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[–] 1984 56 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I got to be alive before mobile phones and social media.

Worth it!

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I am immeasurably grateful that the entirety of my youth is not on record.

[–] tinyvoltron@discuss.online 6 points 9 hours ago

Right? AFAIK there's about 5 pictures of me between the ages of 8 and 25. A couple of those are driver's licenses.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 17 points 11 hours ago

I seriously wonder how much brain damage I avoided by squeaking in my teenage years before the invention of smart phones.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 12 points 12 hours ago

Honestly I understand better now why old people complained about computers so much. We don't even know what we lost.