The Good Ol' Days

[Saskwach]

I miss the good old days when we didn't have cellphones - when we just knew where we were going and when we going to be there, and if something unexpected happened, we had a "fudge" plan or a contingency plan or something. And there were some times when we couldn't be reached and could have some piece and quiet without people getting angry that you turned off your phone. I also miss being able to remember phone numbers, and names.

QFT
Mobiles are my bane for not only this reason but also because my father went from luddite to mobile phone addict who will call me for no reason at all a few times every day.

 

[tiredinnuendo]

I miss the good ol' days when there were less morons on the Escapist.

Don't you mean "fewer"?

And if you look to your left, you can see a burn.

I miss rap having a sense of humor about itself and people who recognized that living in the ghetto and doing drugs and killing people was a bad thing, as opposed to a point of pride.

I miss watching Get Smart. It was my favorite show, and I don't like what I know about the upcoming movie. Max as a janitor? Come on...

I miss games that were so hard that no one ever beat them fairly.

I miss the old BBS days, back when downloading the Barney mod for Doom 1 was a few hours work. (1.62 MB mod, as I recall)

I miss when Oscar was allowed to be grouchy and Cookie Monster ate cookies and Snuffy was imaginary and I think I miss Mr. Hooper most of all.

I miss lawn darts and toy guns and rusty metal monkey bars over concrete, they helped kids not grow up so wimpy.

- J

 

[wilsonscrazybed]

I miss when Oscar was allowed to be grouchy and Cookie Monster ate cookies and Snuffy was imaginary and I think I miss Mr. Hooper most of all.



- J

RIP Mr. Hooper

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

You think 15 is too young to be bitter? You've seen nothing yet...

Oh, and I miss the good ol' days when innocence could be retained past the age of 5...

- A procrastinator

I miss the days when I was still innocent at 15.

 

[Arbre]

I miss the days of the Arcade. You're never going to experience anything like that anymore, until holodecks become real and remain very expensive for the average Joe.

I miss the days of deaths on the road. I don't know if numbers are tweaked when it comes to asphalt related casualties, but the speed limits are really becoming retarded, because some idiots can't behave themselves. Of course, these speed limits only apply to the people, not those who govern (they don't care about limitations, and change drivers as soon as they need to until the next one looses his/her driving licence, because he/she didn't want to loose his/her job).

I miss the 70s. There was much more snow during winter then.

I miss the days when I could say this is shite and not have a legion of dogooders telling me judging is morally bad.

I miss the days of Turrican II.

I miss the days of video gaming experience preceding the one above.

I miss the days when Hollywood seemed to deliver more original content, not prequels, sequels, remakes and other countless adaptations.

 

[Gigantor]

I miss the good ol' days when Gigantor used to pose as MGG to get attention.

I miss those good old days too! I don't think it'll fly any more, though, what with his having skipped happily off to pastures new.

I miss the good ol' days when I didn't have to shave. Honestly, it's such a bloody chore.

 

[Anarchemitis]

I mis the good old days when Latin wasn't cliche. Damn you Popularity!!

 

[stompy]

I miss the days when I was still innocent at 15.

Times of changed man. Times have changed...

- A procrastinator

 

[orberon]

I missed the good old days when a liter of petrol wasn't a dollar!

 

[Fire Daemon]

We sure are a sour bunch.

 

[stompy]

We sure are a sour bunch.

You're sour. I'm bitter. Thought this had been established, Fire Daemon.

- A procrastinator

 

[Razzle Bathbone]

I miss the Good ol' days when Yahtzee didn't try to cough up a pile of bile and call it a review.

And if anyone calls me a fanboy i'll jam a steel rod through their forehead.

(must... resist... aunt May... counting on me... must... resist... ngggg...)

FANBOY! FANBOY! FANBOY!!! WHEEEEEE!!!

 

[Necrohydra]

We sure are a sour bunch.

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?




....someone?

 

[werepossum]

The annoying thing is my stubble is still a little patchy. Otherwise I'd just abandon shaving and go for the elegant tramp look.

I did that at 17 and never looked back, except for senior pictures and miscellaneous surgeries. Although elegant would be pushing it. A lot.

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?

 

[RoboKy]

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).

 

[hadidjah]

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.

 

[Anarchemitis]

We sure are a sour bunch.

You're sour. I'm bitter. Thought this had been established, Fire Daemon.

[hubris]Sour, Bitter, and I taste like Linguini with White Curry sauce and Scallops. Soooo much flava![/hubris]

And What's with you signing your posts with "A Procrastinator", Stompy? If you procrastinate, how come you're so prompt in posting?

 

[Girlysprite]

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