I was curious what my parents did for fun before the internet…

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6gravedigger66@reddit

Go outside, physically interact with each other, if you wanted to see what someone was up to go knock on their door, not be overly concerned about everyone else, watch 1 of 20 channels on TV. Ugh I'm only 37 and remember the days before the internet and it was great. Much simpler.

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aftp4i@reddit

20 channels? Weren't you Mr Fancy-pants. Back when I was a boy, I had the choice of 3 tv channels. All of them black and white.

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txrmabry@reddit

And they turned off at midnight till 6 or 7 am

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aftp4i@reddit

And when the broadcast resumed in the morning it would start with the national anthem. Oh, and early Sunday morning there would be a broadcast of a church service.

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txrmabry@reddit

I forgot about church on Sundays

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6gravedigger66@reddit

Ya 3 channels and black and white was before my time.

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icecreamivan@reddit

In South Africa during apartheid, they were so racist that pre-colour TVs were just call 'white'.

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Suspicious_Gas4698@reddit

Do you know why Mormon women stop having children at 34? Because 35 is just too many! I'm Mormon, I approve this joke.

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Own-Escape4548@reddit

Talk with friends on the phone, it’s considerably slower as you can only talk with one person at a time.

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Strict_Succotash8908@reddit

Probably Boomer season

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Ok-Eagle5417@reddit

Chicki Chicki

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Randyeshow@reddit

The greatest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c . 1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. In 27 confinements she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.

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Substantial-Dingo739@reddit

Umm, that sounds like matrioska dolls in the making.

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iandoug@reddit

Finally! Proof that Russia invented mass production.

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An_Ony_mous_@reddit

The workers control the means of production.

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icecreamivan@reddit

69 kids! No wonder he was a peasant.

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vect77@reddit (OP)

Guess we all know what she did in her free time.

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icecreamivan@reddit

What free time? She had 69 kids!

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GACyberCool@reddit

She had sex at least 27 times.

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Entire_Confidence913@reddit

Well, they did a whole lot more in real life of what you probably watch on the internet now. That's why their parents

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fresh_idiot_@reddit

Talking to strangers, I've seen this in books🤓

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360walkaway@reddit

Bad memory of mine... I decided to start being more extroverted and make small-talk with random people at stores and whatever. I tried this while at Walmart and hit it off pretty well with this one guy. And then he started telling me about this group he was in that turned out to be a cult. And he was also into MLM stuff. Like COME ON, give me a chance here.

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BrandStrategyGuru@reddit

MLM?

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360walkaway@reddit

Multilevel marketing

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BrandStrategyGuru@reddit

“MLM stuff” sounded sexual. So what was the issue with him being into multilevel marketing?

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360walkaway@reddit

https://mbamci.com/2023/02/uncovering-the-truth-behind-mlm-pyramid-schemes/

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BrandStrategyGuru@reddit

Got it. So he was trying to sell you Herbalife or something 😃

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360walkaway@reddit

Something like that

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fresh_idiot_@reddit

That sounds like the most normal Walmart dialogue hahah, don’t lose your hope

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nadacloo@reddit

Mine: Played cards, had parties, golfed, square danced, visited friends and family, went on trips.

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Nefthys@reddit

Oh wow, look at this person's parents, being able to afford going on trips...

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zen-shen@reddit

They did everything but sex and somehow all that vacationing worked upto 23...

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thrwaway9932@reddit

Sounds like an ad for 23&Me

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ImportedBavarian@reddit

They were watching TV. Their favourite show was 24.

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killerrosebud@reddit

I laughed, but in all seriousness 24 is a fire show

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kandaq@reddit

Except for season 9 which should have been called 12

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altf4tsp@reddit

Well, I thought of something funnier than 24

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ImportedBavarian@reddit

My sources tell me it started on Fox 😀

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Much-War1743@reddit

And reruns of open all hours apparently.

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Rupertredloh@reddit

That one took a while... 🤣

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Pewp_taco@reddit

If they had a child every 9 months, that would be 17.25 years.

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notaredditreader@reddit

J. S. Bach had 21 children (with two successive wives).

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Infamous_Box3220@reddit

Hence his nickname - Often Bach.

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TheVeryFriendlyGiant@reddit

He never understood when they said come on bach

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LoneStarGut@reddit

Some could be twins or other multiples.

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ChiefSlug30@reddit

Lots of "Irish twins?"

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Pewp_taco@reddit

Oh! You got me there

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RecoverHonest3696@reddit

3 MORE UMPIRE CALLS AND WE ARE EVEN.

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Adventurous_King_140@reddit

Well, little Timmy, when two people love each other very much, they have sex. Deal with it.

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Wtfdidistumbleinon@reddit

Now two people don’t have to love each other, they just match on an app and smash booties

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Stunning-Apricot1856@reddit

Doesn't just have to be 2 people either

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qfhudrtvbp@reddit

Well, little Timmy, people have sex.

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Fresh_Photograph_363@reddit

Sex drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll On occasion, movies, dinner, bowling

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bornagain-stillborn@reddit

How much has internet porn affected the human population?

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ChiefSlug30@reddit

The wife was hard of hearing. Every night when they went to bed, the husband would ask, "Well, do you want to go to sleep or what?" The wife would respond "What?"

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Necromancer001@reddit

Did you track them using 23&me?

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terestentry@reddit

Whatever they did, they did better things to have kids than these days these youths do.

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QuimbyMcDude@reddit

We fucked. And we liked it that way. Now get off our lawn.

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9erInLKN@reddit

Each other

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fattonydaaxe@reddit

A woman passes away 6 months after her husband. The funeral is attended by many friends and their 27 children. During the service one friend says to another that it’s great that they are going to finally be together. The other guy says that he’s only been gone 6 months. The first responds that he means her legs.

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J-Nightshade@reddit

They played monopoly obviously. And made sure that they always have someone to play monopoly with.

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Open_Fly8156@reddit

These are sex people , Lynn.

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rykylynlan@reddit

I have 9 siblings(all have the same father) and IM THE OLDEST. My mother gave birth to 10 kids before she turned 35 while I had just given birth to my FOURTH and LAST shortly after turning 35.

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Budget_Builder_979@reddit

there was no netflix and chill must have been just getting stoned and chill.

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speculatrix@reddit

Getting stoned, boned and chilled?

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6gravedigger66@reddit

This is still how I roll! Netflix or not

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lowIQdoc@reddit

Had you. 🤣

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78thepaul@reddit

Congratulations Canada on the legalization of VCRs

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Training-King-589@reddit

Social media is weaponized communications . In the past most people didn't care what other people did or didn't do.But now..If you feel broke...unattractive....isolated and devalued in every way possible .... social media has done its job.

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