Things you miss pre internet days

[Agent Orange]

- gas used to cost under a dollar a gallon.
- San Francisco before it became a hub for tech industry
- when people used to take photos for memories instead of social media clout

 

[thedub]

I don't know how you guys managed to get anywhere before Google maps. Generally vicinity isn't hard. I mean houses 25 min from any highway.

Verbal directions. Before you went to someone's house that was 25 min from any highway, you would talk to them on the phone. They told you how to get there and you wrote it down on a piece of paper.

I worked in retail pre-smartphone. The landline phone rang all day long and half the calls were just asking where we were located/how to get there.

 

[MC BumSlap]

Dude, were you alive during caveman days?


As long as I can remember Jesus Voters have always been a problem.

Sure they have been. But...it wasn't wildly apparent as it is now for me at least.

 

[lizard]

- San Francisco before it became a hub for tech industry

The Mission was so cool!

 

[berth]

I mean, I'm happy the tech exists that makes these things possible and that tech is used in other applications I care about. But it comes with the side affects of your fridge or grill talk to you.

I hate having to either reconfigure, rebind, remember some password for my water system, etc.

It may be "Internet of things", but it's an "IoT" I can't remember how to talk to.

 

[lizard]

I miss:

• seeing kids playing in the street.

• the absence of billionaire techies, e.g., Jack, Bill, Suckassberg, the Netscape doofus, etc.

• film photography

 

[msethhunter]

People talking to each other with respect because they were afraid to get punched in the mouth if they didn't.

 

[m_asim]

Reading the morning paper with my cup of coffee starting with the sporting green

Pissing off my dad by opening and hoarding the sections of the newspaper he wanted to read first. Good times

Thanks to him I got introduced to books and amazing writers. Now with pre-digested information at your fingertips, most don't have the attention span to read books.

 

[TylerW]

I miss the days where people could make a horrible mistake and not get their lives ruined over it because literally everybody knows around the world within minutes.

You can always just own your past mistakes, and grow from them.

 

[Kurosaki]

People talking to each other with respect because they were afraid to get punched in the mouth if they didn't.

I don't particularly like you, far from hate you, but I can agree on this.

People that speak like their statements have no repercussions.

Any response not meant as a threat, but you can't just say hurtful things to people and then feel safety because they were words you pounded out on your keyboard.

A lot of the nicest and happy-go-lucky people I know are those are fighters and/or long time martial artists.

 

[lizard]

This:

 

[berth]

People that speak like their statements have no repercussions.

People used to shout their opinions alone at the television set. Now they speak globally with a potential viral component. The value of the comment is the same, it's impact that's changed.

 

[msethhunter]

I don't particularly like you, far from hate you, but I can agree on this.

I'd still pick you up if you were down. We have different political POV's, but you're passionate and seem genuine, respectable traits. You also don't seem malicious. We don't have to like each other's POV. But we need to help each other. The internet has changed that in many people unfortunately.

There's another forum I'm on that's work related. I've been there for a member there for 15 years. I've watched social media change quite a bit in that time frame. A lot of people who were just getting started in the industry are still there. For lack of a better way to say it, a lot of them have become major assholes because they've "made it" and can hide behind their keyboard. I've met many of them, and they're different people in person. Many of them are afraid of me/won't talk to me because I'm not. I'm okay with that.

 

[m_asim]

Thomas Guide. Remember going from Page A9 to Z16 for the next page

 

[lizard]

My cousin and I would check coin returns at SFO and always find $2-3 worth of quarters, which was a lot for 2 kids back in the 70s.

 

[Kurosaki]

I'd still pick you up if you were down. We have different political POV's, but you're passionate and seem genuine, respectable traits. You also don't seem malicious. We don't have to like each other's POV. But we need to help each other. The internet has changed that in many people unfortunately.

There's another forum I'm on that's work related. I've been there for a member there for 15 years. I've watched social media change quite a bit in that time frame. A lot of people who were just getting started in the industry are still there. For lack of a better way to say it, a lot of them have become major assholes because they've "made it" and can hide behind their keyboard. I've met many of them, and they're different people in person. Many of them are afraid of me/won't talk to me because I'm not. I'm okay with that.

I've been a part of some forums since 2003-2004 as well. Mostly car and bike forums. Things have definitely changed. Watching things over the years has been interesting. I've seen some things similar. People that have seriously 'made it' 10-15 years since they started posting and let money and possessions change them. Not all, of course, but it's not a rare occurence.

 

[Kurosaki]

My cousin and I would check coin returns at SFO and always find $2-3 worth of quarters, which was a lot for 2 kids back in the 70s.

Those jeans definitely go in the things I do NOT miss in the pre-internet days thread.

 

[aminalmutha]

Rulaxt fit bruh.

 

[Butch]

I'M talking to you NOW. I'm right here in front of you. Am I that boring? No, you can't look at the phone and listen to me. I'm tired of repeating myself.

Miami Vice!
But yeah, on folks manners on answering their phone thingies...
When folks do that, I just walk away.

If I was at the gym and they were tying up a machine, I think I would just sing “Beat It” loud enough to make their conversation impossible.

 

[1footdown]

Those jeans definitely go in the things I do NOT miss in the pre-internet days thread.

i miss my relaxed fit jeans! so damn comfortable