[MallyMal]

Post some things that your generation has seen.

My generation has seen...

• The death of the 8 track
• The rise and death of the cassette tape
• Chuck Norris Action Slacks
• Ronald Reagan being shot.
• Star Wars (the defense system)
• Star Wars (the movies)
• Madame (the puppet that had a chin like an ass and a TV show)
• Alfonso Ribeiro instructional break dancing video
• Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Those spooky nuclear war safety commercials that always showed shadows.

What has your generation seen?

[Railroader]

Bomb drills (remember lacing you fingers behind your neck to protect from flying glass?)
Pull tabs on soda pop cans (and always finding them with metal detectors and hoping it was a valuable treasure)
The disappearance of new VW Bugs in the USA
The Vega
Remote controls that were "clickers"
Real gas lines
3 TV networks
Godzilla re-runs on afternoon TV when we got home from school
Larry Bird vs Dr. J
Erik Dickerson
Hockey fights
Corvette Summer w/ Luke Skywalker
45s and those inserts so you could play them on the record player
Digital watches that only told time with red numerals
Calculators that had to be plugged in all the time
Party line telephone systems

[alligator]

Dr. J - now wasn't he cool. Those were the days.

How about:

Televisions that had to warm up
Pong
Combs in your back pocket

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by alligator 

Combs in your back pocket

Man! Does that bring back memories of bangs and lots of em.

Don't forget... Xanadu

[OldManMac]

The tail end of the Communist witch hunts (which have now been replaced by the terrorist under every bed)
Air raid drills in schools, where we hid under our desks, which most certainly would have saved us from those evil Communist bombs.
The advent of color television
78 rpm records
Radios being optional in cars
JFK's assassination
The Vietnam fiasco
The beginnings of Muslim radicalization when President Eisenhower's administration invited early members of the Muslim Brotherhood to the States, in an attempt to get allies against the Communist "threat."
FM radio
The beginnings of the family with two parents working.
The transistor radio, and FM radio

[awaspaas]

Rick Astley: first on MTV, then on YouTube

[Jawbone54]

The rise of the Internet
The slow decay of MTV
MLB records being smashed by suspiciously large-headed men
The death of Kurt Cobain, Princess Di, and Rick James
The horror of Limp Bizkit being popular for several years
Widespread political apathy
Political correctness being more important than self-preservation and common sense

[ghporter]

Man in space.
Men on the moon.
ZIP codes (bonus points-ZIP is an acronym for what?)
Reusable space ships.
Americans spitting on their defenders. Several times.
Americans getting so stupid that they thought "America, right or wrong" meant that the wrong part was OK.
Watergate
"Stagflation"

[analogika]

The end of the Apollo space program
The death of Bob Marley.
The movement of computers out of basements, onto desks and now into pockets.
The Neue Deutsche Welle.
The rise and fall of the Star Wars franchise.
The end of the cold war.
Reunification.
The fall of Helmut Schmidt.
16 years of Helmut Kohl.
The first red-green coalition government.
The return of Hong Kong to China.
The Falkland War.
9/11

[MacinTommy]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

The rise of the Internet
The slow decay of MTV
MLB records being smashed by suspiciously large-headed men
The death of Kurt Cobain, Princess Di, and Rick James
The horror of Limp Bizkit being popular for several years
Widespread political apathy
Political correctness being more important than self-preservation and common sense

More or less to add on to this list
9-11
Katrina
"Reality" Tv -(the era of fake musicians and fake celebrities)
"I did not Have sexual relations with that woman"-Bill Clinton
OJ Simpson and the great white Bronco chase
Cloning of Dolly!
Digital Music

[Dakarʒ]

None of the fossils in the thread mentioned Lennon's assassination? Damn.

BTW, Jawbone, Rick James on the same level/sentence as Cobain and Princess Di?

[ghporter]

Too close to the heart, really. I miss John and the potential for new music from him.

And we're not fossils. We're just highly experienced young adults!

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Too close to the heart, really. I miss John and the potential for new music from him.

Coincidentally they had something about on VH1 this weekend. Interesting stuff. I tell you, him and I, we shared the same sense of humor.

Originally Posted by ghporter 

And we're not fossils. We're just highly experienced young adults!

Nice of you to be good natured about my low-blow.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by OldManMac 

The tail end of the Communist witch hunts (which have now been replaced by the terrorist under every bed)
Air raid drills in schools, where we hid under our desks, which most certainly would have saved us from those evil Communist bombs.
The advent of color television
78 rpm records
Radios being optional in cars
JFK's assassination
The Vietnam fiasco
The beginnings of Muslim radicalization when President Eisenhower's administration invited early members of the Muslim Brotherhood to the States, in an attempt to get allies against the Communist "threat."
FM radio
The beginnings of the family with two parents working.
The transistor radio, and FM radio

Wow some are those that I don't remember happening quite the way you do...

Who'd have thought that Eisenhower's administration brought on Muslim radicalization.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Americans spitting on their defenders. Several times.

I am betting those people thought "20 years from now people will understand why I did that, and praise me for such actions"

Well 20 years down the road, and people still think the "Jane Fonda's" of their day are idiots.

I think in 20 years, a lot of the "anti" people will be seen a bit differently than they think they will be.

That was in the 60s and 70s... you'd think we'd have progressed by now.

Last year someone that was visiting his parents eating at a restaurant while in uniform got called a "Bush loving baby killer" and then said "I hope they kill you when you go back"

I just shook my head and told the soldier not to worry about the loons in the place.

[Doofy]

• Global warming.
• Global cooling.
• Slim chicks in pink spandex.
• Slim blokes in pink spandex.
• Slim guitar necks in pink basswood bodies.
• Cars which you wouldn't want to buy if the envirofascists hadn't already got your balls in a jar in their pantry.
• The death of Bon Scott.
• The Mac.
• David Lee Roth with hair.
• Married... With Children.
• Spank mags which you wouldn't mistake for a LEGO catalogue.
• Lefties getting stupider.
• Hanoi Rocks.
• Home entertainment appliances in a colour other than silver.
• Sabrina Salerno in a swimming pool. (there ya go).
• Phoebe Cates getting out of a swimming pool.
• Jessica Biel in a swimming pool.
• Jaime Pressly getting out of a swimming pool.
• Real men telling you what features they require in a swimming pool.
• Ummm.

[turtle777]

The Flood

-t

[osiris]

B&W TV => Color TV
Touch Tone phones
personal computers
cars when cars were fun (aka 440 six pack 'Cuda convertible with dual thrush exhaust)
sexual revolution(s)
Death of Lennon and Lenin, plus hundreds of other unmentioned notables
improved shoelace technology
...+ a lot more...

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by osiris 

Death of Lenin

Dude, just how old are you? I mean, you gotta be pushing 90 to remember that.

[kernokerno]

• Atari
• The end of the Cold War
• The fall of the Berlin Wall
• The lost of Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in Mexico after more than 70 years
• Chernobyl
• USSR
• The Matrix
• The return to the basics, after having all the technology to make cutting edge stuff
• Recently, around the world people don't giving a damn about their government and a "marihuana revolution" or whatever you want to call it.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Dude, just how old are you? I mean, you gotta be pushing 90 to remember that.

That was a tribute to Dakar.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by osiris 

That was a tribute to Dakar.

Sounds like a TV special with very low ratings.

[Doofy]

A tribute to Dakar, you say? Hmmm.....

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

Sounds like a TV special with very low ratings.

So low, that a new form of TV non-viewership measurement had to be invented.

[Dakarʒ]

You need to go to hell too.
I love you

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by osiris 

So low, that a new form of TV non-viewership measurement had to be invented.

Hehe

-t

[Doofy]

Go to hell, you say? Hmmm.....

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Go to hell, you say? Hmmm.....

I'm sensing a pattern here...

Jessica Alba sex tape

*prays*

[Doofy]

Jessica Alba sex tape, you say? Hmmm.....

[Dakarʒ]

It's true, there is no god...

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

None of the fossils in the thread mentioned Lennon's assassination? Damn.

BTW, Jawbone, Rick James on the same level/sentence as Cobain and Princess Di?

NO, he's not on the same level.

He's above it.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

NO, he's not on the same level.

He's above it.

Cocaine must be a powerful drug...

[Kerrigan]

My generation has seen Scott Thompson appear on a bunch of shows on VH1 catered to a somewhat older generation.

My generation has seen bald Britney (in both senses of the word).

[Dakarʒ]

Really? What has he done on VH1?

[Doofy]

BTW, this Cobain and Di vs Rick James thing...

Did Di have long hair? No. Did Cobain come out with a bassline which MC Hammer sampled? No.

So Rick James wins. Period.

[Kerrigan]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

Really? What has he done on VH1?

His head is always popping up on those shows where they discuss current Hollywood news.

[Railroader]

Videos on MTV
Parachute pants
Luke and Laura
Elvis dying
HBO
Kids walking to school (miles, not blocks)
Kids riding bikes for miles
Eating fish from nearly any water source
Shoulder belts optional
Air bags as a luxury
People smoking on TV
Stretch Armstrong
Vinyl siding
Insulation as a luxury
IBM Pet
TRS80
Tandy
Lemonade Stand
Cassette drive for computers

[analogika]

Aids.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

IBM Pet

Perhaps you mean the Commodore PET?

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

His head is always popping up on those shows where they discuss current Hollywood news.

I think I know which ones you mean. I don't usually catch those. I'm sure he'd be priceless on the "I love the..." shows, though (Or any of TKITH for that matter).

[Rumor]

The rise and fall of MTV.
Sony entering the video game market.
The internet bubble.
Desert Storm/Shield/Sweep
The return of KISS
The death of Chris Farley
The death of John Candy
Pogs
Magic the Gathering
Furby
The rise and fall of Spice Girls
Barney (shudders, thanks nephew)
Transformers
The death of Superman

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

The death of Superman

Now that's a nice walk down memory lane. That was a huge event when I was a teenager. The four Supermans...

[Rumor]

The Last Son of Krypton, the Man of Steel, the Cyborg and I forget the last one.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

People smoking on TV

I wish they'd bring this back. I don't even like smoking, I just feel its more real.

(Like when Chappelle was on the Actor's Studio)

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

The death of Chris Farley

That one was huge for me. I was at a hockey game when my friend told me about it. We talked through the rest of the game about how bad it sucked that there would never be another Tommy Boy-like movie.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by osiris 

Perhaps you mean the Commodore PET?

Probably.

What was the IBM model that most schools used in the late 70's early 80's?

[Dakarʒ]

I owe this thread a quality post, so...


• Dow 2000
• The Challenger Accident
• Max Headroom & Miami Vice
• Black Monday
• Great Directors such as Spielberg & Sorcese
• The Simpsons on the Tracy Ullman Show (before they were even a series)
• The Hubble telescope has a flawed mirror
• Portable Gaming
• Milli Vanilli & Vanilla Ice
• I'll be back
• Wilt & 20,000
• The Buffalo Bills like losing in the Superbowl
• Grunge, including lots of flannel
• Dan Quayle
• The Berlin Wall
• The Dream Team
• Ross Perot
• Magic has AIDS
• The WTC Bombing
• Goodbye Cheers, Hello Seinfeld
• The Bell Curve
• The Information Superhighway
• Baywatch
• Three-peat, MJ retires
• Dow 4000
• The MLB strike
• MJs back
• Tiger Woods
• Cal Ripken, iron man
• MMORPGs
• McGuire & Sosa
• The human humidor
• Three-peat again, MJ retires again
• Boy bands, Britney & Christina
• iMac, "What is email? I don't have an email"
• Microsoft is a Monopoly, Bill Gates has more money than God
• Dow 10,000
• The year 2000, the new millenium!
• lock-box
• The year 2001, no, this is the real new millenium!
• Enron
• 9/11
• Gastric-bypass surgeries
• MJs back... as a Wizard?
• Strategery
• Texas Hold 'em
• Three-peat retirement for MJ
• Paris Hilton Sex-tape
• The Columbia Accident
• Kim Jong-Il routinely shoots three or four holes-in-one per round
• Janet Jackson has an ugly nip
• Flip-flop
• Katrina

It kinda peters out at the end. It's difficult to get perspective from this close.

[Jawbone54]

This is one of the best threads in recent history, IMHO.

[Dakarʒ]

So add it your list then if you love it so much.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Probably.

What was the IBM model that most schools used in the late 70's early 80's?

Maybe it was a CP/M http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M