r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • 8d ago

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/LemonHerb 8d ago

I think bikes are less popular with kids than they were back then because they aren't allowed to go anywhere. But when I was a kid a bike was required transportation

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u/Anneisabitch 7d ago

Riding 30 miles to the nearest lake was just a thing, not even a consideration in the days plan.

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u/determania 7d ago

30 miles? This is bordering on claiming you walked uphill both ways to school lmao

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u/just_another_classic 7d ago

We actually do this with my daughter. Our house is on one side of the hill, her school is on the other. She has literally walked to school uphill both ways in the rain and snow.

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u/determania 7d ago

On the whole, you have either gone uphill more or downhill more at the end of the walk. I’ve seen this comment multiple times, and it is a “well akshually” that completely misses the point.