SimpleStacker

Ahh yes the good old days of pretending you were a werewolf or a psychic vampire without the existence of a whole online world there, to reaffirm that as actual truth with their forums and wikis full of rules and guides and terms to learn about and fit in, turning a chaotic and playful exploratory maginative journey into joyless, structured, mystery-free bureaucratic peer approval-seeking endeavor

crrdlx

ThatWhichisNotSeen

- Building a fort in the woods behind the house
- Exploring in the woods behind the house, discovering an old pond
- Walking behind the house down the old dirt road till we got to the river, where we had to stop - no bridge.
- Walking around to neighbors, knocking on the door, asking, "Can [kid] come out and play?"
- Playing the childhood games - kickball, red rover, etc - with a bunch of neighbor kids

These are experiences that I had, but my kids did not. Not because I didn't want them, and try to help them along, but they really depend a LOT on your area and your neighborhood. And kids nowadays just do NOT do these things anymore. 


Signal312

Taking apart electronics with through hole components 

carter

the company of wise men that are or will no longer be with us; the kids will, instead, enjoy the wild stories about them!

SHA256man

fourrules

Yes, my kids hardly ever rewatch a show. There's an infinite poop of new shows to watch. 

Scarcity in movies. We had a dozen or two VHS tapes or DVDs. We watched these specific movies over and over and over again. These specific ones for sure did change my character subconsciously.

This does not happen nowadays. Everyone watches everything. Nothing is personal to you anymore. 

zuspotirko

People might hate this but I loved the sound of dial up and how you could get up and do things while stuff loaded on your computer lol now thats just completely gone

Cje95

I played in the wilderness a lot. I grew up in a rural area. My brother and I would go out in the morning and be in the woods till dinnertime sometimes. Mostly building forts and booby traps.

AskSN

I played in the wilderness a lot. I grew up in a rural area. My brother and I would go out in the morning and be in the woods till dinnertime sometimes. Mostly building forts and booby traps. 