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Throwback Thursday: Things We Used To Do, That Teens Today Don’t.
For todays' Throwback Thursday, we are talking about all the things we used to do when we were young, that teens today don't even remotely do, and barely understand. You must have a couple of these up your sleeve....
JStew: When I was a kid, there were a lot of things that were different now. For instance, my generation still had Saturday morning cartoons. Kids these days have cartoons 24/7, which I think makes them less special. It was the kids version of Happy Hour. There was nothing more sacred than panning your whole Saturday morning around your favorite cartoons. Also, I've seen kids have a near allergic reaction to trying to use a rotary phone. We still have one at my camp... the OG one from 60 years ago. Still works fine, but I've seen kids stare right at it, and not even know it was a phone. Always good for an intense laugh at some poor kid's expense...
Cori: There are so many things that I believe trained an entire generation on how to be patient. I mean, we had to wait for things to rewind or fast forward, and in some cases, even for a VHS tape was "tracking" so you could actually watch the thing. Then there was the lessons in courtesy we learned from things like "be kind and rewind." We guessed about a lot of things, and took a lot of chances. Today's teens seem to share every little details about their lives online, for everyone to see. Whether its who they really are or not, there's no mystery, and very little to discover about someone through conversation. Music, obviously, was a big deal in my teen years, as it is for everyone it seems. My step-dad's Walkman, clipped to my hip. That's something my teen will never understand now that everything is available online or "through Alexa."
Every generation thinks the ones after them are insane, and vice versa. These are the things that were unique to us. Let's check them out!
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