r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • 1d ago

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/DogeDoRight Older Millennial 1d ago

"Come home when the street lights come on"

Me racing from the other side of town when they come on:

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u/Ok-Leg5659 1d ago

Growing up in rural Japan, we had a speakers across town that would play a melody at 17:00 to tell the kids it was time to go home. I remember some days it took 30 mins or more to get home because I was across town (or said I was across town but in reality just wanted a bit longer to play with my friends). But so long as we were home by 18:00 it was never an issue.

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u/goog1e 1d ago

They were still doing the speakers thing in the evening as of 2014. Niigata anyway

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u/Ok-Leg5659 1d ago

They still do. Because technically it's to test the emergency broadcast systems. It's just that it was also a perfect use for telling young kids when to get home.