It's 10pm...

[clevermanka]

I know the mentality of the generational divide(s) is a problematic construct and often detrimental to building and cultivating inter-generational communities but omg these public service announcements explain so much about why Gen X is the way it is. As one commenter says: "Gen X. Raised on hose water and neglect!"

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[minoanmiss]

Hee yes

[clevermanka]

The Do-It-Yourself generation who grew up to realize (too late) that few things worthwhile can done in isolation

[awanderingcoyote]

I totally remember these commercials :)

[clevermanka]

I never actually saw one because I voluntarily went to bed at 9pm 😂

[cathyw]

Mmmmm, hose water.

(you could always tell where we were, it was whoever's house had the big pile of bicycles in front of it, probably the same family that had the best swingset.)

[lunarriviera]

either there or the playground, in the dark, playing. IN THE DARK

[clevermanka]

Seriously. One family in my neighborhood had a swing set, huge back porch, and sandbox.

[lunarriviera]

HOSE WATER i'm dwording

also i REMEMBER those ads, like where were we??? what were we doing OUTSIDE at 10 PM?????

[clevermanka]

I mean, I was sleeping because I've always been an early-to-bed sort. But yeah. What a mindset shift from that to helicopter parenting.

[umadoshi]

The phrase always reminds me that at some point in the eighties, Marvel promoted one of the X-Men event!storylines, which I imagine involved the Mutant Registration Act, with "It's 1987 [or whatever year it was]. Do you know what your children are?"

[clevermanka]

Excellent use of the cultural reference!

[umadoshi]

Excellent use of the cultural reference!

I hope whoever came up with it was appropriately proud of themself!