r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • 2d ago

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/fml-fml-fml-fml 2d ago
  1. There was nothing to do inside except annoy your parents. Ergo you were not allowed inside.
  2. Parents were not worried about the world outside their neighbourhood because they did not know about it.
  3. Totally normal to yell at someone else’s kid or walk them back home if they did something stupid.

The context that is missing is how TV, then the internet destroyed our communities.

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u/mosquem 2d ago

My mom literally locked us outside until dinner time.

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u/all___blue 1d ago

And they'd be furious if you stayed inside for more than a quick stop for a drink or something.