what would be your reaction to the changes you see??/

I would be happy to still be alive.

Is this pre or post 9/11 2001?

I'd hope nobody hands me a mirror!

Rock music where are you?

I'd be primarily shocked at what happened to my body.

I might as well be knocked out, especially 2007 to 2014. But I'm only lightly making fun of that era because I don't want to jinx it.

I would think, "What the hell is a MySpace and why did it stop becoming popular?"

I would also think, why is internet wireless now? Also, why does Britney Spears seem so over-medicated now?

And I would also ask, "When did we have a black president?"

I might as well be knocked out, especially 2007 to 2014. But I'm only lightly making fun of that era because I don't want to jinx it.

I would think, "What the hell is a MySpace and why did it stop becoming popular?"

I would also think, why is internet wireless now? Also, why does Britney Spears seem so over-medicated now?

And I would also ask, "When did we have a black president?"


and I would also ask myself, "What happened to my PS2"?

I would be happy to still be alive.


same here, after 13 years.

Who is this woman in the mirror?!!! I'm supposed to be 15!!!!  :o

Who is this woman in the mirror?!!! I'm supposed to be 15!!!!  :o


;D

Probably nothing too much that I wouldn't expect otherwise. There's been no game changing event since then, aside from maybe the economic meltdown and I'd argue that has roots going back to the 1970s anyway.

and I would also ask myself, "What happened to my PS2"?


That too.

I would go to New York City and ask "Whatever happened to the Twin Towers"?

Rock music where are you?
Rock music is actually coming back.

BTW, I have read about a rapper who was imprisoned in 2009 and got released in 2013-14 and  was shocked about the differences.

BTW, I have read about a rapper who was imprisoned in 2009 and got released in 2013-14 and  was shocked about the differences.


Possibly Lil' Boosie?  He recently released a song after getting out of prison that sounded straight out of 2007.  I liked it but it should be no surprise that it didn't chart well.

I forgot the name.

I'd be like, "Crap. I thought I was 30 years old and then one day I woke up and I'm 43 now."

Hell, that happened anyway.  :-\\

I'd be like, "Crap. I thought I was 30 years old and then one day I woke up and I'm 43 now."

Hell, that happened anyway.  :-\\


Same here, I'd be like "Damn I thought I was 27 and now I'm 40 years old". :o

"Michael Jackson? Robin Williams? Whitney Houston? Johnny Carson? Noooooooooo!!! But hey, I'm glad the TMNT have made a comeback, but whoa, Pokemon and Power Rangers are still on the air after all this time, and Nickelodeon hasn't changed its name to the Spongebob Channel?"

"Damn! All of my high school crushes are married or about to be and I am left with crumbs. That said, I've missed school all this time and will be ashamed to graduate as a 31-year old with kids who call me daddy and feel that's total BS."

"What are those black rectangles everyone stares at on the bus?"

"Oh god, the internet is really fast!"

If I went into a music shop I'd think "where are the singles?".

I'd wonder what all those squares (phones) everyone is on non stop 24/7 :P

"What are those black rectangles everyone stares at on the bus?"

"Oh god, the internet is really fast!"

If I went into a music shop I'd think "where are the singles?".


That's what I would be thinking too. ;D

"What's Facebook"?

"'What's an Instagram"?

"What's a Twitter"?

"What's Facebook"?

"'What's an Instagram"?

"What's a Twitter"?


Same thing I was thinking, haha!

I'd ask for all my Christmas and birthday presents for the past decade or so.  ;) :)

"Who took my wallet"?

"I'm 23 years old and have barely finished the third grade..."

'So would anybody give me any news that's been happening within the past 13 years"?

"Did they get bin laden?"

"Why are people so uncool and aren't using the Motorola Razr?"

"What is Pandora"?

"What is YouTube"?

...I would see a black flat screen instead of a crt monitor on my desk
...my desk would be on the opposite side of my room (since 2003)
...I would be amazed that Windows 7 boots up instead of Windows 2000
...I would be surprised that my cellphone is a few times faster than my desktop computer
...I would be shocked that the internet is nothing special anymore
...I would be amazed about the internet being wireless
...I would be shocked that my parents are seperated
...I would look in the mirror and be shocked that I am not 15 anymore

...I would be shocked that the internet is nothing special anymore

What do you expect after 13 years?

I'd be shocked that money bills are plastic and pennies don't exist anymore.

I'd be shocked that money bills are plastic and pennies don't exist anymore.


Are you Canadian?

Are you Canadian?

Yup  :)

Yup  :)


Nice I visit Vancouver often and I've been to Ontario and Alberta too. Great country!  :)

I would need 13 years worth of newspapers to catch up with what's happening.

I would need 13 years worth of newspapers to catch up with what's happening.
History always repeats itself, you don't newspapers.

History always repeats itself, you don't newspapers.


not all the time.

...you would not know about HoffSpace!

...you would have missed out on thirteen years of your life!

...you would have missed out on thirteen years of your life!


you can always make it up.

"Why the hell do people put pound signs in front of words?"

"What the hell are these things???"

http://i61.tinypic.com/23sepzc.jpg

you can always make it up.
Yes, you can always lie about it?

I'd probably be wondering why I'm in a smaller room, with a flat screen monitor computer. I'd probably wonder what my smartphone was, I'd probably think it was something from a scifi film. I'd be wondering who are these people I live with (my roommates), and why I'm not in my house with my parents. If I stepped outside I'd notice the evergreen trees and think that I am still in Oregon, until I notice more and more cars with Washington plates pass by. If I saw myself in the mirror, I would wonder why I'm so much taller, and not 7 years old anymore.

"Why the hell do people put pound signs in front of words?"

"What the hell are these things???"

http://i61.tinypic.com/23sepzc.jpg


How do you use those things anyway?  ???

Yes, you can always lie about it?


For 13 years?

For 13 years?

You would be lying to yourself for 13 years.

"Why the hell do people put pound signs in front of words?"

"What the hell are these things???"

http://i61.tinypic.com/23sepzc.jpg

Come to think of it, what are these things called?

Come to think of it, what are these things called?


scanners.

scanners.
The scanners I know of is the 1981 Canadian science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jennifer O'Neill, Steven Lack, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are people with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers.

I think you need to download some sort of app onto your smartphone (if it doesn't come with one already).  You point your phone's camera at it, and it decodes it.  I'm not sure exactly what happens after that.  I presume if it's an URL, it would open your web browser to that page.  I've never tried it because I fear it may lead to malware or spam.  The one I showed shouldn't do that, though; it's http://www.inthe00s.com (unless you consider this website to be dangerous  :) ).


How do you use those things anyway?  ???

Come to think of it, what are these things called?


QR codes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

QR codes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

Many thanks

Many thanks


and this one leads to inthe00s.com.

and this one leads to inthe00s.com.
Interesting, but I cannot put it to the test.

I think you need to download some sort of app onto your smartphone (if it doesn't come with one already).  You point your phone's camera at it, and it decodes it.  I'm not sure exactly what happens after that.  I presume if it's an URL, it would open your web browser to that page.  I've never tried it because I fear it may lead to malware or spam.  The one I showed shouldn't do that, though; it's http://www.inthe00s.com (unless you consider this website to be dangerous  :) ).



It can't be used with a flip phone? ???

I've seen those last decade quite a bit and never used my phone or downloaded whatever app would scan them.

QR-Codes are also quite frequent here in Germany. I have never used them for serious matters, but only played around with some of them I found in magazines or at a train station. Seriously, I don't believe that I have seen anybody in real life who needs them.

QR-Codes are also quite frequent here in Germany. I have never used them for serious matters, but only played around with some of them I found in magazines or at a train station. Seriously, I don't believe that I have seen anybody in real life who needs them.
I have seen people shopping, scanning the QR, probably it compares prices online.

I always use QR codes, nothing new to me. I simply downloaded a barcode scanner app on my phone and then I use them whenever I need to.

I've seen those last decade quite a bit and never used my phone or downloaded whatever app would scan them.


Why not?

I have seen people shopping, scanning the QR, probably it compares prices online.


or to buy a hot or cold beverage.

Why not?

Because all I need to know about something is the price I can find a barcode scanner near the aisle I'm in at the store.

or to buy a hot or cold beverage.
Can you purchase with a QR Code?

Can you purchase with a QR Code?


I have seen people buying coffee at Starbucks with their phone. I don't know if this works via QR-codes, though. Their phone is scanned at the cashier.

I have seen people buying coffee at Starbucks with their phone. I don't know if this works via QR-codes, though. Their phone is scanned at the cashier.
That technology is new to me, I only thought that QR Codes were used in comparing prices.

That technology is new to me, I only thought that QR Codes were used in comparing prices.

I had a starbucks gift card and they scanned the gift card QR code on my phone.

Can you purchase with a QR Code?


yes, all you do is scan the coupon then I think they ring it up later.

I have seen people buying coffee at Starbucks with their phone. I don't know if this works via QR-codes, though. Their phone is scanned at the cashier.


Does it work with a regular flip phone? ???

Does it work with a regular flip phone? ???


I am not sure, but I suppose you have to install an app which is probably only available for Android or iOs.

Weirdly enough the gas prices wouldn't be a huge shocker considering how cheap they are now. :P But in summer of 2014 it would be a huge shock. I wouldn't be too shocked about the cars, maybe a little different same as fashion. The tech though I would be amazed at and spend hours using it and going off on how cool it looks and hoe it looks like I'm in a Sci-Fi film. I would notice a big change in how music sounds and ask who are these famous people? I would also wonder what happened to my toy cassette recorder I had fun playing with in '01. Most of all I'd wonder who is this 20 year old man in the mirror?

I would also wonder what happened to my toy cassette recorder I had fun playing with in '01.

You don't remember? It's been 13 years.

Most of all I'd wonder who is this man 20 year old man in the mirror?

Well, you grew up.

It can't be used with a flip phone? ???


Not if it doesn't have a camera and not if it doesn't have the right software.

...and wondered what is spam all about.

...and wondered what is spam all about.


I got SPAM emails in 2000 and 2001. So those wouldn't be new, at least to me ;)
And the worst thing: I don't think spam filters were that common back than, so they went straight into your mailbox.

I got SPAM emails in 2000 and 2001. So those wouldn't be new, at least to me ;)
And the worst thing: I don't think spam filters were that common back than, so they went straight into your mailbox.
That is true.

Not if it doesn't have a camera and not if it doesn't have the right software.


mine has a camera and a video option.

I got SPAM emails in 2000 and 2001. So those wouldn't be new, at least to me ;)
And the worst thing: I don't think spam filters were that common back than, so they went straight into your mailbox.


and you kept getting a lot of them.  ::)

"Damn, look at this world, let me sleep for another 13 years, wake me up in 2027". :D

"Damn, look at this world, let me sleep for another 13 years, wake me up in 2027". :D
...and waste good time of your life?

...and waste good time of your life?


just wake me up to good news.

just wake me up to good news.
That will not take long?

That will not take long?


But it might take a while.

A yawn and a stretch to continue with life!

A yawn and a stretch to continue with life!

A yawn and a stretch to continue with life!

A yawn and a stretch to continue with life!
Curse, internet playing up!

A yawn and a stretch to continue with life!


for the next 13 years.

Ask what is broadband?

I'd be in for a MAJOR shock. :o  Even in 2015!! I'd be like what the hell has happened to my voice! :o  I'd look in the mirror and say who's that big, tall, bearded 19/20 year old man! ;D  Why am I not a little bitty 6 year old??? ??? :-X

so if you got knocked out in 2001 and woke up in 2014......

I'd have one hell of a headache

I'd have one hell of a headache
Think of all the dreams you have had?

I'd have one hell of a headache

and 13 years of aspirin.

Think of all the dreams you have had?

13 years of good dreams.

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that's pretty weird

that's pretty weird
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I thought cell phones were getting smaller?
WTF, do I have to take my shoes off at the airport gate?
I thought the cell phone was just for calls, but now I can take photos, text, surf the 'net, make purchases...?!
Where are the payphones?
Look at all of these small cars! They look like clown cars.
I have to use my finger print to punch in?!
Why am I being charged a 9/11 fee with my airfare?
What happened to the video stores?
Why can't I find CDs anymore?
I actually know what some of those email recipients look like now.
The 'net has become less anonymous.

I thought cell phones were getting smaller?
WTF, do I have to take my shoes off at the airport gate?
I thought the cell phone was just for calls, but now I can take photos, text, surf the 'net, make purchases...?!
Where are the payphones?
Look at all of these small cars! They look like clown cars.
I have to use my finger print to punch in?!
Why am I being charged a 9/11 fee with my airfare?
What happened to the video stores?
Why can't I find CDs anymore?
I actually know what some of those email recipients look like now.
The 'net has become less anonymous.

Cars have actually gotten bigger and more boxy now.

Where are the payphones?

That's what I want to know, a lot of them have become obsolete.

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Thx

2001 and January 2015

YEAH.... :-X :-\\ That would be shocking!

2001 and January 2015

YEAH.... :-X :-\\ That would be shocking!


Are those pictures of you? very nice, Eazy. :)

I have to use my finger print to punch in?!

I use a swipe card to punch in and out.

I use a swipe card to punch in and out.

So do I.

Are those pictures of you? very nice, Eazy. :)

yup, thanks Howard!

What happened to the video stores?

most of them went bankrupt.

most of them went bankrupt.

Family Video is the only one in most places these days. It's not the same without more competition.

Family Video is the only one in most places these days. It's not the same without more competition.


Yeah Family Video is still open.  Apparently they are doing pretty well also (understandable being that Blockbuster and Movie Gallery/Hollywood are gone).  Redbox and streaming services still don't have quite the selection that the brick and mortar video store does.

Yeah Family Video is still open.  Apparently they are doing pretty well also (understandable being that Blockbuster and Movie Gallery/Hollywood are gone).  Redbox and streaming services still don't have quite the selection that the brick and mortar video store does.


We don't have those in Canada with the exception of a few locations in Ontario.  Generally, it's now just the rare family-owned video store with the next location being miles away.  It's pretty much just the library or Netflix.

Family Video is the only one in most places these days. It's not the same without more competition.

Don't forget Blockbuster Video is trying to survive.

I thought the cell phone was just for calls, but now I can take photos, text, surf the 'net, make purchases...?!

Now phones can do almost anything.

Don't forget Blockbuster Video is trying to survive.

Blockbuster has been dead for many years already....

Blockbuster has been dead for many years already....


very little stores are around.

Blockbuster has been dead for many years already....
None here in the UK, it disappeared ages ago.

very little stores are around.

There haven't been any stores around for a while now. The business doesn't exist anymore...

None here in the UK, it disappeared ages ago.
The very last store shutdown in December 2013.

There haven't been any stores around for a while now. The business doesn't exist anymore...

and now we have Netflix and Hulu.

Why can't I find CDs anymore?

They're there, now you can find them at garage sales for cheap, They're becoming less and less.

They're there, now you can find them at garage sales for cheap, They're becoming less and less.
Howard who sent the reply, for I wish to reply to it?

Howard who sent the reply, for I wish to reply to it?


Yes sure, why not?

The 'net has become less anonymous.

Now everything is widely known on the internet.