“To call people you had to use a landline and if not you got on a bicycle and rode over to their house and knocked on the door. Boys all had game boys and razor scooters or skateboards. Your days were preoccupied playing outside until the streetlights came on. Parents largely had no idea where you were, they just knew you were out playing.
The tv would come on and you didn’t know what episode was gonna come on. Nintendo 64 and PlayStation you just put a game in and played. No online profiles etc… it was whacky, it was fun and kids had no preoccupation with being online because social media did not exist.”
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Rich 5 month s ago
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Absolutely this, you could act like an idiot with your friends and not worry about a video of it showing up later. (so many things from when I was a kid went undocumented and I'm forever grateful for it...)
Absolutely this, you could act like an idiot with your friends and not worry about a video of it showing up later. (so many things from when I was a kid went undocumented and I'm forever grateful for it...)
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Louise 5 month s ago
#2 As a child in the 1970's, I have fond memories of going to a friends house and ringing the doorbell to see if he can come out to play. We were like happy little puppies running through sprinklers then. I actually feel sorry for the children of today. They will be never know true freedom. I feel lucky to have been born in the Summer of 1967.
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Drew 5 month s ago
I tried... but all of these are exaggerated or heavily filtered. It was exactly the same as now, elders couldn't grasp new technology, people were cruel and mean as you wlaked down the street, parents sucked, new amazing things were happening, and history was made every day.
Absolutely this, you could act like an idiot with your friends and not worry about a video of it showing up later. (so many things from when I was a kid went undocumented and I'm forever grateful for it...)