The 90s were a magical time before technology really took off. Things were slower and people weren't so concerned with what was on the internet, because there was no internet.
Over at r/AskReddit, we found out what people miss from the 90s that kids today will never experience. It was truly an amazing time before the internet took over the world.
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“It’ll work, just blow on it real hard and put it back in.” u/reditballoon
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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
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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
4
Actually getting cool toys with your McDonald’s happy meal. u/rosiecheeks69
5
Pagers. u/Perchance_to_Scheme
6
The disappointing crinkle of death on a cassette tape or VHS when the player eats it. u/ExpensiveDot1732
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Being trapped at a event that your parents dragged you to and you have nothing to entertain yourself. u/kilertree
8
Using a magazine to find something to watch on TV. u/sultry_cinnamon
9
Making mix CDs for EVERYONE you knew. u/Mustang46L
10
Looking through the ads in the weekly city newspaper to see what bands are playing all-ages shows this week. u/NDaveT
11
Playing outside until the street lights click on, unsupervised. u/BrakeCheckersRCunts
12
Video games only work on channel 3. u/The_Common_Good
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Watching Saturday morning cartoons. u/JaqBrooke21
14
Talking to someones parent and asking for your friend since its the landline and no caller ID u/MixedSyrup
15
Calling collect on a public payphone to have someone pick you up. u/Actual_Experience_78
16
Making a dash through the house from the kitchen to the couch when someone yelled out “it’s back on!” u/NicGyver
17
Stopping at a gas station and asking for directions. Or driving around aimlessly looking for a place to eat. u/Actuaryba
18
Waiting for your school district to be announced as on time, late or cancelled on the news when it snowed. u/SuitaaableNegotiation5
19
You could do the absolute dumbest, craziest, most embarrassing shit you could possibly imagine, and no one was recording it. u/FrankNStein
20
Meeting people at the gate when you pick them up from the airport. u/Main_Maximum8963
21
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
22
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
23
Getting a video to rent and watch at home made you feel like you were going "out" to do something. u/ekimlive
24
Making plans beforehand and having a meeting place since no one owned cellphones. u/MixedSyrup
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Dial up internet. That tone is ingrained in my memory. u/Reeeeaper
