" Doing something dazed as a kid and not worrying about it being immortalized on the internet . "
As a millennial, I sometimes feel nostalgic for the good old days. Sure, today’s world has a lot more tech and convenience, but there was something special about the way we grew up.
Well, Reddit useru/My_Names_Jefffrecentlyasked, “Millennials, what is something you grew up with that Gen Z will never be able to enjoy or do?” Here are some of the top-voted responses:
1.“Pre-9/11 airport security. Airline pilots letting us kids into the cockpit and giving us sweets.”
— u / waffenwolf
" Nothingwas intimately as a minor than getting off the plane and walking out of the gate to the waiting arms of loved one . Definite core memories build from those experience . "
— u / Blacksheepoftheworld
2.“Doing something stupid as a kid and not worrying about it being immortalized on the internet.”
— uranium / RSwordsman
" Yup ! Some of my moronic here and now will luckily just stay bad memories . "
— u / InnocentTailor
3.“Mall culture.”
— u / Fuginshet
" make water me sad for younger generation because big , in - person societal atmosphere like that as a teen were electrifying . It was like the center of the universe . "
— u / jittery_raccoon
4.“The rush of internet chat (AIM, ICQ, Yahoo Chat), and the nascent newness of the internet as a whole. (Make a website at Geocities! Shop online! Napster!)”
— u / tigerbreak
" That feeling when your best friend or crush came on AIM and it made that sound . "
— u / vault151
5.“The absolute joy of hearing a song that’s been stuck in your head for a week come on the radio, and finally finding out the artist/title.”
— u / cherry - pa
" If you caught it fast enough , you could hit criminal record on your stereo and bestow it to your mixtape . Had to time it just right so you did n’t get the DJ intro / outro . "
— u / CrochetyNurse
6.“Renting a movie from Blockbuster/Hollywood Video! I love the convenience of streaming, don’t get me wrong, but there was something really special about walking around the store and picking out the right movie, buying some snacks, and really making an evening around watching a movie!”
— u / DaddyMacrame
" And everyone watched . No one was star at their phone . "
— u / rorointhewoods
7.“The Wild West days of the internet. The forums. The places where you and your niche interests could flourish and no one would call you weird or bizarre. Social media sucks these days. We were never meant to be all under one roof.”
— u / OpeusPopeus
" Corporations monopolise the outer space , and now everyone is stuck together in a homogenise , boring , ' safe ' corporate environment . societal medium today is like those bureau without booth rampart . "
— u / TrixieLurker
8.“Those CD cereal box games for PC.”
— atomic number 92 / honesttogodknockmeou
" Oh piece , Chex Quest was a licitly adept game . "
— uranium / Cheese_Pancakes
9.“Kid-oriented game shows.Legends of the Hidden Temple,Double Dare,Nick Arcade,Nickelodeon Guts,Figure It Out, etc. Nickelodeon of the ’90s was something special.”
— uranium / cwills815
10.“Waiting like 12 hours for a song to download off LimeWire, only for the song to actually be Bill Clinton saying, ‘My fellow Americans…'”
— uranium / Dj_acclaim
" That , or some demon listed a track as ' Korn — Freak on a Leash , ' but you make something by Disturbed or Alien Ant Farm . "
— atomic number 92 / Xogoth
11.“Socializing without phones or social media. There was a time when you could just get away with some friends. No phones, no computers, no tech. Just food, board games, hiking, friendship. It was, and is, amazing. You can still do it, but good luck telling a friend, ‘Hey, leave your phone at home when we hang out’ (unless they’re already in the mindset to do it on their own).”
— u / MovingFjordward
12.“Taking photos with a camera and having to wait to get the film developed.”
— uracil / jdb_720
" suspect story : drive past Walgreens one daylight , my daughter see ' one - hour photos ' on the sign and asked me why people would sit for an hour to take a picture . Oh , you perfumed summer child … get out of my car ! "
— uranium / CandyAndKisses
13.“Strategy guides. Back in my day, if you got stuck in a video game, you had to buy a physical book called a strategy guide. It would have walkthroughs, lists of items and enemies, and such, and you had to flip through to find the part you were stuck on. And sometimes they would be wrong, and then you were just screwed. Now you can look up a YouTube video of someone showing you how to get through that part on your phone for free.”
— u / Freeiheit
" To add to this , genuine complete games . No mend to fix a ton of bugs on mean solar day one , no downloads . Just pop it in , and it was quick to dally at that moment . "
— atomic number 92 / Odd_Data2458
14.“Grabbing your favorite VHS tape and watching it for the millionth time. Mine was theLand Before Timeseries (don’t judge me).”
— u / GoGoWolf
15.“Watching the same TV show at the same time as everyone else in the country, then talking about it the next day. Remember when Goku hit Super Saiyan the first time? Everyone at school went nuts.”
— uranium / SirGav1n
16.And finally, “True independence as a child. I did not have a cellphone. I rode my bike around town all the time. I would get home when I said I would, and my mother had no idea what I was actually doing. She couldn’t track my cellphone or text me to get an update. I, of course, always came back home, but when I was out, I was free.”
— u / The1TrueSteb
" In the summer , my dad would thresh me outside and tell me not to come home until the streetlights come on . I ’d ride my bike , go bet in a nearby forest / woodland that we Kyd had turn into an awesome BMX trail , and broadly speaking go wild and gratuitous until the lightning bugs appeared . Damn , I feel a petty mushy and wistful for those days . "
— u / Cowboy_Corruption
Note : Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity .
