Born between 1979-1989 = GOAT LIFE

[loganhart]

1987 here.

No cable, 2 channels on TV through the bunny ears.
Old azz green screen Comodor 64
Skipping school to go fishing and build forts in the bush.
Calling chicks at home and getting scared when her father answered.
Time to get home when the street lights come on.
Picking apples all summer to pay for hockey in the winter.
Kelly Kapowski pictures on the wall in my room.
Hooking up two VCRs to make copies of rented VHS tapes.
Owned and listened to a CD for the first time in 96 (Weird Al's "Bad hair Day").
10-16 years old Mom would let me drive the truck home from church.
Wanted to hang out with friends, called their house, not home? Get on your bike and go find them.
Respected my teachers out of pure fear.
Got first mobile in 04, everyone was mirin cuz it had a camera.

Could you imagine haveing a smart phone in jr high/highschool? Brb googling.

[joshuaclottey]

op i

[kneeonbelly]

op speaks the truth.

this group of people grew up with social skills. everyone in your neighborhood your age was a friend somehow. even if you fought you'd still end up playing a game with them again.

football in the street , all time quarterback was the older kids who had nothing to do etc

you could play a game called smear the queer at school and the teachers would announce it like it was a gift

you learned to deal with stuff like bullies, talking face to face and if you got a girls number you didn't hide behind texts or creep her fb. you had to deal with the butterflies of timing when you were going to call, what you were going to say and trying not to sound to eager..until her DAD answers and you had to ASK him if she was home to talk on the phone..all that chit built character.

we were the only gen to witness tupac, biggie, kurt cobain, dude from alice n chainz and blind melon rise to fame and die tragically. Everything was original - the television shows were all instant classics (transformers , gijoe, ninja turtles) music was at its peak ; rap had nwa, ice cube dre snoop pac biggie jayz just starting up- those were the days


op is rep'd

[kneeonbelly]

we didn't have internet porn or easy access like that.

we had
1) our uncle or best friends big brothers porn stash kept hidden up under the mattress or in the closet in a corner spot

or

we had this



if you didn't fap to scramble porn you aint chit

[wellyeah]

feel bad for kids who never played hide and seek outside at night

been inside almost every house in my neighborhood crew

[kneeonbelly]

kids then were solar powered. as soon as you woke up you were at someones house , riding bikes or finding something to do outside and you wouldn't go home till it got dark. if you did ask the right way you'd get to spend the night at your homies place stay up and egg peoples houses

[nin-com-poop]

1985 sexual product of reproduction here. Hide and seek...tag...some how rent a softcore Tera Patrick porno on vhs from Blockbuster with mom's membership...hoo lee fuk I want to be a kid again because of those memories. Riding down the snowy hill in a recycle bin because I didn't have a sled. Anyone else do that?

[sixfootsix]

Agreed brah, I've thought this before. Though you wrote it down.

[meteoraniac]

1984 goat year checking in...

Brb airwolf, baywatch, bold n beautiful on tv
Brb Abba on radio
Brb plays outdoor

[Crazee_786]

Quite possible GOAT time thread. Haven't read it but OP's post is spot on.

I am a 1985 child. A merger between the new and the old. A beautiful canvas on which the west and east have collided to create a masterpiece. That is a true 80s child.

1990 and beyond? Get out my way.

The new generations are dumb as shi*, act like sheep and have no idea what they are doing. Just mindless drones.

I owe OP some reps

[ThePelican]

I was born in 1993 and still played outside everyday in the summer. But who was bike rides and road hockey?

[retiredrunner]

used to rely on victoria's secret catalogs and Penthouse for porn crew checking in

[YolkedBrah]

1989 cutoff crew checking in

[conceptions]

1988 crew. Never had to ask to go outside, especially when we lived on a base. I remember my dad "getting the internet" at work and we went to look at the American Girls site once and were like "meh." But I learned to type really fast on ICQ later. Didn't have a cellphone until I was 17. Still only use it for calls/texts unless I need directions.

[Moistasphuk]

1986. Being a kid in the 90's was the best time to be young. Renting vhs's from blockbuster every Saturday morning and looking forward to watching them all over the weekend. Riding your bikes around the neighbourhoods, going to the milk bar (local store) to buy lollies and ice creams on hot days.

[backintheda]

A lot of feels in this thread. 86 crew checking in.

[BenD4Me]

born in 86.. feel like i got big time shafted on job market

this. I graduated at the worst possible time. Wish I was born in 82-84.

[kneeonbelly]

these are statements that no kids today can understand:

'be kind rewind'

'don't be on the phone too long im waiting on a call'


I remember one brave kid brought a jcp catalog to school just so we could all look at the women in underwear. chit was real that day in 2nd grade

[WJL83]

1983 checking in

Never spent a single day inside as a youngstie

[kneeonbelly]

all these feels


there once was a time when you had to watch cartoons between the hours of 230 and 5:00 after school and all the cool sat morning cartoons was 6am - 11. if you missed it you missed it and had to listen to all the kids talk about how cool it was

[trueem]

1975er aka "old as fawk" checkin' in.

Can confirm....

brb go outside and play all day
brb 6hr bike rides around the neighbourhood
brb play baseball or soccer after school with friends until it gets dark
brb no cell phones or major internet use in HS or University (some people had pagers lol)
brb no social media
brb people actually talking to each other in community areas and bars

I feel bad for people around the age of 21 right now.

I'm 21 feels bad man, this generation is ****ed up the butt

[Dexter3000]

1986 checking in.

Classic case of "This generation sucks, we used to have it/be so much better". It's what today's kids will say in 20 years too.


That said, I can't agree more that kids today suck balls when it comes to social skills and their sense of entitlement. I think the latter is actually the worst thing happening now. The world doesn't ow you sh!t boy.

On the other hand, I believe things will change and the financial crisis will somewhat reset some things like how easy it used to be to lend money. It's not a bad thing that young people just can't go buy a house without any financial backing anymore.. so perhaps there still is hope. But I'm drunk now so there's that.

[Uwotm8brah]

i used to play outside with my neighbors all the time back when i was a kid, so many kids on my block too. you mirin im only 18 y/o *******??

[SolidOakie]

Riding down the snowy hill in a recycle bin because I didn't have a sled. Anyone else do that?

I bent the top of a stop sign up, and ran a shoelace through the hole and tried that. It didn't work too well. I thought my sled was the coolest even though it didn't work at all, lol

One year in high school this kid somehow got ahold of the hood of a Honda Civic. That has been the best sled to date.

[Dexter3000]

i used to play outside with my neighbors all the time back when i was a kid, so many kids on my block too. you mirin im only 18 y/o *******??

So brave.

[Jasonw1178]

Well born in November of 1978, but yeah growing up was different. Today kids have to constantly have their faces buried in devices.

What's funny is that back then, most teenagers smoked cigarettes but only a few smoked pot regularly. Now it's the opposite.

[Vikingmiscer]

1992 checking in, can confirm i missed out on a few of those
I grew up on a farm tho and lived a little outside of town so we couldnt use the internet without disconnecting the phone untill i was like 12 srs. I was very active during my childhood

oh well atleast i wasnt born in 2003 or some chit like that, brb 10 year olds have the new iphone

[hassel35]

I can confirm i was 1985.

Last of the good ones!

[Jizzuz]

1989 checking in. I still dont have a cellphone

[Brahtholomew]

87. So many feels itt

I disagree with all the hate to the new kids though. I feel every generation says "oh man kids these days" lmao. Things change. What it means to 'be social' changes. I might even argue some degree of the supposedly antisocial behavior could be attributed to the nature of the landscape and the fear mongering. Brb mass killings, chris hansen, etc. Just some thoughts. What kind of people can share every aspect of their life online, Skype for hours with friends, text constantly all day but 'have no social skills'? Maybe they just don't like talking to old ****s who don't get it?

back to the nostalgia:
forts
fighting
trampolines
burning stuff in the woods
bikes and jumps and ****
wandering for hours
TREE FORTS ERMEHGERD
bikini pics in magazines like gq etc lmao
not carrying a phone
not checking a phone constantly
not instinctually pulling out a phone for distraction when waiting in line etc
IGNORING PEOPLE cause no phone