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re: I know I'm young...but how did college social stuff work before cell phones?
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:13 am to IonaTiger
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:13 am to IonaTiger
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There is no hiding out anymore.
Yea this sucks. I was selling real estate when cell phones were really becoming widespread but before smart phones were around and even that was easier than it is now. I could escape to the golf course and if people didn't catch me at the office or on my cell that was that. Now days people are so impatient that you can't get away with that. It's frustrating at times.
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Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:19 am to stout
Yep. It's a remarkable convenience, but we have given up our freedom to a degree.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:24 am to IonaTiger
We sat in the Union for hours upon end !
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:25 am to tween the hedges
I had a "black book" with all my contacts in it. We made plans ahead of time
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:29 am to tween the hedges
Met at the cafeteria, called on a landline, made plans before or after class
This post was edited on 12/14/14 at 11:30 am
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:39 am to IonaTiger
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Now, I come out of the courthouse and there are text messages/voice mails/emails. There is no hiding out anymore. It's not good to be available 24/7. I miss the days of being able to be unavailable. But, damn, it's pretty impressive to be able to carry around a device that can answer most questions I have or contact anyone I know.
This, more than anything else, is my only complaint about cell phones. You're essentially EXPECTED to be available 24/7, 365. Even vacations aren't the same because you are still expected to at least check emails. There is no escape
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:46 am to tween the hedges
In addition to land lines, there was simple word of mouth...
Also, the unannounced drop-by was more socially acceptable than it is today.
And imaging the horror of a world without caller ID. You had to answer the phone to find out who was calling. Eeeuiiw!
Also, the unannounced drop-by was more socially acceptable than it is today.
And imaging the horror of a world without caller ID. You had to answer the phone to find out who was calling. Eeeuiiw!
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:46 am to Paul Allen
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I would say the strangest time to be in college would have been '98-'02. Cell phones weren't popular where everyone had one, no texting and pagers were obsolete.
Cell phones were pretty popular here by 99' (those Nokia phones with the detachable faceplates). So it wasn't really that strange.
I had a pager in high school and at the same time you had the emergence of AOL, AIM, and AOL chat. I'd get so pissed when my grandmother would call and knock me offline.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:50 am to 995webmaster
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Also, the unannounced drop-by was more socially acceptable than it is today.
Probably the best part, before pagers and cell phones, was being totally out of touch with your responsibilities when you were away from a land line.
People socialized more IRL and had better social skills in those days. Better is a relative term, I know.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:55 am to Paul Allen
quote:you must have been poor. Everyone I knew had a cell phone in that time frame. They were shitty Nokia phones, but they were still everywhere
I would say the strangest time to be in college would have been '98-'02. Cell phones weren't popular where everyone had one, no texting and pagers were obsolete.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 12:03 pm to bee Rye
Nobody said Middleton. It was the library.. And we used phones
Posted on 12/14/14 at 12:42 pm to tween the hedges
We usually arranged to meet at someone's dorm/apt before heading out.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 12:52 pm to foshizzle
I was a sophomore in college when a chick asked for my cell number. The next day i went got a phone. Until that point i would just use others, and not everyone had one.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 12:57 pm to tween the hedges
Holy crap this thread makes me feel old.
We met people. In person. At certain places.
We also had telephones.
We met people. In person. At certain places.
We also had telephones.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 1:14 pm to tween the hedges
We makum big smoke signal, baw.
And chicks used to sit home, by the phone, and wait for a dude to call. For real.
Like "the sit and wait" of lore, where guys used to call ladies, and ask them out on a date, has sadly been replaced with the current "did he text ya to hang out"......."hang out"? Really? They tell me it's slang for fricking, and the whole her waiting by the phone, him calling, and eating dinner part is now skipped.
My wife has a specialty retail shop, and at any given time, there are 3 - 5 college girls working there. They've asked this same question, and were appalled at the thought of sitting home and waiting for the phone to ring. Appalled, as in DID NOT BELIEVE that's how it was done, ya know, back in the olden days and all.
And yes, off my lawn is where I want you.
And chicks used to sit home, by the phone, and wait for a dude to call. For real.
Like "the sit and wait" of lore, where guys used to call ladies, and ask them out on a date, has sadly been replaced with the current "did he text ya to hang out"......."hang out"? Really? They tell me it's slang for fricking, and the whole her waiting by the phone, him calling, and eating dinner part is now skipped.
My wife has a specialty retail shop, and at any given time, there are 3 - 5 college girls working there. They've asked this same question, and were appalled at the thought of sitting home and waiting for the phone to ring. Appalled, as in DID NOT BELIEVE that's how it was done, ya know, back in the olden days and all.
And yes, off my lawn is where I want you.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 1:20 pm to tween the hedges
People were together a lot - hung out a lot - didn't have their heads buried in computers or cell phones.
You would call a person at their dorm room or apartment and leave a message if they weren't there. You planned ahead or just stopped by their place. You'd catch up with them and there was a whole lot of groups of people who happened to be together just doing stuff. I was in college in the 90's and it worked well, although you couldn't find everyone all of the time.
But, you didn't EXPECT to find everyone all of the time or instantaneously. It was okay to wait and see people when you saw them.
You would call a person at their dorm room or apartment and leave a message if they weren't there. You planned ahead or just stopped by their place. You'd catch up with them and there was a whole lot of groups of people who happened to be together just doing stuff. I was in college in the 90's and it worked well, although you couldn't find everyone all of the time.
But, you didn't EXPECT to find everyone all of the time or instantaneously. It was okay to wait and see people when you saw them.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 1:22 pm to tween the hedges
In High School and LSU in the 80's we had de facto "meeting places" .
In HS it was McDonalds at 1-12 and Sherwood. You just hung out there until your buddies showed up. And there were always 3/4 parties going on (usually at my house) where kegs were set up. And of course there were pay phones and you could call people at home b/c people actually answered home phones back then. It wasn't efficient but we set times and made plans in advance for the most part.
In college at LSU, Fridays and Saturdays were generally dead. But Tuesday-Thursday you just went to the bars with drink specials. And everybody was just there.
In HS it was McDonalds at 1-12 and Sherwood. You just hung out there until your buddies showed up. And there were always 3/4 parties going on (usually at my house) where kegs were set up. And of course there were pay phones and you could call people at home b/c people actually answered home phones back then. It wasn't efficient but we set times and made plans in advance for the most part.
In college at LSU, Fridays and Saturdays were generally dead. But Tuesday-Thursday you just went to the bars with drink specials. And everybody was just there.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 1:24 pm to Paul Allen
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I would say the strangest time to be in college would have been '98-'02. Cell phones weren't popular where everyone had one, no texting and pagers were obsolete.
This is exactly when I was in school. Most of my friends lived in beau chene, brook hollow, or Leigh's cove. We would just meet up when we weren't in class. Also, land lines where each roommate had a different ring.
And we ate A LOT of am mart...
Posted on 12/14/14 at 2:08 pm to tween the hedges
Late 60's–mid-70's. You just hung out: campus, clubs, bars, streets, free concerts, demonstrations, love-ins, be-ins, freak outs, coffee shops, head shops, hippie pads, crash pads, people's parks, beaches, etc. You didn't have to know where anyone was because they were already there. So you went there too.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 4:00 pm to tween the hedges
Plans were made on the phone or word of mouth. You'd sit around waiting on someone to call if you liked them enough.
smart phones, unfortunately, have ruined human interaction and conversation in many settings. Not to mention employers owning our personal lives. It's sad on many levels.
But that's another thread.
smart phones, unfortunately, have ruined human interaction and conversation in many settings. Not to mention employers owning our personal lives. It's sad on many levels.
But that's another thread.
This post was edited on 12/14/14 at 4:04 pm
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