Instant movie downloads, music streaming, mobile internet, voice commands… you would be hard-pressed to remember what the world was like before technology made our lives so convenient.
There was actually a life before Facebook and Wikipedia and Google Chrome – and if you were born in the 90s, you would appreciate this.
So how do we explain to these brand new 2000s kids:
1. That Usher’s Confessions was IT.
#kidswillneverknow this was one of the greatest R&B albums ever made
@Usher pic.twitter.com/IiJ6GM829v
— T.L.O.N (@Datlightskinate) July 24, 2015
2. That this was a measure of popularity.
#kidswillneverknow the feeling of coming back home on the last day of school like
pic.twitter.com/5EpAk5jcGp
— í (@IvanGarcia____) July 22, 2015
3. That you said a little prayer when you wanted to connect to the internet.
The struggle was real pic.twitter.com/99o26AKBz2
— Robin (@Littleblackgrl) May 13, 2015
4. That ‘The Little Rascals’ was probably the movie of the decade.
#KidsWillNeverKnow about the little rascals pic.twitter.com/gvnwGmtK5K
— Susy Clark (@susycoronel1) July 21, 2015
5. That you REALLY had to want to play a computer game.
@albertart Remember this back in the days. Lol! RT: kids these days don’t know our struggle pic.twitter.com/x8fmRsNyZ8 via @WorldsFirstPain
— Rapid Rundowns (@RapidRundowns) April 3, 2015
6. The struggle that was error report.
“@AIanHangover: RT if you remember these pic.twitter.com/YiL2zv9CTR”kids nowadays don't know the error report struggle!!!
— Annabel Lee (@CoolBeans0_o) March 4, 2015
7. The love-hate relationship we had with these things.
#kidswillneverknow how fun/ frustrating these were pic.twitter.com/0NODWMeyTi
— eastboy (@_charlynmae_) July 21, 2015
8. That this is who Caitlyn Jenner was.
#kidswillneverknow pic.twitter.com/c96OxF3GKi
— Stone Mitchell (@StoneMitchell18) July 19, 2015
9. That #FreeDobby was an actual movement.
#kidswillneverknow when dobby died a free elf
pic.twitter.com/UubuG4oXH8
— Sʇeven (@GnarlyyBruhhh) July 19, 2015
10. That you had to REALLY love a song to go through the stress of downloading it.
#kidswillneverknow The struggle to download music… pic.twitter.com/SeJnaja1Gc
— Deep (@__KingDeep) July 19, 2015
11. That this made or broke your coolness.
#kidswillneverknow How turnt we were for this pic.twitter.com/HEboW8NhAH
— ✨Jaaaay✨ (@GvldenJaay) July 18, 2015
12. The struggle to text.
— sun shine (@sunshine_20383) July 18, 2015
13. That before there was Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift, there was them.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow the greatest rivalry of all time pic.twitter.com/OvYUfs9Qd6
— Kardashian Reactions (@KardashianReact) July 28, 2015
14. That this was a death sentence.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow how bad these things hurt pic.twitter.com/Z98szerX90
— parker (@ErnstParker) July 20, 2015
15. Oh and there was a time, I promise you, that Internet Explorer WAS THE BROWSER!!!
Not sure when emoticons started being called emojis, but we used them in the 90s while chatting and they were so cool.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: We had emojis before you.
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