Things that make you feel old

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Who ever said that the finger in my nose was mine?

...or if it's a finger....

 

[Minstrel]

pop culture seems strange and contrived to me.

"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. What I was with was no longer it and what was it seemed weird and scary to me."

I felt old when the current music I heard on the radio as a kid started turning up on oldies stations.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

yeah, all my stuff is now "old school rap".

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

...or if it's a finger....

I thought it was his finger in someone else's nose.

 

[MARIS61]

Knowing more than most people, from experience.

 

[Stevenson]

yeah, all my stuff is now "old school rap".

Yes, well I still think of rap altogether as new. That's how fricken' old I am!

 

[Eastoff]

"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. What I was with was no longer it and what was it seemed weird and scary to me."

I felt old when the current music I heard on the radio as a kid started turning up on oldies stations.

Thank you grandpa simpson.

 

[santeesioux]

Does having a Super Nintendo when they still made games for it count?

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Random aches and pains

Meeting kids at school who never played Mario on the NES

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Does having a Super Nintendo when they still made games for it count?

No. Owning a first generation Atari 2600 does, however.

 

[bodyman5001]

This thread just reminded me of how stupid I think Kid Rock is. If it were 1992 I could see him being all tore up about Pam not wanting him.

But even recently the dude acted like the world would end if Tommy Lee's hepatitis C carrying case/punching bag ex was the hottest thing on Earth and he couldn't live without her.

In the hopes that Kid Rock googles his name once in a while, let me say this directly to him. Dude, you are a millionaire rockstar. Despite the fact that I think you have about half the talent of your contemporaries, you still have the ability and the money to pull chicks that are on the same level as Pamela circa 1990. Pull your head out of your ass and move on. If you haven't already. If you aren't ready, just remember this. One of these days in 10 years or less, Ashton Kutcher is going to wake up next to Kathy Bates and realize that the woman in his bed used to be Demi Moore. It isn't going to be pretty.

 

[MickZagger]

Random aches and pains

Meeting kids at school who never played Mario on the NES

random aches and pains at 25?

 

[bodyman5001]

As to the thread title..... the mall. I rarely go to the mall, but every time I do I see a 31 year old woman with her 15 year old daughter, both of whom are dressed like whores. There are hundreds of these groups. They all walk the mall texting each other and carrying Victoria's Secret bags.

It actually affects me on multiple levels. The old man I have become (36) is disgusted by what this country is becoming. The 16 year old youth of my memories is jealous that I never got the chance to date a girl with a hot mom. Also jealous that I got old before the idea of a rainbow party came about.

 

[Haakzilla]

No. Owning a first generation Atari 2600 does, however.

...this! I loved Atari.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

random aches and pains at 25?

more like 22.

i just assume i will die at any moment

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I can't drink like I used to.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Hahahahah old fuckers!

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Not being able to go to summer camp. That's how old I am.

 

[mook]

"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. What I was with was no longer it and what was it seemed weird and scary to me."

That quote was "with it" fourteen seasons ago. Feel a little older now?

 

[mook]

I remember holding my nephew with one hand. I remember putting him in "time out" and coming back after five minutes and seeing he'd drawn all over his body with a ball point pen. I remember all the times I wiped his ass.

Fucker is taller than me now.

I'm trying to enjoy every minute of being a dad because I've seen with my nephew how damn quick life goes.

Mike Tyson had it right: "Time flies, and where does it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late."

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Hahahahah old fuckers!

Yes, but I'm not living with my parents anymore.

You know, I make my own decisions, am as finacially stable as I have ever been, have about as much respect as I ever have had and no one can really control me at this stage of my life . . . this middle age stuff ain't so bad after all.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm older than most of the Blazers.

 

[Rodolfo]

Not being able to go to summer camp. That's how old I am.

Is there "tea time" at summer camp in England?

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Is there "tea time" at summer camp in England?

Tea time is a nationwide event -- Not even camps fall outside of the jurisdiction.

Also, 'tea time' is the equivalent to dinner. I can see the confusion.

 

[Eastoff]

Yes, but I'm not living with my parents anymore.

You know, I make my own decisions, am as finacially stable as I have ever been, have about as much respect as I ever have had and no one can really control me at this stage of my life . . . this middle age stuff ain't so bad after all.

At least your grammar is young at heart.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

At least your grammar is young at heart.

And I don't let grammer police bother me . . . I enjoy the golden years.

 

[Rodolfo]

Tea time is a nationwide event -- Not even camps fall outside of the jurisdiction.

Also, 'tea time' is the equivalent to dinner. I can see the confusion.

I had no idea.

 

[Minstrel]

That quote was "with it" fourteen seasons ago. Feel a little older now?

Yeah. And sad that The Simpsons got older even faster than me. The first nine seasons were amazing and then, wow...apparently the show lost the meniscus in both knees and dropped off a cliff, in terms of quality.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Not being able to go to summer camp. That's how old I am.

Yeah, those restraining orders can be a real bummer...

 

[mook]

Yeah. And sad that The Simpsons got older even faster than me. The first nine seasons were amazing and then, wow...apparently the show lost the meniscus in both knees and dropped off a cliff, in terms of quality.

Maybe I've just lowered my standards, but the past few seasons haven't been that bad (when I've caught them). The Halloween episodes are always good. But yeah, the early years really were the best.

There have been nearly 500 episodes (I just looked it up). There really aren't a lot of fresh ideas left, I guess.

It's interesting because I think South Park has had the exact opposite trajectory. The early seasons are pretty much unwatchable. Mostly just kids swearing a lot. But as it rolls along Cartman just gets more cruel, guys like Butters get more interesting, the plots just get wilder and wilder, and the topics get edgier. And yet the characters are always consistent within themselves.

Character consistency is one of the real pluses South Park has over the Simpsons. Some weeks Marge is a doormat, some weeks she's a do-gooder, some weeks she's "empowered." Sometimes Homer is a complete selfish asshole and some weeks he shows an inner nobility.

Cartman is ALWAYS a selfish bigoted asshole. Kyle and Stan are always the "everyman" characters. Kenny is always poor and crude. Butters is always Butters. Cartman's mom is always a whore.

I guess Simpsons fans would argue that those characters are more multi-faceted. I'd say they're just more wishy-wash--the products of hundreds of writers warping the personalities to fit whatever plot they have to pitch. They sabotage character to make a plot work, while with South Park the unchanging characters propel the plot.