Growing up in the '90s was interesting. Technology at this point was booming, but if you look back at this time period now, it's comical how we used to live. They were first-world problems!
Here are a ton of things kids born after the year 2000 just won't understand.
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Didn't matter how many times you blew on it and rubbed it, your songs would still skip.
But you still put it in anyway, hoping that your favorite song didn't skip.
This just proves that you are on top of your music, and you're always downloading the hottest and newest songs.
I used to have mad respect for people with the biggest book of CDs.
Seriously, it was such a hassle. Watching a movie used to be a lot of hard work. Trying to wind that VHS tape/film back after it unraveled in the player was definitely a workout.
The flashbacks are just too much for me to handle at the moment. I wonder how much time I wasted on rewinding cassette tapes.
The horror, the horror.
But back in the day, it was a whole other story. Making a call required some strategic planning.
And honestly, that's a struggle they don't need to go through. It's ridiculous. Let's never go back to those days. PLEASE!
These barrettes totally gave you butterflies as a teen — but now? Not so much. While still super nostalgic, I think it is safe to assume that we all think these are best left in the past.
My pockets were bulging all the time. You needed the iPod; it's not like your phone could hold any songs. Could probably hold five songs, maximum.
Now my phone loses its charge after five minutes. It's so annoying.
I feel like I'm constantly charging my iPhone all the time. I don't want a Nokia phone, but I wish my phone had a Nokia battery life.
All you had to do was blow, blow away. Now you were ready to have some fun!
I literally did this all the time. It just became a habit, even when I didn't need to.
Because I don't think a CD player could fit into my jeans pockets.
And I feel so bad, because it was pretty fun to play with. RIP to floppy disks. They were harder to lose than USBs.
But if you were born before 2000, you already know that downloading music was not easy at all. The amount of viruses my family computer got was kind of ridiculous.
I wonder why Rachel and Chandler were the friends chosen to represent Microsoft Windows 95. I mean, sure, Chandler was the "statistical analysis and data reconfiguration" guy, but Rachel???
Does anybody even do this anymore? So unfortunate! John Cusack set a very high standard, and I guess it's hard to measure up to this nowadays.
They were basically responsible for making brightly colored goo popular, but now their company looks like some generic motel or somethin'.
Um, what? THIS IS NOT THE SHOW I RECORDED.
This would be such a devastating moment. Hope you can catch a rerun!
Let's just bask in this peaceful memory before we start waving our canes up in the air about how the times have changed.
This was my favorite MTV era. They actually played music like all the time! Shocking, I know. Kind of wish we could go back to this.
Point is, there were a few glorious days in the school year when we saw this bad boy busted out!
Whatever your jam was, we all know the most important part was the toy inside! Do they still have toys in cereal? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's totally different and confusing and probably a large reason for our collective anxiety. I still have no idea how to actually play this.
Just grab a pile of these and hand them to your mom like, "here!"
I guess 90's nostalgia finally won out! It's a powerful thing!
Now we judge people based on Tinder profile pics, but back in the '90s, we'd highkey judge someone if they couldn't keep their Tamagotchi alive.
I also have no idea how to play this game, but man did I have a ton of those cards.
Bonus: Clueless came out 22 years ago and Paul Rudd still looks the same.
It would take us forever to get to a destination because we would spend more than half our time getting lost.
Endless hours of poking fun at your fingertips... yay?
For some reason, I'll never forget the smell of Blockbuster.
Also, Blockbuster was the place to be on a Friday. Rent out a couple of movies to watch over the weekend, and I guarantee you, it would be lit. I wonder if some people still owe Blockbuster late fees.
Kinda like Animal Crackers with a slight lemony taste, right? And you had to collect all the different boxes. Man, I could make myself ill on these things right now.
Passing notes, paper planes — there were no limits to our paper abilities.
I must've gotten my first cell phone maybe 10 years ago?
We had Gak, Floam, Snot, and a board game called Gooey Louie! Honestly, I could go on! #BringBackTheGoo
There was no limit to what we could invent when we were bored. Just be careful not to biff your arm with it!
However, the finger balance bird required finesse and patience, unlike kids these days who just want to spin things fast! Oh god, do I sound old yet?
TBH, those snacks were the best thing ever — next to Dunkaroos and Fruit Roll-Ups of course.
There was something about passing notes. Even though there might just be scribbles written down, they were so much fun to pass around.
And the thrill of getting caught made it even more exciting!
Or just pulling the whole base off the table when you answer it. Also, if you were mad at someone and wanted to hang up on them, this was the phone to do it on. That was dramatic.
They were constantly hitting each other with sick burns.
