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Every generation looks back at its youthful period with nostalgia; everything was better when we were kids and nobody can convince me otherwise! However, there's something about my generation, the early millennials, that does make us special. We grew up in a time of unprecedented technological change; for example, we were born with the cassette, the CD came and went (don't even get me started on the Minidisc), then it was Mp3, iTunes, and finally Spotify. All in the space of a few years!

The technology that kids now take for granted was refined over the years through our experiences. We eventually got the internet but we needed to wait for it to connect. We had phones, but they were connected to our houses until Nokia came along with SMS and snake. Oh, and we had something similar to Netflix too, but you had to go to rent a tape or DVD at the videostore. Looking back, these things might seem incredibly basic and inconvenient now, but we loved them! And I'll take my Nirvana/Soundgarden/Faith No More mixtape over your Jonas Brothers Spotify playlist any day of the week...

We here at Bored Panda have created a list of all those 'struggles' that we had with technology back in the day, and they are sure to bring back some good memories. Do you recognize a few of these? Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and share your own stories in the comments!

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Luis Milian
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7 years ago

I knew people who would text with this type of phones without looking at the phone

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    Just Kristi
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    7 years ago

    Yeap, had one of those myself... Was always a hard choice, which one to pick

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    Luis Milian
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    7 years ago

    when someone would pick up the phone without asking if you were using AOL. lol

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    Kaisu
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    7 years ago

    At least you got some amusement out of your computer glitching

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    Bored Moogle
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    7 years ago

    Ever have to splice one back together because the tape snapped?

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    JessG
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    7 years ago

    There was that big clunky accessory you could put on it to light the screen, but it was a terrible glare

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    Kaisu
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    7 years ago

    I never learned how to play minesweeper, so I just clicked at the squares, hoping the next one wouldn't blow everything up

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    Kathy Baylis
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    7 years ago

    As the youngest in my family, I was not only the remote, I was also the indoor antenna. I remember, especially in bad weather or when the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, standing next to the TV with the antenna (which sometimes had aluminum foil wrapped around the top lol) in my hand so everyone else could watch the program--- which I generally got to see sideways. Sometimes I think that was part of the reason my parents had me (JK!).

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    Carol Emory
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    7 years ago

    And if you wanted to record your favorite songs..you'd better break out the cassettes

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    No Internet struggle.

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    Shireen
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    7 years ago

    This was one of my favourite games on Windows 98

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    David KH Wong
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    7 years ago

    Struggled to delete the Wordart to free up 3Mb disk space

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    ADHORTATOR
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    7 years ago

    the curse began 1970....

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    Asia
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    7 years ago

    Yup and proud of it!

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    Narunaru
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    7 years ago

    The struggle wasn't to get it down, was to get it all the way back up!

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    Nina S
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    7 years ago

    The F*****g Sound

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    Foxxy
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    7 years ago

    Omg, I remember those, you could even get eraser and crayon ones.

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    Kaisu
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    7 years ago

    Having to constantly delete texts was so annoying, I used to have a phone that had room for only 30 messages

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    Sandy
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    7 years ago

    Holding it gently like a newborn on the bus so it wouldn't skip lol

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    DP von Icecream
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    7 years ago

    The times when Kodak still was a multi billion revenue global company ;-)

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    Sunzilla
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    7 years ago

    We used to pull the jack out of the wall, then there would be ringing, instead of a busy tone for the caller. Made them think we weren't home...

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    Cat on a bike
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    7 years ago

    If you work in a regular office, this is still an issue...

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    DforDorothy
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    7 years ago

    Dropped the Ball once on my toenail as a kid and it went all black... Glad the "laser" mouse doesn't cut my toe if i drop it. 😕

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    rena
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    7 years ago

    Yeah we also had to sing that song we were looking for to that cute guy in the CD store so he could hopefully help us find it.

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    Martti Laurson
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    7 years ago

    Press any key to continue or any other key to quit

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    Foxxy
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    7 years ago

    Always gotta have quick fingers to hit the record button when you hear a song you like on the radio.

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    queen...<3
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    7 years ago

    That's STILL an issue. At least for me

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    Daria B
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    7 years ago

    Two of my cousins and I actually managed to get the three of us on one keyboard playing Bomberman. ♥

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    Shireen
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    7 years ago

    I still don't know how to play that game properly

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    Cat on a bike
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    7 years ago

    This was absolutely heaven. 😍

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    Christina Sersif
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    7 years ago

    I thought this was a 90s kids post? 2006 isn't 90s.

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    Foxxy
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    7 years ago

    We have gone from having 2 large phone books delivered down to 1 small phone book.

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    Oathbraker
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    7 years ago

    That's more like early 2000's, but I still remember doing it. The quality was terrible though. Thank god for lossless audio.

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    Pseudo Puppy
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    7 years ago

    you had the fancy ones in different colours!!! Lucky!!

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    Kaisu
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    7 years ago (edited)

    Or if you were home sick and there was nothing in the middle of the day except like infomercials and chats

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    Cat on a bike
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    7 years ago

    Tamagotchi! 😍😍

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    Christina Sersif
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    7 years ago

    Yessss I lived for my own radio mixes

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    Daria B
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    7 years ago

    Still remember the start-up sound. ♥

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    Martti Laurson
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    7 years ago

    Someone is on the internet, I cannot use the phone

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    OI Loi
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    7 years ago

    That was... Deep

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    Kaisu
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    7 years ago

    The era before texting was a nightmare for introverts like me who hate not knowing who might answer the phone

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    ANDREA SERRANO MORALES
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    7 years ago

    this happened to one of my toy story disc and i cried for hours begging my mom to go back and buy me another one, and shes like" u already watched that movie, dont u think u watched it too many times" not the motivational quote that i was looking for mom.

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    Jarno Flinkers
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    7 years ago

    I loved the old cardridges. Those were finished products, no DLC, no updates, no what so ever. Yes some games were buggy, but it had charm.

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    Foxxy
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    7 years ago

    You could also remove the little tab on the side or cover it in black tape, that way it can’t be recorded over.

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    Waiting an eternity for one song.

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    Luis Milian
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    7 years ago

    KaZaA the STD carrier

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    Carol Emory
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    7 years ago

    Hey..I used to work at Nintendo in the 90's. All these sheets of paper were common in our call center...lol

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    Spirit Tae
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    7 years ago

    The costs of it was enough to have parents request a detailed bill. Discovered when those calls were made: internet after midnight, give away

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    Daria B
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    7 years ago

    Come back to me when you tell me about your Walkman struggles. *fancy hand gesture*

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    Kaisu
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    7 years ago

    I wanted one of these so bad, but my mom refused to buy me one

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    Always running out of credit.

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    Jarno Flinkers
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    7 years ago

    Still have this phone. It belonged to my grandfather and he accidentaly made some selfievids on them. So every time i feel like it, i can listen to his voice.

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    Renee Kamphuys
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    7 years ago

    We still have this in the Netherlands because ppl went mental when it was supposedly to be discontinued.

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