• kreskin@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 days ago

    1. Navigated with a Thomas guide.

    2. Made your crush a mix tape.

    3. Returned a milk bottle for a deposit.

    4. Worn white tube socks with a single stripe near the top.

    5. Hung out all day at the mall with your friends just walking in circles.

    6. Checked out books from a public library.

    7. Ridden in the bed of a pickup (with no seatbelt).

    8. Shared a family sized ice cream sunday.

    9. slapped the side of a tv set to fix it.

    10. Eaten at an all you can eat salad bar.

    11. Used an abacus.

    12. Seen someone riding on a horse drawn buckboard on a public road.

    13. Played a playground game with a soccer ball called “smear the queer”, or jokingly call your friend a “fag”.

    14. Ridden in a wood paneled station wagon.

    15. Used a typewriter.

    16. Balanced your checkbook.

    17. Burned your trash.

    18. mailed someone a letter as a form of communication.

    19. gotten a busy signal when trying to call someone.

    20. Used black and white film.

    • Mickey7@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      5 days ago

      Instead of posting this as a reply you should make it a new shit post. I like your list.

      • proudblond@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        Mine might be that we didn’t own an encyclopedia; I can’t remember if we did or not. But… I think we did.

        • cannedtuna@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 days ago

          My parents bought a set of Encyclopedias, they didn’t get much use tbh. Took up whole shelf on this antique cabinet they had.

    • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      2 points cause we lived a couple blocks from the library so we never felt the need to own a dictionary or encyclopedia. Though really like 1.5 since my sister did have a CD from world book program that was like an encyclopedia for kids

    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      0 :( one of my guitar amps I hacked together out of a Walkman so I could practice while waiting for the bus how many negative points do I get

  • ne0n@lemmy.world
    12·
    11 days ago

    1 because despite being born in the early 80s, paper checks are for old people and Americans

    • the16bitgamer@programming.dev
      2·
      11 days ago

      Born in the mid 90s in Canada. You guys should’ve seen the state of book fairs in Canada. It was easier to pay via cheque than credit card.

    • Zannsolo@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 days ago

      I had to start paying my rent by check again landlord trying to dodge taxes by cashing checks instead of depositing them.

  • bluewing@lemm.ee
    9·
    11 days ago

    A perfect zero. I have done all of those things and more that the creator of that list can’t even imagine. Things that were everyday common but have faded beyond memory, (and aren’t missed at all).

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    7·
    11 days ago

    I get zero points. Elder millennials rally at the landline we’ll have two drinks and fall asleep at 10pm!

    • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      I thought I would be at the low end at 12…

      Maybe the younger people didn’t have the patience to read all 20 bullet points and comment as well?

  • tomi000@lemmy.world
    6·
    11 days ago
    1. No Blockbuster in Germany, and noone uses checks here.

    Edited from Europe to Germany as some pointed out that there is Blockbuster and checks in other countries