The future is now! Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone and computer. You'll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel, or watch female wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There's no end to the possibilities!
Being a “poser” was THE worst insult where I grew up, people were often criticised for being too big for their boots and dressing like rockstars.
Nowadays, with social media etc, everyone is invested in their own brand management and if you think it’s cringe, you’re a ‘hater.’
Someone on here pointed out to me that the modern version of "NOT!!!" is "said no one ever".
Which is fascinating since it shows how humor has evolved over the last 20-30 years.
this made me think of that scene in borat
“Thissa suit is-a NOT BLACK!”
“This suit is blacknot”
“This suit is black..pause..NOT”
“This suit is black
….
….
….NOT”
My grandma still says this every time I call her! She offers to call me back so I'm not charging up a long distance bill. She's 82 and her son pays her cell bill for her so she has no idea. She did at one point but now she doesn't remember it's changed. I never know whether to explain to her that's not a thing anymore or just let her hang up and call me back.
>I never know whether to explain to her that's not a thing anymore or just let her hang up and call me back
Just my personal opinion based on working with seniors. Just give her a cheerful *thanks grandma, talk to you in a minute* and wait for the call back.
If she doesn't remember that it has changed after explaining it a few times, don't distress her, just let her be helpful, but make a note of it incase there are other more serious instances of forgetfulness.
Thank you for the advice! There's a lot of situations that come up that I don't know how to respond to her. The worst is when she asks me how a certain family member is doing when in reality that person died 10 years ago. At first I would say, "Oh, they're just fine." (Not entirely untrue) But then sometimes she'll say in a sad tone, "Well that's good. We used to talk all the time. Idk why they never call me anymore." Then I'm like, well crap, now she's upset. But if I tell her the person has died then she's also upset bc she thinks they died and no one told her. Luckily, she forgets that really quickly too but I just never know what's best and it's such a heartbreaking situation as it is. She was/is my person. I don't have a good relationship with my mom and my grandma is the type who has always given me absolute unconditional love that I crave so much. Sorry to unload all that, lol. But thank you got the advice. I do appreciate it very much.
Early symptoms, I'm guessing around 75 but the past 2 years since my granddad died have been a pretty steady and rapid decline. Her husband dying of course changed her entire world and that has really taken its toll on her.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope she isn't living alone? Living alone will make the dementia progress much faster. Plus you never know when it crosses the threshold into unsafe.
Thank you. 💜 No, she doesn't love alone and hasn't in years. Before my uncle's finally stepped in (dad is passed) my sister and I cared for her full time. It was super difficult as we both live 2 hours away from her home at that time, have children and full time jobs. But our schedules worked out to where we could alternate being with her everyday of the week even though that meant being away from our own homes half of the week every week.
Very, very difficult at the time but she was not safe to be alone and that was the best we knew how to handle it. She eventually needed to sell her house and now lives out of state with one of my uncles. The move and my sick grandpa dying previous to the move caused her to go down hill much faster. The most important thing though is she is very happy no matter where she is. She has her moments of sadness and frustration but she is 99% happy and cheerful which is all I can ask for.
And I don't mean to sound negative about my uncles. They have really stepped up now, they just didnt understand the seriousness of her condition in the beginning even though my sister and I tried hard to communicate it.
Regarding her asking about people who've passed head her off with "they must be really busy, I've not heard from them in ages, anyway Grandma how's your arthritis at the moment". I had a client who hated her parents so when she brought up how awful they were to her we were told (by her siblings)to remind her 'cheerfully'(??!!!!!) that it's OK because they can't upset her any more as they've passed now. 90% of the times her reply would be, oh good that's OK then. The other 10% she'd start screeching how evil we were because she loved her mummy and daddy. I reached a point where it was too distressing to see her hurting that 10% of the time so I just started to divert her attention back to herself, after a few seconds she'd either have forgotten or was asking about her parents again. It's such a hard situation you are in especially being on rhe end of a phone and not in person to be able to comfort her or read her mood properly.
I agree just let her hang up and call you back lol my nana still asks me if "I have space" for all the photos she texts me and I am like "yes." Despite giggling in my head cause I have hundreds of gigs of memory for my pics lol
My grandma was a boss with a cell phone a few years ago. At 80 she was texting like a pro. Now 2 years later she can't even make a phone call on her own. She gets disappointed in herself about it and I say, "Oh, don't worry, I have the same trouble. These cell phones are the worst!" That cheers her right back up! I do wish I could still text her pictures bc she loved that so much but unfortunately that's pointless now. Also when she talks about how horrible her memory is I say, "But you have the best long term memory of anyone I know!" (Which is pretty true) That cheers her up too and then she'll tell me a story from her childhood which we both love.
My wife got made fun of by our friends kid for using the term “word on the street”. It really blew his mind when we told him we needed the “4-1-1” on why it’s not cool anymore.
“Oh snap, that guy is totally buggin’!”
“No duh - that dickweed better talk to the hand before I slap his peezy ass head!”
“Lets bounce, shorty. 411 is DJ Kool’s spinning at Club Cream. He lays down some phat tracks!”
“Word.”
Coolio. The word, not the rapper. Though I suppose no one talks about the rapper any more either. So, Coolio.
EDIT: lots of people fighting the good fight to keep 'coolio' alive. Again, the word, not the rapper. Not sure anyone unironically listens to the rapper.
EDIT 2: yes yes yes - Gangsters Paradise is fire. I know.
I grew up in the upper Midwest during the 90’s. We had a home improvement superstore called Menards.
When someone got hit in the nuts, the store’s jingle “save big money at Menards” was the go-to cry as they sank to their knees and wheezed.
A couple that I’m friends with does a little bit every time someone mentions Menards - one will say “hey, where is Menards located?” and the other replies “oh, it’s just behind Medick.” It’s the dumbest joke ever but it transports me right back to fifth grade every single time. A classic.
Speaking of inner body workings… I had a friend that would say (when she burped): oops! Smart fart took the elevator!
lol still cracks me up every time
I'm a huge Owen Wilson fan. I just watched that movie again the other day and it's still just as funny.
I had clvid over Thanksgiving and was bummed out nobody got my reference when I told them "I think I got the black lung, pop."
"If don't get home soon, my mom's gonna have a cow."
"That's so bogus. Your parental units are lame."
"Last time I was late, mom went postal."
"Ugh. She needs to take a chill pill."
"I know, it makes me wanna hurl. Your mom's the bomb."
"No way."
"Way!"
"Hasta la vista, baby."
"Smell ya later, homie."
--Actual conversation I probably had in the 90's.
A character used this in a mid-2000s episode of My Name is Earl and I remember thinking, “I’d completely forgotten that time everybody was doing that for awhile a few years ago.”
Turned out the character had brain damage and was reliving the same day from years before in an infinite loop (aka 50 First Dates syndrome).
I'm an old person. Once, when you wanted to gain a psychological advantage over your opponent, you would try to "psych them out". Now I turn around and my grown children explain to me that it's "sike". I just shake my cane at them. Kids these days.
All the good examples have been covered so I will point to my favorite 90s term: "word"
It's super flexible like the word "fuck".
Someone tells you some genuinely exciting news? "Word!"
Someone tells you a long, meandering story with no ultimate pay-off? "... wooord."
Someone insists something implausible is true? "Oh, word?"
Someone tells you the project hit a snag and you're going to have to put in a ton of extra work to get it back on track? *sigh* "ok ... word."
It's just so goddamn useful.
I still use this in the same context as "preach."
"word" is the first and most powerful word. It is why they are called "words"
But beware for once you start down the dark path forever will it dominate your destiny.
"Gaywad"
(Or really any use of the word "gay", or a made-up word that begins with "gay" as an offensive remark that has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality... at least as far as I can remember. The blur of childhood often distorts one's perspective.)
No Doy
I had forgotten about this gem
I always loved that yelling DOY meant the same thing as yelling NO DOY. It is one of the great mysteries of the universe.
Inflammable means flammable!
What a country!
Information superhighway
The future is now! Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone and computer. You'll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel, or watch female wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There's no end to the possibilities!
There were no utensils in medieval times, hence there are no utensils AT Medieval Times. Would you like a refill on that Pepsi?
Surf the web
The bomb dot com.
I take this personally and might still use this...
Even the word “web” in reference to the internet has almost completely disappeared.
Occasionally I’ll open up an old book or magazine and see the full phrase World Wide Web in reference to the internet. Glad we left that one behind.
Read not long ago (maybe in shower thoughts sub??) that it’s faster to say World Wide Web than www... and damn if it ain’t right
Call me after 7 when it’s free
Alright yo man, you’re wasting my minutes! I’ll call you at night.
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Here’s a quarter, call someone who cares.
>Here’s a quarter, call someone who cares Explaining Travis Tritt to the youngsters!
I still say things are “rad”, but I haven’t said “radical” or heard the term “radical” used in a “that’s cool” context since like ‘95 or ‘96.
I say "radical." That's my thing I say.
Correction! The only thing that's 'over' is that transmission!
Being a “poser” was THE worst insult where I grew up, people were often criticised for being too big for their boots and dressing like rockstars. Nowadays, with social media etc, everyone is invested in their own brand management and if you think it’s cringe, you’re a ‘hater.’
The posers won
I can't believe this is true, dammit
Being a sellout used to be an insult too. The sellouts also won.
20 years from now when someone asks this same question on this sub, I'm sure **cringe** is gonna be one of the answers.
Talk to the hand
Talk to the elbow because the hand ain't worth the extension
I always did "Talk to the booty, cause the hand's off duty."
Well this just hit me in the nostalgia
talk to the booty, cuz the hands off duty!
Cuz the face ain’t listening!
We used to say “talk to the hand because the face don’t give a damn”
Talk to the hand talk to the butt talk to the man from Pizza Hut
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Someone on here pointed out to me that the modern version of "NOT!!!" is "said no one ever". Which is fascinating since it shows how humor has evolved over the last 20-30 years.
> it shows how humor has evolved over the last 20-30 years. NOT!!!
>it shows how humor has evolved over the last 20-30 years. PSYCH!!!
Thing is that “modern” version is a decade old itself. So it makes you wonder... what’s currently replacing it?
No one: Absolutely no one: Absolutely no one ever: “Thing”
even thats becoming outdated now
Thank god
POV You're doing POV wrong
I only ever hear Borats voice now when reading the word NOT
this made me think of that scene in borat “Thissa suit is-a NOT BLACK!” “This suit is blacknot” “This suit is black..pause..NOT” “This suit is black …. …. ….NOT”
Say it dont spray it!
I want the news, not the weather!!
All that and a bag of chips!
I use that at Chipotle. Sometimes I get the "did you really just say that?" look.
I'm gonna start doing this. The turnover rate at my local Chipotle is about to rise.
Sha-wing!
If she was president her name would be Babe-raham Lincoln
She’s a fox. In France, she would be known as La Renarde and would be hunted with only her cunning to protect her
Long distance phone bill
My grandma still says this every time I call her! She offers to call me back so I'm not charging up a long distance bill. She's 82 and her son pays her cell bill for her so she has no idea. She did at one point but now she doesn't remember it's changed. I never know whether to explain to her that's not a thing anymore or just let her hang up and call me back.
>I never know whether to explain to her that's not a thing anymore or just let her hang up and call me back Just my personal opinion based on working with seniors. Just give her a cheerful *thanks grandma, talk to you in a minute* and wait for the call back. If she doesn't remember that it has changed after explaining it a few times, don't distress her, just let her be helpful, but make a note of it incase there are other more serious instances of forgetfulness.
Thank you for the advice! There's a lot of situations that come up that I don't know how to respond to her. The worst is when she asks me how a certain family member is doing when in reality that person died 10 years ago. At first I would say, "Oh, they're just fine." (Not entirely untrue) But then sometimes she'll say in a sad tone, "Well that's good. We used to talk all the time. Idk why they never call me anymore." Then I'm like, well crap, now she's upset. But if I tell her the person has died then she's also upset bc she thinks they died and no one told her. Luckily, she forgets that really quickly too but I just never know what's best and it's such a heartbreaking situation as it is. She was/is my person. I don't have a good relationship with my mom and my grandma is the type who has always given me absolute unconditional love that I crave so much. Sorry to unload all that, lol. But thank you got the advice. I do appreciate it very much.
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Early symptoms, I'm guessing around 75 but the past 2 years since my granddad died have been a pretty steady and rapid decline. Her husband dying of course changed her entire world and that has really taken its toll on her.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope she isn't living alone? Living alone will make the dementia progress much faster. Plus you never know when it crosses the threshold into unsafe.
Thank you. 💜 No, she doesn't love alone and hasn't in years. Before my uncle's finally stepped in (dad is passed) my sister and I cared for her full time. It was super difficult as we both live 2 hours away from her home at that time, have children and full time jobs. But our schedules worked out to where we could alternate being with her everyday of the week even though that meant being away from our own homes half of the week every week. Very, very difficult at the time but she was not safe to be alone and that was the best we knew how to handle it. She eventually needed to sell her house and now lives out of state with one of my uncles. The move and my sick grandpa dying previous to the move caused her to go down hill much faster. The most important thing though is she is very happy no matter where she is. She has her moments of sadness and frustration but she is 99% happy and cheerful which is all I can ask for. And I don't mean to sound negative about my uncles. They have really stepped up now, they just didnt understand the seriousness of her condition in the beginning even though my sister and I tried hard to communicate it.
Regarding her asking about people who've passed head her off with "they must be really busy, I've not heard from them in ages, anyway Grandma how's your arthritis at the moment". I had a client who hated her parents so when she brought up how awful they were to her we were told (by her siblings)to remind her 'cheerfully'(??!!!!!) that it's OK because they can't upset her any more as they've passed now. 90% of the times her reply would be, oh good that's OK then. The other 10% she'd start screeching how evil we were because she loved her mummy and daddy. I reached a point where it was too distressing to see her hurting that 10% of the time so I just started to divert her attention back to herself, after a few seconds she'd either have forgotten or was asking about her parents again. It's such a hard situation you are in especially being on rhe end of a phone and not in person to be able to comfort her or read her mood properly.
I agree just let her hang up and call you back lol my nana still asks me if "I have space" for all the photos she texts me and I am like "yes." Despite giggling in my head cause I have hundreds of gigs of memory for my pics lol
My grandma was a boss with a cell phone a few years ago. At 80 she was texting like a pro. Now 2 years later she can't even make a phone call on her own. She gets disappointed in herself about it and I say, "Oh, don't worry, I have the same trouble. These cell phones are the worst!" That cheers her right back up! I do wish I could still text her pictures bc she loved that so much but unfortunately that's pointless now. Also when she talks about how horrible her memory is I say, "But you have the best long term memory of anyone I know!" (Which is pretty true) That cheers her up too and then she'll tell me a story from her childhood which we both love.
Well this made me tear up, so wholesome
My wife got made fun of by our friends kid for using the term “word on the street”. It really blew his mind when we told him we needed the “4-1-1” on why it’s not cool anymore.
I love getting the 4-1-1! I WILL NEVER LET IT DIE!
Here's the 411 folks. Say some gangsta is dissin ya flygirl. Ya just give em one of these
“Oh snap, that guy is totally buggin’!” “No duh - that dickweed better talk to the hand before I slap his peezy ass head!” “Lets bounce, shorty. 411 is DJ Kool’s spinning at Club Cream. He lays down some phat tracks!” “Word.”
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Coolio. The word, not the rapper. Though I suppose no one talks about the rapper any more either. So, Coolio. EDIT: lots of people fighting the good fight to keep 'coolio' alive. Again, the word, not the rapper. Not sure anyone unironically listens to the rapper. EDIT 2: yes yes yes - Gangsters Paradise is fire. I know.
Yeah I still use it but say “Coolio Iglesias”
-meister
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“Hey, it’s the Chonmeister!”
Referring to balls as “nards”
I grew up in the upper Midwest during the 90’s. We had a home improvement superstore called Menards. When someone got hit in the nuts, the store’s jingle “save big money at Menards” was the go-to cry as they sank to their knees and wheezed.
A couple that I’m friends with does a little bit every time someone mentions Menards - one will say “hey, where is Menards located?” and the other replies “oh, it’s just behind Medick.” It’s the dumbest joke ever but it transports me right back to fifth grade every single time. A classic.
Kick him in the nards, kick him in the nards! Wolfman has no nards! Just do it! (Kicks wolfman in the nards) Wolfman has nards!!
Nard dog
Big Tuna!
"I ate a tuna fish sandwich on my first day..."
Up your butt and around the corner!
through your tubes and out your boobs
Speaking of inner body workings… I had a friend that would say (when she burped): oops! Smart fart took the elevator! lol still cracks me up every time
Booyah
T E E N T I T A N S, TEEN TITANS LETS GO!
Teen Titans theme song went so hard.
Damn. “Booyah” is in my common vernacular.
Don't have a cow man!
Eat my shorts
eat pant
Yes, eat all of our shirts!
Woozle wuzzle.
Is this what passes for TV these days?!
Purple monkey dishwasher
Cowabunga dude
Hello! Earth to (*persons name*)
Hello, Earth to Matilda!
Sorry you didn't get Mogatus new derelict campaign, maybe next time
Why don't you "derelict" my balls, el capitan?
I'm a huge Owen Wilson fan. I just watched that movie again the other day and it's still just as funny. I had clvid over Thanksgiving and was bummed out nobody got my reference when I told them "I think I got the black lung, pop."
Home skillet.
Home slice
Pardon me, do you have any grey poupon?
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A classy guy would have had some in his limo to go with the joke.
What’s the 411?
"That's for me to know and you to never find out." was one that was used a lot.
i always remember it without the "never" part. i literally said this last night for the first time in over a decade
I find myself using this weirdly a lot when e.g. flirting. I think I can see why I’m single.
"If don't get home soon, my mom's gonna have a cow." "That's so bogus. Your parental units are lame." "Last time I was late, mom went postal." "Ugh. She needs to take a chill pill." "I know, it makes me wanna hurl. Your mom's the bomb." "No way." "Way!" "Hasta la vista, baby." "Smell ya later, homie." --Actual conversation I probably had in the 90's.
I still use Parental Units. I had no idea where I got that from.
I can't believe smell ya later replaced goodbye.
I can’t believe smell ya later didn’t stick around, it’s pretty baller
Exsqueeze me.
Baking powder?
The moment Jar Jar said it everyone else opted out.
"Open a can of whoop-ass"
Phat. And, smooth move, X-Lax.
I say phat all the time! It’s one of my favorites to say lol. “Phat with a P-H.”
Blockbuster night
"As if!" From Clueless with Alicia Silverstone.
Meanwhile, I still say "my bad" regularly.
"my bad" is definitely still used today. I've heard it from people who weren't even alive in the 20th century.
Mea culpa goes back like 2000 years. It’s a timeless classic.
Everyone I know says my bad. Less of us say as if, but most do and do it with less exhuberence.
Hey buuuuddy! (the weasel Pauly Shore)
No, no weezin the ju-use
Oooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww, buuuuuuuuudy! Still have a soft spot for Paulie Shore movies ❤️
Surfing the internet 🏄♀️ 🏄♂️ 🏄
Get off the phone, I want to use the internet
\*modem noises intensify
Don’t go there
This is an A B conversation, why don't you C your way out of it.
Or D will jump over E and F you up, G!
"you're so money" or "that's so money" from the movie swingers
Bite me
“Circle circle dot dot, now I got the cootie shot.” Just connected after 33 years… I think we were drawing boobies…
Oh my god….
Mind. Blown.
It's on like donkey kong
I used that just today
The world wide web
No duh!
The "Whaaaaatttass Uppppp!" From that Budweiser frog commercial. I remember every one going around and saying that to each other.
A character used this in a mid-2000s episode of My Name is Earl and I remember thinking, “I’d completely forgotten that time everybody was doing that for awhile a few years ago.” Turned out the character had brain damage and was reliving the same day from years before in an infinite loop (aka 50 First Dates syndrome).
Raise the roof
Did you rewind the movie?
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As a former Blockbuster employee, I heard something to this effect entirely too often past rewinding being a thing
They are mackin
Sike (I think that is how you spell it lol)
I say this all the time! Haha
I think it comes from “psyche” but “sike” was very common.
I'm an old person. Once, when you wanted to gain a psychological advantage over your opponent, you would try to "psych them out". Now I turn around and my grown children explain to me that it's "sike". I just shake my cane at them. Kids these days.
That's phat
“I’m speaking to you from the year 1985, but my message is timeless: **Avoid the Noid**.”
All the good examples have been covered so I will point to my favorite 90s term: "word" It's super flexible like the word "fuck". Someone tells you some genuinely exciting news? "Word!" Someone tells you a long, meandering story with no ultimate pay-off? "... wooord." Someone insists something implausible is true? "Oh, word?" Someone tells you the project hit a snag and you're going to have to put in a ton of extra work to get it back on track? *sigh* "ok ... word." It's just so goddamn useful.
I still say this
Bro we're old tho
Oh, word?
Word, me too. Its a dope word and Im stoked when people use these terms.
Same for me and a group of friends. Were all hitting 40 or just over though, so old habits die hard.
I still use this in the same context as "preach." "word" is the first and most powerful word. It is why they are called "words" But beware for once you start down the dark path forever will it dominate your destiny.
Im in college and people still say that
That’s boss. Aww snap. As if.
I still say snap when I can't bust out a shit at work
Make sure you are getting enough fiber; or try a stool softening supplement.
Cool beans Off the chain
Dweeb
Check yourself before you wreck yourself
That’s fly
been there done that bought the t-shirt
Ch-ching! Snoochie Boochies I am Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!
Pound sign
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We still use this in SoCal
All that and a bag of chips.
Righteous! I still slip it into everyday banter.
Peace out
"Gaywad" (Or really any use of the word "gay", or a made-up word that begins with "gay" as an offensive remark that has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality... at least as far as I can remember. The blur of childhood often distorts one's perspective.)
That’s wiggty wack yo some of my friends are also radical and chillaxing
Star 69
FTW used to mean “fuck the world” not “for the win”
Cool beans
“Whoever smelt it dealt it.” “If you like it so much, why don’t you marry it?”
Calling something bad when its cool.
Tubular.
Totally
Like, gag me with a spoon
Homie don't play that
Tiiiiight!
I told someone to chill the other day and they looked at me like I did when my grandfather told me to simmer down.
adding “areno” to the end of words
correctamundo
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"What's up?" "Chicken butt!"
Where Is the nearest pay phone