It's been kinda quiet in here lately....so I figured I'd take a bunch of us Generation X'ers back through memory lane.
> >
> > When I was a kid adults used to bore me to tears with their
tedious
> >
> > diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up;
> > what with
> > walking twenty-five miles to school every morning uphill both ways
> > through
> > year 'round blizzards carrying their younger siblings on their
backs
> > to their
> > one-room schoolhouse where they maintained a straight-A average
> > despite
> > their full-time after-school job at the local textile mill where
> > they worked
> > for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving
> > to death!
> >
> > And I remember promising myself that when I grew up there was no
> > way in hell
> > I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how
hard
> > I had it
> > and how easy they've got it!
> >
> > But....
> >
> > Now that I've reached the ripe old age of twenty-nine, I can't
help
> > but look
> > around and notice the youth of today.
> >
> > You've got it so f*ckin' easy!
> >
> > I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
> >
> > And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good
> > you've got
> > it!
> >
> > I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet--we wanted to
> > know
> > something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up
> > ourselves!
> >
> > And there was no email! We had to actually write somebody a
> > letter--with a
> > pen!--and then you had to walk all the way across the street and
> > put it in
> > the f*ckin' mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
> >
> > And there were no MP3s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you
> > had to
> > go to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!
> >
> > Or we had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the
> > DJ'd
> > usually talk over the begining and f*ck it all up!
> >
> > You want to hear about hardship?
> >
> > You couldn't just download porn! You had to bribe some homeless
> > dude to buy
> > you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! It was either that or jackoff
> > to the
> > lingere section of the JC Penney catalog!
> >
> > Those were your options!
> >
> > We didn't have fancy shit like Call Waiting! If you were on the
> > phone and
> > somebody else called they got a busy signal!
> >
> > And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either!
> > When the the phone rang, you had no idea who it was it could be
> > your boss,
> > your mom, a collections agent, your drug dealer, you didn't
know!!!
> > You just
> > had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
> >
> > And we didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation videogames with
> > high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600!
> > With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics
> > sucked
> > ass! Your guy was a little square! You had to use your
imagination!
> > And there
> > were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen
forever!
> > And you
> > could never win, the game just kept getting harder and faster
until
> > you
> > died!
> >
> > Just like LIFE!
> >
> > When you went to the movie theater there was no such thing as stadium
> > seating!
> > All the seats were the same height! A tall guy sat in front of
you,
> > you were
> > screwed!
> >
> > And sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only
like
> > 20
> > channels and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little
> > book called
> > a TV Guide to find out what was on!
> >
> > And there was no Cartoon Network! You could only get cartoons on
> > Saturday
> > morning... ...D'ya hear what the f*ck I'm saying!?! We had to wait
> > ALL WEEK,
> > you spoiled little bastards!
> >
> > That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it
> > too easy
> > You're spoiled!! You guys wouldn't last five minutes
> > back in
> > 1984!
> >
> > When I was a kid adults used to bore me to tears with their
tedious
> >
> > diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up;
> > what with
> > walking twenty-five miles to school every morning uphill both ways
> > through
> > year 'round blizzards carrying their younger siblings on their
backs
> > to their
> > one-room schoolhouse where they maintained a straight-A average
> > despite
> > their full-time after-school job at the local textile mill where
> > they worked
> > for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving
> > to death!
> >
> > And I remember promising myself that when I grew up there was no
> > way in hell
> > I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how
hard
> > I had it
> > and how easy they've got it!
> >
> > But....
> >
> > Now that I've reached the ripe old age of twenty-nine, I can't
help
> > but look
> > around and notice the youth of today.
> >
> > You've got it so f*ckin' easy!
> >
> > I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
> >
> > And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good
> > you've got
> > it!
> >
> > I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet--we wanted to
> > know
> > something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up
> > ourselves!
> >
> > And there was no email! We had to actually write somebody a
> > letter--with a
> > pen!--and then you had to walk all the way across the street and
> > put it in
> > the f*ckin' mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
> >
> > And there were no MP3s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you
> > had to
> > go to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!
> >
> > Or we had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the
> > DJ'd
> > usually talk over the begining and f*ck it all up!
> >
> > You want to hear about hardship?
> >
> > You couldn't just download porn! You had to bribe some homeless
> > dude to buy
> > you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! It was either that or jackoff
> > to the
> > lingere section of the JC Penney catalog!
> >
> > Those were your options!
> >
> > We didn't have fancy shit like Call Waiting! If you were on the
> > phone and
> > somebody else called they got a busy signal!
> >
> > And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either!
> > When the the phone rang, you had no idea who it was it could be
> > your boss,
> > your mom, a collections agent, your drug dealer, you didn't
know!!!
> > You just
> > had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
> >
> > And we didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation videogames with
> > high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600!
> > With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics
> > sucked
> > ass! Your guy was a little square! You had to use your
imagination!
> > And there
> > were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen
forever!
> > And you
> > could never win, the game just kept getting harder and faster
until
> > you
> > died!
> >
> > Just like LIFE!
> >
> > When you went to the movie theater there was no such thing as stadium
> > seating!
> > All the seats were the same height! A tall guy sat in front of
you,
> > you were
> > screwed!
> >
> > And sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only
like
> > 20
> > channels and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little
> > book called
> > a TV Guide to find out what was on!
> >
> > And there was no Cartoon Network! You could only get cartoons on
> > Saturday
> > morning... ...D'ya hear what the f*ck I'm saying!?! We had to wait
> > ALL WEEK,
> > you spoiled little bastards!
> >
> > That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it
> > too easy
> > You're spoiled!! You guys wouldn't last five minutes
> > back in
> > 1984!
