There is always a distance between generations. A Reddit user asked ‘What’s something that newer generations will never understand?’ and here are 30 of the responses.
1.
Being able to be an idiot in your formative years and not worry about it being filmed and/or put on the internet forever
2.
There was a time when we felt the world was getting better, not worse.
3.
Slamming down the receiver on a landline telephone. Pushing the red button is not nearly as satisfying.
4.
The beauty of being unreachable.
5.
Saturday morning cartoons. I miss sitting in front of the TV and eating a bowl of cereal while Tale Spin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or whatever Saturday morning cartoon series played. Then getting on my bike once they ended around 10 a.m. and riding over to my friend’s house to play till sunset.
6.
Taking pictures and then waiting for them to be developed to see if they turned out okay.
7.
senorchaos718MTV played music videos, had music discussion shows, and had news about music 24 hours a day at one point.
8.
Having to buy the entire album to get one song you liked, or else wait for it to come on the radio and record it. Missing any part of the song was unacceptable, and you had to wait until it was played again.
9.
Parents not knowing where their kids are and trusting them not to get into trouble.
10.
The street lamps means it’s time to go home.
