‘What’s the most f*cked up thing that was generally accepted 20 years ago?’ – 23 proper eye-openers

People have been feeling what the opposite of nostalgic is after Redditor Silkhide asked this.

“What was the most f*cked up thing that was generally accepted twenty years ago?”

And the memories came thick and fast. Here are 23 of the most popular/least missed.

They’re not all about smoking in public places (but a lot of them are).

1.

‘Paying $1.29 so 9 seconds of a song played when your phone rang.

‘I’ve thought this through and am now debating going to the Succession theme for all work numbers calling my phone. Willing to workshop this with folks In the comments lol.’
togsincognito

2.

‘Agreeing with your friends to meet at a specific place at a specific time, then sticking to it because you had no way to communicate in the interim.’
rr90013

‘Basically every plot of Seinfeld is ruined with reliable mobile communication.’
flying-piranha

3.

‘Paying $0.25 per text messages.’
SeaworthinessNo8146

‘Trying to convince people not to text me because I didn’t want to pay.’
angelerulastiel

‘Paying to receive a text is the fucked up part.’
shthed

4.

‘Smoking around your kids especially in the car. I always got bronchitis.’
ninacala

5.

‘That pokemon was a fad that would go away soon.’
alexwebba

6.

‘I feel like this maybe was longer than 20 years ago but I distinctly remember restaurant hosts asking if we wanted to sit in a smoking or non-smoking section.’
r3m0t3c0ntr0l

‘And then the only thing separating the sections was a shitty piece of plastic divider that did nothing to stop the smoke and the whole place smelled anyway.’
m1a1tanksauce

7.

‘Leaving the house and going out into the city with no way to contact your loved ones besides payphones.’
rr90013

8.

‘Being able to take a look in the cockpit of a plane. The stewardesses would activly ask some kids on the flight if they wanted to take a look in the cockpit.

‘I remember when I stepped in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 I decided I wanted to become a pilot someday. When my time came to choose what to study my parents talked me out of it because of the financial crisis and a lot of pilots where without jobs at that time.’
Rijstkoekje

9.

‘Waiting until after 7pm to talk for free.’
DelightfullyClever

10.

‘My highschool had an area that we were allowed to smoke. A designated smoking area for kids under 18.’
Blitz-99

11.

‘Not password protect your devices.’
Namilos_

12.

‘That Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction? 🤔’
RiverCityRoyal