Past Social Norms… You Can’t Get Away With Today

It is funny to think about how different society has become from when we grew up. For some it’s even sad, but change is inevitable. The things that were once considered fun, might be considered scary or unsafe today. So, let’s revisit some things that were once perfectly acceptable to do, but now you wouldn’t dare do them.
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[@montanamountainmen6104]

Growing up in the 70's and 80's was fantastic. Those such as myself got to see the world before it went to crap like today.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

That's funny, I grew up in the eighties and I remember all the grumpy old people saying "life is crap today. The 1960's destroyed America"

[@seanbigay1042]

​@@vicepresidentmikepence889And the grumpy old folks never specified what was so crappy. Unless you asked. Then what they complained about didn't seem crappy at all.

[@mananimal3644]

Hitchhiking is now considered dangerous. Today we use our phones to book a ride share with some random stranger. LMAO 🤣

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Yes it was. 👍

[@real_exodus]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 Also grew up in the 70s and 80s and it _was_ relatively fantastic. (born in 1969). Look it up: There's not a time period in world history where the grumpys didn't grump. That's not even an argument.

[@Agislife1960]

There was also only one phone per household, so in the process of dating, you got to know the whole family

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

My mom and I sound a lot alike. When I was about 13, my "boyfriend" called one night and my mom answered. He started chatting away thinking it was me. She had to stop him and tell him she wasn't me and she'd go get me. He was incredibly embarrassed! 😂

[@BirdmanVeganFuture]

Also, entitled parents steal tons from child free for wildlife since humans DOUBLED in 50 years and killed off 69% of wildlife.

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

I really miss going to Blockbuster, picking out our movies, stopping to pick up a bunch of snacks. Going home getting in our PJs and all of us just enjoy that time together. I would give up cell phones, streaming services for those evenings with my family. Nothing better than to being together and everyone is okay and happy.

[@3810-dj4qz]

OMG how funny. I was just explaining Blockbuster to my kids today and they thought it was the craziest thing since they’ve only ever known Netflix, Disney +, Prime, Peacock, Hulu, etc…Their face had the look of “why????” 😂

[@justme8837]

that was so much fun

[@nomadbrad6391]

I was born in the early 60s.....We used to rides together in packs in open air pickup beds to and from the beach, baseball practice and games, or just going to a party.... this was very common clear up until the end of the 70s and it was a BLAST.

[@revandenburg]

I was going to say the same thing, now people get nasty looks if they have their big dog in the back of the truck. Not in a kennel.

[@tonycollazorappo]

Same but it was in the back of a station wagon without seatbelts, and the window in the back was rolled down, LOL. I was born in 1961.

[@ttgyuioo]

My friend and I rode in the back of her uncles pickup truck to Dairy Queen. We TRIED to eat our cones but the wind blew the ice cream off the cone 😅😅😅😅. It still was fun

[@GenXfrom75]

We bounced around my aunt Marie's pick-up holding onto the hump in the bed while she flew fast, bouncing us all over!! 😅this was in the 80s.

[@powerwagon3731]

I remember riding to Rolla Roma indoor skate park in sixties and seventies in back of my dads truck, there was at least 6 of us. That was in Thornton Colorado. 😊

[@mikeseier4449]

It is really a shame how soft and afraid of everything our society has become. 😢

[@joerichardwad1645]

Yeah we should just let babies bounce around in cars and hope for the best. Seatbelts and car seats are stupid. 🙄😳😂

[@Robnord1]

@@joerichardwad1645 You lack understanding Joe. The problem is that now many things, not just restraining children with a government approved device, is *mandated* by an ever growing government. Forced compliance. Yet another law for the books of hundreds of thousands of laws. People used to be free to decide for themselves how 'safe' they were going to make Life. Now in this nanny state we live in, so many things are forced on us that many of us are like a bunch of weak and sensitive sheep, waiting for our savior, big government, to arrange our lives how they see fit. Sad to say, you sound much like one of the weak sheeple our sh!tty times has produced. So grateful I grew up in a generation that produced mostly strong and honorable individuals. In many many ways, today's world is one of continual decline. I don't have much time left...Thank God.

[@coldsamon]

​@@joerichardwad1645OP point went right over your head 🤦‍♂️

[@mikeseier4449]

@@joerichardwad1645 As usual, There has to be someone like you who doesn’t understand the point….

[@joerichardwad1645]

@@mikeseier4449 it’s funny when the whiniest people on earth (conservative boomers) complain about people being too “soft” 😂🤣

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

I thank God every day that I grew up in the 60s and 70s, I would not want to be young in this world as it is now

[@josephgaviota]

💯 agree with @bridget

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

The feeling is mutual. I'm sure most young people wouldn't want to grow up, in the 60's and 70's with 3 black and white channels to watch, or no internet, or listening to music on grainy old records

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 well wooptie freakin do

[@enjoystraveling]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 In the 1970s people had channels with color and listening to records often sounded wonderful. And when you didn’t have Internet you go outside and play more often.

[@gregggoss2210]

​@@bridgetmccracken1381, I 100% agree with you. I look back and smile, thinking how awesome it was growing up back then. This time now sucks big time.

[@777Brad]

Those sports teams names were never offensive until people were told that they should be offended. Some of those teams had those names for over 100 years and no one had a problem. But this generation finds offense in just about everything.

[@jhonsiders6077]

Our local high school is called Rebels because its in the south part of the county and the BLM people from Louisville complain about it !!! we told them to go to hockey sticks !!

[@TheCrazyMoparDude68]

Worse was the fact that native Americans never cared or were offended, it was some white liberal that got upset.

[@IDT69]

Exactly, no one’s offended until a screen tells them they are, the screen has became the new god to be worshipped and obeyed

[@worrywart1311]

@@jhonsiders6077 Maybe they are called rebels because they are revolting.

[@tammyroach3286]

Those indigenous teams are not offensive to us indigenous peoples. Everything is being white washed.

[@Dsdcain]

The big one is being home alone or in the park with friends. Summers both of my parents worked and as the oldest at 12, I was responsible for my siblings all day. The rule was no swimming in the pool when parents weren't home. Funnily enough we *never* broke that rule because the next door neighbors would make sure to rat us out. Another memory was being out back with my friends shooting our BB guns and that same neighbor came out to talk to us. All he said at the end is he was going on vacation and he wanted us to keep the squirrels out of his birdfeeders with our BB guns for him. He was such a nice old guy and he treated us really kindly. It was because he and his wife were unable to have kids so they didn't even care if we messed around in his yard. Working in the neighborhood to earn some cash was another thing. Mowing, weeding gardens, transplanting shrubs, cleaning out sheds, and of course shoveling driveways in winter. I could make this an entire essay but I won't. The late 70s was way different. I'm not picking a side but I will say that doing things the way we did when we were young prepared us for life. We learned younger about life I think. Taking risks, getting hurt, loosing that little league playoff taught that you win some and you loose sometimes, but it made you try harder. No participation trophy in other words.

[@josephgaviota]

I remember my mom saying that once I turned TEN, I would be able to be in charge of my younger siblings.

[@Dsdcain]

@@josephgaviota For sure it was different. If something did happen parents didn't get arrested for leaving the kids alone either. Within reason of course. I thing ten was an average time. Latchkey kids we were called. Remember that? Merry Christmas. *:-)*

[@user-je5ej1sm1e]

Even few neighbors are round to help or just to say hi and slightly remind us that help was a scream or knock away depending on the situation.

[@josephgaviota]

@@Dsdcain I _do_ remember "latch key kids." My mom worked from home, so I was never a latchkey kid. But we had four kids, and we could be left alone for _HOURS_ with a 10-year-old me in charge, and nothing bad would happen. It's really amazing to see how smart and resourceful rather YOUNG kids are. And now we coddle adults that are 26. It seems crazy to me.

[@Dsdcain]

@@josephgaviota So true.

[@susanjoyce-yq2mg]

As a kid in the 1960's, I remember going down the tall metal slide while sitting on waxed paper to make it go faster. It worked really well!

[@sam6235]

Oh dang, I wish I had known that! Of course growing up in the desert, I don’t know how long it would have lasted. 😂

[@jillefeldme9452]

I remember waxing the slide to make it faster.

[@kevindouglas2060]

I remember waxing slides. Once waxed the slide would be faster for everyone for a while. At the top of slide there usually was a metal bar above the top of the slide. The 'professional ' method was to do a back pullover and swing down onto the slide.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

never done the waxed paper method on a metal slide but i remember taking hot candles wax and waxing the metal runners on my old fashion yankee clipper sled

[@57Jimmy]

The same wax paper our moms used to wrap our sandwiches in for school lunchtime then put in the metal lunchbox! I remember first day of grade one I wanted a thermos but was told I will drop and break it…which I did while walking on a concrete wall! You know how difficult and frightening it was, looking at your chicken noodle soup and trying not to get any glass shards? After a couple spoons I decided maybe it wasn’t such a good idea!😂 I am now 66 and can still remember exactly where I dropped it….and the sound it made when I shook it!❤

[@susanparker7960]

Born in the 50’s, entered my teens in the late 60’s; then high school, college & marriage in the 70’s. I loved my childhood & the freedom of being outdoors. And then what a musical soundtrack of life we had in the 70’s! Blessed to have been born when I was.

[@jacksak]

Born on a NH dairy farm in the early 1940's with the most freedom ever to do unsupervised stuff.

[@peggynulsen1365]

Growing up free.....wouldnt change it for a million bucks. Helicopter parenting produces insecure adults who don't have any idea how to manage themselves or think independently. Us Boomers aren't perfect, but at least we didn't need Mommy and Daddy to tell us what to do after we left home at age 18, and did NOT move back.

[@Signs9]

I couldn't wait to move out! After college in the mid 1970s, I was determined to not to move back home and I never did. I had my share of roommates and only would come home for a week or so to visit. I wanted my independence and if it meant sacrificing then that was the way it would be.@@peggynulsen1365

[@paul16451]

Drinking directly from the garden hose! Something I did all the time as a kid and never once got sick from it. People are so hypochondriac nowadays though.

[@jdocean1]

I still do it every once in a while.

[@yfa6244]

water is not the same

[@lorinichols9996]

I think toxicity from the plastic garden hose in the hot sun is part of the issue. You wouldn’t necessarily notice those effects… unless you develop cancer years later and make the connection. Probably part of our toxic load.

[@joemartucci4786]

I'd always forget to let the water run first lol I'd get warm water & dirt lol never sick like kids nowadays.

[@catherinebirch2399]

@@joemartucci4786 I don't understand why everyone seems sick these days. Maybe medical science has messed with natural selection too much.

[@jeffs3752]

The knock at the door when I was a kid was so different. When someone knocked on my door it was almost always one of my neighbors wanting to play/hang out. I'd go next door and do the same when I wanted my friends to come out. It was a simpler time, and I'm glad I grew up then.

[@dg-hughes]

In my region of the world it's still somewhat common in fact if it's a smaller town usually the person just comes right in without knocking but say "anyone home?"first.

[@jsldj]

Now it's a home invasion robbery!

[@bec9696]

We moved to a new area recently. It's wonderful that in our little court, there is four other kids the same age as mine, and they practically spend every afternoon in my backyard.The doorbell is constantly going off! But, after living here for three months, I've meet one mum with little kids and one dad of the seven houses. I guess there's no borrowing a cup of sugar here

[@Styxswimmer]

I remember those days. It was such a simpler time. People were more connected and sociable.

[@savannahsmiles1797]

we all loved the avon ladies and the fuller brush men...

[@TheHare-rv3hj]

We have a nation of kids, young adults, and full grown adults who are completely out of control. Spare the rod, spoil the child. Nobody is saying to arbitrarily beat your children. A healthy fear of authority is needed.

[@Listening-to-you]

Absolutely 💯

[@Immudzen]

Fear is not healthy. If you look at Europe they have much better behaved people without the fear. Controlling humans through fear doesn't work and has never worked and it is why fear based systems collapse.

[@duthla1]

Ok boomer

[@TheHare-rv3hj]

@@duthla1 Ok good for nothing.

[@SlapShotRegatta22]

Spot on..."Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them"

[@KJ-of6lf]

Going vout after Saturday morning cartoons, eating lunch at a friend's house, coming home before the street light came on; and no one knew where we were. Somehow, we survived!

[@johnkeller5163]

I miss the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show uncensored cartoons which used to be on CBS every Saturday morning.

[@oldtimer427]

Love this channel ! The only rule we had as kids was to be in when the streetlights came on. I so miss those days...

[@tinekespa1190]

Me to, it was a great time to grow up

[@ClassXIRoads]

Street light???we didn't have no stinking street lights..

[@maxpayne7312]

Our mom used to tell us that too “Just be home before dark or when the streetlights come on” During the summertime we would stay out until 9ish then during fall/winter we would stay out until 5 Even now that I’m older I still keep that same rule for myself however I don’t go out as much so I’m usually inside for the duration of the day

[@oldtimer427]

@@ClassXIRoads to bad , so sad for you and your neighborhood.....

[@roncaruso931]

I agree with seat belts and no smoking, but we are now a culture of sensitive babies. Kids should go out and play instead of texting, emailing, and playing video games.

[@AlBundyPolkHigh.]

Back in the seventies my mom well tell us to stay outside until dinner time. If you were thirsty you would drink from the garden hose 🤣

[@theropesofrenovation9352]

No smoking inside, fine. Outside, the hysteria is utterly ridiculous.

[@roncaruso931]

@@theropesofrenovation9352 True

[@j.d.leslie8458]

A very deep analysis of seat belt usage showed that the benefits were marginal. Also, smoking in moderation is harmless. Probably half a pack a day is okay. And nicotine protects the aging brain. Nobody gets out of this motherfucker alive. Live your life.

[@4TwentyFour20]

#FACTS

[@angeldesigns1385]

We had the most dangerous playground equipment down the street from my house, but we NEVER stayed away from it. Lol I swear it’s like every kid wanted the best scare!

[@ricksmith7631]

nope we had the most dangerous merry go round at school. we would pile on, hang on and the seniors would get that thing spinning until some 5th grader got thrown off. i started a few school days covered in dirt. but i learned a great lesson about centrifugal force and a few other physics subjects plus some biology - ouch.

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@ricksmith7631 lol we always wondered why nothing ever happened to the kid in the center with the exception of some dizziness! The dizzier you got, the harder you gripped!

[@misterray818]

@@ricksmith7631 Hahahaha! Used to be a game we played on the merry-go-round. Biggest kid would spin it and all the smaller kids would hang on for as long as they could. the last one that managed to stay on won XD

[@ricksmith7631]

@@angeldesigns1385 the kids in the center were seniors, 7th and 8th grade so they got the middle, i was a 6th grader and i held on for dear life. it was funny to see your classmates get flung off, til it happened to you. today this would never happen.

[@ricksmith7631]

@@misterray818 i cant count the times i lost that game. we had a thing, the losers, or who got tossed off had to carry the seniors bags and musical instruments to class for them. i can tell you almost exactly what a trombone in a case weighs or a sax.

[@sandevieira5674]

Babysitting at 12 y/o. The husband was usually the one to pick you up and take you home. I had quite a few customers, random people in the neighborhood who my parents didn't know. Can you imagine what would happen to a man today who showed up to pickup your 12 y/o daughter? He'd be under the jail. 🤣

[@voodoodrug]

I almost offered kids rides. Then remembered we’re in a different time

[@D-Fens_1632]

It was pretty wild, little girls would give their personal information out in want ads. But it was probably extremely rare that anything bad happened. I think the far more likely occurrences of bad behavior were the other way around. My sister remembers babysitters that would have boys over, that may have been the one where my mom had some money taken, I think she'd suspected it and laid a trap and had to fire her. That was in the early 1980s.

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

Only if he's white

[@Jon651]

The simple act of a child walking to school unattended or with friends is almost unknown in my city. These days, parents line up in their cars for miles to either drop off their kids at school in the morning or pick them up in the afternoon - a practice I intensely dislike! I've seen kids waiting with their parents IN THEIR CARS on the street corner for the school bus, then the parents picking up the kids at the bus stop in the afternoon to give them a ride home of less than one block. Ridiculous.

[@mclifer]

My neighbors drive their children to school one block away.

[@15packman]

I lived in a small town , but at 5 years old I walked by myself to school! Almost a half mile away! Lol!

[@jane-cn6nd]

​@@mclifer That is ridiculous.

[@markme4]

The truth is, it really wasn't all that safe for young children to be wandering the streets on their own even back then

[@hewitc]

@@markme4 FBI statistics say there were more child abductions in the 1950's than in the 2000's. The difference is that today they are on national news. Yesterday it was only the local newspaper. It just seems like it is more dangerous today because we crave 24 hour news,

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Born in 59 and never knew anyone having a peanut allergy. 😁

[@chrisworthen1538]

Peanuts were one of the earliest GMO crops.

[@yuvgotubekidding]

@@chrisworthen1538 that explains everything

[@andyvonyeast332]

I am a 1974 model. It’s truly amazing that we lived to not only have our own children, but to tell them about how great it was when we grew up. Our 14 year old son just shakes his head when we tell him about the stuff we used to do and how things used to be.

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

I would trade it all to go back.

[@voodoodrug]

Yeah I smoked as a child before it was cool. We had to learn how to grow tobacco and ride horses.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

How things used to be? You mean like Vietnam War Watergate High Unemployment Double digit inflation Iran hostage crisis Long gas lines Three channels to watch No Internet Listening to music on a record player No cell phones If someone you know gets lost, not being able to call them If a loved one, who lives far away from you, has a baby, not being able to instantly see the beautiful child

[@jchapman8248]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 To quote Oddball from the movie KELLY'S HEROES, "Why dont you knock it off with them negative waves, Moriarty?!"

[@jchapman8248]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889BTW, Those were dark sides of the 1970s! People were still nicer and more trusting then and you could knock on their door. You didn't need a cell. There were pay phones. Vietnam and Watergate taught us a lessons about our government. High inflation and high unemployment taught us to be frugal resourceful. We didn't need the internet to learn and communicate. We had the library and each other. You could strike up a conversation with a stranger at the bus stop and not worry about getting hurt! You could knock on a neighbor's door worry free. You didn't need to "call ahead!" I was a teen during that decade and experienced it first hand!

[@jdm1505]

One year in the early 60s I dressed as a hillbilly for Halloween. (Hillbillies were popular then - the Beverly Hillbillies was a new show on TV and it was several years before the movie Deliverance.) As part of my costume I carried my father's old hunting rifle to school that day and door to door that evening for trick or treating. Can't even begin to imagine the reaction today!

[@BradThePitts]

Yes, I was a "bum" for Halloween several times in the 1970s. Old clothes and burnt cork on my face to simulate a beard. Why? Because it was an easy costume and I had no money! 😂

[@josephgaviota]

At high school we had a gun club, and some kids had gun racks in the back of their pickups. You know, back when we DIDN'T have school shooting.

[@JrGoonior]

Halloween 1983 in 8th grade one of the kids dressed in Army fatigues, he even had a replica .45 caliber he showed off to one of the teachers, nothing happened, no cops were called, he left to go to his class, and we went on with our day.

[@redtra236]

@@josephgaviota I mean there was a mass shooting at a college in 1966 but it was way less common

[@NeTxGrl]

I was born in the 60's. My teen years were in the 70's. I wouldn't change it for anything.

[@catwashere413]

I am so lucky to have grown up back then.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yeah same here, we definitely were blessed to have experienced those days. I would go back in a heartbeat.

[@joerobert-qe9cn]

makes 2 of us

[@joerobert-qe9cn]

@@frankrizzo4460 very sad today the old was the best way its not love your neighbor toady or help your neighbor we lost control

[@NipkowDisk]

When I was a kid growing up just north of Seattle, if someone knocked at the door we would say, "Come in." Yes, times have definitely changed...

[@eddieg6436]

North Seattle NOW is one of the most dangerous areas!! Car theft, home invasions, and violent crime. …..Sad.

[@79antigua]

90,000 Sioux signed a petition to bring back the name the Washington Redskins we should find out if it happens next year.

[@JMyoutube1]

The fact that people in your neighborhood, for the most part, wouldn't answer the door for the knock of a neighbor is sad. I had one time when i was newer in the neighborhood and went next door and knocked. When they came to the door, it was as if I punched them in the face. The wife said, "You could have texted before you just came over." I responded with, "I would have, but i don't have your number." The oh, i feel stupid look she gave me was priceless. Needless to say, I never spoke to that neighbor again.

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

I remember one time early on a Saturday morning. I was in my robe and went out to the car to get something I left there the night before…whilst I’m in the car, in my long white robe, the mailman walks past & for some dumb reason I ducked and he looked at me like I was crazy. lol After that I was petrified of seeing him.

[@javiermori1710]

Randomly knocking on someones door today just feels so weird. Getting a knock on your door isnt what it was like when we were kids. Sad.

[@skylarsartnphotography3450]

​@@javiermori1710I agree....nowadays it does seem different

[@andysupple4838]

The problem with flying today is that anyone who enters the airport is treated like a suspect

[@nikoknightpuppetproduction369]

True

[@glennso47]

And don’t ever greet your friend “Jack “ as in “Hi! Jack! “ 😮

[@rogerwilcojr]

Unless you cross the border illegally and the feds just throw you on a plane without even knowing your name.

[@Colorado_Native]

When a lot of them are Karens, instead.

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

Unfortunately they don't check people for manners, etiquette, and health risks. Which NEEDS to be done vehemently.

[@TheMetalHeathen]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for all the great throwback videos!

[@angeldesigns1385]

Marry Christmas!🎄

[@BanditsTA]

Are we still allowed to say that? I thought it was only Happy Holidays now.🤣

[@samzach2057]

This video really shows how candy @&s the world has gotten. Everyone is afraid of everything and half the population thinks getting their feelings hurt is a tragedy. The world needs less safe spaces and Tik Tok videos, and more face to face conversations!!!

[@michaelpalmer2143]

Yes exactly. Anonomous internet communication allows the weakest among us to promote the most vile or ridiculous ideology, and to attack their superiors without risk of reprisal.

[@jchapman8248]

So true, friend! When my peers or I got our feelings hurt or we got upset, we encouraged one another to "buck up" and carry on, "that this too, will pass?" Now, everyone jumps into the pity pool with you and cries for the ruination of the culprit (the meany) behind their slight, regardless if it's justified or not!

[@PumaPete]

What still amazes me is how brave and rotten most of those same candy assed cowards are behind a computer screen

[@Retired88M]

The tragic rise of the coward lawyers chasing after the slightest self inflicted no common sense stupid mistake to make millions for themselves never mind their clients is why you can’t let kids have fun anymore

[@kimrespess6580]

"Candy a- -" is a wonderful phrase we rarely get to hear anymore. Sums it up nicely.

[@inkey2]

As a kid I can remember strangers coming to the door every so often, not that often but often enough to remember it... telling my mother their car broke down She would let them in to make a call. I remember one man left a dime next to our phone in gratitude.

[@ttgyuioo]

Yep a dime then it went up to a quarter boy was I PO

[@msnell326]

Glad we have cell phones now.

[@inkey2]

@@msnell326 cell phones are especially good if you drive older cars prone to breaking down. A quick call to AAA Auto Club can get you out of a jam.

[@hewitc]

Strangers come to my door all the time. It's usually Amazon, UPS or FEDEX, but others too. No big deal.

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

@@msnell326 I would have no qualms about giving up cell phones. Kids don’t spend enough time with other kids. Those stupid screens…look at all of us here on KZbin. I’m gonna call someone just to get together and talk. Not to shop, but to visit.

[@jakemarcus9999]

In Finland you can still knock on your neighbourg's door. And kids come to play with their friends unexpected pretty much every day. It feels like there's always someone ringing our doorbell.

[@rogerwilcojr]

I think the kids still do it, just not so much with adults.

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

It depends on your neighborhood. It still happens in the good ole US of A!

[@Emily-qg3ej]

It still happens plenty of places in the U.S., too.

[@robertferguson5562]

With Russia knocking on your door,, no thanks

[@fordisfurious]

Wish I lived in Nordic countries

[@Robnord1]

Born in 1954 and graduating High School in 1973, all things in this video were the norm. 1960 to 1975 some of the best music ever was created. Being free to roam and being punished severely for mis-behavior made me who I am today. I am grateful to have been a child and young adult in this era, and unafraid of death anymore. There are way too many people now. TWICE to population of 1954, and decaying morals and values are creating a world that is losing it's appeal to me more every day. Good luck young ones.

[@siriusstar99]

You got it ! Born in 1955 glad I’m on the down slide the degradation of society is ridiculous and mind boggling the worship of auto tune musicians , is amazing and sad . The perversion of just about everything is disgusting. The lack of common sense and common courtesy is beyond belief. That’s why I try to stay to myself as much as possible. The world is in an extremely bad situation in every aspect . What a flipping mess , I saw this coming decades ago that is one of the many reasons I never had children . I too wish good luck to people coming up these days they will surely need it . Glad I won’t be around . LOL 🤣

[@jeaniemcdonald1301]

I can so totally relate.

[@bp39047]

Born in 1950, you are spot on. Root cause of today's situation is the mass movement from the church as noted by Jerry Falwell saying "we are now the moral minority" many decades ago. There is no morality teaching anymore and with the PC movement starting in full force in the early 90's free speech has been totally eliminated. The church's can not teach from the Bible anymore and now much preach man made laws instead. I see no reversal in this whatsoever. The 50's were the last great decade for the US.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

I can relate to the overpopulation bit, but decaying morals and values? Have you watched the video at all? No sexual harrasment anymore, no smoking, no playing at heights, etc. The upcoming morals and values are killing me!

[@Robnord1]

@@ronaldderooij1774 Maybe morals and values haven't changed much in the Netherlands in the last 70 years Ronald, but they sure have here in the USA. Teenagers shooting up schools, sexual deviance people are actually proud of, violent and confrontational behavior, a lack of national pride, declining respect for seniors, intolerance of people with different political or religious beliefs, increases in hard drug use, mental patients being housed on the streets instead of hospitals, and so on. Merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy new year to you and those you Love sir.

[@Dadsezso]

As a kid from the 50's/60's I remember being able to walk (many blocks) to school alone, come home alone and let myself in the house even in elementary school. We played outside in the neighborhood pretty much unsupervised but, all parents kept an eye out for shenanigans that they'd either deal with directly or grab you by the arm and drag you to your house to rat you out for. Plenty of us over the years got paddlings. Being most the teachers were women, I preferred my corporal punishment from them as the principles were always men who always seemed like football linebackers and they literally busted your a$$ if you got sent to them. Top that with sending a note home you had to get signed that said you had been punished. In my house that was double jeopardy because it ensured another butt whippin at home ( I think the teachers knew that). Even had teachers that would crack the back of your hand with a ruler. I think I turned out okay. Served the country for 22 years in the USMC starting in Vietnam era, retired from a second career and never had a problem with the law, no drug or DUI issues and raised a couple of great kids. I think a good butt whippin now and then kept me on the straight and narrow.

[@dennisyoung4631]

In *moderation,* corporal punishment isn’t too dangerous *as a rule.* It could - and in my case, it did - veer into frank abuse, as in this wasn’t a paddle or belt. (Most parents don’t keep well-hidden *blackjacks* in their toolboxes, and they don’t buy shotguns *because they figure to game the system and then shoot you.* It was “go cut me a switch” - and I had no clue, *then.* I now know what was demanded was an out-and-out *spiked bludgeon* that could have put me in the hospital with a very few blows, and in the morgue with perhaps a dozen hard ones. Note1) child abuse required multiple suspicious visits to the hospital in the seventies to be suspected, and if the parent doing the abuse was a socially-accomplished amoral person, they could do some really heinous stuff and get away with it. Note2) it was many years later that I learned that my biological father - my mother divorced him when I was a year old - was the only normal parental figure in my life. Everyone else was (cluster-b) personality-disordered - and more, I was a whole lot more disabled than I knew at the time. This meant that everything I would have said would have been disbelieved, and only life-threatening injuries would have resulted in *them* being disciplined by the legal system. No, not ER. *ICU-level injuries.*

[@stephenperretti8847]

Remember asking a stanger grown up to "cross us" when we were coming from some errsnd? Nowadays, that would be a very dangerous moment.

[@socalautisticman1975]

The danger is always : *what was it all about ????!!!!* A true bad behavior or a misunderstanding or accident parents would take too personally ???? Parents tend to be toxic plus most of the times I got into trouble were *not* bad behavior but just shortcomings like doing bad in school or forgot to do something or pleasing them is beyond my capabilities to these hard people ; I guess their own insecurities that they have bad genes ? (I have autism hence my username despite which I still want to be a morally wholesome person) A major common factor in human rivalry inside a struggling bond not yet broken relationship ( be it romance but also be it family or friends) is one person falls short of the capability to please the other person usually ego rooted ; we all want our peers of any human relationship to serve *our will* be an instrument of our lives "something to be proud 🦚 of" I learned to be real and not expect anything but *be acting on* common sense healthy ethics hope the same that my peers reciprocate that or take a healthy distance if they don't and cut them out of your life if they persist in being chronologically unethical and unrepentant of their toxic behaviors. I'm not saying I didn't deserve it in some occasions when I got struck but *:* Many parents were toxic,struck you for the wrong reason hoping you'd also agree you deserved it or justify or excuse etc...ha ha I didn't ( when I did deserve it I was willing to change ,I didn't want to be an unethical bastard)

[@socalautisticman1975]

@@dennisyoung4631 I never had children hence I have autism. I would not have wanted to strike them for being human (shortcomings,or failure forget something etc) like we did but yes,I would destroy a kid , likely end up in jail with my craziness especially when they actually challenge their parents but it would be if they were a threat to public/peer safety or if they did drugs or something is when I would have given them the belt and even likely grown up still strike them for being unfair individuals ( I can imagine my adult son being unfairly abusive to my grandchildren his children while visiting me and me attacking him in a disciplinary manner (like a smack across the face and tell him,"not in my house" )for it in front of them .... yikes 😬😳 Fortunately I never even have gotten married because by nature,I'm not a family man.

[@Retired88M]

I remember when I was 5 and in afternoon kindergarten waiting for my brother who was 7 to come get me from school 4 block’s away through a busy semi industrial part of town and we never had a problem

[@deerpic]

The common theme for all the changes is fear. Fear, oftentimes irrational or even imaginary, is what ended all these things.

[@vaderladyl]

They talk like all change came from positive things.

[@pamhayes3465]

I remember waiting in the car with my sisters while my parents went grocery shopping, doing that today will get you arrested.

[@2fathomsdeeper]

And when it got hot you could crank down the window without needing the car keys.

[@JrGoonior]

Many, many times. My mom would say she would be back out in a few minutes and it always felt like hours, though. It was only if she was picking up a couple things, if she was doing the full blown grocery shopping on a Saturday she would drag all three of us with her.

[@Veganerd_]

@@JrGoonior lol My mom knew lots of people in the small town I grew up in, so she would get caught up talking all the time, much to my dismay.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@2fathomsdeeper Right! When I've lost the key, I can't crank down my own window anymore! What the heck is up with the missing cranks?

[@joycewright5386]

When I was 14 I would babysit five children the oldest was 7 and the youngest was an infant. Today’s 14 year olds can barely be left alone at home. Sad.

[@mxslick50]

Most of today's 20 year olds couldn't be left alone either.

[@tonycarrozza5274]

When I was a young America was a free country. Then a gigantic stick got shoved up America’s collective ass. I wish my grandkids could experience just five minutes of what life was like back then, but then I think they’d be permanently pissed off that it turned into the shit show that people decided to make of it today.

[@cynsi7604]

🤣 👍🏻 ✌🏻 🎄 (the stick, life back then, signing off, & Merry Christmas; the emoji instead of words. I don’t know why but “the stick” made me snicker🤭)

[@bondmood]

I didn't know that The Stick was Obama's nickname? I guess a lot of people have had that nickname, huh?

[@MrDan708]

For me, the beginning of ultra-protective parents has its roots in the Adam Walsh kidnap/murder. After that, a LOT of parents wouldn't let their kids out of their sight, other than at school.

[@dinerdashing]

It's hard to believe that that precious little boy with the adorable grin, wearing a baseball cap and holding a bat ready to hit a pitch, would be about 49 or 50 today had he lived. Maranatha "Unpopular the Movie" Red Grace Media Films, Final Cut (28:55) Free On KZbin "Heaven" - Randy Alcorn

[@Thurgosh_OG]

No idea what you are talking about, could you elaborate on that? And remeber that there are people from other countries, than the USA, reading these comments.

[@jamessandman3708]

@@Thurgosh_OG Adam Walsh was a famous kidnapping in America. His father has been searching ever since and has started a kidnap search program to help other parents locate their kidnapped children. The reality though is that American's first started to fear kidnapping after the Charles Lindberg child's kidnapping. Lindberg was the first to fly across the Atlantic and his son was never found.

[@grindingdeviance1864]

I miss the old days in many ways. For all of the 'unsafe' play times, drinking and driving, smoking indoors, racial/ethnic/cripple/tasteless humor and movies that would be considered 'horrendous' today (such as 'Little Darlings'), we ALSO didn't have school shootings, suicides and crime ridden suburbs to the extent we have today. I often think that part of the reason why the world is so 'crazy' nowadays is because people aren't allowed to speak their minds and blow off steam the way we did in the past.

[@davidwood1294]

Drinking and driving has NEVER been okay.

[@grindingdeviance1864]

Well, everyone I know lived through it.@@davidwood1294

[@cynsi7604]

@@grindingdeviance1864 Still love that movie 😍 fell in love with Matt Dillon at that time too. I wished I could find it on DVD somewhere but I think that’s the only movie from back in the day that never came out on it. I don’t think it even came out on VHS. 🤔 ✌🏻

[@15packman]

@@davidwood1294 I got news for you…..when I was a kid in the 60-70’s in Texas it WAS perfectly legal to drink and drive! My uncle NEVER left his house without 2 beers for the road! And it was never more than a 20 minute trip! Later Texas did change to the driver could not drink but anyone else in the care could, you know what happened then, lol , SHARE A SIP!

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

This is a direct result of multicultural diversity via the 1964 civil rights act and 1965 Hart Cellars act

[@Shipfixer]

In grammar school in the 70's you got sent to coach Wilcox for your paddling. He was 6'7" and played for University of Tennessee basketball before becoming a teacher and coach. Later on I found out all the other teachers came up with that threat dissuading anyone who thought about acting up in class. No one got a paddling for fear of this giant. Their strategy worked. Nowadays a lot of kids have no respect or good upbringing and bring guns to school.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

my school had paddles hanging on the wall in every class room.

[@jhonsiders6077]

Our principal was the only one allowed to paddle we had a female assistant principal she swatted the girls as much as us guys got it ! I wrestled all thru high school and a singlet or gym shorts gave no protection or those tight fitting jeans that was the norm for us teens from a walnut paddle with 3 rows of holes ! bent over his desk you could hear the whistle of air thru them before impact !

[@frankrizzo4460]

​​@@SgtJoeSmithYeah same here I remember we had a choice the big paddle with less hits or the smaller one with a few more. My Dad told the principal of my school nobody touches my kid except for me, took me home and punished me. It's unbelievable to think that paddling went on in schools back then.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@frankrizzo4460 my dad worked at the school. Small town and several teachers, 2 principals and superintendent lived in our 4 block neighborhood mom babysat for lot of teachers. They would've called my dad at school and he would've drug me out into the hallway and whooped me then my mom would be waiting for me at home with wooden spoon. The state boys home was in our town for criminal boys, teens that commit felonies too so everyone there grew up with parents threatening to have you locked up in there. Needless to say other than couple kids stealing candy at the store not much crime ever happened and people left car and house doors unlocked and cars running warming up on driveways in the winter and kids walked to and home from school alone. High school kids had long guns in rear truck window in school parking lot. And most boys got 1st .22 or 20ga at 13. Most boys knew how to operate a tractor by then too.

[@frankrizzo4460]

@@SgtJoeSmith Yes my Dad and Mom did the same thing to me. It was worse from them the punishment. Even as a grew older I never held it against them, I would have probably did the same thing I was a handful as a kid.

[@joebartsos8399]

So glad I grew up then

[@josephgaviota]

👍 You got THAT right! It was a MUCH freer country.

[@MGAC1701]

Thanks to liberalism we now live in the social dystopia we once feared.

[@frankrizzo4460]

🎯👈

[@jdocean1]

Not really. Cool story though.

[@bondmood]

​@@jdocean1Have you read 1984?

[@iichthus5760]

We have traded our freedom for “safety”. First, it’s a clever lie and second, any society that does this deserves neither.

[@NormanDoll-rr6lh]

Exactly what constitutional freedoms have you lost?

[@josephgaviota]

@@NormanDoll-rr6lh You Democrats are so blind. The left would LOVE to overturn the 1st amendment, and already any comment they don't like is immediately sent to the memory hole. They continually attempt to take away our 2nd amendment rights. They LOVE, love love love, to control EVERY ASPECT of our lives ... what light bulb you can buy, what toilet you can buy, what dishwasher you can buy, what car you can buy ... if you think it's a freer country today than it was 40 years ago, you are WILLFULLY ignorant.

[@michaelpalmer2143]

@@NormanDoll-rr6lh Who said anything about constitutional freedoms? Most people don't even live under a constitution that grants freedoms. But people in western nations have had most of their freedoms removed by regulation, law, executive decision, and the cultural misbeliefs of nosy neighbors. Primarily the rights parents to raise your own children, the right of children to learn from failure and overcome fear, and the rights of entrepreneurs to run their own business. It seems like the only risks the liberal world order approves of is money at the casino, and the only freedom of speech they approve of is from those parroting their own narrative.

[@NormanDoll-rr6lh]

@@michaelpalmer2143 How are children not being learned to overcome fear? That's your job to teach your kids. It isn't the government's job. Entrepreneurship is an all-time high. The United States had more small businesses started in the last year than at any other year in history. You're spewing some nonsense here.

[@jeme7339]

@@NormanDoll-rr6lh?? Ever hear of the TSA??

[@StormyPeak]

I'm a 60 year old woman, back when I was 7 and my cousin, was 6...he would ride his bike to my house, around 9:30am and my mom would help us make a sack lunch that we could share...a few sandwiches, and quart (glass jar) of kool-aide. She would wave us goodbye as we got onto our bikes, with the lunch sack in the basket of my bike....and we would bike on down the highway for about 2 miles. Then we would leave our bikes in the barrow pike, grab the lunch sack, climb over, or through a barb wire fence and walk across a cow pasture...keeping and eye out for any bulls. It was probably a 1/2 mile walk across that field, to the base of a hill, which we then climbed up as far as we could, before our legs got tired. We would sit and look out over the valley, and talk about all kinds of stuff...mostly t.v. shows...lol. Then we would have our lunch....share the kool-aid jar...and just enjoy the day. On the way back, we often had cow pie flinging contests...lol. Yep...looked for dried out patties and tried to see who could fling one the farthest. My nieces, couldn't believe kids back then use to frizbee cow poop. lol My cousin and I would ride back to my house, wash our hands, and the kool-aid jar, and he would bike home to his house...we probably did that about once a week during the summer. No one thought twice about a 7 year old and a 6 year old going on about a 6 mile round trip by biking down a lightly traveled highway for a few miles, the walking through a huge pasture and up a steep hill. .

[@WingsandBeer]

I am also 60. I used to ride my bike 4 miles into town AT NIGHT to go to the movies on Friday night. I would hide it at the edge of town and walk the final 2 miles. After the movie, I had to make the return trip in the dark on a long winding country road with no street lights. I was only 14 at the time.

[@bethmetzger4136]

I blame lawyers who encourage people to sue instead of taking responsibility for their own actions and the consequences they have

[@SgtJoeSmith]

Asking women you meet in public on dates used to be a thing. now they whip out phone and record you and post on you tube that you are a stalker or something

[@joerichardwad1645]

You should stick to women your own age and stop harassing young women that you have no chance of getting.

[@mikeseier4449]

Positive parenting without the threat of a spanking?!😂… Well, we see how a few decades without that happening has done to society and the resulting lack of respect from the younger people…..

[@joeterp5615]

Yeah, lack of punishment leads to very entitled kids.

[@jhonsiders6077]

Just hearing the whack of the paddle from the principals office thru his door while waiting to see him made you wish you had not acted out !

[@ericpetersen8155]

We have already seen. Game over

[@jonlanier_]

They already tried it... It was the Dr. Spock generation. And it ended horribly.

[@MadScientist267]

Yep. Fortunately I ignored this BS and raised my kids the correct way. And it shows.

[@carolyncook3611]

Born in the 40’s so you can imagine the changes I’ve seen. World is a hot mess these days.

[@claudiaaguilar6845]

Who remembers 'toilet papering' someone's yard in the late hours of the night? It was rather innocent fun by today's standards.

[@coldsamon]

Yes! 😂🤣

[@lelandgaunt9985]

It still happens today😂

[@mwdollar]

or soaping windows lol

[@randolphkersey5155]

I am 60, but I would still consider that criminal behavior.

[@yfa6244]

@@randolphkersey5155 Yes it made a huge mess for others to clean up just like egging a house. Not respectable fun at all!

[@HDCalame]

When I was a kid, no one thought twice about letting us kids ride in the back of the pickup truck unrestrained. If we got tossed around, all the better. That just added to the fun. And if a bump was hit and we were able to get some air...well, oh boy!

[@deeannsmith7775]

I can remember playing outside after dark when I was a kid 👍 . Those were the best days of my life ❤️

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Yep, we used to play kick the can in the dark, lol.

[@cindytrayer4279]

Playing hide and seek in the neighborhood. Had a lot of neighborhood friends growing up in the 70’s. During summer vacation, a group of us, various ages, sitting on the porch until late into the night. Never causing any trouble. Did so much running around that neighborhood. Had the freedom to do what we wanted and none of it included causing any trouble.

[@merleanderson3564]

Reading the comments takes me back to the late 1950s and early 60s. I lived in a neighbourhood in a small town and it was not uncommon for my cousins and me to gather up an axe, a saw and a hammer and walk to the edge of town (which was then the countryside) and endeavour to build ourselves a fort. We actually had the skills back then to pack ourselves a picnic lunch.

[@bobdickerson3434]

In the early 60’s, me and my neighbors would play outside until 10 pm in the summer. Catching lightning bugs, playing spotlight, or just lying in the grass looking at the stars. Boy I wish I could go back and do it all over again.

[@JSFGuy]

Check it out right here.... Some things can and cannot be, there is a price for the lack of discipline.

[@Name-ps9fx]

Discipline doesn't have to involve physical violence just because the other person is smaller than you. Can you imagine a job where the boss would tell you to come into his office, so he could spank you for some bad behavior/low performance review? As adults, we _expect_ those in charge to educate and motivate...kids don't have that sense of expectations. They _trust_ that we'll do what is right.

[@JSFGuy]

@@Name-ps9fx discipline is not violence, you're conflating big time what I posted. Kids are not adults, they are developing and they understand a certain thing better than reason. They will understand eventually and that's why parenting has to be done properly and not reckless as you assert. Not comparable to adulthood and jobs at all so I don't know why you did that.

[@GuyPipili]

​​@@Name-ps9fxWHAT?? I'm guessing you are trying to use analogy, and it makes no sense. I used corporal punishment with my kids because it delivered the message that that behavior is not acceptable in conjunction with them explaining why it was unacceptable. Now kids are disrespectful to their parents and in turn, disrespectful to their peers and those in authority. Yet, they expect to be respected even though they are rude, mean, and selfish. Corporal punishment isn't violence. Please don't have kids because you really would not love your children enough to even show tough love for their sake.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

@@GuyPipili "Tough love" has always been a euphuism for breaking the moral golden rule, "don't do unto other's what's hateful when done unto you." For thousands of years and still in multiple societies today kids are not punished at all, many cultures don't believe in punishment or reward and they're right not to as those things are psychologically priming you to do the right thing but only for the wrong reasons and only when authority is watching and for selfish reasons (e.g. to reward yourself or avoid being hurt) not for care of other's, in fact they've been observed to reduce people's altruism, compassion, selflessness and long term motivation to do the right thing and do the right thing when no one is watching. "tough love" is also what husbands said to justify their mistreatments of their wives for eon's and is still said in cultures which believe in a power imbalance in marriage, it's just what one says when they have a superiority/inferiority impression over a group (aka a bigotry) and have grown up their entire lives in an environment affirming it constantly.

[@scottthomas3792]

My Dad's '68 Impala had three ashtrays... one up front on the dash, two small ones on the rear door arm rests. Every fast food place and restaurant had an ashtray at each table. My parents didn't smoke, but there were several ashtrays scattered around the house for guests that did. As a 14 year old, I went on fifty or so mile " away missions" during the summer on my bike....take along a tire pump and patch kit. Ride along, listen to the radio....enjoy the day.

[@hearttoheart4me]

Sadly you are correct on all the things you mentioned. Social media is partially to blame. Yes even You Tube even though I am grateful for videos like yours. The pendulum has swung to the extreme the other way from when I was young. We now want to be taken care of instead of taking care of what needs to be done and doing it.

[@tbirdracefan]

Born in '61. My elementary school had several bike racks in 3 places around the school. The bike racks seemed to be mostly full of bikes. Still, there were hundreds of kids that walked to and from school. The 6th graders were the crossing guards. It was an honor to get to volunteer even though it meant you had to stay 20 or 30 minutes after school. Today, our neighborhood elementary school will have 2 bikes max at the single bike rack. Rarely will you see kids walking to or from school. The school crossing guards are now paid employees. the majority of the kids using the crosswalk are meeting a parent parked in the Rec center parking lot across the street.

[@jimmyday9536]

I am 66 yrs old so I of course remember all this. It was a gradual shift no doubt, and a lot of the changes in our social norms are based in fear. For example, When I was a kid, no one wore bicycle helmets, (because if you fell, you never hit your head, you skinned your hands and knees!), but now, even little kids on tricycles are suited up like they are going into a war zone. Also, many families now live in townhouses and huge houses with no yards, and there's really no place for kids to play. Thank you for this video, and I am a subscriber!

[@itiswell333]

I remember we used to lather on the baby oil and fry ourselves in the sun. I remember riding around as a child in a car full of kids and babies, no seatbelts, no carseats. Hitchhiking was common and nobody batted an eyelid. We would play outside all day, lunch wasn't even on our radar. We used our imagination and didn't have any fancy toys, just made the most of what was lying around. Neighbours would knock on your door and ask for a cup flour or sugar for baking, this was common practise. Different times 😂

[@whatsreal7506]

Wonderful times!

[@High_Caliber]

With the "perpetually offended", there's almost nothing we can "get away with" today :)

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Yes, if someone dares say "Black lives matter" all the right wingers LOSE THEIR MIND

[@charlescrawford1788]

Tell me about it. Accountability really sucks.

[@ms.b9093]

Says the SNOWFLAKE!!!🤡

[@sallymiller1359]

I agree, it's like, get over yourself already! lol

[@orlettacaldwell]

Yea can't treat people like trash with no consequences. How tragic.🤡

[@mwdollar]

I remember the principal's spanking paddle with the holes in it. Also, parents would let their kids go wherever they wanted and just had to be home by dark. No cell phones and we would build forts down by our creek and treehouses up high in the trees. Nobody ever got lost or seriously hurt.

[@rosaamarillo2110]

Ya, I laughed when I saw the paddle with no holes.. holes made it all the more brutal.

[@wmbeam211]

Change may be inevatable but not always better

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Well said!

[@DadSquatch07]

I used to go door-to-door selling Christmas cards for the Boys Scouts back in the late 70s. People would open thier doors, sign up for orders. Totally normal. I couldnt have been more than 10 yrs old. That would never happen today.

[@JCoffeeExpress2]

Sad part people don't even send cards anymore.

[@claudiaaguilar6845]

Same here, I remember selling Girl Scout cookies door to door in neighbors outside of mine, up until and even past dark.

[@Robnord1]

I sold the box cards door to door in the late 60s'. Magazine subscriptions too. Later I became a paper boy, delivering at 5 or 6 am and going door to door to collect at the end of each month. It built independence, courage, communication skills and business sense...not to mention a boldness and sense of adventure. God help our world when the sheltered children of today are calling all the shots. The song *_Mad World_* by the group 'Tears for Fears' comes to mind. Thanks for mentioning the card thing...I'd forgotten about that. 👍👍

[@claudiaaguilar6845]

@@JCoffeeExpress2 Even buisnesses are sending their 'holiday cards' via email - feels more like an insult, like I'm not worth the expense of sending an actual card. Better they don't bother at all.

[@jeffduncan9140]

​@claudiaaguilar6845 when I was in Boy Scouts, we did fundraisers by going door-to-door selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I think about that whenever I see some group grouped up like a bunch of vultures selling stuff at the entrance to the grocery store.

[@Twilight0888]

Oh how life has changed, and not for the good 😢

[@kristeetrisler4942]

Raising a child in today's society as compared to The 80s to mid 90s. I was always outside riding my bike or climbing a tree. Outside was where it was at. Now screen time and video games are the norm sadly. I grew up in the time of maps. Not GPS. I was a medic and firefighter in the Early 2000s. I didn't have GPS so every call was an adventure in navigation. Mostly by memory and luck. It was dispatchers and luck that got us to calls and the hospital. Now the smart phone is the normal method of navigation. I have literally been quizzing my son on roads since he was able to understand. Honestly the time I grew up in doesn't exist anymore.

[@glennso47]

The government is now the circus and freak show.

[@hewitc]

George H, W. Bush used 9/11 general hysteria to create an agenda of government control that was extremely profitable for his donor group. Security services, weapon sales, and pork barrel. The US Treasury opened up to every politician who wanted to buy for his constituents whatever they wanted, free from the US government, as long as it was labeled for "anti-terrorism".

[@snydedon9636]

Fact

[@JWTX]

Yep we've become a country of fragile little snowflakes 😢

[@lovly2cu725]

not me. when u grow up in the northeast you dont take it

[@JWTX]

​@lovly2cu725 Here too

[@turbofanlover]

I was lucky enough to grow up in the 70s and early 80s. Great times. My kingdom for a time machine.

[@jps0117]

"The good old days weren't all that good..." --Billy Joel. We'd hate it.

[@kimwiggins6703]

Social norms are ridiculous these days

[@josephgaviota]

We've gone from "the land of the free, and the home of the brave" to "the land of the free and the home of the SAFE."

[@TodaysDante]

@@josephgaviota - More like "Land of the BETTER NOT OFFEND ANYONE and home of the SAFE."

[@ms.b9093]

@@TodaysDanteWhatever. You deplorables are the first to be offended! 🤡

[@inkey2]

more like land of the paranoid and home of the offended@@josephgaviota

[@hewitc]

@@TodaysDante Amen. As long as they don't offend my religion or ethnicity. That's going too far!

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

I was a young kid decades before cell phones existed. Back then, it was drilled into us that "The Police Officer Is Your Friend." If you were lost or injured and your parents weren't there, you were to try to flag down a police officer if you could find one. That message isn't heard so much nowadays, for a variety of reasons. Stripped of their elephant and other animal acts, Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey circus went out of business, after 120 years of performances.

[@SJHFoto]

I was just talking about that. One thing that really stood out to me are the Transformers toys (bear with me a moment-there IS a point to this tangent). When I was a kid in 1984, Prowl, an Autobot (a good guy) turned into a police car. Now, Barrage, a Decepticon (a bad guy) is a police car. I mentioned that to a friend when the first live action TF movie came out over 15 years ago!

[@janblake9468]

Been in So Cal since 1950. We watched that circus in Anaheim many times. Elephants, tigers, and all. Lost all interest when animals were banned.

[@jhonsiders6077]

Thank the liberal bleeding hearts at PETA and even the SPCA ! I use to donate the SPCA no more I donate to groups like flatbush cats that really do good

[@shellygardner6410]

Grew up in the country. Unexpected knocks at the door have always been suspicious and unwelcomed. You call first, so your visit is fully expected. It was and is common courtesy.

[@jimalexander687]

The biggest difference between then and now is that then, (even if we didn't do it) at least most people knew the difference between right and wrong. Today, objective truth has been murdered at that altar of political agenda, and those who dare contradict the accepted "norms" of our day are vilified (assuming they're allowed to speak at all).

[@epiculo2]

I definitely prefer yesterday's world.

[@claudiameier666]

kids should be allowed outdoors. and they shouldnt be allowed anything to do with electronics. we have become a weak and fearful society

[@Robnord1]

If I was a parent today (my kids are 43 and 41) I would not allow them to have a cell phone or unsupervised internet time until age 15 or 16. I would be labeled a child 'abuser', a fanatic weirdo, and other parents would probably try to turn my kids against me. Today's world truly sucks in many respects.

[@Tomatohater64]

I really miss growing up during the 60s and 70s. One thing for sure; I'd never make it as a parent today as I see no problem with using corporal punishment as a deterrent.

[@meauxjeaux431]

PEOPLE DIDN'T JUST DECIDE TO STOP ANSWERING THEIR DOOR ON THEIR OWN, SOCIAETY DECIDED IT FOR US !

[@sararuiz2014]

I remember the fun days when we used to ride behind a pickup truck.

[@martinpennock9430]

Norms change for every generation. What was acceptable in our parent's time was no longer acceptable in ours. And also with our generation to now. There were a lot of things I remember, knocking on someone's door as an example that I grew up with. Let me take the time to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. God bless you and yours always, and thanks for everything you do!!

[@slim-oneslim8014]

I remember the meter man just knocking at the back door saying "Meter man" and just walking into the cellar to read the power meter. No on gave it a second thought. He did what he had to and moved on to the next house.

[@dantzmusic]

*@slim-onesslim8014* Absolutely! Even customers who were not usually at home during the day, trustingly provided the utility companies with a door key to their homes so as to avoid an estimated meter reading.

[@kevinrenadette6842]

Very fond memories of building a fort in the trees down from my house!

[@davidjames6879]

Who drinks from the hose anymore? Growing up in the 60's/70's, We certainly did!!

[@robertburns5145]

When I was in Junior High (I’m 66 now) my school had a dress policy. If boys pants had belt loops, belts were required. I forgot to wear a belt one day and was sent to the gym to get paddled by one of the phys ed coaches. Needless to say I never forgot my belt again!

[@ttgyuioo]

Did it have a hole in the paddle? That’s what ya got in high school back then when you cause trouble. They’d arrest them now 😅😅

[@jaystarr4174]

No they don't, they give them a time out and send them back to class, why do you think so many teachers are saying enough and quitting?

[@holddamayo7474]

So you were physically assaulted because you forgot your belt and that doesn’t seem extreme to you?

[@robertburns5145]

@@holddamayo7474 actually I don’t feel that it was extreme or that I was assaulted. Those were the rules and there were consequences for not following them. I can tell you that back then students didn’t attack teachers like they do today. I feel we need far more strict standards with today’s students than what we have.

[@mxslick50]

@@holddamayo7474 And here folks is a prime example of the current snowflake entitled generation... "Physically assaulted" for a paddling? I bet if someone shook your hand you'd cry assault..or sexual harassment.

[@nickimontie]

I don't miss smoking everywhere, even at work. These days when I smell cigarette smoke, I immediately gag.

[@JimbobZ17]

I used to smoke back in the 90s. Can’t stand to smell them anymore. To me & a lot of people I work with we think they smell different than they used to. They have more additives & chemicals than back in the day.

[@Paladin70]

Back in the day we boys all had toy guns and were outside all day playing cowboys and Indians or army, and nobody batted an eye. To show how much times have changed, several years ago our friends’ son and his buddy, both about 10 or 11 years old, were out with their toy guns and pretending to shoot cars as they drove by. Within a half hour three police cars showed up, interrogated the kids, admonished the parents, and the parents along with the boys had to meet with the District Attorney before he could decide whether or not to file criminal charges against them.

[@Araconox]

Disgusting.

[@57Jimmy]

We loved playing WAR! You were either a Limey, Yank, Jap or Kraut! It didn’t matter because whichever one you were, you would battle as if your side was the BEST! Same thing with Cowboys and Indians!💕

[@richbutler7828]

They want America Disarmed. They are using any means necessary to complete this control agenda. The utopia the liberals promise is really only a upside down living hell. Have Fun.

[@sararuiz2014]

Wow! That's crazy. I remember being a kid running around with the neighborhood kids playing with toy guns shooting at the passing cars.

[@richbutler7828]

@@sararuiz2014 That was back when we still had a country. toy guns are bad now. fruit cake men that wear a dress are good.

[@markcab2055]

Such good times back then, now we just live in a evil corrupt clown world, and the worst part is, it looks like there is no end in sight.

[@bondmood]

You're not just whistling Dixie.

[@JeffSchwenke]

One of the things that I remember about knocking on doors/ringing doorbells is that back in the 70s/80s many times my relatives or parents' friends who lived in other states or in a different part of the Chicagoland area would just show up and ring our doorbell with no advance notice when they were traveling through the area. People would be like, "we were in the area and driving back to Missouri and just wanted to see if you were home." Then they'd talk to my parents for an hour or so in the living room and head back on their way.

[@JCoffeeExpress2]

Thankyou for this video. It's nice looking back to when we were a free country.

[@marzinjedi6437]

Dad used to use me as a counter balance on the tractor 🚜 on hillside slopes and he would just grab me and put me where he needed extra weight including riding a toothed harr or dirt comb as I called it when I was six years old being used as a tool !

[@chuckb470]

Same! I remember often being perched on a loose board for a seat on the disc!

[@johnzemetra6106]

I am old enough to say I had chicken pox, German measles, measles, mumps, and my mother smoked. I am happy to say I will be turning 70 next Monroe.

[@Signs9]

Same here!....and I will be turning 70 later next year.

[@susan4337]

I grew up in the 50’s & 60’s, we used to ride our bikes all over town, no worries. I babysat for a family that had 5 kids, 2 were in diapers (that’s cloth diapers with safety pins), I would have to put them to bed, parents would come home around 3 am, I was 13! I think I was paid 50 cents an hour, 75 cents after 12am. To earn money, girls would babysit and boys had paper routes.

[@7579mc]

I did both. I was a very trustworthy kid, but could you imagine letting a 12-13 year old boy watch your kids today?

[@displacedyankee7819]

We can never have a film like Blazing Sadles again

[@Robnord1]

True. Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, and many of the other cast members got away with comedy that came natural and openly to them. Now that kind of honest comedy is seen as evil and unspeakable. What a pussified and messed up world it has become.

[@johntracy72]

Or Spaceballs.

[@captainraven8004]

America is no longer free, but managed.

[@airbornegrunt6898]

I'm child from the 60s and 70s, my parents were strict disciplinary and I truly believe that makes you a better person!! That's why society is collapsing now, no respect, no discipline, no morals, no beliefs, or values and definitely no love and respect for God!!!

[@bondmood]

And no Pledge of Allegiance.

[@debbierahfaldt6854]

AMEN

[@ksojda]

Was in high school in the 70's. The shop teacher taught a hunters safety course. We were required to bring a gun when we took the class. Wasn't uncommon in some rural districts to bring a shotgun and store it in your locker so you could do some hunting after school let out.

[@mwdollar]

I remember me and my young friends getting our shotguns and going down by the river for a day of hunting small game. No parents anywhere to be seen. The orders were just come home by dark. My father had me in hunting safety classes as a young boy and I always respected firearms and the land. We never had an incident and the sense of freedom was glorious. I would never let my kids do something like that today and yet loved that I had it...odd.

[@jorynickila7760]

You also forgot that you could send your 7 year old child to the gas station or grocery store and buy you a pack of cigarettes as long as they had a note from you.😅

[@shiroibasketshoes]

Nothing is funny about how people like my father died of lung cancer from those things.

[@jorynickila7760]

@@shiroibasketshoes Yeah wherever that came from needs to go back to wherever it is your father is because that is truly where that belongs! Oh and by the way your father didn't die. He faked his own death to get away from the the soul crushing disappointment known as you and your mother. So whatever you had a funeral for it wasn't actually your dad.....

[@joer1678]

This is all so true and sad what this world has come to. I’m so thankful to have grown up in the 60s and 70s

[@Randy7th]

We used to ride in car hoods pulled by trucks in the snow, EVERY boy carried a pocket knife, every truck had at least 1 gun in the back window...swimming in creeks...those were the days!

[@gerhard6105]

I learned that too from my dad: a boy always has a pocket knife and a piece of rope with him. We hang on the car bumpers and so we could glide on the snowy/icy street. The frontdoor was unlocked (it is still there) and we played soldier in the park around the corner. We went swimming in dune lakes, the North Sea or at an other water. Be build a hut in the swampy land and cycled to friends in other neighbourhoods. The milkman placed the glass bottles near the frontdoor and nobody toughed them. Regards from the Netherlands.

[@TS-cc5bw]

We used to visit a cabin in the PA mountains each winter for several years. The highlight of the vacation was tying a few old tires to the back bumper of an uncles pick up truck. My cousins and i would take turns riding them up and down certain snow covered roads. Never went too fast... & it was relatively safe i guess. But today - all of the adults would be arrested. Memories of the 60s & 70s are the best in this life. Great channel

[@colinvanoverdijk5855]

Love yer stuff. Critical comment. Taylor Swift at the end??

[@lovly2cu725]

the queen of woke