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Are You Happier In the 21st Century?

07-22-2013, 10:50 AM

It's been 13 years since the beginning of this new Millennium, the 21st Century, and the results are in: I want the 20th Century back.

We're not talking that long ago, and being barely in my forties I'm WAY too young to be this old. LOL But I have to admit that I prefer the 20th Century over what we're dealing with now. Why?

No Internet
No handheld devices
No cell phones
video stores
record stores
bookstores
non genetically-altered food
cool little stores instead of Wal-Mart-type mega-malls
actual athletes instead of steroid-fueled mega-monsters
a manageable number of cable channels instead of thousands of useless distractions
no reality tv shows but actual written dramas and comedies
pay phones (yes i miss them, too)
affordable gas prices
one parent could support an entire family, now both parents must work
No Facebook
No Twitter
No Tumblr
No fucking GOOGLE
Hope for a better future

Now? Well, at least we have a black president.
Get me a Time Machine STAT!

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07-22-2013, 10:56 AM

Be happy...

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07-22-2013, 10:57 AM

I don't know how we got by twenty years ago. A few years back the power went out (rare for us here) and we didn't know what to do. No TV, no computers, no Internet, no cell phones... We ended up playing board games.

Kids too. When I was a kid, we went to bed early in the summer. There was nothing to do after dark. TV sucked - there was only four channels then - and we didn't have vhs rental stores by us... Now kids want to stay up all night - they chat on cell phones and on line, and have 800 channels to choose from - plus the DVR and a huge stack of DVDs. Insane.

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07-22-2013, 11:05 AM

Don't wait the invention of a time machine, just get a plane ticket to mongolia.
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07-22-2013, 11:15 AM

I love technology and all the conveniences of modern times. If you really want to go back in time, no one is stopping you from pulling you sites down, cancelling your cell phone plan, closing all your social media accounts, cutting the cord on cable tv, shopping at book stores and record stores and living like it's still the 1980s.
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07-22-2013, 11:18 AM

I enjoy the technological advances, although I sure wouldn't mind a camping trip from time to time.
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07-22-2013, 11:23 AM

Originally posted by MisterPeabody

affordable gas prices

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07-22-2013, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by MisterPeabody

It's been 13 years since the beginning of this new Millennium, the 21st Century, and the results are in: I want the 20th Century back.

We're not talking that long ago, and being barely in my forties I'm WAY too young to be this old. LOL But I have to admit that I prefer the 20th Century over what we're dealing with now. Why?

No Internet
No handheld devices
No cell phones
video stores
record stores
bookstores
non genetically-altered food
cool little stores instead of Wal-Mart-type mega-malls
actual athletes instead of steroid-fueled mega-monsters
a manageable number of cable channels instead of thousands of useless distractions
no reality tv shows but actual written dramas and comedies
pay phones (yes i miss them, too)
affordable gas prices
one parent could support an entire family, now both parents must work
No Facebook
No Twitter
No Tumblr
No fucking GOOGLE
Hope for a better future

Now? Well, at least we have a black president.
Get me a Time Machine STAT!

About 90% of that can be avoided right?
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07-22-2013, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by Jim_Gunn

I love technology and all the conveniences of modern times. If you really want to go back in time, no one is stopping you from pulling you sites down, cancelling your cell phone plan, closing all your social media accounts, cutting the cord on cable tv, shopping at book stores and record stores and living like it's still the 1980s.

hehe - well, I went for a walk yesterday, closed down my computer and left my cell phone home. Went looking for a record store to buy some new tunes....couldn't find one. How about a bookstore? Nope, couldn't find one. Interent cafes? Everywhere.

I would take living in 1993 again. :D

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07-22-2013, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by Jim_Gunn

I love technology and all the conveniences of modern times. If you really want to go back in time, no one is stopping you from pulling you sites down, cancelling your cell phone plan, closing all your social media accounts, cutting the cord on cable tv, shopping at book stores and record stores and living like it's still the 1980s.

I thought you drowned in Toronto years ago while trying to film canadian strippers in a boat. Screw the conveniences because it was a hell of a lot better in the past. What we didn't have in technology we made up for with skill.

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07-22-2013, 12:24 PM

I too love technology but have to agree that some things were better "back in the day". I was born in the 1950's and remember playing outside after dark, never locking our doors and neighbors looking out for each other. I also remember paying under $0.20/gallon for gas. My buddy had a VW bug and if we had a dollar, we could cruise all night! It certainly was a simpler time.

However, I would guess that in the 50's my parents were saying things like "remember when gas was a nickel and when we used to sit around the radio as a family and use our imagination instead of watching this crappy black and white TV that doesn't play any decent shows!

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07-22-2013, 12:25 PM

We should be living in the future right now but big oil and religious assholes keep dragging us back.
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07-22-2013, 12:46 PM

Originally posted by MarkPrince

We should be living in the future right now but big oil and religious assholes keep dragging us back.

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07-22-2013, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by MisterPeabody

It's been 13 years since the beginning of this new Millennium, the 21st Century, and the results are in: I want the 20th Century back.

We're not talking that long ago, and being barely in my forties I'm WAY too young to be this old. LOL But I have to admit that I prefer the 20th Century over what we're dealing with now. Why?

No Internet
No handheld devices
No cell phones
video stores
record stores
bookstores
non genetically-altered food
cool little stores instead of Wal-Mart-type mega-malls
actual athletes instead of steroid-fueled mega-monsters
a manageable number of cable channels instead of thousands of useless distractions
no reality tv shows but actual written dramas and comedies
pay phones (yes i miss them, too)
affordable gas prices
one parent could support an entire family, now both parents must work
No Facebook
No Twitter
No Tumblr
No fucking GOOGLE
Hope for a better future

Now? Well, at least we have a black president.
Get me a Time Machine STAT!

No Internet - Yeah, having access to information/entertainment 24/7 is a real drag

No handheld devices - Don't buy any Grandpa.

No cell phones - See above, however you'll just miss out on opportunities as no one will track you down at the local soda fountain.

video stores - Go to RedBox, keep it for 10 extra days and get dinged $10 extra in 'late fees'. It will be just like the old days.

record stores - It's called EBay.

bookstores - It's called Amazon.

non genetically-altered food - Don't eat shit. Life expectancy is also higher.

cool little stores instead of Wal-Mart-type mega-malls - They had Wal-Mart 20 years ago so not sure how far back you want to go.

actual athletes instead of steroid-fueled mega-monsters - They were just all on coke in the 80's and 90's. Plus I don't have to watch Larry Bird or John Stockton in butt huggers. The only one I'll give you is NFL safteys could still unleash the fury back then.

a manageable number of cable channels instead of thousands of useless distractions - Whatever you need to do to justify basic cable cheap ass.

no reality tv shows but actual written dramas and comedies - You're joking right? This is the golden age of TV. Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Boardwalk Empire, Curb your Enthusiasm, Modern family and the list goes on. If that's too much quality for you, hop in your Oldsmobile, head down to whatever BlockBuster is left and pick up season 1 of Webster.

pay phones (yes i miss them, too) - You must be a drug dealer or Clark Kent.

affordable gas prices - Luckily you save so much on Ebay buying records that this shouldnt affect you much. Plus it's called a Prius. It all works out in the end.

one parent could support an entire family, now both parents must work - Equal opportunity, you sexist pig.

No Facebook - unplug

No Twitter - #unplug

No Tumblr - unplug

No fucking GOOGLE - unplug

Hope for a better future - The futures so bright we all have to wear shades (and due to climate change but whatever).
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07-22-2013, 02:44 PM

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
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