I'm Gen X and never use a newspaper. I know many boomers do. I have a mate who's a boomer and it frustrates me to no end watching him do everything the hard way. Especially when he's on a PC 😅 I've loved technology from the time we first got digital and electronic cash registers. I was 1 of 4 troubleshooters at a large department store and also did the old push button, put people through the switchboard. Now, I'm the go to girl for internet and everything it connects to in my generation and older. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks 😂 Cheers from Australia 👍
I'd say it was better for shopping and movies too. They were social back then, you could meet people, malls were awesome. Plus physical media has better image and audio quality than streaming. And having to go do things gave them more worth. And now days people miss out on things like say mom coming home with a surprise of some videos.
I was born in the late 1960s, grew up in the '70s. As a young child, because I was one of those "latch-key kids", I had to learn how to cook for myself at a very young age. Having those "recipe cards" was great, back then. Family had written recipes down for generations. But it made us self-sufficient. We learned not to rely on others if we were hungry. All we really needed was ingredients, a pan or pot, and a stove. Going out to a mall was a treat, and as a teenager in the 80s, it's where we all hung out. Either the mall, or an arcade.
To say there was no home delivery is false. There were many ways to have goods delivered to you. The most common way was through catalogs, the most famous one was the Sears catalog. But there were catalogs for all sorts of things, like clothing, books, household supplies, etc. Many local grocery stores had home delivery, usually by teens on bikes. There were milk men who delivered milk. Also, how do you think large items like new refrigerators and washing machines that wouldn't fit in your car got to you home? They were delivered.
There was UPS which was actually reliable and efficient unlike today (now they just leave it for the porch pirates so I don’t have anything delivered to the house at all except pizza, lol, how ironic is that part)
I don't think of home delivery in the 80s is similar to now. It would take weeks to get some clothes from the Sears catalog. Now Amazon, you can get it the next day, sometimes same day. Completely different. I was born in 72. I love shopping online. I can shop anywhere. Japan, Germany, UK. I loved growing up when I did. But the present (most of it) is the best. I wish Myspace was still around rather than X or Facebook. But I had dial up Internet and FiOS is so much better! I love my Gen Z kids who keep me in the know. And my kids know what the old timey gadgets are and respect them because that is how they have the new gadgets of today. You need to work with the time you are in, not fight it. You need to remember the times you came from. That is how we became who we are. All the generations. I love your videos. Brings back so many memories. Green 💚
Not sure if this was happening in other places. But we, in the Netherlands, had the RSV truck. It was basically a mini supermarket in a truck that would visit neighborhoods once a week. So was the 'groentenman' someone who sells fresh produce and the milkman. I remember my grandma leaving a basket in front of the door with a grocery list and money. If she was not able to answer the door or be at home at the time the truck came by. So yes, we had some kind of home delivery.
Think about this. The VCR wasn't available before about 1980. I was born in 1959, so was just turning 20 as the VCR came out. As a teenager, I either made sure I was home, made time, checked the "TV Guide" schedule beforehand and watched my favorite TV programs when I could. Oh! And we were stuck to watch commercials and if there was a line at the restroom during those commercials... you were likely to miss a little of your program as there was no pausing or rewinding. There was nothing worse that either getting home 10 minutes too late to catch the beginning of your program or having parents decide to make us leave before the end of a show... Or worse, Dad was already watching on another channel when you got there. It kinda sucked, but that was life. 😏
💚 I love your reactions, Jay. You are always so respectful to the way we grew up. I was born in 1957, and even though things may have been more challenging to accomplish throughout my childhood and earlier adult years, I wouldn’t change things for a minute. I do however love and embrace the new technology, and have willingly learned how to navigate through it to make my life easier as I grow older. Thanks again for your honest and respectful reactions!🥰💗
The internet somehow put all the information you could ever want at your fingertips ... and simultaneously made people more ignorant. Edit: misspelled simultaneously
I'm 55 (1969) Gen X, and my dad was born in 1926 (Greatest Gen). He was the youngest of 7 kids, and they lived on a farm in western Iowa. It wasn't the kind of farm with many acres, but one big enough to grow what they needed in addition to having chickens, etc. I think they had two horses for plowing and transportation. They walked the two miles (3 miles?) to school, of course. Anyway, the farmhouse had no indoor plumbing and no electricity. Dad would sometimes make the joke: "Yeah, we had running water...when we ran out to get it." His payment for his first car was $40 and a horse. His job for pocket money when he was in Junior High was to arrive at the one-room schoolhouse before everyone else from late autumn through early spring, to get the corncob stove up and going so there was some warmth when everyone else arrived. The only way any of us today (especially Millennials/Gen Z) would have just a taste of that life, would be to stay for a few days at a primitive campground or go backcountry hiking. I've done a week of camping a few times where the bathroom was an outhouse and the water came from a spigot (living the cush life--we didn't have to pump it), and you had to take your stuff and walk a good 10 minutes to the bathhouse for a shower. Never done it when there wasn't a place to shower, and I was always THANKFUL for those. Especially since they had hot water. I really wonder how Gen Z kids would do with a weekend like that. And no phones. 🤔
The video though failed to mention phone/catalog ordering. All thru the 20th century we had mail-order by catalog by what was some worldwide catalogs and nationwide ones.
GenX youthful screwups only lasted as long as people’s wetware-based memories lasted. No permanent digital recordings. Also no cyber bullying. On the flip side, the lack of photo, audio, and video evidence meant that physical bullying was undoubtedly far more common. On the flip flip side, guns were far less prevalent, so we didn’t ever worry about things escalating beyond concussions or broken bones.
I think initially Gen Z would be freaked out landing in the 80's with no cell phone or Internet service. Not ever having to memorize phone numbers might be a problem, but maybe Grandma lives in the home they remember. Of course, they may be older than their parents and Grandma would just call the police 😂😂 The news back then covered events that actually happened not the opinions of the host of the shows. The 24 hour news cycle screwed up the media quite a lot.
We also didn't have ads set up to look like real news programs and all the dis-information. It was easier to evaluate the quality of information sources. Very few people would believe something in the "National Enquirer" over "The Washington Post" or their local newspapers. Unfortunately, it seems that today many people believe all sources on the internet are of equal value.
Does anyone realize how much has changed so fast! What took 20+ years ago, now is reality. One generation has changed a lot. What changes will we see in the next 10? Your kids will look at you and be amazed at what you have and use those things for. Personal interaction was important then, not so much now. But love your channel
I'll check the news on my phone on a break at work but there's something about sitting on the porch on a Sunday morning with the newspaper and a pot of coffee. It's a different kind of relaxation than you get from the digital world.
The priceless thing in this by-gone era was the human interaction and the effort it takes to make most day to day tasks happen. You see and feel the authenticity because of this.
What I don’t understand is that younger generations seem to be much less knowledgeable than the older generations (who had no internet, no google, no Wikipedia). Asking youth today about geography or history is often shocking.
I still have never shopped online, nor do i ever plan to 💚 Nice video 💚 I still always prefer living my life outside, going to live music sitting in a cafe and talking face to face with someone, as real interactions with people are important to me💚 ✌️🍂💞
@@LillianOglethorpe it is what I am used to... My career has been the restaurant/bar industry, so humanity lives there for me... As much as it took a hit, in the banned from talking about times, I hope it comes back again soon✌️🍂💞
It’s a little sad to see how I have been influenced by modern culture. In a way I was indoctrinated culturally, politically, and socially. It’s time to take the power back 💪🤘👊
I'm part of that generation that grew up without the internet but who now all game on line and get our stuff delivered to us whilst whining on about the death of the high street shops. The best generation was the time any particular person grew up in. Times change. And we all move on. I can deal with that 😉
I had more than 3 channels on antenna and with cable. My nana had cable in her house in the early 1970’s and if the cable went out we hooked up the antenna and got almost the same local channels
I remember the days before VCRs. You'd get the TV schedule and you'd plan your week around it. If something you wanted to watch was coming on TV on Friday, you stayed home and watched it because that was the ONLY time it would be seen.
I'm Gen X, and I'm smiling because I'm practicing my cursive handwriting with a fountain pen as I'm watching/listening to the ending of this video. It might surprise you to glance over to Reddit at the r/Handwriting or r/Fountainpens and see that there is still a sizable fraction still having fun with this tactile activity. I looked at the overview of your various playlists and am impressed at the range of historic topics you've already explored. Fortunately there is still so much more out there. One video I'd expect you'll eventually react to would be ,"Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk" - My suggestion is to turn on (CC) Closed Captions to see year and movie title from each clip.
That really is a creative art form, if you want to make it one. I've been thinking that I might spend some time shaping up my (all-cursive) penmanship. My current handwriting is a blend of cursive and print. I've not done much with a fountain pen. The couple of times I tried it, I struggled to get the ink to flow right.
@@LillianOglethorpe The R/Handwriting subreddit I'd mentioned has some nice pointers, examples, and resource links. Also, regarding ink flow, the specifics of pen, ink, and paper, are involved, not just your current technique. It really is a fun hobby, though fountain pen collecting on its own can get dangerously expensive. However, there are plenty of affordable quality pens out there as well. It doesn't need to be some crazy grail pen.
In the 70’s, if you missed an episode of a TV show, you had to wait for the summer reruns and watch the TV Guide for when that episode would air. Long distance phone calls were expensive. Cheaper rates after 10 pm and weekends. My Mom had a 3 minute egg timer by the phone and Lind distance calls were limited to 1 flip, which was 6 minutes to talk with my Grandmother, aunts, or other family.
One thing that we had back then that I miss dearly was walking down the street and saying Hello or even Good Morning to somebody you pass by and actually getting a reply back from them. I still say Hello to others today, but 95% of those I pass by now don't even reply. Really miss the communication we all actually had with each other back then.
Up until the age of 10, I only had 3 tv channels and no VCR. I had my own tv but it was black and white and only 13" in size. I felt so fortunate to have it.
On the cooking thing...true, there were a lot of recipes handwritten and passed down through the family, but plenty of moms when I was a kid used recipes found on the label on the box or can of an ingredient. Like pancakes or dumplings on a Bisquick box, or a recipe for green bean casserole on a can of green beans or mushroom soup.
You've seen plenty vcr tapes. You keep mistaking them for dvds. Video Cassette Recorder. Music cassettes were small and a different platform altogether. VCR tapes were large. They were about 8"*4"*2". Music cassettes were about4"*2"1/2". Travel brochures had to be accurate or the producers could have been sued for misrepresentation
I did my undergrad dissertation using a card catalogue to find books and articles. It was a huge challenge. (I also typed the entire thing on a typewriter - all 80+ pages).
💚Oh cassette tapes!!!!! Those are the types for recording music/audio; VHS was for movies. You could buy the prerecorded cassettes and listen OR you could buy blank tapes and set your radio with the "record" and "pause" buttons pressed on standby, when your favorite jam came on the radio, release the pause button, when the dj started talking (because they rarely played the song to the end before they broke in 😆), you pressed the pause button to stop recording and wait for you next fav. I was born in 1970 and still have some of my cassette tapes today. 💚 And another thing about doing research papers: if you had a set of encyclopedias at home, when information changed, you couldn't just refresh and update the pages 😁🤭
It wasn't until the early 80's that VCRs became super popular. Before then, if you wanted to watch a film, you had to catch it on TV (of which before cable there were like seven channels) or go to a screening.
The benefit of the old way of research is that you ended up reading a lot of information that you didn't need at the time, but you'd eventually use. It gave you much more context for what you were learning and a broader base of knowledge.
My dad had a VCR in 1978. It was more expensive then and it came with a video camera that was huge. I think it had to be attached to the VCR to record. Eventually we had a camera that used actual VHS tapes and didn't have to be attached to the VCR.
Do you have public libraries where you live? In American libraries the Dewey Decimal System is still used for non fiction items. Colleges use a similar but different categorizing system. Not sure about other countries and their libraries...
When I grew up in the 80s, there were like, a handful of channels. ABC, CBS, NBC, were the network channels. Then there was Fox (nothing like today's), PBS, and that was it. A few people had huge satellite dishes taking up their entire yard and could get things like MTV, HBO, Disney, and some others.
I was born in 1971, and I’m happy about my childhood and teenage years. At the same time though, I’m so glad we have everything we do now. I have mental health issues that make going out and socializing very hard at times; I’m thankful I can now still have more interaction with others on the internet (including support groups). It also makes me laugh when I hear “before the internet”; forget about “before the internet”… how about “before personal computers were a thing” to be more accurate!
Long distance was around $.15 per minute for long distance in the US in late 80s/early 90s. It was $.25 per minute to call long distance within your state (yes it was more expensive to call within a state than it was to call across the country... I'm not sure why). It was over $1 per minute to call internationally. Think of it as, when you were younger they used to charge for texts over a certain amount. Now, texting is mostly unlimited.
You could buy the tapes, obviously. And most of us didn't mind listening to the radio. You'd here so many songs you wouldn't have normally. I think that's why Gen X has such a large repertoire of music.
They didn't mention how kids played outside with other kids. There wasn't a lot to occupy yourself with in the house so playing with other kids outside was our main source of entertainment. Playing things like hide and seek, sardines, soccer baseball, ball hockey etc.... kept us active.... kids were not bouncing off the walls with pent up energy and being labeled with ADHD, kids were seldom overweight, and our social skills were well developed.... they had to be.
There is no doubt that the internet is brilliant for lots of things (like watching you, Jay!) but I do miss the old ways, we managed happily without all this technology. 💚
Everything is true on there except for one thing, there was home delivery and you could shop at home, but you needed catalogs mailed to you. You can browse thru them and order what you wanted if you had the products number. Then you mailed a check along with your purchase order. They've been around since the 19th century. Sears was a big one. I still get catalogs sent to the house
I am gen X age 59 my husband is also gen X age 55 we don't read the Newspaper. It is the silent generation and the older Baby boomers that subscribe to the Newspaper but most newspapers are online now at least here in the US.
VCR , recorded shows , movies ,the only way to guarantee that No one recorded over with another show or movie they had little tabs on the top and if you pushed it in the mechanism inside the vcr(video cassette recorder) couldn’t make contact to record.
I still prefer to go to an actual store as opposed to buying on-line. You know exactly what you're getting & if it's clothes, you know for sure how it looks on you & if it fits.
Things may have taken longer back then, but it forced us to slow down. We are often too busy these days. Everything comes in a rush. It's go,go,go and faster every day. It makes our heads spin and we don't notice. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. --Ferris Bueller. It's more true now than it was then.
VCR. Video cassette recorder. It wasnt that bad, dude. Those were the best times to live. We were always occupied doing something. Staring at screens all day doesn't count. I miss those days and interactions.
VCR video recording system yeah you grew up in a great time and internet everything's in place everything is great but that's genetics yeah we didn't have that and if the president was on your night yeah your night was literally messed up and if you didn't have a VCR which we didn't have for a long time because my family was poor either went out for a walk you got out a board game like Monopoly or sorry or you play games like you play games like canasta spades war those were other games you can play but those are card games we always had something to do though specially on a rainy day
The face-to-face interactions weren't always great bonding experiences lol. I remember my parents' bridge games with their friends when I was little, and some of their friends would get into serious arguments with their spouses over stupid bridge moves. I feel like people's personal interactions depend more on the people and less on the format. I've had great times with friends in person and online.
Do a search on terms along the lines of "action park", "traction park" "class action park" "most dangerous waterpark" etc. lots of videos and maybe some good stuff to react to if you want a look at wild 70s/80s too around mid-90s adventure parks!
News breaks and better access media happened during Gen X's time. We watched the fall of the Berlin Wall. We watched the Challenger thing in our classrooms. Now it's all gone a step too far. People have a hard time decyphering fact from fiction and there is SO MUCH of it. Now, we 'can't see the forest through the trees' (that's s common phrase in the US).
Libraries still use the Dewey Decimal system. I'm not sure you realize what that is. You've probably used it and dont realize that's what it's called. Computers are now used instead of those cards. So instead of looking for it under a variety of subjects individually, or the title, or the author, a computer does a combined search and saves so much time.
You will never have a true appreciation or understanding of Gen X unless you actually experience these things daily. I wouldn't change anything about growing up in the best Generation. I tried to raise my kids with as much of the Gen X as possible.
Barely anything was instant, or easy. You had to have patience in the past. The first internet was dial-up... and that took forever. There was home delivery, though. Flowers, food, even groceries could be delivered. You just phoned it in if the place had the service. There were catalogues from which you would do mail orders, so you still got packages. It wasn't fast is all.
You are roght, we had to use our brains much more, and interact with pther people. The feeling it gives you, the endrophones, dopamone by smiling and laughong together- that's a real feelong. The feeping of achievement when you completed a task is as addictive as candy crush. I highly recommend.
So we had cassettes for music they were juat a few inches long and you put them into a boombox in the 70s and 70s. Vcr tapes were movies you put into a vcr tape olayer
Libraries still use the Dewey Decimal system. I'm not sure you realize what that is. You've probably used it and dont realize it. Computers are now used instead of those cards. So instead of looking for it under a variety of subjects, or the title, or the author, a computer does a combined search.
Lack of easily attainable information was the previous norm. The internet brought on The Information Age. It is almost hard to even think back to how bad it was before. If your parents or someone around you didnt know it neither did you. You would have to travel to artisan locations and talk to specialist to get any real knowledge, wisdom was much more charished. One way to get current information about things was magazines. I was into mechanical stuff and had subscriptions to Hot Rod and Popular Mechanics. They would send a new magazine every month, it was the best way to find out cool stuff at home. Now there are more automotive and engineering channels than a person could watch on UA-cam. The information now comes almost instantly not months later in a magazine.
The difference between Gen X & yall is...Unless it was captured on a Polaroid Picture there's no evidence of the stupid shit we did LMAOOOOOO😂😂😂😂😂 And kids in Elementary School are now doing some of their school work on IPads in the classrooms
Here’s an answer along with a question or two. Here’s the biggest change I notice and actually loathe, the ability to request monetary compensation for an opinion or any other little unverifiable thing. The internet not only stopped people from interacting with people in person it has given scammers a whole new way to extort money. Now for the question. Have you personally actually tried to go outside and experience the world or anything you have learned from all these videos you’ve posted? If not then why are you doing this? If you want to learn something, try learning by doing. When you do even the smallest amount of what you are reacting to you will get an even better understanding than by any number of comments.
Each new generation is getting more and more dumb since the internet arrived . Kids don't have to learn or remember anything, the answers are in their pockets .
Can't wrap your head around the Dewey decimal system??? That's still used to categorize library books. Have you never been to the library man? I learned it in like 1st grade. Not hard.
I'm not saying this to be mean or funny, but, if a gen z were to travel back in time to experience the 80s or further back....they simply would not be able to manage. They would not know how to navigate, find answers to anything, call anyone, find the number to call anyone, or even pay for anything. most would not be able to tell what time it was, or read the notes or directions they were given in cursive. Add to that they would be TERRIBLY impatient with how much slower everything was
It makes me kind of afraid for your generation and maybe some that follow. What will happen when the older generations are gone and looking for new answers, new paths, new inventions are needed but the answers aren't there for you at the click of a button? If people aren't used to using these parts of their brains, can you bring new possibilities to life or has your ability to think been caused to atrophy? Just things to think about, like, before it's too late.
@@noself7889You're right. I'm going to vote for Trump, he wants to deport all the brown people, and lock up all black people. Well, whoever is left after that, the police will be allowed to make a really bad day for some really bad people. Good luck!
Things might be a little easier now, but I wouldn't trade my childhood or teen years for nothing.
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I'm Gen X and never use a newspaper. I know many boomers do. I have a mate who's a boomer and it frustrates me to no end watching him do everything the hard way. Especially when he's on a PC 😅
I've loved technology from the time we first got digital and electronic cash registers. I was 1 of 4 troubleshooters at a large department store and also did the old push button, put people through the switchboard. Now, I'm the go to girl for internet and everything it connects to in my generation and older. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks 😂 Cheers from Australia 👍
Online shopping and streaming is convenient but life back then was way better for the things that actually matter !
I'd say it was better for shopping and movies too. They were social back then, you could meet people, malls were awesome. Plus physical media has better image and audio quality than streaming. And having to go do things gave them more worth. And now days people miss out on things like say mom coming home with a surprise of some videos.
I was born in the late 1960s, grew up in the '70s. As a young child, because I was one of those "latch-key kids", I had to learn how to cook for myself at a very young age. Having those "recipe cards" was great, back then. Family had written recipes down for generations. But it made us self-sufficient. We learned not to rely on others if we were hungry. All we really needed was ingredients, a pan or pot, and a stove.
Going out to a mall was a treat, and as a teenager in the 80s, it's where we all hung out. Either the mall, or an arcade.
Me too
Born in 1967
To say there was no home delivery is false. There were many ways to have goods delivered to you. The most common way was through catalogs, the most famous one was the Sears catalog. But there were catalogs for all sorts of things, like clothing, books, household supplies, etc. Many local grocery stores had home delivery, usually by teens on bikes. There were milk men who delivered milk. Also, how do you think large items like new refrigerators and washing machines that wouldn't fit in your car got to you home? They were delivered.
There was UPS which was actually reliable and efficient unlike today (now they just leave it for the porch pirates so I don’t have anything delivered to the house at all except pizza, lol, how ironic is that part)
I don't think of home delivery in the 80s is similar to now. It would take weeks to get some clothes from the Sears catalog. Now Amazon, you can get it the next day, sometimes same day. Completely different. I was born in 72. I love shopping online. I can shop anywhere. Japan, Germany, UK. I loved growing up when I did. But the present (most of it) is the best. I wish Myspace was still around rather than X or Facebook. But I had dial up Internet and FiOS is so much better! I love my Gen Z kids who keep me in the know. And my kids know what the old timey gadgets are and respect them because that is how they have the new gadgets of today. You need to work with the time you are in, not fight it. You need to remember the times you came from. That is how we became who we are. All the generations. I love your videos. Brings back so many memories. Green 💚
I remember my mum getting groceries delivered in the early 70’s to the house.
My mom blew all kinds of money on Fingerhut
Not sure if this was happening in other places. But we, in the Netherlands, had the RSV truck. It was basically a mini supermarket in a truck that would visit neighborhoods once a week. So was the 'groentenman' someone who sells fresh produce and the milkman.
I remember my grandma leaving a basket in front of the door with a grocery list and money. If she was not able to answer the door or be at home at the time the truck came by.
So yes, we had some kind of home delivery.
Think about this. The VCR wasn't available before about 1980. I was born in 1959, so was just turning 20 as the VCR came out. As a teenager, I either made sure I was home, made time, checked the "TV Guide" schedule beforehand and watched my favorite TV programs when I could. Oh! And we were stuck to watch commercials and if there was a line at the restroom during those commercials... you were likely to miss a little of your program as there was no pausing or rewinding. There was nothing worse that either getting home 10 minutes too late to catch the beginning of your program or having parents decide to make us leave before the end of a show... Or worse, Dad was already watching on another channel when you got there. It kinda sucked, but that was life. 😏
💚 I love your reactions, Jay. You are always so respectful to the way we grew up. I was born in 1957, and even though things may have been more challenging to accomplish throughout my childhood and earlier adult years, I wouldn’t change things for a minute. I do however love and embrace the new technology, and have willingly learned how to navigate through it to make my life easier as I grow older. Thanks again for your honest and respectful reactions!🥰💗
The internet somehow put all the information you could ever want at your fingertips ... and simultaneously made people more ignorant.
Edit: misspelled simultaneously
If you think things were hard before the internet, imagine how things were before homes had electricity.
Or indoor plumbing. My great grandmother still had a hand pump in her kitchen until her death in 74
I'm 55 (1969) Gen X, and my dad was born in 1926 (Greatest Gen). He was the youngest of 7 kids, and they lived on a farm in western Iowa. It wasn't the kind of farm with many acres, but one big enough to grow what they needed in addition to having chickens, etc. I think they had two horses for plowing and transportation. They walked the two miles (3 miles?) to school, of course.
Anyway, the farmhouse had no indoor plumbing and no electricity. Dad would sometimes make the joke: "Yeah, we had running water...when we ran out to get it."
His payment for his first car was $40 and a horse. His job for pocket money when he was in Junior High was to arrive at the one-room schoolhouse before everyone else from late autumn through early spring, to get the corncob stove up and going so there was some warmth when everyone else arrived.
The only way any of us today (especially Millennials/Gen Z) would have just a taste of that life, would be to stay for a few days at a primitive campground or go backcountry hiking.
I've done a week of camping a few times where the bathroom was an outhouse and the water came from a spigot (living the cush life--we didn't have to pump it), and you had to take your stuff and walk a good 10 minutes to the bathhouse for a shower. Never done it when there wasn't a place to shower, and I was always THANKFUL for those. Especially since they had hot water.
I really wonder how Gen Z kids would do with a weekend like that. And no phones. 🤔
lol yhhh if I did do that I think I would malfunction😂
I remember doing research papers in school. You had to go to the library and look thur reference books and take notes
Class of 78 here
The video though failed to mention phone/catalog ordering. All thru the 20th century we had mail-order by catalog by what was some worldwide catalogs and nationwide ones.
GenX youthful screwups only lasted as long as people’s wetware-based memories lasted. No permanent digital recordings. Also no cyber bullying. On the flip side, the lack of photo, audio, and video evidence meant that physical bullying was undoubtedly far more common. On the flip flip side, guns were far less prevalent, so we didn’t ever worry about things escalating beyond concussions or broken bones.
I think initially Gen Z would be freaked out landing in the 80's with no cell phone or Internet service. Not ever having to memorize phone numbers might be a problem, but maybe Grandma lives in the home they remember. Of course, they may be older than their parents and Grandma would just call the police 😂😂
The news back then covered events that actually happened not the opinions of the host of the shows. The 24 hour news cycle screwed up the media quite a lot.
There was hourly news on the radio. If important news happened there could even be a special bulletin.
We also didn't have ads set up to look like real news programs and all the dis-information. It was easier to evaluate the quality of information sources. Very few people would believe something in the "National Enquirer" over "The Washington Post" or their local newspapers. Unfortunately, it seems that today many people believe all sources on the internet are of equal value.
They won’t be able to function when the electronics they function with fail
Does anyone realize how much has changed so fast! What took 20+ years ago, now is reality. One generation has changed a lot. What changes will we see in the next 10? Your kids will look at you and be amazed at what you have and use those things for. Personal interaction was important then, not so much now. But love your channel
I'll check the news on my phone on a break at work but there's something about sitting on the porch on a Sunday morning with the newspaper and a pot of coffee. It's a different kind of relaxation than you get from the digital world.
Convienance is not always good
You could buy clothes by mail order using the Sears catalogue. The modern world isn’t always the best.
I still have all my letters from my best friend in high school. We would write up to 25 pages per letter, lol
I prefer to go to the store and am resentful of on line shoppers causing our stores to close and self checkouts
The priceless thing in this by-gone era was the human interaction and the effort it takes to make most day to day tasks happen. You see and feel the authenticity because of this.
What I don’t understand is that younger generations seem to be much less knowledgeable than the older generations (who had no internet, no google, no Wikipedia). Asking youth today about geography or history is often shocking.
I still have never shopped online, nor do i ever plan to 💚
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I still always prefer living my life outside, going to live music sitting in a cafe and talking face to face with someone, as real interactions with people are important to me💚
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You're savoring life, at life speed and not internet speed.
@@LillianOglethorpe great way to say it, thank you💕
@@kerriniemi9525 Aw, good I'm glad. Thank you! And congratulations on doing life RIGHT.
@@LillianOglethorpe it is what I am used to... My career has been the restaurant/bar industry, so humanity lives there for me... As much as it took a hit, in the banned from talking about times, I hope it comes back again soon✌️🍂💞
It’s a little sad to see how I have been influenced by modern culture. In a way I was indoctrinated culturally, politically, and socially. It’s time to take the power back 💪🤘👊
I'm part of that generation that grew up without the internet but who now all game on line and get our stuff delivered to us whilst whining on about the death of the high street shops. The best generation was the time any particular person grew up in. Times change. And we all move on. I can deal with that 😉
There was no cable or streaming T.V. and there were only 3 channels
I had more than 3 channels on antenna and with cable. My nana had cable in her house in the early 1970’s and if the cable went out we hooked up the antenna and got almost the same local channels
I remember the days before VCRs. You'd get the TV schedule and you'd plan your week around it. If something you wanted to watch was coming on TV on Friday, you stayed home and watched it because that was the ONLY time it would be seen.
I'm Gen X, and I'm smiling because I'm practicing my cursive handwriting with a fountain pen as I'm watching/listening to the ending of this video. It might surprise you to glance over to Reddit at the r/Handwriting or r/Fountainpens and see that there is still a sizable fraction still having fun with this tactile activity.
I looked at the overview of your various playlists and am impressed at the range of historic topics you've already explored. Fortunately there is still so much more out there. One video I'd expect you'll eventually react to would be ,"Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk" - My suggestion is to turn on (CC) Closed Captions to see year and movie title from each clip.
That really is a creative art form, if you want to make it one. I've been thinking that I might spend some time shaping up my (all-cursive) penmanship. My current handwriting is a blend of cursive and print. I've not done much with a fountain pen. The couple of times I tried it, I struggled to get the ink to flow right.
@@LillianOglethorpe The R/Handwriting subreddit I'd mentioned has some nice pointers, examples, and resource links. Also, regarding ink flow, the specifics of pen, ink, and paper, are involved, not just your current technique. It really is a fun hobby, though fountain pen collecting on its own can get dangerously expensive. However, there are plenty of affordable quality pens out there as well. It doesn't need to be some crazy grail pen.
In the 70’s, if you missed an episode of a TV show, you had to wait for the summer reruns and watch the TV Guide for when that episode would air.
Long distance phone calls were expensive. Cheaper rates after 10 pm and weekends. My Mom had a 3 minute egg timer by the phone and Lind distance calls were limited to 1 flip, which was 6 minutes to talk with my Grandmother, aunts, or other family.
One thing that we had back then that I miss dearly was walking down the street and saying Hello or even Good Morning to somebody you pass by and actually getting a reply back from them. I still say Hello to others today, but 95% of those I pass by now don't even reply. Really miss the communication we all actually had with each other back then.
Up until the age of 10, I only had 3 tv channels and no VCR. I had my own tv but it was black and white and only 13" in size. I felt so fortunate to have it.
On the cooking thing...true, there were a lot of recipes handwritten and passed down through the family, but plenty of moms when I was a kid used recipes found on the label on the box or can of an ingredient. Like pancakes or dumplings on a Bisquick box, or a recipe for green bean casserole on a can of green beans or mushroom soup.
You've seen plenty vcr tapes. You keep mistaking them for dvds. Video Cassette Recorder. Music cassettes were small and a different platform altogether. VCR tapes were large. They were about 8"*4"*2". Music cassettes were about4"*2"1/2". Travel brochures had to be accurate or the producers could have been sued for misrepresentation
I did my undergrad dissertation using a card catalogue to find books and articles. It was a huge challenge. (I also typed the entire thing on a typewriter - all 80+ pages).
💚Oh cassette tapes!!!!! Those are the types for recording music/audio; VHS was for movies. You could buy the prerecorded cassettes and listen OR you could buy blank tapes and set your radio with the "record" and "pause" buttons pressed on standby, when your favorite jam came on the radio, release the pause button, when the dj started talking (because they rarely played the song to the end before they broke in 😆), you pressed the pause button to stop recording and wait for you next fav. I was born in 1970 and still have some of my cassette tapes today. 💚
And another thing about doing research papers: if you had a set of encyclopedias at home, when information changed, you couldn't just refresh and update the pages 😁🤭
It wasn't until the early 80's that VCRs became super popular. Before then, if you wanted to watch a film, you had to catch it on TV (of which before cable there were like seven channels) or go to a screening.
The benefit of the old way of research is that you ended up reading a lot of information that you didn't need at the time, but you'd eventually use. It gave you much more context for what you were learning and a broader base of knowledge.
I miss grabbing a bowl of cereal and plopping my butt down to watch Saturday morning cartoons.
My dad had a VCR in 1978. It was more expensive then and it came with a video camera that was huge. I think it had to be attached to the VCR to record. Eventually we had a camera that used actual VHS tapes and didn't have to be attached to the VCR.
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Do you have public libraries where you live? In American libraries the Dewey Decimal System is still used for non fiction items. Colleges use a similar but different categorizing system. Not sure about other countries and their libraries...
When I grew up in the 80s, there were like, a handful of channels. ABC, CBS, NBC, were the network channels. Then there was Fox (nothing like today's), PBS, and that was it. A few people had huge satellite dishes taking up their entire yard and could get things like MTV, HBO, Disney, and some others.
I was born in 1971, and I’m happy about my childhood and teenage years. At the same time though, I’m so glad we have everything we do now. I have mental health issues that make going out and socializing very hard at times; I’m thankful I can now still have more interaction with others on the internet (including support groups).
It also makes me laugh when I hear “before the internet”; forget about “before the internet”… how about “before personal computers were a thing” to be more accurate!
technology gets smarter people are getting dumer
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Long distance was around $.15 per minute for long distance in the US in late 80s/early 90s. It was $.25 per minute to call long distance within your state (yes it was more expensive to call within a state than it was to call across the country... I'm not sure why). It was over $1 per minute to call internationally.
Think of it as, when you were younger they used to charge for texts over a certain amount. Now, texting is mostly unlimited.
You could buy the tapes, obviously. And most of us didn't mind listening to the radio. You'd here so many songs you wouldn't have normally. I think that's why Gen X has such a large repertoire of music.
They didn't mention how kids played outside with other kids. There wasn't a lot to occupy yourself with in the house so playing with other kids outside was our main source of entertainment. Playing things like hide and seek, sardines, soccer baseball, ball hockey etc.... kept us active.... kids were not bouncing off the walls with pent up energy and being labeled with ADHD, kids were seldom overweight, and our social skills were well developed.... they had to be.
There is no doubt that the internet is brilliant for lots of things (like watching you, Jay!) but I do miss the old ways, we managed happily without all this technology. 💚
A windy phone😂😂😂
VCRs weren’t around until the 80s . Before that you had to go to the theater to see a movie . So there was no way to record your shows either .
Everything is true on there except for one thing, there was home delivery and you could shop at home, but you needed catalogs mailed to you. You can browse thru them and order what you wanted if you had the products number. Then you mailed a check along with your purchase order. They've been around since the 19th century. Sears was a big one. I still get catalogs sent to the house
I am gen X age 59 my husband is also gen X age 55 we don't read the Newspaper. It is the silent generation and the older Baby boomers that subscribe to the Newspaper but most newspapers are online now at least here in the US.
VCR , recorded shows , movies ,the only way to guarantee that No one recorded over with another show or movie they had little tabs on the top and if you pushed it in the mechanism inside the vcr(video cassette recorder) couldn’t make contact to record.
I still prefer to go to an actual store as opposed to buying on-line. You know exactly what you're getting & if it's clothes, you know for sure how it looks on you & if it fits.
Things may have taken longer back then, but it forced us to slow down. We are often too busy these days. Everything comes in a rush. It's go,go,go and faster every day. It makes our heads spin and we don't notice. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. --Ferris Bueller. It's more true now than it was then.
VCR. Video cassette recorder.
It wasnt that bad, dude. Those were the best times to live. We were always occupied doing something. Staring at screens all day doesn't count. I miss those days and interactions.
VCR video recording system yeah you grew up in a great time and internet everything's in place everything is great but that's genetics yeah we didn't have that and if the president was on your night yeah your night was literally messed up and if you didn't have a VCR which we didn't have for a long time because my family was poor either went out for a walk you got out a board game like Monopoly or sorry or you play games like you play games like canasta spades war those were other games you can play but those are card games we always had something to do though specially on a rainy day
The face-to-face interactions weren't always great bonding experiences lol. I remember my parents' bridge games with their friends when I was little, and some of their friends would get into serious arguments with their spouses over stupid bridge moves. I feel like people's personal interactions depend more on the people and less on the format. I've had great times with friends in person and online.
I was a slow typer. I could only type 35 words a minute
Do a search on terms along the lines of "action park", "traction park" "class action park" "most dangerous waterpark" etc. lots of videos and maybe some good stuff to react to if you want a look at wild 70s/80s too around mid-90s adventure parks!
News breaks and better access media happened during Gen X's time. We watched the fall of the Berlin Wall. We watched the Challenger thing in our classrooms. Now it's all gone a step too far. People have a hard time decyphering fact from fiction and there is SO MUCH of it. Now, we 'can't see the forest through the trees' (that's s common phrase in the US).
I am gen x and actually miss the days when you when you looked up info in encyclopedia brittanica
Libraries still use the Dewey Decimal system. I'm not sure you realize what that is. You've probably used it and dont realize that's what it's called.
Computers are now used instead of those cards. So instead of looking for it under a variety of subjects individually, or the title, or the author, a computer does a combined search and saves so much time.
You will never have a true appreciation or understanding of Gen X unless you actually experience these things daily. I wouldn't change anything about growing up in the best Generation. I tried to raise my kids with as much of the Gen X as possible.
Barely anything was instant, or easy. You had to have patience in the past. The first internet was dial-up... and that took forever. There was home delivery, though. Flowers, food, even groceries could be delivered. You just phoned it in if the place had the service. There were catalogues from which you would do mail orders, so you still got packages. It wasn't fast is all.
You are roght, we had to use our brains much more, and interact with pther people. The feeling it gives you, the endrophones, dopamone by smiling and laughong together- that's a real feelong. The feeping of achievement when you completed a task is as addictive as candy crush. I highly recommend.
So we had cassettes for music they were juat a few inches long and you put them into a boombox in the 70s and 70s.
Vcr tapes were movies you put into a vcr tape olayer
You'll be 50 in no time and the kids will make 'oh wauw that's crazy' vids about your 2020's lifestyle. ;)
Libraries still use the Dewey Decimal system. I'm not sure you realize what that is. You've probably used it and dont realize it. Computers are now used instead of those cards. So instead of looking for it under a variety of subjects, or the title, or the author, a computer does a combined search.
I have seen gen alphas who didn't know what an analog clock was .
Lack of easily attainable information was the previous norm.
The internet brought on The Information Age.
It is almost hard to even think back to how bad it was before. If your parents or someone around you didnt know it neither did you. You would have to travel to artisan locations and talk to specialist to get any real knowledge, wisdom was much more charished.
One way to get current information about things was magazines. I was into mechanical stuff and had subscriptions to Hot Rod and Popular Mechanics. They would send a new magazine every month, it was the best way to find out cool stuff at home.
Now there are more automotive and engineering channels than a person could watch on UA-cam. The information now comes almost instantly not months later in a magazine.
The difference between Gen X & yall is...Unless it was captured on a Polaroid Picture there's no evidence of the stupid shit we did LMAOOOOOO😂😂😂😂😂 And kids in Elementary School are now doing some of their school work on IPads in the classrooms
I'm Gen X. Big difference than Gen Z❤🎉
If a Gen Z yravel ba k in time...would be terrified but having fun at same time
Here’s an answer along with a question or two. Here’s the biggest change I notice and actually loathe, the ability to request monetary compensation for an opinion or any other little unverifiable thing. The internet not only stopped people from interacting with people in person it has given scammers a whole new way to extort money. Now for the question. Have you personally actually tried to go outside and experience the world or anything you have learned from all these videos you’ve posted? If not then why are you doing this? If you want to learn something, try learning by doing. When you do even the smallest amount of what you are reacting to you will get an even better understanding than by any number of comments.
Each new generation is getting more and more dumb since the internet arrived . Kids don't have to learn or remember anything, the answers are in their pockets .
Gen alphas won't even be using the apple pen. They will be voice dictating to their device
Can't wrap your head around the Dewey decimal system??? That's still used to categorize library books. Have you never been to the library man? I learned it in like 1st grade. Not hard.
I'm not saying this to be mean or funny, but, if a gen z were to travel back in time to experience the 80s or further back....they simply would not be able to manage. They would not know how to navigate, find answers to anything, call anyone, find the number to call anyone, or even pay for anything. most would not be able to tell what time it was, or read the notes or directions they were given in cursive. Add to that they would be TERRIBLY impatient with how much slower everything was
Video cassette recorder
It makes me kind of afraid for your generation and maybe some that follow. What will happen when the older generations are gone and looking for new answers, new paths, new inventions are needed but the answers aren't there for you at the click of a button? If people aren't used to using these parts of their brains, can you bring new possibilities to life or has your ability to think been caused to atrophy? Just things to think about, like, before it's too late.
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@@noself7889You're right. I'm going to vote for Trump, he wants to deport all the brown people, and lock up all black people. Well, whoever is left after that, the police will be allowed to make a really bad day for some really bad people. Good luck!
we are free... gen X here, I ma sad witnessing the sad reality of nowadays childhood :(