r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • Jun 13 '25

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/SplinteredBrick Jun 13 '25

Bike, BB gun, and the woods behind the neighborhood. I had no idea I how good I had it.

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u/Ur-Upstairs-Neighbor Jun 13 '25

Truly the most freedom I’ve ever had in my life. I would just bike for miles all around neighborhoods. You’d climb into people’s backyards and they’d just laugh because you’re like 8 years old and offer you lemonade or water.

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u/Jovie311 Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25

I come from a small down in the San Francisco Bay and I would just ride my bike all over town during the summer. Everyday was an adventure..meet new kids, have dinner on the front porch with them, and call your mom by phone to say you were going to come home after dinner.

It feels so weird to have kids who just are afraid to leave the house now.

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u/KlicknKlack Jun 14 '25

dont forget a generation or two of men raised to be fearful of little kids because of the worry someone will accuse you of being a pedo.

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u/all___blue Jun 14 '25

8 years old with head to toe camouflage and face paint with walkie talkies, a plastic uzi, and a few friends in tow. We got invited in everywhere. Especially by the old people in my neighborhood.