How it was
Posted by braxtel@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 36 comments
Posted by braxtel@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 36 comments
DingbattheGreat@reddit
kindergartners had to memorize their parents names, phone number and address.
Today ask a kid any of those things and if it isnt on their phone they don’t know.
midnightBloomer24@reddit
Honestly I still memorize directions if I'm going places. I can't tell you how many times I've been driving down town and lost gps signal between buildings or not have google give good directions ahead of time
BigPoppaStrahd@reddit
We’re the parents whose names and numbers are supposed to be memorized. I don’t personally have kids, I don’t know if you do either, but if you do and your kids aren’t memorizing your name address and phone number, who’s the problem here?
EcstaticMiddle3@reddit
Hey, not all of us are failing. My kid knows his digits and has his feces collaborated.
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
We gave it all up to argue with strangers on the internet
jnolt37@reddit
No we didn't
drwebb@reddit
Yes we did
jnolt37@reddit
Look, this isn't an argument
midnightBloomer24@reddit
I came here for abuse!
Actual-Care@reddit
Yes it is!
jnolt37@reddit
No it isn't. Its just contradiction.
Actual-Care@reddit
No it isn't
savanttm@reddit
And my axe!
DerangedGinger@reddit
I bet it's the damned chocolate one.
im_THIS_guy@reddit
I watch the Smashing Pumpkins 1979 music video and just get sad that life isn't like that anymore.
TheLastBoat@reddit
I’m still unreachable.
MasterDave@reddit
I don't even know my wife's phone number. If I got arrested and they wouldn't let me use my phone, I would have absolutely no idea if I'm allowed to tell them who to call and to look it up or what.
braxtel@reddit (OP)
This is why people who are used to being arrested will write phone numbers down on their hand as they are getting arrested or before their phone is confiscated at booking. If they are being calm and chill about going to jail, a reasonable arresting officer will usually let them copy a few numbers from their phone.
CalliopePenelope@reddit
No one knew what we looked like?
PinSufficient5748@reddit
I'm thinking they meant we couldn't be googled or looked up on social media
venk@reddit
Even if you were on the internet, “I don’t have a camera” was legitimate excuse
CalliopePenelope@reddit
Sure, but people IRL knew what we looked like. LOL
Corn_Beefies@reddit
We didn't wear pajamas or bring dogs to the grocery store.
miranym@reddit
In college, pajama pants were acceptable public attire.
avec_serif@reddit
We Used to Wait
Ippus_21@reddit
No one knew what you looked like or where you were. No one could reach you.
If you got into trouble, you were SOL unless you had the right kind of friends handy. You couldn't even call for help if there wasn't a landline/payphone nearby.
actionerror@reddit
YOLO consequences were more severe
Ippus_21@reddit
Right? Everybody only lives once. But if you effed around when we were kids, you might not live long enough to find out.
Biguitarnerd@reddit
Sometimes I think that part about not being able to reach each other all the time was the biggest change in our lifestyles. Maybe even more than social media and being able to google anything at anytime. Those are both big too, but we used to just leave and travel across the country and check in from a pay phone or desk phone when we could. We weren’t so connected and dependent on constant confirmation. If my wife or kids text or call me they get upset if I don’t respond back within the hour even if I’m working. Tbh I’m the same way too.
We used to just do stuff and everyone assumed we were fine unless they heard otherwise. Now we flipped that and if we don’t check in people worry. That can’t be good for our mental health.
actionerror@reddit
Until they need to find us…
zjuka@reddit
Honestly, I'm sooooo glad that I got all the dumb shit out of my system before ubiquitous recording devices.
DrewBaron80@reddit
I had a sheet of phone numbers I wrote down.
I regularly got lost before Mapquest. GPS is essential technology for someone like me who has a poor sense of direction.
If I was home I could be reached. If I was at a friend’s house my parents had the number and could reach me.
I was NOT a god. Lots of people knew what I looked like.
venk@reddit
Easy access to GPS is probably the greatest benefit of the last 15-20 years. Everything else, I could leave it behind.
toasterb@reddit
Getting lost was an activity! In high school we used to drive around on back roads just to see where we ended up.
With so many twists and turns, it would often be surprising where we'd re-emerge. "Oh, huh, I didn't expect to end up here!"
DrewBaron80@reddit
Yeah my friends and I would drive into the city for concerts and raves and have no idea how to get home sometimes. Especially when you had to call a number to get directions to a party either in a bad neighborhood or on the outskirts of the city.
Illustrious-Lead-960@reddit
Y’all really are turning into the Four Yorkshiremen!