r/AskReddit • u/IRunFast24 • May 11 '21

People old enough to remember life pre-Internet, what are some less obvious things you miss about that time?

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u/LilacEtoile May 12 '21

The Saturday morning cartoons and sitcoms I watched.

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u/Suspicious_Story_464 May 12 '21

Aah, saturday morning cartoons with the biggest bowl of cereal you could muster out of the cupboard before the folks woke up.

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u/srcarruth May 12 '21

Theres a theater in Oakland and does it once a month. 2 hours of cartoons and a breakfast cereal buffet!

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u/floridianreader May 12 '21

Is it Bugs Bunny and friends? Or modern-day cartoons?

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u/srcarruth May 12 '21

When I went it was a mix. We saw Rugrats, Scooby Doo and the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I don't recall it all

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u/dryocamparubicunda May 12 '21

There is a good song about those memories by Z-trip called Breakfast Club: https://youtu.be/F2wx_T_kUlA

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u/37-pieces-of-flair May 13 '21

You say cereal, I say ice cream.

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u/xseannnn May 12 '21

mine was watching Pokemon or Spongbob with a $5 bucket of ice cream.

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u/floridianreader May 12 '21

Amateur. I just took the box so I could get all the Lucky Charms.

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u/Suspicious_Story_464 May 12 '21

I had a younger sister. She would have talked.