In early November of 2023, I was inspired by a conversation with a friend about how different the New York City of 2023 was for kids than the city of the early-to-mid 80’s had been for us. I quickly typed up a list of ten activities, places and things that routinely ate up my time as a petulant, acne-speckled teen (see above) that were (and remain) simply unavailable for teenagers today, and titled it – wait for it -- 10 Things You Could Do as a New York City High Schooler in the `80s That You Can't Do Today. You can read that by clicking right here.
This morning, meanwhile, upon firing up ye olde YouTube, I was presented with some content presumably tailored to my habits by the platform in question. On the top of that stack was the video below. Struck by the comparable theme to my aforementioned piece from 2023, I pressed play and was … well, nothing really surprises me anymore, but … suffice to say I was disappointed. Re-cast as if by some clumsy replicant, this video limply mines my original content, albeit thinly re-written by AI and given an incongruous and unconvincing voiceover.
Check it out below, but as the saying goes …. accept no substitutions for the real thing.
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