Do you remember life before the internet?
27/05/2026@Waakiye
Hey..
I hope all of you are doing well…!
Yes I’ve been doing much better now,
the pain in my neck and shoulder has decreased drastically thanks to the physiotherapy and a wonderful person who happily allowed me to get a session the very first day;
Other than that life has been a smooth sail even if the weather has gotten a lot choppy;
I mean that both by a real sense and a sense of humour too;
The weather has taken the souls out of our body and makes us wonder what we did to deserve it,
but,
none of us cared when we polluted the atmosphere;
and,
when it’s time to face consequences for our actions, we rush to comfort ourselves in Air conditioning or buying clothes that are cool even if they are on the expensive side;
Instead of autos we have started to take air conditioned cabs which help us fight this heat;
And carrying a bottle of water or glucose or ORS has been a mandate,
if we don’t want to suffer heat stroke;
Coming back to the prompt
A Life before the internet
I remember,
I really do,
we used to play like we were animals when we were little kids without even a single thought of care in the world;
When we used to go to our Nani’s house during summer vacation,
we used to create so much chaos that it was impossible for our parents to control us;
Well before internet came and made us dwell into our homes like a caged animal in the zoo,
we used to be of free spirit,
we used to run around, play with our friends who lived in our vicinity and return home later in the evening,
And catch an earful from our parents to stay home and study…!
But,
none of that mattered to us,
we were free from anything that bound us home;
I remember going to cinema to watch movies which used to repeatedly be played for a span of months,
But,
that culture has died due to Netflix and other streaming services;
we used to wait in lines to buy popcorn and and when it was intermission we used to buy food like burgers and a set of drinks…!
They used to cost more back then too,
but now they cost an arm and a leg
maybe the whole left side of the body…! 😂
but,
those times are impossible to get back to..!
Another one of the things that has changed are family dinners;
Which something even I do;
Earlier we used to sit together at the dining table and eat together as a family;
But,
that routine,
that time,
and,
that moment has faded a long time ago…!
Even I don’t sit at the dining table anymore,
which breaks the family even more,
We sit in our separate rooms munching on our food,
while scrolling our phones or watching tv or these streaming sites on our laptop or tablet…!
How far have we come from what we were,
what was our norm,
now, that loneliness has become our norm where we eat all alone away from people who we consider our family;
Sometimes we don’t even have the time to check up on our loved ones…!
I wish there was a switch that I could press and take ourselves back to the pre internet era where we lived and enjoyed each second of our life…!
To an era of love and free will
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Waakiye 
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