because all my friends live in it. Sadly, my laptop is more like a personalized radio station nore than anything else. I sometimes feel like I'm not using it as fully as I could be/should be using it, but, well, I have other shit to do.
I played mega drive and playstation more, read more fantasy novels, did my 11+ exams and watched television less selectively. Now I read somewhat less fiction, haven't got a console in my current flat, am working towards my B.A., and pick and choose the media I watch very carefully by means of the iplayer and DVDs and such.
