Things/phrases that did not exist 20 years ago....

[Bennyboy]

ADD/ADHD. My oldest son had this bad. But at the time he was in school (the 80's), the term never entered into any of the endless conversations about his always poor performance in school. It was always "he can't keep his mind on tasks, he gets easily distracted" etc....never did they think it was some kind of mental disorder. I got the kid tutors, private teachers etc and nont one of them siad the words ADD....

[DarkTirade]

1. MP3, DVD, just about anything having to do with technology really.

[joeybee12]

2. e-mail

I think it's been less than 20 years.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

4. That one was from the early 1970s I believe

[joeybee12]

6. That long, huh?

How about Alzheimers?

[SPKrazy]

3. Interesting

I worked in mental health back in the 80's and ADD/ADHD did exist and was treated and diagnosed.

Perhaps what has happened is an increased awareness of it, to the point that it is over diagnosed in some cases?

:shrug:

Dunno, but it was around.

[Bennyboy]

5. maybe the term had not reached the schools at the time...or

(and most likely) the teachers, counselors etc. did not know anything about it.

[mitchum]

7. "Well, he was a lot better than what we've had for the past 7 years"

[Gormy Cuss]

8. "I miss Nixon"

[MorningGlow]

10. WINNER!

:applause:

[madinmaryland]

16. Nice post, Ehrlichmann!

:hi:

[Bennyboy]

9. Erectile Dysfunction!

20 years ago, nobody would even admit to this, now the TV is littered with ads about some new pill that can get you riding a harley, going on fabulous vacations and making hotter women than the ones in your life happy.

[Auggie]

11. "Dude"

[DS1]

13. pfft

dude was well into play by 1988

[HuskerDU]

14. Dudes on ludes shouldn't drive.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. My bro and his friends called each other "Dude" in the early 1970s

[DS1]

12. google it

[Adsos Letter]

15. Kendall...!!! are you gonna' clean yer room, or what?!

(she is only 17)

:hide:

[Cabcere]

17. Me.

:silly: No, just kidding, I'm actually 22. My little brother didn't exist then, though...he'll be 17 on Monday. :hi:

[applegrove]

18. "Sweee-eee-eeet!" Said like that.

[laconicsax]

19. Democratic Underground.com

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. ...or anything "dotcom"

[lost-in-nj]

20. just hit the HD function

and turn on the surround sound



lost

[cloudbase]

21. Just Google the question.

Then check it out on Snopes to see if it's true or not.

[lost-in-nj]

22. I will mapquest the directions....

no worries



lost

[ornotna]

23. Just wow.

I could be wrong though.

[racaulk]

24. lolcats

[FloridaJudy]

25. "Sorry that the picture is a bit fuzzy

I took it with my phone".

And "No, I'm not busy. Just ripping and burning a few of my favorite albums".

Both of which I caught myself saying this week.

[Bennyboy]

28. Jambands!

20 years ago, there was only one. The Good old Grateful Dead. Phish were just barely minnows.

[mzmolly]

29. "W"

:scared:

[BarenakedLady]

30. LOL!

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

31. "Don't tase me, bro!"

(bzzzzzzzzzzt)

[krispos42]

32. Gigabyte

Back then, how big were hard drives? 50 megs?


And terabytes...


God, I remember in the 1990 Star Trek novel "Doctor's Orders" (#50), in the first part of the book Kirk tells his crew "Starfleet has kindly used this short layover to install an extra eighty terabytes of storage in the Library computers."

I remember because I had to look it up in the dictionary.

(yeah, yeah, geek. Not only did I read it on many occasions, I happen to have the book on my bookshelf.)

Now I can get a 1-terabyte hard drive from Best Buy for $280 bucks. $22,400 total.

:rofl:

I think Starfleet can afford that...

[JVS]

33. Going medieval on your ass.

[opiate69]

34. "Texting"

[Radio_Lady]

35. Buggy whips

[HuskerDU]

36. Governor Schwartzeneger

Swiftboated
emo

[Radio_Lady]

37. "Think outside the box"

[jgraz]

38. Woohoo!! D'oh!

Also anything from "Beavis and Butt-head" or "South Park".

[jgraz]

39. Nice post, Hitler