“I think what kids wouldn’t be able to grasp is the somewhat lack of internet.
It seemed ~scandalous and embarrassing~ for them when these came out.
Being able to greet family flying in at their gate.
“I love telling kids about recording a TV show on your VCR.
And shows with very low viewerships would get numbers that would be considered successful/big now.”
“How 32-inch tube TVs were really the bomb in the ’90s.
They weighed 125 lbs and were awkward to lift.
And the pictures were blurry compared to today.”
“When I was 2, I watchedBambiat some peoples house.
I loved it so much that every single birthday and Christmas after that I asked forBambion VHS.
I was 8, when we were in a store and finally saw the VHS ofBambi!
You had to have the yellow pages and the white pages and you definitely used them all the time!
You couldnt simply get online to book the best flight, hotel, etc.”
“You couldn’t always buy the latest and trendiest clothing.
“You want to seeRomeo + Julietin 1996?
First get home and check the days and times of showings in the newspaper.
Then call round all your friends individually to see who wants to go and what days they’re available.
Then ring them all again to confirm.
Then meet at the cinema at a specific time in a specific place.
Then hope you’re in time to get seats together.
“Calling the college dining hall to listen to their recording about what was for lunch.”
“Taking pictures, for sure.
16.“Directions!
They have only watched movies or streamed Netflix.
YouTube does have ads but you’re free to skip them.
And then another year before you could watch it on TV.”
Waiting for world premieres of new music videos onTRL.
We couldnt just pull it up on YouTube or Spotify.
We didnt have this much entertainment at the tips of our fingers at all times!”
There werent cell phone group chats to check in with.
It was ‘meet at the Sbarros in the food court at 2 p.m.'”
21.
“Using pay phones.
Now since we think of germs so much the idea of them sound gross.
“Just the idea of lost media in general.
For kids nowadays, most everything can be streamed somewhere online or bought on Amazon.
“Finding money on the ground.
Happens less and less as the years go by now.
25.And lastly, “Literally never knowing where anyone was at any given time.
If I wanted to talk to mybest friend, I called her house phone.
If she wasnt there, I just had to wait for her to call me back.
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