# What will my children tell their children they grew up without?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 14, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-my-children-tell-their-children-they-grew-up-without/326210 "2005-10-14T12:55:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-my-children-tell-their-children-they-grew-up-without/326210/21 "2005-10-16T06:26:08Z")

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> [@Habanero](#):
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> “Back when the oil crisis first hit and gas was only $26 a gallon…”

“Back when there was oil…”

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-my-children-tell-their-children-they-grew-up-without/326210/22 "2005-10-16T15:56:06Z")

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Back in my day, we had _paper_ currency!

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**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-my-children-tell-their-children-they-grew-up-without/326210/23 "2005-10-16T16:39:33Z")

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I think that “Back in my day, gay people weren’t allowed to get married” is going to sound as bizarre to our children as my grandmother telling me that black people weren’t allowed to marry white people back in hers.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-my-children-tell-their-children-they-grew-up-without/326210/24 "2005-10-16T20:57:24Z")

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Shoes.

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-my-children-tell-their-children-they-grew-up-without/326210/25 "2005-10-16T21:14:31Z")

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I think that the purchasing and storage of music will all be digital in a few years.

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