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It can't be overstated how basic tasks or minor inconveniences would turn into multi-day quests.
Tons of movies spin up a whole plot based on a car breaking down and it'll be a week before the part can get there. Or trying to find the one guy that knows about the thing you need to know about, because he has the right book that the library doesnt have. It was an easy way to meet interesting people and learn stuff.
What I don't miss is even looking for a basic thing that's out of stock and calling 7 stores asking "hi, do you have _____ right now? No? OK, thanks." Then calling back the next week.
Honestly, one of the best choices in the movie Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle was them being too lazy to go back and grab their cell phone when they left the apartment.
That, in and of itself, is something of the past. Even when phones first came out, we weren't connected to them. They weren't essential. They were just a little extra thing for when you needed to call a friend to pick you up. Now it's an omnitool, and forgetting it makes you feel naked.