TOP 20 Things Baby Boomers Took For Granted GONE NOW

Ever find yourself reminiscing about the good old days, wondering what life was like before the digital revolution? Well, today we'll explore the top 20 things Baby Boomers took for granted - things that are practically extinct now!
Stick around to the end because you won't believe how much things have changed!

[@MCReher]

I was born in 1965. I remember many of the things that existed back in the Pre-Digital era of the 1970's, such as drive-in theatres, swap meets, impromptu rock concerts and baseball/football games played in open fields. Those were great times. Times that I miss and wished had never ended.

[@jetsonjoe]

never took for granted just sad they are mainly gone now loved Saturday morning cartoons and Sunday morning old movies on PBS..

[@lisanidog8178]

I remember I went into a ‘record’ store when CD’s first came out for music. I asked the kid if here were any vinyl records. Poor kid had no clue what I was talking about. Dad had stacks of records but no covers, of Big Band music he collected as a kid and teen in the 30’s and early 40’s. They were heavy ones. We had a whole shelf of records at home. Classical, musicals, early Beatles, Cat Stevens, the Eagles. I had a whole mess of records. John Denver, Eagles, Journey, Alan Parson’s Project, Foreigner.

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

My favorite board game is Catch Phrase.

[@robertclark2253]

As I said already I'm from Generation X and I remember cold calling any company about any job opportunities via a letter or phone call . Usually from advertisements on TV or radio and off chance the Yellow or Pink pages .

[@wilmabrand321]

I remember and miss every one of those things and I was born in the next generation (right after baby boomers)🇨🇦

[@TheHolyQuran30in30]

Thank you for the memories! I smiled while watching this. Such beautiful memories of a simpler time. A time when spending quality time with family and friends held an honored place. Not much was taken for granted fewer things were seen as disposable. People, time, effort and skills were valued. Patience was in a since inherent because things took time. I think in some ways things were more peaceful, it was easy to "unplug" I never thought I would be saying "the good old days 😵‍💫🤣😂🤷🏽‍♀️ Oh well it is what it is and I'm grateful 🕊

[@caroljeanscott5571]

There are still drive-in's in Nova Scotia, Canada. My husband I used to go all the time until his passing in 2019.

[@SergioGonzalez-ew2po]

My memory of things gone .i remember..for example TV-DINNERS....POPSICLES....The Flintstones...

[@mariekatherine5238]

There’s still a Drive-In movie in Ohio. It’s quite popular! Still have lots of photos and put them online. Lots of slides, too. Have a working slide projector, two spare bulbs, and a fold-up screen. There’s a few bookstores, often used books. I used to use them as libraries and read entire books there so I didn’t need to buy them! I bring my own books or a newspaper (!) to the diner (!) and read over a leisurely cup or two of coffee. I love reading old newspapers and magazines. I still have my metal strap on skates with the key on a string, but nowhere to use them! Remember when we used to write reports in grade three by plagiarizing from the Encyclopedia Brittanica, Jr.? I still do write letters and send actual cards with a few friends. Records ARE still a thing, niche, but definitely a thing! Some albums are worth lots of $$$$$$! Never did have a Polaroid, but they were fun. Film and the cameras were expensive. I didn’t do much TV on Saturdays. I was often at Jr. Cadet Camp (Navy) or family camping. Yes, I made cassettes. Photo booths at Woolworths were a rare treat. Can’t say I remember theses in the 1990’s. We still play board games every week. Favorites, Monopoly, Trouble, Checkers, Password, Checkers, and of course, Chess. Chess has never gone out of style. Concert tickets we used to get at Ticketron, not record stores. I had a knock off Walkman. Scrapbooking was more Gen X, no? It’s niche, but I never got into it. Still like film cameras, Kodak with flashbulb, 110 for kids, 35 mm with lenses you hand adjusted, color or B/W? We used to develop our own in our grandparent’s basement lab. Or Photomat! B/W w/rabbit ears, three channels with good reception, three with so-so, two barely watchable through the static, and that one channel where someone had to hold the rabbit ears in one hand and some other metal surface, contorting yourself in a weird position to serve as a human antenna.

[@gordonmills6288]

The good old my favorite time in my 75 years

[@TracyTaylor7of77x7]

Oh, and those phone books!😂

[@robertclark2253]

As generation xer it was mind boggling to roller-skate , ice skate or even go karting .

[@stephengraham5099]

11.16. People held the pen in the correct way in those days.

[@lisanidog8178]

I’m a Boomer and don’t have a Smart Phone. Just a simple cell for emergency use if my landline goes out during a storm. I choose not to have a Smart Phone. We’re not stupid. We can figure things out if need be.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Oh those were the days. Americans were basically still kind and crime almost didn't happen. Much less the evil doings of the government not coming out

[@lisanidog8178]

We had a roof antenna. Never did the foil thing. And if we didn’t get a channel where I was we had a UHF converter. And best of all TV was FREE!

[@somystery]

A radio station in town had Saturday Night requests.

[@independentpuppy7520]

We have a lot to learn from Boomers. They lived in good times.

[@lisanidog8178]

My mother in the 60’s made flexible records reading novels for the Blind in English, Spanish and Portuguese. If you’re sighted, audio books are for the lazy.

[@robertclark2253]

Some drive in movies have been restored to their former glory not only across the Atlantic but here in the UK as well . If you happen to be in the vicinity enjoy what your parents , grandparents or in most cases greatgrandparents used to enjoy .

[@robertclark2253]

Libraries and bookstores were also a godsend to us generation/ degeneration Xers as well . Us (DX )ers are right between Boomers and millenials and most seem to forget us .

[@lisanidog8178]

I used to also watch Johnny Quest on Saturdays. Space Ghost I liked.

[@somystery]

I was a subpurb roller skater.💯

[@lisanidog8178]

Newspapers still exist! I see newspapers at my corner Convenient. I’ve never bought one to see if they still have classified, but they haven’t totally gone don’t think. The point is, newspapers do exist offline.

[@alancrisp1582]

🤔 Although I myself miss many things from days gone by. Not all changes are bad. As soon as 🤖 Robots can replace all our useless government politicians the better !!.............................

[@keithbuchanan8588]

They won't let that happen.

[@lisanidog8178]

Having a letter sent to us by mail wasn’t a “thrill”. It was all we had. We knew if we wrote someone they’d write back and we expected a letter. You can still write a regular letter. They still sell envelopes. I haven’t bought stationary in years. Any paper will do. And we wrote full words, not the ridiculous abbreviations of today.

[@lisanidog8178]

The only difference between a physical photo album book and one on a phone is location. The concept is the same. Collecting pictures. The term today would be called scrap booking which includes pictures.

[@ScionLos]

We have an drive in its amazing I should go more often.

[@lisanidog8178]

We called it the card catalogue at the library.

[@ClassicCinema-ThenAndNow]

No one can beat age

[@lisanidog8178]

Starting out by insulting Baby Boomers isn’t a good start. Baby boomers were born from 1946 to 1964. There was nothing we took for granted. What we had was all there was. You don’t miss what you never had. Millennials and Gen Z should stop considering themselves, or appearing to consider themselves, more superior. I was born in 1959.

[@janesgirl6806]

I was born in 1968. I'm gen x but I relate all these things of the past. I wish I had been born in the early 1920s so I could be a young woman during WW2. I'm obsessed with the 1940s. I would have been the silent generation.

[@lisanidog8178]

@@janesgirl6806 my father was born in 1927, his brother, 1921, and mom was born in 1931. My father and uncle spent a year in the Navy in 1944. Dad was 17 and his brother was six years older. They never spoke about it but I have dad’s Navy picture, his and his brother’s dog tags they wore in the military. I asked mom about those days. All she said was something about food ration cards. My father, uncle and mom lived through the Great Depression. Cool part about dad’s dad was that he was born in 1899 and mom’s dad was born in 1900. End of the 19th century first year of the 20th century. Oh you would’ve loved my father’s collection of Big Band music from the 30’s and 40’s. I have my father’s clarinet he got as a kid in the 30’s.

[@janesgirl6806]

@@lisanidog8178 My mom was born in 1941. My grandparents were born in 1920 and 1921. My darling great grandma was born in 1894.

[@lisanidog8178]

@@janesgirl6806 Coool! One of your grandparents born in 1921 was when my father’s older brother was born. My mother was 10 when your mom was born, my father was born in 1927 your great grandma was older than my paternal grandfather who was born in 1899 and your great grandma was older than my paternal grandfather who wasn’t born until 1900. My paternal grandfather was 20 and 21 when your grandparents were born as he was born in 1900 and his future wife was born in 1904. It’s neat that your and my relatives were born in the 19th and early to mid 20th century. And then you and me came later to live in the 21st century. And then some kids today will see the 22nd century. It’s pretty wild.

[@janesgirl6806]

That's so cool. I absolutely love it. I yearn for those years. The world today is terrifying unfortunately. I love to focus on things from the past. Yes I agree with you in the boomer abuse these days. It's absolutely ridiculous. I'd rather be a boomer than gen x because that would mean I could live in those simpler times. It's very nice to meet you.😊

[@birtsg]

I'm from Generation X and I remember everything this video

[@Vintage.ShowTV]

Thanks for sharing

[@lisanidog8178]

LOL! You’re funny. My family had the World Book Encyclopedia. When I first moved into my house in 2003 a salesman tried to sell me updated Encyclopedia Britannica. Too used to World Book. If we needed to do a report, we’d actually get books. Why? Because teachers knew what was in encyclopedias and would know if you copied. And with regular library books we never copied. You never know what teachers read back then. Copy it you got yelled at so we learned to summarize.

[@judithgrace9850]

1942. The quiet generation.

[@lisanidog8178]

I still have my Polaroid. Not the kind where you waited a bit then took off the paper to see the picture.

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

A regular photo from that time will still be around long after digital copies are long gone. Paper can be around a hundred years how long do you think any digital format will be around.

[@lisanidog8178]

Metal skates were NOT clunky! I had a pair in the 60’s and I didn’t need a key. There was a screw you adjusted. And they were light not heavy or clunky.

[@sonyawester5303]

Gen X is the same.

[@lisanidog8178]

Most people chose not to develop their own film. We’d go to the drug store and get our developed pictures. My brother tried developing his own pictures.

[@lisanidog8178]

You can still make a physical photo album. It’s not limited to Boomers. It’s called scrapbooking!

[@SnarkyLady]

Drive ins still exist in both oh & pa 🙂

[@marshaharris4268]

They do still exist but the thrill is gone

[@KimSimful]

And IL

[@andrewfischer8564]

vermont

[@lisanidog8178]

People choose NOT to write what they consider an old fashioned letter. They’re lazy.

[@clintonnickell400]

Never watched the movie from the back seat

[@clintonnickell400]

Born in 1956

[@clintonnickell400]

❤

[@jchow5966]

AI voice. Ug.

[@Bamboule05]

This guy surely lives to hear himself talk

[@robertclark2253]

Photo albums are you kidding me ? Okay most are in museums but until digital cameras or iphones photography was the best way to capture peoples emotions and expressions . In a lot of ways photography has become an art form . Thing is though any family born before 2000 has at least 1 photo album probably including a few embarrassing yearbook or other school photos .