What Did You Do Before the Internet?

[VegasRam]

If my life was a football game I'd be in the 4th quarter. Question is, am I early in the 4th or at the two minute warning?

End of the third...

 

[47bluetrain]

Overtime?

train

 

[Loyal]

I have been feeling a little lost and old.

When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I was very aware of 60's culture and customs, but not because I really participated in it being a young child. I was interested about a lot of events and colloquialisms of the 60's and early 70's because it was fun for me to know. I get to talk to several talented medical technicians who "hook me" into the dialysis machines. I talk with them about their young lives and experiences.
I was talking to a couple of them and asked them if something was considered "bougie" to them, and then made sure that I was using the slang correctly.
I said, "so it's something like "yuppie."
"What's that mean?" they asked.
" You know, it's like calling an SUV being a yuppie station wagon or a yuppie shopping cart back when SUV's were something only the upper middle class could afford?" I replied. They thought I was messing with them. I then asked them about Valley Girl lingo.
"Gag me with a spoon; TOTALLY; Grody to the MAX!; I'm so SURE; Gag a maggot, grody to the max!; Gag me with a spoon;" Frank and Moon Unit Zappa performed "Valley Girl" to mock this lingo from the San Fernando Valley and I did the same in my life.

They never heard of it. If it's slang before the early 2000's, they don't know of it. If simple fun slang and knowledge is being lost, if only to mock, then what else is being lost? I better go get me a Gran Torino.

 

[VegasRam]

I had one back in the day.
How appropriate is that?

Sold it to buy this in 1979.

As far as the OT, I turned 50 in '98 when the internet hit, so my life really didn't (hasn't) changed.
The architect's office I was at didn't even have computers. Amazing when you think about it.

As I'm still working, I am pretty dead in the water when it goes out during the day. Kinda scary actually.

 

[Loyal]

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I had one back in the day.
How appropriate is that?

Sold it to buy this in 1979.View attachment 65749

As far as the OT, I turned 50 in '98 when the internet hit, so my life really didn't (hasn't) changed.
The architect's office I was at didn't even have computers. Amazing when you think about it.

As I'm still working, I am pretty dead in the water when it goes out during the day. Kinda scary actually.

lol at the second car!
Did you start using a Radio Shack TRS-80 microprocessor for architectural drawings? Also, do you miss the polyester leisure suits? ha!

 

[VegasRam]

No and No.

Dude!- that Supra was badass back in the day.

Now - not so much.

 

[Selassie I]

I have been feeling a little lost and old.

When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I was very aware of 60's culture and customs, but not because I really participated in it being a young child. I was interested about a lot of events and colloquialisms of the 60's and early 70's because it was fun for me to know. I get to talk to several talented medical technicians who "hook me" into the dialysis machines. I talk with them about their young lives and experiences.
I was talking to a couple of them and asked them if something was considered "bougie" to them, and then made sure that I was using the slang correctly.
I said, "so it's something like "yuppie."
"What's that mean?" they asked.
" You know, it's like calling an SUV being a yuppie station wagon or a yuppie shopping cart back when SUV's were something only the upper middle class could afford?" I replied. They thought I was messing with them. I then asked them about Valley Girl lingo.
"Gag me with a spoon; TOTALLY; Grody to the MAX!; I'm so SURE; Gag a maggot, grody to the max!; Gag me with a spoon;" Frank and Moon Unit Zappa performed "Valley Girl" to mock this lingo from the San Fernando Valley and I did the same in my life.

They never heard of it. If it's slang before the early 2000's, they don't know of it. If simple fun slang and knowledge is being lost, if only to mock, then what else is being lost? I better go get me a Gran Torino.

I believe that every new generation creates their own slang... and they do it for several reasons. The biggest reason is to create a kind of language that only they can truly understand. That way they can talk shit about us old guys and we wouldn't even know it. Slangs of the past get translated and become uncool and not as useful.

I'm trying to block the image from my mind of you using the phrase "gag me with a spoon". LOL. Please tell me that you never used that one in real life yourself!

 

[Selassie I]

No and No.

Dude!- that Supra was badass back in the day.

Now - not so much.

I've always loved Supras. They have always been ahead of their time when each new edition comes out. Very cool for sure.

 

[Loyal]

I believe that every new generation creates their own slang... and they do it for several reasons. The biggest reason is to create a kind of language that only they can truly understand. That way they can talk shit about us old guys and we wouldn't even know it. Slangs of the past get translated and become uncool and not as useful.

I'm trying to block the image from my mind of you using the phrase "gag me with a spoon". LOL. Please tell me that you never used that one in real life yourself!

TOTALLY. I'm so sure!

 

[RamFan503]

I've always loved Supras. They have always been ahead of their time when each new edition comes out. Very cool for sure.

Yeah. I have to admit that when my cousin got one many years ago, I was pretty fucking jealous. I really wanted one. And the new models are pretty rad (to pull some vernacular from my era) too.

 

[Selassie I]

Yeah. I have to admit that when my cousin got one many years ago, I was pretty fucking jealous. I really wanted one. And the new models are pretty rad (to pull some vernacular from my era) too.
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Rad for sure Brudda! I speak that too lol.

My Grandfather got a brand new black duel turbo charged one when I was in HS (84 or 85). That thing was like a spaceship inside and it was faster than fuck. He let me drive it several times alone. Talk about a real treat... I felt like I was doing something illegal being able to drive that machine by myself.

 

[Selassie I]

This is basically what it looked like...