14. Communication Was Lacking
How do you maintain relationships when someone doesn’t text you back right away? Imagine having friends who don’t even use texting. Imagine that you don’t use texting, and it doesn’t even exist. That’s what 80s kids had to deal with regularly.
You got out of school for the summer and didn’t see your friends for the next three months unless they happened to live on the same block. Only the wealthiest kids had walkie-talkies like Mike used to talk to his friends in Stranger Things, and walkie-talkies only worked over short distances.