I want to go back to the 50s when I was a kid.

Save me a seat!

Do you really miss dial up intent, watching movies on laser disk, flipping through a card catalog, listening to your Walkman, using leaded gas, using a typewriter, or going to aerobics class?

​@@Snarkyhippie Some of those things I never did. I wouldn't want to go back to dial up though, or the kind of computers we had back then. But, among today's mainstream music sucking balls, crime rates at an all time high, nothing good to watch on TV with everything going over to streaming services, software becoming subscription based, games having micro-transactions, Microsoft spying on you if you use Windows, bad parenting, corrupt governments, my country being filled with immigrants making me feel as if I am a foreigner in my own country, internet being filled with brain rot and cringe, rising prices for the cost of living, taxes, bills, wars, climate change and the fact that I'm now a fat, old and very ugly bastard, smartphones are also something that really depresses me. I HATE the fact that everyone is on them 25 hours a day and that they've basically "replaced" all the tech I grew up with. It's like my childhood didn't exist because everything I grew up with is done on a f*cking smartphone now and everything is geared towards them. It's not normal to me, it's not how the world used to be, it's not the world as I remember it when growing up. I am way out of my comfort zone in this modern world. Is it any wonder I hate this modern world and chronically am depressed? And yes, I DO miss the days of when we recorded TV shows on VHS or Betamax (another part of my childhood I'll probably never have back).

Unfortunately every generation feels this way. I remember my parents wanting to go back to the 60s during the Rodney king riots etc. the world isn’t as different as you think, and those beautiful things you loved about the world are still here, you just have to look harder to find S 80-90s kid too, so I get it, but there is still beauty out here…I promise.

You could say the same for the 90s except the 90s was better

Yes it was

The 70s for a perfect mix of drugs and music..😵‍💫

That would be the 90s. The 80s had no balance and was all about excess.

Bring back blockbuster video!

Me too 😢😢😢😢

Me too

Me too

You can have them. I liked the 60s, 70s and 90s and 00s all better

@@user-iv2iu2wf4w I'm sorry that you are probably the only person who didn't have fun in the 80s.😎

I liked the 70s too

i'm glad to have experienced much of these in the early 90's

Especially for hot babes in neon Spandex...🤤

Yes. There. We’re.

Most bland decade yet

He sometimes does a quick spin , a la Wonder Woman.

I still have mine - labelled Grade 8 tape lol. I play it occasionally in my classic car.

You can still do it record songs off the radio or internet on to audio cassette tape if you want to.

I just found one today! I always hated it when the DJ would talk over parts of the songs!

There was just something special about giving a crush a mix tape that took weeks to make compared to just sending them a playlist you can make in 5 seconds today

there's still some of these things that happen today, they've not entirely disappeared

❤️

Yes, it should say 80s and 90s.

Lol Imagine what it's like for me at 74! I love the nostalgia these types of channels brings.

@@mikeywid4954 😂😂 Now, you make me feel like a Spring chick ❤️

@@yardleyj9391 😊

@@mikeywid4954 - I’ll see your 74 and raise you 4. I agree with you about these types of channels. Sherman, set the Wayback machine to the 1950’s.

@@navret1707 The best of times back then. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Thank goodness for KZfaq.

Before every road trip, we would go to the AAA office and get a map of the intended route and directions on how to get there, highlighted on the map. Great times.

@@pslm23 I still do that. You never know when cell service will go out, or phones glitch.

You still need paper maps if you want to make a road trip for great scenery. It is also easier to see the difference to main roads and small roads, these last you need to drive if you want to enjoy your trip. Of course you can put it in your gps system when you go. And marking on a paper map where you have been is also fun. You can hang it at the wall when you are back home.

@@duudsuufd Had a friend who did the triple AAA quick trip thing. I didn't like it. Give me a regular map. Don't like the GPS zoomed in views or constant change of orientation of the screen when traveling long distance down the highway. Google maps is great for recon. Street and satellite view viewing before the trip can make me feel in touch with areas before I ever go there.

You can't get a triptik anymore? I never use a phone for navigation

100%

I don't miss it at all.

And renting a game cause you didn't save enough up with your allowance to buy it

Getting a movie and getting Chinese food and snacks.

Unless your family made the mistake of investing in a betamax. Our little corner of the video library got smaller and smaller until they stopped bothering to cater to us at all 😞

​@@RictusHolloweyebetamax that's was b4 even my time I heard bout em but nvr seen 1 lol I've got a huge DVD collection tho so in case internet ever goes down me n my son will always have something 2 watch. I miss going 2 places like blockbuster n flick video so fun jus walking round for hrs wit ur friends n family tryin 2 find great movie 2 watch usually jus renting same movie over n over again good times.

"Your" right. These people "could of" "payed" more attention in school

@@vivianblack2951 Indeed.

My local Wal Mart just took out the Red Box video rentals a few months ago.

​@@elultimo102Walmart needs to bring back their $5.00 deals if their going to pull something like that it's no fun shopping for entertainment there anymore

That's what we had until my small town finally got a Blockbuster Video in the mid 90s. They left the VHS sleeves out on shelves so customers could see what movies were available. Once you made your choice you'd take the empty sleeve up to the counter, and they'd give you the actual VHS tape/movie in a clear case with their store's info on it. Also, can't forget the "Be kind, rewind" stickers.

I worked at a grocery store in the late 80s. We had a video rental store and they would sell the used vhs tapes after some time. I had quite a collection at the time :)

I remember when gas stations had attendants who would fill your car up, check your oil and wash your windows.

Try huffing contact cement (like shoe glue) You’ll like it just as much.

Leaded gasoline was discontinued in the 70s not the 80s in the United States.

Lead in the environment can lead to brain problems. Now there is no lead spread everywhere, how is it possible that every new generation is dumber than the ones before?

You sound like someone who started getting high real early.😕

The other day I was close to a cammed Monte Carlo from the early 80s. The sound and smell of unburnt hydrocarbons sent me right to the 80s and early 90s ;)

Me too!

I remember my coworker smoking in the college office, and she was pissed when that changed!

So do I! Better times.

I've often said I could "Groundhog's Day" from 83 to 88 and never get tired of it. Those were peak 80s years.

I never got lost using a map or printing out directions. But GPS has taken me several miles in the wrong direction both terrifying and wasting my time. GPS has improved since that incident, but I think physical maps are good to make sure the GPS isn’t taking you to another street with the same name but in a different location.

Trying to read a map while driving is super dangerous. I find GPS way easier and safer.

@@LilyBecca you should put effort into planning a trip. Know your environment, alternate routes, and shortcuts. Technology will fail you one day, learn how to read a map.

Blockbuster. "Be kind,rewind".

You just listed all the reasons they failed.

The fees for not rewinding 😅😂

Yeah, I had a dedicated re-winder to save wear and tear on my video player. Good times! LOL

And then later trolling people because they haven't rewound the CD's!

You can... once.

Easy habit to form. Waiting for the next episode or season is annoying once you watch the entire Game of Thrones at will.

I agree, as long as you were at least middle class (I.e., your family had the means to live in a house where you had your own room, buy you toys on your wish list (not necessarily all of them, although it would have been awesome!), take you and your friends out to movies, travel…), neurotypical, and not the target of bullying.

@@alexandraeverafter1015 and not disabled in any way.

@@johnclaybaugh9536 that’s right . Or racially discriminated (even though it still exists).

Same, I was born in 79. I just think in some ways technology has ruined us. Especially, people who never played outside regularly and come up with ways to be busy. We were very social and going to roller skate rinks like every weekend in high school. Renting movies at blockbuster. Had some friends that liked going for long walks. My parents got me a typewriter because I wanted one knowing I’d be using that soon. Playing games in class on the computer Oregon Trail and Number Cruncher. Playing the snack game on the cellphone. I predicted that we would be able to watch movies on our cellphones someday and my friends thought that I was crazy. I feel like teenagers are missing out on so many things in life. Even my husband is glued to his iPhone or computer.

They are almost as popular today as they were at launch. Particularly in Japan and the US.

Can't you look up and reserve books from your library online?

I think they need to bring back the card catalog.

I liked the card system too. They could have kept them for people that want to use them. I do like the fact you can rent a book to read on your phone or tablet. I have to have them help me with it but they never have a problem with that fact.

My dear long departed mother ran our local video store / corner convenience store. I was well served with films to watch each night. As she would just grab a handful of films that hadn't been checked out for the night and bring them home with her. Because she was also the one opening the store in the morning. So just returned them as she opened up.

❤.. Are you the real "Chip Matthews"..?? 🧐🙏

I was a manager in a branch of Scotland's biggest video chain. Blockbuster were the 2nd biggest. We got annoyed by that too but had a dedicated rewind VCR, which helped.

The past was the worst.

And to think we just got clipped by a weak CE and a so-so solar storm. A side of me would love to see a BIG CE wallop us or a Kessler Syndrome Event just to see if anyone younger than Gen-X could survive without a computer telling them what to do.

It just happened. That wasn’t a little one we just experienced. It was a big one. Comparable to the Carrington event. It’s not fully understood why we didn’t have serious disruptions.

@@madmattdigs9518 it was no where near a Carrington event. Not even close.

@@user-po8vd3dy1q why would you say “not even close”? The northern lights were seen as far south as Puerto Rico. That’s not a minor event. I’ll admit, I don’t know how exactly to measure the strength of a solar storm, but just from different scientific sources I watched, it seems like it was a big one. And it was predicted such a storm would cause major disruption. Which it did not…

@@madmattdigs9518 we get solar storms all the time at various levels. I'm 54 and have seen the northern lights when I lived Rhode Island, Arizona and now in Colorado. Don't know how old you are but I'm sure you'll see plenty more in the lower 48 in your lifetime.

I'm 50. The past was the worst. Being educated and not privileged helps give someone a more realistic view of life.

So sad that VHS won the video cassette war. Betamax was superior and smaller.

In Western Australia we got rid of most of our Phone Boxes but those we kept were converted into Free Phones and WI FI hubs .

There are still working pay phones in parts of Montana. Up in the mountain valleys you can't always get cell service. Tourists visit Glacier National Park and take pictures of the pay phones.

I remember when the laundromat me and my family used to go to had two video arcade games. As a kid growing up in the 90s i sometimes look forward to going washing at the laundromat with my mother because me and my siblings could get quarters that were left over after my mother washed and dried the clothes. Now that laundromat dont even have the arcade games there no more.

Dial-up Internet is from the 90s though.

In the UK, the phone companies are replacing all of the powered copper wires with fibre. Better for internet speeds but worse for those types of emergencies.

Dial up internet only came out in the early 1990s.

Yes, mostly films and a very few music video compilations.

The security theatre is certainly annoying and pointless. No terrorist has ever been caught by metal detectors or X-Ray (only by alert staff who have been trained on what to look out for).

fact checked: TRUE!

agree

How to extend the running time of your video. Repeat the headline, 2 or 3 times.

Y2K and they said it didn't have any impact.

I felt something happened but it was more toward 2012.

People still drink on planes, but they cant smoke so they fight

Yep we have 1 in my city.

The past was the worst.

@@johnclaybaugh9536 You have no clue.

@danriley5848 you're the one that wants to push us back into an era where so many things were inaccessible. Maybe when you get an education and learn how the world works you'll understand.

@danriley5848 also realize that I'm old enough to remember the 80s and know what life was like back then.

@@johnclaybaugh9536 I guess that you missed out.🤣