What today's younger generation will never know:

[oldman]

Loved being a kid in the 50’s and 60’s. Going to drive-in movie theaters and restaurants. Things were much more quiet and simple. We didn’t worry about getting kidnapped and our parents didn’t discuss family matters or yell at us using foul language. We had chores to do and didn’t need to be constantly reminded. Our biggest catastrophe was when the chain on my bike broke.

 

[Chet]

The ability to hang your thumb out on the side of the road and hitch-hike and do so safely.

 

[Marie5656]

Life before the internet....actually having to work at looking things up. Or the concept of having ONLY real life friends...not internet friendships.
Do they still have Drivers Ed in school? Or Home ec or wood shop. I so wanted to take shop..but that was just for boys.

When I was in school it was dresses only for the girls..until I was about a senior

 

[mrstime]

The ability to hang your thumb out on the side of the road and hitch-hike and do so safely.

Guys could but in those days no decent girl would even think about it.

 

[C50]

Who remembers earning double digit interest on savings accounts and your local banks? That will never happen again.

 

[Murrmurr]

Do they still have Drivers Ed in school? Or Home ec or wood shop. I so wanted to take shop..but that was just for boys.

Some high schools still do, but parents have to pay for it. Last I checked the cost was $350. That was at least 5yrs ago.

Some schools dropped the behind-the-wheel part of Driver's Ed, a lot of them dropped it altogether.

 

[GoneFishin]

Doctor house calls.
Milk delivered right to your door by the milk man.
5 cent beer.
50 cents per gallon gas.
1 cent candy.
Fountain pens.
Adding/subtracting/dividing/multiplication done in your head without the help of calculator.
Writing.

 

[Nathan]

What today's younger generation will never know

Every generation has it's own style and priorities. It would be interesting to know what today's generation say in 50 years, but then we'll never know.

 

[JimBob1952]

The fun of getting a letter from a friend. And something called Wite-out, used to fix "typos" on documents.

Important people had secretaries, either young and attractive or (if the person was really important) older and somewhat terrifying. Sometimes they had both.

Lines in the dormitory on Sunday nights to use the single pay phone.

I worked in ad agencies with "art departments" where people cut and pasted (using x-acto knives and paste) and actually drew things by hand. They used Letraset letters to make "comps" which were then photographed and turned into magazine ads through a mysterious process.

No more slide rules, thank God. I never could figure those stupid things out.

The place where I swim has a substance called Vitalis in the men's locker room. I use it to make my sparse but unruly hair look neat. I'm not sure it is sold anymore in the real world. Is Brylcreem sold anywhere?

 

[JimBob1952]

Also, I seem to recall that people used to dress up to take plane trips. And I know my mom used to dress up to go shopping downtown with her friends on a Saturday.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Every generation has it's own style and priorities. It would be interesting to know what today's generation say in 50 years, but then we'll never know.

I agree...I would have to answer the OP with

 

[spectratg]

Every generation has it's own style and priorities. It would be interesting to know what today's generation say in 50 years, but then we'll never know.

I just hope that civilization hasn't collapsed due to the (apparently accelerating) climate change effects, for our grandchildren and their grandchildren. I am not optimistic, but, hey, maybe technology and AI might save the planet!