Life Before The Internet Changed Us!

Before the internet came along, life was very different from what we know today. Some people may think it was better while others do not. In this video we will take a look back at some of the changes and let you weigh in on your opinion.
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[@sharonsomers]

So glad I grew up when there was no internet.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Sharon!

[@bertrandlewis4906]

Being born in 89, my internet initially was dial up.

[@john-oh9cr]

you mean you're glad you grew up before social media and apps

[@sharonsomers]

@@john-oh9cr Absolutely.

[@RandaWise]

Yes, and the Internet contributes to people not knowing how to truly communicate face-to-face.

[@MAGronemeyer]

I miss the old days! The internet made society isolated and antisocial. Nobody interacts with one another.

[@WinterInTheForest]

It's so hard to even meet people in real life anymore. We've reached a point where engaging in conversation with strangers is considered weird and intrusive.

[@womendontneedmen5071]

Internet is not the main reason. It’s globalism

[@trr5291]

Using the Internet to complain about the Internet. If you hate the internet so much you should go back to the 1980's life.

[@Thomas-jl3gn]

​@@trr5291 Using the Internet to complain about someone using the Internet to complain about the Internet. If you don't like reading complaints on the Internet. Don't.

[@QueenoftheBlackCoast]

@@trr5291 TBF, it's very difficult to do without the internet entirely any more. So many businesses make it impossible to do without it.

[@robertwright7283]

Life before the internet and social media was so much better than today.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Robert!

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

I totally agree and do enjoy some of the conveniences of the internet, but it is not worth it for all of the problems it brings.

[@lisapersino2729]

So true !

[@pastapete9095]

You're right. I remember rope swings and lakeside hang outs. It's all been closed off and cut down. Now we have to pay to open our front doors.

[@squirrelsinjacket1804]

I disagree, granted there are some downsides but the internet made life generally a TON better and more advanced. Having access to mostly the entirety of human knowledge in your pocket radically changed the world for the better.

[@siddrajput1029]

Social media makes us anti-social.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I definitely think it does and especially so in person. Thank you for watching siddrajput1029!

[@anythingbootneck]

Fact!👍🏻

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

It does and it gets dangerous too as you don’t know who you may be talking behind the screen.

[@briansalazar7397]

Anti Social Media

[@gbipit1]

Exactly right it is used to hide behind and just do nothing

[@joeapicelli8367]

I'll take pre internet over today anytime. People can't communicate without their cellphone doing it for them.

[@RetroEmpireDefend]

Just get a flip phone or don't have unlimited data plan. I've done both of those things at different times to break the algorithm for a few months. It helps.

[@Gamesso1slO0l]

social media has destroyed generations of kids

[@dashrendar8739]

I miss the pre internet world.

[@geeky12ful]

I do too!!

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Me too!😢

[@boomer3150]

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj Yes.

[@user-gr5ps6hq2z]

@@boomer3150 Born in 75 I miss those days there was more freedom for kids and one thing that was not in this video was that our parents had to use answering machines back then and cordless phones had an antenna and were pretty big.

[@youthfulcurmudgeon3627]

In short, people actually went out and DID things and lived life to the fullest.

[@nickimontie]

True!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching youthfulcurmudgeon3627!

[@Chris_at_Home]

Heck we never even had a TV until a few years after we bought a house when we were 26 in 1980. We spent most of our time outdoors. I met my wife in 7th grade and married after high school. We are 70 and both pretty tech savvy now.

[@GeoAce777]

Living life to the fullest is travelling throughout the world, one can do this with minimal internet usage.

[@quantanglement]

Yup, they didn't just watch life like many today.

[@orangecat5036]

Don't forget the 2 hour monopoly game that ended with a fight and all the pieces on the floor.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That was definitely one of the more stress inducing games and especially if there were kids involved.

[@danpatch4751]

I've seen that video😮.

[@fredstriker2042]

Tended to be risk thrown across the room for me

[@riproar11]

@@danpatch4751 *I've seen. Before 2021 people always said, "I've seen".

[@danpatch4751]

@@riproar11 Oh, sorry. My diabetes must have been acting up. I'll correct it.😊

[@Jen0714]

I still maintain life was much easier back in the day. You never miss what you never had. Thank you for the walk down memory lane!

[@writercard4]

Agreed

[@vincentlussier8264]

Exactly! You don't miss what doesn't exist and speaking for myself believe it or not I'm not on Facebook or any social media! None at all! I give comments on topics to people like you and that's it! I've never been on dating apps either! If I don't meet a girl, I don't meet a girl! Most lie about themselves! In all, I rather go back to the days before the internet and use the rotary dile phone. Brrrrrrrring!🇨🇦✌️🎸🌹🎃

[@keithrobertson9075]

Because it was. I find myself trying to disconnect as I get ilder

[@parkb5320]

Of course life was much easier back in the day, you were a kid lol. It has nothing to do with the decade or with the technology available to you , life was easier because back then you were a child. Just like how adults in the 2050s will look back at the 2020s and reminisce how life was so much easier and slower in the 20s.

[@Jen0714]

@@keithrobertson9075 Me, too. Actually KZbin is the only social media I do and it's 99% for music!

[@goodguy4342]

The internet has killed social interactions. Yes it's made life easier but has isolated us all. Period

[@Domjot5569]

I'd say that is very true in the in-person aspect of interactions today, but I would also counter argue that the internet has also brought us closer and better connected with one another at a level never thought possible before internet. I would call the internet a double edged sword for that.

[@denialphasebitcoin5639]

Facts

[@user-bo4gw1xj4u]

Yes, most young people struggle learning to interact with people in person.

[@martysk8r]

The internet has not brought us together, it has torn us apart.

[@itsalwayssunnyinpahoa7631]

I miss the 80’s and 90’s. Life certainly was way more simple and people in general seemed happier before the rise of the Internet. Alohas everyone and have a blessed day.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching itsalwayssunnyinpahoa!

[@brodriguez11000]

Ah the day of the wedgies, how we miss thee. 🙂

[@j.whiteoak6408]

And the music of the 80's & 90's was so good! ❤

[@reneastle8447]

Every decade has its ups and downs, but we can learn from them and create new things to turn the downs into ups.

[@mateobrynn5792]

As a child of the ‘80s (born in 75) I love my memories of growing up pre-internet. While I do enjoy modern conveniences, I mourn that my kids couldn’t grow up in a simpler time, where home was the only “safe space “ needed, where predators had to come through dad at the door (possibly armed), not a firewall on your network. Where bullies could be faced and dealt with on the playground and not online behind anonymity with the power to destroy lives. Where the scrapes and bruises from climbing trees and riding bikes were considered character building and didn’t cause parents to panic because they read a horrifying post on social media. This is a great post. We live in exciting times but I am grateful for growing up in era of shopping malls and Saturday morning cartoons.

[@ybe7011]

I'm the same way. Also born in '75, now with teenagers and can't believe how much has changed. The things they have to deal with it so different than us.

[@leonardwashington2422]

I agree. Born in 83. I miss those times SO badly. Nor will our kids get to go in a video store , with only thing to tell us about the movies was the back of the box. Same with video games . Save for some magazines. So many things that were so much better and REAL back in those days. My 8 yo daughter , is learning of these things tho, and is interested in it all. I have a game room with my original NES and everything tht came after tht all set up and playable with tons of games. She loves it.

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Me too! I miss the 80s as an 80s child. I enjoy the modern conveniences but it is not worth all these sacrifices. I miss the mall and in person socializing not social media which I don’t really use.

[@garciadavid582]

Me 1974 😃👍 Basic Life

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Born in 75 also. I don’t not miss not having a smart phone or instant gratification of today. I hated summer as a kid. My favorite shows were all reruns. You had to wait for fall. Also when movies came out. You had to wait a year before it was on VHS. Homework you had to copy books but change them differently. Calling friends was hard. Collect phone calls. You had to use maps. I do miss playing outside all day long. Boomer parents did not play with their kids. They hired babysitters and did not take us to adult parties. I am 47 with 10 year olds. I take my kids everywhere and spend all of my time with them. Parents take their kids to adult parties. Nice restaurants etc.

[@lmb1962]

Remember the excitement of answering the phone without knowing who it was? Looking out the front door to see your friends' bikes to see where we were hanging out? Walking to school with your friends, no moms? Those long summer days exploring the woods? In the winter, taking your sledder, finding a hill and slide down it until it was getting dark, knowing all the while, mom had hot soup for you? I'm stopping now because I'm getting teary eyed. Hope I brought some good memories back. It was good to be a kid in the '60s😊

[@ericdonner7199]

I was 10 years old in 1964 an life growing up was so much better. Take care an have a nice day.

[@lamusiclover2264]

Yes, and in the 70's.

[@lmb1962]

@@ericdonner7199 You do the same.

[@26MECH]

Ahhh born in 82 here...just your words bring back memories!!!

[@motherearth5462]

Born in 61..Oh the memories..😢

[@fob1xxl]

Life WAS just better all the way around.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching fob1xxl!

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

It definitely does but I do appreciate the modern convenience of online ordering and shopping. However, I still like to go to the store to shop.

[@Twilight0888]

Watching this makes me realize how old I am 😂 Sure do miss the simpler times.

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

Hey! We're not old! I believe we are experienced, refined-ish and classic! Have a great weekend!

[@curiousone2581]

AMEN!

[@thomasthomas2418]

I miss the BETTER times!

[@davidmaxey3401]

But now I have much better relations with relatives who live all around the country. Love it.

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Yes, I feel old too.

[@jacktribble5253]

The price paid for today's "Convenience" was criminally high.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts jacktribble5253!

[@markhines192]

Libraries were an adventure. You had to look up a book in the card catalog which had cards for subject author or title. Cars for similar and so they were easier to do our own self-maintenance. Life was better in the 70s in a lot of ways. When we took family trips us kids would sit in the front seat with a map and we would navigate for whoever was driving.

[@curiousone2581]

You felt so smart and grown up when you used the card catalog even as a kid!!

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I still visit the library every Saturday, but I do miss the old days.😊

[@stanford-nf4jk]

@markhines192 I remember being a kid and asking the librarian if they had a certain book. If she could afford to spare a moment she’d show you how to use the Dewey Decimal System! Fun times!

[@stanford-nf4jk]

@curiousone2581 I always enjoyed the smell of those musty old cards. Three cheers for the Dewey Decimal System!

[@lmb1962]

@@stanford-nf4jk Hip, hip, hurray!

[@womendontneedmen5071]

My god what i wouldn’t give for a time machine!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching! Let me know if you find one!

[@journeytothemosthigh5021]

@@RhettyforHistorydon’t you have one?…I won’t tell, just please drop me off in 1978, or 1982..not picky.

[@timtebowfan628]

@@journeytothemosthigh5021 Me too!

[@CheaplaffsJohnson]

There's one on the internet

[@INFJparadox]

Being an introvert, I appreciate the modern conveniences like online ordering. However, being born in 1970, I would go back in a minute!

[@journeytothemosthigh5021]

I’m 1970 as well and although fax machines and computers were better than a typewriter I’d take the old days in a heartbeat!

[@chriswallace7235]

You took the words right out of my mouth. I've always been a big-time introvert, definitely enjoy modern conveniences. That being said I find myself constantly wishing I could go back to those days. (Born in 1976 by the way)

[@robertdoble7665]

I heard that.

[@robertdoble7665]

The saturday morning shows were awesome back then! Great time to be a kid.

[@zerolbcool]

1970 KID as well...1970 kids rock.

[@user-oj1bq1to5g]

Ah when friends were people you actually knew and hung out with 😂

[@monikameza4107]

Born in 59 without cell, beeper or internet, life was hard then, but I would go back in a heart beat. Still don't have a computer at home 😆.

[@TaaxiCaab]

While our world is crumbling, I appreciate you sharing childhood memories with a boy from 1975

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

Same! I miss the 80's! I'm a 1973 child and my kids childhood is vastly different from the freedom we enjoyed! Have a great weekend!

[@jenniferhansen3622]

1977 here 😊 I miss the 80s too.

[@justmejenny7986]

I felt the need to comment. 3 Jennifer comments in a row! 😎

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

@justmejenny7986 I just appreciate good conversation and intelligent folks!

[@lmb1962]

And a girl from 1962. Best times ever.

[@AJDIYNetwork]

Looking back now, life was simpler…. But we made it complicated at times. I still miss the good old days though….

[@jonalberts980]

Instructions make learning anything new ridiculously complicated. Then again, I recently watched an instructional video from the 50s on how to use a touch tone phone and afterwards I could no longer operate one. 😂

[@tonycollazorappo]

I was born in 1961, before the internet we played outside with our friends the time. I read a lot and still do. We used the landline phone to set up a group of kids to meet and play and ride our bikes on adventures. Best times for kids to grow up in.

[@terrycraig6386]

Ahh... The Landline.😊😊😊

[@kratoscraken5614]

Yup, me and the guys where at the mall, arcades, movies, the food courts, Chinese food, chili dogs, then finished it off with arcades and girls were alot nicer......good times! I'm just glad I was able to live that because it will never happen again 👍🍻👍

[@CarsandCats]

Girls actually had to have a personality to go along with their looks - now because of the Internet, they can fake it.

[@jonalberts980]

2023: "Girls were nicer? You're so creepy!"

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

No, you can still do this but it is not as common.

[@kratoscraken5614]

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj but the time is over, got no more true friends so the atmosphere is dead

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

@@kratoscraken5614I know the feeling and close and true friends are hard to find regardless of which time period you live in. However, it is harder as you get older to find true friends.

[@OneManBandNapier]

I guess all times have their good points and bad points, but I do miss growing up in the very late 70s and 80s. It was a magical time of good movies, personal interactions, Saturday morning cartoons, comics/books, and having ACTUAL friends. But what I miss the most is people's level of tolerance for each other, other cultures, delays, inconveniences, and not having things. It was OK to be different.

[@davidhoward4715]

Tolerance back then? You're kidding, I hope.

[@gwgux]

@@davidhoward4715 IKR, I was bullied relentlessly for being "different" (aka a 'nerd') in the 80s and 90s. I only got out of it by learning to stand up for myself and then "playing along" with the others so I wasn't "different" anymore even though I had to fake being interested in the same music, movies, etc. I was finally able to find people more like me online when the Internet revolution happened in the 90s. Typically when someone talks about "tolerance" back then, they were not on the outside, though there are some exceptions. True tolerance is an illusion. The Internet didn't create problems with bullying and people rejecting each other and staying in their own echo chamber. It just magnified it. We humans are often very tribal in our beliefs/likes/dislikes/world views/etc. and that hasn't changed in over a millennia.

[@heru-deshet359]

@@davidhoward4715 Yes. There was tolerance. If you weren't alive then, you have no right to criticize.

[@carlosnievas1220]

I disagree! There was a level of intolerance, you would not believe. And if you "stood up for yourself", you were refered to as a baby! Or got into trouble for punching your tormentor in the face. Now if you récord "bullying", and get evidence, you can take the bully, to court!

[@charlsalash]

@@heru-deshet359 If you were a straight white male, you may have found the world very tolerant toward you. For the others, good luck!

[@southerncross5360]

This made my day! I thought of comedian Karen Morgan and her take on different generations. I'm a Gen Xer and when you brought up writing letters and mailing them I thought about what she said. Remember this was said in good fun, Gen Z doesn’t know how to write a check. They don’t know how to address an envelope. They don’t know how to read cursive. They don’t know how to read a paper map. They can’t get anywhere unless there’s a GPS map on their phone. She said if Gen Z takes over the world, it’s going to be pretty easy to get it back. "We’re just going to write our battle plans in cursive on a piece of paper. And then mail it to ourselves in envelopes. 😂

[@delaneymarks2212]

That’s a great bit!!

[@Thomas-jl3gn]

How about contact information? Every bit of contact information, 1000's of bits of information. All stored inside your head.

[@peacewillow]

most excellent!! 😂💕

[@maryloufrisch54]

I recently was teaching Latin. Hadn’t taught for a while was doing Social Work. I WROTE on the WHITE BOARD in PALMER METHOD (Catholic School) and my students let me know, “We don’t read cursive.” I had heard rumblings of that but now I know it is very real. So I asked if they had ever watched an OLD movie where there’s a note or letter in it. They said yes but they couldn’t read the writing. How awful-some how love emails isn’t the same as love letters. So no more love letters you can save but providing you have enough storage, you can save your emails. Plus I guess handwriting analysis people are eventually have to adapt too!

[@quantanglement]

@@maryloufrisch54 Scary. Can you imagine if the allies in ww2 were like todays' kids. The Germans could just write out their war plans in cursive and the allies would be totally stumped. Who needs an enigma machine. There goes the war!

[@ryanmckay2535]

Growing up before the internet was awesome. I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything.

[@JBags72]

I would do anything to go back. There was nothing like it!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching JBags72!

[@JBags72]

@@RhettyforHistory 👌🏻

[@JW-vi2nh]

I miss bookstores. My favorite place in the entire world used to be my localish bookstore. It had a coffee shop inside it, and although I never learned to like coffee, the smell of the books and the flavored coffees was just divine to me. Even now, my favorite candles are coffee scented and I'm that weirdo who still carries a paper book around with me. I've tried getting into reading on eReaders, Kindles and my phone and I just can't do it. I need that smell, feel and the overall sensation of having the physical book. Even now, at almost 40, the first thing I do when I pick up a book is flip through the pages really quickly and smell the paper and ink and glue. I love it.

[@bradbaker4679]

I thought I was the only one!!!

[@SchardtCinematic]

Alot of kids wouldn't know how to live without the internet or smartphones if they went back in time 50 to 60 years. Not to mention even just 25 to 30 years ago

[@CarsandCats]

And neither would their Millennial parents. We are now on the 2nd lost generation. Only one more to go!

[@lamusiclover2264]

They DON"T know how to live without their cell phones. Try taking one away from a child or a teenager. They will absolutely go psychotic! Screaming, crying, tantrums, begging, anxiety attacks. It is an addiction, pure and simple. And I really believe it is making children autistic.

[@parkb5320]

Just like how if the average middle aged adult had to ride horses instead of driving a car, or using a wood burning stove and had Togo out into the woods to chop down trees for fuel. Kids are the most adaptable beings. They can adapt to anything, it’s the adults who can’t adapt at all. At all. They’re stuck in their ways. Kids today would do fine without the internet and smartphones. It’s most likely the adults today that would have the hardest time adapting if the internet shut down today,

[@sallyintucson]

I was stunned when I read in the local paper that the University was going to have classes on socialization.

[@SchardtCinematic]

@parkb5320 well I'm 52 and grew up in a rural area. I've done alot but not all of those things.

[@crosisofborg5524]

The kids of today will never realize what they missed. I feel sorry for them.

[@anythingbootneck]

Yes, I often think the same, I really don’t envy children growing up in today’s world.

[@stevesilva2780]

Yes, affluence and a genuine middle class.

[@rj3969]

I’d go back to 1979 in a heartbeat and do it all over again.

[@timothy4557]

That was a great year.

[@thegood9]

I miss simply going to a concert, a show, or driving down the road without inconsiderate arses messing with their phones, videoing the show, and running over me as they block the lanes and don't pay attention.

[@user-gw5tc7nu4r]

So glad I was an 80s kid. Life was so much better. Gen X rules.

[@stevesilva2780]

Gen X: "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".

[@hyacinthbucket3803]

@@stevesilva2780 I love that movie.

[@simon5005]

I flew a lot in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and never once saw bad behavior. Flying was a wonderful experience and adventure! And no one in pajamas!!!!!

[@pamelas1002]

The memories of my grandmother asking me to bring her the telephone book......... I was amazed at how many names were in there! I'd flip through it like it was a novel!😊 Ahhhhh, those were the days.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I always enjoyed flipping thru each new edition that came out each year. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Pamela!

[@sallyintucson]

They were also used for booster seats.

[@pamelas1002]

@@sallyintucson doorstops too😄

[@kenlompart9905]

When I was around 12 or so, mid 70s, my buddy and I used to look through the phone book for people with funny names, it was an adolescent boy thing.

[@thomasthomas2418]

Remember seeing your name, for the first time, in the phone book? Truly a right of passage.

[@T-Dogs]

born in the 70's , going through this transition my whole life is brutal....I'm an analog man in a digital world

[@Arthur.H.Studio]

Words cannot describe how I miss game gatherings. I'm introverted, but still this is a part of life that is sorely absent.

[@mlee65]

The internet made today's population lazy. People actually use there brain to create things and went outside back in the day, I miss those days.

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

I feel that deeply! I'm happy to have raised kids that will mend their clothes and take care of what their given!

[@anythingbootneck]

The 60’s and 70’s were happy days. Take me back!

[@polarbear353]

Stop by and pick me up while you’re at it.

[@anythingbootneck]

@@polarbear353 I’m working on a time a Time Machine!👍🏻😀

[@polarbear353]

@@anythingbootneck please do 👍

[@marknewton6984]

I'll go!

[@anythingbootneck]

@@marknewton6984 Just booked your seat!👍🏻

[@maryc6189]

I still mail Christmas cards and enjoy receiving them by mail.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is awesome you still love them! Thank you for watching Mary!

[@geraldslade2237]

The only thing that the internet has really succeeded in doing is taking humanity out of being human

[@sorayadiaz1457]

I miss my 80's &90's nothing like those years!!! ❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching sorayadiaz1457!

[@JimiJamma]

The world was in a better place before the internet!

[@timtebowfan628]

I lived 1/2 my life pre-internet. It was a better and simpler time. I wish we could go back to those times.

[@stephenhobbs4753]

As a boy growing up in the 70's, all of my neighborhood friends loved competing against each as to who could jump a ramp the furthest with our bikes... And yes, sometimes hospital trips happened... I think those times made me an interesting adult...

[@budselect71]

I was born in 1971 and for me life was better back then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts budselect71!

[@nitro662raw8]

Me too

[@billmadison2032]

I'm so glad I am Gen X I have gotten to experience so many things in my lifetime

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching billmadison2032!

[@billmadison2032]

@@RhettyforHistory no, thank you for reminding me about good times. your videos bring back forgotten memories.

[@terrycraig6386]

Generation X here too.proud of it.😊😊😊

[@user-qj5yb3rc1g]

Yes I'm 62 I miss that great like less stress nicer people😢

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching user-qj5yb3rc1g!

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

5:51 that's right! there is NOTHING like a physical book! 📚😍

[@jwb52z9]

Yeah, unless you have to be on guard for how old a book is when you can't be around latex, which used to be a major component of book binding glue.

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

@@jwb52z9 ok...

[@Alan-lv9rw]

Life was more pleasant in the 1970’s. People were more gracious, laid back, and less stressed.

[@edwardranno7119]

Internet is ruining society

[@20alphabet]

It has.

[@CarsandCats]

HAS ruined. Not is. The Genie is never going back into the bottle.

[@edwardranno7119]

And it’s only going to get worse as time goes on

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts Edward!

[@NotData]

Another change is the way fewer people use cash. Pre-internet, most people still used cash for common inexpensive purchases. They saved credit cards for the more expensive items where cash purchases didn't really fit. But nowadays, thanks to debit cards, PayPal, and Zelle, many people don't even carry cash. They will even charge the simplest purchases like a coffee at a convenience store.

[@CarsandCats]

Because they can't track cash purchases.

[@lmb1962]

A couple years ago, after just coming back from a trip and it being Halloween, we didn't have any candy. When our favorite neighbor kids showed up, we handed them each a five dollar bill, a fortune in our day. The look on their little faces... oh, dear. I got in the car, drove to Publix, got both a full-sized candy bar. Happy faces! Didn't dawn on my husband and I that they had no clue what "cash" was.

[@arabcadabra8863]

@@lmb1962 My friends kid asked him: "What does 'hang up' the phone mean?"

[@thetraveler2561]

It was better. People prefer to talk to their smartphones now than other people.

[@Spoofsinyourface]

From the time the Vietnam War ended I think was the best time to be a kid. Time of peace, Saturday morning cartoons, and a toy from each one in a giant toy store, Every holiday was very celebrated in the home and on TV. Didn't have so many choices of music and TV channels, so more people had things in common to talk about. People weren't constantly distracted or occupied with a phone, so hanging at the mall or in front of a store was normal. Instead of sitting home all day gaming, you'd go to an arcade, 7/11, or pizza place to play an arcade game. Kids rode bikes or walked for miles from town to town on a mission without fear of strangers and abductors. People were a bit more mentally stable at the time. No metal detectors or school shootings at that time. MTV and crazy clothes or hair styles. It was way better and I hate that I can't give that childhood to children today. Movies like Stand By Me or Goonies really did depict how kids were. I thought parents were more liberal when parenting, letting kids just be missing all day long, as long as you were home for dinner. Sleepovers, and playing in construction sites, we did it all. Dirt trails to ride BMX bikes and hit jumps was always a cool hangout. I feel so blessed to have lived when I did. Today though 🤮. Nah, can't stand it. I really feel for this generation. They're too delusional to even understand what they missed out on. I pray for them and their safety always. Even though we didn't wear helmets, wandered around all day and night without being monitored or tracked by phone and video, etc. We still managed with a certain safety and security that felt free. Man I miss the 70s & 80s.

[@journeytothemosthigh5021]

I agree!

[@QuinnnMallory]

People used to get the newspaper delivered. I was one of those who hopped on my Schwinn every day after school and on weekends to deliver it. If you wanted to read the news you bought a newspaper. And the news was always what happened yesterday. I haven't purchased or even read an actual newspaper in more than 20 years.

[@shannondore]

Easier times now with everything at our fingertips but I sure do miss the simpler times. The 70's/80's were the best!❤😊

[@journeytothemosthigh5021]

Yes indeed!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on the times Shannon!

[@stevebojo4378]

Life was better but it's social media (not so much the internet) that has put us in a downward spiral.

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Yup and that is why many have stopped using it. I am one of those along with many others. I hardly used it before too. I deleted Facebook and only kept Instagram but hardly use it too. May delete it in the future too.

[@RedProg]

Spent 50 years working with the public. Social skills have been on the decline for 25 years. Glad to be retired. Wish you all peace and happiness. Now if you will excuse me I am going outside and enjoy the day.

[@TheRecon1a]

As an older Gen X'r (Born if 68) I approve this vid. Especially the mix tape. I can't believe how many hours and cassette tapes I took and used making them. American top 40 with Casey Kasem that was the best time to get those songs you wanted without the DJ talking over the start or the end of the song. I still have like a dozen cassette tapes still in a box.

[@northsongs]

I still have a bunch of cassettes but nothing to play them on!

[@ugaais]

Born in 1970 I agree

[@tammy707]

Definitely miss those days, adults are always talking about it. All though my parents are 70 and there days sound a lot better, I’m 48.

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

Same! I'm 49 and I feel like I'm living on another planet sometimes! We used to help folks because it's the kind thing to do, not film a bunch of fake "help" for clout and subs! I hope you have a great weekend!

[@LISA.R.2112]

Back in the dark ages 😆 love it !! Convenience is great but the Internet is a love/hate thing for me. Thanks as always !!👍❤️

[@brendaholliday6866]

Rhett, I really enjoyed your video about how the Internet has changed our lives. In some aspects it's changed for the better, but it's made some people lose creativity. I personally still enjoy personal "snail mail," correspondence sending and receiving, too. Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

Agreed! I love having people from all over that pen pal as much as I do!

[@tahitifan100]

As a mail carrier, I appreciate the effort you take to mail personal letters. 😀

[@cherrybomb2600]

Now that so many people are using emojis and lol so much, I shudder to think that slowly words will be replaced by them. Because you can't have a conversation about revolution with emojis. 💊 dangerous, addictive drugs weren't prescribed for children. And so many on antidepressants, not able to feel highs and lows.

[@cherrybomb2600]

People of all ages prescribed addictive drugs. Want to get off them? Take another drug that's even more addictive.

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

I still write letters and cards to my nephews. We email too but still write snail mail since nothing can replace that.

[@1805movie]

I miss those days. It's great that we're more "connected than ever", but, at the same time, it also isolates us. Imo, I think kids shouldn't be exposed to the internet until they're at least 18. Have them live life with friends and family, and without the stresses of online harassment. It's difficult, but not impossible.

[@DeeBullock1836]

Born in 1961, graduated high school in 1979, and I loved my childhood!!! Cannot think of anything that wasn’t fun and enjoyable!!! Never without friends or cousins around!!! Got my own princess phone and own phone number for Christmas in 1975, my Dads used 1971 Chevy Malibu in 1977, life was definitely good!!!!!! Wish time machines were real, I’d go back in a heartbeat!!!!!!

[@mckennalynn1916]

Hello I'm a new sub here, and I definitely think the world was a better place before the internet. I feel like the internet has affected a lot of different ways we function as people. I was born in the 2000s and I didn't get my first phone until I turned about 13. It has definitely affected my life, and for about a year or so now I've been trying to do things the old school way. I go shopping in person I only thrift for clothing now, I try and cook a lot, read a lot, and I also go to the movie theaters. By limiting my internet time I have noticed a significant increase in my happiness.

[@kellmac]

@mckennalynn1916 - That's impressive for someone your age. I wish more younger people did that.

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

Hello! I have found several friends in the UK that enjoy writing letters and cards as much as I do! I again enjoy waiting for the mail to see who wrote me!

[@edgarpoinsot5502]

Welcome to the real life.

[@josephtreffiletti4198]

Much better times then. When people actually went outside and had a conversation with other people. Going to the mall. We would hang out on a corner and play music and hang out. I sure miss those days. Great video and love your channel.

[@sandrashevel2137]

I liked the simple life

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching sandrashevel2137!

[@peacewillow]

i'm so glad that i grew up in the 70' s and 80' s!! 💕 the thing about using the encyclopedia or paper map was that you were bound to find something cool that you hadn't been looking for, that you didn't even know existed, and THAT was the adventure. same with being out and about..... you never knew who you might run into. today's world seems much more close minded..... like they only want what they want, and they don't want to experience anything else. i find that incredibly sad. 😔 i would give up the convenience in order to have a sense of community again. 🥀

[@sherrynotah1552]

I miss my childhood. Life was way better before the internet! We used to play outside, and you don't see that anymore, we had common sense too, and that is long gone. Life was simpler, but life back then had more meaning. I'm so glad I grew up in the 80s born in 1977. Wouldn't change my childhood for anything.

[@thejourney1369]

I’m 66 and I much prefer today with the internet. I like if I’m talking to someone, and we have a question about something, we can just google it. Or if I need to know something about a medication, I can google that. And since I’m legally blind and have lost a lot of vision, digital books are available for me to read since I can no longer read print books. And that I’ve been able to get in touch with old friends I haven’t seen in decades through Facebook. Information is at the touch of our fingertips. We tend to remember the past for being better than it was.

[@JLH1956]

Take me back, I actually lived like this. I'm 67 now, and I have been blessed seeing then and now.

[@crosisofborg5524]

Before modern technology it was considered bizarre behavior to take a photo of yourself. Narcissistic didn’t even begin to describe what we would think of selfies.

[@myfriendgoo2816]

To be fair, it wasn't until the 80s that you had film cameras with self-timers at mass-market prices.

[@marknewton6984]

Selfies we're weird.

[@lisadobbie7109]

The big phone book was a large part of our lives, especially the yellow pages when trying to find a product or service. And trying to find your destination was way different too. We all had to learn to read a city map and plan our route.

[@AW-xz9vc]

We did have mobile games. The hula hoop, roller skates, surfboard, skateboard, and a piece of plastic for sliding down grass hills. The only difference with their mobility, was they were not kept in a glass and metal small, hand held box. But they did go with you wherever you went, either slung over your shoulder or tied to your bike.😊

[@daniellothgren157]

I grew up in the 90s, just on the doorstep to the Internet. I'm glad to have experienced the "old world" and I often lament the loss of it. Sure, it has been very exciting to live through the development of public Internet, but to me it's gone too far. In the early days nerds like me would get together for gaming LANs so the social part was still there. I've never been been very social, and nowadays there's zero reason to be, so I often struggle with feelings of loneliness. It's the price we pay for convenience.

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

I will be a pen pal for you! I miss going in public and actually speaking to people who truly listen and care! I'm here if you need me!

[@stanford-nf4jk]

@daniellothgren157 I can be a penpal too! I never played PC games too much but I miss split screen co-op gaming so I think I know how you feel.

[@victorsantoy9469]

I was born in December 2nd 1960 so anyone that was born between 1950 to when I was born remembers the 60s 70s and 80s I feel we're the best in every category. So if you were born between those decades you know what I'm talking about. Everything was better back then.

[@thesoultransferprotocol721]

Yep the 70s and 80s were the Best of Times. I looked so forward to the new Sears Catalog and JC Penny. I remember that was our guide for new clothes for the school year upcoming, and would look through it dozens of times during the summer. This was back when we had 20 phone numbers memorized in our heads and we went to the libraries and art stores; played outside till the streetlights came on, rode our bikes and skateboards everywhere, and had great, fun television and radio. Going to live concerts almost every month was commonplace. People in the stores were very nice and cordial. We had fun game arcades. Family and Holiday Traditions were very important and teachers actually taught and you had a much more pro-active learning environment. Look at the state of our affairs now. Its like night and day. And not is a good way either. Anyhow, great vid. Its nice to meet another fella that has my same name. Be well Rhett.

[@ericteneyck8691]

Yeah, things might be more convenient now, but I think I would rather go back to my childhood days of the late 60's and 70's, even as an adult. We didn't have lots of the things the kids have now, but I really don't remember being bored. Being outside and having an imagination could keep us busy all day. I lived right on the edge of the suburbs and the country, so we had woods, abandoned homesteads and all sorts of things to play in and explore. I certainly didn't have helicopter parents so in the summer I left in the morning and often didn't home until close to supper and then usually back out.

[@bobburesh7185]

Born in 1964, I really miss the kindness people showed each other. We never locked our doors and everyone was welcome.

[@3Storms]

I remember it. You relied heavily on magazines for info, especially for special-interest hobbies like collecting stuff. New metal bands were introduced through tape-copying and sharing. Even Metallica was "discovered" that way. Media in general was more valuable because we didn't have instant access to every movie, TV show, song, and game ever made streaming straight to TV.

[@antkowiak666]

If I had the chance, I'd go back to the 70's/80's and stay there forever!

[@erics9207]

The old days was better. It was so nice in the 70s and early 80s.

[@PHBRNTGGR2]

I used to absolutely love doing research from books at the library. I thrived on it. Even at University when we could use the internet…I still went to the library and used books.

[@Therapistmind]

Internet and social media has increased mental health problems.I grew up in 70s miss it so much

[@rickyhurtt5568]

I have to say I sure miss life in the 70s and 80s.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

We gave up too much for the convenience of the Internet. We can live without setting foot outside of the house. Order everything and get it delivered. I wish we could go back to it. I remember when everyone had a large group of friends and we didn't have to have a large or small box ruling their lives.

[@chrisdye5068]

There was nothing like getting a letter from your girl friend who was away for the summer. And as for the use of maps, well theres many roads to travel. Not just the fastest one. All those back roads are really nice.

[@bethhayes1]

Grew up in the '60s, '70s. Awesome time!!

[@womendontneedmen5071]

And it will only get worse because of globalism and AI😞

[@mizzmary861]

Maybe it's because the weight of the world (finances) were on our parents shoulders lol but what a great era to be a Kid! A safe and wholesome lifestyle long gone. The 70s & 80s were LIFE😍

[@mushroomknot]

I was born in 1984,was 6 when the 90s came around. I loved the 90s. Spent so much time outside and I had a lot of friends that did the same. In fact I still have 6 of the friends I had way back when. We spend 1 hour on the Internet and most of the time we either work or we're out enjoying life. Unlike kids now a days that live their entire lives online.

[@joetrolo7076]

In the late seventies we communicated with CB radios. I always say it's Facebook for the 70s, checking locations, getting directions and meeting up.

[@Broughton1128]

*I haven't been to a mall in over a decade.*

[@RhettyforHistory]

Wow! That is a long time! Thank you for watching Broughton1128!

[@RoyCyberPunk]

What I loved about physical media video rentals was that it was a communal family experience and not everyone watching something different on their smartphones or tablets. But that can be easily remedied by engaging in collective family viewing of x show or movie as well.

[@travisazzopardi8024]

I remember seeing commercials for the internet before it became popular and they'd says "are you ready for the information super highway?" And I was like "where are they building this highway?". Lol. I was born in 64.

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

Rhetty Videos are something I look forward to when the alerts pop. I think people are far more gullible now - since ANYONE can publish falsehoods. One of the biggest changes, in my opinion, is that relationships with others have become more transactional. True connections seem as rare as diamonds these days.