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15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:01pm On Jun 06, 2017
If you’re a Millennial (or older), then you understand what life was like before the Internet and technology permeated everything. Whether you think all this gadgetry is beneficial or detrimental, you have to admit one thing: The struggle was real! Our daily lives were fraught with battles against the technology of the day.
Kids today will never understand what it was like. They are growing up with all the technological luxuries that were unimaginable to us back then. They would certainly have a hard time in a world without smartphones, instant access, and constant stimulation.
Here are the top 15 old-school struggles that today’s kids will never understand:

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#1: Having to do your research at an actual library:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:03pm On Jun 06, 2017
#2: Watching TV shows at their broadcast times (and being forced to sit through all the commercials!):

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Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:04pm On Jun 06, 2017
#3: Developing your disposable camera only to find out that none of your pictures turned out:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:05pm On Jun 06, 2017
#4: Texting on flip phones (oh, the tediousness of it all!):

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:05pm On Jun 06, 2017
#5: Download times. If it didn’t actually take years, it certainly felt like it:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:06pm On Jun 06, 2017
#6: Worrying about someone recording over your favorite VHS tapes:

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Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:07pm On Jun 06, 2017
#7: No apps at your fingertips. That’s right, we had to figure it all out on our own:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:09pm On Jun 06, 2017
#8: Having to make plans in advance and not being able to change them last minute because there were no cell phones:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:10pm On Jun 06, 2017
#9: Actually going to a rental store to rent a movie:

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Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:10pm On Jun 06, 2017
#10: Dial-up Internet. The days when you had to choose between surfing the web and talking on the phone:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:11pm On Jun 06, 2017
#11: When you had to search binders upon binders of CDs just to play one song:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:12pm On Jun 06, 2017
#12: Landlines. What’s worse than your mom answering the phone when your crush calls? Your brother listening in on the conversation from the other line:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:12pm On Jun 06, 2017
#13: When you had to lug one of these monsters around just to take family videos:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:13pm On Jun 06, 2017
#14: Not being able to “walk” with your Walkman because it makes your CD skip:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by lukma227(m): 4:13pm On Jun 06, 2017
Evolution
Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Amirullaha(m): 4:14pm On Jun 06, 2017
#15: When you had to use a pen to rewind/untangle your cassette tapes:

Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by Theyveedo(m): 4:19pm On Jun 06, 2017
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Re: 15 Old-school Struggles That Today’s Kids Will Never Understand... by tck2000(m): 8:38pm On Dec 24, 2019
I'm a 2000 born but i remember most of them.

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