What Did You Grow Up With That Is Gone Forever...?

[AKDoug]

My little buddy. I followed him almost religiously from the time I was thirteen or fourteen.

He got me in trouble, got me in fights, and cost me lots of money and wasted time in pursuit of his dreams.

Now, fifty-three years later, I find it hard to say, but, sometimes seeing the end of the news is more important than my little buddy.

Just for you.. NSFW..

[Diamondback]

I kinda miss the innocence of computing. The Old Internet where there was no moderation because you didn’t need it. Everyone was genuinely helpful.

I also miss Quake 3 Arena LAN parties.

Fly, if I can ever get my frat brothers back together you're always welcome to saddle up and come ride with The Horsemen. Hope you like Team Deathmatch...

[Pi3]

Rotary phones with a party line. You would pick up the phone to dial, and someone else was talking.
You would wait a few minutes and pick up again until you had a clear signal.

[Diamondback]

People who understood the concepts of "class" and "style."

Just for one illustration:

[Firefly]

The late 80s for me in a nutshell. Except I alternated between my Jam pants and my old man’s old jungle trousers. The old green poplins that felt like silk after a while.

All I cared about was skating, Nintendo, hair metal, and other stuff. It was a carefree time. I kinda blame gangster rap for the societal decline. One week the black kids are skating and blasting Prince and the next week they are wearing starter jackets and running their suck about guns they don’t have and the “West Side”

Oh yeah West Side Story. I saw that too.

It was pretty lame. Mumble rap lame.

I actually wanna get back into skating. I took one of my old boards out and went up and down the street a few times today. My trick days are behind me but it’s a liberating feeling

[hotrodder636]

I have wondered about the “desire” to know cursive myself. I have never really used it and am quite quick at print as well due to my line of work.

8 years of field books as a land surveyor (plus lettering plats), broke me of cursive completely. I only print, I am fast at it, and it's totally legible. I have no clue why people put any importance on cursive.

[flenna]

People who understood the concepts of "class" and "style."

Just for one illustration:

No kidding. My 14 year old son loves black and white movies and is upset that "women don't look or dress like that anymore".

[prdubi]

No kidding. My 14 year old son loves black and white movies and is upset that "women don't look or dress like that anymore".

Gloria Steinem needs gas.

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[jsbhike]

Never been big on lots of makeup, but for sure don't like what appears to be an equivalent amount of time spent to look bad.

[T2C]

I miss the concept of individual responsibility. When that concept was popular, we could leave the doors on our homes unlocked, the keys in our cars and we did not have to worry about locking up firearms when teenagers were in the house.