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BoredPanda staff Publish Not your original work? Add source Years go by, and things constantly change. Something that was acceptable decades ago is no longer considered normal, which means that the things we are doing now will probably be uncanny to our kids and grandchildren. Who knows what the future will be like – maybe we'll go back to the no technology times, or maybe those flying cars will finally show up and bless our ordinary lives. In this article, we'll be looking at Reddit users who were asked to share their opinions on weird things that were normal and widely acceptable 20 years ago. The thread received almost 40K upvotes and 17.7K comments, alongside an engaging discussion where people occasionally reminded each other that 20 years ago is 2001 and not somewhere in the '80s. Let us know in the comment section if there's something on your mind that you would like to add regarding the theme's question. And besides, what things that we're doing nowadays do you think will be viewed as strange by the future folks? More info: Reddit This post may include affiliate links. #1 Being at home at your TV at a certain time to catch a show, and expecting everyone to leave you alone so you could watch it with no interruptions.
You could be out with friends and you'd look and say "oh it's 7:30 I got to get home to catch my show!" And nobody looked at you like a strange social outcast. prelegal_alien , Aapo Haapanen Report Final score: 289points POST Melene Majlovic Melene Majlovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I still do this - its actually liberating 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 Leaving your young kids unsupervised most of the time.
I remember at 5 years old sitting in the parking lot of the bowling alley in my dads car for 3 hours while he was inside bowling. Also, most of the time, my parents had zero clue as to where I was. I would leave the house in the morning on my bicycle and be home for dinner. Suited them just fine.
dontaggravation , Mr Seb Report Final score: 286points POST deathrose deathrose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I kinda feel bad for kids nowadays. My sister and I use to go into the woods with our neighborhood friends and just run around and play, ride our bikes around the neighborhood or to the corner store. Our pitbull would accompany us unleashed and everyone would just stop and pet him as they passed by. 173 173points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Having a binder full of CD's in your car.
champbellamy , Luke Jones Report Final score: 261points POST Kookamunga Kookamunga Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Who owned that much Oingo Boingo? 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 Going on road trips without a phone. iamjcd , Cheri Murphy Report Final score: 250points POST Kookamunga Kookamunga Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Yup, had to use paper maps, too, no GPS....I remember stopping at gas stations so many times to get help with directions. And hoping they weren't sending me on a wild goose chase. 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Dial Up internet. superstition40 , Christiaan Colen Report Final score: 237points POST Jessica Rabbit Jessica Rabbit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) I can still hear the sound it made when connecting... 165 165points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Being able to take a look in the cockpit of a plane.
The stewardesses would activly ask some kids on the flight if they wanted to take a look in the cockpit. I remember when I stepped in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 I decided I wanted to become a pilot someday. Rijstkoekje , bfishadow Report Final score: 235points POST Robert T Robert T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) When I was a kid, I used to have a little book that the pilot would sign on each flight and would usually get invited up to the cockpit to get it signed. You could only stand back behind the pilots seats, and not touch anything, but if you were lucky the pilot would show you some of the controls and instruments. Used to love it. Real shame that kids these days will never expeience that. 65 65points reply View more comments #7 Paying $1.29, so 9 seconds of a song played when your phone rang.
togsincognito , Barney Livingston Report Final score: 234points POST Truth Monster Truth Monster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago polyphonic songs were awesome lol 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 People would go to carnivals and shove their face in the same water barrel to grab an apple with their mouth. Completely bonkers in 2021.
iaml3roux , Rob and Stephanie Levy Report Final score: 216points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago daaamn, so true ! 46 46points reply View more comments #9 That every computer on the planet was going to go nuts on New Year’s Day. Ardothbey , Jiri Brozovsky Report Final score: 212points POST Robert T Robert T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Just you wait until 19 January 2038. 56 56points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 My highschool had an area where we were allowed to smoke. A designated smoking area for kids under 18.
Blitz-99 , Winfried Mosler Report Final score: 197points POST Kookamunga Kookamunga Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago You could smoke EVERYWHERE back in the day - malls, planes, hospitals, offices. What was weird then was being told you COULDN'T smoke somewhere. 121 121points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Not having airport security. Shmango9408 , Carl Mueller Report Final score: 189points POST Fabian Meresse Fabian Meresse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Also : smoking both on the airport and the plane! It was 1997, a flight to Dakar 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 People riding in cars without seatbelts plus four or five kids seated in the back. battleangelred , Cristina Bejarano Report Final score: 160points POST Amanita Virosa Amanita Virosa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago And me 6 years old laying in the back window on top of the seats. 102 102points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 People spending thousands of dollars on Beanie Babies.
throwingplaydoh , Michael Lehet Report Final score: 156points POST Softball05 Softball05 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago And shopkins! 9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Not password protecting your devices. Namilos_ , mk_is_here Report Final score: 139points POST william mcgloin william mcgloin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago The only password protection needed was the combination to your bike chain 53 53points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Frosted tips. zacharyfoxdale , Brian Omura Report Final score: 128points POST Suz66 Suz66 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago My ex had me frost his blonde hair with platinum blonde spikes. Totally 90's. 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 Justin Timberlake’s dried up, uncooked, ramen noodle looking hair. Goldengodsrod , Gage Skidmore Report Final score: 125points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago "ramen noodle looking hair" sooo true :D 49 49points reply View more comments #17 Boots with the fur. Sylar546 , Lisa Brewster Report Final score: 115points POST R.E.O. Speedwagon R.E.O. Speedwagon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Especially the ones that have the whole club looking at you 124 124points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Shutting down Napster. DSPbuckle , ekkun Report Final score: 108points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago RIP :'( 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #19 The Playboy Mansion. LaMuertaX4i , Kabacchi Report Final score: 95points POST MyOpinionHasBeenServed MyOpinionHasBeenServed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago It was just as disturbing back then. 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 The Patriot Act. billythebeefpuppet , ECP Report Final score: 80points POST SilentBob731 SilentBob731 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago The beginning of the end of privacy. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 JNCO jeans. Bobbob2596 , pinguino k Report Final score: 70points POST Evil Little Thing Evil Little Thing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I miss those days. Pockets forever! 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add New Image Add Your Photo To This List Please use high-res photos without watermarks Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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21 Weird Things That Were Widely Acceptable 20 Years Ago As Shared By People Online
Darja ZininaBoredPanda staff Publish Not your original work? Add source Years go by, and things constantly change. Something that was acceptable decades ago is no longer considered normal, which means that the things we are doing now will probably be uncanny to our kids and grandchildren. Who knows what the future will be like – maybe we'll go back to the no technology times, or maybe those flying cars will finally show up and bless our ordinary lives. In this article, we'll be looking at Reddit users who were asked to share their opinions on weird things that were normal and widely acceptable 20 years ago. The thread received almost 40K upvotes and 17.7K comments, alongside an engaging discussion where people occasionally reminded each other that 20 years ago is 2001 and not somewhere in the '80s. Let us know in the comment section if there's something on your mind that you would like to add regarding the theme's question. And besides, what things that we're doing nowadays do you think will be viewed as strange by the future folks? More info: Reddit This post may include affiliate links. #1 Being at home at your TV at a certain time to catch a show, and expecting everyone to leave you alone so you could watch it with no interruptions.
You could be out with friends and you'd look and say "oh it's 7:30 I got to get home to catch my show!" And nobody looked at you like a strange social outcast. prelegal_alien , Aapo Haapanen Report Final score: 289points POST Melene Majlovic Melene Majlovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I still do this - its actually liberating 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 Leaving your young kids unsupervised most of the time.
I remember at 5 years old sitting in the parking lot of the bowling alley in my dads car for 3 hours while he was inside bowling. Also, most of the time, my parents had zero clue as to where I was. I would leave the house in the morning on my bicycle and be home for dinner. Suited them just fine.
dontaggravation , Mr Seb Report Final score: 286points POST deathrose deathrose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I kinda feel bad for kids nowadays. My sister and I use to go into the woods with our neighborhood friends and just run around and play, ride our bikes around the neighborhood or to the corner store. Our pitbull would accompany us unleashed and everyone would just stop and pet him as they passed by. 173 173points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Having a binder full of CD's in your car.
champbellamy , Luke Jones Report Final score: 261points POST Kookamunga Kookamunga Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Who owned that much Oingo Boingo? 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 Going on road trips without a phone. iamjcd , Cheri Murphy Report Final score: 250points POST Kookamunga Kookamunga Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Yup, had to use paper maps, too, no GPS....I remember stopping at gas stations so many times to get help with directions. And hoping they weren't sending me on a wild goose chase. 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Dial Up internet. superstition40 , Christiaan Colen Report Final score: 237points POST Jessica Rabbit Jessica Rabbit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) I can still hear the sound it made when connecting... 165 165points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Being able to take a look in the cockpit of a plane.
The stewardesses would activly ask some kids on the flight if they wanted to take a look in the cockpit. I remember when I stepped in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 I decided I wanted to become a pilot someday. Rijstkoekje , bfishadow Report Final score: 235points POST Robert T Robert T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) When I was a kid, I used to have a little book that the pilot would sign on each flight and would usually get invited up to the cockpit to get it signed. You could only stand back behind the pilots seats, and not touch anything, but if you were lucky the pilot would show you some of the controls and instruments. Used to love it. Real shame that kids these days will never expeience that. 65 65points reply View more comments #7 Paying $1.29, so 9 seconds of a song played when your phone rang.
togsincognito , Barney Livingston Report Final score: 234points POST Truth Monster Truth Monster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago polyphonic songs were awesome lol 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 People would go to carnivals and shove their face in the same water barrel to grab an apple with their mouth. Completely bonkers in 2021.
iaml3roux , Rob and Stephanie Levy Report Final score: 216points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago daaamn, so true ! 46 46points reply View more comments #9 That every computer on the planet was going to go nuts on New Year’s Day. Ardothbey , Jiri Brozovsky Report Final score: 212points POST Robert T Robert T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Just you wait until 19 January 2038. 56 56points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 My highschool had an area where we were allowed to smoke. A designated smoking area for kids under 18.
Blitz-99 , Winfried Mosler Report Final score: 197points POST Kookamunga Kookamunga Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago You could smoke EVERYWHERE back in the day - malls, planes, hospitals, offices. What was weird then was being told you COULDN'T smoke somewhere. 121 121points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Not having airport security. Shmango9408 , Carl Mueller Report Final score: 189points POST Fabian Meresse Fabian Meresse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Also : smoking both on the airport and the plane! It was 1997, a flight to Dakar 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 People riding in cars without seatbelts plus four or five kids seated in the back. battleangelred , Cristina Bejarano Report Final score: 160points POST Amanita Virosa Amanita Virosa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago And me 6 years old laying in the back window on top of the seats. 102 102points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 People spending thousands of dollars on Beanie Babies.
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