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42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Parents kicked you out of the house and telling you to be home when the lamp posts came on. They had no clue where we were or what we were doing. My brother and I would play on the train tracks and under a bridge. I think about my kids doing the same and it stresses me tf out.

Edit to add, Saturday morning cartoons. I'm sad for my kiddos to not have the experience of getting up early to not miss cartoons before getting kicked out of the house for the day.

Stardro , MI PHAM Report

Final score:

178points

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago

I'd spend all day in the park or in the library. XD I remember when I was a kid in the 90s, pet stores actually sold pets. I remember I walked to the pet store by myself at age 10 and bought my first kitten, all by myself, with my own money, no parent/adult with me, and the pet store owner didn't bat an eye. Wild days XD

44points

teawithhoneyplease , KoolShooters Report

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Calling someone’s house and having to speak with their parent before talking with them.

Final score:

175points

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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago (edited)

"So and so is grounded and can't talk right now. Aren't you grounded too??" Oh...Uh...*hangs up at light speed*

46points

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations That TV just stopped broadcasting late at night.

My kids still can’t comprehend this one

-GTPlus- , ALLAN FRANCA CARMO Report

Final score:

175points

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Missy Corron 1 year ago

And there were 5 or 6 channels max!!! When HBO came out it was a few more channels, $10 a month and was completely commercial free!!!

37points

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Going with your parents to Blockbuster to rent a movie and hoping a copy (VHS tape) was still available and not completely rented out.

ItsNotMe_ItsU , Travis Wise Report

Final score:

152points

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ArodTheHorrible 1 year ago

The hot new releases always had about 50 of the same movie displayed... Yes!! There is a tape behind this one!!!

48points

VictorBlimpmuscle , MART PRODUCTION Report

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Going to a restaurant and being asked “would you like to sit in Smoking or Non-smoking”?

There were smoking sections *on airplanes*.

Final score:

149points

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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago

Smoking, non-smoking, didn't matter where you sat, you got cigarette smoke from the dragons in the smoking section lol.

53points

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Getting a new "TV Guide" each sunday with the newspaper and obsessing over it for hours highlighting what shows/movies you wanted to watch Calling the movie theater to get showtimes Shopping at Sears

L4rgo1229 , Scouse Smurf Report

Final score:

145points

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Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

I remember the TV guide having comics in it!

21points

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Watching the news to see if your school scrolled across the bottom was cancelled because of inclement weather.

dahopppa , Juan Ordonez Report

Final score:

134points

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MrsFettesVette 1 year ago

We had to listen to the radio

43points

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Having to stop at a gas station and ask for directions and pay attention to what the clerk is saying.

Bonus: waiting to call long distance after 9pm because it was free. Then getting very excited when they dropped it to 7pm.

TonkaButt , Piccinng Report

Final score:

132points

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Bgray450 1 year ago

Long distance was SO EXPENSIVE, you had to put it on the budget. It took me a while to really believe it when it became free with cell phones. Nah, you're kidding, right?

40points

EllywickBeren , RDNE Stock project Report

#10

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Being on a phone call with someone using the home phone when all of sudden someone in the house picks up another phone and tells you to get off

Final score:

131points

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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago

You could very faintly hear another line pick up. You and your friend go silent because you were talking about girls :P. "Sooo the weather huh? Oh yeah maybe we could go outside and play huh? O_o"

26points

biscuits_n_wafers , Suzy Hazelwood Report

#11

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Writing and receiving letters by post.

Final score:

130points

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Doctor Strange 1 year ago

You do realize you can still send letters, right? The post office still exists. When I was dating a girl, and I went on a trip to Europe, I made sure to find a card and mail her a letter every day. That way she'd know I was thinking of her, and would have something she could touch and hold in her hand to remind her of that.

6points

#12

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Not having a camera all the time.

PRIVACY

anon , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

124points

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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago

Kodiak disposable! *CLICK!* *scritch scritch scritch*

57points

#13

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Going out as a kid from dawn til dusk without your parents being able to contact you or know where you are. Then knowing you have to go home when the street lights come on.

tricks_23 , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

110points

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ArodTheHorrible 1 year ago

Or when you heard your mom yelling your names out to the whole neighborhood.

49points

#14

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Dedicating songs on your local radio station.

anon , ANTONI SHKRABA production Report

Final score:

108points

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MrsFettesVette 1 year ago

A Senior in our high school called up the local radio station and dedicated a song to my best friend- a 9th grader. It was the stuff of legend, the whole school knew Mark dedicated "Love Thy Will Be Done" by Martika to her. A senior in like with a freshman.

33points

#15

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Someone calling the landline and disconnecting the internet

kiyosakir , Buse Doa Report

Final score:

106points

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Sean 1 year ago

The worst thing is that it always disconnected that download you already had running for 5+ hours, so you had to start it over from scratch.

40points

LizzieBoredom 1 year ago

5 hour download = Spandau Ballet's 'True' (5 min & 46 seconds).

2points

Xitxarel•lo Panda 1 year ago

Ouch.....anyway I kind I miss my 56k modem "talking" with the servers..,.that sound was glorious hahahahaha

1point

Fun Fan 1 year ago

"Mom, I'm downloading, don't answer the phone,, please!"

1point

TheGoodBoi 1 year ago

You know she's going to answer it at lightning speed because it could be a family member that she's going to talk to for hours.

1point

Shiva Ho 1 year ago

Dang old slow dial-up

0points

theflyingcicero 1 year ago

Internet? What internet?

0points

Ozymandias73 1 year ago

Oof always the worst. Especially when trying to download a game or music. 98% downloaded "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

0points

Phobrek 1 year ago

"Mom no I was playing Rogue!!!"

0points

Brian Robb 1 year ago

It took 4 hrs to download and then 0nly took 15 min to play the game

0points

moggie63 1 year ago

I used a download manager. If I was disconnected the DM would restart from the disconnection point once the internet was back up.

0points

Glitcher 1 year ago

My brother paid for a second line so he could have internet whenever he wanted

0points

Nykky 1 year ago

Happened to me with so many homework projects

0points

Mike Behr 1 year ago

If you had call waiting you had to add code to the front of the phone number your were dialing so you didn’t get kicked off.

0points

Georgia Ireland 1 year ago

My mom got a separate number just for the internet.

0points

Max Fox 1 year ago

Dial-up internet connection is one of the most 1990s thing that there is. It's funny how much people who used dial-up remember it, from the sounds in made when connecting to the fact that it used your phone line. Yet is really only was commonly used for less than 10 years.

0points

James Edwards 1 year ago

And I only had 99 hours to still download!

0points

#16

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Riding your bike around town with no destination, looking for a pile of your friends bikes so you can hang out.

Having your friends’ phone numbers memorized

M0ck_duck , Nhi Dam Report

Final score:

102points

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Harley 1 year ago

I used to ride my bike all the time to a pub crawl until one day they kicked me out, I guess I just can’t handlebars

28points

#17

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Having to wait or be somewhere you don't want to be like visiting your mom's friend's house or at the bank with NOTHING to distract you but your own mind. My parents never bought me a handheld game nor did she have room in her handbag for my books. So I just had to BE in the moment.

cautiouslyadventurou , 100 files Report

Final score:

94points

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Alexej Dvorak 1 year ago

Hah, I have a vague childhood memory of being at the bank with my parents when they bought their first house. I was around 7 or 8 years old and they were printing out bank statements after finalizing their mortgage I assume. It was just like OP describes it. In my memory it took hours and I was just there with them with nothing to do and not understanding a single bit of what was happening or why. To this day it is the memory that immediatlely comes to mind when I try to think of when I was the most bored in my entire life.

23points

Les_Les_Les_Les , Francesco Paggiaro Report

#18

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Going out into the world with no cell, a map in hand, hoping to find the new address you’ve never been to, and then in addition to that, hoping the people you were going to meet up would get there.

If you got there and your friends weren’t there, the most you could do was ask the business to lend you their phone or walk to a pay phone and call your friends house phones to see if they picked up. If they didn’t, you had no way of knowing if they were late, selling you out, or dead.

Final score:

92points

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago

I had a Thomas Guide map. Friggin thing was 3" thick on a ring binding. My dad gave it to me. I loved that thing XD

32points

#19

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations This is more 90’s-early 00’s but the ability to just... not be reached sometimes? And that was okay?

It stresses me out that there’s this social pressure to be available at all times, and people get upset with you if you don’t respond to a text fast enough etc. but as a kid we’d call each other on the home phone sometimes and if you didn’t pick up it was just assumed you were busy and nobody was actually UPSET with you over it. Obviously I love being able to keep in contact with friends on a more regular basis, but the constant pressure to be accessible to people 24/7 or you’re some kind of bad friend is too much and it really does a number on my anxiety. I miss being able to call/text/message someone back at my leisure and not have to have a “good enough” explanation ready as to why I was “ignoring” that person.

prospekkt , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

88points

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Hey! 1 year ago

I totally get this. My brothers can't understand why my phone doesn't ring between 10pm-10am. If I happen to see it, I might answer the call, but I may not and that's my choice.

30points

Wishyouamerry , Andrea Piacquadio Report

#20

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations I was thinking the other day about how I applied for out-of-state college (1989.) How did I even do that? Did I write to them and ask for an application, the fill it out and mail it back? When I applied to graduate school (1993) how did I even know which schools had my program? Did I go to the library or something?

Sitting here in 2020 imagining doing those things with no Internet, it seems impossible. But since I don’t even remember how I accomplished it, it must have been pretty mundane at the time. Sounds like a f*****g hassle if you ask me!

Final score:

82points

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Fun Fan 1 year ago

Having brochures sent to high schools helped a lot ...

37points

#21

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Calling collect and saying your message really quickly instead of your name so the other person doesn’t have to accept the call

notweirdifitworks , Jakob Owens Report

Final score:

79points

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MrsFettesVette 1 year ago

"do you accept a collect call from 'dad pick me up at the Mall'?"

43points

#22

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Having arguments about factual information and having absolutely no way of determining who is correct.

Repo_co , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

77points

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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

There were things called libraries...but we had encyclopaedia and dictionaries in the house.

27points

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#23

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Hanging out at the high school after school was out with no supervision. I was floored to learn kids can’t do that now. I spent hours sitting on the floor in some back hallway with friends, not wanting to go home, doing my homework, waiting for my ride to get out of practice.

BearGrowlARRR , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

77points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

We used to walk to the library and hang out

12points

Wishyouamerry , micheile henderson Report

#24

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Going through catalogues (remember Lillian Vernon?) to find things you like, then filling out the order form, mailing it with a check, and waiting 6 weeks to get your stuff. And during that 6 weeks you have no idea if they even received your order or not!

Final score:

76points

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago

Or being too poor to do this, so you pored over the catalogs and circled the items you WISHED you could order XD

64points

#25

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations I feel like kids today will never know boredom like I experienced when I was a kid. We were poor and didn't have any videogames, there was no Candy Crush on your phone, no Netflix, if your friends were busy you'd just have to make up your own game or watch one of the 5 videos you actually owned for the 347th time, but even that wasn't always possible if your parent/s wanted you out of the house for a while. So you'd just walk around hoping to run into some kids you knew.

I also remember my sister and I would watch MTV, wait for our favourite music video to come on, then record it on VHS. We had two tapes full of music videos. I wish I had those tapes now, there were some bangers on it.

miasabine , August de Richelieu Report

Final score:

74points

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MrsFettesVette 1 year ago

I remember being bored at my grandma's and reading whatever books she had, which were usually mysteries and it always turned out to be a good time.

29points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#26

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Having to spend hours in the library to look up information you needed. I had to write a 10 page paper on the industrial revolution for school, it took days to find what would take moments now.

eyegocrazy , Bruna Araujo Report

Final score:

73points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

The most boring class ever was solely writing a research paper and following all citation and references. Had to have at least 10 references and only 3 could be online

15points

#27

Being out and realizing you're going to miss the beginning of whatever tv show you wanted to watch.

jdleonard2187 Report

Final score:

66points

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Harley 1 year ago

I think there should be a tv show about playing guitar better, but there isn’t. Until then I guess I should just stay tuned.

10points

#28

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Turn on the Game Boy with the cartridge in.

Did the game start?

Yes. Enjoy

(2) No. Pull cartridge out, blow into the contacts like a f*****g mad harmonica player

Put in back in and turn on the Game Boy.

Did the game start?

Yes. Enjoy

No. Try Again (2)

Edit: Thanks for the Award! First time ever to get one! Little me didn't know how contacts work so I just copied what other kids back then did lol. I wonder when did that myth started...

hyperjump01 , Nik Report

Final score:

60points

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Austin L 1 year ago

This was actually bad advice. You are blowing stuff that can add to the problem over time. The reason this temporarily works is because the contacts are scraping away gunk and creating a better electrical connection. You can do the same thing by just inserting and removing the cartridge a couple times or ideally use a high concentration alcohol and a swap to clean the cartridge's contacts.

7points

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#29

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Convincing your sibling to get up to change the channel

AgnesIsAPhysicist , Huỳnh Đạt Report

Final score:

58points

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Todd Boughn (Strange Agent) 1 year ago

Then, of course, when Dad was watching I was the remote.

2points

MsQcontinuum , RDNE Stock project Report

#30

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations I grew up in a very rural part of Ontario, Canada. Since there were so few households in the area, it was not profitable for the telephone company to give each home a private line. Instead, our community had a "party line". Every household was on the same telephone line and you could pick up the phone receiver and hear Betty from down the road having a conversation with her sister. You would have to ask to have the line and you would have to listen for the "click" to know if Betty left or if she was still listening to your conversation. I remember more than once, asking in the middle of my conversation, "Betty can you please leave?" and having her respond "Oops, sorry" and then hang up her phone.

Final score:

49points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

That reminds me of Little House on the Prairie and nosy Mrs. Oleson listening sinisterly to all the private conversations and starting trouble

24points

#31

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations I was born in the mid-70’s and have my clearest childhood memories during the 80’s, graduated HS and college in the 90’s. Here are a few of my favorites:

1. Requiring a landline to talk on the phone, even pre-cordless landline phones. Think long-a*s coil cords to take the phone to your bedroom for a private conversation.
2. Downloading files, online gaming, or faxing to be disconnected cuz mom decided to make a call.
3. Using a paper map to go places or relying on dubious directions like “turn left at the second or third light, I can’t remember which”
4. Going to a theater to see movie trailers... like they didn’t even show them on TV.
5. 4 local TV channels that could only be tuned via antenna.
6. a 20” 4:3 ratio TV being considered large.
7. Getting pissed that there wasn’t any leaded gasoline available and you need to use that s****y unleaded c**p.
8. Arguing the virtues of seat belts and motorcycle helmets. Also, cars still on the road that didn’t have seat belts.
9. smoking sections on airplanes being a new thing that people were pissed about. Used to be you could smoke anywhere on the plane.
10. Smoking literally everywhere. Restaurants being hazy with smoke.
11. Needing an encyclopedia set to verify facts.
12. Phones only being used for voice communication.
13. Cell phones costing hundreds of dollars per month. Making a mistake and falling asleep talking to your SO on your cell phone and getting an $800+ bill for the month.
14. Cell phones weighed in pounds. Think 2 lbs strapped to your belt.
15. Hardwired Cell phones in your call so you didn’t need to haul a heavy-a*s phone around with a crappy antenna. If you knew a real estate agent in the 80’s they probably had one. My mom did.
16. Needing a pager and a cellphone for work. Page to make sure someone is available so you didn‘t waste your minutes.
17. Minutes being something you regularly budgeted for and managed.
18. Russia being the bad guys and fear of nuclear war being a regular topic of conversation.
19. the world seeming A LOT more mysterious and interesting... I can’t over stress this.
20. Hanging out in music stores looking for hidden gems and picking up girls.

To name a few

cac73 , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

49points

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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

Number 18 still applies...

45points

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#32

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Calling your bf or gf house and hoping that they pick up instead of their parents.

mook1178 , Andy Vult Report

Final score:

45points

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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago

Nope too risky. Gotta sneak out and bike your way over...

11points

#33

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations There being nothing on television.

I watched the weather network for longer than I should when I was younger because it was better than soaps and sometimes nothing was on.

With streaming services and even YouTube / shorter videos like tic tok you can be watching new content 24/7.

Little overwhelming!

ZennMD , aj_aaaab Report

Final score:

43points

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Bgray450 1 year ago

I remember the three channels on TV would play the National Anthem, at midnight? 10 pm? And then it was just static.

24points

#34

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Spending $15-20 on a CD as well as spending entire days combing thrift shops, p**n shops and flea markets looking for CDs and cassettes on the cheap

anon , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

42points

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Brainmas 1 year ago

We can't say p**n?

22points

Goodgoogleegoo , cottonbro studio Report

#35

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Standing in line with quarters in hand to play a video game

Final score:

41points

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MrsFettesVette 1 year ago

Putting your quarter on the cabinet to signify that it was your turn next.

32points

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#36

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Video games had no dlc and you unlocked everything through mere grinding. Good times.

anon , Alex Haney Report

Final score:

41points

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Bored something 1 year ago

Having to change floppy discs ultiple times during the installing process.

18points

#37

Snow days. The school didn't text or email you, no one called.

What did you do? Sat there watching the news with basically a stock ticker going across the bottom and if you missed your school...oh well time to spend another 20 minutes or take the trip and see if the doors are open. This was made worse because some schools (like mine) would wait until the last possible minute meaning you could be at the bus stop waiting because the 'call' was made 5 minutes before the buses start their route. If you were lucky someone's parent would drive by to say there was a delay, other times you basically stood there for 20 minutes (in the snow) before deciding it had to be delayed...but wait the bus could just be slow (which also wasn't unheard of) now 45 minutes late everyone is convinced it must be a delay.

so you go home and yes school has a 2 hour delay...and the process may repeat because they wouldn't cancel until the last minute so it is entirely possible that you had to spend 2 hours in the snow waiting just for the good news

skaliton Report

Final score:

38points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

We used to check if the parking lot was plowed the night before. This was only after we moved to MD. In CT they were on top of the plowing and we only missed 1 1/2 days once during a blizzard. Otherwise we had like 4 snow days and lots of 2 hour delays. Then moved here and missed an entire week over 8 inches of snow. Got 2 feet in 2010 and they called it "Snowmageddon"

12points

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#38

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Wondering who invented the hot dog and being unable to find out

Jfonzy , Ball Park Brand Report

Final score:

37points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I had the Kid's Almanac with lots of useless stuff.

9points

#39

Raves. Real ones. Calling an info line which gave you the location of a map point where a guy in a car gave you the location of the party. Then driving around in the worst parts of Detroit with the windows down listening for the bass thump until you found the party.

Beckylately Report

Final score:

37points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

Dang I was too young for that one.

9points

#40

Long-distance phone calls.

anon Report

Final score:

36points

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Foto Gini 1 year ago

My cellphone has unlimited free calling for Canada and the US. But there is a concerned voice if I call an out of town number telling me: "long distance call charges may apply".

3points

#41

42 Things That Were Totally Normal In The ’80s And ’90s That Seem Totally Alien To New Generations Not mine but my sister

"You have a collect call from *momi'matthemoviespickmeupat5please*, would you like to accept the charges?"

L_Rayquaza , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

34points

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Sven Grammersdorf 1 year ago

Bob Wehadababyitsaboy

1point

#42

Meeting at the arcade

Dajerts Report

Final score:

27points

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Blyss Blyssylb 1 year ago

And going there with only $1.00 ... Figuring out how to play half a day on .50¢, priceless

3points

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Brainmas 1 year ago

Calling the theater and listening to the recording to tell you the times, or looking in the newspaper. Also, post internet, pre smartphone, writing down or printing MapQuest directions before leaving the house.

12points

PE is me 1 year ago

I was bullied as a kid and I still seemed to have had a better time than kids these days are having.

4points

Sky Render 1 year ago

I remember the days of wood chip "bark dust" playgrounds, where the safest thing you could do was walk about the outer edge because all of the stuff on the playground was pretty much designed to make you hurt yourself badly if you fell off (and the jerks always made sure you did fall).

4points

V 1 year ago

I remember even further back when our playgrounds had gravel for 'soft fall.' So many broken bones and bloody noses. And now we all have issues with arthritis. So I am glad younger generations don't have to deal with that.

2points

Philenzortia 1 year ago

A few days ago I had to explain to a 15 year old girl how a cassette worked, then an LP, suddenly I was talking about the struggling of having a discman and the blessing of using an iPod. She didn’t know what where ANY of these devices……I really felt old 🤭

3points

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I was obsessed over American Girl/Pleasant Company. You can still order the catalogues but nothing like they used to be. I got an American Girl of Today for my Santa gift when I was 9. I chose her because I really just wanted the 6 blank books she came with. I wrote an entire series about Rebecca Springer, age 9. I used the catalogues for inspiration and when they came out with new outfits I got inspired for new stories. Was anyone else a member of The American Girl Historical Society? I still have my book and certificates for each time period. Also wanted to join the Marykate and Ashley fan club because they were my other obsession but never did cause it was like $35. My friend Betsy was a member so I got to look at all her stuff.

3points

Blyss Blyssylb 1 year ago

My oldest daughter had an American Girl identical twin, Molly. Btw ... American Girl used to be Holly Hobby 😁

0points

Urbangirlatl 1 year ago

Not knowing about every.single.tragedy that happens anywhere in the country.

2points

megamarkd 1 year ago

Not having a listicle of things that our parents did that we don't. Instead we had relatives that would berate us because they had to swim 13 furlongs up hill in pyjamas to get to school only to find out that it was Saturday because they had no calendar at home.

2points

Cat 1 year ago

Camping out for concert tickets

2points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Plenty of Taylor Swift fans have been doing that still in Australia in recent weeks!

0points

Steven 1 year ago

Lots of these apply earlier than the '80s and '90s too!

1point

Squiffle Noses 1 year ago

No one mentioned the dog s**t! It was everywhere!

1point

Doozle bug 1 year ago

Public parks not locked at night.

1point

Lauren Wilder 1 year ago

This was a good post BP!

1point

Osprey 1 year ago

Putting tape over the holes in the cassette tape to record over what was there. Watching MTV top 10 just to see that one Madonna song that I wasn't allowed to have the cassette for cause it was inappropriate. Going to the mall to buy new clothes, new shoes, new music, pets, new anything. Hanging out at the mall for something to do. Standing in the kitchen to talk on the phone because the cord wasnt long enough to take it anywhere else. Dad had a pager. Later we had an answering machine. So when we got home from anywhere we would check to see if anyone had called.

1point

Thomas Biorogue 1 year ago

Having to pay for internet BY. THE. HOUR! You got like 10 free hours a month through AOL and then after that it was something like $3.95 / hour

1point

lotus zenia 1 year ago

I loved the good ole Days of hanging clothes to dry outside, where almost every household had a outdoor drying rack and kids would play in the sheets outside on a sunny day, that was fun, even as a kid helping my mom hang sheets out side, with the big Bag of clothespins ..lol 😂 they were also our toys, they were decorated with glitter and glue for Xmas and hung on a tree 🎄So talk about Recycling. 😜 Also getting cards in the 📬 mail for holidays, and birthdays. They used to sell the most glorious cards, and some were so big, but if you made a collection of them, it was nice to look them over and reminisce. Although, after a long period of time they did become cumbersome. Of course can't forget Record players, and Records, and 45's Going to an actual " Record Store" to buy an Album, not a " Downloaded" album. Something to hold, and look at. And you had to have an " insert for your 45's to play ⏯️ lol 😆 fun, fun times.

1point

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Clothes lines (primarily Hills Hoist) are still used by the majority in Australia. What is the reason for not using them elsewhere?

0points