How do you know that you are living in 2008?

@Erratic (723)
Australia
June 7, 2008 3:07am CST
Well here we go... you know you are living in 2008 when... 1. You have a list of 12 numbers to contact your family of four. 2. You accidently enter your password on the microwave. 3. Every ad on TV comes with a website at the bottom of the screen. 4. Leaving your house without your mobile phone makes you panic and return home for it. 5. You get continual emails from a girl named Kitty who promises to make you purr. 6. You haven't played solitaire with real cards since 1990. 7. You can't stay in touch with friends or family if they don't have an email address. Can you add to this list.
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• United States
7 Jun 08
You haven't picked up a newspaper in the last 3 years because you read it all online You find out your company's closing in two months and moving to Mexico You send text messages to your friend, who's sitting right next to you Bands like Poison, Motley Crue and Warrant are considered classic rock
@Erratic (723)
• Australia
7 Jun 08
Rock On.
• United States
7 Jun 08
It just makes me feel old when I hear the bands of my youth referred to as "Classic" and I'm not even that old!
@jhartana (1084)
• Australia
8 Jun 08
Very good list and enjoyable to read. They were also true and funny. May I add this to the list please? 8.) You can't get away from Facebook / Myspace. You will access them first everytime you're on the net.
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@Erratic (723)
• Australia
8 Jun 08
Condiser it added. But I would put myLot there instead on myspace/facebook.
@AmbiePam (85273)
• United States
7 Jun 08
That is pretty darn good, and accurate. I don't have a cell phone though. I think I'm one in a few who don't have a cell phone! Even my parents and sister have one! And they have numbers galore stored up in them. I have to laugh at some of the ringtones though. They are pretty funny.
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@Erratic (723)
• Australia
8 Jun 08
I'm the same as you - no mobile. They do have some good ringtones though.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
7 Jun 08
when your children are all inside the house and watching anime or listening to music or playing ps games or online games. children plays this kind of way already they no longer play (as much as we do before) outside. you get to know a person better through chat and sometimes fall in love with that person too.
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@Erratic (723)
• Australia
7 Jun 08
Yup. Less active kiddies nowadays it seems. Gotta really watch what they eat now because they don't run it off like we did when kids.
• United States
7 Jun 08
I know that I'm living in the new age, because I don't have to subscribe to cable anymore. When I was growing up, cable was the big thing. And, just this past two years, I've become a big fan of Netflix. But, now they have all the movies and TV shows you could ever want online and many are free. Even Netflix is moving toward putting their entire inventory online for paying customers. Right now, I'm paying just about $25 for dvds and online movies, but soon that will be down to $10 monthly.
@Erratic (723)
• Australia
8 Jun 08
Netflix eh? Do you download the movies then put em on DVD so you can watch them or do you have to watch them on pc?
• United States
8 Jun 08
Nice topic. All of these made me think, lol. And I really do miss the 90s. Let's see if I can add something to this list. You live on the same street with all of your friends, yet you mostly talk online rather than in person. (This one is true for me) Your CD player now looks like a weird gadget to you. Your cassette tapes don't mean a thing anymore to you. A day without using the cmoputer feels like you've lost a year from your life. (Very true for me) Internet speech such as 'lol' and 'omg' are now being used on actual labels to sell products.
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@Erratic (723)
• Australia
8 Jun 08
Nice response. The video cassettes are the same now that DVD recorders are so cheap. Better quality recording too.