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I guess the things I like that no longer seem to be a thing:
As a young kid, you could just bike around anywhere with anyone from a really young age as long as you were 'home for dinner'.
And then even after dinner we could take off again if we didn't have sports practice or something.
My parents were relaxed about my coming and goings, but some of my friends parents were not. But in high school, at least once they got out of the house, they couldn't monitor them anymore.
No cell phones with everyone taking pics and videos of all the stupid crap you did when you were young and stupid. I'm so glad about this one.
The higher drinking age and the less drinking by the young has a lot of up sides that I don't want to minimize along with greater awareness of issues around sexual assaults, etc.
But I had a lot of fun going to college when the drinking age was still 18, alcohol consumption was high, and as far as I knew at the time...
There were plenty of college girls who were also into sex, drugs, and rock and roll...
...who didn't seem to have regrets about any of it.
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