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cattywumpus
Ever play GameBoy by streetlight?
tangent
And it fucking sucked. I read books
NeoBaggins
We’d go to hobby lobby and get drawing pads, and bring our colored pencils on the trip. Just draw cool stuff we saw, or play drawing games.
threnodywolf
Why are we upvoting boomer memes
CascadianTwilight
buttbuttpartywagon
I had books, we would pickup a new one at a junk shop every 4 days
Ireadtoomuch
When youre so old you make a meme using technology 15 years past, kindle 50$ and download like 300+ movies with 15$ bluetooth earphones
HawaiinPasta
shut up boomer
DeepSpaceDrifter
notamemberoftheateam
It was a great trip if I could hold the map and “give directions “
Wotatimetobealive
That’s how I learned to read a map, my dad pretty much already knew, but I was his “navigator”
TheMilkisMan
Congrats?
TheSidRatKid
Annoyed by the people who brag in these comments about how they limit or restrict screen time for their kids. It’s easy, fuck off.
Jay2Kaye
Bullshit you did, this is a portable system from the late 90s.
SizzlingBacon
are you gatekeeping a car ride
imgurforants
Honey, can you call IT, the Facebook is leaking again.
mkelter
Are we gatekeeping fun on long trips?
Whateverpeopleareevil
Sounds like it. Horrible idea in my opinion, it will lead to resentment. Before, boredom was something bad to defeat. Now it's mandatory.
Schmuck4hire
The Car Passenger fandom is just the worst.
Whatisthisafontsizeforants
"I did'nt have this when I was young, and I turned out fine" -Any generation when there is a younger generation. It gotten stale already
CyranoDeBurlapSack
My dad used to post a tiny tube tv in between the front seats for me to hook my super nes into for long car rides. Best memories ever.
HalifaxSamuels
And you turned out to be the type of person that whines about children on the internet.
Reddarian
Alphabet game is still good for drivers as long as you don't get so focused on it you miss a turn.
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
I had wine coolers and sleep as a kid
BeneGesseritConspiracyTheorist
Sounds like you had a fun childhood
seanrus16OG
Remember when you would see the letter you were all stuck on (Q for example) and you'd wait till the last possible moment to call it out so
seanrus16OG
That your siblings wouldn't have enough time to see it and call it? The Alphabet took skill and strategy, guys!
Cocobeware18
When we played it once you called a word it was “taken” and they had to find a different word /sign. So you wanted to call it fast!!
seanrus16OG
See, the way we played, multiple people could call a letter off of the same sign, but once you called a letter off of a sign you couldn't
seanrus16OG
Call the NEXT letter off of that same sign.
imadoctornotamechanic
boo fucking hoo, be happy they dont have to not jealous of a fucking child, the past, historically, has never once been better
RequiemOfHorror
Thank you! People bitching because they had to handle boredom then and now people created ways to entertain kids and keep the parents sane.
Schmuck4hire
The past had living dinosaurs in it.
imadoctornotamechanic
you dont know that, maybe they were always fossils
Schmuck4hire
No, you're thinking of grandpa.
Waitinglikeastalkingbutler
We played I Spy or just listened to the radio.
Wotatimetobealive
AM, fading in and out
zak55
No you fucking didn't, you had a god damn gameboy that you had to rely street lamps you old cook.
KentuckyDuck
Coder1999
/shocked gasp - MY CHILDHOOD!!!
randomlychosenusernameinuse
2014 copyright? They are still making those?
nahtan00
They sell some at AAA right next to the travel magazines
GuW69
We used to get them for free at gas-stations
KentuckyDuck
I see 'em at Cracker Barrel.
snbrd4evr
My kid has a Chromecast. For real. Wifi + HDMI = happy parents. Don't judge me. We really only use it on trips over an hour.
Whateverpeopleareevil
Teach your kid to engage with the media in a good way, and nothing is lost either, creative/imagination wise.
snbrd4evr
Oh yeah, we do a lot of planet Earth/blue planet type stuff and then quiz him. It helps we were both aquarists/zookeepers at one time.
Whateverpeopleareevil
See, that's something I can respect! *thumbs up* Keep guiding and engaging with whatever your kid shows interest in, and you'll be golden.
Icommentandpostmypets
I had books, or had to share my game boy color with my little brother. 16 hour drive from VA to FL.
TheBIFFALLO87
VA represent.
ToiletDemolitionExpert
Nothing special about living here. Bunch of 6s who think they’re 10s and a ton of meth. Even the beach just smells like fast food now.
Roqinn
I had books or the window for our trips to Florida and I'm in Ohio! 3 kids (1in a car seat) a dog & 2 parents in a Honda Accord 4 door.
Thisbefluff
Holy. Shit.
algavinn
You had a game boy COLOR? Spoiled.
Icommentandpostmypets
We also had one of these:
Could save multiple pokemon games. No fights over lost data.
professionalConfirmologist
24hrs in the back of a suburban; GI Joes, handhelds, & naps (my ear to the floor would put me out)
Amousewithchees
I couldn't read in the car, I'd get car sick badly.
rockfireman
Even though I love to read, I couldn't read in the car as a kid, car sickness. I was stuck with window watching and my CD player.
Icommentandpostmypets
I would put the book up against the window and lean my head to reduce motion. Only one in my family that could read in car.
DamnTXyouhot
I had Dramamine in high doses. Just knocked myself out and woke up when we got there.
Nize426
Well ya know what I had? Motion sickness. I had 15 minutes of action on my Gameboy before I felt like vomiting.
eggsandcommunism
When my dad got a car with tiny screens in the back I couldn't even watch for 15 min it'd be throw up for me :(
Schmuck4hire
If I read like two sentences off a newspaper on the floor I was screwed for the rest of the trip. And suddenly it becomes a challenge to 1/
Schmuck4hire
avoid seeing text everywhere and feeling worse. 2/2
PrivateIsotope
Kids not bored? Parent doesnt have to deal with noise and fighting? Sounds like a win/win
PajamaStripes
"I wanna watch FROZEN!!" "TOY STORY!!!" "FROZEN!!!"
ElJefeLives
I have no doubt that most kids now have their own tablet or device to watch what they want. They're incredibly cheap
strangelyaddicting
Don't have to pay attention to your kids? Don't have to teach them about conflict resolution? Sounds like a lose/lose. (commenced downvotes)
ThatRandomCanadian
Don't have to focus on your kids when you should be focusing on the road? Kids not bored? Win/win.
ostagon11b
Said like someone who doesnt have kids. Like usual. Please come spend a weekend with my kids and see how fast you pray for 5 min of peace
LivingCactus
You asked, you shall receive.
RayGiIIette
I don't know how many times I learned about conflict resolution in the backseat of a car as a child.
dijital101
Don't have to pay attention while you're maneuvering 3 tons of steel down a crowded highway? There's a time and place for conflict 1/?
dijital101
resolution lessons, you probably don't have kids. 2/2
GodEmperorOfImgur
Ah yes, because right in the middle of a drive is when you turn your head around and start teaching your child.
strangelyaddicting
Moron... It's about them using their imagination and engaging WITH them like you would any other passenger.
PrivateIsotope
Hard to pay attention to your kids when you're driving. If you have kids, you also know conflicts occur everywhere. But Im thinking you dont
strangelyaddicting
It's not about paying then attention. It's about teaching them to manage themselves... enjoy the world and look around instead of at screens
PrivateIsotope
That can be done with nature walks and a host of other activities. But road trips are BORING. There is nothing informational or enjoyable 1/
PrivateIsotope
In many road trips. Being able to relax and watch a movie on a long trip is fine. We only made up games and started out windows when we 2/3
dirtmarker
I think it is important for kids to be bored in a car. Promotes imagination. Course I don't have kids so what do I know.
Codedependent
My Sister and BIL were never going to have screens in the car. First time BIL had to take the kids on a long drive: bought tablets.
BrushesofDoom
Then who the hell is that tied up in the back of your car ?
dirtmarker
Keep quiet or you can join them
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Being bored for a while is one thing, having nothing to do in a 2-3 hour car trip is different.
cattywumpus
Books on Tape. Actual cassettes. From the library.
VierasMarius
My wife and I do that too. Of course, it's easy for them, cause our kids are imaginary. They take after my wife in that respect.
VierasMarius
(Respectfully stolen from the Flight of the Conchords)
pandagrrl
She's much better than the sort of women I imagine
HairyBamBam
I can tell you from my many cousins with kids - the ones who have been allowed to regularly entertain themselves are smarter and happier
Kittynomnoms
I mean it makes sense. What promotes thought? Watching the same movies you see at home, or observing new surroundings for a source of fun?
4e6f6e65
My mom made us activity books for long haul trips. Stuff like identify license plates, find us on the map etc. MUUUCH more fun
mmmmmmmmmcupcakes
I have rules :No screens unless trip is more than 3 hours. Screens only used the last two hours of the trip.
Whatisthisafontsizeforants
OR! You could just chose better material for them to watch. Something to educate them. Or something EXTREMELY dull and boring.
DadBodGoodPuns
I do this as well with mine. Especially on empty highway road trips.
Notme68
It promotes constant questions while Thor trying to drive.
Eruzatide
True. But when you have small kids that will fall asleep on a 20min drive and screw up their bedtime, a tablet is nice to keep them awake
koops
“Im bored!” “Lucky we only have 3000km to go!”
AldermanJaw
Hear that, but when you have kids in a car on a long trip, a few movies does wonders for your sanity
TokyosNotFarEnough
And theirs honestly. How bored do you get on a 5 hour car ride? They do too.
Thornappley
I don't, because I grew up on the prairies & look out the window. If I can be entertained by canola for 8 hours, a kid can handle 5 elsewher
Fishworshipper
Good for you. I'd wager that you're not everyone, nor are you even most people. Long trips made me shut down, not more active.
chrisfromcali
How to pull out
shiftdi3s3l
You were a kid. Experience counts.
Captaintippie
Having technology to prevent the endless fights, bickering and "are we there yets" is worth the small loss in imagination. We travel A LOT
Captaintippie
I need to stay sane, too.
30Jonseredi
As somebody who used to travel a lot as a kid if you want to root them and disencourage them from seeing the world, do this.
Whateverpeopleareevil
Exactly! Forced boredom couples travel with not having fun and you eventually end up doing all you can to avoid the misery. Or I did, anyway
30Jonseredi
Yep. I couldn't imagine how frustrated/even traumatized I would be about traveling without reading/my gameboy. I would've probably just>
30Jonseredi
>escaped to my grandparents instead of going anywhere since we traveled on a weekly basis. Now being into traveling is a turn on for me
HoneyBunchesOfStoats
I think boredom for kids is underrated, it promotes so much creativity and learning. But boredom + confinement ends in disaster
Whateverpeopleareevil
Forced boredom is the opposite of stimulating. They know there are options available they are not allowed to partake in, so rather than 1/2
Whateverpeopleareevil
imagine new things, they learn to shut down for the duration instead, because trips=no fun allowed. The boredom is not natural anymore. 2/2
Whatisthisafontsizeforants
snowblol
What about imagining a tiny guy running across the scenery? Everyone did that, right?
birdscribbles
Not a guy, but my Pokemon team. To/from school, each one had their spot to emerge/return
ConsumingHate
Especially in farm country where the tilled rows could almost look like long legs in the right light.
NobleDictator
I imagined I was dragging a big sword in the ground and then like flipping and cool shit. I still do that actually
EnderPanda13
I imagined creatures destroying building's. Cloverfield style.
JoiyJoiyQueenofDaKobolds
I pictured horses
Archangelsintic
For me it was always a ninja running on the telephone wires. Neat to see that others imagined it as well though
robogeek78
I always thought i was the copilot and had to maintain the proper engine mix and monitor other sensors to keep things in balance.
deerhunter7979
I always imagined myself on a motorcycle racing in the ditch along side the vehicle.
ssj2jager
I always imagined I was on a skateboard and I was grinding and doing tricks in between things I couldn’t “grind” on
apcamanda
If it rained, I saw all kinds of epic battles with the drops running across the glass. Also, noticed the affects of air across side windows
apcamanda
(Engineering family)
whywasntiborn200yearsinthefuture
It was always a horse and it’d leap over any bush or driveway.
ThatSpiceyWhale
I always imagined dragons, usually a little red one that looked very similar to Mushu from mulan.
OrC23
I ride dirt bikes. I always imagined hitting jumps. Especially culverts and driveway drainage ditches.
SniffsMcgee
Flying dragon
AMeaslycommentNotWorthTheDownvote
Mine was a ninja hamster
Smdeezy
I imagined sonic.
curiouscorruption
Me too! :D
AciesGecko
Same
jukusei
My guy was always snowboarding over the obstacles
shock660
I imagine a R/C car
YoureDrunkYoureHigh
Mine were all elemental guys but concrete, electricity, & grass so depending on what was there I had to switch imaginary characters
bananahammick
This is gold
UrGrammasMonkey
Mine was always skiing... even in the summer
CaptnRisky
Watching the shadow of the car made it look like it was moving super fast.
stinkingyeti
Fuck yeah, that was the best imagination game ever and it came in so many formats. Running from monsters, chasing monsters, just running etc
Scarecrow85
Damn, I'm 33 and I still do that.
Desertwanderer
Always imagined the droidekas from star wars doing it as a kid.
theIdris
Mine was Spider- Man!
YouL0stTheGame
I used to imagine an invisible leprechaun jumping and running about
TheNuclearRabbit
I imagined I was speed-cruising across it on a hoverboard. And in power armor and using a sword to cut down all the phone poles.
OllonTrollet
Thought i was the only one
slayston
I used to pretend I needed to jump over phone poles and such as we drove past
NotTinyPancakes
Mine was a brown setter dog running alognside the car andI used to imagine it during highschool busing xD
algavinn
And so many similar things. We were part of an army convoy, blowing up enemy cars!
jadespider
skateboard man doing sick jumps where the driveway curb met normal sidewalk and clearing the distance between driveways? no, never
SpartanStatic
This. ...I played my fair share of Tony Hawks Pro-skater as a kid, so... Yeah.
fneee
I used to imagine my older self chasing the car, slowly losing ground, and finally falling down, hand outstretched in desperation.
Hashy
It was a horse and I never would have thought other people did it too.
BigTruckRegularPenis
Skate boarder doing tricks. Now I'm 35 & fly freestyle drones. So it's that when I'm not driving now.
PunnyTiger
Spiderman. Sometimes me as Spiderman.
OMGChris
YEP
Rinnosuke
did?
KiyaSeraphia
The road is lava, power lines are zip lines, jumps are infinite and various road signs are powerups if you see 3 of the same one.
Rowee
Skateboarding bunny, looked like a cross between Bugs and the Nesquik one
Ellybethe
Yes
waeraj
I imagined sly Cooper doing it
SpartanStatic
Found the furry.
GulcasaOfTheSnowfall
Oh shit son, me too
SaucyFineBolognaFactory
yup
PancakeLegend
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjTeUWhlxvE/?hl=en
EveryoneGetsAFreeCat2
If I did that as a kid I would have thrown up. :P Adult me only gets dizzy when looking at the phone while in a car. So that's fun.
notmysauce
Mine was an elf lady on a horse running through the trees and sonic riding guardrails in the cities
stewils
Just gonna leave this here. Enjoy. https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/4i7cep/highway_dancer/
Necr0Synthetic
Good shit I just read it.
SomeDetroitGuy
The tiny guy was always me and I was a fucking Olympic class acrobat / ninja.
NotTinyPancakes
Mine was me but as a dog lol
GodEmperor0fMankind
Same! He had a sword that he used to cut down trees sometimes.
Imnotverypopular
Please my car had a big chainsaw hanging off the side that I had to pull in quickly when we passed a sign
GodEmperor0fMankind
Mine had a lobster claw that shot energy balls at other cars, but I had to aim carefully, or the lasers on the other cars would get me.