17 things that “Kids these days” wouldn’t understand?

We’ve all seen those Facebook posts that witter on about kids today not knowing how to enjoy themselves because they don’t climb lampposts or build go-karts out of potatoes or something.

We’re not convinced that the youth of 2022 is missing much by not owning a yo-yo, but they’re definitely having a very different experience to the oldies. That’s how time works.

A Redditor named u/LastPoopOnTheLeft asked the pertinent question –

Without Revealing your age, What is something from your childhood that “Kids These Days” wouldn’t understand?

These made us nod along.

1.

TV going off-the-air at night.
J_David_Settle_1973

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2.

You’d listen to a music album start to finish, unless you had a steady hand and could put the needle on the correct shiny bit of the record to play a particular song.

Also, you had to flip the LP over to play the second half.
HorusZA

3.

The satisfaction of hanging up on someone by slamming the phone down and knowing it was loud as hell to them.
LolaWasNotAShowgirl

4.

The Wizard of Oz was on once a year, and if we missed it we had to wait another year to see it.
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5.

Using a road atlas to get somewhere on vacation.
siriusonbroadripple

6.

Running to go to the bathroom during a commercial break.
OptimistPrime527

6.

How exciting it was to open a new box of cereal to see which toy you got and trade with your mates, usually pencil toppers or bicycle reflectors etc, lol.
WishUponAStar35

8.

Paying a deposit on every bottle of pop you bought. Bring back the empty get your money back.
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