90's

           Wow, an NES, I haven't seen one of those in twenty years.  I used to have one of those when I was a kid, too. Where the hell did you get that from? Amazon, really? Wow, I'm going to have to look into that. My favorite game was Dr. Mario. What was yours? Then you're a real classic. That was the first game they came out with. Never heard of Castlevania II, but I like some other games, too. See, man oh man. How old are you? I'm five years younger than you and I still had one of those as a kid. You had a what? Atari. Man, that was way before my time. If it works, though, let me know, I want to order it, too. How much was it? That ain't too bad. Man, I had that as a kid. You didn't. Whew. Gameboy, Sega, Wii, man, yea. All those things. You think they have those on Amazon, too. Man, you must be a packrat, too. Say, what? You learned your lesson with keeping stuff others throw away. Then, why you get this new one? Oh, yours broke. Maybe it was just the cartridge. Yea, that makes sense. Other games would work if it was just the cartridge. Man, didn't they have a CD of it for your PC. Yea, I don't know either. Anyway, is it cool if I come over and play with you some time? I'll let you be Mario. 

           What else were you in as a kid? Wow, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I remember that cartoon. Which was your favorite? Really? Why? Oh, I was into math, but that makes sense. Yea, I know they were all named after artists and why Splinter chose those names. Did you like the movies? Yea, me neither. They should have made them animated. Wonder why they didn't. You liked Nickelodeon, too? Which shows? Yea, wonder why Ren and Stimpy was on a kid's channel. I liked Looney Tunes, too. Wonder if that's still on TV. Then, there was Doug, which was a show for girls, but you didn't know that, so you watched it all the time. Maybe that's why you're so feminine. Or maybe it's because you want to be included, but didn't know what to do to be included. Sometimes I think we're all like that. You were a loser, geek, people made fun of your last name and you couldn't change your last name, kids would beat you up on the playground, not sit at the same table with you, but there were good things, too. Occasionally, you would play teatherball outside and you got really good at teatherball. They probably don't even have teatherball anymore. And remember the small pens the kids made? Those got banned when one of them leaked on a kid's T-shirt. Then, there was wall ball, which also got banned after another dumb kid got hurt. There were bullies back then and the internet wasn't even around until seventh grade. Us kids would try to go on pornography sights to try to learn about the opposite sex, or the main sex, but homosexually was still taboo back then, which was unfortunate. I first decided on being a democrat in eighth grade, when the election was between Bush and Dole. H.W. Bush, not W. Bush. I remember when gas was .679 Can you even imagine if that happened today? The line would be at least ten miles long.  

           Nobody remembers landlines anymore or answering machines. Everybody has a cell phone nowadays. Remember dial-up and AOL, can you believe that company is still in business. Can't imagine why anyone would be paying for e-mail you could get for free.  Remember the Fisher Price Record Players, box tvs, board games that were actually board games instead of electronic games? Remember when there weren't any dating sights, but just dance clubs? Wonder if there are still dance clubs. You ask kids nowadays what a 45 is and they think you're talking about a gun. Remember the coffee shops with live guitar players? Remember when they had real drummers before drum machines? Remember when there was no Zoom and we actually went to work, school, and church in person? Wow. Remember when we would tape the radio. They probably don't even have Djs or radio stations anymore, since I Heart Radio and Pandora took over. There are still libraries, for now, but soon ebooks and stories being read on apps will take over. The rotary phone is long gone. Card catalogues are gone, fax machines are superflouse, everythings electronic. But, what if the power goes out, then what? What? Everyone is going to need an emergency generator to read on their ipads? Do they still even make paper books? Kids nowadays are fat, because they're all playing video games, talking on their ipads, etc. What happened to going for a walk with someone you love in the park? They probably don't even have parks anymore, drive-in movies, VHS tapes, cassettes, CDs, or anything we had as kids.  

           Remember Aeon Flux, The Maxx, The Head, Beavis and Butt-Head, Rocko's Modern Life, Spawn, or the porn on late night HBO, Sex and the City, when it included nudity, instead of being a stupid chick flick show. “Sex and Violence” was what was on TV. Comics who cared like Bill Cosby, before the scandal, George Carlin, Gallagher and his watermelons, etc. Remember when we would give each other hugs and high-fives instead of texting it to each other? Remember grunge, punk, alternative rock, folk, blues, jazz (we hated jazz), classical music, etc.? Remember Barnes and Noble, Borders, etc. or, in other words, life before Amazon? Remember magic shows, the McDonald's clown, Ronald? Sesame Street? Muppet Theater? Remember when instead of recreating old movies, people were excited about movies with a plot instead of special effects? Remember when actors were paid to be extras? Now, it's electronic. Remember DDR, Duck Hunt, etc.? Remember boycotts and fillibusters? Remember writing protest letters? Remember when Mickey Mouse actually had a villian? Remember when random shootings were headlines instead of everyday news? Remember real jigsaw puzzles, instead of ones on the phone?

           Remember public parks, skateboarding, biking, rollerskate rinks, and tap dancing? Remember when TV taught us something? Yea, me neither. You're right, that was before our time. Remember when we could buy street drugs and not have to worry about Fetanyl?  We had crystal meth, marijuana, MDMA, and other safe shit, no Fetanyl. Remember when real parties had beer, pot, and women flashing us? Those were the days. Before the “me too” movement. Marketers were looking to young males, selling them sex and drugs. Candy cigarettes. Remember, in the cold, we would blow air out and we would pretend it was cigarette smoke? Then, we later got addicted and tried quitting. Remember being jealous of the girls hugging each other, of the couples making love behind the closed doors, and making out in public? Remember seeing people fucking in the back of their cars at the movies? Those were the good old days.