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.

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[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

i used to have like 6 or 7 phone numbers memorized, besides the house line.
i remember when we got the caller ID box, i thought it was like being in the CIA to know who is calling.
"Get off the computer, I need to use the phone!"
blockbuster was a big deal movie night, but we also had impulse grocery store rental nights. i used to love looking at the VHS tape boxes, the artwork etc. especially horror/sci fi. i was the youngest, so nobody gave a shit what i wanted to watch and if they did, no one ever wanted to watch what i wanted to watch, which was entirely based on box cover art.

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

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

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] bquintb@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. Caller ID changed the game.

[–] star_wraith@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

i remember when we got the caller ID box, i thought it was like being in the CIA to know who is calling.

I definitely remember this feeling.