Saturday Morning Cartoons. The late 80's/ early 90's heyday.

my knees/ankles/back...

Prices vs earnings.

The sky. Light pollution has destroyed one of the most beautiful sights that humans had gazed upon for thousands of years.

Weird to say, but inconvenience and boredom. I kinda miss being like, “whelp, there’s nothing on TV, I’m gonna go walk the neighborhood and knock on my friends doors”. I primarily text and talk to friends on the phone now, it seems like an event to actually meet up. Even friends who are less than a mile away.

The environment.

Certain dog breeds. Imagine, pugs used to have a nose they could breath through and eyes that didn't get infected every time they almost bulged out of their heads... Same with shitzu's. And imagine English bulldogs that didn't collapse in exhaustion by even hearing the word walkies

People's attention spans.

I miss the days before social media was a big thing. Everyone would just hangout and be focused on the interactions we were currently having.

Christmas…. I don’t know how to explain it. We didn’t have much money so it wasn’t because of the presents. We actually used to wrap our own toys and give them to each other for Christmas. But there was always just this feeling that I can’t explain. Sometimes when I watch the 90’s Christmas movies I can feel it again for a moment, but then it’s gone. It’s just the happiest, most peaceful feeling. It just felt like magic.

The weather. I remember playing outside every morning during summer vacation. This summer, even 5 minutes spent sitting in the early morning sunlight that came in through the window was enough to give me headaches. I live in south India- and no matter what climate change deniers say, it’s been getting steadily hotter year after year in my part of the world.

Being a kid…I don’t think kids today get to have as much freedom and fun as previous generations did

Freetime... life was more slowly and you had more time for yourself and your hobbies.

Cost of living

Home appliances. Old ones could be dropped out of a plane and still work well. New ones break because someone looked at it funny

Privacy

The future

Internet. It was new, more friendly and funny

Flying in general. More seat space, meals included (and a choice of meals), actual metal utensils, luggage included, no need to get to the airport 2 hours before your flight...

Being a kid without technology.

Smart phones too, Reddit is the only social media I use and still I stare at this f**king thing 5 hours a day. I know I’m addicted to it and I’d love to punt it but unfortunately it’s also my phone, my map, my camera, my tape measure, my dictaphone, my Walkman etc. etc.

When you could write letters and not have to reply for days at a time to now we feel obliged to keep in 24/7 contact with people.

MTV.

Fruit and corn. They have been bred to be sweeter and harder for transport, and have lost much of the subtle fruit/corn flavor they used to have.

Gas prices.

Airports.

Being a criminal. If there was a security camera, it was too low resolution to make your face very identifiable.

Psh. Try childcare. Our childcare cost for two children is more than our mortgage. When I was the same age, it cost my parents about $50/week. Today that would be roughly $135/week per kid. We’re paying $500/wk and still don’t have full time care for both kids. S**t’s crazy.

Shopping Malls

Fast Food. No, it has not always sucked a*s.

RainX washer fluid. I used to put a gallon in my car and it would last forever. Never had to use the wipers because rain, snow, road grime, and salt would all bead right off. Then one day it seemed like it never worked the same. Not sure if it was done for their bottom line purposes or environmental reasons(because there's no way even the new stuff is good for the environment) but it worked better in the past for sure.

Also DNA analysis and fingerprinting wasn't as good, no Internet to track you.

It used to be that it was possible for someone to commit a serious crime, move across the country, and never be caught. As communications technology has improved, that’s no longer feasible.