The CS! Nostalgia Thread

Well, as the label at the top says, it's about the kid culture of these generations, not the years they were born.

Even taking that into account, the list makes little sense.

For example, it say the Nintendo is Gen X and the Super Nintendo is Millennial, but it also says the GameBoy is Millennial. The GameBoy came out two years before the Super Nintendo. Another example, it says DuckTales is Gen X and Ninja Turtles is Millennial. DuckTales and Ninja Turtles both premiered in 1987.

The list was clearly made by a Zoomer who wasn’t around in the 80s and 90s. “Early Millennial” culture begins with Muppet Babies — which isn’t even on the list. There isn’t the nuance of older kid/younger kid culture. Older kids were watching He-Man/G.I. Joe/Transformers. Younger kids were watching Muppet Babies/Smurfs/Gummy Bears. DuckTales/Ninja Turtles is when “Late Gen-X” crosses over into teen category and “Early Millennial” takes over. That list needs a little bit more 80’s thrown in. Where’s Nickelodeon’s Double Dare? Where’s Full House? Where’s Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers? Where’s Beetlejuice/Batman ‘89? “Early Millennial” culture is not strictly 90’s. There’s a ton of 80’s stuff we grew up on. They put Ren & Stimpy first on the list as if David the Gnome wasn’t our first exposure to Nickelodeon. Or Eureka’s Castle.

So were we. 1godzillafan and I were watching Three Stooges and I Love Lucy and Gilligan’s Island and Looney Tunes and Hanna Barbera and Max Fletcher. All the old Disney stuff. 1950’s Zorro. That’s mostly what cable television was back then. Old stuff. 1960’s Batman. Green Hornet. The list goes on.

I think most people get into music in their teens. As a kid you mostly listen to whatever your parents listen to — or if you have an older sibling you listen to their stuff.

I've said for a long time that I don't really consider myself a Millennial because my experiences are just so different from those of other Millennials. Like NE said, I grew up watching old stuff, shows that had been off the air for 20 or 30 years by that point. They used to run Gilligan's Island and Brady Bunch all the time. Fox aired I Love Lucy religiously. The earliest tvs I remember my family having had the metal knobs on them. My brother is 30 and doesn't remember any of that. He doesn't even remember not having a computer.

I mentioned this tidbit before as well but kids these days don't know the art of literally memorizing a movie. When we were young we could only watch whatever was on tv at that very moment or whatever our parents were kind enough to buy for us on VHS. I had Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Batman, T2 and a handful of other choice selections. When nothing was on tv I would just throw one of those on. Again and again and again. I can recite entire sequences from any of those. People don't even think about that anymore because they have 10,000 selections to choose from at any time. It's a shame, quite a shame.

I’ve watched Batman ‘89 enough times to do a one-man-play on it.

The year my family pulled a Homer Simpson and got illegal cable was the year that Pay-Per-View aired Robocop 2 on a loop. I watched that shit enough times to re-enact the scene in which Robocop electrocuted himself.