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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 7:40 pm to BobABooey
Posted on 12/14/14 at 7:40 pm to BobABooey
I was in the skanky Chimes Street punk crowd in the early 90's. Awesome shite. Most of the kids were rich and slumming it. Drugs all around. The Library porch was the place to be if you were taking a break from the Bayou. Even on a Wednesday night it was cool as shite.
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Posted on 12/14/14 at 8:30 pm to tween the hedges
Posted on 12/14/14 at 8:40 pm to OldTigahFot
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OldTigahFot
that fire is lactose intolerant. Posted on 12/14/14 at 9:23 pm to tween the hedges
I hate this Facebook culture and instagram...
Posted on 12/14/14 at 9:33 pm to tween the hedges
Landlines and payphones. To make a long distance call you had to have a card, I think it was called MCI card with a number about 100 numerals long that you had to punch in. Or if you just wanted to let someone know you'd gotten home safely, you'd make a long distance call and hang up after it rang once. It was sort of like code. :-)
And in both the dorms and apartments around campus we would leave the door propped open so anyone passing by could stop in. Instant party.
And in both the dorms and apartments around campus we would leave the door propped open so anyone passing by could stop in. Instant party.
This post was edited on 12/14/14 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 12/14/14 at 9:41 pm to stout
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quote: if you had a personal computer we thought you were kind of a nerd. I disagree with this. There were only a few people on campus that had laptops because even a PoS was $2K then. I was actually jealous of people that had one.
Yeah that was a bad call from that dude. Everyone was IM'ing back then. I remember in 99-02 that was part of the game. What's your aim address.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 9:46 pm to tween the hedges
In high school we had pagers and would have to go to pay phones and pray there wasn't a needle with the AIDS sitting in the coin return slot waiting to prick your finger. We had to carry around little books that had everyone's phone numbers in them. We had bag phones and then nokia phones by senior year. Had gateway computers and if someone called your house, you would be knocked off the internet, which was mostly just AOL chatrooms and games. Pretty much everyone had nokia phones by college and also napster was huge back then.
This post was edited on 12/14/14 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:09 am to iluvdatiger
You nailed everything but the long games of Snake while you waited for your buddies to call back.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:11 am to tween the hedges
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Were people more reliable back then?
No, but people didn't have the expectation that everyone is available all the time. You actually had to make plans.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:43 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.
I'm pretty sure most people had cell phones in 2001. Everyone I knew had the Nokia bar phone.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:36 am to tween the hedges
People were more reliable. You used to say be here at this time and they would. With phones things come up. Before youd be going to meet a fruend, you wouldnt have other people contacting you to change your mind because there werent cell phones and text messaging. Man think about work now. shite happens at work and I get a call. No excuses anymore saying you weren't by a phone.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:48 am to Trauma14
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Life was less stressful.
I am so envious. Sometimes I wish I was born earlier.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:53 am to tween the hedges
I didn't have a cell until 1998 and didn't send a text until late-2003 or so.
I miss the times before that. Trying to move back in that direction.
I don't remember any issues meeting up, and the intrigue and uncertainty of the logistics were part of the fun.
I miss the times before that. Trying to move back in that direction.
I don't remember any issues meeting up, and the intrigue and uncertainty of the logistics were part of the fun.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 2:23 am to LSUzealot
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Everyone was IM'ing back then. I remember in 99-02 that was part of the game. What's your aim address.
a/s/l
Posted on 12/15/14 at 2:26 am to KindaRaw
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Life was less stressful.
I am so envious. Sometimes I wish I was born earlier.
I wish I was younger. There was nothing magical about not having a cell phone, and there's no reason why cell phones should add stress.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 2:28 am to LSUzealot
I still remember those sounds. People get online, door opens... Leave, door shuts.
Then the infamous "dudahla" sound.
Then the infamous "dudahla" sound.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 5:21 am to tween the hedges
I went to SLU for 2 years before transferring to LSU back in the late 90's. One day, my girlfriend paged me "911" like 3 times, which was international paging code for "call me immediately, it's an emergency". I had to put $4 in quarters in a payphone to call BR to hear about how her cat had died.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 6:58 am to Giantkiller
I graduated in 06 and didn't get a cell phone until sophomore year. Also, never took my phone to class, I turned it on in the evening to talk to my girlfriend who was at another college.
I actually miss those days before we were all obsessed with that stuff. I didn't care who had the newer phone that was nicer, a phone that could store numbers was good enough.
I actually miss those days before we were all obsessed with that stuff. I didn't care who had the newer phone that was nicer, a phone that could store numbers was good enough.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 7:03 am to tween the hedges
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Were people more reliable back then?
Absolutely.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 8:05 am to Trauma14
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You enjoyed the company you where with much more then than you do know. You made plans, stuck to them, then didn't ignore everyone your were with by keeping your head down playing on a damn phone.
Absolutely THIS!
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