Today's Gen Z May Never "Know" These

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Pretty much on any family gatherings we have, the "young ones" kind of "instinctively" group themselves together and talk amongst themselves of stuffs they know and can relate with - mobile games, new mobile phone app, TikTok and what have yous.

While the young "once" do the same thing but with different topics - the past, mundane things, and when kids are mentioned, you're sure someone's going to say "oh kids these days are like this" and how they wished about that etcetera.

Time has evolved and although we would wish some things could be different, we just can't stop change nor force ways to be the same as they were 20-30-40 years ago. Aah, those nostalgic years we can only re-live in memories.

Perhaps today's Gen Z, the digitally-inclined generation would never grasp what it was like back then and get a taste of any of what we experienced even. Talk about having fun outdoors like we used to do:

  • Playing street games like patintero until we bath in our own sweat and our Moms would have to yell at the top of their lungs that it was time to eat before we disperse.



  • Enjoy playing Pick-Up Sticks and laugh until our stomachs hurt because one of us cannot even pick a single stick out without making a mess of everything. And oh the joy is just incomparable when one successfully finishes the game and the excitement to start all over again.



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  • Swimming at the river
    I don't get to see kids around here do this anymore. It's one of the things that children ages ago enjoy so much that they become good at swimming even without someone training them, lol!

Well, these are just some of the many things that the "young once" did for fun which youths of the present may never get to experience. Thinking about it, I just had to let go of a sigh because aren't they missing too much? Or maybe not...

And now I wonder, would any of today's youths know how to operate a VHS player when presented with one? Would they even have a clue of what we call "Betamax"? I guess they would be rolling their eyes on us on this one too.


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I miss playing patintero sis. Yung bago kami mag uwian noon pagkatapos ng klase, nag eenjoy pa muna kaming maglaro nyan.

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It was "the game" nung kapanahunan haha. I don't see this game being played nowadays, lol!
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Wala na din akong nakitang naglalaro ng ganyan ngayon sis. Mostly ang mga bata ngayon, gadget na ang hawak. Thanks for the LUV sis

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Oo nga sis, subsob ulo sa screen. Minsan kelangan pa talaga pilitin sila saka lumabas ng bahay para magpahangin.

You're welcome sis and good morning :)

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Totoo yan sis kaya yung mga bata ko, hindi ko binigyan ng cellphone para mas ma enjoy nila ang paglalaro sa labas.

Good morning din sis

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Yan ang maganda sis para d sila ma-addict sa gadgets. Ang hirap kaya tawagin ang bata kapag nasubsob sa gadget.

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This post relaly reminds me of my childhood days where we can play outside the house under the sun without minding about being wet because of sweat. Those special and golden days.
How I wish children now can play such games just like before. We can't really change the fact that teh world really is evolving and changing.

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We can just remember those good ole days :) Children of today have their own games too and that is more on digital.
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True hihihi hindi na sila pinapapawisan ngayon sa laro nila kasi more on upo na lang.

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Oo nga, yon din ang pangit ngayon. Halos tamad na mga batang maglaro ng physical games.

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I'm Gen X, and am bloody glad we don't have VHS anymore!

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Glad technology evolved and we got better things these days :)
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Haha, I do know VHS. We call it cassette here and I remember I used it too.

I guess you just can't stop advancement. It's just a part of life innit?

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Oh it's good you know it :) And you are so right, advancement cannot be stopped. And glad we can't because by then we won't be able to experience what we are having today. Absolutely part of our lives and becoming a lifestyle too :)
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Spot on.

We (I like to think of myself as part 😅) are the golden generation that get to enjoy the peak of both worlds 😅

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Oh that's true! I mean who else do? lol! We are privileged to be around at this "perfect" time hehe

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Swimming at the river - I don't get to see kids around here do this anymore. It's one of the things that children ages ago enjoy so much that they become good at swimming even without someone training them, lol!

Yep or go into the woods to build a shed...
but that's not suitable for cyborgs i guess 😏

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Hahaha, yes! They probably don't know how to use natural things to make one :) They're better at building on the "metaverse" :)
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What the heck is a "metaverse"... 😩 i kinda feel old now, hahahaha

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Haha, it's basically the virtual world (3D) where everyone can do almost the same things as we do in the real universe.

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Ready Player One... Surrogates arriving! Maybe there already around us 😁

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Pick-up sticks, it's been eons since I've heard that game mentioned. A simple game that was so much fun to play.

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Oh, it's awesome that you played the game too :) And it is true, absolutely fun to play.

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I remember growing up as a kid, we play with clay mud and we make beautiful pots and objects out of it. I guess that part of my memory birthed the sculpture artist I turned out to be now. ☺️

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Wow... that's even better! I believe you're a natural artist and you applied being one while you were a kid hehe. That's a beautiful memory indeed.

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Thank you for your heartwarming reply ☺️

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Swimming in the river? No more clean ones to swim to :(

Han unay man dayta patintero ditoy di ubbing kami. Mas ammok ti prisoner's base. Dayta pick up sticks han met lang unay ngem ada kasta mi di ubbing kami nga ayayamen jay balay nukua hehe.

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That's right too. Although here in the village, there are still some clean ones.

Isu ammo mi nga laro haha. Han ko met ammo dayta prisoner's base hehe. Hide and seek kaskada dagitoy lang ay-ayam mi idi, plus jolens ken rubberbands, haha

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Han met mabalin jay balili river gamin haha! Ngem mapmapan kami di ubbing kami agtiliw tadpoles. Mejo nalinlinis pay idi.

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Haha, yikes! madi no idiay. Makaala pay ti sakit ti skin hehe. No idi siguro mabalin pay :)

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Patintero at night during full moon is the best!

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It must be fun but we never did. Because long time ago, kids are supposed to be inside the house before it gets dark, lol!

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We used to do such fun things as a child, sis. Now I'm curious about the game called Patintero ;)
I didn't have a river nearby to swim in, although on some holidays I did. However, I do remember climbing all the time in the mango tree in the backyard of my uncle's house. My son and his friends don't think they have memories like that.

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Glad to hear sis that you had such fun childhood memories. Climbing trees is cool too as long as no one falls down :)

Patintero is a fun game, it's like guarding anyone not to get pass the marked areas of the playing field hehe.

Oh, I forgot to drop the link, will do it now, thanks a lot for reminding me :)
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Hello Tito Ed, thank you lots and lots :)
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I think that time is the golden time of playing such kind of game . I am able to enjoy those game and it giving me a lucky feeling . But such kind of game is unknown to recent generation's kid. I think they are unlucky.

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It seems our childhood is a lot more fun that these days, although advancement is great too. Kids now are more on tech stuff and that's what is fun for them.
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Oh yesssss... This is really a trip down to memory lane. I still remember the big fight between Betamax and VHS!

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It's quite fun to remember those days. It's archaic when it gets out today, haha
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Did you also used a pencil to rewind your tapes? Hahahahha

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Oh wow, thank you :)
Got your mail too and voted earlier today :) Cheers!

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Haha that was a nice read, so many different things. Like people were more relaxed and less afraid something would happen, I remember. It's sad in a way.. Some things were better when we were kids if you ask me..

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That's true, we seem to have less stress and more fun in our childhood days compared to this day and age where kids seem to be more digital. Like the old folks often say, "things are better in the old days" hehe, although not everything but yeah, most :)

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Oh thats a great topic the silverbloggers choose :-) Think I will have to dive into this one :-)

By the way it's crazy here! When I was a kid ANYONE of us could swim. These days it seems a lot of parents dont care about showing their kids how to swim! I mean, this can be life saving so I simply dont understand.

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I'll be waiting for your entry hehe :)

Oh, so it's the same thing there, it seems not many kids these days are "physically" active and one thing I noticed here too is that not many children seem to be self-reliant or "responsive" in times of emergencies comparing to the kids of olden days and it's quite alarming especially when it comes to safety. Got reminded about it when you mentioned about swimming as a life-saving skill.

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Thanks for sharing on Listnerds time change for sure😎
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Oh, many thanks Ben. Time does change and we can only re-live the past through memories hehe

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Very true @ifarmgirl stay safe and well😎
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Many thanks Ben. Take care too and have an awesome weekend.

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Yes, it is interesting to think about today's youth and what they will not experience from our past. I guess it is just part of getting older.
The kids don't want to hear about it. They just roll their eyes and say, "Okay, Boomer!"
Much like we tired of hearing about how tough it was for our parents and grandparents.
I guess it is just the circle of life.

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You are right about that John. It's quite funny when thinking about it. We heard words from our grand parents and parents, now, kids may hear from us too, lol! But yes, it's how life is. Time passes by, things get replaced with new ones and so are the old ways fading away.
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Pick-up Sticks! I had some. I loved that game and actually, was very good at it!

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Great to know Fiona :) I've yet to see kids these days play the game :)

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