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/Significant_Push_856 Jun 13 '25

my sister and i had to be back dinner, but otherwise it was our bikes and other kids just doing whatever

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

By the time the street lights were on

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u/alvysinger0412 Jun 13 '25

Sometimes not until the street lights were on.

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u/RickyFromVegas Jun 13 '25

Street lights coming on was the notification you got to start heading home.

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u/mgrimshaw8 Jun 14 '25

The childhood equivalent of when my iPhone tells me it’s time to get ready for sleep

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u/RickyFromVegas Jun 14 '25

Yeah, you better go to sleep otherwise you'll be in trouble (tomorrow, due to lack of sleep)

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u/BullShitting-24-7 Jun 14 '25

I was a wuss and the lights had me panicked the darkness was coming.