1.
Calling a girl and hoping her dad didn't answer.
2.
Being tethered to the wall in order to make a phone call.
3.
"Playing" in a magical place called "outside."
4.
Scraping your knees and elbows while "playing outside."
5.
Propelling this strange device with your legs.
6.
Nothing being more exciting than a trampoline.
7.
Except maybe a treehouse.
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Sending text messages like this.
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Even sending actual letters.
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Writing out directions to places.
12.
Looking shit up in an encyclopedia.
13.
Valuing the library as a resource.
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Having to meet people at a previously agreed upon time and place.
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Looking up movie times in the newspaper.
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Requesting a song on the radio, waiting for it to come on.
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Having to watch shows when they were on.
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Playing mobile games on a mobile device.
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Using a computer for non-internet things.
20.
Like playing Oregon Trail...
21.
And learning geography from Carmen Sandiego.
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Then these showed up in the mail and ruined everything.
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And this is where all our free time went, never to be seen again.
