Listen, olds of CE&P, I was born in 1986 and this applies to me too.
Or growing up in a poor town in the Midwest means we were about five years behind on technology.
Also 86 and much of this applies to me too. I don't mind being a millennial, but as an old millennial, I also watched the massive communication shift and knew life before computers at home. I'm embarrassingly proud of the fact that I've had Facebook since 2004.
I love all the mid/late 80s people chimming in saying this is them too. Newp. In you were born in 86 you were in college for the social media revolution. I think the hallmark for this lost/Oregon trail generation is that we were not.
I love all the mid/late 80s people chimming in saying this is them too. Newp. In you were born in 86 you were in college for the social media revolution. I think the hallmark for this lost/Oregon trail generation is that we were not.
Napster! I haven't heard anyone mention that in ages
True story: To this day, I have an irrational hatred of Metallica because of their part in the downfall of Napster. Whenever Enter Sandman comes on the radio, the station is immediately changed. I still have several thousand songs on my computer that were originally downloaded via Napster.
I love all the mid/late 80s people chimming in saying this is them too. Newp. In you were born in 86 you were in college for the social media revolution. I think the hallmark for this lost/Oregon trail generation is that we were not.
Thank you. We (Oregon trail generation) graduated from college before FB was even created!
I love all the mid/late 80s people chimming in saying this is them too. Newp. In you were born in 86 you were in college for the social media revolution. I think the hallmark for this lost/Oregon trail generation is that we were not.
Thank you. We (Oregon trail generation) graduated from college before FB was even created!
Basically, we got to live out our stupid years in privacy. Not so for the kids just a few years older than us. Nor any other kid born since or who will be born.
Post by 2curlydogs on Apr 27, 2015 14:59:03 GMT -5
My H is right on the cusp - '82. But, even then, there are pretty massive differences between how we experienced the internet.
Like, seriously, the reason the line about printing up the Monty Python script is so funny is because it's true. I printed all sorts of shit like that cause all of a sudden you had access to all this information and you were afraid it would go away.
H looks at me funny when i mention things like this.
Like, seriously, the reason the line about printing up the Monty Python script is so funny is because it's true. I printed all sorts of shit like that cause all of a sudden you had access to all this information and you were afraid it would go away.
I wonder if Monty Python scripts is universal. I found a TON during my senior year of high school. Most of our spring play that year was Monty Python because suddenly we had the scripts instead of watching them and meticulously copying the text down. Internet = instant Monty Python!
1975 here, I am so a Generation Xer. Got my FB page when I was 30, first cell phone at 23, Swatch phone in high school. Shit, we didn't even have to dial but 5 digits on the telephone. I did however play Oregon trail like a boss in high school. I had a word processor in high school, nobody had $3000 to pay for a home computer. ETA: stupid spelling error
Speaking of Atari - my daughter is playing some game called Crossy Roads. It looks JUST like Frogger. So much so, that I pulled up Frogger for comparison. LOL
Like, seriously, the reason the line about printing up the Monty Python script is so funny is because it's true. I printed all sorts of shit like that cause all of a sudden you had access to all this information and you were afraid it would go away.
I wonder if Monty Python scripts is universal. I found a TON during my senior year of high school. Most of our spring play that year was Monty Python because suddenly we had the scripts instead of watching them and meticulously copying the text down. Internet = instant Monty Python!
I see nothing about IRC or ICQ though. Am I the only one who was on those? (probably)
One of the funniest things I've ever heard was Scott Stratten's bit on the early internet in college. I was recovering from bronchitis and I thought I was going to pass out I was laughing and coughing so hard.
"I thought this thing was going to go away. So I spent all of my printing credit on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail script." *wheeeeeeeeeeeeeze*
Hated IRC which is a bit odd because back in the mid 90s one of the largest IRCs out there was based out of my University. ICQ never really took off within my group of friends. I stuck to ISCA BBS for about 4 years.
Post by jeaniebueller on Apr 27, 2015 15:13:43 GMT -5
That is another thing, I remember my roommates always being pissed if someone needed to use the internet and tie up our phone line. This was my senior year, so circa 2000? Or if you were online doing work and someone picked up the phone and disconnected you. That was the worst!
Post by irishbride2 on Apr 27, 2015 15:26:14 GMT -5
I will say the first year or two of Facebook wasn't really social media as we know it. You didn't post status updates or communicate. You really just found people in you classes (you could put your class schedule in and then you could find out who else had your schedule). So I had facebook for the last 2 years but it really wasn't social media. Myspace had been around for a few years at that point, so you 1982 people can suck it since myspace was around when you were in college.
I wonder what would happen if we narrow this down to Oregon trail, the original version.
My sisters (born in 84/86) played Oregon Trail, but it was different than the version I played. I think it would cut out some of you "on the cusp" kids.
According to wiki - these are the release dates of the game: 1971, 1974, 1985, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
So if you were born in 1984, you probably would have been playing the 1992 version at 8 yo. Even if you didn't because your school sucked, you would still fall into that category. Making you officially a millenial.
According to wiki - these are the release dates of the game: 1971, 1974, 1985, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
So if you were born in 1984, you probably would have been playing the 1992 version at 8 yo. Even if you didn't because your school sucked, you would still fall into that category. Making you officially a millenial.
muah ha ha!
HAHA. You are determined to make sure millennials know they are millennials.
I wonder what would happen if we narrow this down to Oregon trail, the original version.
My sisters (born in 84/86) played Oregon Trail, but it was different than the version I played. I think it would cut out some of you "on the cusp" kids.
Wiki says the original came out in 1971 and Oregan trail 2 came out in 1978. So I did not play the original.
According to wiki - these are the release dates of the game: 1971, 1974, 1985, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
So if you were born in 1984, you probably would have been playing the 1992 version at 8 yo. Even if you didn't because your school sucked, you would still fall into that category. Making you officially a millenial.
muah ha ha!
HAHA. You are determined to make sure millennials know they are millennials.