The Big Generation X Nostalgia Thread

[Ralph Dula]

Nothing breaks the mood of a bad day like randomly finding Megaforce on your company server without explanation.



Now I have to dig out my Hot Wheels collection after work.

ETA: I just recalled in 2005 or so someone on RPG.net found one of the vehicles in a parking lot in California and took a picture with it. If memory serves, someone else said a guy owned two of them, and had one parked in each of the businesses he owns.

 

[Nobby-W]

[ . . . ]I have one of them on my desk right now, The AR-15/M16: A Practical Guide that I got when I was 11.

I had a copy of Brassey's when I was about 7 or 8 but that has to be the most American book title I've seen in a long time.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Tulpa Girl]

 

[Bunch]

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There are people old enough to not get floppy disc jokes. They never got old but apparently I did.

 

[spittingimage]

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Well, you take a set of tiny, specialised chisels...

 

[TristramEvans]

 

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[TristramEvans]

 

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[Giganotosaurus]

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[TristramEvans]

 

[Bunch]

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She's pretty close to God.

 

[TristramEvans]

She's pretty close to God.

At least cut her own hole in the Ozone to reach Him...

 

[Bunch]

She's pretty close to God.

For the non Americans there used to be a saying here. The higher the hair the closer to God.

 

[Ralph Dula]

For the non Americans there used to be a saying here. The higher the hair the closer to God.

American here, and that’s a new one on me.

 

[Bunch]

American here, and that’s a new one on me.

It might just be a southern or Texas thing.

 

[Brock Savage]

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Sadly, I have known people who grew up in households where a can of Coke and hot dog wieners were considered appropriate meals for small children.

 

[TristramEvans]

Sadly, I have known people who grew up in households where a can of Coke and hot dog wieners were considered appropriate meals for small children.

Hence

 

[Bunch]

Sadly, I have known people who grew up in households where a can of Coke and hot dog wieners were considered appropriate meals for small children.

Growing up a friend of mines mom was dying of cancer and the dad thought it wasn't a horrible idea to give the baby coca-cola in a sippy cup.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Brock Savage]

If you grew up in Southern California during the 80's the Cal Worthington jingle was burned into your mind. And every goddamn one of us thought the chorus said "Pussycow" and not "Go see Cal".

 

[Bunch]

If you grew up in Southern California during the 80's the Cal Worthington jingle was burned into your mind. And every goddamn one of us thought the chorus said "Pussycow" and not "Go see Cal".

He was a fixture in Washington State as well. Funny guy

 

[TristramEvans]

In Houston there was a fellow who ran a discount mattress store that was similarly (in)famous for his cheesy selfmade ads

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Voros]

Funny that this is what people used to mean when they said mainstream hip hop.

 

[Voros]

 

[Nobby-W]

Colour vector graphics on an ordinary TV screen. Atari did that with a few games.

Until I understood how CRT shadow masks worked I used to think it was an impressive act of precision sharp shooting on the part of whatever hardware they used to control the deflectors.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Raleel]

Funny that this is what people used to mean when they said mainstream hip hop.

3 is the magic number was the in the end credits of the latest Spider-Man. I was quite giddy and my son was embarrassed.

 

[JamesV]

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The food court calls to me for some reason . Strong urge to get 5 bucks of tokens for the arcade then buy a slice and a cup of Surge.

 

[Ronin]

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I had to research this, I thought it was BS.

 

[E-Rocker]

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In the mid-90s, my town (Kent, WA, USA) got one o' them new-fangled multiplex thingies with 17 screens. I called to get the movie times, and there were so many that by the time I heard the relevant one, we would have been late for the movie. I swear it took something like 20 minutes to get through them all. iirc, you also had to listen to a Pepsi add prior to actually hearing the times.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Bunch]

In the mid-90s, my town (Kent, WA, USA) got one o' them new-fangled multiplex thingies with 17 screens. I called to get the movie times, and there were so many that by the time I heard the relevant one, we would have been late for the movie. I swear it took something like 20 minutes to get through them all. iirc, you also had to listen to a Pepsi add prior to actually hearing the times.

Yeah I remember when that went in. I lived in federal way and it was faster to drive, pick up friends and get there than to listen through all that crap.

 

[TristramEvans]

Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time was released today in 1984...



...38 years ago.

In 1984 that would be like talking about a song released in 1946

 

[Haiku Elvis]

Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time was released today in 1984...



...38 years ago.

In 1984 that would be like talking about a song released in 1946

I am suddenly feeling both
A: old.
B: that outside of computer graphics and ways to view boobs, cultural/artistic progress has slowed down considerably over the last few decades.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

In 1984 that would be like talking about a song released in 1946

I really didn't need this last part. Just saying.

Now excuse me while I go crawl into my grave.

 

[TristramEvans]