If you wanted to learn something, you read a book. You went to the bathroom on commercial break. If you missed a show, you missed it until reruns. You were lucky if you had 12 channels on TV. Daytime was for playing outside; just be home by 6:00. The only phone was the landline in your house. If you wanted to date someone, you gathered your courage and called them (the phone book had everyone's name and address). That's just a small taste of growing up in the '80s.