Was just talking about this yesterday. Nowadays it's so easy to locate people online that dropping by their house with no warning feels unnecessary and creepy. But back when you didn't know where anyone was, it often felt friendly and spontaneous! https://t.co/oBKQbhiaub
— Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 (@Noahpinion) January 27, 2022
Yep. It was totally not unusual for friends to drop by unannounced and spontaneously in the 1980s and even into the 1990s. Happened all the time and was very welcomed by most. And it wasn’t just young people — everyone did this and it was nearly ubiquitous. “Hey, let’s go see what [insert name here] is up to” was a very common phrase and occurrence back then.
It only started becoming considered creepy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Much was worse then, but much was also better. It’s a world that most people — even many who lived through it — cannot imagine now. And it wasn’t even that long ago.