The spoiled under 30 crowd!!!

Gas Man · 12-13-2009, 03:31 PM

If you are 30 or older you will 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 in hell 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 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. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!

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 ass! Nowhere was safe!

There were no MP3' s or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn 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 the tape would come undone.. Cause - that's how we rolled, 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 damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror.. And then there's TEXTING . yeah , right. 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 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!

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'. 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!

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 ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! NO REMOTES!!!

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-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or before!

Regards,
The Over 30 Crowd

101lifts2 · 12-13-2009, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gas Man

....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! ...

LOL

These are all true...but I did have to walk 1/2 mile to the bus in grades 1-3. And one way was uphill and it was always snowing!

derf · 12-13-2009, 03:49 PM

Damn life was pretty pathetic back then huh?

Regards,
The Under 30 crowd
-Sent from my Iphone

Librarian · 12-13-2009, 03:58 PM

Uh, did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?

Or maybe a 20-something little hottie laughed at you and called you an old fart when you made a pass at her?

I'm on the greying and balding side of life and I'm damn glad all those new things are here:

My old-fashioned Motorola Razr flip phone is more compact and gets better reception than Captain Kirk's communicator, and takes videos when I need it to.

My bike has electronic ignition, and fuel injection, not points and condenser and carbs.

My car has 140,000 miles on it without a major mechanical problem, thanks to materials engineering.

Need I go on?

Hey, maybe it's time you got a life in the here and now, instead of worrying that someone else might get something that you didn't.

Homeslice · 12-13-2009, 04:31 PM

Uh, I'm guessing he copy/pasted this.

Fleck750 · 12-13-2009, 05:27 PM

You forgot that our parents made us go outside and ride our bikes, without a helmet, knee or elbow pads!!

'73 H1 Triple · 12-13-2009, 05:36 PM

No bottled water, we just drank out the hose

WARputer · 12-13-2009, 05:36 PM

Great post Gas Man & oh so true !

HurricaneHeather · 12-13-2009, 08:07 PM

Hi there!

<---Under 30 and can relate to all of these things(turns out being poor helps you understand as much as you old farts and look at that, I'm younger than you still!!

)

Thanks for playing though. We have some nice parting gifts for you.

Amorok · 12-13-2009, 08:27 PM

TV? I didn't have that when I was a kid. As for music, we only had one radio, and my dad was a Doors fan. Guess what kind of music I dig now. And I was born in 81.

12-13-2009, 03:31 PM	#1
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	The spoiled under 30 crowd!!! If you are 30 or older you will 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 in hell 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 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. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!! 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 ass! Nowhere was safe! There were no MP3' s or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn 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 the tape would come undone.. Cause - that's how we rolled, 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 damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror.. And then there's TEXTING . yeah , right. 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 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! 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'. 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! 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 ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! NO REMOTES!!! 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-bastards! And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or before! Regards, The Over 30 Crowd __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

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derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Damn life was pretty pathetic back then huh? Regards, The Under 30 crowd -Sent from my Iphone __________________

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Librarian Helmets Optional Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Massajuices Moto: '85 K100 and a DL650AK9 Posts: 155	Uh, did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Or maybe a 20-something little hottie laughed at you and called you an old fart when you made a pass at her? I'm on the greying and balding side of life and I'm damn glad all those new things are here: My old-fashioned Motorola Razr flip phone is more compact and gets better reception than Captain Kirk's communicator, and takes videos when I need it to. My bike has electronic ignition, and fuel injection, not points and condenser and carbs. My car has 140,000 miles on it without a major mechanical problem, thanks to materials engineering. Need I go on? Hey, maybe it's time you got a life in the here and now, instead of worrying that someone else might get something that you didn't. __________________ One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. -- Robert A. Heinlein What's the point of wearing your favorite rocketship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em? -- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)

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WARputer WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lake Murray, South Carolina Moto: 2005 Hayabusa Posts: 625	Great post Gas Man & oh so true ! __________________ Chris

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Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Uh, I'm guessing he copy/pasted this.

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'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	No bottled water, we just drank out the hose

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HurricaneHeather AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Moto: '98 Honda Fireblade Posts: 3,696	Hi there! <---Under 30 and can relate to all of these things(turns out being poor helps you understand as much as you old farts and look at that, I'm younger than you still!! ) Thanks for playing though. We have some nice parting gifts for you.

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Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	TV? I didn't have that when I was a kid. As for music, we only had one radio, and my dad was a Doors fan. Guess what kind of music I dig now. And I was born in 81. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?