And have the changes been for better or for worse?
To what extent has your world changed since your earliest memories?
Hi-tech was a tiny black and white TV with rabbit ears encased in a wooden box where you could watch TV for a few hours per day. The rest of the day it was off the air. The smallest radios were about the size of a breadbox and had to be plugged in. The smallest calculators were about the size of the Yellow Pages and had a crank on the side that you had to pull each time you entered numbers. All phones had dials. Most people were on party lines. There was no McDonald's.
To what extent has your world changed since your earliest memories?
my grand-mom and a few close friends dying. i realized that you should always leave the ones you care about with good words and never leave things left unsaid. because you never know if you will be able to tell them the next day or not. you never know when someone important will leave your life...
DEFINITELY A LOT...
and the changes are defintiely worse.
i won't bother mentioning them, cause there are way to many.
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Im only 15 but i think it got worse.... now theres the war in Iraq and a bunch of genocides people are getting laid off left and right and the american economy is goin down the tubes...
unfortunately, with age has come loads more responsibility, and sometimes i wish i had the more care free life i had when i was younger
My earliest memory was perhaps the creation of the world.
The Big Father made a fantastic job of it.
Your pathetic race has turned it into a hellish nightmare world.
Don't worry about it. It will end in 3 years.
Well, I think the changes I've seen have been mostly for the worse. I mean, sure. Good things have happened in my 14 years, but bad things too. The ignorance of the typical American and the youth of the country give a bad rep to the US in my opinion. People take us for idiots... I mean, the US is not the smartest country in the world. India is number one. China and Japan are pretty high there too. (I think the US is like, #25 or something.) Not to mention, people are so so lazy with their native speak. Slang can be okay, but the lack of proficiency in grammar nowadays is baffling. It's so pitiful...
Global terrorsim. I live in England and i can remember it being in ireland (I.R.A), but never global. Like a month back with the mumbai incident.
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Technology has improved so much in the last 15 years. who would have thought of a camera phone, let alone an i-phone!
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TenorSax. your right. I mean about the slang. Nobody uses correct grammar anymore. It's a shame as there are very few intellectual people around now.
I feel like my world has changed alot since childhood. Safety didn't use to be such a big concern, atleast where i grew up. I used to walk a few blocks to get to gradeschool, and used to ride my bike around the block with other kids in the neighborhood. Now it is impossible to go outside without being scared. Crime rates have skyrocketed, kids are starting to join gangs and start using drugs at a much younger age. what is happening to this world?
I was born in the 90s what can you say.. they were the good times.
You can sing the rap to %26quot;The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air%26quot;
You know that %26quot;WOAH%26quot; comes from Joey from %26quot;Blossom%26quot; and that %26quot;How Rude!%26quot; comes from Stephanie from %26quot;Full House%26quot;
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You remember reading %26quot;Goosebumps%26quot;
You know the profound meaning of %26quot;Wax on, wax off%26quot;
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You danced to %26quot;Wannabe%26quot; by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)
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You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.
You still get the urge to say %26quot;NOT%26quot; after (almost) every sentence...Not...
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.
You remember when super nintendos became popular.
You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on %26quot;intruders%26quot;
%26quot;I've fallen and I can't get up%26quot;
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players
You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on %26quot;Saved By The Bell%26quot;
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You played and/or collected %26quot;Pogs%26quot;
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere
You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles
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Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were %26quot;Lisa Frank%26quot; brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)
You made paper scrunchies to see who you'd end up marrying
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You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.
You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.
You've gotten creeped out by %26quot;Are You Afraid of the Dark?%26quot;
You know the Macarena by heart.
%26quot;Talk to the hand%26quot; ... enough said
You thought Brain would finally take over the world
You always said, %26quot;Then why don't you marry it!%26quot;
You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.
You remember when razor scooters were cool.
When we were younger:
Before the MySpace frenzy...
Before the Internet %26amp; text messaging...
Before Sidekicks %26amp; iPods...
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...
...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon %26amp; Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs %26amp; paid $3.50 for a movie.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.
When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.
Tag.
Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.
Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.
Red Light, Green Light.
Heads Up 7 Up.
Playing Kickball %26amp; Dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Hopskotch.
Tree Houses.
Hula Hoops.
Captain Planet.
Running through the sprinklers.
That %26quot;Little Mermaid%26quot;
Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.
Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.
Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.
Drinking Sqeeze It %26quot;Squeeze The Fun Out Of It%26quot;
Or what about:
Hey Arnold.
Rugrats.
The Secret World of Alex Mac.
Rocco's Modern Life.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Doug.
Magic School Bus.
Aladdin.
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Pinky and the Brain
Sailor Moon.
Blossom.
Beavis %26amp; Butt-Head
Wishbone.
Bill Nye the Science Guy
MR RODGERS!!!!
Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.
Under the Umbrella Tree
PEE-WEE!!!
The Big Comfy Couch
Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.
Class field trips.
When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.
When $5 seemed like a million, %26amp; another dollar a miracle.
When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.
When Toys R Us overuled the mall.
Go back to the time when:
Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.'
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.
When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.
When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!
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My world has indeed changed from my earliest memory, something for better and somethings for worse, but my earliest memory was when I was 2 and a half years old and was wounded badly and had 10 stiches in the side of my eyebrow, so how worse can it get?
Video games have come a long way since Pong. It's amazing that the technology has come so far and is so impressive!
100%! Like the difference between day and night. And I am only 49! Technology, progress and convenience would obviously be for the better. And we have conquered or are close to curing some diseases now that we weren't back then. It seems as if people's values are worse, though. Lots of boredom and ADHD in the youth population, and people expect more to be given to them, I think. Just MHO.
Air travel and weapons of war.
I grew up, that covers it all! That is a good thing!
I remember when Sunday mornings you saw the whole family unit attend Sunday school and church. There were more family reunions. Now you see relatives at weddings and funerals and make promises to make more time for those family reunions, but it doesn't seem to happen. Sunday dinners consisted of everyone sitting at the family table, grace, and manners were a part of the meal. Now you see families eating in front of the tv, on the run and home cooked meals are not prepared as much as in the past. Mom was home when we got home from school. Not as many latch key kids as today. Kids didn't back talk like they do their parents today, and using the foul language in most every sentence to make a point. In my day all it took was 'that look' to know you were out of line and better straighten up. Now the kids figure they have 'rights' to be disrespectful, to 'express' themselves in this deviant manner. pffff. Terrorism was not a factor we had to be concerned with. We didn't lock our doors or cars back in the day. In my years of growing up, there was a time of awe and wonderment that I feel kids today take for granted or shrug off as lame. I believe if you ask every generation they will say it progressively gets worse. A general lack of consideration and respect for fellow man can sum up much of the problem.
In so many ways. I'm 71, when I was young I used to think about all the changes my parents had seen! Many good, and very many bad.
But I have faith Our Lord is with us and the good changes will only improve while the bad shall someday disappear.
Like most other people's, my world has changed a lot. I try to escape and go back and when I am on my horse out in the South Pasture or maybe down by the Nueces River in The River Pasture alone with my thoughts and the sounds and smells that originate there I know that the private environment that I am enjoying has been there for hundreds of years. When the Cottontail and the mockingbird or the Deer stops to look at me and welcomes me into their world I am at peace....... Then that dang cell phone sings it's little song and I know that my Sweetie just wants to know if I am enjoying myself and safe. That cell phone is the best and worst thing to come along in a long, long time. I ain't gonna call no one after I die and my horse is gonna go back to the house with or without me. I guess though that I will go on trying to keep peace in the family and carry that dang cell phone with me. It sure can ruin the ambiance of a good pasture though.
It makes me too sad to think about it.
a mix of both!
No one ever said life was going to be easy. It is whatever you want it to be. We all have choices and it just depends on the ones you want to make. There will always be rich people and poor people. There will always be good guys and bad guys and the styles change from bad to good and from good to bad. Things have changed so much in the last 62 years of my life. Some have been good and some have been bad but it's like that for everyone. I have learned along the way. I have learned that money doesn't make you happy and can sometimes cause more problems that it's worth. I have learned that you can find fun and happiness in the strangest of places. I have learned that you can pick your friends but not your relatives. I have learned that all families rich or poor have similar problems in their lives. I have learned that kindness given or received is a blessing. I have learned that the most beautiful thing you will ever see is what mother nature has created and it is free.
It's more deadly, dangerous, warlike, irresponsible, selfish, power-hungry. There is still a lot of good in the world, but when do we hear about it?
My aging parents and their various health problems are starting to overwhelm me. I'm a single, only-child so it's ALL on me. Because of their issues, my life has changed tremendously in the last 10 years and I'm very sad/depressed/angry about it. The future frightens me, so the changes have been for the worse for me.
I've got more scared.
Well, it isn't flat anymore ~~ probably for the best, cause none of my friends nor neighbors have fallen off.
It is like living on another planet now compared to my childhood memories. I would gladly return to the 1950s when the country was a united and dignified place. People had much more consideration for others. It was a quieter and safer place. I am so glad that I was born back then.
In the 60s us younger ones were becoming much more independent,and very nearly self supporting. We worked hard and played the same way.But we were Always under the scrutiny of loving and caring Mam %26amp; Dad. Yes our world has changed my friend,and most sadly for the worse. Peace to you all.
