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*ssjup81* · 11-04-2014, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

We live in a world where a 13 year old can pull up porn on their cell phone in the middle of class.

God knows we didn't have that when I was a teen

That's because we didn't have cell phones. The concept of a cell phone for normal people was such a foreign concept. In my mind, the only people with "cell phones" or "car phones" were rich people.

*CyberCubed* · 11-04-2014, 09:23 PM

More importantly these aren't the phones I used when I was a teen. It was the old flip-top cell phones that basically did nothing but function as a phone.

Now every phone has the internet, can take pictures, can chat, etc. You can literally cheat on your test with a phone in class now. 15 year olds can now watch girl on girl porn in the lunchroom at school. Damn kids don't know how good they have it.

*plastroncafe* · 11-04-2014, 09:31 PM

There were phones when you were a teen?

*ssjup81* · 11-04-2014, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

More importantly these aren't the phones I used when I was a teen. It was the old flip-top cell phones that basically did nothing but function as a phone.

Darn youngen. Back in my day, kids didn't have phones! *waves cane*

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Now every phone has the internet, can take pictures, can chat, etc. You can literally cheat on your test with a phone in class now. 15 year olds can now watch girl on girl porn in the lunchroom at school. Damn kids don't know how good they have it.

You're reaching now. Kids can't get away with having phones out during a test. Have you ever worked in a public school?

*pennydreadful* · 11-04-2014, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ssjup81

Darn youngen. Back in my day, kids didn't have phones! *waves cane*

Back in my day, we didn't have phones. If we wanted to talk to someone, we had to stuff a message into a coconut and send it by swallow.

And back in my day, we didn't have canes either. All we had was mud. Mud and the occasional rock - and those who had a rock to their name were lucky, I tells ya!

**Machias Banshee** · 11-04-2014, 10:38 PM

.... I still have a flip phone. Does that make me a luddite?

We still use VHS tapes, cassette tapes, 8 tracks, and my brother still uses a lot of older hand tools and nothing that really requires batteries. Sometimes older stuff is more reliable.

*Powder* · 11-04-2014, 10:42 PM

Pfft, that's nothin', I actually bought a brand new flip phone last year! That's right, I deliberately got one.

Granted it was just a burner for a trip I was taking, it did the job just fine. I say, who needs all that extra crap? I sure don't. A phone is a phone. I recently got a smart phone after years of being without (I had one like 4-5 years ago, so I'm not totally out of the loop, but this was before apps & touch-everything) & while it has its charms I find the whole thing convoluted. I need a keypad, too. Tryna text with a touchscreen is no easy feat with these meat mittens 'o mine. & the autocorrect features & stuff? Maaaan.

The things I've said on accident...

*CyberCubed* · 11-04-2014, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

There were phones when you were a teen?

I dunno, when were cell phones invented and in the mass market? I was in High School back in 2000-2003.

~~Sumac~~ · 11-05-2014, 07:46 AM

I don't like social networks and don't use them. I don't see any point in informing the world about my breakfast. I prefer to have as much privacy as possible and don't consider my life interesting enough to share.

I had FB account, but it was created due to some minor conflict and later I have abandoned it completely.

*BubblyShell22* · 11-05-2014, 08:58 AM

Oh man, I can picture Cybercubed sitting on his porch and yelling, "Hey, kids, get off my lawn!"

I still have a flip phone, and I'm proud of it. Don't need all that extra sh*t.

*CyberCubed* · 11-05-2014, 12:33 PM

I turn my nose up at the young people of today. Is it just me or did the teens of our day have a bit more common sense? We had more sophistication even as teens and we knew what we were doing.

FoxBoxKid · 11-05-2014, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I turn my nose up at the young people of today. Is it just me or did the teens of our day have a bit more common sense? We had more sophistication even as teens and we knew what we were doing.

I think it's just you.

~~Leo656~~ · 11-05-2014, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Back in my day, we didn't have phones. If we wanted to talk to someone, we had to stuff a message into a coconut and send it by swallow.

...would that be an African or European swallow? (As if the very idea of a swallow carrying a coconut wasn't patently absurd...)

*pennydreadful* · 11-05-2014, 06:05 PM

African swallow, of course. Unless two swallows carried it together!

*Jephael* · 11-05-2014, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Is it just me or did the teens of our day have a bit more common sense? We had more sophistication even as teens and we knew what we were doing.

It could just be the town you live in. My current home feels like somewhat of a melting pot and the kids in the area seem relatively well adjusted members of society. Every now and then you're gonna run into a bad apple, but very seldom.

*plastroncafe* · 11-05-2014, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I turn my nose up at the young people of today. Is it just me or did the teens of our day have a bit more common sense? We had more sophistication even as teens and we knew what we were doing.

...bless your heart.

*DarkFell* · 11-05-2014, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pennydreadful

African swallow, of course. Unless two swallows carried it together!

My father had a mug that had the numeric equations of how a swallow could carry a coconut. Then again anyone would be a nut to believe in any of it. Good ol' Monty Python.
*bangs the bottom of a bucket with a ladel* BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!

*CyberCubed* · 11-05-2014, 07:48 PM

If there's one good thing I can say about the teens of today, is that they're not as disconnected from past generations like we were from our parents.

All of us who grew up in the 80's and 90's were fully exposed to "fandom," as in TV shows, cartoons, movies, comics and videogames. Our parents generation rarely took part in fandom.

So now its us and the younger teens and we can share fandoms together. Other than old Star Trek or Star Wars fans, there was no fandom prior to 1985.

*plastroncafe* · 11-05-2014, 08:31 PM

It's true. He knows this from his learnings, and can prove it with SCIENCE!

*BubblyShell22* · 11-06-2014, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I turn my nose up at the young people of today. Is it just me or did the teens of our day have a bit more common sense? We had more sophistication even as teens and we knew what we were doing.

Nah, I knew people in my class who did stupid sh*t when they were teenagers. Things like that don't change much with generations.

11-05-2014, 08:58 AM	#110
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Oh man, I can picture Cybercubed sitting on his porch and yelling, "Hey, kids, get off my lawn!" I still have a flip phone, and I'm proud of it. Don't need all that extra sht. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a*holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

11-05-2014, 06:05 PM	#114
pennydreadful trash Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 4,546	African swallow, of course. Unless two swallows carried it together! __________________ Creator of the Technodrome After Dark Discussion Group. PM for an invite (must be over 18 - no exceptions).

11-04-2014, 09:23 PM	#102
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	More importantly these aren't the phones I used when I was a teen. It was the old flip-top cell phones that basically did nothing but function as a phone. Now every phone has the internet, can take pictures, can chat, etc. You can literally cheat on your test with a phone in class now. 15 year olds can now watch girl on girl porn in the lunchroom at school. Damn kids don't know how good they have it.

11-04-2014, 10:38 PM	#106
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	.... I still have a flip phone. Does that make me a luddite? We still use VHS tapes, cassette tapes, 8 tracks, and my brother still uses a lot of older hand tools and nothing that really requires batteries. Sometimes older stuff is more reliable.

11-04-2014, 10:42 PM	#107
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Pfft, that's nothin', I actually bought a brand new flip phone last year! That's right, I deliberately got one. Granted it was just a burner for a trip I was taking, it did the job just fine. I say, who needs all that extra crap? I sure don't. A phone is a phone. I recently got a smart phone after years of being without (I had one like 4-5 years ago, so I'm not totally out of the loop, but this was before apps & touch-everything) & while it has its charms I find the whole thing convoluted. I need a keypad, too. Tryna text with a touchscreen is no easy feat with these meat mittens 'o mine. & the autocorrect features & stuff? Maaaan. The things I've said on accident...

11-05-2014, 07:46 AM	#109
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	I don't like social networks and don't use them. I don't see any point in informing the world about my breakfast. I prefer to have as much privacy as possible and don't consider my life interesting enough to share. I had FB account, but it was created due to some minor conflict and later I have abandoned it completely.

11-05-2014, 12:33 PM	#111
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	I turn my nose up at the young people of today. Is it just me or did the teens of our day have a bit more common sense? We had more sophistication even as teens and we knew what we were doing.

11-05-2014, 07:48 PM	#118
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	If there's one good thing I can say about the teens of today, is that they're not as disconnected from past generations like we were from our parents. All of us who grew up in the 80's and 90's were fully exposed to "fandom," as in TV shows, cartoons, movies, comics and videogames. Our parents generation rarely took part in fandom. So now its us and the younger teens and we can share fandoms together. Other than old Star Trek or Star Wars fans, there was no fandom prior to 1985.