I used to be with it

13-01-2018 7:30pm #1

But then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it and whats it seems weird and scary to me.

I think the first time I began to realise I wasn't with "it" anymore was the rise of Snapchat. People roughly my own age were using it but I just couldn't understand the appeal. After that I began to realise I wasn't quite as up to date on trends as I used to be and found myself to be out of the loop when it came to what the youth were into. I had become old.

So lads, when did "it" change for ye?

The_Valeyard · 13-01-2018 7:32pm

No Simpson's clip to go with it?
You disappoint me OP.

Im sure simpson quotes are lost on the youth.

Gremlinertia · 13-01-2018 7:33pm

Guards, when they started looking like fourteen year olds playing cops and robbers. Retired to my pipe and slippers then..

AudreyHepburn · 13-01-2018 7:34pm

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

But then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it and whats it seems weird and scary to me.

I think the first time I began to realise I wasn't with "it" anymore was the rise of Snapchat. People roughly my own age were using it but I just couldn't understand the appeal. After that I began to realise I wasn't quite as up to date on trends as I used to be and found myself to be out of the loop when it came to what the youth were into. I had become old.

So lads, when did "it" change for ye?

When I too realized I was on neither Snapchat nor Instagram. Like you I just don't see the appeal. I hardly even post on Facebook anymore.

I have no idea what the 'youth' are into either and have recently found myself having to ask my 20 year old brother what certain slang words he uses mean.

It's official - at 31 years of age I am an auld one!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 13-01-2018 7:36pm

For me its motorbikes.

I've ridden bikes for the last 32 years and have had all makes, models and engine sizes.

I had a BMW a few years ago (1100cc), when it started giving trouble I went down size to a 650cc. I had that maybe two years and thought the smaller engine was boring and slow.

So I bought a Kawasaki Z1000 thinking I needed at least 1000cc to satisfy me ~ I've never been so nervous on a bike than this one, I've no confidence in my abilities on it and I just know its because I'm older now (52 in March), so I'm looking at downsizing to a 650 again.

Snapchat too, can't be arsed but I think facebook is great for keeping me in the loop (biking and martial arts).

Oh, I got lovely Karrimor sandals for Christmas ~ they're really comfortable with socks, but my daughter goes made if I try wear them outside [with socks].

HONKEY TONK · 13-01-2018 7:36pm

Political Correctness

Avatar MIA · 13-01-2018 7:37pm

Snapchat you say? Is this where one converses with an alligator?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-01-2018 7:38pm

When I should have been with it there was no it. It only came along after I was no longer eligible to be with it. Some of my grandchildren have been known to say I'm with it but they are just being kind and, anyway, their it wouldn't be the same as my it so, by default, I'm not with it.

13-01-2018 7:41pm

When I went back to college at 35. I mentioned one day the Christmas Eve storm in 1997, and a classmate replied "Mam and dad still talk about that too."

mikemac2 · 13-01-2018 7:44pm

A few years ago the media and everyone really was talking about Swedish House Mafia due to stabbings at their Phoenix Park concert

Tens of thousands of young ‘uns there

I never heard of this crowd before

buried · 13-01-2018 7:44pm

That Simpson's episode and that quote is kind of defunct now. When that episode and line came out, the internet was not in the shape it was today. Back then you were told and SOLD what was "it". With the internet, whatever is "it" for you can now always be "it" forever. All you have to do is ignore the "its" that aren't "it" for you.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 13-01-2018 7:45pm

tis auld age i tell ya

Conor Bourke · 13-01-2018 7:47pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

A few years ago the media and everyone really was talking about Swedish House Mafia due to stabbings at their Phoenix Park concert

Tens of thousands of young ‘uns there

I never heard of this crowd before

I was at that gig... felt like an oul wan at it and telling current young wans about it now makes me feel positively decrepit

AudreyHepburn · 13-01-2018 7:49pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

A few years ago the media and everyone really was talking about Swedish House Mafia due to stabbings at their Phoenix Park concert

Tens of thousands of young ‘uns there

I never heard of this crowd before

I drove through the throngs of drunken half dressed teens on my way to dinner before going to see Phantom Of The Opera at the bord gais - I remember thinking to myself ' that's it, I'm offically over the hill now'.

I was the only sober person in a 100 mile radius and was shaking my head in disgust at the state of them all!

freshpopcorn · 13-01-2018 7:49pm

Deleted User wrote: »

When I went back to college at 35. I mentioned one day the Christmas Eve storm in 1997, and a classmate replied "Mam and dad still talk about that too."

I nearly got blown away in that storm!

Mr. CooL ICE · 13-01-2018 7:50pm

When kids spend more time watching people play computer games on YouTube than actually playing said computer games.

Huntergonzo · 13-01-2018 7:52pm

Date of birth I would say.

Alf Veedersane · 13-01-2018 7:53pm

When I was reviewing CVs of people who were born after Italia 90.

Childer!

Jim Bob Scratcher · 13-01-2018 7:54pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I nearly got blown away in that storm!

and not in a good nudey type of sexual way

AudreyHepburn · 13-01-2018 7:54pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

When I was reviewing CVs or people who were born after Italia 90.

Childer!

I've started doing Car Insurance quotes for people born between 1996 and 1999!

freshpopcorn · 13-01-2018 7:55pm

Thinking that the kids born in the year 2000 will be 18 this year and can go to pub drinking/etc.

Creeping Death · 13-01-2018 7:55pm

I don't get Snapchat, Instagram & selfies.
Mainly selfies though. I'm 33 and have returned to education since September, it's my biggest pet peeve seeing all the younger gang just constantly posing for their phones.

CalamariFritti · 13-01-2018 7:56pm

I'm in the same boat but upon closer inspection nothing relevant happens on instagram or twitter or the likes anyway.

buried · 13-01-2018 8:02pm

Creeping Death wrote: »

I don't get Snapchat, Instagram & selfies.
Mainly selfies though. I'm 33 and have returned to education since September, it's my biggest pet peeve seeing all the younger gang just constantly posing for their phones.

There is going to be a serious problem in 10 - 20 years when the selfie people can't/won't/don't want to take pictures anymore of the reality of their actual existence in time itself. You'll be glad you wern't "with it" when that $hit kicks off.

lawred2 · 13-01-2018 8:04pm

Lads with skinny feminine legs wrapped in equally feminine tight trousers.

That was for me when I realised that it and me had separated.

Also social media outside of forums and messaging platforms have completely passed me by. Posting about myself in any tend is utterly alien to me.

(I note the unintentional irony)

Solomon Pleasant · 13-01-2018 8:05pm

I’ve always felt that those that weren’t completely “with it”, often fared better than those who were.

Step outside social norms and you may be pleasantly surprised.

13-01-2018 8:15pm

I was never with "it". Wherever "it" is, go the other way. I hated nightclubs as a 17- and 18-year-old. Never liked the noise of pubs even at that age. I like pubs when you can sit in the corner and have a great chat with a friend without some roaring amadán putting on Sky Sports or loud music to drown out the peace and happiness you derive from a good conversation. Quietness and quality conversation have never been a cool trend, apparently. Noise everywhere - what is everybody afraid of!

Yours, eternally uncooly.

Four Phucs Ache · 13-01-2018 8:30pm

Scary strong bit of deja vu going on here.Have I read the opening paragraph before or is it just me.Feckin hell.

Anyway my 7 year old daughter put me in my box last week when she said I should stop wearing tight tops. My wife asked her why and she said only daddies with hair wear tight tops.

lawred2 · 13-01-2018 8:36pm

Nobody should wear tight tops.

Except the ladies of course.

Omackeral · 13-01-2018 8:39pm

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

I think the first time I began to realise I wasn't with "it" anymore was the rise of Snapchat. People roughly my own age were using it but I just couldn't understand the appeal.

But how do you not understand the appeal of a selfie with a doggy ear filter on it? It's the future... but now.

Omackeral · 13-01-2018 8:40pm

Cornelius Crow wrote: »

I was at that gig... felt like an oul wan at it and telling current young wans about it now makes me feel positively decrepit

How many did you stab?

I used to be with it

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