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07-02-2007, 07:54 AM
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Old Classics vs the New Hotness
This game is kinda like a then and now and also goes hand in hand with the I Love the 80's thread
Think of any fad ( clothing, music, gadgets, movies ANYTHING IS FAIR GAME) or technological innovation that you may remember.
Give what was cool 'back in the day' and give the comparison now
Let me get it started:
Old Classic: Sony Walkman
New Hotness: Apple Ipod, Microsoft Zune
Old Classic: Magic and MJ
New Hotness: Kobe and Lebron
Old Classic: 13in Color TV
New Hotness: 50in Plasma HDTV
Old Classic: Nintendo 8bit
New Hotness: X box 360 and PS 3
Old Classic: Sparkle
New Hotness: Dreamgirls
Old Classic: US vs Russia
New Hotness: US vs Iraq
Old Classic: Cordless phone (w' Antenna)
New Hotness: Cell phones
Old Classic: Stop Motion Animation (think Clash of the Titans)
New Hotness: CGI
Old Classic: FM Stereo
New Hotness: XM radio
Old Classic: Michael Jackson
New Hotness: Beyonce
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07-02-2007, 08:14 AM
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Old Classic: Game Shows
Net Hotness: "Reality" TV
Old Classic: Patty Duke, Haley Mills
New Hotness: LiLo, Hilary Duff
Old Classic: Elizabeth Taylor
Net Hotness: Paris Hilton (although I still don't know why)
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07-02-2007, 08:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Old Classic: Game Shows
Net Hotness: "Reality" TV
Old Classic: Patty Duke, Haley Mills
New Hotness: LiLo, Hilary Duff
Old Classic: Elizabeth Taylor
New Hotness: Paris Hilton (although I still don't know why)
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Old Classic: Celebrity Couples:Sonny and Cher, Sean Penn and Madonna, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis
New Hotness: Combined Couple Names aka Portmanteau:TomKat, Bennifer or BenLO, Brangelina
Old Classic: Rated R....take the kids at your own risk
New Hotness: Rated PG 13 sure...take the kids...at the risk of seeing a crappy movie
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Last edited by DaemonSeid; 07-02-2007 at 09:08 AM.
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07-02-2007, 10:13 AM
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Old Classic: putting a disco tune on your latest album
New Hotness: selling your new album exclusively in Starbucks
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07-02-2007, 10:27 AM
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Old Classic: Barbie! 
New Hotness: Bratz
Old Classic: MTV playing MUSIC with awesome VJ's like Nina Blackwood and Martha Quinn
New Hotness: MTV playing docudramas, reality TV, and other "shows"
Old Classic: Donahue
New Hotness: Jerry Springer and Dr. Phil
Old Classic: The Cosby Show
New Hotness: The Office
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For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.”
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07-02-2007, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by summer_gphib
Old Classic: Barbie!
New Hotness: Bratz
Old Classic: MTV playing MUSIC with awesome VJ's like Nina Blackwood and Martha Quinn
New Hotness: MTV playing docudramas, reality TV, and other "shows"
Old Classic: Donahue
New Hotness: Jerry Springer and Dr. Phil
Old Classic: The Cosby Show
New Hotness: The Office |
Old Classic: Watching TV
new Hotness: Watching YouTube
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Law and Order: Gotham - “In the Criminal Justice System of Gotham City the people are represented by three separate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and the Batman. These are their stories.”
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07-02-2007, 10:43 AM
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old classic:taking secrets to your grave
new hotness: snitching
old classic: mistresses keeping their clientele a mystery
new hotness: writing a tell-all book about it, including names and dates
old classic: at least being married to most of your baby mamas
new hotness: knock 'em up and keep it moving
old classic: jazzercise
new hotness: pilates and hip hop abs
old classic: groups with actual back up bands (like earth, wind & fire)
new hotness: 5 cute guys/girls with a synthesizer (too many to name...)
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07-02-2007, 10:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX
old classic:taking secrets to your grave
new hotness: snitching
old classic: mistresses keeping their clientele a mystery
new hotness: writing a tell-all book about it, including names and dates
old classic: at least being married to most of your baby mamas
new hotness: knock 'em up and keep it moving
old classic: jazzercise
new hotness: pilates and hip hop abs
old classic: groups with actual back up bands (like earth, wind & fire)
new hotness: 5 cute guys/girls with a synthesizer (too many to name...)
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oooooo...that was fuuunnnyyyyy.....
old classic: scandalous people
New Hotness: haters
Old Classic: Oprah 20 years ago
New Hotness: Oprah now..... (that's really up for debate)
Old Classic - Taping yoru music on a cassette from the radio
New hotness - downloading your music and ripping it to ur mp3 device
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Law and Order: Gotham - “In the Criminal Justice System of Gotham City the people are represented by three separate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and the Batman. These are their stories.”
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07-02-2007, 11:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Old Classic: Watching TV
new Hotness: Watching YouTube
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I'd say
Old Classic: Watching TV
New Hotness: Buying the DVD set
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07-02-2007, 11:33 AM
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Old School: Omar Epps on ER (Dr. Gant)
New Hotness: Omar Epps on House (Dr. Foreman)
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“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.”
― Charles M. Schultz
Warning: The above post may be dripping in sarcasm and full of smartassedness.
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07-02-2007, 11:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by summer_gphib
Old School: Omar Epps on ER (Dr. Gant)
New Hotness: Omar Epps on House (Dr. Foreman)
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he's all hotness to me
old classic: dedicating a song on the radio at night
new hotness: scrolling a dedication across the bottom of the screen during TRL
old classic: andrew dice clay, vanilla ice
new hotness: eminem, paul wall
old classic: gold teeth
new hotness: platinum with diamond inlays
old classic: nose rings
new hotness: everything else getting pierced
old classic: lee press-on nails
new hotness: paying someone $40 for acrylics
old classic: double dare on nickelodeon
new hotness: extreme elimination challenge on spike (hey, they both have nasty obstacle courses lol!)
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07-02-2007, 11:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX
he's all hotness to me
old classic: dedicating a song on the radio at night
new hotness: scrolling a dedication across the bottom of the screen during TRL
old classic: andrew dice clay, vanilla ice
new hotness: eminem, paul wall
old classic: gold teeth
new hotness: platinum with diamond inlays
old classic: nose rings
new hotness: everything else getting pierced
old classic: lee press-on nails
new hotness: paying someone $40 for acrylics
old classic: double dare on nickelodeon
new hotness: extreme elimination challenge on spike (hey, they both have nasty obstacle courses lol!) |
old Classic: Writing a letter, checking grammar and sending snail mail
New Hotness: Typing a letter with 'netspeech' (ur, BTW etc...) running a quick spellcheck and e mailing it
Old Classic - using the newspaper classified to find stuff to buy/sell
New Hotness - craigslist and ebay
Old Classic: Standing outside camping for concert tickets
New Hotness: Refreshing your browser waiting for them to go on sale.....
Old Classic: Women's Rights
New Hotness: Immigration Rights
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07-02-2007, 12:08 PM
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old classic: filling out applications after you found a job in person
new hotness: emailing a resume after seeing it on Monster lol
old classic: the dictionary
new hotness: spell check
old classic: a notebook with a lock on it
new hotness: blogs
old classic: oil of olay
new hotness: a facelift.
old classic: wonderbras
new hotness: implants
old classic: baking in the sun for hours
new hotness: spray on tans
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07-02-2007, 01:30 PM
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Old Classics: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves Girl, Girl leaves Boy for another Boy.
New Hotness: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves girl, Girl leaves Boy for another girl.
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Law and Order: Gotham - “In the Criminal Justice System of Gotham City the people are represented by three separate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and the Batman. These are their stories.”
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07-02-2007, 02:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Old Classics: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves Girl, Girl leaves Boy for another Boy.
New Hotness: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves girl, Girl leaves Boy for another girl.
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yep, those were the days...lol!
old classics: getting sent out of town when you got knocked up.
new hot MESS: going on maury and telling people you dont know who the hell your baby daddy is!
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