Contemporary things that will seem amusingly dated 15+ years hence

[Arkan]

Never heard of that term before now.

I don't think it's reached any other part of the country and probably never will but it is prevalent here at the moment. And can be seen at festivals such as Creamfields and Tomorrowland. Ten years ago it was skinheads and Lacoste trackies and now it's ket wigs, Hugo Boss polo shirts, skinny jeans and Air Max 95's.

 

[Womble98]

Non-chain shops. Fucking tesco/sainsbury expresses popping up everywhere. I have 3 just opened within 5 minutes walk of my house.

 

[eightiesrobin]

Vinyl (records) maybe?

 

[blade1889]

Was reading a BBC article on what we'll look back on and frown at a couple of days ago...

The two main ones were animal cruelty, specifically how chickens are kept and then the use of gay/**** etc. to describe anything we don't like...

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Vinyl (records) maybe?

They're only just coming back, so I doubt that one tbh.

 

[Cheese & Biscuits]

Pound shops.

Reality TV.

 

[Craig]

Vaping.

 

[Benito]

Those who lay down and rot (most NEETs and wizards) are the true MARTYRS of the Human Condition.

Any thinking person understands that life is absurd. This is because life inherently lacks meaning and purpose, in and of itself.

Now, some people are lucky enough to never come to this realisation. This is because they are either too stupid to even consider it, or they are too happy with their lives to question life's meaning.

However, most normal people will eventually entertain the notion that life is absurd at some point in their life. This contemplation is usually precipitated by some form of stress in that person's life (death in the family, a break-up etc). Nevertheless, while the vast majority of people will eventually acknowledge this truth, almost all of them will then actively blind themselves to it. This blinding is achieved by creating their own meaning and purpose in life. Most people will create meaning by choosing to focus on relationships and child-rearing, while others will choose pursuits like ****ing STD-infected sluts, careers and hobbies, as well as intellectual acitivities like art, science and philosophy.

This choice itself is irrelevant. What matters is that these people have acknowledged the core truth that life is absurd, yet they willingly (or absentmindedly) choose to forget or downplay this truth by occupying their minds with these created meanings. To employ a metaphor, these people have chosen to 'pull the wool over their eyes' for the sake of whatever happiness they can eke out in their existence. There is nothing wrong with this. Created meaning is still meaning — this cannot be denied.

Nonetheless, created meaning is a secondary meaning. The only primary meaning in life is this: Life is absurd.

My contention here today is that the act of forgetting primary meaning is itself a BETRAYAL of primary meaning. It is a betrayal of the fact that life is absurd.

Those who have chosen to lay down and rot have embarked on a life where the realisation of primary meaning is a daily, if not hourly, occurrence. Through either choice or circumstance, those who LDAR live a life that is mostly free from the distractions of created meaning. Sex, relationships, child-rearing: All of these common secondary meanings are absent.

As a result, those who lay down and rot will embrace the truth more frequently than the blissfully ignorant. Those who LDAR are HEROIC and VIRTUOUS in their constant acknowledgment of the truth, while those who forget are steeped in their BETRAYAL of primary meaning.

Those who LDAR will die contemplating the fact that life is absurd. And what is martyrdom but death for an ideal? We are MARYTRS, my friends. We are holy.

 

[smat]

The radio.

Radio 4 comedies will go first, with any luck.

 

[shane]

Tattoos and home ownership.

 

[blade1889]

The NHS

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

The radio.

Radio 4 comedies will go first, with any luck.

Won't be long. It is with bittersweet anticipation that I await the day that the Tories finally manage to cripple/abolish the BBC to the degree that Radio 4 gets the plug pulled. Cos guess what, you home-counties living mountebanks: the non-subsided free market ain't gonna provide the staple diet of slightly better than middlebrow nourishment that you subsist on. You'll wake up one day and all you'll have left is the broadsheet version of The X-Factor on Sky Arts, and Classic FM playing the Dances With Wolves theme for the 47th time that day. You will have designed and constructed a shit filled bed and you will have no choice but to lay in it.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

That's a fair point, Carel....

The BBC. Or at least TV licenses for it.

And good riddance, too.

 

[Dr Mantis Toboggan]

Was reading a BBC article on what we'll look back on and frown at a couple of days ago...

The two main ones were animal cruelty, specifically how chickens are kept and then the use of gay/**** etc. to describe anything we don't like...

think we're on the way there now as is

 

[Magic]

Will be a damn shame when the BBC is completely dismantled imo.

 

[Dr Mantis Toboggan]

a national treasure like the nhs and our vegan friend lordofthepies

 

[blade1889]

think we're on the way there now as is

I would agree that we're on the way too

 

[Veggie Legs]

Using a computer to access the internet.

 

[mnb089mnb]

Using a computer to access the internet.

When I was sharing a house at university I had to get off the internet to allow my housemates to ring home. I also used the internet after 6pm as it was cheaper.

 

[Veggie Legs]

When I was sharing a house at university I had to get off the internet to allow my housemates to ring home. I also used the internet after 6pm as it was cheaper.

I remember having to get off the internet so my parents could make phone calls. And having to pay by the minute for time spent online. The only thing I miss about dialup internet is the modem connecting sound.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

One of the most cherished memories of my teenage years was my kid brother getting done by one of those premium rate porn dialler things and having to pay da rents back in instalments equal in monetary value to approx 85 paper rounds. He now project manages multimillion pound IT upgrades for a quasi-private body responsible for administering an important element of the UK transport infrastructure which JUST GOES TO SHOW DUNT IT?

 

[Magic]

People could have been desperately trying to inform us of a family fatality via the landline on a regular basis but fuck it, miniclip pool always took priority.

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[mnb089mnb]

Won't be long. It is with bittersweet anticipation that I await the day that the Tories finally manage to cripple/abolish the BBC to the degree that Radio 4 gets the plug pulled. Cos guess what, you home-counties living mountebanks: the non-subsided free market ain't gonna provide the staple diet of slightly better than middlebrow nourishment that you subsist on. You'll wake up one day and all you'll have left is the broadsheet version of The X-Factor on Sky Arts, and Classic FM playing the Dances With Wolves theme for the 47th time that day. You will have designed and constructed a shit filled bed and you will have no choice but to lay in it.

This could happen. But not in our time.

 

[Dr Mantis Toboggan]

Those who lay down and rot (most NEETs and wizards) are the true MARTYRS of the Human Condition.

Any thinking person understands that life is absurd. This is because life inherently lacks meaning and purpose, in and of itself.

Now, some people are lucky enough to never come to this realisation. This is because they are either too stupid to even consider it, or they are too happy with their lives to question life's meaning.

However, most normal people will eventually entertain the notion that life is absurd at some point in their life. This contemplation is usually precipitated by some form of stress in that person's life (death in the family, a break-up etc). Nevertheless, while the vast majority of people will eventually acknowledge this truth, almost all of them will then actively blind themselves to it. This blinding is achieved by creating their own meaning and purpose in life. Most people will create meaning by choosing to focus on relationships and child-rearing, while others will choose pursuits like ****ing STD-infected sluts, careers and hobbies, as well as intellectual acitivities like art, science and philosophy.

This choice itself is irrelevant. What matters is that these people have acknowledged the core truth that life is absurd, yet they willingly (or absentmindedly) choose to forget or downplay this truth by occupying their minds with these created meanings. To employ a metaphor, these people have chosen to 'pull the wool over their eyes' for the sake of whatever happiness they can eke out in their existence. There is nothing wrong with this. Created meaning is still meaning — this cannot be denied.

Nonetheless, created meaning is a secondary meaning. The only primary meaning in life is this: Life is absurd.

My contention here today is that the act of forgetting primary meaning is itself a BETRAYAL of primary meaning. It is a betrayal of the fact that life is absurd.

Those who have chosen to lay down and rot have embarked on a life where the realisation of primary meaning is a daily, if not hourly, occurrence. Through either choice or circumstance, those who LDAR live a life that is mostly free from the distractions of created meaning. Sex, relationships, child-rearing: All of these common secondary meanings are absent.

As a result, those who lay down and rot will embrace the truth more frequently than the blissfully ignorant. Those who LDAR are HEROIC and VIRTUOUS in their constant acknowledgment of the truth, while those who forget are steeped in their BETRAYAL of primary meaning.

Those who LDAR will die contemplating the fact that life is absurd. And what is martyrdom but death for an ideal? We are MARYTRS, my friends. We are holy.

plagiarist

 

[AFCB_Mark]

The national obsession for coffee chains, all the various coffee shop chains occupying the same square mile of every town centre. The people who need their daily: two shot, Guatemalan bean, vanilla skinny latte. Can't remember all this being the case 10 years ago. You had tea and coffee shops yes, and you bought either a tea, or a coffee. That's that. I can't imagine it'll still be so fashionable and common in 10 years time?

 

[Benito]

Aint no one got time to type all that out son.

 

[PaulHaddock]

The national obsession for coffee chains, all the various coffee shop chains occupying the same square mile of every town centre. The people who need their daily: two shot, Guatemalan bean, vanilla skinny latte. Can't remember all this being the case 10 years ago. You had tea and coffee shops yes, and you bought either a tea, or a coffee. That's that. I can't imagine it'll still be so fashionable and common in 10 years time?

Are you Gary Neville?

 

[SALTIRE]

I remember having to get off the internet so my parents could make phone calls. And having to pay by the minute for time spent online. The only thing I miss about dialup internet is the modem connecting sound.

I remember linking two lines together to achieve a top line download rate of 6 kb/s when I first got it! Trying to download a song or look at filth was painstakingly slow!

 

[Pliny Harris]

I remember linking two lines together to achieve a top line download rate of 6 kb/s when I first got it! Trying to download a song or look at filth was painstakingly slow!

 

[Christian Slater]