What the fuck did we do before?

[CicatrixESP]

Before internet, and cable? Did we actually read voraciously? Does reading on the internet count? People watch TV on the internet--is this some cross promotional genious? Or oversaturation?

I'm guilty...I admit. Perhaps I'm alone in this? Do you ever sit here and think: "Why the hell am I wasting my time? Am I afraid of missing something? The next 9/11?."

 

[KinkyDaisy]

Well i played with my speak and spell a lot.

 

[CicatrixESP]

Yeah, I learned to read and write before cable. Then I watched cable and became less articulate.

 

[WinterBlueAbby]

I read a book. "To Kill a Mockingbird" comes to mind....lol

 

[CicatrixESP]

Great book. Atticus is my hero.

 

[scarlett_wolf_del]

Before the internet... *balls up into a fetal position, sucking my thumb* Don't make me go back there! *cries*

Before cable... *see above*

 

[CicatrixESP]

Before the internet... *balls up into a fetal position, sucking my thumb* Don't make me go back there! *cries*

Before cable... *see above*

Funny...I'm regressing to this state after cable/internet.

 

[scarlett_wolf_del]

Funny...I'm regressing to this state after cable/internet.

I don't get out much, so I got addicted to cable as a little kid and have since upgraded to the net... I'm kinda addicted. Seriously, if I'm away from the net too long I really get ugly

 

[WinterBlueAbby]

Great book. Atticus is my hero.

It was a great book. The first time I read it, it was required. I fought it the whole way through.

Then I secrety started reading it over and over because I really enjoyed it.
Stubborn child I was..lol

 

[CicatrixESP]

You and me both. I like to think I have a high falutin sensibility...but I don't.

ACTING!!!!!

 

[BBWetKitty]

I had beautiful penmanship back then. I spent time eavesdropping on the party line on the phone. I rode my horse from when school let out till dusk and later if I thought I could get away with it. I played board games with friends. I listened to records and roller skated and had sleep overs.

 

[Radiohead]

I read.

Then I had a baby, he fucked up my stopping between chapters.

 

[Carnevil9]

I'm old enough to remember the days before cable TV and the internet. Back then, we wasted our lives watching three channels of snowy, black and white crap, unlike now when we can waste our lives watching 118 channels of crisp digital crap.

 

[CicatrixESP]

I think music is massively overlooked nowadays (that is listening to music as, say, a way to spend an evening). This may have led to ascent of crappy artists nowadays--videos create success, not radio.

If we would listen to more music as a pastime, perhaps our tastes would be more sophisiticated? If a person 'sees' more music on TV than the listen to at home, there is something incongruous about that.

 

[slyc_willie]

Before Internet and Cable . . .

I read Piers Anthony paperbacks and played tabletop RPGs . . . damn, the good ol' days . . . .

 

[CicatrixESP]

I read Piers Anthony paperbacks and played tabletop RPGs . . . damn, the good ol' days . . . .

Castle Roogna anyone? With some D&D sprinkled in? Me too.

 

[slyc_willie]

Castle Roogna anyone? With some D&D sprinkled in? Me too.

The original Ravenloft.

Damn, I'm such a geek.

 

[Songcatcher]

No playing outside?

Unhealthy geek.

 

[slyc_willie]

No playing outside?

Unhealthy geek.

Does tossing d20s on the back patio count?

 

[Songcatcher]

Does tossing d20s on the back patio count?

What's D20s, then?

 

[slyc_willie]

What's D20s, then?

It's a geek thing, lol

 

[Lorelei_11]

I'm trying to remember. Things are so bad now that I couldn't find the remote, which happens... only, I generally find it before a show starts.

So, the show had started and I was freaking out. *shaking head* Finally... I realized I can manually change the channels. lol

 

[CicatrixESP]

I'm trying to remember. Things are so bad now that I couldn't find the remote, which happens... only, I generally find it before a show starts.

So, the show had started and I was freaking out. *shaking head* Finally... I realized I can manually change the channels. lol

Eventually, they'll probably make it so you can't do it manually. Ever notice some dvd players, although they have all the stop, play, pause, ff, rw, buttons, don't allow you to deal with the main menu in any facile way?

 

[slyc_willie]

I'm trying to remember. Things are so bad now that I couldn't find the remote, which happens... only, I generally find it before a show starts.

So, the show had started and I was freaking out. *shaking head* Finally... I realized I can manually change the channels. lol

Remote? What's a remote?

 

[Spins]

Late night AM radio.

Just sayin'