to the youth of today (a funny thread inspiration from polarius)

[Warrior_Monk]

Westerns are still cool, I watch them all the time.

Wait, what? Jimmy Carter isn't still president? When did this happen?!?!

[Rawrlolsauce!]

When I'll be your age, there won't be a president because the Illuminati will be in the open.

[Prof Underwood]

When I was your age, I owned an NES.

I still have my Kaypro II, so that's OK.

I still have my Atari 800XL, so that's OK, too

[SomeKittens]

When I was your age, I owned an NES.

Oh wait, I still do...

I still have my Kaypro II, so that's OK.

YMT, I had dialup until I was eighteen, and we still play tabletop rpg's along with Redemption and Munchkin.

You had 56K dialup, with a well developed CISCO network. You have no idea what it used to be like. 

Speaking of which:

When I was your age, web pages were text-only.

Well developed?  We had one of the worst service providers in the country.

Although I can't beat the text only.

[New Raven BR]

when i was your age:

It was cool to be given an Indian name at elementary school

[YourMathTeacher]

when i was your age:

It was cool to be given an Indian name at elementary school

When I was your age, Indian always meant American Indian, rather than "from India."
When I was your age, using Indian names for sports teams was fine.
When I was your age, the only thing that was politically incorrect was the government spending $500 for a hammer.

[New Raven BR]

when i was your age:

It was cool to be given an Indian name at elementary school

When I was your age, using Indian names for sports teams was fine.

but that was before the redskins played horribly last year


when i was your age:
Video games were at their golden ages with snes, genesis, and nes.
all i got for christmas was a trip by myself to the alamo and was given 10 dollars and someone wished me the best of luck (just kiddin)
Nickelodeon was the best channel to watch for a kid and had the best shows like "All That" "What would you do?", "Legends of the hidden temple", "Wild and crazy kids"(rr is gonna love me for that one lol), "Nick Arcade", "Are you afraid of the dark?" and others

[YourMathTeacher]

When I was your age:

I changed channels by turning the dial on the TV.
The top TV shows were Gilligan's Island, Happy Days, and The Brady Bunch.
You did not want to make Bill Bixby angry.
Watching satellite TV meant that you worked for NASA.
You watched new release movies in your car with a little box hanging from your window for the audio.
Car doors had two feet of solid steel to protect you from impacts, rather than airbags.

[joeycauldron]

When I was your age,
 my parents would drop me andj my friends off in front of Disneyland and pick us up at the end of the day.

[YourMathTeacher]

When I was your age,
 my parents would drop me andj my friends off in front of Disneyland and pick us up at the end of the day.

When I was your age, my parents would drop me and my friends off in front of Kmart and pick us up at the end of the day. (The blue lights were mesmerizing)

[Warrior_Monk]

When I was your age, I saw Tron in theaters. The original.

Spoiler (hover to show)

Not really. But I'm sure there's somebody on this thread...

[YourMathTeacher]

When I was your age, I saw Tron in theaters. The original.

When I was your age, I played Tron in arcades. The original.

[MrMiYoda]

When I was your age:
- I was ecstatic riding the bumpcar.
- I was amazed at how carbon paper made awesome copies of typewritten work.
- I enjoyed playing Build-o-Fun.
- I actually saw "POW" when Batman and Robin hit villains!
Batman The Movie [1966] : Pow! Boom! Splash! And more

[Daniel TS RED]

When I was your age, I built everything I needed with Lincoln Logs.

[LadyNobody]

when i was your age:

It was cool to be given an Indian name at elementary school

You mean that's not still cool? Darn, I'll have to have Schaef change my board name. 

~Britta

[YourMathTeacher]

It was cool to be given an Indian name at elementary school

You mean that's not still cool? Darn, I'll have to have Schaef change my board name. 

Wait..... the Indians were really elves? Now Disney's Pocahontas makes so much more sense. And to think, that tree was an Ent.

[New Raven BR]

when i was your age:

It was cool to be given an Indian name at elementary school

You mean that's not still cool? Darn, I'll have to have Schaef change my board name. 

~Britta

lol i didn't say it's not cool anymore.
why i said that was when i was 6 years old i went to chimneyrock elementary school in memphis TN and i was given the name "Red Feather" cause the school's team name was "braves" so it made sense that me and my class were given indian names and i must also to mentioned i was named "Chief"
so in the words of jack sparrow:
"and then they made me their chief"
good times i had being a kid

[joeycauldron]

When I was your age, I was given a girl indian name.  

[The M]

What, Pocahontas?

[joeycauldron]

Spottedbird

[YourMathTeacher]

When I was your age, I was given the name Pierre in French class.

[The M]

When I was your age, I was named Mike in English class.

[YourMathTeacher]

When I was your age, I was named Mike in English class.

When I was your age, Mike was the name of the kid who would eat anything.

[joeycauldron]

When I was your age, I was named Mike in English class.

When I was your age, Mike was the name of the kid who would eat anything.

When I was your age, Spensor Span was the one that would eat Mike with his macaroni and cheese with mustard, ketchup, mayo, and relish.

[SirTimothy]

When I was your age American Cheese was just glue to keep cars together