Strange Changes

[Yoshi]

One day I go to target in order to buy things for college. Boring, mundane things mostly - toothpaste, shampoo, that kind of stuff. That and the greatest combination of food you can have out there:1 bag of Tostito's Chip, with 1 jar of Tostio's Dip. It's magically delicious.

Anyway, when I got to the shampoo aisle I found myself shocked and appalled at what I saw. I whispered a curse word to myself, as I usually do in situations like this, when I discovered that there is no "normal" shampoo anymore. It's all special formula XJ-77 for frizzy hair or EF-88 for Curly. I saw one for sensitive hair, even.

And I find myself wondering, when did this change happen?

So I ask, when was the last time you saw something in that small world after all that just seemed to be a lot different than you remembered it?

[Moot]

I remember when there were adverts on TV here that weren't plugging some crappy accident lawyer firm, and actually advertised honest to god products.

[Rackinac]

That saturday morning 'Saturday Morning Cartoons' didn't come on. I was like "Mommy? What happened to my shows...". Never came on agian, I even forgot half the cartoons... Big change. I had nothing to do Saturday mornings...

I think it was on Nick, and it had random 5 minute long cartoons and went on for about an hour. Loved it. Now I can't remember half of them... Saturdays are no longer special!

Cartoons went downhill from there. Oh well. Maybe I can convince my mom to buy the old cartoon channel...

[Twi]

I miss the time when people didn't have to cover their tracks as so not to be sued.

You tripped over your shoelace, well it's the shoelace company's fault for making shoelaces too long, sue sue sue. Get about £5000. That'll pay for the plaster you had to put on that tiny cut you got from a slightly pointy stone!

[Lord of the Dance]

I miss when everyone wasn't obsessed with cell phones, and we actually went outside and did stuff. Like get the mail or visit some random person's house.
I miss when people would say "hi" to each other even if they didn't know each other. Now my parents shoo me away from new people more often than not.

[Yoshi]

yosheechamp said:

Now my parents shoo me away from new people more often than not.

Well their words certainly haven't stopped you from trying to chat with hobos on the city sidewalks.

[red.yoshi]

I remember the era before CD's were released to us in North America and the walk-man was very popular.

I also remember when the N64 first came out with Star Fox and Super Mario 64. Wow, 3D graphics!

[emvee]

I'm sure the chat regulars have heard this story more than they care about, but I've yet to post it here.

On the 11th I went to Best Buy to pick up some games I had overlooked until now -- namely God Hand and Gurumin, though I also picked up the movie Animal House. When I got to the register, everything went smoothly. I took out my Rewards Zone card, my debit card, and put my wallet back in my pocket, when the clerk smiles at me and says "I'll need to see some ID to prove you're over 17." I just stared at her for a moment, and looked at my items. What was that bad? What of these items warranted a carding? I assumed it was Animal House, showed my ID and paid for the items then left. It hit me as I was walking back to the car. Wait, 17? R rated movies are 18+ so... and that's when I noticed God Hand's M rating. I got carded for a video game. Not cigarettes, not booze, not movies of ill-refute (like I'd buy those things anyway), but a video game -- something I've played since I was three years old.

So yeah, tl;dr, I miss when people didn't consider video games to be the deceptive disease that's killing childhood innocence.

I also miss the days when people weren't so dependent on cell phones. All the time now I hear people repeating what they've said, getting gradually louder and louder, usually followed by "Are you there? Can you hear me now? Hello?" The convenience is nice, but reliance on it just... baffles me. I suppose that's why I don't give out my mobile number.

And one last one -- I miss the days when cars were built to protect the passengers, not be cost-efficient and seen as bling. You hit a deer in a '67 Mustang, you get a dent at best. You hit a deer in a '07 Mustang, you may not walk away from the incident. When did -that- happen?

[Damian Yoshi]

I remember what the area I used to live in was like before you had to keep looking over your shoulder in case there was someone behind you.

[decimus]

even though nobody alive can remember a time before them.....i lament the invention of firearms.....back in teh good ol' days....you had to get up close a personal to take a man down.....

Edit: i might get sued for posting this... >.>

[Twi]

decimus said:

even though nobody alive can remember a time before them.....i lament the invention of firearms.....back in teh good ol' days....you had to get up close a personal to take a man down.....

Edit: i might get sued for posting this... >.>

Ah, the good ol' medieval days where war was constant, the world was flat and a good meal consisted of a potato and some thin soup.

[Wildfire the Dragon]

redyoshi said:

I also remember when the N64 first came out with Star Fox and Super Mario 64. Wow, 3D graphics!

I agree.

Back then in like...the 1990s, I remember most games like Super Mario 64, Super Smash Bros, Star Fox 64 were oh-so popular...now, it's like...

"OMG, Mario suks, hes gai lol...halo n gta r teh roxxor..."

Dude, I don't even like Halo and GTA. Man...I seriously miss those days when cartoon like violence (games and movies) was in...now...most people...well...you get it.

[Rackinac]

... They don't make movies available on video for the VCR anymore.

[Lord of the Dance]

I can almost just remember before Disney made fifty "family" sequels to all their amazing violent sweet movies.
Instead of Tarzan's dad getting shot it's YOUNG TARZAN chasing down the Zoogor or whatever it's called and they learn together that Tarzan can be whatever he wants to be in life as long as he believes it.
Or Mulan where she stopped the Huns from taking over and got slashed in the side and kicked out of the army. Now she tells princesses to follow their hearts and cries when her boyfriend disappears and Mushu is trying to keep them from getting married.
Since when did all my favorite cartooon characters become wusses?

Or maybe Sonic. He used to actually not get along with half his team and they lived somewhere creative with an amazing storyline. Robotnik had already taken over the world and Sonic and his friends were trying to take it back without getting killed. And Robotnik had an actual lackey. And Chaos Emeralds didn't exist and Sonic got his speed taken away sometimes and he didn't have a super form or a dark form or a dark super form.
Now Sonic is best friends with everyone, comes from a place called "Our World" and Robotnik isn't hardcore any more. He's just some fat guy who talks to his robots and makes pinball machines and looks for Chaos Emeralds. And Sonic transforms into something or other every few episodes it feels like. And Tails fell in love with a flower.
Gah. Old cartoons had awesomeness on their side. The new ones just have fancy effects.

[anjilfan]

yosheechamp said:

I can almost just remember before Disney made fifty "family" sequels to all their amazing violent sweet movies.
Instead of Tarzan's dad getting shot it's YOUNG TARZAN chasing down the Zoogor or whatever it's called and they learn together that Tarzan can be whatever he wants to be in life as long as he believes it.
Or Mulan where she stopped the Huns from taking over and got slashed in the side and kicked out of the army. Now she tells princesses to follow their hearts and cries when her boyfriend disappears and Mushu is trying to keep them from getting married.
Since when did all my favorite cartooon characters become wusses?

Or maybe Sonic. He used to actually not get along with half his team and they lived somewhere creative with an amazing storyline. Robotnik had already taken over the world and Sonic and his friends were trying to take it back without getting killed. And Robotnik had an actual lackey. And Chaos Emeralds didn't exist and Sonic got his speed taken away sometimes and he didn't have a super form or a dark form or a dark super form.
Now Sonic is best friends with everyone, comes from a place called "Our World" and Robotnik isn't hardcore any more. He's just some fat guy who talks to his robots and makes pinball machines and looks for Chaos Emeralds. And Sonic transforms into something or other every few episodes it feels like. And Tails fell in love with a flower.
Gah. Old cartoons had awesomeness on their side. The new ones just have fancy effects.

Indeed. They should just keep it with one movie.

Next thing you know, BOOM Pinnochio 2, or something like that (hopefully not...)

Anywho...

I miss when the music was good. Now it's all crap

[Enrique]

I remember when you could actually go to your locker when you walked into school. Everyday, I have to find a way to evade all the teachers who redirect my path to the cafeteria where five hundred thousand people are housed until 7:57. On that note, I also remember when the 6th grade was in the middle/high school (it's now at the elementary at my school district).

I also remember way back when Windows 98 was the latest and greatest thing in the world. And when floppy disk drives were standard on all computers.

[tcm763]

To Yoshee's comment: lololololololololololololololol totally and sonic's uncle Chuck who was robotosized (however you spell that) and what's up with the chaos "EMERALDS" that are yellow and pink and red and blue and stuff

MARGERINE!

[Lich Yoshi von Kippo]

I remember when petrol cost 56 cents a litre. It now costs double that.

And I feel really old when the earliest games people talk about here are those in the 64-bit era. Alex Kidd in Miracle World, anyone?

[Nv. 2993]

I remember back when I wasn't made fun of for being different. And when I mean different, I mean ADD, Tourettes Syndrome, possibly a little insane, being proud of the fact that I'm not normal, liking old music, talking to myself often, owning 4+ pocket knives, having a collection of sea shells and rifle shells, minor kleptomania, being near-sighted(although I don't often wear glasses), calling cold weather comfortable weather, and a lot more that I shouldn't mention on this kind of site.

One of my friends gave me an elbow to the stomach on my birthday once, and I got the wind knocked out of me so bad I thought I was going to die right there from being unable to breathe at all. That, and when I've been at the shore when a wave slapped me across the face and I had seawater get in my eyes, nose, and throat, plus the time a wave tore me under and kept me there for probably the longest time I was underwater. Can you imagine being tossed around and shoved down in dark murky water with no idea how far down you are and your lungs already bursting? That was very painful...

Great, I'm on one of my rants again. But I think you should know why.

[Fluory]

I remember the twenty-first night of September.

I also remember back when teachers didn't need IDs at my school. It was all cool, we didn't feel particularly "unsafe", and all was good. Now they need some tacky IDs because evidently that should make us feel "safer," and they're quite ugly IDs at that. But it's kind of funny, because none of the teachers take them seriously. They pretty much just clip the IDs to their belts, hair bands, side of their pants, and in random places. So I'm guessing the teachers didn't think they were that great either.