• Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    In the 90s what else were people doing if they weren’t hanging out? If I had no kids it’s perfectly plausible I could meet at the bar every day after work. How is a coffee shop any different? Just for clarity plenty of people drink coffee at night.

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      22 hours ago

      It’s true. Try hanging out somewhere outside your house with no modern technology for two hours.

      First you’ll realize how long time feels without a smartphone or instant entertainment.

      The second thing you’ll realize is how hard it is to keep track of time without a wristwatch.

      People socialized more in person because there wasn’t much else to do and it was the best way to do so.

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      18 hours ago

      I was in grad school in the '90s and went out drinking six nights a week (Monday nights were for studying, as best I can recall). Like 5pm to 3am drinking plus a bunch of weed at somebody’s house or apartment afterwards. These days I would literally commit murder to not have to do something like that even one night.