modern things you haven't experienced

[Marc Chevalier]

No ...tattoos, ...

Ah, but tattoos have been around since, well, forever.

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[Flivver]

I'll never be the target customer for Best Buy or Circuit City. So far, I have managed to do without the following:

cel phone, pager, PDA - I value my privacy too much
answering machine - I have one at work, though
cordless phone - I prefer the quality of a classic Western Electric phone
iPod - records, and CDs are more fun, as are the devices to play them on
cable/dish TV - I prefer to watch videos/DVDs. I still have a rooftop antenna
HDTV - I guess I will be forced into this by 2009
satellite radio
video games
SUV - I prefer the fuel economy and aesthetics of a car or station wagon

If all this makes me a ludite (as my cousin recently called me), so be it.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

...worn square toed shoes...

Ah, but square-toed shoes have been around since Shakespeare's time ...

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[Marc Chevalier]

I've never seen in person the results of a Brazilian waxing.

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[Fletch]

Ah, but square-toed shoes have been around since Shakespeare's time ...

So have codpieces, and you don't see me wearing those!

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

I've never seen in person the results of a Brazilian waxing.

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You haven't lived, man! lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

So have codpieces, and you don't see me wearing those!

But they're not around today. The other things mentioned above are.

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[Marc Chevalier]

You haven't lived, man! lol

I know, I know.

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[Paisley]

I don't think I could name one song that has been written in this century.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

I don't think I could name one song that has been written in this century.

Now that you mention it, I can't either.
Maybe they haven't really written any yet?

 

[Feraud]

Spaceflight. It looks like a blast.

 

[Slicksuit]

I've never experienced or used a GPS unit. I don't go out of my area all that often, and can't justify the expense, yet. I don't own an HDTV yet for cost reasons.

The previous mentions about iPods and TIVOs bemuses me. I have both, and couldn't imagine life without them at this point. The ability to watch or listen to what I want, whenever and wherever I want is simply awesome. I find it hard to watch live television at this point (I instinctively reach for the remote to fast-forward commercials), and I haven't listened to AM/FM radio in my car in years (beyond occasional checks of traffic conditions).

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Spaceflight. It looks like a blast.

Or blast-off.

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[CharlieH.]

There's plenty of things that I utterly refuse to touch, simply by virtue of their modernity, and by extension, their unpleasant "coolness" (as well as other reasons). I may have experienced some of these things, but now I avoid them like the plague. Off the top of my head I can recall instant messaging (AIM, MSN, that sort of thing), video games of any kind no matter how fun they may seem, certain television shows, MTV (which I dread to no end), knowledge of modern pop culture (though sometimes I take a peek for some cheap laughs), ball point pens, unnecessary plastics, credit cards, modern slang and above all, the mother of all modern annoyances, cellular telephones.

 

[Caledonia]

Never had a microwave, dishwasher, tumble dryer, ipod, games machine of whatever name, food processor or other electric kitchen thingy (with the exception of kettle, toaster, and a wee electric whizzy thing for puree-ing soup). Have tonnes of gadgets for work, but that's kind of unavoidable. Have got a cell but I can't do anything except phone somebody and I don't have reception most of the time anyway so it's kind of redundant - so could everybody who knows my number stop texting me, 'cos I can't send one back... and use the land line!!!!!

Don't have a sound system for music, or any kind of surround sound thing for the dvd player (but I do have one of those - can't miss out on repeat watchings of Cpt Jack Sparrow now can I!)

Have never bought into the holiday abroad thing, and have only been in a plane about 6 times - which is a bummer because I quite like that whooshy taking off stuff. But there you go. Global hot house and all...

I don't have any friends - does that count?

 

[Quigley Brown]

I never planned to buy an ipod, but I won one at a grocery store last year. I've never figured out how to get it to work so now it's just collecting dust. Like a lot of you here, I don't own a cell phone (I keep my regular phone unplugged until I want to make a call). I've been to Starbucks once and that was several years ago (there are a couple nearby, too).

 

[Photomuse]

Yikes, this is definitely NOT a thread I can participate in!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Photomuse, aka "Ms. Modern"! lol

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[Miss Neecerie]

Photomuse, aka "Ms. Modern"! lol

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Most of us are....

Sure, we can name a few appliances..etc...but we wouldnt be sitting here on a computer if we -really- were serious about this vintage lifestyle lark....

 

[Diamondback]

I have never:
Owned any game console (and my last portable was a Game Boy Color; now, that function is served by the laptop)
Owned an iPod or even a Walkman (again, the laptop)
Owned a personal DVD player (you guessed it, the laptop again)
Seen anything in theaters after Star Wars: Episode II was releasedlol

Do not currently:
Own tennis shoes (may need to get some cross-trainers for when I reengage on the "Battle of the Bulge", though...)

And have almost never:
Been seen at Starbucks
Eaten the "trendy" new food craze of the day

I'll edit more in later as I realize what all else the trendies who cross my path tell me I'm "missing out on"... *snort*lol