20 Things From The 1980s, We Can No Longer Do!

20 Things From The 1980s, We Can No Longer Do!
In this intriguing video, we explore 20 things that were once commonplace in the 1980s but are now a thing of the past. From outdated technologies to societal shifts and legal changes, we reminisce about activities that have become obsolete or prohibited. Join us as we take a nostalgic journey through time and uncover the ways in which the world has evolved.
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[@CoolDudeClem]

The 21st century is so depressing. Someone take me back to those simpler times!

[@Dadsezso]

I want to go back to the 50s when I was a kid.

[@hrdley911]

Save me a seat!

[@Snarkyhippie]

Do you really miss dial up intent, watching movies on laser disk, flipping through a card catalog, listening to your Walkman, using leaded gas, using a typewriter, or going to aerobics class?

[@CoolDudeClem]

​@@Snarkyhippie Some of those things I never did. I wouldn't want to go back to dial up though, or the kind of computers we had back then. But, among today's mainstream music sucking balls, crime rates at an all time high, nothing good to watch on TV with everything going over to streaming services, software becoming subscription based, games having micro-transactions, Microsoft spying on you if you use Windows, bad parenting, corrupt governments, my country being filled with immigrants making me feel as if I am a foreigner in my own country, internet being filled with brain rot and cringe, rising prices for the cost of living, taxes, bills, wars, climate change and the fact that I'm now a fat, old and very ugly bastard, smartphones are also something that really depresses me. I HATE the fact that everyone is on them 25 hours a day and that they've basically "replaced" all the tech I grew up with. It's like my childhood didn't exist because everything I grew up with is done on a f*cking smartphone now and everything is geared towards them. It's not normal to me, it's not how the world used to be, it's not the world as I remember it when growing up. I am way out of my comfort zone in this modern world. Is it any wonder I hate this modern world and chronically am depressed? And yes, I DO miss the days of when we recorded TV shows on VHS or Betamax (another part of my childhood I'll probably never have back).

[@BiologyBabe]

Unfortunately every generation feels this way. I remember my parents wanting to go back to the 60s during the Rodney king riots etc. the world isn’t as different as you think, and those beautiful things you loved about the world are still here, you just have to look harder to find S 80-90s kid too, so I get it, but there is still beauty out here…I promise.

[@robtech341]

The 80's was a perfect balance of technology and simplicity. Cheers!

[@maximos905]

You could say the same for the 90s except the 90s was better

[@crowe668]

Yes it was

[@edwardharrison9714]

The 70s for a perfect mix of drugs and music..😵‍💫

[@dellcoc]

That would be the 90s. The 80s had no balance and was all about excess.

[@Broughton1128]

*The 80s was the BEST decade EVER!*

[@vincentpritchett1231]

I liked the 70s too

[@ZoruaZorroark]

i'm glad to have experienced much of these in the early 90's

[@luisreyes1963]

Especially for hot babes in neon Spandex...🤤

[@steveferguson823]

Yes. There. We’re.

[@rexbentley8332]

Most bland decade yet

[@user-mz1nl1vk4t]

I miss the 80s

[@Graceology101]

Me too 😢😢😢😢

[@MyownpersonKeta]

Me too

[@desperadox7565]

Me too

[@user-iv2iu2wf4w]

You can have them. I liked the 60s, 70s and 90s and 00s all better

[@desperadox7565]

@@user-iv2iu2wf4w I'm sorry that you are probably the only person who didn't have fun in the 80s.😎

[@robtech341]

As great as streaming can be, going to Blockbuster to pick out a couple of movies on Friday night was a little like a mini Christmas. Especially when you got the last copy of whatever movie you were looking for. Cheers!

[@googleuser868]

I don't miss it at all.

[@AarayKyramud]

And renting a game cause you didn't save enough up with your allowance to buy it

[@redlaz01]

Getting a movie and getting Chinese food and snacks.

[@RictusHolloweye]

Unless your family made the mistake of investing in a betamax. Our little corner of the video library got smaller and smaller until they stopped bothering to cater to us at all 😞

[@relicdad88]

​@@RictusHolloweyebetamax that's was b4 even my time I heard bout em but nvr seen 1 lol I've got a huge DVD collection tho so in case internet ever goes down me n my son will always have something 2 watch. I miss going 2 places like blockbuster n flick video so fun jus walking round for hrs wit ur friends n family tryin 2 find great movie 2 watch usually jus renting same movie over n over again good times.

[@yardleyj9391]

57 years of age sure takes one on a very long memory lane.

[@mikeywid4954]

Lol Imagine what it's like for me at 74! I love the nostalgia these types of channels brings.

[@yardleyj9391]

@@mikeywid4954 😂😂 Now, you make me feel like a Spring chick ❤️

[@mikeywid4954]

@@yardleyj9391 😊

[@navret1707]

@@mikeywid4954 - I’ll see your 74 and raise you 4. I agree with you about these types of channels. Sherman, set the Wayback machine to the 1950’s.

[@mikeywid4954]

@@navret1707 The best of times back then. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Thank goodness for KZbin.

[@Daehawk]

A lot of these things we had and did well into the 90s.

[@TheGlovener1985]

there's still some of these things that happen today, they've not entirely disappeared

[@DA-BROWN-STOIC]

❤️

[@truth_hunter]

Yes, it should say 80s and 90s.

[@darquequeen]

The mix tape, part of the fun was having to work to make it. Patience truly was its own reward.

[@the_kombinator]

I still have mine - labelled Grade 8 tape lol. I play it occasionally in my classic car.

[@popeyejones9256]

You can still do it record songs off the radio or internet on to audio cassette tape if you want to.

[@wendyhamm9722]

I just found one today! I always hated it when the DJ would talk over parts of the songs!

[@Reaper-ri6lm]

There was just something special about giving a crush a mix tape that took weeks to make compared to just sending them a playlist you can make in 5 seconds today

[@CosmicLab167]

21. Calling an automated # to get movie showtimes 22. Getting a triptik from AAA before a road trip 23. Calling motels directly to make reservations

[@pslm23]

Before every road trip, we would go to the AAA office and get a map of the intended route and directions on how to get there, highlighted on the map. Great times.

[@kimrespess6580]

@@pslm23 I still do that. You never know when cell service will go out, or phones glitch.

[@duudsuufd]

You still need paper maps if you want to make a road trip for great scenery. It is also easier to see the difference to main roads and small roads, these last you need to drive if you want to enjoy your trip. Of course you can put it in your gps system when you go. And marking on a paper map where you have been is also fun. You can hang it at the wall when you are back home.

[@googleuser868]

@@duudsuufd Had a friend who did the triple AAA quick trip thing. I didn't like it. Give me a regular map. Don't like the GPS zoomed in views or constant change of orientation of the screen when traveling long distance down the highway. Google maps is great for recon. Street and satellite view viewing before the trip can make me feel in touch with areas before I ever go there.

[@SirenaSpades]

You can't get a triptik anymore? I never use a phone for navigation

[@lancecharley8822]

I remember when some gas stations and grocery stores had movies for rent as well

[@elultimo102]

My local Wal Mart just took out the Red Box video rentals a few months ago.

[@lancecharley8822]

​@@elultimo102Walmart needs to bring back their $5.00 deals if their going to pull something like that it's no fun shopping for entertainment there anymore

[@Lux_Lethal]

That's what we had until my small town finally got a Blockbuster Video in the mid 90s. They left the VHS sleeves out on shelves so customers could see what movies were available. Once you made your choice you'd take the empty sleeve up to the counter, and they'd give you the actual VHS tape/movie in a clear case with their store's info on it. Also, can't forget the "Be kind, rewind" stickers.

[@BrianClarkpharmd]

I worked at a grocery store in the late 80s. We had a video rental store and they would sell the used vhs tapes after some time. I had quite a collection at the time :)

[@lancerevell5979]

I miss many of these. I loved cassettes, and VHS movie tapes. And the big book stores. 😢 And, I miss people actually learning and using what they were taught back in early Elementary School English. Today, there is so much illiteracy prevalent online.

[@vivianblack2951]

"Your" right. These people "could of" "payed" more attention in school

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@vivianblack2951 Indeed.

[@cvdixon29]

I miss a lot of these things but most of all I miss from the 80s is my grandma and my mom. I would trade the last years of my life to go back and live it all again just because they would be there.

[@mchenrynick]

Dial Up Internet was primarily in the 90s, NOT the 80s. AOL climbed in popularity in '92-'93 and the World Wide Web wasn't established until 1995.

[@SirenaSpades]

100%

[@Eric-qo8vv]

I can’t tell you how much I took for granted going to the video store and get a movie or game

[@VonOutlaw]

I know some hospitals actually still has their medical staff use pagers because the equipment can be interrupted by the cell phone signals, or they just don't have the cell service inside the hospital so they use the pagers that way no matter where they are within the hospital they can be reached.

[@user-xj2jj2us3l]

I LOVED the smell of leaded gasoline whenever my father went to the gas station to fill up the old Chevy and when I went to cut the grass when I filled up the lawnmower. I also miss the smell of old Testers model glue and the glue that came with the bicycle tire repair kit to fix the tire tube for flat tires.

[@frenchabortion]

Try huffing contact cement (like shoe glue) You’ll like it just as much.

[@user-rx9bq8hi7h]

Leaded gasoline was discontinued in the 70s not the 80s in the United States.

[@duudsuufd]

Lead in the environment can lead to brain problems. Now there is no lead spread everywhere, how is it possible that every new generation is dumber than the ones before?

[@Mrnovanova]

You sound like someone who started getting high real early.😕

[@the_kombinator]

The other day I was close to a cammed Monte Carlo from the early 80s. The sound and smell of unburnt hydrocarbons sent me right to the 80s and early 90s ;)

[@dankranz586]

I so miss the 80'a

[@cpeast]

So do I! Better times.

[@BrianJNelson]

I've often said I could "Groundhog's Day" from 83 to 88 and never get tired of it. Those were peak 80s years.

[@patrickspalding8045]

Definitely the best decade for movies

[@loisruthstrom8143]

Road maps are so much better than GPS! They allow you to plan your route ahead of time and help you to familiarize yourself with new areas. GPS can tell you to turn when you are in the wrong lane or past the turning point, encouraging drivers to drive more wrecklessly. Plus, it can be very distracting to listen to and try to drive in unfamiliar city traffic. I'll take a real map over GPS any day!!!

[@truth_hunter]

I never got lost using a map or printing out directions. But GPS has taken me several miles in the wrong direction both terrifying and wasting my time. GPS has improved since that incident, but I think physical maps are good to make sure the GPS isn’t taking you to another street with the same name but in a different location.

[@michaelbruns449]

#21 - Living Happier. #22 - Less Control. #23 - More Freedom.

[@pastbehind25]

I remember my mom smoking in stores as she shopped

[@monteforeman5213]

Me too!

[@angelad3347]

I remember my coworker smoking in the college office, and she was pissed when that changed!

[@timeman1966]

The Drive Ins that are still around do great business. Usually you pay one price for 2 movies. I have seen a bunch of the Marvel movies at a Drive in. The one I go to the food is cheap and for what you pay for Popcorn at a normal theater, I can get popcorn, a drink, a couple of hot dogs and BBQ sandwich for the same price at the Drive In.

[@pdmullgirl]

This almost made me cry. I miss those days so badly. Life seemed so much more fun and simpler. ❤️💜💚

[@LightOfReason7]

So glad you can't smoke on a plane; I do miss rental stores, but not the lines, rewinding and returning videos.

[@lorihallenbeck8781]

Blockbuster. "Be kind,rewind".

[@Ease54]

You just listed all the reasons they failed.

[@natalieduarte5683]

The fees for not rewinding 😅😂

[@paulm749]

Yeah, I had a dedicated re-winder to save wear and tear on my video player. Good times! LOL

[@vivianblack2951]

And then later trolling people because they haven't rewound the CD's!

[@joshuamountz6891]

Taking out all of the phone booths sure puts Superman in a difficult situation. Where does he change when Metropolis is in danger

[@MofongoMondongo]

I was born in 1977 and I feel so blessed to have grown up in the 80s. Late 70s to early 90s, best childhood ever!

[@alexandraeverafter1015]

I agree, as long as you were at least middle class (I.e., your family had the means to live in a house where you had your own room, buy you toys on your wish list (not necessarily all of them, although it would have been awesome!), take you and your friends out to movies, travel…), neurotypical, and not the target of bullying.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@alexandraeverafter1015 and not disabled in any way.

[@alexandraeverafter1015]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 that’s right . Or racially discriminated (even though it still exists).

[@truth_hunter]

Same, I was born in 79. I just think in some ways technology has ruined us. Especially, people who never played outside regularly and come up with ways to be busy. We were very social and going to roller skate rinks like every weekend in high school. Renting movies at blockbuster. Had some friends that liked going for long walks. My parents got me a typewriter because I wanted one knowing I’d be using that soon. Playing games in class on the computer Oregon Trail and Number Cruncher. Playing the snack game on the cellphone. I predicted that we would be able to watch movies on our cellphones someday and my friends thought that I was crazy. I feel like teenagers are missing out on so many things in life. Even my husband is glued to his iPhone or computer.

[@marilyncunningham3216]

My 3rd job was at a video store. It was a real experience . . . and I got a lot of cool movie posters for my dorm room.

[@frankbrodie5168]

My dear long departed mother ran our local video store / corner convenience store. I was well served with films to watch each night. As she would just grab a handful of films that hadn't been checked out for the night and bring them home with her. Because she was also the one opening the store in the morning. So just returned them as she opened up.

[@ginarae5739]

❤.. Are you the real "Chip Matthews"..?? 🧐🙏

[@MrBlockice22]

Was born IN 1980!! Fair to say, I got here just in time. My Childhood Blueprint was this one word.... Simple. Playgrounds were fun, movies, music, and WOOOO the cartoons was the best!! From the richest folks, to the hood where grew up IT DIDNT MATTER!! We ALL ENJOYED. Big difference from what is known now!! Thats why I love not to know but one thing.... Peace!!

[@thedoncrazephaze5375]

I would spend tons of time reading the movie sleeves/boxes at video stores. I'm a movie buff, it was like going to the library for me.

[@xitsmedianax]

Not all payphones have been removed! There are some at rest areas.....i know one that is on I-26 in SC. No longer works but definitely nostalgic! My niece picked up the reciever to make a pretend call and i asked "do u even know what that is?" Lol.

[@macman1469]

In Western Australia we got rid of most of our Phone Boxes but those we kept were converted into Free Phones and WI FI hubs .

[@DingyHarry59]

There are still working pay phones in parts of Montana. Up in the mountain valleys you can't always get cell service. Tourists visit Glacier National Park and take pictures of the pay phones.

[@johntracy72]

I still have a Laser Disc player.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

They are almost as popular today as they were at launch. Particularly in Japan and the US.

[@maddierodriguez8569]

The ashtray in the cockpit is absolute 80s gold😭🤣🤣

[@user-po8vd3dy1q]

The downside of streaming and binge watching is that it gets a lot of good network shows canceled because many people don’t watch until they can binge watch the whole season. I’m guilty of that.

[@googleuser868]

Easy habit to form. Waiting for the next episode or season is annoying once you watch the entire Game of Thrones at will.

[@greasylimpet3323]

I remember being in hospital in the early 80s. The nurses offered to get smokes for us, and there was no big deal about smoking in the ward. It made you feel a bit more normal!

[@patrickgomes2213]

The disappearance of card catalogs is why I stopped using libraries. I am not a luddite. Using them led to happy accidental discoveries and more people could use them at a time than the one computer my library replaced it with. I know I'm in the minority and I also know we're not going back to the way things were. This is why money was invented: I'll buy the book I need online. Use my own computer and get what I want with far greater ease than the digital book inventory at the library. Having said that, libraries are about far more than books and I will always support them. As institutions they should never disappear. They're just no longer a place for me.

[@Smithpolly]

Can't you look up and reserve books from your library online?

[@wellIdiditagain]

I think they need to bring back the card catalog.

[@janellcrews6108]

I liked the card system too. They could have kept them for people that want to use them. I do like the fact you can rent a book to read on your phone or tablet. I have to have them help me with it but they never have a problem with that fact.

[@luisreyes1963]

Going to the Video Arcade gave my life meaning, I miss those days. As for Dial-up Internet... I don't miss it at all. 🤓

[@amoses11]

I remember when the laundromat me and my family used to go to had two video arcade games. As a kid growing up in the 90s i sometimes look forward to going washing at the laundromat with my mother because me and my siblings could get quarters that were left over after my mother washed and dried the clothes. Now that laundromat dont even have the arcade games there no more.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Dial-up Internet is from the 90s though.

[@user-po8vd3dy1q]

….and all it will take is just ONE Carrington event and its all over. Back to the early 1900s. And it’s not a case of if will happen it’s when and we’er totally unprepared

[@danlabok7117]

And to think we just got clipped by a weak CE and a so-so solar storm. A side of me would love to see a BIG CE wallop us or a Kessler Syndrome Event just to see if anyone younger than Gen-X could survive without a computer telling them what to do.

[@madmattdigs9518]

It just happened. That wasn’t a little one we just experienced. It was a big one. Comparable to the Carrington event. It’s not fully understood why we didn’t have serious disruptions.

[@user-po8vd3dy1q]

@@madmattdigs9518 it was no where near a Carrington event. Not even close.

[@madmattdigs9518]

@@user-po8vd3dy1q why would you say “not even close”? The northern lights were seen as far south as Puerto Rico. That’s not a minor event. I’ll admit, I don’t know how exactly to measure the strength of a solar storm, but just from different scientific sources I watched, it seems like it was a big one. And it was predicted such a storm would cause major disruption. Which it did not…

[@danlabok7117]

@@madmattdigs9518 we get solar storms all the time at various levels. I'm 54 and have seen the northern lights when I lived Rhode Island, Arizona and now in Colorado. Don't know how old you are but I'm sure you'll see plenty more in the lower 48 in your lifetime.

[@pawprintz7166]

Looking through the rows & rows of videos to find the ones to watch was the best & most fun for me.

[@Proto_HYP]

14,4K was the first commercial dial-up on mainstream internet in the early 90s.

[@gdoll835]

I remember blockbuster. I remember boom box, cassettes, walkman.. Yes im an 80s baby. Who remembers the items i listed ?

[@robertmatthews2009]

Another thing I used to be able to do in the eighties that I can't do now is touch my toes.

[@jeffm9770]

I used to love the arcade. That's one thing I like about going to the beach. They still have arcades on the boardwalk.

[@bunnysue6660]

I miss going to the mall to play games. It was such a great social experience. My husband and I had our first date at a game arcade.❤❤❤

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Pay phones, while not as prevalent, still exist, usually in public transit hubs, airports, and government offices, especially in large cities

[@karlfonner7589]

I miss people keeping their eyes on the road while they’re driving. too many distractions in today’s cars along with cell phones. Half the time I look at cars coming at me in the opposite direction. The person is looking at something other than where it is they are going.

[@shawnhuff3920]

I was born in April 1974 I'm fifty years old now I remember when children went outside to play sports 😅

[@zahemi914]

Carrying walkman was a must for college students back then.... While back packs could be filled with cassettes & rechargeable batteries

[@ktm42080]

I'm 47. I wanna go back to these simpler and better times. I hope Betamax tapes make a comeback.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

I'm 50. The past was the worst. Being educated and not privileged helps give someone a more realistic view of life.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

So sad that VHS won the video cassette war. Betamax was superior and smaller.

[@ginarae5739]

Love this.!! ❤ There are some things we'd NEVER want to do again: Smoking in Enclosed spaces, Payphones, Typewriters.. However Video rental stores, Game Arcades and Scheduled TV are a BIG Losses IMHO, Why?? - because it brought Humans Together..🎉❤

[@victornovak8558]

Somebody get me a God damn time machine! I want to go back home!

[@BrianJNelson]

7:40 there are actually a lot of arcades out there that have popped up in the last few years because people that grew up in the 80s are trying to recapture that vibe. The ones I've seen are actually pretty popular. Might also have to do with the fact that a bunch of them serve alcohol now as well, something that you didn't find in arcades of old.

[@stevesmith8399]

Ending every other section with the intro of the following section and then repeating it drive me crazy through this video, lol.

[@Atheist7]

fact checked: TRUE!

[@SirenaSpades]

agree

[@Thurgosh_OG]

How to extend the running time of your video. Repeat the headline, 2 or 3 times.

[@elultimo102]

Let me off at Willoughby (Twilight Zone) in 1953. I would miss the microwave, VHS, and color TV (they were for rich people). But no wars, hippies, drugs, EPA, car computers, or video surveillance. HAPPY DAYS !!!

[@tolik5929]

List all the Freedoms we have lost sense the 80's..........................

[@googleuser868]

Choice to wear a seat belt, choice to smoke in many places, reasonable prices.

[@eljefemccarron2567]

Going everywhere without constantly being recorded.

[@austindavis1984]

Im 25, not all of these but many of them I grew up with myself. I know I am a youngster to most of you guys but I had went to video stores, recorded music off the radio, I used a payphone a couple times before but it's been a while, watched network TV for showtimes, had to run to the bathroom during commercials to make sure I didn't miss what I was watching, played arcade games at the mall, I printed directions off map quest but never used a map, watched movies on laser disc, used film cameras and took photos, used a rotary phone, been to a drive in movie years ago, read newspapers and back of cereal boxes at breakfast, and used a floppy disk. I didn't have a cell phone until I was 12 which it was a flip phone for emergencies only, didn't have internet until I was probably 12 or 13. I grew up drinking from a hose out in the country, playing outside and being a kid. today, kids don't go outside and are so stuck in their phones and electronics. me included now but I remember alot of the older things and how I was brought up.

[@Disgusted_Cat]

I remember these in the early and mid 90s as a kid. 👍👍

[@brandybrown6574]

Remember getting aggravated when people didn't rewind the VHS tapes 😂

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I was a manager in a branch of Scotland's biggest video chain. Blockbuster were the 2nd biggest. We got annoyed by that too but had a dedicated rewind VCR, which helped.

[@marymoscardini5203]

I miss recording songs from the radio on cassette tapes

[@wendyhamm9722]

I worked at my city's library in high school. I knew that place like the back of my hand. If not, I was a wiz at the card catalog! We also need to bring back drive-ins! I loved going to them. As far as I know, there is only one in my state left active. I also wore runner's spandex on a regular basis. Just your basic black. They were very comfortable.

[@brianc2595]

Actual title of this video: "Things from the 80s now obsolete." We can still do most of these things, rip blockbuster

[@VintageVaughnVehiclces]

Ah smoking on airplanes, along with an alcoholic beverage no matter how rough the flight you could relax with a drink and a cigarette , those were my last flights before I decided to stay grounded. People who want to fly under the radar can still use a physical map that way they're ping isn't being followed to where they're going. Did anyone get to enjoy The card catalog and take Sections of cards from each drawer and Shuffle them like playing cards and then put them back into different drawers To give the library and a headache for months, physical media was a godsend in 2008 so you're literally could cut off every service. And have no cell phone bill no internet bill no Satellite Dish Bill, every one of them had to be terminated so you could afford to eat. Film cameras enabled you to take private selfies, that wouldn't end up in a forensics lab. To be hacked and discovered. Do you remember taking a wood pole and hammering it through that fuel restrictor nozzle so that the leaded gas pump would fit your unleaded car? I sure do three wax with a big hammer and the larger nozzle fit. I imagine movie theaters were quite a bit more enjoyable during the days of segregation. So you didn't end up having a public shooting. It would have never happened in the 1950s, and all these changes in society is more unhappy and more mentally ill than it's ever been in recorded history.

[@user-iv2iu2wf4w]

People still drink on planes, but they cant smoke so they fight

[@Norm475]

Maybe they no longer allow smoking on planes, but I would not say flying has gotten more pleasant. With long lines going through security, carrying bags on planes to avoid outrageous checked baggage charges, seats spaced too close together, to name but a few. I hate flying.

[@RictusHolloweye]

The security theatre is certainly annoying and pointless. No terrorist has ever been caught by metal detectors or X-Ray (only by alert staff who have been trained on what to look out for).

[@edwardharrison9714]

I remember a line going out the bar and around the building just to get a shot at this new space Invaders game..

[@suheylaa1769]

As the clock hit midnight, year 2000 everything changed. I felt it.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Y2K and they said it didn't have any impact.

[@janellcrews6108]

I felt something happened but it was more toward 2012.

[@amoses11]

I remember turning on the tv to watch a particular show that came on at a particular time growing up in the 90s and early 2000s. If you missed it, you just missed it and hadda hear about it from somebody who seen the show. Sometimes i would use a vhs tape to record a show i knew i was gonna miss. Now you can download or subscribe to streaming apps that will have live tv available on ur cell phone or u can download them apps on ur tablet or laptop and look at that stuff on the go. And with these streaming services, most ppl dont even watch live shows on tv together as a family because of this on the go lifestyle or the need to be in separate rooms of the house to watch your favourite shows on ur cellphone or iPad.

[@jeffweber8556]

I do have to admit one thing I don't miss is cameras with film. Long gone are the agonies of being selective of what you photographed because you only had a limited amount of pictures to take, accidently opening the camera and exposing your film, not getting the film threaded right and not getting any pictures and then having to mail off the film to get developed and the eternal wait for the pictures to come back and only then knowing if you pictures actually came out

[@AnitaSingh-lp5wz]

When I was a child I always looked forward to Friday night movie night with blockbusters . They would pretty good movies and deals .

[@TechTokOffical]

Did he really just say "the convenience of using a payphone when you were out and about."? This is something someone who has never had to rely on payphones would say. Video rental stores were dead LONG before "steaming services" ruined everything

[@TennantMary]

Drive in movies still exist and they use them in winter too 😊

[@janellcrews6108]

Yep we have 1 in my city.

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

1:08 - There were hardly any tv shows available to rent on VHS in the '80s

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Yes, mostly films and a very few music video compilations.

[@user-to6rx6im4l]

80s was the best decade ever wish it would have stayed the 80s forever!!!! Miss it terribly simple time so much fun to be alive

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

The past was the worst.

[@brandonmcclellan30]

Drive-In Theaters were not around in the 1980's. They were from the 1950's. Just a friendly FYI.

[@clintbonita]

Loved playing games in the arcade! Ms Pac-Man, Mario!❤

[@paulsarnik8506]

Heck, I remember the Mom and Pop start-up VHS rental stores! 🤓😎✌🏼

[@Rkenton48]

The loss of payphones was a bad idea. During a blackout, payphones still worked, cell phones did not.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

In the UK, the phone companies are replacing all of the powered copper wires with fibre. Better for internet speeds but worse for those types of emergencies.

[@williamworley6164]

The Dewey decimal system! Yes, I remember listening to the tone as the internet connected

[@c-train3630]

Jazzersize still exists. It was still popular in the 2010's amongs older people.

[@TonyDixonPhotography]

We had VCRs so having to watch a TV show when it came on wasn't completely necessary. And we didn't get dial up until the late 90s.

[@martys2001]

Lots of malls around Chicago here still have arcades. Plus, we have the worlds largest arcade in Brookfield called The Galloping Ghost.

[@BrianClarkpharmd]

The 80s rocked

[@jrodriguez3858]

I lived all of these and, oh yes, they bring back a LOT of good and bad memories. But honestly, I prefer today's technology by a wide margin

[@paulluna8099]

A few arcades still exist, a bar arcade just opened up in the last 2 years. The last arcade in my area was back in 1993 before the bar arcade opening.

[@maxmaham]

I feel like pay phones should still be a thing just incase of emergencies and your phone is dead or stolen

[@kranwa15]

0:56 Video Rentals 1:48 Pay Phones 2:48 Cassette Tapes 3:44 Network TVs 4:47 Smoking on Planes 5:45 Pagers 6:49 Arcade Games 7:52 Physical Maps 8:55 Dial-Up Internet 10:12 Library 11:27 Laser Discs 12:33 Type writers 13:39 Walkman 14:37 Film Cameras 15:53 Leaded Gasoline 16:55 Drive-in Movies 17:57 Aerobics Classes 19:01 Newspapers 20:05 Spandex 21:10 Floppy Disks

[@matty3221]

I'm an Aussie, we still have payphones mainly as a public service/safety thing, their free now. Do you other guys not have payphones now?

[@jaylewis8789]

You can't slam down a cell phone in anger.

[@RictusHolloweye]

You can... once.

[@travisirwin2547]

There is still a block buster in Bend Oregon. It was the block buster I grew up going to.

[@globalfamily8172]

WHY doesn't GPS or google maps have the city/town name on the map when you are driving? It would be nice to know when you cross the town line!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Regarding the demise of Arcade games. PC games were a big contributor to this as well and at this point in May 2024, PC games are actually outselling Console games, though Console and Mobile games are making more money, at the moment.

[@tahoemike5828]

I don't know about the video yet, but that thumbnail model is a keeper!

[@xcyberdem0nx]

I miss the smell when you would walk into blockbuster and being able to hear that entertainment tonight theme song playing on the tvs hanging on the ceilings 😢

[@marceld6061]

Most of these items from the 80s show how far we've come and how little patience we now have. Dial-up internet. Pay phones and pagers. GPS. Waiting for your show to air on TV. Video rental stores. Now we just sit around and do all that without getting off our rears. From what I remember of the 80s we spent more time with *people* . If we called someone, their house phone might be busy (no call-waiting!) We would have to wait & try again later or ride over to knock on their doors.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Dial up internet only came out in the early 1990s.

[@mytbread108]

As someone that grew up in the 80's and 90's I have thought about only allowing a streaming series episode to be watched by my kids at a certain day and time of the week. Then for more fun for me I would pause the show for a few minutes to make them race to the bathroom or kitchen during the "commercial break".

[@danriley5848]

Best decade ever and I'm glad to have been a teen during it.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

The past was the worst.

[@danriley5848]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 You have no clue.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@danriley5848 you're the one that wants to push us back into an era where so many things were inaccessible. Maybe when you get an education and learn how the world works you'll understand.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@danriley5848 also realize that I'm old enough to remember the 80s and know what life was like back then.

[@danriley5848]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 I guess that you missed out.🤣

[@gregorycasey3347]

I was trained by the military to read paper maps so I still use them over a gps. Only use GPS if I need too but very rare. My wife uses it when I’m not there. She prefers me because I give better directions with less stress.

[@theimp5901]

I'm from the 50's. Wow am I old lol.

[@ImTheFatboy]

Me and my son definitely still play arcade games in the mall but it's not the same. I'm glad there are some good size traditional arcades in our area too tho

[@MikesOrganicVideos]

Yeah, I made a few mix tapes. And then burned a few mix CDs later on. Now it’s just easier to make playlists on my KZbin channel.

[@trainerskulb00d]

Was a good retro relook. Just fyi...floppy disks transitioned to CD-ROM, then to Blu-Ray...now more commonly the jump drive (USB).

[@brasmussen81]

Dial up internet in the 80s? I guess we were further behind around here than I thought, because I never heard of it until the mid 90s

[@lancerevell5979]

It existed in the late 1980s, but the 300 baud modems were glacially SLOW!

[@felixtcy]

Personal PCs in the 80s cost as much as most new cars. Not a typical household item until the 90s.