Are You Happier In the 21st Century?

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  • The Porn Nerd
    Living The Dream
    • Jun 2009
    • 19784
    #16
    Originally posted by Atticus
    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).
    LOL Great points - but I'll bet I was happier then than you are now (tho would never admit it).

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      • J. Falcon
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        • May 2006
        • 31645
        #17
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          • Atticus
            Confirmed User
            • Dec 2004
            • 1051
            #18
            Originally posted by MisterPeabody
            LOL Great points - but I'll bet I was happier then than you are now (tho would never admit it).

            PS: No, I am NOT Paul Markham (tho I do miss the naughtiness of sneaking a peek at nudie mags).
            Im in my late 30's so I remember the 90's with fondness. Still much happier now.

            However searching through the house and finding my older brothers Playboys was a thrill that the younger generation will never experience.

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              • Jim_Gunn
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2003
                • 5702
                #19
                Originally posted by MisterPeabody
                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.
                You must have gotten so used to the convenience of Google that you discarded your Yellow Pages and therefore couldn't look up the addresses for your local chain or independent bookstore or record store, lol!

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                  • Jim_Gunn
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 5702
                    #20
                    Originally posted by notinmybackyard
                    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.
                    No way, couldn't risk getting the cameras wet even back in the analog days, lol! Were you on one of my Canadian shoots years ago? I definitely had some good times back in the day but I still love the modern era for a whole host of reasons.

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                      • TheSquealer
                        Mayor of Thneedville
                        • Oct 2004
                        • 26172
                        #21
                        Happiness is a choice....

                        Also, its not things that make you happy or unhappy. Good or bad events and memories don't make you happy or unhappy (unless its super extreme). It's how you choose to think about those things that make you happy or unhappy.
                        Last edited by TheSquealer; 07-22-2013, 09:07 PM.
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                          • Herb Kornfield
                            Is on the 1
                            • Sep 2002
                            • 4996
                            #22
                            Personally, I prefer being able to have the depth of technology available to us.

                            I have 90% of my food delivered from the local organic farms. https://tristate.doortodoororganics.com/shop-good-food

                            This alone saves me hours of shopping on a weekend ... The remaining 10% are really side things that I can pick up easily.

                            Amazon prime keeps us covered for dry goods, and various consumables on a recurring basis. Everything that you use is there it seems....

                            Its awesome to have Itunes/AppleTV/Netflix and the top tier plan for FIOS Television, Internet ( 50mbps package) ...

                            Plus ... I run my enterprise from home, which would have NOT been possible years ago.

                            All of powerful technology is wonderful to have as tools to augment life.

                            The 90's were ok. Not really all that out there other than when it was 1999 and y2k was happening which all the idiots loved the concept the world would end. I made my first serious pile of cash with the y2k fixes for corporate customers in IT

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                              • Dirty Dane
                                Sick Fuck
                                • Feb 2004
                                • 9491
                                #23
                                I fear the Y3K bug.

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                                  • BlackCrayon
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Jun 2003
                                    • 19634
                                    #24
                                    icouldnt really say as ive never been an adult without the internet. been online since 97 and am 35 now...i only wish social media and saturation of porn was around when i was in high school, oh the ass i could of gotten. todays teens are damn lucky. i think its bad for little kids though as they arent outside playing as much and using rheir imagination as i did but i couldnt imagine having to go to a store to buy every damn thing not having 24 hour access to services or having to go to a library if i wanted to learn something.
                                    you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                                      • MaDalton
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                                        • Feb 2004
                                        • 39861
                                        #25
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                                          • OldJeff
                                            Big Fucking hahahaha
                                            • Feb 2003
                                            • 2489
                                            #26
                                            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!
                                            The Internet was invented in 1969
                                            I had a cell phone in the 80s
                                            All the stores you mention are still around
                                            Genetically altered fodd has been around forever
                                            Mega Malls in the 70s
                                            Terry Bradshaw admitted to steroid use during his career, was actually much more widespread then

                                            Everything else is a choice

                                            And the one income family ended in the 70s
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                                              • slapass
                                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                • Nov 2002
                                                • 14625
                                                #27
                                                Originally posted by MisterPeabody
                                                LOL Great points - but I'll bet I was happier then than you are now (tho would never admit it).

                                                PS: No, I am NOT Paul Markham (tho I do miss the naughtiness of sneaking a peek at nudie mags).
                                                You do get that you are not missing these things but that you are missing your youth. You want to unplug from your responsibilities and go back to being a carefree youngster.

                                                And just a heads up, 20 years ago the United States was a hell hole. We had gang violence everywhere. No one was looking out for each other's shit. Crime was rampant. We had the S&L crisis as banks had just fucked everyone. Not sure what idylic past you are pasting on the 90's but it was horrible compared to now.

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                                                  • sperbonzo
                                                    I'd rather be on my boat.
                                                    • May 2003
                                                    • 9750
                                                    #28
                                                    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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                                                      • privatesociety
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jan 2013
                                                        • 567
                                                        #29
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                                                          • notinmybackyard
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Sep 2012
                                                            • 3230
                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by Jim_Gunn
                                                            No way, couldn't risk getting the cameras wet even back in the analog days, lol! Were you on one of my Canadian shoots years ago? I definitely had some good times back in the day but I still love the modern era for a whole host of reasons.
                                                            More like we've talked a couple of times. I think I might have even sent you a couple of shots of one or two girls. I believe it was 98 perhaps even earlier.

                                                            Oh and of course because this is the porn industry.... rest assured that we don't owe each other money.
                                                            officially retired as of March 01 2018 but still fucking around and getting into shit.

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