Generation "Y" discussion. 25-34

[AmericanPirate]

Do want. So much.

When I figure it out I will make sure to post it up. I have to find someone to make me a new board first though. I have been think of having a few made up when I get them and eather sell them or build controllers and sell the whole thing. dont know yet. Like I sad Its going to take some time.

 

[FxCannon]

Generation "Y"? really?? i thought i was Generation "X" i thought gen Y was 82' and up

 

[Digital-Dragon]

Seems like a xbox controller might work well due to how large the case is... Just because we're not teens doesn't mean we have to stick with corded controllers... Lol.

 

[FxCannon]

i fig what defines a generation is which prez got killed.. our parents was jfk our grandparents it was lincoln or fdr.. ours was reagan.. but reagen didnt die so logic leads me to come to the factual conclusion that obviously time travelers stepped in..

 

[Digital-Dragon]

Well that's just obvious, lol. Just think about it, there were lots of times in the bush era that it seemed like he was getting help from the future...

 

[mechanus]

Born in 80 (my wife was 79), her experiences and mine were the same. I don't identify as much with the Power Rangers, Furbies, Pokemon...that was kid stuff when it came out.

But Atari 2600 making way for Nintendo, my 8086 to an 8088 to a shiny 486SX25 logging into Renegade BBS, screwing with the TV to try to pick up fuzzy soft core porn on Spice Channel, wondering what the box of beta max tapes in my attic were for, remembering the day I left my trusty Walkman to get a Discman, and wishing I could be half as cool as Zach Morris...those were my bag.

'81 here - I think it was the same thing. Power Rangers and Pokemon was definitely for the next group. I remember it was "big" (I guess) early/mid-90s. By that time, I was listening to Pearl Jam, The Offspring, Tool, and arguing with people if Megadeth/Metallica/Iron Maiden were better than Anthrax/Slayer/Biohazard. Maybe it was just the group of kids I hung out with, but it was the little brothers that watched Power Rangers/Pokemon/etc..

I remember playing games like D&D and Shadowrun with pen and paper; listening to an abridged version of The Lord of the Rings on LPs; buying my first CD (Beck - Mellow Gold - it's still around here somewhere).

Fun times.

 

[Digital-Dragon]

D&D, my initials now, lol.

Offspring, ah that brings back a lot of memories. They taught me how to swear...

 

[FxCannon]

mine was apex twin, meat beat manifesto,prodigy, kmfdm, NIN.. offspring and soundgarden was mixed in.. ohh and temple of the dog deff some jane's addiction maybe if i was sad stereo mcs or blind melon..all had on CD that i got for a penny from cloumbia house that was the good old days ripping off columbia house skipping school

 

[njgeek]

All of the above. My first concert was Anthrax, Cannibal Corpse, and Life of Agony. Second was Pantera and White Zombie.

Great days of music. I didn't get into D&D much, played GURPS, Robotech, and TMNT and Other Strangeness instead.

 

[Huuwap]

I'm kind of in a funny spot I guess. I largely missed the '80s being born in 1986, but I can't ever remember being enthralled by Power Rangers and I made fun of my sister for buying into the Furby thing. I had a handful of pogs, and when I couldn't win vs. one of my classmates I brought out the special slammer my pops made for me - 1" diameter, 1.5" length, solid steel with a yin-yang pattern drill-pressed in on the top. Really, it was the smasher...I don't think I ever flipped a pog over with it, but boy did it leave a dent.

I was glued to the NES from 1989 - 1995 when my parents finally bought an SNES for me, and was glued to that until I beat them into submission and got an N64 in '98. That only lasted about a year when our family got a computer, and I proceeded to waste my adolescent life in IRC chatrooms, scripting random garbage and playing Quake III Arena almost religiously until I moved out in 2004. I went from uber-geek to married man with kids by mid-2005 and you know...things have a way of being put into perspective when you have a family to support. I did a lot of growing up real quick.

As a kid, unlike a lot of you, I didn't have much of a passion for new music. I didn't ever think about music still being something that was made, I just listened to whatever my folks did growing up. I owned a CD or two when I was 15 or 16, but Napster took care of me for anything I really wanted to listen to...which really wasn't much, maybe 150 songs.

I guess I'm just a perpetual geek. I get enough entertainment out of reading and fiddling around with computer software / hardware that I don't do a whole lot else...oh, other than fishing .

 

[lilith79]

Your son is under 25 so he's not in the same Gen. Here's a proof that your son is not in the same generation as you:

Ask him if he knows what THIS is:

He does...I still have mine. lol

 

[Wolf308]

He does...I still have mine. lol

How did you manage to keep it where the ball didn't pop out of the ring?!

 

[Digital-Dragon]

Magic!

 

[FxCannon]

a flying car w gull wing doors this is what shaped my life

 

[servolos]

Oh pogs! That takes me back. I had a slammer that could flip anything!

As far as what was cool it seems that the breaing point is 1985. Anyone born after that thought power rangers was cool and those born bfore thought thundercats was cool

Blue bomber? Megaman was awesome but the snes brught a kick a** story line with megaman X.

God times

 

[TAP352]

Hey, I'm new to ECF. I'm 29 I've been vaping since February. Glad to see there are some younger people here. A few other forums I have checked out most of the people are old

 

[Digital-Dragon]

I'll be 29 in a few months... 30 is right around the corner for us... I think that means that we are old...?

 

[njgeek]

We are young. No one can tell us we're wrong.








Searching our hearts for so loooaaaoooaaaoooaaaaooong.

 

[Butters78]

I'm like an old pair of britches dang gommit there may be a few holes but they still do the trick!

 

[Digital-Dragon]

Hmm, um, you mean britches maybe...? If not then lol