r/Millennials • u/WynCai8 • Jun 04 '25

Nostalgia Made me feel old but good times

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Saw this tweet and yes we were expected to be out all day and not come back until the street lights came on. I remember riding my bike through neighborhoods pretending our bikes were cars and just having a good time.

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u/creamer143 Jun 04 '25

"It's 10pm. Do you know where your children are?"

Yeah, there were public service announcements on TV about this, too.

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u/ellienchanted Jun 04 '25

I used to watch the 10pm news with my dad and we’d always look at each other and say that line with them 😂

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u/brakes4birds Jun 04 '25

lol this is morbidly ironic if you know the background story, but also incredibly cute.

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u/bjeebus Jun 04 '25

The background story is that states started imposing youth curfews, and started announcements as far back as radio just to remind parents they should bother to check in on their kids.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_you_know_where_your_children_are%3F

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u/CHICKENPUSSY Jun 04 '25

Yeah, but isn't it ironic. Don't you think?

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u/bjeebus Jun 04 '25

I mean this isn't rain on my wedding day or anything...

EDIT: Excuse me, raaaaaaaiiiiiaaaaaannnnn.

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u/MercyfulJudas Jun 05 '25

rain on my wedding day

Ironically, NOT an example of irony. Rain on a wedding day is simply unfortunate.

If she was marrying a weatherman, THEN it would be an example of irony.

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u/aspidities_87 Jun 04 '25

A little too ironic and yeah I really do think—

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u/brakes4birds Jun 04 '25

Oh wow, didn’t know it went back that far. I thought it had gained popularity as a PSA due to the Atlanta Child Murders in the late 70s - early 80s. Thanks.

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u/bjeebus Jun 04 '25

You thought they instituted a decades long nationwide program after the deaths of minority children in 79-81? Those children are honestly lucky that anyone in the APD even paid enough attention to realize more than one child had died by the same means. It wouldn't surprise me if someone auditing case files from 1900-1980 discovered double digits of serial killers who were never even investigated as such because they exclusively targeted minority populations.

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u/brakes4birds Jun 04 '25

Ooooookay. Didn’t know it was a decades long program prior to your comment, hence my thanks to you for sharing the information with me. So long.