In This Thread, We Talk About Things That Make Us Feel Old

[starang21]

i said something to the effect of "'bout it, 'bout it" to this girl working behind the counter at a fast food place.....

she didn't know who or what i was talking about.

[ColdInCanada11]

I work at a kids camp, and was mocked last week for learning to read from a book and not a Baby Einstein dvd. The history and English student in me just died a little.

[southbymidwest]

Originally Posted by ColdInCanada11

I work at a kids camp, and was mocked last week for learning to read from a book and not a Baby Einstein dvd. The history and English student in me just died a little.

Ohhhh... not only am I too old to have learned to read with a Baby Einstein video (Dick and Jane, anyone?), but my kids are too old to have learned to read with Baby Einstein.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by southbymidwest

Ohhhh... not only am I too old to have learned to read with a Baby Einstein video (Dick and Jane, anyone?), but my kids are too old to have learned to read with Baby Einstein.

OK, when did these Baby Einstein videos come out/become popular? I had never heard of them until my niece was born ( 6 years ago). I'm assuming that children who learned via BE must of been born in the 90s.

I learned to read with Little Golden Books; I used to love reading Poky Little Puppy to my grandmother and little cousins

[ColdInCanada11]

When I asked what they were, it just led to more mocking.

Yep, the Little Golden Books, Dr. Seuss, and the Berenstein Bears populated my childhood. We might not have need a remote for them, but we still had a good time.

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

OK, when did these Baby Einstein videos come out/become popular? I had never heard of them until my niece was born ( 6 years ago). I'm assuming that children who learned via BE must of been born in the 90s.

I learned to read with Little Golden Books; I used to love reading Poky Little Puppy to my grandmother and little cousins

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by ColdInCanada11

When I asked what they were, it just led to more mocking.

Yep, the Little Golden Books, Dr. Seuss, and the Berenstein Bears populated my childhood. We might not have need a remote for them, but we still had a good time.

I grew up on the little golden books! I loved the Berenstein Bears as well, only their politeness bugged me a little. My favorite book in second grade was "Green Eyes", about a cat with green eyes, lol. I borrowed it from the school library so often that they had to remind me to let others enjoy the book, too. As a kid, there was something so magical about reading, getting lost in the story. It makes me sad that kids don't seem as interested in reading anymore.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I grew up on the little golden books!

Happily, Barnes and Noble has reissued several of the Little Golden Books. I'm thrilled because our copies of several that I loved to read to our children are worn out, particularly "The Color Kittens"!

...and in all that brown, the sun went down...

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by starang21

i said something to the effect of "'bout it, 'bout it" to this girl working behind the counter at a fast food place.....

she didn't know who or what i was talking about.

LOL. You're either old or you're just coolerererer than she is.

On that note, when the teenagers don't know that certain songs are remakes or they think certain songs and artists are new. Then I show them the date that the song was released and the artist first came on the music scene.

I remember when my parents used to school us on music like that. They'd get out the 8-tracks and albums and tell us what's what. That's one reason why I still prefer older music and listen to the old folks stations.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

On that note, when the teenagers don't know that certain songs are remakes or they think certain songs and artists are new. Then I show them the date that the song was released and the artist first came on the music scene.

I remember when my parents used to school us on music like that. They'd get out the 8-tracks and albums and tell us what's what. That's one reason why I still prefer older music and listen to the old folks stations.

Yep.

I'll hear things like "Nicki Minaj/Lil Wayne/Kanye/OtherRandomArtist is so original! The best ever!" and end up letting them know that 90% of the artists' songs are sampled from older artists.

[DrPhil]

I hate Nicki Minaj. I also hate when I accidentally memorize her lyrics.

The sad thing is that I actually liked Lil Wayne before he became what he is now. He's annoying now but that's what the younger people like.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

On that note, when the teenagers don't know that certain songs are remakes or they think certain songs and artists are new. Then I show them the date that the song was released and the artist first came on the music scene.

This reminds me of when Puff Daddy (when he still went by that) sampled Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" for that God-awful Godzilla movie soundtrack and I overheard some kid exclaim that "They took this riff from Puff Daddy" when the original Zeppelin song was playing in a store.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL. You're either old or you're just coolerererer than she is.

On that note, when the teenagers don't know that certain songs are remakes or they think certain songs and artists are new. Then I show them the date that the song was released and the artist first came on the music scene.

I remember when my parents used to school us on music like that. They'd get out the 8-tracks and albums and tell us what's what. That's one reason why I still prefer older music and listen to the old folks stations.

I almost always recognize the remake (and I know I'm not a teenager, but still) because of my dad's musical tastes and tendencies to play the same tape...yeah, it took him a long time switch to CD's and we're just now teaching him how to use the iPod on the iPhone he got for work...over and over and over and over. But many of my friends do not recognize that the songs are remakes and it makes me sad they missed out on great music.

[aephi alum]

I felt old when I got my first mailing from AARP.

I was 19. The mailing came to my college address. I wasn't even old enough to drink legally, never mind retire.