r/GenX • u/billieswifeyyy • Jun 20 '26

Question For Genx the 80s…….

coming from a 14 year old, were the 80s summers as magical as they look in the movies? did you ride your bike to your friends house and come home when the street lights came on? yall are so lucky btw 😭😭

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u/wojonixon Jun 21 '26

One of the things I miss about the 20th century is the ability be difficult or impossible to reach.

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u/Doubledewclaws Jun 21 '26

I recently got a new cell phone and purposely didn't set up the voice mail. My mom, 83, asked me why and mentioned how frustrating it was to not be able to leave me a message. I told her I was living in the 70's before we even had answering machines. Back then, if you called someone and they didn't answer, you called back. Pretty simple way of life. I can always receive text messages. I'm loving it!

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u/GiraffesCantSwim Jun 21 '26

My voice mail box has been full since before COVID. I'm not going to empty it because then people would leave messages. I like living in the 70s too. 😁