25 Things From the 90s Kids Today Will Never Experience

1.

Talking to someones parent and asking for your friend since its the landline and no caller ID u/MixedSyrup

2.

Dial up internet. That tone is ingrained in my memory. u/Reeeeaper

3.

Making plans beforehand and having a meeting place since no one owned cellphones. u/MixedSyrup

4.

Getting a video to rent and watch at home made you feel like you were going "out" to do something. u/ekimlive

5.

The feeling of coming home free school or work, and the outside world being very separate from you until the following day. You couldn’t easily find out what your friends were doing (they weren’t doing anything anyway) you couldn’t easily catch up on the news unless it happened to be on, you couldn’t catch up on new movies or celebrity gossip unless you had a magazine lying around which would come out monthly. u/Own-Firefighter-2728

6.

There was always the one relative walking around with the huge video camera at family parties zooming in on your face and asking you questions while all you wanted was to be left alone. Oftentimes it was one of my parents. u/necahual

7.

Meeting people at the gate when you pick them up from the airport. u/Main_Maximum8963

8.

You could do the absolute dumbest, craziest, most embarrassing shit you could possibly imagine, and no one was recording it. u/FrankNStein

9.

Waiting for your school district to be announced as on time, late or cancelled on the news when it snowed. u/SuitaaableNegotiation5

10.

Stopping at a gas station and asking for directions. Or driving around aimlessly looking for a place to eat. u/Actuaryba

11.

Making a dash through the house from the kitchen to the couch when someone yelled out “it’s back on!” u/NicGyver

12.

Calling collect on a public payphone to have someone pick you up. u/Actual_Experience_78

13.

“It’ll work, just blow on it real hard and put it back in.” u/reditballoon

14.

Watching Saturday morning cartoons. u/JaqBrooke21

15.

Video games only work on channel 3. u/The_Common_Good

16.

Playing outside until the street lights click on, unsupervised. u/BrakeCheckersRCunts

17.

Looking through the ads in the weekly city newspaper to see what bands are playing all-ages shows this week. u/NDaveT

18.

Making mix CDs for EVERYONE you knew. u/Mustang46L

19.

Using a magazine to find something to watch on TV. u/sultry_cinnamon

20.

Being trapped at a event that your parents dragged you to and you have nothing to entertain yourself. u/kilertree

21.

The disappointing crinkle of death on a cassette tape or VHS when the player eats it. u/ExpensiveDot1732

22.

Pagers. u/Perchance_to_Scheme

23.

Actually getting cool toys with your McDonald’s happy meal. u/rosiecheeks69

24.

Rabbit ears No, not the one during goofy photos Willing to bet that 99% of people younger than 16 have never adjusted rabbit ears u/ItsOkItOnlyHurts

25.

Family vacations in a car. You could read, look out the window or sleep. That was it. No mobile games. No movies or video games. Entertain yourself. u/yankee407