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	To the spoiled
	To the spoiled


THE SPOILED UNDER 30 CROWD! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning Uphill... barefoot... BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it. And how easy they've got it! But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!! There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter, with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! There were no MP3' s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#% it all up! We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting ! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister! We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600 with games like ' Space Invaders ' and 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your Imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen. Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your a* and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning . Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards! And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove ... Imagine that! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980! Regards, The over 30 Crowd Lluvia Maya · Tue Dec 16, 2008 @ 03:01pm · 12 Comments


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	I wasn't allowed to use the stove when I was a kid. I had to eat my poptarts cold! Offline Spriteless Girl · Community Member · Tue Dec 16, 2008 @ 03:48pm


	Wait. No intarwebz? But the pr0n! j/k xd Yeah, I haven't quite reached that age just yet but already I find myself doing things I said I wouldn't do xD Even when the basic of some of these things were coming out they've seriously been upgraded so much in so little time. I'm barely 21 going to 22 and already I'm complaining about how the younger generation has it alot easier than we did xD It's a never ending cycle! rofl Offline Link-Hayashi · Community Member · Tue Dec 16, 2008 @ 07:11pm


	Ha! I didn't have a phone or cable growing up, take that! Offline Lluvia Maya · Community Member · Tue Dec 16, 2008 @ 08:07pm


	I feel you, Miss Maya. The younger crowd don't know or better yet, realize exactly how good they have it, but then again back when we were younger we didn't either. One day they will be just like us, looking back and wishing that they were young again and not burdened with so much of the responsibility they have as adults. I admire you, Miss Maya. You are doing something that I don't think I could do. Offline Kiodie Raventree · Community Member · Wed Dec 17, 2008 @ 12:07am


	Hi LM, All of that is true, but there are some things that us young ones have to live with that older folks didn't for most of their growing-up years. Terrorism in the U.S. (previously confined to other continents). Violent crime doesn't feel like it's decreasing. Dramatic up/down spikes in the economy in relatively short timeframes. Huge health care costs from the moment we're born. Global warming issues from the moment we're born. Technology-enabled threats to privacy. The expectation that we would be available 24/7, whether we want to or not, thanks to the internet and cell phones. High divorce rates for our parents. And the list goes on. To each generation its own challenges, I think. Offline Breyer · Community Member · Wed Dec 17, 2008 @ 08:49pm


	adds lack of sense of humor to the list Offline Lluvia Maya · Community Member · Wed Dec 17, 2008 @ 10:48pm


	That too. smile Although perhaps I heard a different tone in your entry than what you'd intended. Offline Breyer · Community Member · Thu Dec 18, 2008 @ 07:16am


	Breyer, perhaps you just totally missed the fact that it was a joke? Maybe something to chalk up to the under 30 crowd? rofl My co-worker sent this to me at work one day. I'm a few years short of 30 but some of these things apply to my age group as well. Such as recording off the radio. Good times. Offline Malee · Community Member · Fri Dec 19, 2008 @ 04:11am


	biggrin Malee, so I did. As I said, when I read the entry, I "heard" a tone of sarcasm rather than gentle humor. I am tempted to delete my original comment, but it would be unsportsmanlike. So I will duck the incoming tomatoes like a gentleman. wink Offline Breyer · Community Member · Sat Dec 20, 2008 @ 02:08am


	OMG. The mix tapes. And none of these fancy MP3 player batteries either. You had to walk around with your boombox with 6 D batteries in it. Or if you had a walkman, those batteries would last like an hour or three. gonk gonk And no online shopping either. If you wanted something, you had to hike over to the electronics store and go get it. And eff you if you didn't know exactly what you wanted, because the store guys would act all superior, and talk over your head and try to sell you something crappy. xD Offline Dino · Community Member · Sat Dec 27, 2008 @ 05:01pm


	OMG SO TRUE!! but since I live in a 3rd world country, my childhood was actually like the ones who are over 30 in a 1st world country xd , hahahahah I luv it! biggrin cool I actually miss the times when people used to write letters with a pen, they were more personal crying Offline Lady Cookie Monster · Community Member · Tue Jan 06, 2009 @ 04:24am


	My mom is 43 and she had a tv and computers came out when she was in highschool and your ten years younger then her so in ways your lieing here. Boohoo i dont have caller id and you still had cd players so big woop. Offline Sweet-Tearful-Laughter · Community Member · Fri Jul 10, 2009 @ 10:32pm

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