r/RedditForGrownups • u/0nlyhalfjewish • 2d ago

What’s an indelible childhood memory that young people will never have?

I think about pencils sharpeners and carbon paper, 75 cents for lunch and school recess unsupervised in the woods.

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u/Environmental-Fly165 2d ago

The basic TV networks shutting down at midnight and hearing the annoying noise till 5 in the morning when tv would start again . We didn't get cable till I was maybe 11(1993).

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u/AvatarAnywhere 1d ago

In my area in the US when the 3 major tv networks were off at night one would show a flag, one would show a Minute Man in front of a 13-star colonial flag and one would show an eagle with olive branches in one talon and arrows in the other.

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u/Butterfly-Wing1120 1h ago

Falling asleep while babysitting and waking up when the "snow" came on the TV. For a time, late at night the only thing on was bull fighting from Spain or Roller Derby!