Hunt or be Hunted Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) OK I'm not over 30 but i still think its funny. I got this in a E-mail LOL. :D If you are 30, or older, you might think this is hilarious! >> >> 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... >> Barefoot... BOTH ways... yadda, yadda, yadda >> >> And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way >> I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how >> hard I had it and how easy they've got it! >> >> >> But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look >> around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, >> compared to my childhood, you live in a dang 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. If we wanted to >> know something, we had to go to the dang library and look it up >> ourselves, in the card catalog!! >> >> There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with >> a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it >> in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were >> 10 cents! >> >> Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a >> matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to >> kick our butt! Nowhere was safe! >> >> There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal >> music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it >> yourself! >> >> Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ >> would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no >> CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape >> and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone >> rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby! Dig? >> >> We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone >> and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it! >> >> There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, >> you just didn't make a dang call or receive one. You actually had to be >> out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror... >> not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there's TEXTING. >> Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are. >> >> And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had >> no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, >> your bookie, your drug dealer, the collection agent... you just didn't >> know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister! >> >> We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with >> high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like >> 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! >> You actually 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 harder and faster and >> faster until you died! Just like LIFE! >> >> You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! >> You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off >> your butt and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! >> Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?! >> >> There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on >> Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK >> for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-finks! >> >> And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we >> had to use the stove! Imagine that! >> >> >> And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long. Oh, >> no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back >> inside... you were doing chores! >> >> And car seats - oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung >> on. If you were luckily, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at >> the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the >> dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first >> place! >> >> See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it >> too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have lasted five >> minutes back in 1980 or any time before! >> >> Regards, >> The Over 30 Crowd Edited March 16, 2010 by Hunt or be Hunted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Haha! Don't worry, when you have kids, you'll be doing it too. "When I was a kid all we had was dial-up, and it wasn't any of that 56k business either! We didn't have 25gb connections!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 I got that the other day, too! It is incredibly true. You kids today do have it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! :pop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 This one is definitely my favorite and oh so true...... And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long. Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside... you were doing chores! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly_Alaska Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 culture butLOL and to think 1980 is a new mile stone in our culture:jaw:but it is accurate... fortuanatly... I DID have to go 5 miles to the bus stop in the snow with up hills in both directions!!!! and took the kids out to the old farm house dad and i built to prove it:pop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Haha! Don't worry, when you have kids, you'll be doing it too. Oh i bet i will!!! just not now haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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