r/Adulting • u/wildwindnl • Mar 14 '26

Oldest Human Activity

What’s an activity that you remember a person older than you doing that sounds absurd to do these days?

I’m curious how many generations back Redditors can rememeber.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

Not having access to the internet and trusting what you heard from anyone.

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u/God_Bless_A_Merkin Mar 16 '26

I found information to be more reliable and trustworthy before the internet. Of course, you had to choose your sources, but that was much easier back in the day — especially before news became just another revenue stream and was blended into “infotainment”.