When I was a kid, the only video game I had, was a garage door opener.
When I was a kid, the only video game I had, was a garage door opener.
When I was a kid, we didnโt have educational shows for kids, like Blues Clues, Barney the Dinosaur, and Sesame Street.
We got real education from Looney Toons and The Three Stooges. We learned that itโs a bad idea to put bowling balls on top shelve, and dynamite into ovens, and to not use a toaster while taking a bath.
When I was a little kid, one of the first toys my parents gave me, was this Astronaut surveyor toy. I would pretend to be an astronaut, picking up moon rocks and stuff. But my parents would only let me play with it once a week. I later found out it was a vacuum cleaner.
When I was a kid, old people would tell me: โHey, turn that down! Your musicโs too loud!โ
Now that Iโm grown up, I tell youngsters: โWhat is this? A poetry reading? Your musicโs too soft!โ
What happened?
Parents nowadays quiet their noisy kids by giving each one a smartphone.
When I was a kid, we didn’t have smartphones. Our parents kept us quiet with a brick to the head.

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