“Discover 32 Bizarre ’80s and ’90s Norms That Today’s Youth Can’t Fathom!”
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.
Being out and realizing you’re going to miss the beginning of whatever tv show you wanted to watch.
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.
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.
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