kevbone Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears With their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning . Uphill... barefoot... BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, There was no way in hell I was going to lay A bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it And how easy they've got it! But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my Childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you Don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and Look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!! There was no email!! We had to actually write Somebody a letter, with a pen! .Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! There were no MP3' s or Napsters! You wanted to Steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you Were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, Your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you Just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister! We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games Like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You Actually had to use your I mag ination!! And there were no multiple levels or Screens, it was just one screen Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting Harder and harder and Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! You had to use a Little book called a TV Guide to find out what was On! You were screwed when it Came to channel surfing! You had to get off Your ass and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons On Saturday Morning. Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK For cartoons, you spoiled Little rat-bastards! And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat Something up we had to use the stove ... Imagine that! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids Today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted Five minutes back in 1980! Regards, The over 30 Crowd Quote
TREETOAD Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 I still don't trust anyone over thirty Quote
minx Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 nor should you! we're all busy ruining the world. Quote
kevino Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Two things that make that stupid: When I was younger, a lot of those things were true for me. Library card catalog, cassette tapes (no mp3's), no e-mail (and I still write normal letters), no caller id or call waiting. Anyway, what you should think about it, how good you old people got it! Its not like all this technology is limited to the under 30 crowd. Plus you might still get social security. But we're fucked, that is for sure. Quote
General Zod Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Anyone notice the news that the American Academy of Pediatrics has doubled its recommendation for a daily dose of vitamin D for children? I'm thinking it's because kids never go outside these days so they don't get any sunshine and now they need more from their diets. Quote
ScottP Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) I'm thinking it's because kids never go outside these days so they don't get any sunshine and now they need more from their diets. You're talking out your ass in smelly absolutes due to a lack of reading beyond the headlines. The recommendation is for supplements because, as the recommendation mentions, most children aren't getting enough D in their diets. Edited October 13, 2008 by ScottP Quote
General Zod Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 I'm thinking it's because kids never go outside these days so they don't get any sunshine and now they need more from their diets. You're talking out your ass in smelly absolutes due to a lack of reading beyond the headlines. The recommendation is for supplements because, as the recommendation mentions, most children aren't getting enough D in their diets. back atchya bitch Children can play in the sun without sunscreen for 5 or 10 minutes a few times weekly to receive adequate supplies. Children who sit indoors in front of television or computers are not being exposed to enough sunshine to encourage the production of vitamin D. Quote
ScottP Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 kids never go outside these days and Children who sit indoors in front of television or computers are not being exposed to enough sunshine Your assertion that kids never go out is a typically misinformed absolute. Quote
General Zod Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Actually I think it was just hyperbole. Another thing kids these days don't appreciate is how hard it is to make sense out of the cryptic postings of people over the age of 30 who feel the need to identify with cannibalistic psychopaths. Quote
ScottP Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Hyperbole is aid. BTW...Anthony Hopkins is not a cannibalistic psychopath, but he plays one in a movie. Quote
marc_leclerc Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 kids never go outside these days Ya, I never get out. I don't have cable TV or video games lol... I have friends that sit on their asses for 6 hours playing video games. Seriously, wtf is with that? Quote
General Zod Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Milk, Sunshine Each Day Keep the Doctor Away · Kids from newborns to teenagers should take twice as much Vitamin D as previously recommended because it may help prevent serious disease, a leading medical group said yesterday. The new recommendation came from the American Academy of Pediatrics. A pediatrician is a doctor who takes care of kids. In the past it had been recommended that kids get 200 units of Vitamin D a day. Now, the doctors are saying, they should take 400 units. Vitamin D can be taken in drops, capsules or tablets. Most milk that you can buy in the store is fortified with Vitamin D. But most kids don't drink enough of it. You need four cups daily to meet the requirement. Other foods, including cereal, are also packed with Vitamin D, as are the oily fish tuna, mackerel and sardines. But it's hard to get enough through diet. The best source is sunlight, because the body makes Vitamin D when sunshine hits the skin. The new advice is based on research showing that Vitamin D not only helps keep bones strong but might also play a role in preventing disease. Quote
rob Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Milk, Sunshine Each Day Keep the Doctor Away · Kids from newborns to teenagers should take twice as much Vitamin D as previously recommended because it may help prevent serious disease, a leading medical group said yesterday. The new recommendation came from the American Academy of Pediatrics. A pediatrician is a doctor who takes care of kids. In the past it had been recommended that kids get 200 units of Vitamin D a day. Now, the doctors are saying, they should take 400 units. Vitamin D can be taken in drops, capsules or tablets. Most milk that you can buy in the store is fortified with Vitamin D. But most kids don't drink enough of it. You need four cups daily to meet the requirement. Other foods, including cereal, are also packed with Vitamin D, as are the oily fish tuna, mackerel and sardines. But it's hard to get enough through diet. The best source is sunlight, because the body makes Vitamin D when sunshine hits the skin. The new advice is based on research showing that Vitamin D not only helps keep bones strong but might also play a role in preventing disease. How much Vit D do Kryptonians need? Quote
minx Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 i don't know about you folks but here in the northwest where i live and work an office job, sometimes its hard to get any sunlight during the day. during the winter months i'm often in before daylight and leave about sunset. back off the kids. sometimes its hard get outside during the light when you live here. Quote
Peakpimp Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 How much Vit D do Kryptonians need? Here on earth, probably a lot, considering that Kryptonians most likely got their doseage from Krypton's red sun rather than Earth's yellow one. Quote
mattp Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Kids DO go outdoors less than they used to and there has been a national discussion of this phenomenon. here is a recent article, and here is a book on the subject. "Kids don't think about going outside like they used to, and unless there is some scheduled activity, I don't think they know what to do outdoors anymore," Pelzman said. Concerns about long-term consequences -- affecting emotional well-being, physical health, learning abilities, environmental consciousness -- have spawned a national movement to "leave no child inside." In recent months, it has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grass-roots projects, a U.S. Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a "green hour" in each day Quote
hafilax Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 The vitamin D thing is because they only just realized how important it is and have even had to backpedal heavily on the 'hide from the sun it will give you cancer' thing. You scare the crap out of parents so they will only let their kids out if they're covered in sun screen and hats and whatnot and then blame kids these days for not going outside enough? The moment you say 'kids these days' it just means you're old and out of touch. In the grand scheme of things nothing has changed. Kids have the same number of problems as they've ever had the problems are just different. Deal with it. Quote
tomtom Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 I've invented a solar-powered tanning bed. Guaranteed to make millions! Quote
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