What did the youth of the 1980s have that the youth nowadays don't have?

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8 track tape decks in their used cars

Carburetors

Distributors

Manual Transmissions

45rpm records

Smoking At McDonald's

Call the radio station to request a song

Put a cassette tape recorder next to radio speaker to record your favorite music

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

@HumanEarth smoking anywhere…

HumanEarth · F

Stump a Generation Z

bijouxbroussard · F

@HumanEarth Really stump à Gen Z…

("What is that ?" My nièce asked.) 😅

OlderSometimesWiser · F

@bijouxbroussard @HumanEarth Ooh, ooh, I wanna play too!

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Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M

@bijouxbroussard Hello hello! What’s this? Lol 😂

HumanEarth · F

Like we were out on road trip and we saw a payphone. So I stopped to make a call. Just to show my grandkids how to make a payphone call.

That was funny

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@HumanEarth And many were capable of servicing those cars, too! (Or indeed doing many practical things.)