Things you miss from the 'good old days'

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I'll start with:

1. Choosing a video or DVD from Blockbusters
2. Pic n mix from Woolworths
3. Puffy triangle snacks/crisps. I can't even remember what they were called.
4. Walkmans and mixed tapes
5. Simplicity e.g. only having 4 TV channels, not having 1001 chocolate bars to choose from etc

All of that ..

sitcoms in the same vein of Terry and June..

People watching the same TV programme then discussing it next day

Aerobics/step aerobics classes !!

Watching things at the same time as everyone else. Its so easy to feel disconnected to the world now

That's it really tbh, life is better for me now 😭

Schools being more flexible and not stuck to the national curriculum, phonics etc. Teachers used to have a lot more autonomy and time and space to do things they thought the kids would enjoy and find beneficial.

Decent magazines.

Proper old fashioned jellybeans.

Oh god yeah. I used to love a good magazine! They're all adverts these days

Going on holiday and no one expecting updates on it.
Or just in general being able to exist without having to be in constant contact.

The X Files theme tune

Collectible beanie baby toys in McDonald's Happy Meals

The UK top 40 music channel on a Saturday morning

TOTP

Snake game on my Nokia 3410.
Biff, Chip and Kipper reading books at school
Choosing cereal according to the free toy that came with it
Collecting Tazos in Walkers crisps

Most of us aren't that important that we've to be available 24/7.
The genie Is out the bottle but pre internet, thriving high streets,more retail employment, entry level jobs/Saturday jobs for teens etc.

People had manners , if you were waiting for a bus or a train, if you were at the front you got on first . Now I;ve noticed that other commuters will barge in front to get on I AM here y'know they would mow you down to get the seat

Your favourite pop stars had their own teeth , no plastic surgery . OK some make-up and hair dye but not like now .

And if you heard a woman being interviewed they spoke in a regular voice , regional accent or lose the accent , whatever .
Now young women speak in Vocal Fry which makes me wince and switch off , more difficult IRL but I do mentally switch off from them

Old Gimmer obvs

Consulate Menthol.

The tv programmes

Writing and receiving letters.

Top Of The Pops.
Sending Postcards on holiday.
Top 40 countdown on a Sunday night.

People would smoke them at parties when they'd run out of normal cigs.
IE smoke yours.

Car cd player

Working in an office and going to the pub after work on Fridays. I miss this so much, I get really sad when I remember those days.

Proper pubs.

Starsky and Hutch
Little House on the Prairie
Dancing around our handbags on floor at nighclubs
Jackie Magazine

Miss the good old days.

Being able to see my GP on the day I want to.
Getting dental treatment on the NHS.

Apparently, these things are still possible in some first world countries…

Fewer cars

When a lunch break was an actual break (in office jobs).

When there were so few cars that we used to play in the road.

Walking to school at the age of 5 was considered normal and safe.

10p a week pocket money went a long way.

Magazines were good value.

Most things, I'm glad I'm old now so at least I had a decent youth. I couldn't imagine being young in these days

Dating. People would make the effort when they were out to get talking to the opposite sex as there weren't many alternatives. Now people just stay in their groups and/or sit on their phones.

Being asked out on a date in person. Not having to go through the tedium of OLD to try and find someone.

Men who haven't been ruined by porn! In the "old days" men were just happy to have sex. Now they feel cheated if they cant play out every fantasy.

I don't date any more as I just hate every aspect of it now.