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Later Alligator
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#Phonepunk#
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i was in 6th or 7th grade home room one day and they passed out a photocopy of a newspaper article. it described the coup that led to the fall of the Soviet Union. i had no idea what that meant, no idea what any of these countries it was talking about were like, but they pushed a lot of Cold War stuff bc my teachers were very much of that era. we did mock presidential debates and i did Bill Clinton, i think i talked about health care, lol, what a fucking joke. we still don't have it. =-p i remember one kid had the thumb-on-the-clenched-fist thing down pat, he had obviously studied Daryl Hammond's masterful portrayal. that era of SNL - Sandler, Farley, Hartman, Myers, etc. - is my GOAT.
when the OJ verdict was delivered i was in high school and we watched it live. it was the first time every room had a tv. at some point they had us watch Chanel One, which was an educational news channel. i think some of the people on that are in legit news media now lol.
growing up in the 90s was great. i was into BBSes and DOOM mods (Aliens TC was the ultimate) before there was even AOL. we had a SNES and spent at least half our days in the woods, exploring the creek, getting fresh air & exercise. nowadays of course i can't imagine anyone letting their kid leave the house for hours at a time but times were different then.
the media was definitely crazy violent and misogynistic. i remember random rapes happening all the time in movies and tv shows. of course it was the prime era of the 80s horror flick. that stuff always scared me, but i couldn't help wandering the isle of the video rental stores and look at all the crazy surreal VHS box art.
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Red Crayon Aristocrat
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Monica Lewinsky, Columbine and 9/11 are the earliest major news stories I can vividly remember, although I have vague memories of OJ.
What's funny about Monica Lewinsky is I was only 8 and was asking my parents what "oral sex" was.
The first celebrity death I heard about when it first happened was Chris Farley.
5secondrulesucks
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okay for real though. im 420 years old
5secondrulesucks
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im 69 years old
5secondrulesucks
Banned
the older the berry the sweeter the juice baby
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slugbahr
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In a few months i will become death, destroyer of worlds.
No, wait, wrong reference.
I will be the answer.
To life, the universe, and everything.
No, wait, wrong reference.
I will be the answer.
To life, the universe, and everything.
petran79
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I went to Moscow few years earlier and we got a family photo album with Misha the Bearcub in the cover. Hardly remember much of the trip
DoctorEkkoUK
Member
Why did you stop at 70?
Antoon
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Nobody would live that long if they post on Neogaf.
Not precisely. I joined the fledgling GAF community at 14 years old in 1999, and was running it within a couple years informally as a volunteer. That changed to officially in 2004 at 19 when the community crowdfunded me to take it independent.
Retrospective I wrote in 2016 here:
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/100-000-000.1224819/
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Raven117
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Not a chance. You see how cool and level headed it is around here nowadays?
Just look at the way they post over there from content, to world view, to basic sentence structure. It all screams child.
Starlight Lotice
Member
Damn, we're closer to age than I thought.
I turn 30 this year but I still get asked my age for Booze/Lottery. <_< (18/16 in the UK)
I still feel 20/21.
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God Enel
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I’m not sure if that’s ever going to change. 32 here. It’s kinda weird. I mean obviously you grew as a person but I still have this “childish” mindset in a way. Maybe that’s how it works
brap
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Me too. Brb listening to some blink-182.
Starlight Lotice
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I’m not sure if that’s ever going to change. 32 here. It’s kinda weird. I mean obviously you grew as a person but I still have this “childish” mindset in a way. Maybe that’s how it works
Maybe but I would say it is more due to my disability more than anything (Aspergers). I don't feel like I have grown as a person as my day has stayed the same for 9 years now.
Damn. I was about 11 when they were a thing!
Lupingosei
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42. First generation digital native.
God Enel
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J-Roderton
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29. May as well be 102.
Wings 嫩翼翻せ
so it's not nice
Back to Batman I see. Good to see ya Jrod, you raging youngster, you.
Elcid
Banned
Going to be 32 this year.
32 in the summer. The destruction of Lionel Playworld, that cut my chiildhood deep.
Domisto
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The ill fated Lionel Richie amusement park in tornado alley?
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Happy birthday.
Mondai
Member
thank you
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