Unlike the lib OP, I’m not trying to quit my phone. As if.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    If you wanted delivery, your only option was pizza. Everywhere else you had to call for takeout, and then go pick it up.

    Honestly day to day life wasn't much different. The best part was that when you left school or work, you were fucking gone until the next day. The worst part was that if your friend or whoever you wanted to hang out with wasn't there when you called/came by, they were fucking gone until further notice.

    Biggest difference by far was boredom. People are bored now flipping through social media feeds, but that's a pretty high bar compared to being bored and staring at the wall in the doctor's office or DMV or wherever you are.

    People probably talked to each other more just because when there's nothing else to do it becomes inevitable that some people will roll the dice of turning to a stranger and making small talk. I don't miss the small talk, but I do miss banter at work - I still do it a bit but definitely a lot less than I used to. A chud would probably blame sexual harrassment laws for that particular change, but I'm pretty sure it's electronic devices dividing everyone's attention and atomizing them that caused it.