Ok, I'll pay you the 1995 price

I don't expect places to have wifi. If only phones had their own way of connecting to the internet.

Do people really want wifi these days? Why would i trust some random sketchy wifi if my own phone has a plan with >5gb.

I never use any public WiFi on my phone, why would you use wifi like it's 2005?

I used to when i never paid for data
- Yeah that's why I said 2005.. data has been cheap for ages, can't remember when I didn't have an unlimited data plan.

I didn't like talking to other people in 1995, and I sure as hell aren't going to start enjoying it now.

When my family goes out we usually have to put our phones away. It was my rule, but now I break my own rules and my kids have to tell me to put my phone away. I guess my kids are better than me now.

But people in the real world don’t like talking to me.

What do you want me to act like my kin circa 1995? Because if so you may want to get out of the way cause I've got a weed sprayer filled with diesel and a little cigarette!

1995.... The peak of humanity. Industrial clubs everywhere, fun cheap bars, bright clothes, danceable music, computers you still had a chance of understanding somewhat, home appliances and lightbulbs didn't need firmware updates or spy on you, affordable housing and groceries, relative worldwide peace...

I think I'd burst into tears if I saw this sign IRL

So, a white bread is USD0.77?

Sure, go back to a time where you might have to fight for your life just for wearing the wrong t-shirt out of Blur and Oasis (Pulp btw).

i hate phones

(i have no other comment.)

I saw this exact same sign in a restaurant in Newfoundland

If you put this passive agressive bullshit up ima gonna smoke indoors and pay 25c for my drink.

Maybe drink too much, assault a woman and call the bartender the f slur. Feeling cute.
- What the fuck is the f slur? Other than fuck

"Here's the $0.85 for the coffee, thanks!"

Your welcome! Enjoy your styrofoam cup coffee from a deli that smells of Malboro cigarettes. The sugar has weird moving black things and milk has been left out for 3 days.
- I never understood why Starbucks became big in the US, but I always assumed it was something like that.
- Remember playing pool in the 90s, I didn't even smoke but I feel I will have copd.
- ohfuckyes

"Do u think y2k is gonna happen?,"

I don't know but I've been stockpiling canned food in my basement and I bought a portable toilet just in case.
- Portable … toilet?
  I too own a bucket.

Depending on the country, paying like it's 1995 would be the best power move. Here's, dunno, 100 francs? 5 marks?

Oh yes. If you're a Dutch soldier you even get free drinks, and it only costs your honor.
Happy 30th anniversary. Cheers to the Dutch Army.
- what am I missing? why is the picture titled the toast of shame?
- Happy 30th anniversary
  Almost to the day - it was July 11th 1995.
A million lire for a coffe? What a steal

This sign goes hard in countries that belonged to former Yugoslavia.

Just page me.

Cool. Lemme just paint the ceiling with my brains so I can approximate what it was like when I wasn't around.

GET OFF MY LAWN!
Just kidding. I'm a millennial. I don't own a lawn.

We Do Not Have ✨WiFi✨

Use The Hotspot On Your Phone Like A Normal Person

Or Get A Data Card For Your Laptop IDK Or Care

There’s a place near me that I don’t go to very often, and almost never if I’m alone. They have great food and it’s pretty cheap, but they don’t have WiFi.
That normally wouldn’t be a problem, because I rarely use any of my cell data, but it’s a super old building full of interference and I can only get cell signal if I happen to get one of the 3 seats within 10 foot of the front windows.
If I do go by myself, I get weird looks for bringing comic books or video games and just existing by myself, but there’s nothing else to do while waiting for food so..
- Yeah, I think there's about two games you can download to your phone that will run without an internet connection. Even fucking Balatro—what do you need internet for? People have paid for the game!
except that in america at least lots of data plans somehow block you from using the hotspot function, i do not fathom how the fuck it's possible but people keep talking about it so i have to assume it's a real thing..
- What? That's... that's insane

what did coffee cost in 1995 ?

Do you think McDonald's has the monopoly picks for the 1996 Olympic Dream team yet? There is no way they can be as good as last time right... Bird, Jordan, Magic, there wasn't a bad player on the team!

The 1996 McDonalds Monopoly game was one of the games that the sweepstakes company fixed, right?
- Former police officer stole the winning pieces for years, made $24 million for him/friends/family apparently. Was supposed to go on trial September 10 2001. The next day 9/11 happened and no one paid attention to what happened.
  3 years prison for postal fraud or some shit. One year he sent the pieces into a charity, that may have been 1996 like you asked

Gaaaaaay!

(Am I doing it right?)

No and that’s pretty fucking queer, buddy. /s
Yeah exactly. It's not the real 1995 unless you can get called a slur for not hyperbolically performing your agab like it was a Tony award performance.
No
- I guess you had to be there.
  And happy to not still be there.

Is that Lighthouse Coffee?

I once was in a lunch group where one of the people honestly asked the restaurant staff about wifi, standing almost next to this sign. The guy smugly pointed at the sign and said nothing.

It was cringy for everyone involved.

Am i the only one who wishes this was common? Put your stupid phones away. How have we not matured enough to not be so addicted to little flashy lights.

i guess i am getting old. but i really think it is sad, when a group goes to the restaurant/coffee/bar and everyone is staring at their individual screen
- McDonald's STILL has newspapers sitting in a rack next to the counter where I am. Growing up these places had magazines and newspapers available to read. People "back then" didn't just randomly talk to strangers, they just kept themselves busy with other things.
  Yes, there's a problem with people not interacting physically anymore, but it's not cause we have electronics, it's cause people don't have a place to go outside the home anymore. This is a problem with a lack of community centers and walk-able neighborhoods, not a problem with phones.
- and they just swipe around to see stuff that are 95% useless information. It’s nothing but addiction.
- I feel the same ! Like are we this brainwashed ?? Plus theyre not even reading articles or anything to improve themselves, it's endless TikTok scrolling. Also, im not old, and I can still see it. So it's not really an old person thing. More of a "have we literally become idiots addicted to a shiny screen" type thing.
- Im one of the few on here that actually has a life outside of just my phone and computer, sorry guys. Those things are great but many are far too dependent and addicted to a fleeting thing.
who talked to random strangers at coffee shops even before phones?
- Well Jimmy, people used to be humans and converse in person hard to believe I know.
- I did this at multiple coffee shops I hung out at. This is how you met people. Also no one smokes anymore. That was also a big part of socialization.
I spend most my time on the phone socializing anyway. I'm addicted to feeling connected with people I care about not "little flashy lights". I'm not at coffee shops to meet people I'm there to change pace for a minute and reset before I move to another task. If I'm specifically with someone then sure I talk to them but usually I want to be anywhere else because coffee shops in Seattle are so loud I can't hold a conversation
- You have a good point. But it's there in your post; "feeling" connected. But for many people, they actually aren't. They feel connected because of notifications and little dings that give them dopamine, much like a rat in a test lab hitting buttons for treats. Thats why I am surprised no one sees this.
Yeah, and who said all these kids could be on my lawn???
That stupid little flashy light? Do you think of tamagochis? Because my phone has access to all the knowlege on the planet.

Back in January I went into a Bagel Me! and it looked like New York City from the 90s as depicted in tv and movie. Such a weird feeling.

That sign looks like it really blocks access to those refrigerators. is it even necessary to be so obnoxious about your lousy cheap lack of WiFi? Just have a little sign that says “no WiFi” if that is even really necessary, without being sarcastic about it.

I don't know about you, but I would probably go around the counter, instead of climbing over it and through a sign, if I needed to get to the fridges behind.
- Oh that’s a counter lol. The perspective is weird here to me. Almost looks like a little bench or something.

Or just don't be a broke bitch and get unlimited data, it's not expensive 😅

Bro, it's literally the $50 tier at metropcs, since when is this expensive? I thought this was the normal price for a monthly phone rate

How much are you paying for that?
- 50 a month at MetroPCS, it's not rocket science, and I'm not rich. I literally live on the streets.
- 100$/month and a one time purchase of a 200$ wifi router