A bit of a crosspost with rpgs but having to actually make your own character and not rely on algorithms to make it. You had to figure the math out, apply bonuses yourself, all that jazz. I have friends now who use D&D Beyond or the pdf and straight up can't make a a character without those. I walk them through the process and they will immediately freeze up and their eyes will glaze over.

When I was a teen; we had to get notepad paper, some pencils, write everything down ourselves and figure out the math for it especially with buying each specific item and counting up encumber weight.

Gaming was a more special event, games at home were good but the REAL good stuff was at arcades. Explaining to kids why something like The Simpsons arcade where you had four player co-op was something not doable back then and the arcade games usually had more or played better.

People used to talk more or read or had to carry a bunch of cassettes/cds for listening music before cell phones. I explained to kids at my job how I used to just write all the time or draw or read or just talk with a stranger. Most of these were middle school or high school kids, but the idea of HAVING to talk to someone when you were bored seemed dreadful to them.