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Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:08 am to Dandaman
I still appreciate a random song on radio or Siriusxm more than if I would play that song myself.
I can still appreciate the slower aspects of life but struggle more and more not to browse through my phone during them. So losing that appreciation little by little.
I can still appreciate the slower aspects of life but struggle more and more not to browse through my phone during them. So losing that appreciation little by little.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:09 am to Dandaman
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I worry my kids will never experience these joys...they can't seem to stomach any kind of summer boredom that would eventually leads to using your imagination and inventing fun.
That's on you, dad.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:12 am to Dandaman
Ballgames didnt used to have even the score pinned on the screen.
If you were flipping through channels and wanted to know the score, you had to wait until the announcer got around to it. Usually at the end of the inning the would give the stats but if you missed it you could wait 15-20 minutes.
If you were flipping through channels and wanted to know the score, you had to wait until the announcer got around to it. Usually at the end of the inning the would give the stats but if you missed it you could wait 15-20 minutes.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:12 am to Dandaman
So much is community dictated, IMO. Connected neighborhoods/communities are more likely to recreate some of what we had. Families that we know who live in established (usually dense, usually older) neighborhoods where people pull in the same direction are doing this. The parents hang out in cul-de-sacs and the boys would rather play baseball on the street than sit around on iPads.
The migrations of COVID/2020 did a lot in this regard, at least for some. People of relatively the same age moved to the same places for the same reasons looking for the same things.
That's obviously going to be a small minority, unfortunately, but it helps.
The migrations of COVID/2020 did a lot in this regard, at least for some. People of relatively the same age moved to the same places for the same reasons looking for the same things.
That's obviously going to be a small minority, unfortunately, but it helps.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:13 am to Woolfpack
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If you were flipping through channels and wanted to know the score, you had to wait until the announcer got around to it. Usually at the end of the inning the would give the stats but if you missed it you could wait 15-20 minutes.
I'm technically not even Gen X, but half my childhood was spent waiting for AU scores to come across the ticker when we were playing non-televised games. We couldn't reliable get Auburn games on the radio.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:30 am to Pettifogger
Every now and then they would show the scoreboard but that was easy to miss if you were casually watching/ listening.
Sometimes a ticker would come across your screen during regular shows if something major happened or for weather alerts. Even the news only started regularly using the ticker thing after 9/11. It used to be something that when you saw it you would always pay attention because it was rare and was important.
Sometimes a ticker would come across your screen during regular shows if something major happened or for weather alerts. Even the news only started regularly using the ticker thing after 9/11. It used to be something that when you saw it you would always pay attention because it was rare and was important.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:35 am to Dandaman
When my kids said they were bored I would tell them that I’m not because I grew up with quite a bite of free time with nothing to do. So, we made up something to do. We rode bikes, made a bow and arrow, shot BB guns, made a newspaper kite, played in the woods, climbed trees, threw baseballs and footballs, played grab arse, shot marbles, built forts…..there were endless things to do…if you desired to do something. 
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:36 am to Dandaman
A couple of generations before gen X old frickers would sit around and say “these GenX kids don’t know what it was like before there was a Blockbuster to go rent a movie from either. If you didn’t catch it in the theater you just never got to see it!”
And before that it was “These weak arse boomers don’t know life was like before TV! Back in my day all we had was radio!”
And before that it was, “we used to have to write letters to people if we wanted to talk to them! Now all these spoiled kids have to do is pick up a phone!”
And so on….
And before that it was “These weak arse boomers don’t know life was like before TV! Back in my day all we had was radio!”
And before that it was, “we used to have to write letters to people if we wanted to talk to them! Now all these spoiled kids have to do is pick up a phone!”
And so on….
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:39 am to Dandaman
I’m a Gen Xer.
I grew up riding go carts, four wheelers, having bottle rocket wars, building ramps, leaving the house to play with friends and not returning till the evening, riding bikes on the road, etc. I helped pull my first engine out of a car at 14.
Kids now are sheltered in the house and are being raised by tik tok, youtube, etc. They have no street smarts, basic maintenance skills, close camaraderie with other people, etc.
Not one of those old man gripes, I genuinely feel sorry for the new generations. There is a lot of growing up fun that they will never experience. It’s different than the differences between the Greatest Gen > Boomer > Gen X. All of those generations still gained lasting friendships outside and as kids.
I grew up riding go carts, four wheelers, having bottle rocket wars, building ramps, leaving the house to play with friends and not returning till the evening, riding bikes on the road, etc. I helped pull my first engine out of a car at 14.
Kids now are sheltered in the house and are being raised by tik tok, youtube, etc. They have no street smarts, basic maintenance skills, close camaraderie with other people, etc.
Not one of those old man gripes, I genuinely feel sorry for the new generations. There is a lot of growing up fun that they will never experience. It’s different than the differences between the Greatest Gen > Boomer > Gen X. All of those generations still gained lasting friendships outside and as kids.
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 10:43 am
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:41 am to HeadCall
Just pick up a phone???
I hope you were waiting until after 7 or weekends. Phone bills could easily reach 200-300$ in the 80s.
I hope you were waiting until after 7 or weekends. Phone bills could easily reach 200-300$ in the 80s.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:43 am to Dandaman
The last generation before the Internet, pretty substantial. Nothing changed society as much. Even electricity.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:45 am to Dandaman
bruh, go outside.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:56 am to Dandaman
Pretty sure when AI conquers the world the rebellion will start when Gen X fires up DOS again.
AI will never figure that box cursor.
AI will never figure that box cursor.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:19 am to Dandaman
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of finding things instead of being fed them, of living without constant comparison or surveillance
Oh woe is us, when this has become the road less traveled as opposed to the well worn footpath.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:21 am to cgrand
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not a day goes by that I am not thankful that I learned skills growing up in the 70s that are an anathema today
Name 3
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:22 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Name 3
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Mingo Was His NameO
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Can you just not help being a dick?
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:23 am to LCA131
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Can you just not help being a dick?
I asked him to name 3 skills, imagine being this soft. Damn
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:28 am to Ranger Call
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I think that was his point. The boredom was the journey. Boredom, as it was once told to me, is laziness of the mind...If you don't want to be bored, CREATE.
I was born in 1965 so either very old Gen X or very young Boomer. Either way when we were kids and mentioned being bored someone would find something for you to do like dig a ditch or mow the lawn. This is why we left the house just after waking up and did not go home until we knew we had pushed it as far as we could....parents were too busy to start assigning jobs first thing in the morning and too tired in the evening to start assigning them. We would usually chance returning home sometime during the day to sneak in the house and get something to eat but you had to be careful because the damned adults were on top of their game after a few cups of coffee....they would have all manner of ill shite they demanded you do. Luckily for most of us the adults were at work during the day so we could disappear after they left and come back and have the run of the house. Weekends were tough though...damned adults around all damn day.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:29 am to Dandaman
Days lasted much longer in the 90’s.
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 11:53 am
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