Things The New Gen Will Never Experience

[Artista 460]

I was talking with my cousin's kid who just finished her first year at university. She literally had no clue what a typewriter was.

 

Thought it'd be fun to list any thing/event/social - whatever that the here and now gen are missing out on, good, bad or ugly.

 

Go!

[ZeroTolerance 582]

Respooling a cassette tape that got jammed.

 

Blowing into a video game cartridge to make it work.

[frank 2,143]

TBBOM

 

The Dukes of Hazard

 

Philly winning a Super Bowl

[Frank M 181]

Land line phones with cords.

 

Video stores.

 

Answering machines.

[Mungwater 588]

Making plans with friends and waiting for them to show

 

Actual conversation while grabbing dinner

 

If you want to watch your favorite show, you had to be home to watch it

 

Having to use the card catalog in a library

[JTB 52]

Riding a bike without a helmet

Staying home for an hour alone without parents getting in trouble

Participating in an event without WINNING a participation award

Going to school when there is an inch of snow forecasted

[Artista 460]

^^ Riding a bike without gears...

[Artista 460]

Using the God awful fold out road maps that take up 1/2 your front seat when fully open. Good riddance!

[The Elevator Killer 497]

Learning how to write in cursive.

Doing math in your head.

Watching a tv show that doesn't have a gay character.

[The Elevator Killer 497]

Calling customer service and actually being helped.

[Artista 460]

Calling customer service and actually being helped.

Going through a looooong press this for this menu and finding at the end, there is no option to speak to a human- in english or spanish!

[jerryskids 5,151]

Lawn darts

 

Watching scrambled premium stations hoping to catch a second of nekkid booby

[The Elevator Killer 497]

Getting front row tickets to a concert because you spent the night to be first in line.

[Artista 460]

Waking up to an alarm clock, for real, as in the loud bell dinging instead of to your favorite music/sound.

[Frank M 181]

Lawn darts

 

A buddy of mine still has a set. That game is frigging awesome!

 

And dangerous as hell, too. I kind of get why it's not made anymore, particularly the part where kids have gotten impaled on the darts.

[JTB 52]

A buddy of mine still has a set. That game is frigging awesome!

 

And dangerous as hell, too. I kind of get why it's not made anymore, particularly the part where kids have gotten impaled on the darts.

Yeah, horseshoes hit kids too. Stop making them too or just be responsible?

[RLLD 3,452]

Walking to the store on their own

 

Being accountable for their mistakes

 

Owning the outcome of their future

[Artista 460]

What life was like before microwaves.. Anyone still own a kettle to make 1 cup of instant tea/coffee with? I remember dad putting the kettle on and leaving the kitchen. Nothing like waking up to a loud down to a waning whistle when he forgot about it!

[posty 2,295]

I was talking with my cousin's kid who just finished her first year at university. She literally had no clue what a typewriter was.

My daughter just worked on a typewriter in high school...

 

Land line phones with cords.

 

Answering machines.

We have both of these in the house in use...

 

Actual conversation while grabbing dinner

We have a no technology rule when we have dinner at the dinner table...

 

Learning how to write in cursive.

My children's elementary school still teaches cursive... They love writing in cursive...

[NEWPOSTERGUY! 266]

- watchable NBA games

 

- listenable 'urban' music

 

- 'c0ck rock' commercial success

 

- the US of A as *the* world power

 

- filthy pr0n mags like 'Burnt Toast'

 

- the rarity of tattoos

 

- peace in the Middle East

 

fock off -

[Artista 460]

Watching ole dad carefully walk the uneven rooftop in horror and with hope to fix the tv antenna after storms. They have no clue what bunny ears means either.

[Old School 360]

Anyone remember dialing "popcorn" to get the correct time?

[NEWPOSTERGUY! 266]

Watching ole dad carefully walk the uneven rooftop in horror and with hope to fix the tv antenna after storms. They have no clue what bunny ears means either.

- good buddy of mine's father farmed it doing this ... 'cept it was from the roof of a tenement on west 48th ... fockin' tragic, was one of the avenue's coolest guys -

[Frank M 181]

Yeah, horseshoes hit kids too. Stop making them too or just be responsible?

 

http://mentalfloss.com/article/31176/how-one-dad-got-lawn-darts-banned

 

 

Over a period of eight years, lawn darts had sent 6,100 people to the emergency room. 81% of those cases involved children 15 or younger, and half of those were 10 or younger. The majority of injuries were to the head, face, eyes or ears, and many had led to permanent injury or disability.

 

 

 

Try as I might, I couldn't find statistics about horseshoe injuries. Logically, one could assume that injuries from horseshoe tossing would be less since they are generally tossed in a specific court made for the game, not just anybody's back yard at any time, like lawn darts.

 

I know idiots like you like to complain about the "pvssification of America" and get all lathered up about it because you need something to be mad about, but I'd call a game that anyone can play in any yard that seriously injures close to 800 people a year dangerous enough to warrant taking off the market

[shotsup 830]

Schlitz beer

[Artista 460]

Dial up internet..................... then getting dropped...

[jerryskids 5,151]

Trying to convince a chick to put out without having her sign a consent form first.

[Thornton Melon 542]

Buying cigarettes for your grandmother at age 8.

 

18 year old drinking age

 

$1 joints

 

Getting caught drinking by the cops, and they just take the booze and tell you to go home instead of arresting you, putting your names in the newspaper, and watching the adults get into a fake outrage lather over teen drinking.

[RLLD 3,452]

A professional player staying with your team longer term and becoming an iconic local hero

[GobbleDog 815]

I saw the land line confusion first hand. On vacation with 4 yo, she picked up telephone in hotel room and asked "what is this machine?"

 

The main thing I've noticed... playgrounds are a lot different than 20+ years ago. Merry-Go-Rounds are extinct. The old aluminum slides that burned your ass have all been replaced with plastic. The old octagon looking monkey bars are gone. And no more see-saw's.

 

I have to admit a lot of those things were rather dangerous.

[Cruzer 1,992]

* Shopping thru the Sears catalog.

 

* Door to door salesman - like the encyclopedia guy.

 

* Searching for a pay phone bcoz your pager just went off.

 

* Frustration over the needle on the stereo player going out - again.

[parrot 789]

* Jerking off to the Sears catalog.

 

 

[Frank M 181]

 

* Jerking off to the Sears catalog.

 

 

 

* Wiping your ass with the Sears catalog.

[Artista 460]

The old station wagon. I was one of the youngest so I was always put in the back facing the tailgaters. Felt like I could just reach out and shake their hand while dad was driving the 55 speed limit in the fast lane.

[Old School 360]

Phone booth

 

Calling information to get a phone number

 

Using the post office to mail an actual letter

[Artista 460]

Luggage without wheels. Poor dad having to lug gigantic luggage in the airport. Poor thing..

[NewbieJr 540]

Buying a tasty Quarter Pounder with cheese and setting up the Styrofoam box as a tray for your burger and fries.

 

Both the Styrofoam and the tastiness are gone

[Djgb13 2,338]

The only porn you could get was either on paper or a blurry tv channel

[parrot 789]

Participating in an event without WINNING a participation award

 

My kids play multiple sports and haven't gotten a "participation award" since tee-ball.

[Franknbeans 46]

baseball