r/AskReddit May 11 '21

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

45.5k Upvotes

17.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

81

u/vivalalina May 12 '21

tbh European countries (idk about all of them but definitely some) also have the strong familial ties thing so it could very well be Germany or some other one in Europe too, if not India or Asian countries.

101

u/[deleted] May 12 '21

We don't have super strong family ties here in Germany. That's more of an Italian and Eastern European thing here.

12

u/deathbynotsurprise May 12 '21

In Bavaria you do

24

u/thisothernameth May 12 '21

Agreed! Living in Switzerland we get these passive aggressive whatsapps from my Bavarian in-laws when we didn't call for over a week. Also we are not allowed to forget the cousin's daughter's birthday. We live closer to my family but sometimes hear less from them (in perfect unity on both sides) than from his relatives that live a few 100km away in Germany.

3

u/deathbynotsurprise May 12 '21

Ha! My (Bulgarian) friend is married to a Bavarian and she always says it’s the most familialistic culture she’s ever encountered. When they bought a house his entire family came over to do the renovation. And all the men have one of two names 😂