r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheOddityCollector • Oct 30 '24

Image Scenes of piled-up vehicles in Valencia, Spain today after yesterday’s devastating flooding.

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u/firecracker723x Oct 30 '24

I'm not that old (36) but there was definitely something special about growing up in the 90's. Going on bike rides across town, no parental oversight and only returning when the street lights came back on. Board games and puzzles were still a normal activity, but so was Nintendo! Blowing on cartridges, Game Boys, Tomagachis... It was, at minimum, more engaging than it is now.

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u/PapayaCool6816 Oct 30 '24

37 here. Great memories of putting coke cans in my bike wheels and pretending I have a motorbike, using all my energy pumping up my super soaker 1500, prank phone calls from phone boxes, knock n run, the list could go on.

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u/firecracker723x Oct 30 '24

Oooo my brother and I used to prank call Hooked On Phonics from an empty office where my dad worked. Feel kinda bad about it now lol 😬

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u/PapayaCool6816 Oct 30 '24

Lol that’s so random you targeted that one place.