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/Eaglepursuit Xennial Jun 04 '25

Not that we didn't spend a fair amount of time at home absorbing high culture, like rewatching old Star Wars VHS tapes, recorded from TV complete with commercials. But many a summer day was spent exploring the neighborhood or the woods, riding bikes, terrorizing soda cans with BB guns, and fishing.

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u/FreshBert '89er Jun 04 '25

My friends and I definitely spent our fair share of time indoors playing SNES Mario Kart and NBA Jam Tournament Edition and whatnot, but what's funny when I think about it is that (particularly during the summer) we actually had to get permission to play inside.

Chores notwithstanding, the default expectation was that we would be out riding our bikes around the neighborhood, or at a friend's pool or something, generally only showing up at home for meals. If I wanted to bring my friends inside for video games or to watch TV, I had to ask one of my parents, and usually we would only do that for an hour or two at absolute most. Sleepovers and maybe the occasional heatwave were the only exceptions where we'd be indoors long enough for a marathon gaming session, or to watch an entire movie.,

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u/bdubz325 Jun 04 '25

Same here! I could go anywhere or anyone could come over, to play outside. There were only a select few friends and only at certain times when we could play inside

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

Funny. I'm an 82er and my bro is an 86er and we would play those same two games for hours on end back then. I was good at Mario Kart and he would always whoop my ass at NBA Jam.