Who wants in? We can talk about what is was like to write a letter to your grandma or having no other way to ask someone out other than by calling them on the phone. Or checking out movies at Blockbuster or whatever your national equivalent was (we usually checked out videos at the grocery store, actually).
We’re cool because we can actually remember the USSR and “East” Germany. Although not as cool, I can remember when homophobia and transphobia was so much more widely accepted and the “default” position for most Americans. Not as cool.
Idk if you've seen any of Panos Cosmatos' movies (Beyond the Black Rainbow, Mandy), but he's talked about he wants to make the movies he imagined when he looked at the box art in the videos store
I remember calling my friend and being bewildered that he knew it was me before I even said anything, that was my first encounter with caller ID
Yep. Caller ID changed the game.
I definitely remember this feeling.