Now those same politicians have half a country supporting their choices and making excuses for them.

Traffic was restricted to essential workers. Me working at a tv station had a pass, and not worrying about any traffic (I ride a scooter) was like hesven. Now I may land in heaven with the loonatic road ragers in my city

Everything was made to last back then. Since the late 90’s, if not even a little bit before that, products started getting watered down as a marketing tactic, the less amount of time it lasts the sooner you’ll go out and pay more money to get the product fixed or replaced. Greed has evolved over time is the sad truth of it all.

I mean, from a purely economic perspective I realize that they'd rather have people pay every month instead of buying a single product, but... I *hate* this mentality where you don't actually buy anything, you pay a subscription to use it. It's fine for some things, but for others... There's a reason they'll have to pry my hard-copy books out of my cold dead hands. Those are MINE, and no one can just randomly change the contents whenever they want. Looking at you, Red White And Royal Blue and the clever remark about U.S relations with Israel that got changed to something bland and random about Norway because too many people think it's antisemitism to say anything negative about Israel.

I thought making $50,000 a year sounded great. Now everything is so, so expensive…. $50K isn’t the same $50K it was 10 years ago….

Ah yes, I remember when Benjamin Franklin, the greatest president in history, said this on national TV in 1960. I watched him as a 2 year old, my memory is amazing.

yeah, had to buy an external dvd drive after getting my newest laptop, I like buying/borrowing cds over digital so not having a drive was driving me crazy...

In Dubbo there’s so many stars. People think I’m weird here bringing it up, but you can’t see them anywhere else in Australia I’ve traveled too like the middle of nsw. Even kakadu didn’t cut it. Shooting stars are so common and plenty

Afternoon cartoons

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Yes, we FIXED the Ozone Layer. We can do these things. Climate change is not beyond our grasp. We can fix this. It's not to late, but unfortunately too many people care more about the contents of children's underpants, or what's in that book the drag queen is reading to care.

People have definitely noticed…

This is pretty much the entire concept of Silent Spring. One day everyone looked around and realized all the birds were gone.

Yeah, you're totally ri- ooo, look, something shiny!

I remember the ones that would have “ collect all four “ my mom did not know any of this, we would eat up the cereal so we can get another box, we stopped after getting 3 of the same items

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I still keep them in a paper book. If I every lose my phone...

I literally don't know my two kids phone numbers.

Beechwood 4-5789 (I'm old).

I still remember the phone number I had growing up at home.. And I'm in my 60s now! (Mulberry= mu ) 689.5869

But officer, I'll need MY phone for the one call I am allowed. Or just please press the Dollar Sign and ask for Sugar Daddy, he'll pay my bail.

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*sings* 6345-789.

Why?

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Firteen firteen firty-two!

The ability to

I still memorize them. I like to think it keeps my mind sharp. I remember numbers from decades ago. Don't ask me where I put the phone though, since they became cordless I'm constantly looking for them.

I remember all my family and friends numbers, and all my old numbers. What you going to do if your phone dies and you need to contact them? Flat, broken....use someone elses and remember the numbers. It's not hard if you never auto pick it.

We don't even know our own phone number now furthermore others'.

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If it wasn't my Perks Account number at the local coffee shop I wouldn't even remember my number.

I’m 67 and I still remember my phone number from when I was 5. I can put it here because it no longer exists. 222-3247. No area codes. If you wanted to make a long distance call you had to call the operator. My parents made sure I knew it in case something happened and I needed to know it. (Remember the address too)

I still remember a couple of my friends numbers from childhood.

I purposely chose to not remember a chicks number. Even back in the speed dial days they always had a programmed number. That way if we broke up I could toss it and couldn’t hit her up one night after the bars close.

The only phone numbers I can remember are my parents' and my own. I really need to memorize my roommate's phone number, in case of emergencies...

I know phone numbers, I also have them written down. technology is fical and unreliable.

Can remember my old home number when I still lived with my parents but my mobile number still struggle. We are talking 4 years difference....

Still have to remember a couple of important ones in case of an emergency and something happened to your phone

I actually had a conversation with someone about this recently. I think some major factors in this are that A) there's just a lot more media and content to choose from. B) said media is far more accessible. And C) we have access to pop culture from all over the world instead of only having access to the same shows on the same channels, the same movies in theaters, and the same music on the same radio stations

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Butterflies in general. When I was little they were everywhere, now I get super excited every time I see just one because they're so rare