20 People From the 90s Share Their Trivial and Outdated Skills
The generational war over who knows how to use technology best shows no sign of ending anytime soon. Millennials make fun of boomers for not kowing how to use a web browser. Gen Z makes fun of Millennials for making awkward pauses when filming their videos.
And though technology has brought us a long way in this world, some technological skills don't stand the true test of time. Like burning a CD, or recording a show with a VHS tape.
So we went to r/AskReddit and were reminded of some of the skills we forgot from the 80s and 90s that don't seem as important in today's modern world.
1.
Using your shoulder to hold a telephone up to your ear while doing multiple other things at once. Now, the phones are so damned small I drop them. u/Regular_Sample_5197
5.
I can develop and process photographic film and enlarge prints in a darkroom. u/Glade_Runner
8.
Record to tape from the radio. Trying to make sure to not get the DJ/presenter talking shit or an ad. u/Gankstajam
9.
I outright destroyed Super Mario Brothers in almost no time flat very recently on Nintendo Switch after not having played it for probably 30 years. I did it totally from memory on the just the second run through. I even hit the multiple 1-up glitch on world 3-1. My kids thought I was a god (for just a few minutes). u/all4whatnot
12.
Crash start a manual car by rolling down a hill in second gear with the ignition on, then popping the clutch - cars were not so reliable back in the day! u/SequinSquirrel
13.
I know how to use a keypunch machine to write my COBOL code on a stack of 80-column paper cards, how to use a card reader to send my program to the mainframe, and how to hang out drinking coffee waiting for the batch to run. u/Glade_Runner
19.
Texting with 10 key. I still have it all memorized and could pick up a flip phone and send paragraphs if needed. u/tobmom
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