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Penroses hey from hey Since: Apr, 2017 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
hey
#1: Apr 28th 2017 at 3:52:18 AM

I hope there hasn't been a thread like this yet...

So in this game, a person says a situation and then the next person says how it was different back in their day along with another situation. For example:

Person A: I'm using a wireless mouse.

Person B: Back in my day, we used real mice with battery packs stuffed inside! I'm eating cheesecake.

Person A: Back in my day, we ate cheese and cake separately! Etc, etc, etc.

I'll start off.

I'm drinking water.

hey
anza_sb from nowhere Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#2: Apr 28th 2017 at 4:00:30 AM

Back in my day, we're drinking water only when it rains! The way nature intended!!

I'm catching Pokémon.

Twitter/Instagram: anzasquiddles. Deviantart: anzahanifathallah.
HowInKraidable I think I'm funny but really I'm not from Secretly in your home Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
I think I'm funny but really I'm not
#3: Apr 28th 2017 at 4:53:52 AM

Back in my day, we didn't use our phones to catch Pokémon, we used our bare hands! (Sorry it's bad I know).

Playing an instrument.

RandomWriter413 Since: Feb, 2016
#4: Apr 28th 2017 at 4:57:42 AM

Back in my day, we didn't 'play' with instruments, we used them to create music! Mozart was there too. The one time I did play with an instrument, he hit me!

Playing Mortal Kombat.

fdiaperhead Currently inactive from somewhere else Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Currently inactive
#5: Apr 28th 2017 at 6:01:21 AM

Back in my day, we didn't fight virtual people behind machine screens! When we wanted to fight, we went to the streets or boxing clubs and fought each other face to face!

Riding a bicycle.

↳ Redirecting to Mvfl G.
BaconZorp see you, space cowboy. from general dysphoria Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
see you, space cowboy.
#6: Apr 28th 2017 at 6:58:04 AM

Back in my day, we didn't have bikes! We had rocks!

Drinking soda.

Long live the New Bev.
DrNoPuma Tango from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#7: Apr 28th 2017 at 8:19:04 AM

Back in my day, we were lucky if we had enough water to drink!

Mowing the lawn.

I haven't played the particular game that Tango is from, but still... robo kitty. :D
anza_sb from nowhere Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#8: Apr 28th 2017 at 8:21:17 AM

Back in my day, we mow the lawn with our bare hands!

(tears up some grass from the ground with bare fists) YEEEAAAAHHHH!!


I surf TV Tropes.

Twitter/Instagram: anzasquiddles. Deviantart: anzahanifathallah.
PresidentStalkeyes The Best Worst Psychonaut from United Kingdom of England-land Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The Best Worst Psychonaut
#9: Apr 28th 2017 at 8:28:17 AM

Back in my day, we couldn't just prance around on the Internet to learn about tropes! We had to live in caves and become hermits, reading books over and over again and carefully noting down all the recurring story elements and character-building conventions! And since we lived in caves, we have to make the ink from slugs that we crushed with our bare hands!

Watching the news to learn about world events.

edited 28th Apr '17 8:29:02 AM by PresidentStalkeyes

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
RandomWriter413 Since: Feb, 2016
#10: Apr 28th 2017 at 8:46:21 AM

Back in my day, we all had to talk to each other to gain the news! That, or we just read! Or, we were actually at the news!

Word of mouth was the word, get it?

Playing MARIO.

WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
my current job
#11: Apr 28th 2017 at 9:05:02 AM

Back in mah day, we played such classic games as "I spy with my little eye," "Find the Mongoose," and "Numberwang"! This Mary-O thing didn't exist back then!

Oh, I'm just playing D&D.

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#12: Apr 28th 2017 at 9:56:44 AM

Back in my day, we had to walk to the dungeon. It was up a hill through 10 feet of snow. You were lucky if Ma would let you borrow a steak knife, or if you could sneak off with the firewood axe. Then you'd go through the dang thing, and do your best not to get eaten by Kobolds or booby traps, and kill the dragon with your steak knife. Then you'd go back through the dungeon again and back to town. It was up a hill through 10 feet of snow.

I am working on my car

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
CyberController Blitzy.... from Pride Ring Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: I don't mind being locked in this eternal maze!
Blitzy....
#13: Apr 28th 2017 at 9:59:46 AM

Back in my day, we had to carry our own cars, and kick them to start moving. No wimpy gasoline then.

I'm brushing my teeth.

Just made a server on discord.Come join me.
TroperNo9001 Braids From S286 Not Included from ZDR for now Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Braids From S286 Not Included
#14: Apr 28th 2017 at 4:18:14 PM

Back in my day, we had to chew on sticks to get our teeth cleaned! That was all we had, but they were still clean and free of cavities!

Exploring a cave and fighting or befriending monsters.

edited 28th Apr '17 4:18:24 PM by TroperNo9001

"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
PresidentStalkeyes The Best Worst Psychonaut from United Kingdom of England-land Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The Best Worst Psychonaut
#15: Apr 28th 2017 at 4:23:43 PM

Back in my day, there was no pacifist route! If we went to a monster-filled cave, we had to murder them all in cold blood, because they'd kill and eat us first if we didn't! In those caves, it was kill or be killed! :V

Going skydiving.

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
RandomWriter413 Since: Feb, 2016
#16: Apr 28th 2017 at 4:28:30 PM

Back in my day, we were being shot at while skydiving! And it was called paratrooping!

Pizza delivery.

edited 28th Apr '17 4:30:10 PM by RandomWriter413

TheFarmboy May the Fourth, yeah yeah. from A Galaxy Far, Far Away Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
#17: Apr 28th 2017 at 4:35:25 PM

Back in my day, if you wanted a Pizza, you had to go to Italy in order to pick it up yourself! You'ld be lucky if you got it at all.

Washing dishes.

It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
anza_sb from nowhere Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#18: Apr 28th 2017 at 5:41:40 PM

Back in my day we didn't "wash" dishes! We just licked them until they're clean!

Making money.

Twitter/Instagram: anzasquiddles. Deviantart: anzahanifathallah.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#19: Apr 28th 2017 at 6:07:40 PM

Back in my day, you didn't make money! You made food and gave some of it to your lord, whose soil you toiled!

Using the bathroom.

burinnu Tell me something happy from Someplace Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Tell me something happy
#20: Apr 28th 2017 at 7:29:38 PM

Back in my day, we didn't have bathrooms! We dug holes in the ground and used grass to wipe! Didn't even make good compost.

Knitting a sock.

I'm in your fanfiction, correcting your spelling.
MrPixelator_ This is very awkward from Inside your computer Since: Apr, 2017 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
This is very awkward
#21: Apr 28th 2017 at 7:55:00 PM

BACK IN MY DAY,THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS SOCKS! WE HAD TO GO EVERYWHERE IN OUR BARE FEET, AND WE LIKED IT!


Walking.

Oh no.
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#22: Apr 28th 2017 at 11:06:58 PM

Back in my day, walking involved 10 feet of snow and lots of hills. That there Global Warming whatsit's good fer somethin' I tell you what.

I am playing a video game

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
AliceMacher Since: Jan, 2011
#23: Apr 28th 2017 at 11:40:43 PM

Back in my day, we played abacus games! And we had to make the abacus ourselves out of pebbles and twigs!

I am editing a video.

ActualBeatrice Raygun from the Salt Mines Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#24: Apr 29th 2017 at 2:46:15 AM

We had to go to Steven Spielberg's house and make him do it for us! There wasn't any of those "After Effects" in my day!

Breathing.

The Superstar of the Supernatural World! (debatable)
anza_sb from nowhere Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#25: Apr 29th 2017 at 4:40:26 AM

Back in my day, we had to research breathing! You kids are now just taking it for granted!

Celebrating Christmas.

Twitter/Instagram: anzasquiddles. Deviantart: anzahanifathallah.

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