The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[StarWarsGirl]

But we somehow survived.

It must have been a Festivus miracle.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

As much as I LOVE the internet... and have always been techy, I see the drawbacks of society spending all day on it, and failing to learn basic life skills.

How did you manage to learn basic life skills without the internet?

 

[King Racoon 77]

I keep telling you. You have to remember to let out the floaty things so your car will float!

Just need bigger tyres

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

As much as I LOVE the internet... and have always been techy, I see the drawbacks of society spending all day on it, and failing to learn basic life skills.

Not having to watch commercials is a really nice part of modern society! But you did have to watch whatever was on, and if you didn't like it, you found something better to do.... talk to your friends on the phone, listen to the radio, make mixed tapes, go ride you bike outside and see what your friends were doing... it was a whole different lifetime!

I loved making mix tapes.

 

[King Racoon 77]

As much as I LOVE the internet... and have always been techy, I see the drawbacks of society spending all day on it, and failing to learn basic life skills.

Not having to watch commercials is a really nice part of modern society! But you did have to watch whatever was on, and if you didn't like it, you found something better to do.... talk to your friends on the phone, listen to the radio, make mixed tapes, go ride you bike outside and see what your friends were doing... it was a whole different lifetime!

You might need to bring @StarWarsGirl up to speed on a mix tape ...

 

[Cesar R M]

But we somehow survived.

We had books to read in the middle of ads. gaaasp XD

 

[Rista1313]

How did you manage to learn basic life skills without the internet?

Amazing, real people showed us how to do things, either at home, or in class at school! We would sit in the kitchen and watch or "help" our mothers and grandmothers cook, and that's how we learned to make food.

 

[Rista1313]

You might need to bring @StarWarsGirl up to speed on a mix tape ...

Maybe she will just need to watch Guardians of the Galaxy to find out!

 

[King Racoon 77]

Maybe she will just need to watch Guardians of the Galaxy to find out!

Only if it has no adverts

 

[93boomer]

Just need bigger tyres
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As long as they float

 

[Tony the Tigger]

How did you manage to learn basic life skills without the internet?

The hard way.

 

[MinnieM123]

But we somehow survived.

We did? Oh yes, I'm here. I guess we did.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

We did? Oh yes, I'm here. I guess we did.

Dictionaries, phone books, maps, 1-900 numbers...

 

[MinnieM123]

As much as I LOVE the internet... and have always been techy, I see the drawbacks of society spending all day on it, and failing to learn basic life skills.

Not having to watch commercials is a really nice part of modern society! But you did have to watch whatever was on, and if you didn't like it, you found something better to do.... talk to your friends on the phone, listen to the radio, make mixed tapes, go ride you bike outside and see what your friends were doing... it was a whole different lifetime!

And I think we also need to mention to @StarWarsGirl , that there were way fewer commercial interruptions years ago. Now, you're lucky if you can watch something for a whole 5 minutes without some stupid commercial.

 

[93boomer]

We did? Oh yes, I'm here. I guess we did.

Yes you most certainly did which we are all grateful for.

 

[MinnieM123]

Yes you most certainly did which we are all grateful for.

That is good news.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Only if it has no adverts

Yeah, the first time I watched that movie, we DVR'ed it. I skipped the ads. Obviously.

 

[DryerLintFan]

As much as I LOVE the internet... and have always been techy, I see the drawbacks of society spending all day on it, and failing to learn basic life skills.

Not having to watch commercials is a really nice part of modern society! But you did have to watch whatever was on, and if you didn't like it, you found something better to do.... talk to your friends on the phone, listen to the radio, make mixed tapes, go ride you bike outside and see what your friends were doing... it was a whole different lifetime!

The commercials also served as very important breaks from the TV. Rush to get the laundry into the dryer. Need to potty, wait till the next commercial break. Need a workout routine, sit ups until your show is back on!!

How did you manage to learn basic life skills without the internet?

Girl. We didn't. Not having YouTube to teach us contouring is basically the "I walked uphill in the snow barefoot both ways" of my generation

 

[DryerLintFan]

As long as they float

 

[DryerLintFan]

And I think we also need to mention to @StarWarsGirl , that there were way fewer commercial interruptions years ago. Now, you're lucky if you can watch something for a whole 5 minutes without some stupid commercial.

And they were'nt so obnoxiously loud either.