What’s something you miss from the old days?
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There are a lot of things I miss from the old days, and no particular order:
- Common sense
- Actual socializing – not social media
- A sense of privacy, knowing that there weren’t cameras everywhere we went
- Cheaper gas
- Having a disposable income 
- Slightly-more-competitive living wages.
- The pop culture trends of the 80s isn’t even the 90s to a degree – knowing what was cool and what wasn’t
- Not having, or needing, smart phones
- Paper tickets – at sporting events, concerts, movies. They were free, souvenirs
- Politicians who at least feigned decency 
I know I’m getting old, but I didn’t think I would start thinking of the 80s as “the old days,” and certainly not the 90s either. At least not yet.
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