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[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 10 points 6 days ago

Porno mags in hedgerows

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

lack of bugs, mostly due to global warming pesticide use, and planting non-native ornamental plants, most of which can be weedy or poisonous.

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

More specific for a better visualization, bugs hitting the windshield of a car. I had never thought about it until someone pointed it out, It was so common back in the day, in the 90s at least.

That opening scene in MIB is not relatable anymore.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago

Amega and Acorn? NES, Master System, etc made sort of come backs with retro stuff. Not so much Amega, and certainly not Acorn.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 6 days ago

Blockbuster.

Seeing people on roller skates or skateboards

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

Kids playing in the streets.

Kids having semi autonomy.

Cheap rent.

Glass ~~fold~~ food and beverage bottles and jars.

A middle class.

Hope.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Or to keep us docile/fighting each other while they build their arks and bunkers.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 6 days ago

Jumpers for goal posts.

[–] HamFistedVegetarian@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

"We're all middle class now"

John Prescott - 1997

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today -1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

1, 2 could be explained by pedophiles are on the prowl, plus people have IPAD/youtube kids now.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 0 points 4 days ago

Paedophiles are no more prevalent now than they were. The fear of paedophiles is through the roof though.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

Now they're grooming your kids through the iPads, en masse.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Man, I miss hope. It was so great.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

It's a nice town. But it's so small you could almost miss it as you drove through.

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Deep snow... like up past the hedges

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[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Rhaxapopouetl@ttrpg.network 14 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Windshields being covered with bug guts. Way more fireflies in the summer (but our yard still has some because we don't rake under the bushes). People smoking just fucking everywhere.

I thought of the bugs when I posted this. I remember on long journeys dad would have to pull over and wipe the windshield clear.

[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Discarded ring pulls from drinks cans

Oil-puddle stains in car parking bays

[–] essell@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

White dog poo on the street.

[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

A staple of 90s observational comedians

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Video rental shops. Going into town to pick a movie for the weekend used to be a weekly thing for us.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] aixroot@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

That was a television, not a jail cell.

[–] Tramort@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A windscreen covered with insects

Because all of the insects are dead

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

You ought to see my car... they're all on the front of that one

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago

I still buy cassettes! New ones too!

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

Trousers that fit :-(

[–] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Edit: came from all, didn't look at the comm, not from the UK.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

/c/askuk

US

Fucking self absorbed nation

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

Wrong forum, yankee

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