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What’s a "pre-smartphone" habit you actually miss? (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

On a very long call, you'd eventually get so bothered by a little kink in the telephone cord twisting the wrong way that you'd spend the rest of the call untwisting it and retwisting it in the correct direction, and it was so soothing when you eventually accomplished it.

Buying a fresh map for use on a roadtrip and physically drawing the planned route on top of it with all the stops and notes, then hanging it up like a poster afterwards with all the photos from the trip.

Going to the record store and asking the clerk if they had anything new that was good, then heading into the listening booth to check it out.

Rushing home to check if any long-distance friends were online, on IRC or the bulletin boards. Greater asynchrony in communication, in general.

Just hopping on the bike and riding wherever we felt like for however long with no expectation of checking in or being able to be reached or recalled.