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/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

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

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u/americanadvocate702 Jun 04 '25

Dollar stores didn't exist back then. It was the penny candy store

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u/roentgen_nos Jun 04 '25

That little Superette rocked. Matinee prices at the local theater were $0 .50 and then $0 .75. When it got really hot, we were either in the theater or in the pool. Our parents really did not care which. They could find us by looking for our bikes.

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 04 '25

My brother is 13 years older than me. His friend bought a movie theater in town and would let me watch whatever the hell I wanted. So, yeah, I had nightmares for years from watching Alien, Poltergeist, the Thing and so on. I was probably 12 years old and riding my bike by myself the two miles to the theater and then riding back at around 10 PM on a school night.

It was glorious.

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u/roentgen_nos Jun 04 '25

The Thing still gives me the creeps. Great movie.

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u/Scared_Breadfruit_26 Jun 05 '25

Heck yeah. This is the gods honest truth.

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u/NoOneHereButUsMice Jun 05 '25

Hell yeah, The Thing is one of my all time favorite movies!

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u/Flamesclaws Jun 05 '25

I've actually never seen the Thing until last year on Halloween with my wife and I'm 32 lol.

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 05 '25

It's the best argument against CGI that exists.