Wow, DOA Joyce is especially different here. I can’t imagine her being anything other than utterly scandalized by the idea of cheating on a girlfriend/boyfriend.
I’m 34. Those aren’t jokes. They’re the sad reality of the world we live in. A world where the first man on the moon died and people thought he was a member of Green Day. A world where people were shocked to find out the Titanic was a true story. A world in which people your age are most likely to have never seen a phone with a cord or have used a rotary dialer. A world in which the only place to find VHS tapes is in sci-fi from the 90s or thrift stores.
Am I old? Only if I choose to be. When kids are choosing (actually choosing) to listen to Justin Bieber, then I choose to be old.
I’m sorry, what? I’m eighteen, and we still have one corded phone in our house, and we used to have a hell of a lot more until I was about ten. Corded phones aren’t that old–and neither are VHSes, I have masses of them in my house and didn’t see a DVD until I was in middle school. Now, maybe me and everyone I knew was just behind the times, though that fails to explain why all the stores near me were still selling decent amounts of VHSes, but from my perspective these jokes aren’t nearly as spot on as you make them out to be.
I also resent the implication that the sort of dipshits who make the mistakes you listed are representative of our entire generation, and moreover that musical taste is somehow an indicator of intelligence. (I don’t like Bieber, mind, but that doesn’t make those who do morons.)
Man, I’d really like you to find me where I said specifically that young people don’t know what phones are. Because I can guarantee you that folks making up shit as part of their rationalization to go on Attack Mode is waaaaaay more annoying than what you’re talking about.
In a related (but not directly) note, I was surprised when a co-worker of mine (age 20) told a friend of hers (also age 20) that his cellphone must be broken because it didn’t have a dial tone. And he actually freaked out and tried to figure out what was wrong with his phone.
Sorry. It’s not really you specifically, it’s just something that’s been bugging me for a while and you happened to bear the brunt of it. I was kind of being a tool.
Coord phones are very handy over here, when there is a blackout they don’t stop working (as they get their energy from the phone line) XD I can just call my parents until the lights come again or until I get sleepy whatever happens first. XD
Maybe it is just the area, but I am 31 and my step daughter (16) had never seen a VHS or an LP record until I dug out my old stuff. Neither had most of the teenagers I used to volunteer with. Short of the few who were “in the know” on DJs, most kids were in shock when I spun vinyl at events. Almost none of them had ever seen a record. This is in contrast to my teenage years where the record store at the mall actually sold records.
Granted most of these changes occured in my generation, and so the current generation still maintains some grasp of them, but younger members of the current generation are pretty much in the dark unless thier parents possess these relics of our youth.
Regardless of all that, it is fairly pointless to take offense to someone waxing nostalgic about feeling old because most younger people he knows don’t know what a corded phone is. Just because you and some others do, does not mean that D. Willis was trying to insult your intelligence or something.
I was thinking something about college newspaper comic author David Willis basing his stuff around an awful lot of sex-crazed characters, but then, considering the audience this was aimed for, I realized it’s completely appropriate. There are worse things than sex farce comedies.
We know from Shortpacked! that he eventually learns how to mix other things in with the sex farce.
(honestly the kids aren’t that bad, they often recognize that things are a kind of “CD” or “DVD”, and some of those things even I wouldn’t have recognized) (still, as the conclusion goes : that’s what only 30 years of technological change does to you)
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As Road Trip taught us, it’s okay if you’re not in the same area code. Maybe, it’s been a few years since I saw that movie.
Wow, DOA Joyce is especially different here. I can’t imagine her being anything other than utterly scandalized by the idea of cheating on a girlfriend/boyfriend.
“I’m sorry, Joe, but unless you’re willing to do what I hope she is…”
Joyce’s flawed strategy: Attempt to tempt the boy, then explain why he needs to fight temptation once she has him.
Joyce’s flawed strategy: Stalk Danny back to his dorm.
Joyce’s flawed strategy: Stalk Danny of all people.
Joyce here is just flawed.
Ah, the ’90s.
im 19
old people making jokes about how them youngsters won’t know what a phone with a cord or a record player or a vhs tape or whatever is
are really annoying
i hate to break it to you willis but only old people make those jokes
you’re getting old
I’m 22 and I make those jokes…
I’m 20 and I make those jokes. Enjoy getting old next year, boyo! *ollies out*
I’m 34. Those aren’t jokes. They’re the sad reality of the world we live in. A world where the first man on the moon died and people thought he was a member of Green Day. A world where people were shocked to find out the Titanic was a true story. A world in which people your age are most likely to have never seen a phone with a cord or have used a rotary dialer. A world in which the only place to find VHS tapes is in sci-fi from the 90s or thrift stores.
Am I old? Only if I choose to be. When kids are choosing (actually choosing) to listen to Justin Bieber, then I choose to be old.
I’m sorry, what? I’m eighteen, and we still have one corded phone in our house, and we used to have a hell of a lot more until I was about ten. Corded phones aren’t that old–and neither are VHSes, I have masses of them in my house and didn’t see a DVD until I was in middle school. Now, maybe me and everyone I knew was just behind the times, though that fails to explain why all the stores near me were still selling decent amounts of VHSes, but from my perspective these jokes aren’t nearly as spot on as you make them out to be.
I also resent the implication that the sort of dipshits who make the mistakes you listed are representative of our entire generation, and moreover that musical taste is somehow an indicator of intelligence. (I don’t like Bieber, mind, but that doesn’t make those who do morons.)
Those last two things don’t really seem that bad.
Man, I’d really like you to find me where I said specifically that young people don’t know what phones are. Because I can guarantee you that folks making up shit as part of their rationalization to go on Attack Mode is waaaaaay more annoying than what you’re talking about.
In a related (but not directly) note, I was surprised when a co-worker of mine (age 20) told a friend of hers (also age 20) that his cellphone must be broken because it didn’t have a dial tone. And he actually freaked out and tried to figure out what was wrong with his phone.
This was not meant to reply directly to David. But there we are.
Willis FTW.
Sorry. It’s not really you specifically, it’s just something that’s been bugging me for a while and you happened to bear the brunt of it. I was kind of being a tool.
Well hey, at least you acknowledge that you were being a tool, lots of people never get the hang of that – let alone when they’re 19 years old.
Kudos!
Is it just me or did everyone miss the part where you’re making fun of your 90s drawing ability?
Coord phones are very handy over here, when there is a blackout they don’t stop working (as they get their energy from the phone line) XD I can just call my parents until the lights come again or until I get sleepy whatever happens first. XD
Maybe it is just the area, but I am 31 and my step daughter (16) had never seen a VHS or an LP record until I dug out my old stuff. Neither had most of the teenagers I used to volunteer with. Short of the few who were “in the know” on DJs, most kids were in shock when I spun vinyl at events. Almost none of them had ever seen a record. This is in contrast to my teenage years where the record store at the mall actually sold records.
Granted most of these changes occured in my generation, and so the current generation still maintains some grasp of them, but younger members of the current generation are pretty much in the dark unless thier parents possess these relics of our youth.
Regardless of all that, it is fairly pointless to take offense to someone waxing nostalgic about feeling old because most younger people he knows don’t know what a corded phone is. Just because you and some others do, does not mean that D. Willis was trying to insult your intelligence or something.
How to people not know what records are? I see them show up in movies all the time, often playing that trope as a joke, so… what gives?
Well, you see, nobody knows about anything that they don’t personally use in everyday life. What’s a tank?
“Danny my Footlong is ringing!” “That’s the phone Joe.” Seriously am I the only one who thinks that Phone look’s like a sandwhich?
Damn! Can’t unsee!
i thought that at the first quick glance of the strip. glad i wasn’t alone
I was thinking something about college newspaper comic author David Willis basing his stuff around an awful lot of sex-crazed characters, but then, considering the audience this was aimed for, I realized it’s completely appropriate. There are worse things than sex farce comedies.
We know from Shortpacked! that he eventually learns how to mix other things in with the sex farce.
Like clocks!
And world domination! (And Transformers.)
About three years ago, I had to explain to a thirteen-year-old what a CD is. Way to make 22-year-old me feel old, boss’ son.
This is better if you speak French, but it might still be funny if you don’t…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-IgK-ooLkM
(honestly the kids aren’t that bad, they often recognize that things are a kind of “CD” or “DVD”, and some of those things even I wouldn’t have recognized) (still, as the conclusion goes : that’s what only 30 years of technological change does to you)
Originally posted:
September 19, 1997