On the news Today - Our kids will never know....
nickeymhughes
Posts: 115 Member
So I heard today on the news that our Kids will never know what the following are....
VCR
CD's
Landline Telephone
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What do you think???? PLEASE ADD anymore you can think of...
VCR
CD's
Landline Telephone
Print Advertising
What do you think???? PLEASE ADD anymore you can think of...
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They will not know records ever, writing letters, even books are being phased out:(0
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cursive writing0
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Oh and radio is also dying especially public radio.........0
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Walkmans0
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who came up with that crap any way?cursive writing
cold weather, the way we are going.0 -
Sad...sad...sad...0
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Define "kids".
I'm 23 and know all of those and then some. There are many "kids" (I'm using 25 and under as "kid" because we were the very tailend of that to an adult) who like to kick it old school, such as myself. I fit my car with an 8 track player and a cassette player just so I wouldn't have to re-buy my collection again, or have to leave my dad's 8-track collection to get dusty in the attic.
We still had landline phones, VCRs, CDs, and print ads in the 90's and 2000s.
From my point of view, there are too many socioeconomic and anthropological variables to take into consideration to label a certain age group as not knowing something, when if you dig down deeper, you might find it to be opposite.
But if you do want to go that route, there a PLENTY of things that adults would not be able to do if "kids" weren't around to help adults out...so I think it balances out.
Besides, there's always the internet to google what "adults" are talking about lol!!! ^___^0 -
Gameboys or any cartridge video games for that matter
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We have it all here and my youngest is 7...the one thing they dont remeber is a cassette,LP, and 8n tracks ha0
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cursive writing .. lol, thats sad..
ok, now I know there is NO WAY that anyone is playing Atari.. (or are they).. if so, where can I get one.. I miss....Pacman, frogger, Donkey Kong, Ping Pong, omg.. so many more0 -
typewriters, Nintendo, atari...
and yeah cursive is a big waste of time anyways i get annoyed if my students write in cursive cause its just a big sloppy mess that takes me more time to read.. lol its only good for signatures0 -
Read an article that typing/keyboarding will soon be a thing of the past with the new Swype system fastly becoming available!0
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I know it, I still know how to use my keyboard for everything... I don't need the mouse.. omg....i'm like the Cyrpt Keeper....lololololo0
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Radio is live and well...lol !! But children born today will never know the space shuttle, film developing or the impact of the Berlin Wall coming down. They will also never know Reagon, Bush Sr, Clinton, GWBush, or even Obama by the time they become aware of national events on a conscious scale. They will just be historical figures to memorize for a test.0
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who came up with that crap any way?cursive writing
cold weather, the way we are going.
Please don't say "Global Warming" in my company!!! I moved to FL from PA to get away from the weather we have had the last two winters. Since '94 I have NEVER needed my heat to run more than a few days all winter and maybe ten nights all winter. The past two winters I haven't needed the AC all winter long.
One thing the kids today will never know is HONESTY IN THE MEDIA!!! The "fourth estate" was given the First Amendment to keep the Government in check by TELLING US THE TRUTH!!! Even the schools and colleges are not telling them the whole story or have completely changed "history" in the history books.0 -
Ditto what you said runningneo.
Also Nickey - try Mame games for the old stuff. I was playing centipede the other day - one of my favorites from the past. Our 16 year old grandson loves the old arcade games.0 -
Also Nickey - try Mame games for the old stuff. I was playing centipede the other day - one of my favorites from the past. Our 16 year old grandson loves the old arcade games.
I miss Defender and Asteroids.... spent many an hour as well as quarters playing those.0 -
Also Nickey - try Mame games for the old stuff. I was playing centipede the other day - one of my favorites from the past. Our 16 year old grandson loves the old arcade games.
I miss Defender and Asteroids.... spent many an hour as well as quarters playing those.0 -
Here's a funny related story:
My daughter (9) was doing one of those pics where it was "circle the wrong thing" when she was 6. (Ie, flying toaster, etc) This is among what she circled:
A TV that had "rabbit ear" antennas (circled antenna)
The knobs on the TV
The cord on the phone
I asked her why she did that...she said that TV's don't have "turners", "there aren't sticks coming out of the TV" and "there's no strings on real phones."
I was rolling. She didn't believe me when I told her that TV was in black and white at one point.
We also showed her my husband's old sony walkman...the tape playing version...she couldn't believe that tapes held only about 12-14 songs and couldn't believe how big it was.
I showed her a payphone...she asked what it was. I told her, and she said "well why don't they just use their cellphone?"0 -
Here's a funny related story:
My daughter (9) was doing one of those pics where it was "circle the wrong thing" when she was 6. (Ie, flying toaster, etc) This is among what she circled:
A TV that had "rabbit ear" antennas (circled antenna)
The knobs on the TV
The cord on the phone
I asked her why she did that...she said that TV's don't have "turners", "there aren't sticks coming out of the TV" and "there's no strings on real phones."
I was rolling. She didn't believe me when I told her that TV was in black and white at one point.
We also showed her my husband's old sony walkman...the tape playing version...she couldn't believe that tapes held only about 12-14 songs and couldn't believe how big it was.
I showed her a payphone...she asked what it was. I told her, and she said "well why don't they just use their cellphone?"
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That is PRICELESS......:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
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]Please don't say "Global Warming" in my company!!! I moved to FL from PA to get away from the weather we have had the last two winters. Since '94 I have NEVER needed my heat to run more than a few days all winter and maybe ten nights all winter. The past two winters I haven't needed the AC all winter long.
who came up with that crap any way?cursive writing
cold weather, the way ....
One thing the kids today will never know is HONESTY IN THE MEDIA!!! The "fourth estate" was given the First Amendment to keep the Government in check by TELLING US THE TRUTH!!! Even the schools and colleges are not telling them the whole story or have completely changed "history" in the history books.
HAHA... I could go for some global warming right about now...lol.
I remember in grade school...(the late 60,s early 70's) we were told in science that we were heading into an ice age because pollution was blocking the sun... EXPERTS (yea right) said we had at most...da,da da...that magic number of 20 years before it was all over. They made money selling those books and movies too.0 -
Kids born this year will never know the feeling of freedom and safety we knew.
When i was 8, i was allowed to go so far away, my father had to whistle or use a air horn to get us in for dinner. We had 10 minutes from the time the call was sent out to get home; which means we could go ten minutes from home on our bikes (a kid can get pretty far away in ten full minutes). So long as we did not cross the highway, we were good to go.
Now, kids have to have someone watching them at every moment. They can't even go a block away without parents panicking that they may be kidnapped or something. And unfortunately, they have reason to worry.0 -
WHAT? If they want to try COLD weather they can come here to Montana!!!!
who came up with that crap any way?cursive writing
cold weather, the way we are going.0 -
Here's a funny related story:
My daughter (9) was doing one of those pics where it was "circle the wrong thing" when she was 6. (Ie, flying toaster, etc) This is among what she circled:
A TV that had "rabbit ear" antennas (circled antenna)
The knobs on the TV
The cord on the phone
I asked her why she did that...she said that TV's don't have "turners", "there aren't sticks coming out of the TV" and "there's no strings on real phones."
I was rolling. She didn't believe me when I told her that TV was in black and white at one point.
We also showed her my husband's old sony walkman...the tape playing version...she couldn't believe that tapes held only about 12-14 songs and couldn't believe how big it was.
I showed her a payphone...she asked what it was. I told her, and she said "well why don't they just use their cellphone?"
My son who is 24 and I were both cracking up. How funny! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
I could care less about the media. Or the politics. Democracy is failing on a large scale here in America. Thanks to the media we are blind. I just don't listen to them now. So, humans have no effect on this planet? You are kidding right? Or did I misunderstand what you said?
who came up with that crap any way?cursive writing
cold weather, the way we are going.
Please don't say "Global Warming" in my company!!! I moved to FL from PA to get away from the weather we have had the last two winters. Since '94 I have NEVER needed my heat to run more than a few days all winter and maybe ten nights all winter. The past two winters I haven't needed the AC all winter long.
One thing the kids today will never know is HONESTY IN THE MEDIA!!! The "fourth estate" was given the First Amendment to keep the Government in check by TELLING US THE TRUTH!!! Even the schools and colleges are not telling them the whole story or have completely changed "history" in the history books.0 -
I could care less about the media. Or the politics. Democracy is failing on a large scale here in America. Thanks to the media we are blind. I just don't listen to them now. So, humans have no effect on this planet? You are kidding right? Or did I misunderstand what you said?
who came up with that crap any way?cursive writing
cold weather, the way we are going.
Please don't say "Global Warming" in my company!!! I moved to FL from PA to get away from the weather we have had the last two winters. Since '94 I have NEVER needed my heat to run more than a few days all winter and maybe ten nights all winter. The past two winters I haven't needed the AC all winter long.
One thing the kids today will never know is HONESTY IN THE MEDIA!!! The "fourth estate" was given the First Amendment to keep the Government in check by TELLING US THE TRUTH!!! Even the schools and colleges are not telling them the whole story or have completely changed "history" in the history books.
Our form of government is "democratic" but it is not a "democracy". We have a "representative republic". In the first one, 50% + one vote decides everything. In the latter, we elect representatives to vote for us and then the laws require a majority to pass. Big difference. It's more nuanced than that but you get the point that there is a difference.
Geological studies prove (by doing core drilling all over the globe and especially at ocean shorelines) that we are currently headed for an ice age. It is not within our lifetime. Studies of the sun show that the sun has gone "silent" meaning no sun spots which equals less UV rays making lower surface temperatures on the planets. Other planets in our solar system are also registering lower temps. Other mitigating circumstances are the changes in the orbit around the sun as well as the simultaneous movement of the sun away from the earth. It doesn't sit still out there. The earth temperatures have been getting cooler for the last ten years.
Regarding the human race affecting global tempurature with the use of carbon based and petrolium fuels.... Those aforementioned core samples found that on the California coast the smog levels and smoke levels were higher in the early 1900's than they were in the 1980's. The car was yet to really catch on and the industrial revolution was just getting started.
The studies that are being bandied about since Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" movie have been found out to be fraudulent and to have manipulated data. Using temps for Sept. in Oct. data logs to show a false increase for one of many examples. In the U.K. a court ruled that whenever Gore's movie was shown in the country it had to be preceeded by an announcement that it was "Political Propoganda" citing something like 13 absolute falsehoods.
If "Global Warming" is real, then why do they have to lie about it or manipulate the data?!?
I realize that someone your age is bombarded with it on all sides. All I'm saying is, "Don't believe everything you hear out there...do your own research." I can't remember the name of the scientist who studied the core samples in CA but if you want to find out I'm sure the internet search engines will find it for you. He published a paper about it stating that the majority of people will believe the worst news much easier than the minority. I'll try and find it for you.0 -
I could care less about the media. Or the politics. Democracy is failing on a large scale here in America. Thanks to the media we are blind. I just don't listen to them now. So, humans have no effect on this planet? You are kidding right? Or did I misunderstand what you said?
who came up with that crap any way?cursive writing
cold weather, the way we are going.
Please don't say "Global Warming" in my company!!! I moved to FL from PA to get away from the weather we have had the last two winters. Since '94 I have NEVER needed my heat to run more than a few days all winter and maybe ten nights all winter. The past two winters I haven't needed the AC all winter long.
One thing the kids today will never know is HONESTY IN THE MEDIA!!! The "fourth estate" was given the First Amendment to keep the Government in check by TELLING US THE TRUTH!!! Even the schools and colleges are not telling them the whole story or have completely changed "history" in the history books.
Geological studies prove (by doing core drilling all over the globe and especially at ocean shorelines) that we are currently headed for an ice age. It is not within our lifetime. Studies of the sun show that the sun has gone "silent" meaning no sun spots which equals less UV rays maning lower surface temperatures. Other mitigating circumstances are the changes in the orbit around the sun as well as the simultaneous movement of the sun away from the earth. It doesn't sit still out there. The earth temperatures have been getting cooler for the last ten years.
Regarding the human race affecting global tempurature with the use of carbon based and other fuels.... Those aforementioned core samples found that on the California coast the smog levels and smoke levels were higher in the early 1900's than they were in the 1980's. The car was yet to really catch on and the industrial revolution was just getting started.
The studies that are being bandied about since Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" movie have been found out to be fraudulent and to have manipulated data. Using temps for Sept. in Oct. data logs to show a false increase for one of many examples. In the U.K. a court ruled that whenever Gore's movie was shown in the country it had to be preceeded by an announcement that it was "Political Propoganda" citing something like 13 absolute falsehoods.
If "Global Warming" is real, then why do they have to lie about it or manipulate the data?!?
I realize that someone your age is bombarded with it on all sides. All I'm saying is, "Don't believe everything you hear out there...do your own research." I can't remember the name of the scientist who studied the core samples in CA but if you want to find out I'm sure the internet search engines will find it for you. He published a paper about it stating that the majority of people will believe the worst news much easier than the minority. I'll try and find it for you.
Yep I sounded like an idiot. Point well proven. I have heard all of that too. I've also read that the sun is just going into a high activity. Solar cycles. Here's a link. Solar cycles are linked with ice ages.
Also I've read that the magnetic poles are shifting too.
The median temperature of the planet has risen by 2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880 when recording started. This also means we could be coming out of a small ice age and it may be just be cyclic. Check out the Little Ice Age that lasted from 1300 1850 AD.
Now what Gore did was propaganda. He stood a great chance from getting rich from global warming by selling carbon credits. Also what happened with CFCs. The ozone layer is self regenerating by uv light splitting the O2 molecules. Well we can debate all day about this stuff, but what we can't debate is that the planet is changing and we can't stop it from happening.0 -
Agreed. Such wanton hubris to think that some one as small as a man could influence something as large as the earth with the infinite number of symbiotic ecosystems. We are still discovering new species every day and all the crazy libs want to whine about are the things becoming extinct!! Stupid delta smelt!!! A two inch fish caused CA to stop pumping water to the entire Juaquin Valley where they grow like 40% of this country's produce!!! Not to mention all the people out of work and starving. Also, the produce has to be imported causing a National Security Risk.....Hellloo?!
Okay, rant extinguished!!:laugh: :laugh:
Seriously digressed there...Whheeeewwww!!0 -
You can keep ranting I will keep agreeing with you. Thanks for the facts man, keep em coming!0
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You can keep ranting I will keep agreeing with you. Thanks for the facts man, keep em coming!
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Here's an interesting one showing some hypocrisy: I listen to Sirius Sattelite radio all day. The channel is called The Patriot Channel.(conservative talk radio) 144 on there and 166 on XM. On a certain day every year the treehuggers try to make a symbolic gesture by getting everyone to turn off their lights simultaneously around the globe to save energy, lower the global temp.,etc. blah,blah,blah. This past year, someone was camped out across the street from Al Gore's house in TN. When the proper time came(9PM eastern I think) the observers reported live on the air that his house stayed lit up like he was having a party for 300 people and they were in fact not having a party at all. His monthly power bill is like $24,000!!! Yet he claims that he "offsets" his "energy footprint" with carbon credits. His personal jet is the biggest, least economical jet in the air!! I especially had to laugh when they all flew in(each in their own personal jet) to Helsinki for the "Global Warming Summit" and it SNOWED!!!! What was the energy footprint for all those jets and limosines? There weren't enough limos in the country. They had to round them up from all over Europe!!0
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