19 Reasons You Should Respect Your Elders

Kids these days have it easy.

If we wanted to hear a new album, we had to, you know, buy it.

If we wanted to hear a new album, we had to, you know, buy it.

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To have that new song before the album came out, we had to hover over the record button indefinitely waiting to tape it off the radio.

To have that new song before the album came out, we had to hover over the record button indefinitely waiting to tape it off the radio.

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We didn't have Wikipedia, we had microfilm.

We didn't have Wikipedia, we had microfilm .

Do you know how tedious this was? (Full disclosure: it was kinda fun, too.)

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We couldn't just "change plans on the fly."

We couldn't just "change plans on the fly."

Either you got to the right place at the right time, or everything was ruined.

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