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randomuser2349 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 578	Lottech96 wrote: Cel Phones are Now a requirement!! It used to be both a luxury and a Cancer giver... Don't get me started about the toy version.... People meet online killing each other in FPS games Back then You met a stranger at a Cade and challenge them to some SF2 or MK!! People use new technology called Blue tooth... I have Blueteeth and soon to get rid of them. Right. Just a few years ago people started mocking me because I didn't have a cell phone. And when I wanted to sign up for some sites, they kept demanding that they texted me. I can understand that cell phones are good to have but starting somewhere in 2007 many sites REQUIRE that you have a cell phone to use it.

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Alyssa Branen 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 2171	I was watching one of the cell phone service commercials (or maybe it was for a phone itself, I can't remember) and the people were saying they were literally using their phone all day for calls, apps, tools, etc and at first was thinking oh my god, your on your phone ALL day? then I had to stop and think wait..even though I don't have a cell currently (can't afford it, we have a digital phone that bundles with our cable and internet and have tracfones for emergencies) I'm constantly on my barnes and noble Nook, and to be honest with you, use it for youtube and facebook and hulu/netflix more than I actually read on it! Then, even though there is nothing really happening there, most of us can't resist refreshing facebook randomly throughout the day. It's like an addiction. Thank god though we live in a neighborhood with a lot of kids. Even though the kids drive me nuts (i'm only going on 32, so I dont know if it's the kids or me LOL) it's nice that my son is outside literally most of the day running around and playing. We have specific rules about how far away he can go in the neighborhood, and he has to run home and ask us first before he accepts any treats from friends or anything like that, so maybe a little stricter than rules our parents may have had being outside, but I think it's a good compromise. He's outside having a bit of freedom, getting exercise but also not terrorizing the neighbors or getting himself or us into trouble because we set down some rules. None of his other friends have to check in with their parents if they are leaving the street to head to the park behind the houses, but I told him at only 7 years old, we gotta know, because you just never know.

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Pudgietheparrot 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 724	For me, technology is both a good and a bad thing. It's good because it affords me unprecented access to information and entertainment that I could never have IMAGINED fifteen years ago, but bad in a way, because it's seemed to have also made people more cynical and jaded in general. I remember when it was a "big thing" to go to the local Blockbuster or Hollywood Video on Friday night and pick up a couple of VHS tapes or go the music store and buy a few CD's.
	"Ease on down, Ease on down the road come on, Ease on down, Ease on down the road don't you carry nothing that might be a load come on, Ease on down Ease on down, down the road" --The Wiz
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Pudgietheparrot 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 724	Guild_Navigator wrote: I've alwaus been around technology,mostly because my older brother was a huge tech geek. If you want a trip down tech memory lane just go here like I do every once in a while: http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalog_directory.html Cool nostalgia link.
	"Ease on down, Ease on down the road come on, Ease on down, Ease on down the road don't you carry nothing that might be a load come on, Ease on down Ease on down, down the road" --The Wiz
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animaniac318 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 383	jango52577 wrote: -No internet -No Facebook -Movies were on VHS -No cell phones -Sega and SNES were the best game systems -My family's Macintosh was a strange and wonderful thing -Not every little girl acted like a whore to get attention -Kids used to play outside and hide in the woods and scrap their knees. AMEN!! Especially the later two.. Technology is a convenience, and should be used as so. What really bugs me is that every day there's something new all over the T.V., and we're urged to buy it. While I think things like computers and cell phones are a necessity, things like Ipads and Iphones are just gimmicks.
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vkimo
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Wait, you mean before cable internet? Yeah, that sucked major frijoles.
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keerjeerclacko 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 504	too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Remember communicating with people? Boy that was fun while it lasted eh

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mlauzon 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 148	jango52577 wrote: No Internet The Internet has been around since the early '60s, what you actually mean was there was no Web.
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The Ronin Identity 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 410	"Yeah well technology peaked for me at microwave pizza." - John McLane
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Echidna64
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Pepperidge Farms remembers
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darthmunk
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I'm 22 and still have not owned a cell phone. I don't even want one. I hate modernism.
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vkimo 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 2321 Forum Mod Editor	darthmunk wrote: I'm 22 and still have not owned a cell phone. I don't even want one. I hate modernism. Ah, so I assume you made this post from a rock and some coconuts?

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Timothy1964 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 511	Although I have pretty much all of today's "gadgets"...such as two desktop PC's, one laptop, Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, iPod Touch, Playstation 3 and PSP, I'm also into old school (mostly 1980's-vintage) home audio components, boomboxes and Walkman-style cassette players/recorders. Even though I have TONS of mp3's on my computers and handheld gadgets, it's not uncommon for me at least a couple of nights a week to put a (vinyl) record or cassette tape on one of two of my old school sound systems and crank it up loud!

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vkimo 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 2321 Forum Mod Editor	Timothy1964 wrote: Although I have pretty much all of today's "gadgets"...such as two desktop PC's, one laptop, Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, iPod Touch, Playstation 3 and PSP, I'm also into old school (mostly 1980's-vintage) home audio components, boomboxes and Walkman-style cassette players/recorders. Even though I have TONS of mp3's on my computers and handheld gadgets, it's not uncommon for me at least a couple of nights a week to put a (vinyl) record or cassette tape on one of two of my old school sound systems and crank it up loud! Yeah, I like to have modern technology in some areas (Like communication) but older stuff for entertainment.

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Dyzfunk7ional 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 3942	Some people take retro/nostalgic to the extremes. How could you possible hate modernism?.. if it so, then live for a couple of days like a caveman.

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System 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 74809	Technology is a good thing, without it and its advancements we wouldn't have this website to enjoy and many other things.

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ActionBastard 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 1481	I like technology but I don't like how it consumes people. Some people need to learn about moderation.
	Shit happens when You fart naked Retro pimpin aint easy
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stake n sheak 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 1769	jprc10 wrote: Technology is a good thing, without it and its advancements we wouldn't have this website to enjoy and many other things. It's all about progress. We have gained some good things and lost others.
	tangspot2 wrote: Mrs. stake you say some nasty on my threads. Dirty bitch
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keerjeerclacko 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 504	Dyzfunk7ional wrote: Some people take retro/nostalgic to the extremes. How could you possible hate modernism?.. if it so, then live for a couple of days like a caveman. I def don't hate it, but it has pro's and con's....then again you have to look at it both ways because the 80's/90's had pros and cons too. I def wish there was more communication in the world face to face these days.

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Alyssa Branen 2 years 7 months ago Posts: 2171	Losing power for more than a few hours at a time (Like 9 or more) usually makes me realize how much I can't seem to "function" without technology of some sort lol. It also makes me realize i'd never survive without electricity.

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