"Leaving the house and not being reachable. A good “hey I’m going out, talk to you when I’m back.” No Life360, read receipts, and constant texting. Just pure freedom and vibes…"
"Forums and message boards with geeks and passionate experts solving every issue known to man for free and with a thoroughness and competence that any company or group could only dream of today."
"Punctuation! Paragraphs, and full words written out!"
"7am and 6pm news and nothing more.
I know there were other times slots, but you get it."
"I really miss getting tons of Christmas cards in the mail and hanging them up for the season.
It was such a nice little thing, wishing you well, and it felt good to celebrate relations that way."
"Spatial awareness. Most kids don’t seem to acknowledge other people/carts in grocery stores and their parents are mostly to blame. I used to go out of my way to avoid but now it’s frogger-time."
"Kids being able to safely play outside and instead of calling the police, neighbors would keep an eye on everyone. My brother and I grew up outside and rode our bikes around the neighborhood. Neighbors would always ask us if we needed anything and told us to be careful. Once a neighbor was outside washing his car and pointed out an unfamiliar truck that had driven around the block a few times. He walked us home. Another neighbor was an older lady who brought us bottles of water when she saw us out and we chased down her dog for her a few times.
Now, everyone freaks out when they see unsupervised children even if they’re doing nothing wrong."
"I’d love for them to bring back TV shows that were 20 episodes in one season, take the summer off. And start a new season right away in the fall.
Those were the days."
"Staying quiet while watching movies."
"Beach cleanups."
"A company answering their phone."
"People being present and attentive while driving."
"Tar and feathering politicians."
"Manners was a good trend – I would like to see them return."
"Dance Dance Revolution."
"When companies weren’t afraid to make electronics FUN.
Everything was translucent and came in, like, seven different colors. Atomic Purple Game Boys, kiwi green iMacs, the see-through landline phones…
Now my options for a $1,000 phone are black, slightly-less-black, and sad beige.
I miss when our tech had personality."
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It's an intentional penalty when clicking on comments first, without scrolling through the content. You get shoved right up to the top of the page. I prefer to see the comments first in order to gauge the intelligence of the room. Now, ist verboten.