I snagged this from one of the groups on CafeMom.com. Read it all the way through. It is so true.
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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 ..
Yadda, yadda, yadda
diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what
with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning ... Uphill BOTH
ways ..
Yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in
heck 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!
heck 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'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!
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!
1. 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!! (Do you even know what a card catalog is? Didn't
think
so!)
something, we had to go to the dang library and look it up ourselves...
In the card catalog!! (Do you even know what a card catalog is? Didn't
think
so!)
2. 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!
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!
3. There were no MP3's or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you
had to hitchhike to the dang 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 mess it all up!
had to hitchhike to the dang 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 mess it all up!
4. 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!
and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!
5. And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang,
you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your
boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just
didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your
boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just
didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
6. We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with
high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like
'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids' and the graphics were horrible! Your
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!
high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like
'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids' and the graphics were horrible! Your
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!
7. When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium
seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old
broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just
screwed!
seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old
broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just
screwed!
8. Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15
channels and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little book
called a TV Guide to find out what was on!
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 either! You could only get cartoons on
Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL
WEEK for cartoons!
Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL
WEEK for cartoons!
9. And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we
had to use the stove or go build a fire ... Imagine that! If we wanted
popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing or a pan with HOT oil
and Real popcorn kernels and shake it all over the stove forever like an
idiot.
had to use the stove or go build a fire ... Imagine that! If we wanted
popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing or a pan with HOT oil
and Real popcorn kernels and shake it all over the stove forever like an
idiot.
10. When we were on the phone with our friends and our parents
walked-in, we were stuck to the wall with a cord, a 7 foot cord that ran
to the phone - not the phone base, the actual phone. We barely had
enough length to sit on
the floor and still be able to twirl the phone cord in our fingers. If
you
suddenly had to go to the bathroom - guess what we had to do..... Hang
up and talk to them later.
walked-in, we were stuck to the wall with a cord, a 7 foot cord that ran
to the phone - not the phone base, the actual phone. We barely had
enough length to sit on
the floor and still be able to twirl the phone cord in our fingers. If
you
suddenly had to go to the bathroom - guess what we had to do..... Hang
up and talk to them later.
That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too
easy.
You're spoiled!!
easy.
You're spoiled!!
You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
Regards,
The over 30 Crowd
The over 30 Crowd
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