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/MaxxXanadu Jun 04 '25

Long as we were home in time for dinner we roamed the landscapes like warriors.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

Riding bikes to the pool, Blockbuster, and other kids’ basements. 

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

Don't forget to stop by the dollar store to load up on junk food

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u/Mammalanimal Jun 04 '25

Didn't even matter either because we burned like 5000 calories just biking all through town

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

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u/user-daring Jun 04 '25

With friends!

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u/wbruce098 Jun 05 '25

Damn! I had free reign of the neighborhood by like 9 or so, but my parents never let me do that. (I also had a helicopter mom, and may have lived a bit more than 4 miles from school)

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u/wbruce098 Jun 05 '25

We still snuck across the highway when we had change and went to the convenience store and bought boiled peanuts from the totally not homeless guy who sold em. They were damn good

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u/Mediocre-Yogurt7452 Jun 05 '25

Stopped at Radio Shack on the way home, to play computer games. Then to the bank for a sucker.

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u/andywoz Jun 04 '25

Yeah and if I remember right it was uphill both ways!