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I was thinking about how much the world has changed since I was a kid. I kind of miss the days when you actually had to wait to see someone to tell them a story, or when getting a CD was a huge event. What’s something 'old school' you wish hadn't disappeared?

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

This is why I've either deleted my account or stopped interacting with strangers on the big tech platforms. Lemmy is pretty much the only place I actively talk with strangers, since it's the only place that doesn't have massive ulterior motives and algorithmic promotion of toxicity.

I keep my phone nearby in the evenings, but I really only check on it every once in a while or if I get called. I'll still be plugged in to whatever I'm doing on my computer, but I can more or less "log off" in the evenings. I miss being entirely unreachable sometimes like I was back in the early 2010s.