💬 Fun Friday 4/26/24: What forgotten technology from the 90s/2000s do you miss the most?
I dint have an iPods back in time so I would love to go back in time (haha) and have them and feel myself the most happy teen in the world! ))
How ‘bout those portable walkmans? Ahhh - the struggle of having to carry extra batteries when you go on a long trip, and not to mention carrying cassette tapes!
My Zune was the best (iPod by Microsoft) I loved it so much, best part, no iTunes needed 😎
Burning mixtapes and mix cd’s… so much nostalgia there! I remember when I was dating my husband way back then and he gave me a mix cd that he had burned. I thought it was the ultimate gesture of true love haha!
Flip phones were just the coolest thing when they came out. I really wanted one for so long, but I had a Nokia, and despite my efforts I could not “accidentally” break it so I could justify buying a flip phone.
I also do miss the feel and adventure of going to video rental (I did not grow up with Block buster) but same thing, walking the isles and finding some new movie to watch.
I miss sliding cell phones! There was something so satisfying about typing a text message and hearing all the mini keyboard keys clack, ESPECIALLY if you were skilled at typing quickly, like myself. Plus, they were a huge step up from having to press “7” four times to get the letter “s”.
It's a toss-up between creating mixtapes for myself and my iPods. Music made endless hours of studying enjoyable!
Minidiscs!!! I loved everything about them and the portable players. They were SO solid and well built and allowed me to create mixtapes / mix-discs (mostly combinations of Daft Punk or Foo Fighters if I’m honest).
Burning mixed tapes was it for me. ...back in the day, it was THE ultimate token to prove your undying love to your crush 🤣
(Michael Bolten, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Spice Girls, Cranberries ....)
AOL
VHS
Yahoo Messenger and Internet Explorer
Blockbuster. All of it!
- The smell
- The look of the store
- The movie poster VHS covers
- The adventure it was to go there
- The stress to return on time
Oh boy this has made me sentimental!
The most nostalgia for me has to be the dial-up internet noises. I would get home from school, make myself a pizza-flavored Hot Pocket, and run upstairs to get on AOL. The dial-up noise was not just an indication of a slow connection. It was the sound you heard before the whole world was at your fingertips. For me, it was the intro music to my escapades in AOL kids’ chatrooms, where I took the typing speed contests more seriously than I took anything else in my life.
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