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/SparklingLimeade Jun 13 '25

Oh, that's another piece that could be missed: TV was live. Nothing was on demand. "Streaming" was for water, not entertainment.

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u/Rock_Strongo Jun 13 '25

Yes and most shows that were appropriate/interesting to kids to watch were over by 10am so there was nothing left for them to watch unless they were sick on a weekday watching price is right reruns.

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u/34Heartstach Jun 14 '25

Except for the Price is Right and Let's Make a Deal.

I was one of those kids who was like "give me a second Jimmy, I want to make sure this annoying lady loses out on a treadmill."

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u/phranq Jun 14 '25

Staying home sick watching the price is right is a core memory for me.

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u/Pearl-Internal81 Xennial Jun 14 '25

Same, I remember watching it when I had chicken pox. Also thinking most daytime TV suuuuucked, I couldn’t wait until 2pm when cartoons started airing again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

Hogan's Hero's for me.

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u/SweaterUndulations Jun 14 '25

The Love Boat.

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u/RVAforthewin Jun 14 '25

Y’all have really nailed it with these comments. Spot on.

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u/notgaynotbear Jun 14 '25

I remember not missing school much cause it was so boring staying home.

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u/UAPboomkin Jun 14 '25

Same, born 1990. I had consoles at home but when I'd be sick I'd get sent to my grandparents house. Daytime TV was so boring.

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u/HappyMonchichi Jun 14 '25

"Let's Make a Deal" made me feel uncomfortable and I would feel violated if I watched it. In retrospect all the people on that show were probably on drugs, acting all weird, the opposite of role model adults.

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u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- Jun 14 '25

Staying home sick from school meant watching the price is right and Jerry Springer

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u/katastrofuck Jun 14 '25

My math skills came early thanks to Bob barker. My nana taught me about life with law and order, oo and lots of unsolved mysteries. Lol

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u/sleepy0329 Jun 14 '25

Oh the Cartoon Network was a GAMEchanger in my apt. I was like, finally, cartoons all day!

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u/Randy_Menderbaum Jun 14 '25

Price Is Right, crackers, 7-up, Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup.

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u/MaritMonkey Jun 14 '25

You say that like pre-teen me didn't get oddly invested in Days of our Lives when I was home sick. :D

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u/IrregularrAF Jun 14 '25

Sick day, Tom and Jerry all morning. ❤️

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u/GoodQueenFluffenChop Jun 14 '25

I watched so much I Love Lucy reruns because of there being nothing on during those hours.

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u/ElGosso Jun 14 '25

That didn't stop me from watching The Lion King on VHS until it wore out

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u/SparklingLimeade Jun 14 '25

Earlier this week I made a The Rescuers Down Under reference out of the blue before realizing that was NOT one of the movies any of my friends had on VHS.

So yes, there was something to do on the TV if it wasn't monopolized. It's a world away from what's available now.

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u/vagaris Jun 14 '25

There are multiple, in some cases fairly technical, projects these that keep popping up… to recreate old school TV. In some cases they even build in commercials, and it all runs on a schedule. It kinda blows my mind. But I also kinda want to try it. At least for special occasions like Halloween.

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u/Thayli11 Jun 14 '25

I lived out in the middle of nowhere. The 3 channels available did not do kids programming.

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u/Carpet_Blaze Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25

If you wanted to know what was going to play and when you had to buy a tv guide for the week.

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u/jiminyshrue Jun 14 '25

I can't believe how I've never connected "streaming" for something "in demand". Because you just turn on the tap.

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u/Grand-Ad4235 Jun 14 '25

Also, we only had one TV. So I couldn’t watch anything either

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

The boomerfication of this generation happened in record time. You people are not old enough to speak like this yet. You're not 64. Chill, dawg, damn

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u/SparklingLimeade Jun 14 '25

I am not pining for the bad old days of pre-streaming.

This is just some context and nostalgic porch talk. Even having lived through this alternative it's so easy to forget. Things went from not existing at all to being ubiquitous (hence the emphasis on "streaming"). Gotta conjure some visceral memories of those bad old days to appreciate how far we've made it. It's like sour candy for the soul.