‘What’s something newer generations will never understand?’ – 21 relatable snapshots from the past
12.
‘Having to buy the entire album to get one song you liked or wait for it to come on the radio and record it. Missing any part of the song was unacceptable and you had to wait until it was played again.’
hanginonwith2fingers
13.
‘Parents not knowing where their kids are and trusting them not to get into trouble.’
malamalinka
14.
‘How we got around without GPS navigation’
Convincing_Potato
15.
‘Turning the dial on the TV to change the channel (that alone is one thing) to Channel 3 so the VCR and your original Atari would work.’
Rukawork
16.
‘Not being able to watch whatever you wanted whenever you wanted. We actually had to look up the shows schedule in a TV guide and be available when it came on.’
togotfury1983
17.
“Can so-and-so come out to play?”
mewmewx2
18.
‘Saturday morning cartoons. I miss sitting in front of the TV and eating a bowl of cereal while Tale Spin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or whatever Saturday morning cartoon series played. Then getting on my bike once they ended around 10 a.m. and riding over to my friend’s house to play till sunset.’
Bagolyvagymi
19.
‘How to use the card catalogue in the library — the ones with the cards in the drawers.’
pixel_ate_it
20.
‘Meeting up with a friend at the movies and having no way to communicate once you’ve left the house—your friend doesn’t show: is he coming? Should I continue to wait, standing at the precise spot we agreed on? Has he died? Did he forget? I’ll call home using a pay phone and hope my mom is there to tell me whether he left a message on the answering machine.’
chihuahua-mama
21.
‘There was a time when we felt the world was getting better, not worse.’
MrEngin33r
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