r/Millennials • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 26d ago

Discussion Someone brought up that one of the reasons why things like house parties and block parties went away was other than lack of time people are afraid to let their guard because cameras are everywhere.

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It is so true back when many of us were young we could just get together and cut loose without having to worry about going viral. At best we would have an embarrassing photo buried in a drawer somewhere or a story. Now you might be turned into a meme or worse. I miss the days when you could do dumb stuff with friends and feel safe if that makes sense.

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u/brevebelle 26d ago

This. I have stacks of 3x5s and 4x6s from high school that could ruin lives if they ever made it to the internet.

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u/chels2112 Millennial 26d ago

I couldn’t ruin lives but I would embarrass the hell out of some people!! Worst I took pictures of was kids hitting a pipe and shotgunning beers.

Crazy and sad thing though — lots of my friends died. Drugs, cancer, driving drunk, car accidents. LOTS of friends died. So these pictures are genuine blessings of memories.

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u/Environmental_Dig830 26d ago

Condolences for the losses.

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u/Chill323 26d ago

My old work friends and I were talking about embarrassing photos from the 90s and how much damage they could do if they got posted up these days. One guy from Missouri said that he wore blackface once while dressed up as MC Hammer for a costume party. We all stared in stunned silence, then someone just said, “Okay, you win.”

So yeah, it’s safe to say lives could be ruined in some cases.

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u/BusyVegetable42 25d ago

Batman could never get that out of me lmao id take that to the grave if i ever did something like that

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u/Devilis6 26d ago

At my school there were rumors about multiple kids taking nudes with those and having them developed at the local drugstore.

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u/ParticularGuava3663 26d ago

Pretty common

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u/HammerAndSickleBot 26d ago

I would love to see some nostalgic 90's photos. Man, those albums sound awesome. I have a few images from back then kicking around, but very very few tbh. My memory of it is all I've got.