I thought I’d share a bit of a nightmare alternate reality look-see with you for just a moment. If you’re over 30, you will get this. If you’re under 30, you might cringe and wonder how we survived the 80′s.
- Imagine a world where you wanted to know something – and you had to go outside to a library!
- Imagine a world where writing someone meant pulling out your paper, your pen and doing the manual labor of actual writing. And than having to leave your home to commence the delivery process! A process that would take a week to complete.
- Imagine a world that if you wanted to steal music, you had to go outside and walk… yes, walk or drive to your favorite music store to actually commit the physical process of shoplifting!
- Imagine a world where when the phone rang, you had no clue who it was!
- Imagine a world where exercise meant getting up and going out your door to participate in real physical activity! None of this dancing on the floor or swinging your arms pretending you’re doing something while in front of your TV.
- Imagine a world where your video game came in a cartridge, attached to your TV, and there was no beating it. It just kept getting harder and harder until you died, much like life today.
- Imagine a world where you only knew what was on TV because you had to go outside and buy a book called a TV Guide.
- Imagine that world where when you wanted to change channels, you had to… get up off the couch and go stand by the TV to do it!
To anyone under 25, it’s been conjectured that you wouldn’t last an hour in 1980, or before! Compared to the 80′s you live in a Utopia of luxury. And don’t worry, I was there and it all feels like a distant, fuzzy dream.
This was inspired by an email I got and thought I’d pass it on. Nothing more.
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Imagine a TV with only 13 channels.
Imagine that your Mom actually COOKED dinner from scratch and not in a microwave.
Imagine that you spend from dawn till dark outside because there was nothing to do inside.
Imagine when you couldn’t record any program on TV
ok I’m done PS I still WRITE handwriten cards and letter My Grandma taught me that!! LOL
Cool… and the list grows.
Remember not having a phone attached to your ear?
Remember not knowing anyone called until they called back or left a message on tape machine that was damn near the size of a Xerox box?