1972 vs. 2002

[Jade Tigress]

1972: Long hair​

2002: Longing for hair​

1972: The perfect high​

2002: The perfect high yield mutual fund​

1972: KEG​

2002: EKG​

1972: Acid rock​

2002: Acid reflux​

1972: Moving to California because it's cool​

2002: Moving to California because it's warm​

1972: Growing pot​

2002: Growing pot belly​

1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor​

2002: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor​

1972: Seeds and stems​

2002: Roughage​

1972: Killer weed​

2002: Weed killer​

1972: Hoping for a BMW​

2002: Hoping for a BM​

1972: The Grateful Dead​

2002: Dr. Kevorkian​

1972: Going to a new, hip joint​

2002: Receiving a new hip joint​

1972: Rolling Stones​

2002: Kidney Stones​

1972: Being called into the principal's office​

2002: Calling the principal's office​

1972: Screw the system​

2002: Upgrade the system​

1972: Disco​

2002: Costco​

1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut​

2002: Children begging you to get their heads shaved​

1972: Passing the driver's test​

2002: Passing the vision test​

1972: Whatever​

2002: Depends​

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change​

things :​

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born​

in 1985.​

They are too young to remember the first space shuttle blowing up.​

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.​

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.​

The CD was introduced the year they were born.​

They have always had an answering machine.​

They have always had cable.​

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.​

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.​

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.​

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.​

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.​

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.​

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or​

"de plane Boss, de plane".​

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.​

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.​

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.​

 

[Mark Weiser]

Here are a few more for ya.

• They have never attended a Drive-In Movie.
• When Soda was dispensed in actual Glass bottles out of a Machine and it only cost a quarter.
• Who is ELO?
• My first summer movie called "Grease" when John and Oliva were very popular.
• Bell Bottom jeans were hip.
• When the Shows on TV Land were in Prime Time during the week.
• Remember the Oil Crisis during the Carter Administration and hearing of people being killed waitin in line for Gasoline.
• Seeing Elvis in Person at a Concert not on a video.

Just a few things lol.

 

[TigerWoman]

That was good SLTL, now I feel old. 1972, I had just moved to California. Gee I felt younger earlier. Actually my kids did know how to use a typewriter. We had one, one of those ball IBM jobbies until umm...my other half borrowed it and knocked it off the file cabinet. I remember when TV was just black and white and "new". I remember not having a phone, besides most then were "party lines", neighbors could listen in. And I passed the vision test yesterday. TW

 

[Chronuss]

okay now...time for the Nintendo generation to defend itself...

I learned to type on a typewriter...

I grew up watching Mork...nanu, nanu, damnit.

I remember Challenger blowing up...

I've been to a drive-in...much fun when you pay one price for two movies, rock on...


then there are the things that I have seen developed in my generation...today we live in the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud...we live in a world now where terrabytes of data can be transmitted across miles by photons...when some of us are waisting our live playing videogames, we're not seeing the pretty colors and shapes, we see zeros and ones, hex, and octal, physics algorithms, and vectoring, texture and bump mapping. we can electonically change the fuel-air mixture of your car or adjust the gear ratios without getting any grease on our hands (but where's the fun in that...). but hey...we college kids are lazy.

 

[Rob Broad]

I've been to a drive-in...much fun when you pay one price for two movies, rock on...

Ummm I think junior missed the point of Drive Ins. :ladysman:

 

[Chronuss]

considering I saw Bird On A Wire...how many years ago...when it came out...what the second movie was, couldn't tell you...fell asleep.

 

[bignick]

okay now...time for the Nintendo generation to defend itself...

I learned to type on a typewriter...

I grew up watching Mork...nanu, nanu, damnit.

I remember Challenger blowing up...

I've been to a drive-in...much fun when you pay one price for two movies, rock on...


then there are the things that I have seen developed in my generation...today we live in the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud...we live in a world now where terrabytes of data can be transmitted across miles by photons...when some of us are waisting our live playing videogames, we're not seeing the pretty colors and shapes, we see zeros and ones, hex, and octal, physics algorithms, and vectoring, texture and bump mapping. we can electonically change the fuel-air mixture of your car or adjust the gear ratios without getting any grease on our hands (but where's the fun in that...). but hey...we college kids are lazy.

fight the good fight...Nintendians raise up...
(still got my original NES...only game system i have hooked up...R.C. Pro AM is sitting in it right now...

 

[bignick]

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born ​

in 1985. ​

​

1986 actually...just to make you feel older...​

They are too young to remember the first space shuttle blowing up.​

i also remember it

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.​

True...

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.​

Not true..

The CD was introduced the year they were born.​

didn't own a cd player until around 1996

They have always had an answering machine.

Nope

They have always had cable.​

Thankfully

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Again...thank goodness for small miracles...

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.​

More a jon stewart type of guy

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

Not if you want the good stuff...gotta go with the air popper and melted butter...ahhhhhhhhh

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

Not in northern minnesota...it's hard to get bitten by a shark in a freshwater lake through two feet of ice

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.​

my friend had them in kindergarten...

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

from ork...lived with mindy...loved it

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or ​

"de plane Boss, de plane".​

it's in my fridge...hate smoking...and Tatoo was kinda creepy

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
know...but right...don't care

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

but the happy meals still had crappy toys

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

again...learned to type on one...

 

[Chronuss]

...I haven't been able to find that one in the bargain bins...once you get to the damn dune buggies, that friggin' yellow (or red) I can't remember, would get a major *** turbo boost...every friggin' time...would piss me off...my favorite NES game of all time still has to be The Legend of Zelda...

 

[bignick]

you feel my pain...i gotta go with kung fu, tetris or legend of zelda

 

[OUMoose]

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers

That one made me laugh out loud, because I remember the big brown Big Mac containers.

 

[Tkang_TKD]

Wow! I got my drivers license when the college kids were born! I feel a little dated...

I didn't learn to type on a typewriter, but I did own one.

Bell-bottoms are back in style (We modified our trousers in our Navy uniforms so that we wouldn't be wearing something stylish )

 

[Rob Broad]

Wow! I got my drivers license when the college kids were born! I feel a little dated...

I didn't learn to type on a typewriter, but I did own one.

Bell-bottoms are back in style (We modified our trousers in our Navy uniforms so that we wouldn't be wearing something stylish )

I knew a girl that was a little dated, I guess "little" is an understatement. Especialy since her motto was "Two's compnay but three's and extra $50."

 

[Tkang_TKD]

I knew a girl that was a little dated, I guess "little" is an understatement. Especialy since her motto was "Two's compnay but three's and extra $50."

In some parts of Thailand, $50.00 will get you dinner, a hotel, and a "Date" for the evening.

 

[loki09789]

"Nick at Night" and "TVLAND" channel are the archives of my youth...how pathetic is that?

Funny thing is that I grew up on 'older guy's stuff' from my Dad. I love 50's/60's era music (some not all) because of the car rides and AM radio. I love Paul Harvey clips "Good Day!" because of AM radio and my dad..."Spartacus", "West Side Story" and other things that were 'before my time' like "The Great Escape", "Dirty Dozen", "Magnificent Seven".....

Funny how the generations can overlap when 'entertainment' become folklore/culture and a common experience.

I still remember getting the FIRST ATARI game with Pong, tennis and any other game that basically went "Donk, Donk".... how many remember Tape drives.....AHHHHH! 30 minutes to load or save stuff.... External phone modems, "TRON", "WarGames".....

 

[TonyM.]

Amusing stuff. I go back to nickle cokes, tube radios and black and white television.

 

[Kembudo-Kai Kempoka]

Add:

1972: "Gang Banger" = Group sex afficianado.
2002: "Gang Banger" = gangsta rugrat who'll pop a cap in yo' a$$ for the shoes you're wearing.

D.

 

[Seig]

1973 Billy Jack

2003 Samurai Jack

 

[Chronuss]

1973 Billy Jack

2003 Samurai Jack

and both were cool as hell. :ultracool

 

[bignick]

"You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna take this foot...put it on that side of your face....and there's not a damn thing you can do about."