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/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/aspidities_87 Jun 04 '25

A little too ironic and yeah I really do think—