Modern American life is for pussies

Website · by **steveo777** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:00 am

Controversial album cover.

by **Don** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:04 am

Portable audio so you could take your jams with you.

by **Don** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:05 am

Or kick it at home with you killer entertainment system.

by **S2M** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:07 am

Don wrote:Or kick it at home with you killer entertainment system.

My parents had one of those....a hidden phonograph. Yeah, we didn't know where it was... :roll:

by **S2M** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:09 am

Fess up ladies. Who fucked up and went Peppermint Patty, or Christmas Snow?! :lol:

by **Don** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:09 am

Pen knife - Don't leave home without it.

Website · by **steveo777** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:11 am

by **S2M** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:13 am

I think Don had both of these:

Website · by **steveo777** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:16 am

S2M wrote:I think Don had both of these:

I still have one of those. I haven't worn it for ions but I can't bring myself to throw it away.

by **bluejeangirl76** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:17 am

Don wrote:Or kick it at home with you killer entertainment system.

Holy hell... that is almost the exact one that my mom had... and she STILL has it. :shock:

by **Don** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:18 am

S2M wrote:I think Don had both of these:

I had leather Member's Only Jackets but I bought them in Korea for 25 bucks a pop, along with Polo shirts for 2 dollars each.

by **Don** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:20 am

I remember sporting my Arrow Head necklace that my GrandMa Got me from Avon.

by **Melissa** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:20 am

S2M wrote:WOOOOOO!

I loved Colorforms! :lol:

I think mine were Strawberry Shortcake though :lol:

by **S2M** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:22 am

KangaROOS - the only sneaker with the velcro/zippered pocket on the side. Big enough to fit 2 coins, and a Bazooka Joe gum comic. But damn I wanted a pair.... :lol:

by **Melissa** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:25 am

Don wrote:Or kick it at home with you killer entertainment system.

My parents had one of those! :lol:

And also one of those monstrous TV sets too :lol:

by **Don** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:29 am

Fact Finder wrote:How about the days when gay meant you were happy and Aids was an appetite suppressant.

I was the only kid in my hood with one of these...steering wheel and a wheelie bar, man that was cool.

You've got the banana seat but where's your 8' fiberglass flag pole for the back?

by **S2M** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:32 am

^^^^ And the clothespins and playing cards for the spokes....and I thought all Republican Bikes were missing that middle part that connects the steering column to the seat post... :twisted:

by **ebake02** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:46 am

My childhood years were the mid 1980s and all of the 1990s so I have experienced a lot what you guys are talking about. A lot of the new technology existed but my parents would never let me have any of it and I think I was better off not having it too.

by **Angel** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:51 am

S2M wrote:Fess up ladies. Who fucked up and went Peppermint Patty, or Christmas Snow?!

Peppermint Patty here. This does not mix well with brunettes.....ah, the memories of that summer...

by **Michigan Girl** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:04 am

steveo777 wrote:

You had an easy bake oven, steveo?!

by **Jubilee** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:08 am

S2M wrote:
Don wrote:Saw this on Facebook. I paraphrased it a bit but the message is the same.

How many of you:
grew up on fried foods,
lived in a house covered with Lead Base paint,
road a bike with no helmet on gravel roads,
never saw a child proof lid,
didn't know what a seat belt was,
played smear the queer with no pads or helmets,
got whupped when you misbehaved,
had 3 TV channels you got up to change manually,
always started the school day with the Pledge of Allegiance,
didn't go to stores on Sunday because they were closed,
drank water out of the creek & a water hose,
and Still turned out OK?

I had totally forgotten about that.....

And don't forget the banks. Before the advent of the ATM machine and debit card, you had to do all of your banking (with an actual teller) by Friday, or you'd have no access to your cash for the entire weekend. And along that same line, remember when you couldn't use credit cards at the grocery store, or debit cards at fast food outlets? As a matter of fact, debit cards weren't good for much except ATM withdrawals. :lol:

Website · by **steveo777** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:20 am

Michigan Girl wrote:
steveo777 wrote:

You had an easy bake oven, steveo?!

My little sister did. :wink:

by **Michigan Girl** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:28 am

Don wrote:Mood Rings and Pet Rocks.

Raise your hand ...who was the silly one who bought a
pet rock?!? :shock:

by **ebake02** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:33 am

I had one of those creepy crawler ovens when I was little.

by **slucero** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:35 am

being stoned.... listing to Dark Side of the Moon through a set of these:

or through an old Pioneer...

by **Ehwmatt** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:54 am

Ironically, and this isn't aimed at any particular person in here, but the posting age for the average poster here marks the first generation of American pussies imo. Tons of welfare handouts, an entitlement mentality, and always looking to shift the blame whenever something goes wrong in one's life (parents never hugged me, I didn't go to as good of a school, blah blah blah). My generation has just continued to pass that buck without a shred of shame or self-loathing. This current economic crisis is a great catalyst for the excuse makers who believe the world owes them a living.

All I hear from many friends and acquaintances is bitch bitch bitch. Fucking repulsive. The Puritan/American work ethic has been more of a myth than a truism among Americans that were born from about 1950 onwards. I have always worked my ass off and I'm doing more than fine in my young career. Sure, it was harder for me coming up the last three years than it would have been if I were 10 years older, but that's the breaks. I've dealt with it just fine because I worked instead of bitched.

By all accounts, in my estimation, The World War II generation was the last generation of true Americans. I wasn't there of course, but history seems to indicate that's quite accurate.

by **Don** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:07 am

I remember one day in third grade. We where at recess and these school buses appeared with little colored children all dressed in their Sunday best. We hung out with them that day, played kickball and were like "See you".
The next day, they were back! I couldn't figure out why these kids, who had schools near them had to take a bus and come to our school. It didn't make sense to me. Why would you go to school someplace where you couldn't even walk home from? Ridiculous.
That's when I realized things were not going to be same ever again.

by **S2M** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:07 am

Ehwmatt wrote:Ironically, and this isn't aimed at any particular person in here, but the posting age for the average poster here marks the first generation of American pussies imo. Tons of welfare handouts, an entitlement mentality, and always looking to shift the blame whenever something goes wrong in one's life (parents never hugged me, I didn't go to as good of a school, blah blah blah). My generation has just continued to pass that buck without a shred of shame or self-loathing. This current economic crisis is a great catalyst for the excuse makers who believe the world owes them a living.

All I hear from many friends and acquaintances is bitch bitch bitch. Fucking repulsive. The Puritan/American work ethic has been more of a myth than a truism among Americans that were born from about 1950 onwards. I have always worked my ass off and I'm doing more than fine in my young career. Sure, it was harder for me coming up the last three years than it would have been if I were 10 years older, but that's the breaks. I've dealt with it just fine because I worked instead of bitched.

By all accounts, in my estimation, The World War II generation was the last generation of true Americans. I wasn't there of course, but history seems to indicate that's quite accurate.

Oh, you mean the generation who grew up in a household in which only ONE parent HAD to work? Get out of here with that shit, Matt....look, I admit to all the stuff about the attitudes about people thinking they are owed a living...but it is hardly their fault that unemployment is 8.5%....come with something better than that please.....

Oh, and another thing. My father started in a machine shop at 19. Worked 44 years for the SAME company til he had a heart attack and had the retire. Back then companies cared about employees. Send me a PM when ANYBODY works at the same company for even 30 years anymore. Employees are numbers now. Why give your all to a business that doesn't give two shits about you?

by **S2M** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:21 am

And not to mention people losing their 401Ks in the banking crisis, Wall Street meltdowns....retirement age being raised because Washington can't do their JOBS....back in the 80s the retirement age was 62(I think)...and the average life expectancy for a black man was like 59....so when was this guy gonna collect his SS? When my kid retires, he'll have to wait til 85, at the rate this shit is going....now you tell me what these kids have to look forward to?

by **Melissa** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:42 am

Oh bullshit people born as far back as the 50's have no work ethic :roll:

. My father was born in '50 and has worked his ass off since he was a teenager. STILL working his ass off full-time at 60 years old. If my mother were still alive and hadn't been taken out by breast cancer she'd still be in her career full-time right now too. Never a handout, never an entitlement attitude, never blaming anyone for any hardships. The entitlment attitude I see comes from people WAY younger than my parents' generation, and hell even younger than mine. And the handouts are based on ethnicity, not AGE. Sorry but that's the truth. When I have a mom (white) at work tell me yesterday that when she applied for Medicaid they told her she's the wrong color, well that pretty much sums it up in a nutshell right there what's making this country circle the drain.

MR

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