19 Things Kids These Days Will Never Understand

1.

Blowing into a video game cartridge if the game isn't working

2.

Knowing what a dial tone sounds like

3.

Renting VHS tapes from video rental stores if you wanted to see a movie at home

4.

...and knowing to rewind those movies before you return them (If you were lucky, you'd have a rewinder.)

5.

Consistently carrying around cash, instead of relying on credit and debit cards

6.

Navigating a city by using a map and knowing how to do so

7.

Having actual conversations

8.

Old chat clients ICQ, AOL, MSN where you could ask fun questions like "asl?"

9.

Holding and reading a real newspaper

10.

Passing notes in class instead of texting your friends

11.

What happens when you combine a pencil and a cassette tape e.g., rewinding your music manually

12.

What an old-style phone actually looks like

13.

Having colorful and numerous floppy disks piled on your desk, in your room, and at the bottom of your school bag

14.

Having to use a VCR to record things on live TV that you want to see later

15.

Using a phone book to look up someone's number

16.

...and actually memorizing those phone numbers

17.

Having countless "favorite" cassette tapes

18.

Making a mix tape or burning CDs for long trips in the car

19.

Having to wait many, many minutes for the TV Guide channel to scroll through the listings and sobbing if you looked away for a second and missed the channel you wanted to see