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

[@garycollins7750]

I remember in 2006 I was in college and my intro to television technology instructor told the class about an article he read, Apple was about release a new phone that’ll let you watch TV, movies, send emails, surf the internet and take pictures. We all laughed at that, who would want to watch a movie on their phone? It was the iPhone he read about.

[@jedipool]

At drive-in theaters today, you tune the car radio to a certain station but back in the day there were speakers that you would pull your car next to and hang on your window.

[@monicavazquez2416]

And drive-ins were great for making out in “privacy” 😂

[@robbycarlson1636]

Being from the 80s myself I thoroughly enjoyed that but what I really liked more was the interaction between you and your son over the changes in technology and the things you used to do and what they do now it was fantastic

[@johnmcnulty2705]

Let's be real, if it was the 80's and you had a pager that ment you were 95% one of two things, either a doctor or a drug dealer.

[@thursty101]

I remember smoking areas on each floor of hospitals 😅

[@merimichelle541]

We have a few drive ins here in Colorado. It’s fun once in a while, something different to do than streaming at home. ❤ the nostalgia

[@scoobysnacks]

I remember that the first VCR that my father bought had a wired remote control. The wire was like 25' long, and you never lost the remote control. Those mix tapes were aggravating as hell because you'd wait so long for a particular song to come on that when it finally did you forgot you were supposed be be recording it until half way in, or if you remembered and were on the ball hitting the record button, the DJ would talk over all of the intro music. I remember being in the smoker's section of the plane because my parents smoked. I used to drive my mom crazy playing with the ashtray lid. I'd open it and let it snap back in place over and over and over. Non-smokers were actually breathing cleaner air in the airplanes than in a regular room with a smoker because the filtration systems on planes are so robust.

[@DRaymore44]

When I was a kid in the 70s while growing up in Orlando, Florida, my mother took me to a drive-in theater in Pine Hills to watch a movie on a large screen. You paid the admission price at a ticket booth, and then you could find a parking space to face the screen. Every space had a metal post on the left side with a speaker, and my mother had to bring in the speaker inside the car by placing it on the driver-side window. I think I went to see a re-release of "Doctor Doolittle" with Rex Harrison, and it was such a slow, boring movie that I fell asleep in the backseat. When I woke up, my legs were covered in mosquito bites as the movie credits were shown. Every drive-in theater had a concession stand near by to buy soft drinks, hot dogs, popcorn, or candy. Some drive-in theaters had a playground for the kids to play on. Those are good memories.

[@jamesleyda365]

Awesome memories man! It definitely gives the heart a tug.... miss them times so damn much🤘

[@philipplouden5892]

Immediate gold star for correctly writing “1980s” instead of “1980’s/80’s” in the title. 😁❤

[@garygramling5618]

I'm right with you there, Daz. In my early 30s, I threw a bunch of floppy disks and zip disks in a box. About 2 weeks ago, I came across that box. I had to buy drives on amazon to even play them, and once I opened them, half are created on windows (I now use apple) and many were zipped using software that was discontinued in the early 2000s. I'm now learning how to create a virtual machine to even TRY to get at those old files (talk about teaching an old dog new tricks...). The worst part is the file sizes are TINY and each takes FOREVER to read or transfer. I know there are certain things I want and am sure they have to be on those disks, so I can't just throw them away. I gave up about a week ago trying to figure it all out; however, I'll be back at it again. The irony is there's no way to fully understand the enormity and speed of the changes until you can look back. I've started realizing it's nature's cruel trick lol

[@davidcosta2244]

On a Mac, use Parallels to run a Windows virtual environment.

[@garygramling5618]

@@davidcosta2244 I've been working with virtual box just because it's free. Plus I was able to get an old copies of windows for free online. I'm just having a hard time figuring out how to open files on my mac with the virtual computer. I heard of Parallels but haven't tried it. Is it pretty straightforward? I'll look into it! Thanks for the tip--I've been pulling my hair out lol

[@rmk2336]

There's only one Blockbuster still open in America and it's in Bend, Oregon.

[@hannabertrand4460]

There's a Netflix documentary about it.

[@LukaDonesnitch]

I remember in the 90's before they started closing down we had an arcade in ours in Queens NY. My old acquaintance was playing this older guy on Mortal Kombat 2, The guy got mad and said he was cheesing him and smacked the dog crap out of him in front of everyone.

[@disoriented1]

Typing 1 class in high school in the U.S. in 1980. One semester of the school year (4.5 months)..which is all I had...meant I could still today keyboard for most purposes. Back then, I was the only male in a class of about 30 females. I recall half of my course I learned on manual typewriters, the rest of the course I typed on electric typewriters; it took a minute to adjust from manual to electric typewriters. I remember they covered the keyboards when we typed so we had no idea where the keys were. I still believe that is the most useful skill I learned in U.S. high school.

[@Bozemanjustin]

25:57 in the old days there used to be a speaker and you pulled up and it was on a cord and you just put it in your car and the passenger had one on their side Then in the more modern era the drive-in movie lot would just broadcast the movie on a radio channel and everybody tuned to that channel... So you could hear the movie loud and clear because you could turn your volume up as much as you wanted And if people have their windows down then you could hear the movie from everyone's car, so even when you got out to go to the snack stand, you could still hear the movie

[@richleaves]

We still have a drive-in theater. It's always busy; it was very busy during COVID.

[@flogg8635]

At 20:00, no correction tape existed pre-electric. The manual was punching the buttons. Advent of correction fluid made corrections a dream.

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

On some laptops, you can add internal memory - but it should be done at an authorized dealer. The location is usually under the keyboard (as is the solid state storage). You can also upgrade the cloud storage for a monthly/annual fee.

[@willvr4]

Any version of these videos pre 2000's is essentially the same. The first one is funny because I'm only 35 and I remember there was also a video rental store in my town that wasn't blockbuster, but owned by some Asian family. And there was a back area hidden behind a curtain where you could rent porn lol Random side fact...the term "dropping a dime" on someone, aka "snitching" or in the UK "grassing" came from the fact that it would cost a dime in US currency to use a payphone to snitch on them.

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

Drive in theaters used to have speakers you placed on your car to hear the movie. Now it likely uses the radio to play the audio in better quality.

[@redwing1001]

The guy in the plaid shirt at 25:01 was in the original Total Recall. He was Arnold's coworker in the movie.

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

Ya blabbed Quaid! Ya blabbed about Mars!

[@moe92870]

13:19 in the States, they called that same map system, "Thomas Guide"

[@LukaDonesnitch]

I was Elite in Street Fighter, King Of Fighters and SNK games. I stayed at Pizza Shop, Bodega arcades and Blockbuster Arcades.

[@DavidTheHypnotist]

19:32 “laser it off” man, that was technology in Star Trek!

[@bigplanett]

Drive in theaters have a speaker on the side of the parking stall you'd pick up and put on your window. Some would also transmit the sound via radio broadcast.

[@Kirinketsu_]

Many of the modern ones that still exist have either radio transmission or Bluetooth connection if you have a modern vehicle that has Bluetooth which most do

[@shaetindall6420]

Please to Matt Stafford mic’s up game winning heroics.. one of the most inspirational in game videos you’ll ever see

[@INDYANDY4C]

Give me a paper map and I can call in artillery anywhere!

[@LancerX916]

I had that exact same US Robotics modem in the 90s. We have a drive in movie theater not too far from me. Packed on the weekends with lines out to the main street of people waiting to get in. They just announced they have updated all their projectors and sound systems. So a good drive in can make a lot of money, it runs well.

[@Cashcrop54]

I still have a typewriter. I have heard many authors today still prefer to type their manuscripts. I took typing in Highschool and it turned out to be a good choice. I've used it many times over the years. And, I have a drive in theatre across the field behind my house. It has 2 screens and seems to do good business.

[@anamariacanales6871]

Jails, prisons and hospitals still have pay phones

[@Kirinketsu_]

We would still have payphones everywhere The issue is you get people who rip them off the walls and it's not worth the money to reinstall them. You can still find places that have the payphone booth dividers but the payphones missing. That's because it was ripped off the wall likely 10 years ago, and it was never put back on the wall cuz it wasn't worth it. Some stores still payphone such as Walmart.

[@DavidWalton-g8w]

Do prisons have pay phones or just phones on the wall?

[@LukaDonesnitch]

80's baby here, even though we say we grew up in the 90's cause those are our most memorable years.

[@DamageIncUS]

I was 13 in 1987 and still remember calling a radio station to dedicate a song to a girl I was dating and recording it. Felt famous for five seconds, lol. Cheesy.

[@hannabertrand4460]

Knowing someone took the time to call the station until they were able to get through and dedicate a song was so sweet and made people feel special. ❤

[@HeywoodJahblowme]

My brother won $1000 being the 100th caller to.Z100 back in the 80s. He spent it on the 1st Nintendo and a Jordan Rookie card.

[@TheRayInPV]

Only 4 of those things were not replaced in one way or the other by the internet. Smoking everywhere, Unleaded fuel, aerobics and wearing neon spandex.

[@ccc56ccc]

I miss the 70's. I was born in the early 60's and I thought the 70's was a great decade to live in. I remember all this from the 80's.

[@d2ndborn]

"You were in the Library" classic, Aidan. In some older airplanes you will still see cigarette ash trays. Back in the day drive in movie theaters had a spot for every car and a speaker that you would attach to the window. It was great for a family 1 price for the car. Also good for dates... not much movie watching then.

[@firefighterchick]

I remember two separate lines at the video store. On one line you rented the VHS tape and on the other line you rented the VCR. VCRs originally were very expensive so many people rented one. I miss drivein movie theaters! Originally there was an audio box that was next to the car. Then later yoi would turn your car radio dial to a specific radio station to hear the audio. At least the ones I went to.

[@INDYANDY4C]

White Out for correction

[@peensteen]

So many of these were still around in the 90s or later. Movie rentals were still common well into the late 2000s. I was still recording off the radio onto cassettes in 1999. My GF was still setting timers on her VCR in 2006 or so. What's also kind of annoying is, while talking about the 1980s, the video keeps showing clips from the 50s, 60, and 70s. Pagers were all the rage among teenagers in the 90s, because kids wanted to pretend they were gangsta drug dealers. Arcades were everywhere in the 2000s.

[@garyi.1360]

In an established city its possible to rely on online mapping. However they are still frequently incorrect in new neighborhoods and wilderness places.

[@raamjames1]

I still have a Michigan state map and US Atlas in my car, lol.

[@101stairborne6]

Fun Fact: The US military created GPS years before it released it to the public for use worldwide. The US military also helped with creating the internet by using the military satellites it already had in orbit at the time.

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

Went to change the battery in my sister's car - couldn't find it it. Turned out it was in the trunk!

[@ExUSSailor]

When they allowed smoking on planes, the air was actually BETTER quality, because, it was more finely filtered, and, more thoroughly re-circulated.

[@DashRiprock513]

And I would like to add the smell of cigarettes was covering up much worse odors...... I would rather smell a cigarette than a toilet.. Or somebody's body odor farts and smelly feet.

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

I used to "borrow" my dad's VCR tapes with porn on them. The good thing was you could always see minutes and seconds. So i just had to remember to rewind it back to the exact second and put it back in his cabinet

[@juliayoung537]

So funny, I was married and had two children during the 80's... Things have changed a whole lot since the early 60's😮

[@bamachine]

Dial-up was not really an 80's thing, more 0f a 90's thing. Very few people had internet connection in the 80's.

[@monicavazquez2416]

No one talks about parachute pants !!! 😂

[@asherosu]

I think they're stretching 'The 80's" into the early/mid 90's.

[@dlpaul345]

most of these went away in the mid 2000s not the 80s. they were killed off by smart phones

[@Kirinketsu_]

20 things from the '80s you can no longer do yet the very first thing they say it's still a thing you can do it's just not as common anymore. #1 there are still many video rental stores all around the USA and many will rent you a VHS or old video game #2 payphone still exist I believe here every Walmart has one I think, and sure there might be places where there should be a payphone but it's not there, that's because somebody ripped it off the wall and they never bothered to reinstall it #3 this is another thing that you can still do it but people don't cuz there's better ways. #4 What are they talking about Cable TV it still has fixed showtimes you gather at certain times to watch a show that's airing you even do this on streaming services to watch the newest episode of a series that releases every week at a certain time. #5 Finally something you can no longer do unless you're on a private plane or an airline that's still allows smoking. #6 Once again something you can still do and something weirdos still do and you don't do cuz well modern cell phones.... Technically pagers are still used in locations were cell phones get no signal cuz you can have pager that receive satellite signal which is a lot cheaper than a satellite phone. #7 This is another one of those what. The majority of malls I've went to have an arcade. Sure it might not be a large arcade like malls used to have with prizes you can win and stuff, but they have arcades. They also don't need a lot of arcade machines because a single arcade machine today can play multiple arcade games like 50 or more can be stored in a single arcade machine. Even movies theater still have arcade rooms and there are still dedicated arcade rooms or building stores whether you want to call them or you go in with the sole purpose to play arcade games. #8 this dude must not live outside of or leave the city. In rural America if you don't have a map in your vehicle you are asking for trouble. A lot of the rest stops will even ask you to take one of their free maps they provide in case you get lost or breakdown and there's no cell phone signal or you're in the middle of nowhere. I'm pretty sure where I live if you buy a new vehicle it even comes with a paper map. #9 You can still get dial up internet I believe it's like over 750,000 or 1.2 million Americans still use dial up internet because that's all they have in their area, unless they want to spend a lot of money for satellite internet which will be even worse in most cases if it's not Starlink. #10 These still exist in libraries but they usually have a digital option you can use instead, also they exist in courthouses and a lot of times there is no digital system at least not where I live. #12 Another one of those things that you can still do, the title of this video make no sense. #13 Another thing you can something still do and people still do. #14 Another thing you can still do and something people do today to get that vintage effect. Store such as Walmart and CVS pharmacy still even develop film. #15 The second thing on this video that you can technically no longer do. #16 They're rare but they do exist like mentioned in the video so I guess you can still do it. Another thing you'll have is places of interest will put on a movie night event either every week every two weeks every month during summer months, and you can usually watch those in your vehicle over sitting in a large field and watching it. #17 Dude literally said it's not a thing anymore and then goes on to the describe other classes that are a thing such as yoga which is the same thing just in a different format. #18 Newspapers are still a thing you can still have them delivered. People near me still have paper boxes and they get their morning paper or their Sunday paper. You can still pick up a paper for my paper box when you're down the road. But yes the newer generations don't typically read a paper because they have too much other stuff going on in their lives on top of being able to look at the world news at a flick of a finger rather than reading a limited news article in a paper. #19 Again something you can still do and something you'll see a lot of people doing in certain parts of the world, like California. #20 The third thing on this list that you technically can't still do because it just wouldn't be practical

[@DavidWalton-g8w]

I never understood titles like these. Just like, 10 things that nobody knows. Well, if nobody knows it then how does the person making the video know it? 😂 Why not just say 20 things that aren't as common anymore. I could put leaded aviation gas in my Cessna 172, and then go up and smoke all I want. Amazon sells floppy disc drives. So, nothing on this list is something we can no longer do. 😂 I wouldn't say drive ins are rare around me. I live in one of the states with quite a few of them.

[@adammacmillan]

So pretty much everything on the list was replaced with cell phones or streaming services

[@DashRiprock513]

Notice how thin and well dressed everyone was.

[@rmk2336]

This narrator repeats himself.

[@williamlambert]

i prefer physical media instead of streaming services i love my DVD's & CD's

[@koishi3449]

I heard pagers are still used in hospitals by doctors

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

Microsoft WAS around in the 80s. Amazon started in the mid-2000s.

[@vincecramer7950]

There is one Blockbuster video left it's in bend Oregon real last Blockbuster video on the Earth sucks I loved bring stairs to my eyes God that was a great time that will never comeback 😢

[@JoannDavi]

I refuse to abandon physical media for movies and music, even if I own the same titles digitally.

[@williamlambert]

right!

[@DavidTheHypnotist]

I feel old now

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

Is Gaina on life support still? Thoughts some prayers. Just a few though. Saving up.

[@martincaidin4166]

Why does the narrator constantly repeat himself?

[@jerzeyguy71]

I just hate we can no longer get physical media.. so when ever they decide not to store something in the cloud, its gone, so your system is gone. from movies, to games, to programs.

[@Kirinketsu_]

What are you talking about you can still buy physical media. In fact hardcore enthusiast will still buy blu-rays because it's a better picture quality. Most streaming services stream at about 8 to maybe 12 bit rate, a 1080p Blu-ray movie is about 16 to 21 bit rate, a 4K movie is around 40 to 60 bit rate, and when you download the movie it's still being compressed and it's still going to be at a much lower bit rate. Music isn't that big of a deal because the bit rates so small.

[@Kirinketsu_]

You can also buy external hard drives and store your digital items on those external hard drives making multiple backups

[@jerzeyguy71]

@@Kirinketsu_ yes, but you see the writing on the wall, movies will only be DL, and its a larger profit, since same price and nothing to package. Game consoles are going all cloud storage with next gen platforms, no discs.. Yes, you can download onto an external drive, more money to spend for the size of your collection, but then what are all the collectable places going to do in twenty years when theres nothing to over pay for?

[@jerzeyguy71]

And why do you think the stand alone Blockbuster type stores are pretty much gone, streaming, which you cannot save to anything do to copywrite laws, only save one time inside its own programming, like Playstore, you cannot download to a another source or area.

[@Kirinketsu_]

@@jerzeyguy71 "stores are pretty much gone, streaming, which you cannot save to anything do to copywrite laws" It was never legal to record shows... or it was a grey area, and you would only be at risk if you sold tapes of recorded shows. Its also still not been decided if you own your video games. Because you technically dont own the game you bought, you bought a license to play the game, you dont own it, because the game is ran with software you do not own, even most of the game studios dont own the software they made the game on. Gaming consoles are different but even then you dont own the software only the hardware....like how if you bought a game disk you only own the disk, not the contents on the disk. and to add to the recording shows etc, if you pay money to buy a digital show or something, and even if it allows you to download it to watch it. If you then put that show on a disk, usb, or any type of drive and give it to someone else to watch, that is illegal, even if you take it to a "large" gathering such as a family event and play it, that is illegal by copyright laws you agreed to.

[@hannabertrand4460]

I honestly can't believe they used to smoke on airplanes. I understand that they used to smoke everywhere but having something that can start a fire on a plane is just stupid.

[@HeywoodJahblowme]

And Daz there was no smoking section, they would just turn the smoking sign on.

[@ExUSSailor]

Microsoft was founded in 1975, so, they were definitely around in the 80s.

[@firebird7479]

The internet existed in the '80s? Not to my recollection.

[@DavidWalton-g8w]

CompuServe started offering dial up online information service in 1979. CompuServe could never accomplish what AOL did in the 90s though.

[@davidcosta2244]

The Internet was created when the U S. Defense department in the 1960's contracted two American Universities to create a self routing network in order to maintain communications in the event of a nuclear attack, so there was internet in the 1980's. You would use dial up modems to dial into bulletin boards. The 1990's added the World Wide Web to make the Internet more user friendly.

[@HeywoodJahblowme]

The phase "dropping a dime" comes from the price of a pay phone call used to be only 10 cents.