You can only post here if you're old enough to remember:
- rotary dial phones - cigarette machines - standing in long lines at the bank on payday - everyone smoking after meals - arcades before video games, with pinball and pachinko - black and white TVs - TV dinners in foil trays - Pacers. Pintos, and Gremlins - where you were when Elvis died - adjusting the rabbit ears on your TV set - Mr. Hooper -- and how they told Big Bird he was dead - CB lingo: "Breaker one, breaker one, any of you got your ears on?"
Children can fuck off. Let's see if there are any grownups left on Sup Forums.
This is fucking sad. I'm the last man left on Sup Forums who can order a fucking beer without being carded.
Nicholas Green
My first exposure to video games Also, fuck Elvis.
Hudson Martinez
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Hunter King
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Jordan Kelly
I'm only 34 , but I remember a lot of this.
David Edwards
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Hunter Hall
I loved the Atari joysticks. I had a Coleco Adam, an Intellivision, and a 2600, and the Atari joystick was my favourite controller easily. My least favourite was the Bally, with it's weird pistol grip controller with a sort of combination joystick/dial on top.
Jordan Morgan
You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike. >N Your torch goes out. >N You have been eaten by a grue.
Ayden Gonzalez
Zork
Lucas Reyes
Same.
Ryder Price
>rotary dial phones Used one of these at my great grandmother's house, it was her only phone until she died in 1997.
>standing in long lines at the bank on payday This is still a thing. Every Friday, I have to go to the bank because the company I work for doesn't do direct deposit for some reason. Will have to ask the president why we don't have that option.
>everyone smoking after meals So, every meal with my mom's side of the family.
>black and white TVs I was born in 1990 and had one of these for a short time.
>adjusting the rabbit ears on your TV set Did this less than a decade ago.
Ryan Williams
>rotary dial phones My dad leased ours from AT&T. He even paid more for the pea green model.
>cigarette machines $0.75 a pack prices.
>standing in long lines at the bank on payday I was doing that myself until I finally set up direct deposit.
>everyone smoking after meals Unless you were in the non-smoking section of Denny's.
>arcades before video games, with pinball and pachinkio I never saw any pachinko machines. But played plenty of pinball.
>black and white TVs Yeah, we owned one until 1983. "If it isn't broke, we're not replacing it." --my dad
>TV dinners in foil trays Mmm... Wait... Not mmm... They were barely edible.
>Pacers. Pintos and Gremlins Saw all of them. Pintos were really poplular in Central Cali.
>where were you when Elvis died I was two when Elvis kicked it. Living in Fresno.
>adjusting the rabbit ears on your TV set And hold out your arm... Little higher... There! I can see JR finally.
>Mr. Hooper -- and how they told Big Bird he was dead That episode wrecked me. I still tear up just thinking about it.
>CB lingo: "Breaker one, breaker one, any of you got your ears on?" Heh... Yeah... My dad was into amature radio, including citizen's band. Occasionally, he let me use the CB for a bit.
Extra info: My first home computer was a C64. I had two kids before I had a cell phone. I was a SYSOP on a local BBS while in high school. The first gas I bought was $0.89 a gallon.
I guess I'm old.
Dominic Russell
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Liam Cox
There was a glorious time when you could smoke *everywhere*. You could smoke in movie theatres (you'd always see a haze of smoke in the light), supermarkets, on buses and in taxis, on planes, and no one cared if you stank of smoke because EVERYONE stank of smoke.
Charles Butler
Holy fuck those were the shit
Anthony Bennett
What was your handle on the CB? Mine was Garbage Bag. (I still sometimes call user names a "handle" and kids have no idea what the hell I'm talking about.)
My first computer was a Coleco Adam.
I was a BBS SYSOP too. I ran Ivory BBS on a C=64. Did you use CCGMS or Novaterm? And when you switched to PC, where you a Telix or a Telemate guy? Trumpet or Winsock?
Nicholas Butler
im here too faggot beer drinker
John Nguyen
Leisure Suit Larry?
Ethan Miller
Yep
Hudson Long
Were you a fan of Leather Goddesses of Phobos?
Aaron Smith
- rotary dial phones we had one - cigarette machines were not a thing in my country - standing in long lines at the bank on payday still a thing - everyone smoking after meals still a thing - arcades before video games, with pinball and pachinko arcades were rare - black and white TVs sure - TV dinners in foil trays home cooked meals everyday - Pacers. Pintos, and Gremlins sure - where you were when Elvis died in my dads balls - adjusting the rabbit ears on your TV set roof antenna - Mr. Hooper -- and how they told Big Bird he was dead nope - CB lingo: "Breaker one, breaker one, any of you got your ears on?" my grampa had a small station
Bentley Reyes
Colecovision's original controllers were freakin' indestructible and the Super Action sticks were pretty cool, too.
Logan Lewis
>My dad leased ours from AT&T. He even paid more for the pea green model.
Was yours wired right to the wall, too?
Jaxson Butler
MFW when im only 23 and never got to experience all this cool shit
Joseph Lewis
I'd be more worried about what is to come , rather what was left behind. I fear for my niece & nephew , the corporate globalisation combined with islamification of the west and the automation of industry.
So the future looks terrible.
Jeremiah Rodriguez
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Liam Ortiz
Bro lay off the shit you are talking, islam is not going to take over the west
Luis Morgan
i dont like muslims but still i dont think some goatfuckers can change the us
Leo Campbell
I had this bad boy when I was little.
Christian Edwards
>- rotary dial phones still have the one from our house, from the early 70's >- cigarette machines had a way to get free smokes with a hanger >- standing in long lines at the bank on payday yes, they also had free candy >- everyone smoking after meals yes >- arcades before video games, with pinball and pachinko pinball no pachinko >- black and white TVs yes >- TV dinners in foil trays only ate salsbury steak and the apple pie dessert. ate on the couch with a tv tray >- Pacers. Pintos, and Gremlins yes had a pinto, was recalled for exploding when rear ended >- where you were when Elvis died at a skateboard park in LA >- adjusting the rabbit ears on your TV set dad installed rooftop rotary, had a box with a dail which steered the antenna >- Mr. Hooper -- and how they told Big Bird he was dead naw...was more of a sigmund sea monster guy >- CB lingo: "Breaker one, breaker one, any of you got your ears on?" dad had one in his van, used to go on it and curse people out
Asher Adams
maybe not everywhere , but have you been to Europe lately ? Psst , Europe is part of the West.
Benjamin Hughes
And I had this game. It was awesome to a kid such as myself. Ah memories.
John Miller
they won't change YOU , they will out breed YOU!
Dominic Rodriguez
yeah Europe is fucked, but the us is doing ok imo And no, net neutrality is not going to go away
Daniel Campbell
You are just an old crazy coot man
Jose Hughes
I hope I am wrong, I really do.
Grayson Sullivan
i dont know man i just worry about your mental state
This commercial is burned into my brain cells for life.
Eli Brooks
I thought you were being replaced by Latinos, they are going to be really angry when the white & east asian populations are small enough to not support the welfare state in the US.
Alexander Peterson
Hey just look at the numbers and what is happening , don't take my word for it.
Liam Diaz
>used to go on it and curse people out You're lucky, CB was where sperglords ruled before the advent of the Internet and it was srs bznss. People who cursed over the air would often be triangulated and reported to the FCC by vengeful basement neckbeards.
Juan Brown
jokes on you i am latino
Aiden Ward
>occidental guy >smart enough to not breed like an asshole >2 kids is enough >mudslime >have 3 woman to inseminate >each woman gives birth to 9 kids
Jackson Bailey
My God, I love that movie. I just watched it again probably 6 months ago. The end when Robert the dad is melting down on Les is still funny as shit man. "You even had a window, and sunlight! ALL GONE"
Jaxson Jenkins
I mainly just miss the entire slight "fuzzyness" of the visuals and sounds on older TV's and TV channels/commercials/programs.
Even as a kid I felt there was something comfy about it.
Even black and white movies had a calming charm to it once in a while.
Dude chill out and get on some medication. And stop listening to Alex Jones.
Jacob Wood
>you can only post here if AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA That's fucking adorable. Enjoy your stay on Sup Forums.
Chase Flores
I know exactly what you mean.
Its kind of lost nowadays.
Gavin Cox
I remember a kid in my school singing that commercial on the bus.
Jaxson Harris
So you will be angry when the whites cant sustain your welfare benefits.
Socialism doesn't work once you've spent everyone elses money.
Sorry Latino Bro, US is to become Mexico, you can't transplant a people and culture and expect conditions to improve.
Ayden Ward
When I was a little kid, I used to pop a VHS tape in and record MTV all the time. I remember this commercial like it was yesterday. It was on one of my tapes. I know the song and the commercial before I even clicked "Play" on your video. I'm so glad there's similarly aged peeps on Sup Forums as me. :)
William Martin
He really does
Austin Rogers
yeah , just dismiss what I say as paranoia , it's not like I live somewhere that was once for hundreds of years white and now whites are a minority and crime has sky rocketed.
Daniel Bailey
>welfare I am not on welfare you prejudice fuck
Hunter Brown
>everyone smoking was a good thing Didn't realize tobacco advertising was that powerful. Targeting masculinity is a hell of a fucking persuasive tool. Maybe those "get a bigger dick" porn ads are onto something...
Robert Bailey
I adore my 64, my Commodore 64. I can write with it, create with it, Telecommunicate with it, My Commodore 64.
Kevin Diaz
I had a big crush on Diane Franklin, and even though I love blondes, I'm glad Lane chose Monique over Beth. I still watch it at least once a year. Good times.
James Watson
Mother fuckin STREET SHARKS!!
Daniel Scott
It's not just paranoia, it's delusional
David Miller
I'm more than old enough to remember:
- Ultima IV and Elite on the Commodore 64 (I actually upgraded to the Commodore 128) - Party lines (ugh) - Speaking of CB, how about CW McCall (Convoy), Red Sovine (Teddy Bear), and Cledus Maggard & the Citizens Band (The White Knight) - Not just rabbit ears, but the balls of aluminum foil at the ends of the rabbit ears. - On TV? James at 15, WKRP, Love American Style, and Fantasy Island - The Ramones at CBGB - The original line-up of Kiss (or, for you true fans, the made-for-TV Kiss movie...the horror) - Getting a longer cord for your phone so you could have privacy by talking in the closet. - Disk notchers for both 5.25" and 3.5" (if you have to ask what this is, you're WAY too young for this thread) - Pac-Man Fever (both in the arcade (next to the Black Knight pinball machine) and Buckner and Garcia) - Freakies cereal - Despising Jimmy Osmond but lusting after Marie - Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader on The Electric Company - Ubby Dubby language on Zoom - Programming in BASIC with peeks and pokes - Wine coolers at the Wiki-Wow Drive-in Theater - The Warriors movie poster hanging across my bedreoom from THAT Farrah Fawcett poster (you know the one...red swim suit) - And, getting pissed because nobody seemed to notice that it was a different fucking Darren Stevens.
Jacob Nelson
41 fag here, i dont remember it but you would smoke while in line at the bank i rememebr most of this though but not the elvis stuff wtf you have to be 61
Parker Jenkins
I've smoked a pipe for decades and it's getting harder and harder to find any place I can smoke. It's now banned in cars, in all businesses (including bars and tobacco shops), in public parks, on beaches, near bus stops, near the entrance to buildings, and even in outdoor patios. I'll sit down on a bench to smoke my pipe and have ass-blasted fanatics sit down beside me and cough at me.
There's a perfectly legal pot-smoking bar where I live, but you have to tap your ashes on the floor because it's illegal to have an ash tray in a bar in case someone was to use it for tobacco. Pot is now officially more legal than tobacco.
Isaac Watson
there are other BENEFITS! Medical , Education etc , look at the demographics of taxation, whites and Asians contribute the most , even when you break it down to the individual level and not just "HURR DURR WHITES ARE THE MAJORITY", Per Capita , whites(Jews) and Asians contribute more tax.
So yeah , in a nutshell , enjoy making America the new Mexico.
Jose Turner
look at the chart for cancer rates by year. they were pretty steady until they made tobacco ads illegal. suddenly, at that point, cancer rates skyrocketed.
sitting next to a fireplace is like 10 times as bad as smoking a cigarette and i don't mean it's the equivalent of 10 cigarettes, it's just much, much worse. the carcinogens in burning wood or coal are extremely bad compared to tobacco. nicotiana tabacum has never been proven to cause cancer but people who smoke have gotten lung cancer. cigarettes are full of chemicals and nasty shit to make the delivery of nicotine better. one time i had a carton of marlboros that were recalled for having too much ammonia. i remember they gave me a head rush.
there is a belief that GMO foods are what really causes cancer these days and while tobacco might exacerbate it, it isn't the cause. maybe they banned the ads because they knew we'd be dropping off from cancer from mutant corn. corn is supposed to be the big culprit.
Luis Foster
Goddamn you are so weird just stop fucking being a asshole and lets get back on topic to the thread
Lucas Garcia
I'm watching the original Star Trek on Netflix at the moment, and that's a really good way to put it. Everything all crisp nowadays looks fucking beautiful, but watching this makes me feel like my brain is sitting in a lay-z-boy with a warm blanket and a nice mug of cocoa.
Lincoln Cruz
Schilling for Islam, I hope you like Sharia.
Noah Price
So much nostalgia. I watched this on tv when I was little and I loved fantasy ever since. I still haven't read the book but man, so many daydreams of wanting to visit Fantasia.
Robert Fisher
In comparison to what is taken out the largest contributing group by far is actually illegal immigrants... by hundreds of billions of dollars. Please take some time away from here and actually just thjnk about the issue at hand.
Eli Miller
we arnt we are just saying you are being paranoid
Jacob James
i hate islam as much as the next guy but it wont fucing take over the world isis can be fucking destroyed in the next 5-6 years
Ian Wright
Banned in cars... no.
Isaiah Gonzalez
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Christian Jenkins
actually immigrants consume more of the social benefits than the taxes they provide.
don't take my word for it , look into it , but I know you won't. easier to dismiss an user as hateful and racist.
Alexander Jenkins
It is here.
Tyler Wright
So anyone who isn't completely paranoid and foaming at the lips because people look different around him now are automatically agents for the jihad or something ?
>implying literally anybody follows all of those regulations I'm the other side of the coin. I have just enough asthma that when I get a whiff of cig smoke, I involuntarily cough up a storm. I really do wish people wouldn't do it in front of businesses, but as long as you're alone or with other smokers in your car (as far as I'm aware, at minimum not with a kid in the car, but that could be outdated) I couldn't give less of a shit. As long as it doesn't impact others, do whatever the fuck you want.
Ethan Baker
By immigrants you mean whom? Or are you confusing that with whites?
Adrian Rogers
stay asleep , stay unaware , enjoy Islam.
Colton Morales
Hello fellow older user.
Dylan Cruz
Ontario. You can't smoke in any vehicle, even your own, if there's anyone under the age of 18 present.
Oliver Gomez
I remember dialing rotary phones by rapid tapping the plungers.
1 cent gumball machines.
Station wagons with wood paneling, fold out seats in the back and no seat belts.
Waiting for a song to come on the radio, and recording it on a cassette deck held next to the radio.
Using the little tabs to lock a tape recording. Using cello tape to make them recordable.
Captain Kangaroo.
Pong.
Evan Gutierrez
Fuckhead, we are trying to say that islam WILL not take over the world in your fucking nightmare scenario. Just calm the fuck down
Anthony Hernandez
Ok, sure. But how often do you burn wood compared to how often you go through ten (or however many is equivalent) cigarettes? Plenty of people smoke multiple packs a day.
I remember my parents buying a brand new black and white tv. Not only did my grandma have a rotary phone she shared the line with other people. I'm 51. Smoking everywhere was normal.
Jonathan Nguyen
Had a cigarette machine outside the gym of my high school. Late 90s. Was publicly destroyed right before I left that school.
oh boy, are you an agent of islam? or are you not aware they want to to ake over the world as dominant religious regime? its Jesus vs Mohumad, thats why theyre acting up so much in recent times
James Perry
...so don't fucking drive kids around when you're going for a smoke? I don't understand why that's so fucking difficult.
>>Hey, anybody got change for the phone? All I have is a quarter..
Good times..
Blake Martinez
Commodore with a FUCKING CASSETTE TAPE DRIVE!
Hello, BETAMAX?
I'm 41, but I remember (berry) all of that ancient stuff like it was yesterday.
Blake Cooper
Just a few weeks ago I was sitting on a bench next to a park, smoking my pipe and quietly enjoying the sunshine. A soccer mom stormed all the way across the park and DEMANDED that I put out my pipe because "there were children nearby," like my smoke was going to drag little Suzy into the bushes and touch her in the bad place. She didn't care that SUVs and buses were farting carcinogens into the tender pink lungs of her darling sprogs, but burning a few grams of leaf a fucking city block away makes me Satan.
When I told her to fuck off and continued to smoke my pipe, she was scandalized. I'm sure most smokers knuckle under to her bullying.
