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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I knew people who would text with this type of phones without looking at the phone
Yeap, had one of those myself... Was always a hard choice, which one to pick
when someone would pick up the phone without asking if you were using AOL. lol
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!).
And if you wanted to record your favorite songs..you'd better break out the cassettes
The times when Kodak still was a multi billion revenue global company ;-)
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. 😕
That's more like early 2000's, but I still remember doing it. The quality was terrible though. Thank god for lossless audio.
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.
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.
Waiting an eternity for one song.
Hey..I used to work at Nintendo in the 90's. All these sheets of paper were common in our call center...lol
The costs of it was enough to have parents request a detailed bill. Discovered when those calls were made: internet after midnight, give away
Always running out of credit.
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.
We still have this in the Netherlands because ppl went mental when it was supposedly to be discontinued.
Everyone has old Windows programs to show how old they are. I learned to use a computer when all we had was a Tandy 1000 and cassettes to download information. And there was no windows back then..only DOS. Boy..we really thought we were living in the New Age when 5 1/4 floppy disks and Commodore 64's hit the market....
I used to love playing on my Amstrad. Sometimes my dad would let me hook it up to the "big TV" so I could play Punch & Judy in colour instead of on the green screen.
Load More Replies...Here's one older generations probably don't get (as much, anyways): Remembering that one cartoon you used to watch as a toddler and having the vaguest memories of it and not the name. Then you spend hours online searching through you're vague memories to find this show because "Gods damn it I know I didn't dream this!!!!"
Yes, that happened to me recently (i'm Gen X). I Googled "Gordon, you drive me up the wall", and boom! Someone had put the clip of this cartoon from the old Electric Company on YouTube. It actually freaked me out to see it again after not having seen it for 45+ years.
Load More Replies...Yeah. I came here to say it's as much younger Gen Xers as older Millenials
Load More Replies...Everyone has old Windows programs to show how old they are. I learned to use a computer when all we had was a Tandy 1000 and cassettes to download information. And there was no windows back then..only DOS. Boy..we really thought we were living in the New Age when 5 1/4 floppy disks and Commodore 64's hit the market....
I used to love playing on my Amstrad. Sometimes my dad would let me hook it up to the "big TV" so I could play Punch & Judy in colour instead of on the green screen.
Load More Replies...Here's one older generations probably don't get (as much, anyways): Remembering that one cartoon you used to watch as a toddler and having the vaguest memories of it and not the name. Then you spend hours online searching through you're vague memories to find this show because "Gods damn it I know I didn't dream this!!!!"
Yes, that happened to me recently (i'm Gen X). I Googled "Gordon, you drive me up the wall", and boom! Someone had put the clip of this cartoon from the old Electric Company on YouTube. It actually freaked me out to see it again after not having seen it for 45+ years.
Load More Replies...Yeah. I came here to say it's as much younger Gen Xers as older Millenials
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