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@Cody38Super 2 месяца назад

"Social media has made all y'all far to comfortable talking shit and not getting punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson.

@jonathanfreedom1st 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂

@reginahernandez7810 2 месяца назад

ILOVE THIS....YOUR KIDS TALK @%@% ON SOCIAL MEDIA(not just kids..my adult kids!) DISRESPECTING THEIR PARENTS...DONT KNOW HOW TO TALK DEGNIFIED

@jamesplymire5342 2 месяца назад

The internet was a great invention, but social media has ruined the world. 😢

@curiousman1672 2 месяца назад

Couldn't agree more.

@mermaid1717 2 месяца назад

Exactly!!

@lawabernathy9256 2 месяца назад

Agreed

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

Remember that RU-vid is social media.

@Majorpain32677 Месяц назад

So internet destroyed the world lol I agree

@the-superbike-squad 2 месяца назад

When i was in highschool, if you had a beef with somebody, you met off of school grounds and proceeded to beat the crap out of eachother. When it was over we shook hands and went our separate ways. We didnt lose our minds and shoot up the whole school. I really dont recognise the world we live in anymore.

@reginahernandez7810 2 месяца назад

LIKE BIBLE SAYS.."END OF TIMES"

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

Heh This real jerk in high school started going out with my best friend and told me to stop hanging out with her. That's stupid so I ignored him. Next time I saw him he said to meet him after school to fight. Again I thought that was stupid so I didn't go. Nothing ever came of it. I don't even know if he showed up.

@OkiePeg411 2 месяца назад

I was bullied in middle school. Eventually I had enough and fists flew. I told the principal that I'd had enough, and took care of it myself. He said "ok" and sent us back to class. If that had happened in today's world we both would have been kicked out of school. Glad I grew up when I did. Take care of business and no whining or crying about it. Was never bullied again and created a lot of confidence in my little 70# self!!!

@BethLass-kj3ps 2 месяца назад

It's sad when you drive by houses that you know have kids living in them but there is NO ONE playing outside. 😢we left in the morning to play with the neighbors until lunch time then right back out to play until supper. Then out again until dark. Of course this was more in the summer. But still found time after school too.

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

Even in the winter with snow there were kids building forts, sledding, and having snowball fights

@timothycary7417 2 месяца назад

I was born in 56 and grew up in the 60s and 70s. I am glad there is nothing recorded of my odd antics at that time (unlike those growing up the last 20 or so years).

@reginahernandez7810 2 месяца назад

ILOVE THE 5Os ( my mom's era) I'm actually watching Ozzie and Harriet right now!

@xecukc7010 2 месяца назад

Me too!!!!

@jonathanfreedom1st 2 месяца назад

I was born in 1980. Same. 😂😂 we didn't have VHS recorder in this household 😂

@jdwilmoth 2 месяца назад

I was born in 66 and grew up in the 70s and 80s and I couldn't agree more I did some crazy s*** in my younger days I'm actually lucky I'm still alive

@cbicnone2228 2 месяца назад

Internet changed us so fast, for the good and the bad.

@shadowangel3995 2 месяца назад

I totally agree with this. It gave us the opportunities to increase our awareness and knowledge of the world at large; as well as allowing us to learn from all over the world. Sadly it also allows a person to be a total jerk without really facing the consequences of their actions and behavior.

@HT-ww3zg 2 месяца назад

I was born in 1959. 4 tv channels on a B&W TV, and No VCR's until the late 80's. Phones hardwired into the wall. No credit/debit cards, and no bank ATMs until the early 80's - if you missed hitting the bank on Friday at 5:00 pm, you were broke all weekend.

@blueboy4244 2 месяца назад

smoking allowed in stores incl grocery stores

@ciscokid0110 2 месяца назад

Born in 60. Same here.

@ciscokid0110 2 месяца назад

@@blueboy4244I remember smoking on planes and hospital rooms.

@reginahernandez7810 2 месяца назад

YES LIFE WAS BETTER!!

@jamesplymire5342 2 месяца назад

We knew what to do if the cable/electric went out. 😂 Now, people go nuts if they aren't "connected".

@marydavis5234 2 месяца назад

So true, that is why I have a battery powered CD player and an iPod.

@HRConsultant_Jeff 2 месяца назад

Researching the old way actually allowed you to find out more things since you were exposed to more sources. Now google picks your source.

@cynthiaalver 2 месяца назад

We had ONE black and white television with rabbit ears and a choice of only four channels. During windy or rainy weather we spent more time adjusting the rabbit ears trying to get a clear signal than we did watching the TV. Sometimes we had a phone, usually plugged in in the kitchen wall, but sometimes we didn't have a phone. We kids stood on kitchen chairs to reach the kitchen sink and wash dishes. I had books hidden all over the house just in case I got in trouble and my mom gave me a thirty minute timeout (the horror!) wherever I happened to be. We were sent outside to play(stay off the train tracks!) and we had to go home when the street lights came on. I was seven years old and my mom gave me a grocery list and some money and sent me off to the local market. 👒

@jonathanfreedom1st 2 месяца назад

I'm 43 I remember all of these things. I have photos of myself and my brothers from the mid 1980s. 1980s and 90s were the last great decades. I don't know if anyone will deny that.

@TrulyUnfortunate 2 месяца назад

I used to love scrolling through our encyclopedias when I was young!! And yes most families had a set so you didnt have to go to the library.

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

I had an older set of World Books at my mom's house but we didn't have any when I moved in with my dad. The supermarket started selling them and had a new one each week. He often forgot to get it though, so we only had like half of the set.

@kelliefish6259 2 месяца назад

I grew up in the 80s before the internet simple times. The best!❤ from CALIFORNIA.

@josephkondrat6478 2 месяца назад

The one thing that I have noticed about the modern generation is that they have trouble speaking in public to a crowd. My generation had a school course in public speaking. I remember my teacher told me to either lower your eyes towards the stage footlights or look to the back of the hall where you look for the tallest person and pretend that you are only speaking to that specific person.

@Mr_Dopey 2 месяца назад

I grew up with three sets of encyclopedias. All of which my father, who was a construction worker, pulled them from dumpsters at schools.

@chrispruett81 2 месяца назад

I was a kid for the 80's and a teenager for the 90's... Perfect time to be alive!! I will say.. YES.. I miss the days before internet for sure!! lol

@TheNewRevolution 2 месяца назад

I can definitely relate. When I talk about my adventures in the 90s, the younger generation seems to have very few adventures to speak of, comparatively. Whereas I woke up every day and had an adventure. I could write a book just about the girls I would meet sneaking out every night or going to their house when their parents were not there. I had more than a few encounters with pissed off dad's with firearms. The plus side to that was realizing that none of them were actually going to shoot me. They just wanted to scare me. That's good information for a guy to know.

@silvermine2033 2 месяца назад

I miss the 90’s!

@kevananne 2 месяца назад

I grew up in the 80s, being born in 1974. I can relate to all of this. I kept a blank cassette tape in the tape recorder, and I would tape a song, pause it when over and record again for the next song. And I LOVED my encyclopedias. The library was so much busier than I see now.

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

A lot of people forget the library has more than books. Free movie or CD rentals, many of them even have free day passes to museums.

@SGlitz 2 месяца назад

As a kid who only had 7 tv channels no internet no vhs etc. It is a complicated thing. Social media is the real evil. Instant gratification and validation is a problem. Mass miscommunication. Oversharing and narcissism now.

@HermanVonPetri 2 месяца назад

Back then "social media" included newspaper letters to the editor pages, bulletin boards and pen-pals. Newspapers, libraries, schools and other communication groups sometimes offered to connect you to random people around the country or around the world so that you could write letters to each other and develop connections to people that you'd never have the chance to meet in normal life. Some people have developed lifelong friendships with these "pen pals." It was even a fad for a while to put a letter into a helium balloon and send it up into the sky, not knowing who would get the letter, and hope that whoever found it would write you back.

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

Like a message in a bottle.

@karenbeamish6907 2 месяца назад

My sister and I used to use an old-timey audio cassette recorder to tape music off the radio; "Our House " was one we used to rewind often to try and catch the lyrics and write them down on paper!

@GamerKatz_1971 2 месяца назад

Constant communication is not always a better thing. Back in the 80s a Karen was just a woman's name. You saw your girlfriend for a few minutes at school or for a date on the weekend making the time you did have together feel much more special. Among other things that are different and not for the better. Kids eho went hunting could even have a rifle in their vehicle and the police would never be called, because it just never entered our minds to try and shoot up the school because someone got mad.

@Majorpain32677 Месяц назад

The point of mix tapes was it showed how much you cared by going through that hard work

@billchmelik5697 2 месяца назад

Paper maps are so much better than gps

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

That's one thing I really love, GPS. Especially turn by turn directions. Like having someone sitting next to you telling you where to go except they never forget to tell you.

@joelleholsman9456 2 месяца назад

When I grew up in the 70s we didn't have much but nobody really needed much. On Sundays the only thing open was the gas stations. Playing outside with the neighborhood kids was great. We only had 3 TV channels, which all went off the air at midnight. Family's ate dinner together with out a phone or TV. People cared for their neighbors. We respected adults. We didn't lock the doors of our house when nobody was home. So wish it was still like that.

@theylied1776 2 месяца назад

I try to remind people of this fact all of the time. When RU-vid first started, it was not owned by Google. It was the WILD WEST on RU-vid when they first started. There were car crashes, nudity, armed robbery videos, etc. It was nothing like it is today

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

And you could reply to videos with your own video that appeared under the original.

@TrulyUnfortunate 2 месяца назад

Things were better in some ways back in the days before internet. Now that I'm older I'm thankful for the internet.

@jamiesloan7259 2 месяца назад

People have quickly devolved into a bunch of emotional crybabies, since social media came along. It’s so much easier to be a cyber bully, than it is a real life bully. It’s also much more accepting to be a habitual complainer nowadays. The extremes of aggression, or whining would have been called out to your face back in the day. People in general were more kind to one another, and you could actually sit and discuss opposing views, without losing your mind about it. Also, confirmation bias has became a huge problem. You can literally find endless “information” nowadays to support ANYTHING that you choose to believe. It’s kinda scary, to be honest.

@HRConsultant_Jeff 2 месяца назад

I think the biggest change, besides no one really knowing each other like they used to, is that we no longer have a shared experience and existence. For instance, the shows on TV are so fragmented between 20 or so major outlets (netflix, appletv, amazon prime, etc) that nothing has a big audience. It is hard to discuss anything you are watching since most people around you probably did not watch it or are planning to stream it later. This is leading to a big decline in the human and national experience and the reason that most people feel they are not being heard (no one is being heard). It was easier to contact my local congressman or speak with them in the old days. Now you have to only send an email and it will be answered by AI or something.

@Andrew-Collet 2 месяца назад

I was born in '94 and a lot of this still applied to me as well, mainly in the early 2000's with things like cassette recorders, cameras that needed to be developed, and Blockbuster. I have very fond memories of going into a plaza when I was a kid, doing laundry at the laundromat, then going next door and picking out a movie at Blockbuster. I saw so many movies that way.

@marshsundeen 2 месяца назад

My parents bought a set of encyclopedias. I was fortunate and would read them all the time. While the info might become dated, it was accurate, which is not true of some "facts" on the internet.

@luigivincenz3843 2 месяца назад

Back then, our idea of entertainment growing up was going to Blockbuster where everyone congregated, and you can talk to strangers about which movies are good or not. )even waiting near closing time for that one popular VHS/DVD that people had to drop off to avoid late fees). Great times.

@TrulyUnfortunate 2 месяца назад

There were radio stations that would play songs just so you could record them. At certain times of the day you knew between this hour and the next couple hours they told you the playlist so you could be ready to hit record.

@talesofcinderella 2 месяца назад

I was born in 1954 long before Block Buster. Going to see a movie at the theater was a standard for date nights. I will admit I'm a bit addicted to the internet today but I'm really glad that it was not around when I was growing up. It is truly a different world. Time changes everything.

@PurebloodedPatriot 2 месяца назад

Mixed tapes, the original playlist.

@katinacarson-hunwi7297 2 месяца назад

I was born in 1974. I grew up in the 80s and 90s pre-internet. I do like having internet but it definitely has its pros and cons. Also, I do mail out Christmas cards. I’m old fashioned in that way.

@luxleather2616 2 месяца назад

Yes loading a cassette tape into a recorder & pushing a button was hard work lol....I remember going to the library to do a school report & having to find books & writing down the information on paper with pen or pencil....you had to interact with the librarian or just know the subject of the book needed to do the report....books have index so it was easy to find the part of the book you needed to learn....it's worse cus of social media....I'm 36 so I got be right in the middle of the transition....I definitely prefer before the internet

@carolyngilbert5121 2 месяца назад

Right! It wasn't hard. Why would they think something so simple was hard???🙄

@jeffashley5512 2 месяца назад

Being born in 1968 (Gen X) that picture of the kids in KISS makeup really took me back to my first album I got....KISS-Destroyer 1976. I still have that album. 🤟

@jamesrobert66221 2 месяца назад

*Success depends on the actions or steps you take to achieve it. Building wealth involves developing good habits, such as regularly setting aside money for sound investments.❤❤..*

@lauracoleman875 2 месяца назад

People dont understand that the prices of things are never going back down. This inflation is deeper than we think. Those buying groceries are well aware that the real inflation is much over 10%. The increments dont match our income, yet certain investors still earn over $365,000 in stocks and assets. Wish I could accomplish that.

@anitajeff 2 месяца назад

Very possible! especially at this moment. Profits can be made in many different ways, but such intricate transactions should only be handled by seasoned market professionals.

@Stevethompson12 2 месяца назад

Brian demonstrates an excellent understanding of market trends, making well informed decisions that leads to consistent profit

@stevenborja2189 2 месяца назад

I took a look at your advisor and he looks quite the part, I have always thought advisors overrated but taking a look at yours he gives off some confidence, might as well see what advice he has for me.

@CampJeffery 2 месяца назад

Wow, i've seen a lot of recommendation about Brian, is he really that good

@reginahernandez7810 2 месяца назад

Souther california...miss the 80s

@johnniekight1879 2 месяца назад

Never made a mix tape from the radio. Just recorded the record.

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

When recording your favorite song, I think back then it was more common for the DJ to say what the next song would be. That made it a lot easier to start recording and not miss the beginning.

@Raggmopp-xl7yf 2 месяца назад

It just wasn't as primitive as they make it seem. Before Blockbuster we already had HBO and Showtime and that was back in the 70s. By the 80s we already had cell phones (mom had a car phone) PCs (yes, we had to call a number and put the receiver on the puter to connect) and I've been on a computer since the 80s. And we already had video games (Atari & Sega). But even with our toys we always socialized in person and it wouldn't occur to us to isolate ourselves. I feel sorry for people today.

@Ranadicus 2 месяца назад

Radio stations all used to do a daily top-10 countdown at a certain time each night so you knew when to be ready to record.

@jshanks8571 2 месяца назад

I think the internet is a great source of information.I love to get photos of friends and family from far away. One of the biggest downsides to it is, people are too attached to their internet. They can't have a conversation with people. I think the internet has caused a lot of anger because people put a lot of hate out there. It plus people get offended about everything. It's becoming more Mimi mimi society.

@lordofsloths9985 2 месяца назад

Grew up. Without the internet. People got no patience Nowadays.

@AC-ni4gt 2 месяца назад

I miss actually going out to the grocery store, video rental stores, and when the mall was a bustling hive of activities.

@anitapeludat256 2 месяца назад

Same here. That was a great period in time. Stores were busy, you saw some friends at the mall. And I really liked the Block Buster era.

@warrenbfeagins 2 месяца назад

There was no trimming with cassettes. You would simply rewind the tape to were the song you wanted ended then re-record over the portion accidently recorded after the song you wanted ended like the DJ talking. Music was definitely waaaay better and more creative. People could actually sing and play instruments irrespective of genre. Kids played sports outside everyday instead of inside on video games. It was awesome.

@wiregrassga Месяц назад

Maybe because I was a child of the 1950's and young adult in the 1960's but we spent our time outdoors. Growing up in Florida we had thousands of acres of unposted land to explore. My friends and I wandered the woodlands, fished, hunted, built tree houses, skinny-dipped in forest ponds. Color TV was only a thing the rich could afford and shopping malls were yet to be built. Having lived long enough to have experienced the great societal changes, I feel life back then was far better in every way and I feel pity that young folks today have missed out on a life that was rich in experience and adventure.

@user-en8dv3eo6f 2 месяца назад

Love watching two congratulations on having a baby my daughter had just gave me my first granddaughter

@GP80888 2 месяца назад

Sears was a basically an analog version of Amazon.

@wannabegeek519 2 месяца назад

I have witnessed an enormous change in our way of life in the last 70 years. When I was a kid, we had 3 channels of black and white tv so I spent all my time outdoors on bicycles or swinging on vines in the woods. Now I am a couch potato watching RU-vid.

@patricequinn7733 21 день назад

Of course we would not have this type of sharing of Brits looking at US life,without You Tube.This video series is great! There are a number of you tube channels I follow e,g Lost in the Pond re a Brit who moved to America, There are some re young people hearing a song from past decades for the first time and reacting on the video. These learning and discovery sharing experiences would not be possible without the Internet. The old "let me show you pictures of my trip" was quite boring.

@Dodger5277 2 месяца назад

I played a joke, on a friend which is not even possible today, my older brother had one of the earliest cell phones. I borrowed it, walked to a friend's house. (it was a briefcase with a handset) Outside the front door, I called said friend, and asked if i could come over. when i got permission i hid the phone in a bush and knocked. The look on his face was priceless!🤣

@karenbeamish6907 2 месяца назад

I used to work in a video store around 1991 - 1992 ( I think!?!) and would rent VHS tapes and VCR'S. A much more simple time, LOL 😂

@Mr_Dopey 2 месяца назад

I'll 1up you. My girlfriend was a blockbuster manager. She had to take home a certain amount of movies each week, so she could make recommendations.

@Godot583 2 месяца назад

I grew up during the 70s. I think you should ask your parents about rotary phones. that was a pain specially, if you miss dialed you got to start all over it sucked

@debbylou5729 2 месяца назад

We weren’t less busy or stressed

@ciscokid0110 2 месяца назад

I kind of disagree to a point. I was born in 1960 and people used to do their jobs. Now, they can’t work because they are on their phones. And maybe we were just as stressed but everybody on the internet didn’t know about it. I think life was much better before. There are advantages but lots of bad came about.

@MA-jd4ui 2 месяца назад

You guys are completely right It was a simpler life When we came here from Portugal everybody in our family was back there so in my dad would call over there half an hour of a phone call What's around 78 Dollars that was a lot of money Once again great videoI You guys have a blessed day and may God bless you

@TheNewRevolution 2 месяца назад

Life before the internet was definitely better. You didn't know what you were going to get into every day. You didn't know who you might meet. Every day was an adventure. I might end up at a field party with kegs, in the back seat of my car with a beautiful girl, playing music with my friends. The stories I tell about my childhood are met with wonder by the younger generation. Sometimes, they even ask me if I made it up. They have very few adventures to tell of, comparatively. My entire childhood was an adventure and lasted until I was about 22. The only reason I grew up then was because I had a child of my own to take care of.

@danhollifield 2 месяца назад

OK, "Home Shopping Network" leaves out the entire era before cable TV networks. There is so much more to history before WWII, or even WWI.

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

I was born in 77 so I lived roughly half of my life before internet, or the Web I should say, the internet is much older. As you say it's a mix. It has definitely changed our lives for the better in many ways. I wouldn't have my career without it. But I do often long for times when people would meet in person regularly, not just once in a while.

@lawabernathy9256 2 месяца назад

I remember before the internet. I was born in 1985. I caught the best times before the internet and video games and cell pones. Its such a huge differwnce.

@michaelward5302 2 месяца назад

Why is it that we had access to less information back then but, knew how to do more? Now you have instant access to information but, know how to do less. I guess back then we knew what to do with the information. Now you're just overwhelmed with information that you don't really know the meaning of most of it, much less what to do with it.

@tommyc6066 2 месяца назад

Born in the 60's. The Internet is the greatest invention in my lifetime. The key is to use it in moderation. Great for music, videos, and convenience. Grocery delivery after my back surgery was necessary because I live alone. Bought my rental insurance online. Use the Internet as a tool to help you or to work from home instead of using it to isolate or troll people.

@krafttee1 2 месяца назад

I see a lot of comments about when kids use to play outside. I see kids playing outside all the time. I have grandkids 3 years old up to 16. We all enjoy hiking and going to parks. We walk in the creek and catch anything we can. Yes we have our phones with us and are sometimes making TikTok videos and posting Instagram pics, but we’re together and having fun

@jenniferbush41 2 месяца назад

I always say that I'm so glad that I grew up before social media! I lived on a street w/ a bunch of kids around my age, so we were always outside playing. However, I did meet my b/f online so I'm glad I had the internet as an adult!

@RicardoRamirez-us7hf 2 месяца назад

There are many pro's but I know one big con book that are copied to digital are being changed and most of the people don't even care. It reminds me of an old movie called roller ball. Where all the worlds book were being copied then destroyed, then they were being deleted because they wanted to control what people thought. Oh well .

@VinE83656 2 месяца назад

Mix tapes were usually recorded from vinyl albums for me. I'd play the cassette tapes in my car and listen to the actual record at home. If you had a pretty good receiver with built in cassette deck and left the blank tape in you could get pretty good as hitting the record as soon as you heard a song come on the radio.

@paulayala4816 2 месяца назад

Back in the '80's I got a job in a hobby store in the Brea Mall, California, I was 19 years old at the time. The mall..."any mall", was the place to be back then. I got to meet and date a lot of girls who came to the mall for shopping, some of these girlfriends I am still friends with to this day. The malls were also sort of like a early internet, if you wanted to find out where a party was, you would go to the mall and just ask your friends who worked there. "We knew where all the fun parties were." It's good to see that the Brea Mall is still around and active, unlike the Puente Hills mall, "where my freinds and I used to hang around at", which is pretty much dead now. For a fairly accurate taste of that time period, you need to watch the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".

@jamesplymire5342 2 месяца назад

Going to the video store and picking out a movie(VHS) to rent was the fun part. Now you just push play on your phone or tv. 😢

@AC-ni4gt 2 месяца назад

I remember when video rental stores were everywhere. Taking time to pick it and then bringing it home to watch.

@jshanks8571 2 месяца назад

You couldn't trim it but in a way , I guess you, You could listen to the song and as soon as it got to the end.You could hit stop and then record over that

@chunksaflyin7288 2 месяца назад

Love that you enjoy board games and sending Christmas cards. I started to send out Christmas and Birthday cards to my friends and it really does feel so good to hear back how they enjoyed getting them or receiving some from them in return. I'm 61 and have seen it go from everyone outdoors and basically 3 main channels and PBS to watch to full on living on the computer. I don't mind the Internet or everything that's come with it, but I will say I feel lucky to have been raised in the era of being made to get out, interact, use the imaginations and explore. The freedom of it all and even building a tree house on the side of a canyon away from prying eyes. Never hung out at malls as much as the roller rinks. Anyway, rambled on enough...love your channel and your reactions. Stay safe, keep up the great work and looking forward to all your upcoming posts.

@PEPPER2323 23 дня назад

We still send Christmas cards and I miss Blockbuster.

@joshsmith4512 2 месяца назад

my childhood and even early adult. we didn't write cause we liked it. long distance phone calls were expensive.

@tx_1 2 месяца назад

When you go to New Braunfels, go check out the rivers. Guadalupe, Comal, Blanco, San Marcos. I hung out at the river any chance I could when I was growing up. So much fun & so many great memories- I'm glad the internet wasn't around back then.

@mistressthorn 2 месяца назад

Yep remember all of this, including using VHS tapes to record movies/tv shows off the tv when you couldn't buy it in store. I remember using Encarta all the time, it was a lifesaver when you had to do a report! I admit I'm glad we have the Internet but things like social media have gotten way out of hand

@shadowangel3995 2 месяца назад

The advantage of asking someone out in the digital age is that unlike in person/ face to face interactions you aren’t pressured into answering right away or even at all if you don’t know how to respond. So for these types of situations, I personally think the digital age is better. Yes, in person interactions are the best but sadly many people aren’t good with social interactions and taking those interactions digital is better for them.

@cypher515 2 месяца назад

That is probably the silliest thumbnail quote I ever saw. I mean, my nieces and nephews STILL play outside. Then again, the teens and older do have to be encouraged to leave the house, so... :P (And I still go to the mall, but there are really only three malls within an hour of me, not counting what I call 'ghost malls'. Back in 1996 at the end of my teenaged years I remember there were two proper malls within... 'healthy walking distance' in Nassau County, Long Island, The Source and Roosevelt Field. The former one is basically a dead mall walking; luckily for the latter one, it's still one of the largest malls in America so it's got history behind it. It does NOT have a bookstore anymore though and that irks me.)

@r66fplaysgames 2 месяца назад

5:52 I had that EXACT copy of the Encarta 96 CD-ROM!

@JeffBishop_KB3QMT 2 месяца назад

Before the internet, there were Electronic Bulletin Boards, BBSs, where you would call another computer over the telephone lines. These had software to download as well as forums to post and reply to messages. Life was better before the internet. Kids spent their time outdoors playing or just sitting around talking. Now, all anyone seems to be doing is staring at their cell phones. One would think there's got to be more to life than that, but it doesn't seem so.

@johnscott4196 2 месяца назад

I'm 65 and my brother 61. I think it was better then but he disagrees, pointing out how much better TV are now and cheaper lol when I was in Highschool we had a man come to our school assembly and showed us a machine that would soon allow us to purchase movies (no thought of rental yet) and watch it at home on our huge wooden TV that picked up 3 channels lol but we did explore outside and were physically fit. I guess it's a mixed bag but I think it was better then.

@johnbattle7518 2 месяца назад

You are the smarter brother

@jeffmande4671 2 месяца назад

I remember when I first got online at home and it did feel like a new world and I had access to the world.

@judymurry2771 2 месяца назад

I loved times before the Internet

@scrambler69-xk3kv 2 месяца назад

Now I know I am old because many of the examples of life before the internet being shown here were not around while I was growing up.

@MsCatmando 2 месяца назад

Life was so much easier in the 60s 70s when you wanted to see a friend you went over his house and knocked on the door it was just easier times people nicer it was safer it was cheaper. I would take those days over these days anytime.

@jamesolson2334 2 месяца назад

Life before the internet was more charming and civilized, but unfortunately there would have been no opportunity to watch the wonderful Beesley’s!

@reginahernandez7810 2 месяца назад

LOL! TRIM IT

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

It's funny, as a freelance artist I've never met the majority of my clients. Never even talked on the phone. It's all done over email. I can't imagine what people would think if I told them that back then.

@TobyBaker-hz3rw 2 месяца назад

Freedom was lost

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

To be fair we had mobile video games before the internet. A good decade before. Plenty of games played on the TV too.

@warrendavis9262 2 месяца назад

Some things I used to do, I still do...

@brianito7779 2 месяца назад

I was born in 1969, we did not socialize at the mall, we shopped and then went home. Malls were great, but we didn't hang out and talk with strangers. Granted, if you and some friends decided to go to the mall together, I guess it could be considered socializing, but you usually just hung out in the neighborhood.

@woahhbro2906 2 месяца назад

Before the Internet (and probably more accurate, social media) people relied on other people for their source of entertainment. Now it seems people get in the way of our entertainment. There are a few viral RU-vid videos of "home videos" before the Internet. The difference in social interaction is wild. There's one of a "gas station in Orlando Florida" and then another one where a couple of boys go to a local record store. The Internet is great in many ways, but in some ways it has disconnected us and affected our sense of community.

@derekk8523 2 месяца назад

80s were the best. Kids still playing outside and the start of video games but they sucked so we decided to still go outside and break bones and get dirty.

@derekk8523 2 месяца назад

Not to mention it’s kids we learned how to fix our bikes/ mini bikes ect. Toys could kill you. Life was just different

@jameshundley8725 2 месяца назад

It was a better life before. Only good thing about now you have access to fast information when needed

@TheVitamin421 2 месяца назад

omg not the encyclopedia!

@anitapeludat256 2 месяца назад

I'm so thankful I grew up learning how to read a paper map and use a compass. I don't like GPS. It has dumbed us all down. I know people that will travel 50 miles away, within our state, and yet, when they park, they have no idea which direction home is . They have no idea exactly where they are in the state. I find that maddening. I'm teaching my Grandkids how to read a map, and also have wooden puzzles of the USA, point out our state and name the other states. My son gave my granddaughter a giant map of the world to hang on her bedroom wall. And I gave her a globe. By the age of 4 we were teaching her with the wooden puzzle. What if we lose all our towers and our grid goes down? Gps will be useless on our phones. We may only have satellite usage, which require a SAT phone.

@rq3733 2 месяца назад

I'm 74 and have lived through many generations. Simpler times back then but it had its good and bad all a matter of perspective I guess. Now I wonder how the generations in 30, 40, 50 years from now will look at their way of living, if better or gotten worse. Don't think I'll be around to find out.

@Amber-mv8wz 2 месяца назад

The internet should have been limited to simple knowledge. No social media, no shopping, no gaming. It's destroying young people.

@jonbrown3227 2 месяца назад

The internet like any tool can be used for good or evil. Evil is a product of free will and is a choice. If you want more restrictions go live in North Korea see how that goes.

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

To be fair shopping is really much better. There's so much more selection now. Stores can only stock so much. As for social media, I'm sitting here conjunction with people from all over the world while watching people in Jersey. That never could have happened without the Internet.