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Any peers in the crowd?
« on: July 17, 2001, 01:13:00 AM »
Just checking to see if anyone of college age (or close to) would like to answer questions that don't go on your friggin record.

1. What was the first dancer/model/actress/ or character that "did it for you?"

2. When did you realize you were into BE?

3. Do your tastes put you at odds with people you know/friends/familiy?

4. Is it me, or are younger people more into hentai than older?

5. Do people over 40 really not know that saying "give up Nintendo and internet" is like saying "don't breathe?"

6. Baby Boomer extremists should have stopped fighting eachother over Vietnam years ago. Cuz now we have to deal with their commie/facist [censored] ren. As a solution, should we have topless women give overzealous campus students bearhugs? (Don't worry we'll think of something for girls to have as well)

7. Is anyone else feeling that our generation's biggest tragedy is all the young starlets getting breast reductions? (and consequently the girls who emulate them)

8. Anyone else go back and watch the sitcoms they did as a [censored] only to realize that the ones you did tolerate were because you were subconciously into one character's figure? (If you say "no" go back and watch TMNT, and if you don't know what TMNT, or any other abbreviations like SMB 1-3, SFII, MK or DBZ, then this test is not for you   )

9. How many [censored] here equated Joe Lieberman to the antichrist when he started those hearings against against Mortal Kombat? ((Night trap was also mentioned, but if you remember that suckfest (no pun intended), then you also now realize the best publicity for crap is a public hearing denouncing it.))

10. Was average bust size of female students a factor in choosing your college?

Bonus: To anyone that would like to chance speaking for a generation, what movie/song/event/invention/any other thing you can think of has defined us? (No one pick "Smells like Teen Spirit" okay? I think that's more for our older brothers, and you don't see too many guys dressed like lumberjacks anymore.)

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2001, 04:56:00 AM »
I suppose the abbreviation requirements fit me into the mold.  I suppose being 25 and recently graduated doesn't put me too far off the mark.  Now to the survey:

Survey says:
1. What was the first dancer/model/actress/ or character that "did it for you?"

Let's see.  That depends on how you see it.  If by "did it for you"  you mean, being the very source of all the wet dreams about women whose breasts grew every time I beat them at a video game, then I'd say it's a toss-up between Terri Garr in Young Frankenstein and the vamp/succubus in Transylvania 6-5000.  If you're talking just general appreciation of pretty, then I would say it's a toss-up between Drew Barrymore in E.T. (which I saw when I was 4) and a MUPPET! Kira from the dark crystal.  I think more than anything, Kira set in stone what I believed to be the perfect definition of beauty (which may have been where I got my wings fetish).

2. When did you realize you were into BE?
I don't really know.  When I saw those movies, that's where my mind went, but I didn't realize it had a classification at that point.  I suppose I officially realized that I was into BE was when I stumbled onto BA's site (back when Navigirls existed... everywhere was all sunshine...  and it was all FREE!! Sniff.  I weep for those days...) and I spent the next hour with pulse racing and gasping every two or three minutes.  I also would swear that having chicken pox at sixteen shut everything down and that his site (especially wishful Thinking)  jumpstarted everything back into functioning (But I still lost five years of development).

3. Do your tastes put you at odds with people you know/friends/familiy?

My, yes!  Whenever I've brought up the virtues of small breasts, my mommy always gets snippy, turns to me, and bites out, "They're just fat!".  My dad would never say otherwise.  My brother... he kept to himself.  I have yet to find a comrade around me.  My friends, as a whole, say "That's sick," even the ones I think are sicker than me.  Mostly, the brainwashing takes over in them and they say (In much the same voice that zombies would) "Anything over a handful's a waste."  But then, they never say exactly whose hands they're talking about.  If I used one of Shaq's hands, then it'd be all right.  Yes, a shaqful's okay.  Make the ladies happy and speak your mind at the same time (Nearly an impossibility!)

4. Is it me, or are younger people more into hentai than older?

Umm... what's hentai?  Porn manga or porn anime?  I think maybe it's just because we've grow up with cartoons and have learned to accept than as more than "children's entertainment".

5. Do people over 40 really not know that saying "give up Nintendo and internet" is like saying "don't breathe?"

I don't think they do.  I believe we need to do it a lot less (I do anyway).  But I'd hate to think of all the mass chaos if all of the population under 30 was forced into withdrawal all at once.

6. Baby Boomer extremists should have stopped fighting each other over Vietnam years ago. Cuz now we have to deal with their commie/facist [censored] ren. As a solution, should we have topless women give overzealous campus students bearhugs? (Don't worry we'll think of something for girls to have as well)

I'm all for the bearhugs (especially if I can have all the leftovers).  Beyond that, I can't quite figure out what you're trying to say.  Are you a conservative who's sick of only being able to go to school where the faculty is "left" to the point of stupidity?  Me, personally?  I don't know a thing about fascism.  The name alone sounds to me like something that's not a good idea.  On the other hand, communism's a wonderful idea.  The only way it can realistically be applied is in the form of a dictatorship, but that's beside the point.  I think the europeans are ahead of us with their usage of a communistic medical system.  But me also, I didn't think it was very fair of them to let other people talk about whatever their religion was, but boy, if you said you were christian... you got hurt.

7. Is anyone else feeling that our generation's biggest tragedy is all the young starlets getting breast reductions? (and consequently the girls who emulate them).

Nah.  That's just a part of the problem.  The problem is, the girls still think it's proper to be a walking skeleton.  I think we need to see a resurgence of the 1940s ideal.
What's worse is we can't even go out for pizza with our woman.  She won't eat a thing, so we have to eat all the pizza ourselves (wonderful for body fat and those cholesterol levels).  That, and somebody who's worrying about her weight is apt to fret over other meaningless stuff as well.  No, wait, the biggest tragedy was allowing the death of the hair bands and their style of music.  The late 80s--early 90s were the pinnacle of music.

8. Anyone else go back and watch the sitcoms they did as a [censored] only to realize that the ones you did tolerate were because you were subconciously into one character's figure? (If you say "no" go back and watch TMNT, and if you don't know what TMNT, or any other abbreviations like SMB 1-3, SFII, MK or DBZ, then this test is not for you )

Wait.  you lost me again.  You went from sitcoms to cartoons.  The first show I remember watching regularly was The Dukes of Hazzard.  'Nuff said there.  The second was Battlestar Galactica.  I remember liking them 'cause they had cool machines.  Most of the time, though, it wasn't for their figure.  It was the pretty face that got me.
I liked Princess Allura from the orginal Voltron series.

9. How many [censored] here equated Joe Lieberman to the antichrist when he started those hearings against against Mortal Kombat? ((Night trap was also mentioned, but if you remember that suckfest (no pun intended), then you also now realize the best publicity for crap is a public hearing denouncing it.))

Huh.  Can't symapthize with you on this one.  I can't stand MK or the rest of its bunch.  Street Fighter and its bunch kick a--.  I couldn't stand a game where:
1) everyone uses the exact SAME fighting moves with the exception of the specials
2) you get hurt even when you block (not much point in blocking)
and
3) It's easy to play in such a way that the other person has no chance of winning with skill (They won't let you get a chance to blink or get a word in edgewise).  In Street Fighter, the only way cheap shotting happened was if someone played Ken or Ryu, and constantly Ha-do-kened until you jumped, at which point they'd use the Dragon Punch.  I never counted it when I lost to someone like that.
About the violence, though.  It's much better than actually going to high school and shooting or ripping the head off of the Mofo you'd desperately like to kill if weren't for the fact that you're too tiny/skinny to pull it off.

10. Was average bust size of female students a factor in choosing your college?

No it wasn't.  Mine was based on the fact that I supposed it was inevitable that I attend a 4-year school, and the poster, for the school I went to, announcing that they were still accepting applications--way after the deadline--made me fill sorry for them.  I would be one of their numbers.  Who knows, in that time I might figure out what to do with myself.  Of course, earlier I had noted that, out of all the UCs, UCR was the only one that had the female number as the higher part of the ratio.  I believe in quantity more than anything.  All of that, and a coin-toss then agreed that I should go there.

Bonus: To anyone that would like to chance speaking for a generation, what movie/song/event/invention/any other thing you can think of has defined us? (No one pick "Smells like Teen Spirit" okay? I think that's more for our older brothers, and you don't see too many guys dressed like lumberjacks anymore.)

Okay, this might put me in the generation above you (but it still doesn't hurt for me to speak for us).  I think Nirvana was in my time, but I wasn't into them until much later.  I think leaving the 80s was the worst thing we did.  Didn't like the 90s.  Don't like "The new millennium".  Loved the 80s.  Off hand, I'd say it's cell phones.  Maybe that's just a symptom of the disease that's infecting our nation.  I don't much see the point of them (I HATE talking on the phone anyway.)  

No, that's not it.  The worst thing this generation did was to put all of the things that a great guy like me loves in the "Out" column of an "In-Out" list.  It is SO distressing to wake up one morning and find that one has gone out of style.  Try asking a college age girl to go with you to a Cinderella concert (AFTER you're finished explaining who they are).


Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2001, 05:30:00 AM »
Pushing the age limit here (26), but I'm still not out of college yet, so I guess I count.  

1) Hmm, the first one... I'd guess it was probably Wendy Whoppers or Dixie Dynamite... the moment I realized the size of breasts I fantasized about was, in fact, possible through the miracles of modern science.  

2) The day I stumbled upon ACotto's FTP site.

3) No. Just about everyone I know knows I have a breast fixation/fetish and leaves it at that. We all have our little idiosyncrasies, and I'm not offensive or pushy about mine.

4) Well, hentai's been around for a while, but it's really gotten big only recently, especially outside of Japan. You can blame the Internet (Thanks, Al!) for that.

5) No. I honestly don't think they have a clue. As to Nintendo, I can give that up- I'm a Game Arts/Sega mark myself... Sony man now, with my recent PS2 acquisition, and Sega getting out of the console market...

6) Bearhugs are good... how could you say no to this anyway? Is this a rhetorical question?

7) I agree with Luvtygre here- it's just a sign of the perverted "ideal" we hold to femininity nowadays. If all women were made to look like Gwynneth Paltrow, I think I'd jump off the nearest bridge. I'm a breast man, not a necrophiliac. My helpful tip to Callista Flockheart: "Eat some steak. And some fried chicken. Now. Before it's too late."

8) I've tried to avoid watching those. I recently saw old reruns of Magnum P.I. and about vomited. I'm staying far, far away from Knight Rider reruns, though I thought that show (and A-Team) ruled as a kid.

9) Wait. You mean Joe Lieberman ISN'T Satan? Oh. I did not know that.  

10) Not really. In my case, it was the fact that it was a) small, b) private, and c) my father's alma mater.

Bonus: I can't answer for my whole generation, but fer me, it's Beck's "Loser" for sure.  

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2001, 07:16:00 AM »
1. I wish this question was "The first one that actually did it TO me.." But I guess Letha Weapons was.

2. I realized I was into BE in probably 1997, when I first saw it on the internet when searching for the likes of Wendy, Lisa, and Letha.

3. Have been at odds with a friend about it, but eventually he started writing for my boobzine. He doesn't even like big boobs.. we just agreed to disagree.

4. Hentai totally went over my head.. I was to infatuated with the REAL girls.

5. I can relate to people who are 40 a lot better than people my age.

6. I like hugs a lot.

7. This anti-big bust thing has had me upset for years now.. I still blame it on Pamela.

8. April was a hottie.

9. I wasn't big into Mortal Kombat, but I still thought the video game ratings system was wrong.

10. I never ended up going, much to my dismay. But no, for me it was all about whatever was affordable. Turned out nothing was.

For a movie, I'd have to say for me it was the original Batman. It was awesome to see one of my childhood comic heroes put in a new light..

For a song, I hate to say it but it "was" smells like teen spirit. It made me pick up guitar, and the fruits of that are something I have been enjoying for years.

An event? Probably Bill Clinton pulling in such a large amount of youth voters, including myself. Things seemed so damn bright and happy back in those days.

An invention? Though it was hardly "invented" in my era, the addition of the internet into all of our lives will never be forgotten. I remember trying to figure out what the "information superhighway" was for months.

Oh yeah, I will be 23 in a month or so.

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2001, 08:26:00 AM »
Just some points of clarification. Ill post my answers after enough people answere.

1. commie/facist should have been divided more. Basically communism is ultra-liberalism or so far to the left that it might be considered a college professor. Facism is the opposite. Think "Pat Robertson on steroids." It doesn't make any bones about a central official. The system consists of rigid hierarchy and focuses attention on national pride and a call for traditional values. Basically I'm sick of vegans and Jesus freaks pissing me off. (A theocracy can be similar to a facist state inasmuch as they are both set on rigid conformity to certain "ideals") Oh, and don't talk to a son of Cuban exiles about the virtues of communism.

2. On a lighter note I should've said video games in general. My bad. I agree SFII was the better game, but do you remember how every comic book, magazine and mall was hyped over it? Also I was too young to know how the hearings went, but I DID remember who Joe Lieberman was. ESPECIALLY when he was running for VP. It's fun to find transcripts from it, (since I was 11 at the time) because Sega almost single handedly saved themselves from nintendo starting a witch hunt. (Similar to what comic book companies did to EC comics in the 40s and 50s, learn history..it's your best weapon against the many morons who don't)

The best moment from the hearings:

 Sega's Lawyer cross-examining Howard Lincoln, a representative of Nintendo.

"Mr Lincoln, is it your contention that Sega, who like the movie industry, has chosen to rate it's own games, is less of an advocate of protecting children."

Lincoln "Yes"

"Then Mr. Lincoln, if your company produces such a wholesome product, which in no way indoctrinates children to violence. How do you explain this?"

(Lawyer pulls out a Super Scope...a product that closely resembles a bazooka. At this point Mr. Lincoln is seen to turn red and starts becoming visibly adjitated and fidgety)

J- Prank of the Day. Call up a friend ( or whomever you can think of), and emphatically sing the chorus of Weezzer's "Hashpipe" complete with butchering the riff with your singing. Extra points if you sing it EXACTLY like the lead singer.

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2001, 08:43:00 PM »
Well since no one else answered I guess I'll reply anyway. Even though I said I would after a lot of people replied.

My Answers.

1. First Dancer - Minka. I remember my best buddy Matt in 6th Grade said "Tommy there's this girl in the back of the Washingtonian whose breasts go past her waist when she's only slightly leaning older. He showed me, and to this day he doesn't know what happened to it.

 First Mainstream - Anna Nicole Smith: Naked Gun 33 and 1/3. Funny that also happened when I was in 6th grade. Hell of a year that was. Also was the year we noticed some girl in the 5th grade us had HUGE breasts for her age. Good year that was.

2. I realized I was into BE when I had dream where Rogue from the X-men's breasts kept growing until they were the size of volkswagons.

3. Hell yes I'm at odds with my father. He likes small breasted women, says "More than a handful is too much." and "Son, you should stop reading magazines with those cows." Suffice to say that's one of the many things that put me at odds with him. My friends on the other hand are surprisingly supportive. Even the girls! In fact one of the funniest moments was when my friends girlfriend found out, and decided to engage in what I still consider the most confidence building conversation I've ever had. A girl saying it was OK that I liked girls with big breasts... BOOYAH! Also my friend Dean says this about me. HE's a man with simple tastes, he likes women with... reallybigtits. Reallybigtits is now one word.

4. HUGE age gap. Hentai fans range in age from teens to mid-20s.

5. They'll take away my Nintendo when they pry my gamepad from my cold dead hands.

6. I'm seriously sick of left and right winged nutballs trying to shove their agendas down my throat...almost turning me into a moderate activist to take student morons out with my own brand of justice. With the whiffle ball bat of Justice, some silly string, and lots of crazy j-pop, the seven angry dwarves: Doc Boy, Tito, Happy, Rerun, Otter and the llama formerly known as "Chet" will seek vengeance on Jesus freaks, Vegans, Anarchists, Communists, ecoterrorists, ani-corporate weenies, pro-corporate weenies, censors, quack pschology majors, self-absorbed philosophy majors, Canadian Geese and abercrombie clones! *a-hem* The following was brought to you in Insane-O-Vision to show how all those mentioned how stupid you sound. However, we meant it about the geese, as Americans we feel it wrong to allow illegal aliens to get vetrinary medical access. Sorry still in Insane-O-Vision. Back to normalcy (Thank you Warren G. Harding) That little history footnote was to show all you old people, that we know a lot more than we let on.

7. Huge tragedy. A friend told me a girl he knew got a reduction. I asked her why didn't you stop he? He said well they were too big. Also I was crushed when Soliel Moon Frye did it. I wish I had a time machine would go back and tell her not to do it. Can you imagine a woman who comes out and tells all young girls they should be proud of their figures, and to be more than stereotypes say they should? I can it's called being a role-model. (Suffice to say when some magazine said Linsey would I almost shot out my computer screen.)  

8. I realized this when watching "Just the 10 of us" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a bunch of other shows.

9. I remembered who Joe Lieberman was. Damn straight. Guess whose campaign lost a vote at the convention. Well also there was that Elian thing, a few things that put me at odds, but the whole Bush-Gore election was a lose-lose situation in my book. So I just went with all my issues and they evened out in one column even though I had serious reservations with all the candidates. (yes even Nader Buchanan-duh, and Brown...oh yeah and that stupid woman who still runs on the communist ticket)

10. I'm at University of Maryland--College Park. Well that and my other choice was crackerville whiteboy college, an extension of uppity pseudo-diverse prep school. What also sealed the deal for Maryland. After going to Catholic School all my life I saw 100 students praying to Mecca. Yes folks, was looking at Muslims and the Hallelujah chorus was playing in my head. How's THAT for irony!

Bonus Movie: Pulp Fiction. C'mon the obsession with slick heroes and violence. Crazy lines and nutty characters. Complete with a mood that doesn't take itself too seriously and you'll get the movie that defines the fact that we have a liking toward watching violence, but still enough humor to watch an episode of sailor moon.

Cartoon- Transformers Okay who didn't love this show. Back when the action cartoons with real heroes and depth were all over TV (well for the age group) Now all we see is crappily drawn superficial kiddie dramas which set [censored] up to watch "teen" shows and then watch MTV and dress in abercrombie a fitch while talking about what **28** do on vacation. Heros who fought and died for ideals. Who didn't glorify violence but knew that if we let evil walk all over us, we'd live in hell. Heroes who had conflicts, and some cases weakness. Remember in GI JOE when Falcon's eye for the ladies cost the Joes a prisoner? I do. Remember his ounishment? Anyway enough of this on to the next.

Music- Our song..."Rockafella Skank" by Fatboy Slim. It's crazy irreverant, and a fixture in everyone's collection. No matter if you are part of Pop culture, anti-pop this song has a weird effect. It can be overplayed and still be fun to listen to. It has no "message" it isn't selling an image. The artist doesn't even show himself for most of the video.

Invention- File sharing software. I dare anyone over 30 to go back to college and log onto to the school's network. Oh yeah...Metalica won THAT lawsuit.

"I the mighty Lars the conqueror cut the head of the Hydra!"

"Um...dude...turn around"

"aw crap."

Event: um...get back to you on this one. We haven't had a defining moment yet...sorry no big war to fight, or run away from. Not even an artsy depressing film with two guys at a Starbucks with their heads in their hands. I personally say we fight censorship and liberal hippie crap and conservative "Christian" crap.

JVX- Okay so us Island folk talk too much.  

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2001, 01:02:00 AM »
Well Janus, if you wouldn't mind, a young baby boomer would like to reply to your questionaire.

1. What was the first dancer/model/actress/ or character that "did it for you?" Let's see here, (not in any particular order) Cherry Bomb, Dolly Parton and Raquel Welch.  The first mega busted star was Melissa Mounds.

2. When did you realize you were into BE?When I started dreaming about it in High School (pretty friends in school who could just use a little -er-alot more up top!) It was then that I mastered lucid dreaming.

3. Do your tastes put you at odds with people you know/friends/familiy? My family knows that I like large breasts, hell my dad gave me an exploding Britney Spears EXE! Friends find my tastes humorous, either that or they find my tastes appealing but don't have the balls to come out.  My wife tolerates my "little" obsession, because she is the focus of all my desire.

4. Is it me, or are younger people more into hentai than older? No, we older folk collect erotic art, as the word "hentai" still translates into pervert. Its just a case of, "If you talk about or say something long enough, it becomes socially accep... (nix that) tolerated. Look at the language accepted on broadcast tv now compared to, say, The Dick Van Dyke Show.

5. Do people over 40 really not know that saying "give up Nintendo and internet" is like saying "don't breathe?" Hey, I have a working "Blip" and an original Gameboy! I mastered Centipede and Mario Brothers when home gaming wasn't widespread, unless you liked Avalon Hill games or Milton Bradley, which brings me to my last point: Whether gaming at home or at an arcade, it required one to interact with other people. I still like that notion (After all, what better place to have a sighting than out in public?).

6. Baby Boomer extremists should have stopped fighting eachother over Vietnam years ago. Cuz now we have to deal with their commie/facist [censored] ren. As a solution, should we have topless women give overzealous campus students bearhugs? (Don't worry we'll think of something for girls to have as well) I don't see your connection there. I would have to agree that there are differences in those people who participated in Nam and those that didn't, but that generalization would have to end there.

7. Is anyone else feeling that our generation's biggest tragedy is all the young starlets getting breast reductions? (and consequently the girls who emulate them) I can only think of two, off the top of my head that are in your peer group, Soleil Moon Frye and Jordan Ladd. The sad part is that they were not happy/healthy the way they were. I personally have known two women who've had reductions. One before I met her (my sense of loss there is that I didn't know her back then, and subsequently didn't get to see her 34 G bosom. Yes we've talked about it) The second one, after. I tried talking her out of the procedure (I couldn't tell you how large she was because she never told me). Now, she wishes she had not gone through the procedure, because she is left with, in her own words, "Bride of Frankenstein stitches and no nipples". In my book the original package far outweighs possible disfigurement when it comes to elective surgery. I am not opposed to elective surgery, and have often enjoyed the results. Which is another reason why the BE fantasy sits so well with me.
8. Anyone else go back and watch the sitcoms they did as a [censored] only to realize that the ones you did tolerate were because you were subconciously into one character's figure? (If you say "no" go back and watch TMNT, and if you don't know what TMNT, or any other abbreviations like SMB 1-3, SFII, MK or DBZ, then this test is not for you ) Oh, to be sure, April O' Neil is a hottie. This goes back before my obsession with the "boob tube", and is probably why I have such a large comic book collection.

9. How many [censored] here equated Joe Lieberman to the antichrist when he started those hearings against against Mortal Kombat? ((Night trap was also mentioned, but if you remember that suckfest (no pun intended), then you also now realize the best publicity for crap is a public hearing denouncing it.) There are very few politicians -ever- who have earned my respect.

10. Was average bust size of female students a factor in choosing your college? Nope. Shear numbers of women got my nod. I played the percentages. More women there are, the more likely big busts will be found in that crowd.

Bonus: To anyone that would like to chance speaking for a generation, what movie/song/event/invention/any other thing you can think of has defined us? (No one pick "Smells like Teen Spirit" okay? I think that's more for our older brothers, and you don't see too many guys dressed like lumberjacks anymore.)
Tough one. My end of the Boomer generation, would have to be defined by either the Breakfast Club or St. Elmos Fire, neither of which is a very good movie, but each demonstrates the diversity of my age group (When they came out). Now, Parenthood fits the bill.

Music- The Glass Houses album by Billy Joel,
specifically "Still Rock-n-Roll to Me". Of course I could jump to the other end of the Boomer generation and take "My Way" by Frank Sinatra. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Green Day and Fatboy Slim, but those songs aren't about me.

Single event that changed the way we feel about ourselves? Cosmetic surgery became an elective option, whereas it used to only be for reconstructive purposes. Single event that defines my generation, Saturday Night Live. Al Franken and the "Me Generation". Either that, or the end to the cold war.

Sigh. The single invention that has defined Americans of the 20th Century is...(both bane and bounty) the computer.

I tried not to ramble  on like a parent, but hey, I am one. Celebrate diversity, accept no substitutes!


 

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2001, 03:47:00 AM »
Sheber... If you said St Elmo's Fire, that would put you in Gen X not the baby boomers. I mean you's half to be at least half a century old to be a boomer.

Yes that's to make the vain boomers feel old. So what I'm 19...about a few years before she says "I'm pregnant" and a few years after she says "wow. this is the first time we've skinny dipped since we were in grade school I wonder what Junior high will be in a year..oh my god you're staring at my chest!"

J-  Note the author took creative liscence while catatonic (Thank you Red Bull) All misspellings are brought to you courtesy of wasting away at Prep school. America's Prep "Schools we build the leaders of tomorrow by manufacturing conformists who will spread their cheeks on command." And by America's Catholic schools: "Secluding the most sexually voracious and devious children to prevent the moral decay of Public school children."      

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2001, 09:17:00 AM »
Sorry, I am not a gen x-er. It has always been my understanding that the boomer generation spanned from 1946-1966. Let's face it, I was in college the year you were born.  I'll make a slight concession, recent references put the age bracket from 1946-1964, one that I still fall in.
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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2001, 12:05:00 PM »
I'm a year older than you Janus, I think, so I guess I qualify as a peer.  Might as well add my 2 cents.

1. What was the first dancer/model/actress/ or character that "did it for you?"

Dancer: Minka. When I was a freshman in high school, I would go to the 7-11 in front of the MTA stop for the bus I took to school to buy stuff.  Behind the counter there was a magazine rack with the naughty magazines, all the usual suspects(Hustler, Penthouse, Playboy), among them was a magazine called Oriental Dolls with a cover photo of Minka cupping her large breasts with her hands over her nipples so the clerk wouldn't have to cover the magazine with a piece of paper.  I stood there wide-eyed staring at the cover while the clerk scanned my purchases.  I think the reason I was (and still am) so fascinated with her is because she was an Asian chick with HUGE tits.  Up until then, I hadn't seen anything like that.

2. When did you realize you were into BE?

When I saw the episode of Oops!, you know the one I'm talking about.  I think it was the 2nd or 3rd episode.  [For those who don't know what I'm talking about: Oops! was a show on FOX featuring a small group of survivors of a nuclear holocaust caused by a little boy's RC controller accidently triggering a group of nuclear warheads at a parade(or something stupidly improbable like that).  It was a sitcom.  There were 5 people; 3 men, and 2 woman (one young and sexy, one older and plain).  It was on Sunday nights at 9:30 if I remember correctly.  It lasted like 6 episodes.]  The episode where the plain woman found a "pretty rock" and fashions it into a necklace which causes her breasts to grow huge.  

3. Do your tastes put you at odds with people you know/friends/familiy?

My friends are okay with it.  In fact, my best friend is always the 1st to nudge me and whisper "The chick over there . . . she's got huge jugs!"  My family doesn't know about it.  My mom is Catholic (devoutly religious), so I know better than to tell her.

4. Is it me, or are younger people more into hentai than older?

I think our generation (I think we're technically Generation Y, but I'm not sure) and Generation X have made animation in general more acceptable.  Especially anime (including hentai).  Cartoons and animation are no longer things that we have to "grow out of" as we get older.  Just look at the Simpsons.

5. Do people over 40 really not know that saying "give up Nintendo and internet" is like saying "don't breathe?"

No, they don't.  They think it's just a toy that we should've outgrown years ago, and not a part of our lifestyle.  

6. Baby Boomer extremists should have stopped fighting each other over Vietnam years ago. Cuz now we have to deal with their commie/facist [censored] ren. As a solution, should we have topless women give overzealous campus students bearhugs? (Don't worry we'll think of something for girls to have as well)

The only thing wrong with hugs from topless women, is there is not enough of it.

7. Is anyone else feeling that our generation's biggest tragedy is all the young starlets getting breast reductions? (and consequently the girls who emulate them)

I don't think it's the biggest tragedy of our generation, but it's a shame.  Especially Soleil Moon Frye (that scene in the Wonder Years just blew my mind), and Drew Barrymore (anybody who has seen Far From Home knows what I'm talking about)

8. Anyone else go back and watch the sitcoms they did as a [censored] only to realize that the ones you did tolerate were because you were subconciously into one character's figure? (If you say "no" go back and watch TMNT, and if you don't know what TMNT, or any other abbreviations like SMB 1-3, SFII, MK or DBZ, then this test is not for you )

Not really.

9. How many [censored] here equated Joe Lieberman to the antichrist when he started those hearings against against Mortal Kombat? ((Night trap was also mentioned, but if you remember that suckfest (no pun intended), then you also now realize the best publicity for crap is a public hearing denouncing it.))

He started those?  BASTARD!  I just remember hating the fact that a bunch of bible-thumping alarmists were going to try to take away our video games.

10. Was average bust size of female students a factor in choosing your college?

Not really.

Bonus: To anyone that would like to chance speaking for a generation, what movie/song/event/invention/any other thing you can think of has defined us? (No one pick "Smells like Teen Spirit" okay? I think that's more for our older brothers, and you don't see too many guys dressed like lumberjacks anymore.)

Movie: Pulp Fiction, without a doubt.  It's the movie that almost everyone I've met has loved and is able to quote scenes from it.  As for it's impact, all you need to do is look at all the movies that have taken from its story structure, attitude, and style.  There are too many to list.
Event: It hasn't happened yet, but it will.  The impending oil shortage.  It's coming, mark my words.  You can thank all the people who drive SUV's when it does.

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I don't really care what the people say
I'm gonna do it my way, gonna do it my way
(a-boom-boom-boom a-bang-bang-bang)
I gotta let it all out, doin' my thing
A-boom-boom-boom and a-bang-bang-bang
boom, bang, boom, bang, bang
boom, bang, boom, bang, bang
Do your thing
Do your thing
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Do your thing . . ."

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2001, 02:00:00 AM »
Hmmm that's weird. I was always told baby boom was 1946-1959 and Gen X was 1960-1979.

Oh well. Oh and Stephen, I remember that issue too. My Freshman year of high school I bought it from our porn merchant in the residence halls. He and most of my buddies were kicked out after freshman year. Man were the next three years rough.

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2001, 02:54:00 AM »
1. What was the first dancer/model/actress/ or character that "did it for you?"
This was the same time, and probably the same day i discovered for myself the world of BE...I went through I think a yahoo search engine and somehow stumbled upon lisa lipps and saw her sight and a few sample pics, but is anyone ever satisfied with that?  I didn't think so either, and searched for more and found a link to the very BEA, a story in Mark T's archive actually...and I have been lurking for a long while till I came out of the wood work a few months ago.  

2. When did you realize you were into BE?
The moment I saw a big pair... does anyone think its instinct for one who sees a big pair to want to see even bigger?...i do, except when it gets to the point of ludicrous house-sized proportions and whatnot.  

3. Do your tastes put you at odds with people you know/friends/familiy?
The females in the family of course,...I don't say a word, and its not a topic with friends...we all know we all like them.    

4. Is it me, or are younger people more into hentai than older?
too busy with the real thing...never got into hentai

5. Do people over 40 really not know that saying "give up Nintendo and internet" is like saying, "don't breathe?"
No, they probably don't...and I am a Ps2 man like Mark Volk Jr.

6. Baby Boomer extremists should have stopped fighting eachother over Vietnam years ago.  Cuz now we have to deal with their commie/facist [censored] ren. As a solution, should we have topless women give overzealous campus students bearhugs? (Don't worry we'll think of something for girls to have as well)

I'm not fascist, nor am I communist...I like democracy, and having topless women giving us all bear hugs is something no one could say no to...its a fact of human nature

7. Is anyone else feeling that our generation's biggest tragedy is all the young starlets getting breast reductions? (and consequently the girls who emulate them)
It is sad...people are made the way they are, and have certain attributes(ex. big tits, wide hips, whatever) and some people take those attributes away....i can see tryin to enhance those attributes, but to take away and cut off a gift is just wrong...it cheats us, and our creator, whoever you believe that to be.  Moreover, i can't stand this problem...the mentality put on women by pop culture (dam mtv!) that females are supposed to be skinny as a stick and thats what men want...we all know thats bullsh*t...i don't need to further comment on this one

8. Anyone else go back and watch the sitcoms they did as a [censored] only to realize that the ones you did tolerate were because you were subconciously into one character's figure?
Nope

9. How many [censored] here equated Joe Lieberman to the antichrist when he started those hearings against against Mortal Kombat?

He's overall not a bad politician...there are a lot worse...and i'll settle with ratings...atleats they aren't banned period

10. Was average bust size of female students a factor in choosing your college?
Nope...they're some big pairs everywhere, as long as you look around and keep your eye's pealed

Bonus: To anyone that would like to chance speaking for a generation, what movie/song/event/invention/any other thing you can think of has defined us? (No one pick "Smells like Teen Spirit" okay? I think that's more for our older brothers, and you don't see too many guys dressed like lumberjacks anymore.)
- Music: I'm a little young to be in the generation of the grunge era and nirvana...but I live in that era today, its what i listen to... so i would say nirvana's "smells like teen spirit," but since I can't i'll pick one for my real generation, which really doesn't have a signature tune...thanks to damn pop culture... pearl jam's "do the evolution"...its just a great song with a lot of meaning
Movie: I don't have a clue
Event: none thus far, but i remember watching UN troops kick the shit out of the iraqis in the desert storm...that probably instilled a little arrogance in us all...probably will come back to hurt us as you can see how little we put into the military now...we have a mentality that we can just go in and kick a$$
Invention: The internet was invented in the 60s i think, but i guess i can say the internet applications of today, such as instant messanging, voice conferencing/messages, and the user friendly web broswer (on windows PCs for that matter...I don't know much about other operating systems and how these apps work on them)
and to janus...what is the generation past 79?...I thought any generation without a real name was just known as "x"?


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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2001, 08:06:00 AM »
Sorry for the delay...my internet got screwed up by a bunch of little green guys with wings on their heads. Thnkfully a grey rabbit with a mallet came from tech support and solved the problem. Though it was hard to pry those suckers off the motherboard.

*Ahem* to answer questions. There have been several attempts to label the 1979-whatever crowd. "Generation Y" (real creative) "Millenials" (I swear if I hear that word one more time...) "Digitals" (that one lasted...) "reverse-Boom" (the fact that there was a second baby boom, but not as large as first) and "those little punks who don't know how good they have it" (showing that since we haven't had a trial by fire or make artsy films that we're some kind of spoiled annoying brats)

If I could give us a name? Hmm...I'd go with the spy generation. Notice how we can get whatever we want. What's the point of working when a computer literate friend can get you whatever you want? Music, video games, passwords. Think of aall the scans of comix and bootleg movies on college campuses. We do this all by keeping our traps shut. Has the media even heard of our REAL fileshare programs? Or maybe all the websites that sprout all over the place with WareZ. What about parties? Raves that occur in warehouses, get-togethers at someone's house every weekend. Think about our generation in power. By then we'll be so good at covert ops. We'll be twice as influencial as our grandparents. In addition to that studies show that our reflexes, adaptation, and information retention rates are higher than our parents. Just some crazy food for thought.

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Re: Any peers in the crowd?
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2001, 03:41:00 PM »
How's your crowd doing in near-sightedness, hypertension, obesity, and heart disease?
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« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2001, 07:31:00 PM »
I'm in the under 50 (barely) baby-boomer crowd (always hated that name as well as what my generation has done) so this is to just answer the question about facism. Stalin was a communist - Hitler as a facist. In communism the state owns and controls everything from the central government. Facism -  property is privately owned; however, the central government controls everything.  Communism is the extreme left of the political spectrum  while facism is the extreme right. They hold 2 things in common - both require a dictatorship to exert the needed control and both forbid any worship of God or religion.