Hobie-wan wrote:There used to be these things called playgrounds. There were exciting rides that you could do really stupid stuff on and you'd hurt yourself. You go crying to mommy who would kiss it and make it better, then there would be a conversation like this:
"You feeling a little bit better."
"Uh-huh." *sob*
"That was a pretty stupid thing you did, you should be more careful"
*sob* *choke*
"You won't do that again, will you?"/"You'll be more careful next time won't you?" (depending on how stupid the thing you did was)
"Uh-uh" *vigorous head shaking"
*hug*
Then you'd have a big bandage and a cool story to tell at school the next day. You also learned that sometimes the world sucks and you have to deal with consequences of your actions.
Now there's hardly anything left at the playground, but if you are a kid and manage to hurt yourself there's a pretty good chance your parent is going to be upset with someone and raise a stink or maybe even sue.
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I noticed an old playground I used to visit took out some of the cooler parts and replaced all the sand with wood chips. Seriously? Wood chips? That shit sucks.
AppleQueso wrote:It's not as if kids now can't watch the same cartoons, movies, etc that you did you know.
I know a bunch of little kids who's favorite movies ever are Jaws and Jurassic Park.
yeah i know they can youtube the cartoons or buy the dvd's for the cartoons or movies, but they will never experiance waiting in line for a movie like goonies or back to the future or karate kid at the video store and brining it home to put the movie in your vcr.
Normally I would agree about kids missing something that the 80's had. However, I want to hear what they will have to say about growing up in today's internet age. They might end up just as nostalgic about that. I have a hard time trying to picture myself growing up in all this.
AppleQueso wrote:It's not as if kids now can't watch the same cartoons, movies, etc that you did you know.
I know a bunch of little kids who's favorite movies ever are Jaws and Jurassic Park.
yeah i know they can youtube the cartoons or buy the dvd's for the cartoons or movies, but they will never experiance waiting in line for a movie like goonies or back to the future or karate kid at the video store and brining it home to put the movie in your vcr.
What happened to the video store, man?! As convenient as online movie services are there was really something special about renting a movie from a store.
I don't disagree that a lot of the things we loved as kids are gone now, I'm just trying to say that the intense pessimism about your children's lives is a bit unwarranted. I wonder how they feel about their own childhood...
Nothing says you can't raise your kids with only retro consoles. HDTV whats that? Home school them and reward them with watching some Thundercats when they finish their homework. Take them to the few remaining playgrounds on the weekend. Go to the last video rental store in town. Of course first friend they make then the game is up.
