The "I Hate To Say This, But" Game

[estranged4life]

if you were born after 1980 the world has been livable for you:

IF you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning ... uphill BOTH ways .. yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy!

I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in afreaking Utopia!
And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet.
If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!

There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter ... with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music,you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and f**k it all up!

And talk of about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to steal it from your brother or bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! Those were your options!

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal,that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances,
mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with
high-resolution 3-D graphics! ! ;We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass! Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! ... Just like LIFE!

When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!

Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15
channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control!
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off yourass and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up . we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire ...
imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot.

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Regards,
-The 30 Something crowd!

[DrummerDeanna]

I hate to say it but generally it seems that I don't like people.

I hate to say it but people who THINK they're funny and/or smart but are really just irritating and well basically stupid - need to just stop.

I hate to say it but people who leave diapers in parking lots are just trash.

I hate to say it but if you're a smoker - and you throw your butts out the car window - instead of putting them in your own damn ashtray and throwing them away later - are jerks. JERKS!

I hate to say it but I'm becoming a real bitch as I get older

[seeker007nmss]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

if you were born after 1980 the world has been livable for you:

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Regards,
-The 30 Something crowd!

For those of us born BEFORE 1965.... I was going to comment, but it just makes me feel older.

1980.... *sheeesh* Give me a break! kids these days....

[skcin]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

^^^
good!

I hate to say this, but I love Fergie's song London Bridge...

I hate to say this, but I haaaaaate it. And I hate to tell you why, but I will - it's because she messes up the nursery rhyme. London Bridges don't GO down, they fall down, you whore!

Originally Posted by SortaSavageLike

I added another person to my ignore list today.

I hate to say this, but I'll bet it's me.

Originally Posted by ryan8472

Nah, that just came off weirdish.

I hate to say this, but since you've changed your avatar, I'm having a hard time recognizing you.

Originally Posted by sara1998

I hate to say this, but I went to bed with a headache, and woke up this morning with one, too.

I hate to say this, but I bet you wouldn't have a headache if you ate more tomatoes.

Originally Posted by eclipse

I hate to say it but... I could drink Ice Cold Chardonnay all day long...
Right now I am having an Ice Cold Coffe...but it just ain't the same...ya know

I hate to say this, but coffee gives me diarrhea.

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by skcin

I hate to say this, but coffee gives me diarrhea.

i hate to say this, but... ew.



by the way, i am so with you on the fergie song. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate it.

however... i hate to say this, but... shakira's hips don't lie? best summer song everrrrrrrrrrr.

[mikeschmike]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

i hate to say this, but... shakira's hips don't lie? best summer song everrrrrrrrrrr.

I hate to say this, but Hey Ya! beats hips don't lie

[eclipse]

Originally Posted by skcin;

I hate to say this, but coffee gives me diarrhea.

Paula, paula...Thanks so much for the visual...
Now, I really need the Chardonnay...It must be cocktail hour somewhere in the world???
Right!!!!

[Miss Vicky]

I hate to say this, but I finally made use of my ignore list yesterday.

I know I've said that I would never use it because I'd feel like I was missing something in a conversation... but this particular person's comments certainly won't be missed.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

I hate to say this, but I finally made use of my ignore list yesterday.

I know I've said that I would never use it because I'd feel like I was missing something in a conversation... but this particular person's comments certainly won't be missed.

I hate to say this but I'm so egotistical that everytime someone says they've added a new person to their ignore list I'm sure it must be me

And yes, I'm so vain I probably think this thread is about me.

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I hate to say this but I'm so egotistical that everytime someone says they've added a new person to their ignore list I'm sure it must be me

And yes, I'm so vain I probably think this thread is about me.

I'm kind of the same way. Only, I KNOW I've made at least a few lists.

But yeah, I may not always agree with things you say, but I appreciate what you bring to the forum so I doubt you'll ever make my list.

[eclipse]

Originally Posted by seeker007nmss

For those of us born BEFORE 1965...

OK How about those of us born before 1958?? I am older than dirt-
Not only did we have to walk to school, walk to the library, walk to work (when I was 16..), walk to your friend's house, walk to get your bike, horse, whatever...lots of walking in those days

Brian is right about the TV's...I even remberber the UHF channels (or whatever they were called.) Regular TV had 12 channels and then the UHF had I don't know how many? But you had to switch the TV over to the Rabbit Ears on top to get the UHF- around here one station we got was 38 out of Boston. I remember the test pattern on TV after midnight! and I remember watching "Dialing for Dollars" -the show Janis Joplin mentions in "Mercedes Benz".... And lastly it was a very big deal when we got a COLOR console

No calculators in class-No portable/off the wall phones at all, closest thing was the walkie talkie's the Cops used. No touch tone, everything was dial...
Gas was cheap, butts were cheap, girls were not! People were kinder and more accepting of all types of different people..as long as they were white and from New Hampshire, (damn yankees)--but that was Iall I ever met for new people- small small town.

And last but not least...when you were a little kid- Man that was the life!!
We used to go outside to play every day! Who cared if it was raining/snowing? Not us, Summers were were always out and school year too, School schedule:
Get up- put on school clothes-go to school- come home (after walking up hill...) put on play clothes- Now it's 3:30 and you are yelling, as you run out the back door, "MOM, call me for supper!". (Mom's were home, they didn't work back then...and they always dressed up, Not Ozzie and Harriet dressed up, but they never wore sweats and sneaks)..But I digress...And out we would go, in the neighborhood , or fields, to play with all your friends, even the weird ones cuz hey they lived near you and you were all kids.
We played kick ball, hop scooth, jump rope, kick the can, baseball, whiffleball, war, red light, simon says, and all sorts of "made-up" games.
Then around 5;00 -5:30 MOM'S would l be yelling SUPPER!!!!!, and everyone would scatter to go home to eat...and then beg to go back outside until it got dark!!!
It was innocent and it was fun and it was a different era, but honestly a great way to grow up, (IMO)

I feel badly for children today that get up, throw on jeans and a tee- shirt- Go to the bus stop (at the end of their driveway), go to school, get out of school and ride the bus to a day care center until their Mom or Dad can pick them up. Go home have a microwaved dinner (We didn't have those either), or a fast-food dinner (again Mc Donald's opened in my town when I was around 15!, so didn't have one of those...We did have a A&W Rootbeer place...anyone remember those?) and after dinner, play games online or watch TV, until they go to bed... That really can't be fun....and they don't even know who lives down the road because they are not allowed to leave the yard...too many whacko's out there. It's really sad.

Go out and play kick the can, get some sun, breathe some fresh air and LAUGH, giggle, smile., be a child-It goes by way,way too fast C'mon everyone, let's go play.

Now- that...was a rant

[ragandbone]

I hate to say it, but if I could, I would stay in bed all day reading magazines, and eating peanut butter sandwiches, and dozing.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

I hate to say this, but I finally made use of my ignore list yesterday.

I know I've said that I would never use it because I'd feel like I was missing something in a conversation... but this particular person's comments certainly won't be missed.

I hate to say this, but I'm pretty sure I know who it is.

Originally Posted by ragandbone

I hate to say it, but if I could, I would stay in bed all day reading periodicals, and eating peanut butter sandwiches, and dozing periodically.

I hate to say this, but there's too many "period" type words in your post.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by foxyluva

Everything makes you totally lol

bitch!

[carrie721]

i hate to say it, but ...

i just had lunch, and i'm still hungry! goddammit!!