With technology advancing by leaps and bounds, there are a lot of things that we grew up with that have now become obsolete. Newer, better, and upgraded versions have hit the market that today’s kids wouldn’t even recognize the old stuff. When a Twitter user urged people to recall these memories from childhood, it opened the floodgates to nostalgia.
Without saying your age, what is something you remember from your childhood that a younger person would not understand?
— I Ain’t Did Nothing (@BoostNEffect) November 29, 2020
From the yellow pages, fax machines, photo films to Dexter’s Laboratory, adults listed out all the things that defined their childhood.
No color TV. And only 6 channels. Period. And you had to wait for the tv to warm up. And shows stopped at the end of the day and there was no overnight programming. Not everyone had a tv. Wild, huh?
— JB Sanger (@SangerJB) November 30, 2020
When a show or movie aired on television, that was your one and only chance to watch it. Period.
— WearAMaskStayAtHome (@thepaulbuckner) December 2, 2020
Waiting in the zero to come around use to take forever!😂😂 pic.twitter.com/dNpJ67VfVK
— 💕🤗😍Lovely LadyLe 😘💋♒ (@LovelyLadyLe) November 30, 2020
— 👑 Justice 👑 (@Justice_Born) November 29, 2020
High-speed dubbing + auto-reverse. pic.twitter.com/ytwOx6PJfd
— It’s Treason – Plain and Simple (@i_ko_repubs) December 2, 2020
These Encyclopedias used to be sold door to door. You could buy all 22 at once or break it up pic.twitter.com/4g51KkReYm
— Tee♐ (@urNOTMEhoe) November 30, 2020
MTV was a thing and while it only played about a dozen videos of mediocre songs over and over, I would watch for hours every day.
— Dave Harrell (@daveharrell16) December 2, 2020
This was GOOGLE pic.twitter.com/UYxRlo3I4w
— I Fold Pressure (@SharpandCreased) November 30, 2020
Listening to music on a Walkman
— Kenjon Barner (@KBDeuce4) December 3, 2020
The ability to read AND write in cursive. pic.twitter.com/2im9A84Brm
— Jeremy (@jabo_jacrispy) December 1, 2020
Dexter’s laboratory pic.twitter.com/KblisOmPvQ
— Dauntless🌚 (@_harriet_kemmi) November 30, 2020
Boy don’t be wastin film takin stupid pictures now! pic.twitter.com/x6nSUIdaV8
— Ash (@Ch0wdhury_ash) November 30, 2020
Being required to provide a fax number so that a document can be sent to me.. pic.twitter.com/iYRPo8oB6I
— Chris (@Chris_D_Odero) December 1, 2020
Wow! We feel like we just took a ride back into the past on a time machine!