The kids nowadays have a lot more exposure to technology than what we had in the 90s. If you¡¯re a 90s kid, you¡¯ve probably seen the world transition from landline calls to SMS packs to WhatsApp, the small-but-hulk-like Nokia phones to touch screen phones and film-based photography to digital selfies. Here are some of the struggles that were too real for every kid in the 90s.
Kids nowadays have a lot more exposure to technology than what we had in the 90s. If you¡¯re a 90s kid, you¡¯ve probably seen the world transition from landline calls to SMS packs to WhatsApp, the small-but-hulk-like Nokia phones to touch screen phones and film-based photography to digital selfies. Here are some of the struggles that were too real for every kid in the 90s.
Setting the television antenna -
Aligning the television antenna on terrace and shouting ¡°Is it ok now?¡±
Photography fails -
Consuming an entire roll of film clicking pictures only to learn later that half of your photos were either blurry or had your finger blocking the lens.?
Sending an SMS without predictive text -
In the 90¡¯s cell phones couldn¡¯t predict words while sending an SMS, and typing out a simple hello would require a more than a few push of the buttons.?
Searching for phone numbers in the directory -
Finding someone¡¯s contact number was not as easy as it is these days.
Sharing the phone with family -
The only lifeline at our disposal - one dial-up telephone that everybody in the household used.
The dial-up modem -
The torture of listening to the 'modem song' every time you dialled to connect to the internet was endless.
Lack of emoji in texts -
The only emoji at your disposal were :) and :(. You had to make do with either of these irrespective of the emotions you felt. Rage, jealousy, disgust, fear were all expressed in words rather than symbols.
Reading the TV schedule on paper -
Before the dish televisions made their appearance, you only had the day¡¯s newspaper to walk you through your television schedule.?
Passing notes in class -
Averting the eyes of the class teacher was a pain while passing bits of paper to your friends in the class.
Annoyed to see blank TV screen -
Getting annoyed at seeing a blank TV screen when the signal was not available.
Anuj Tiwari writes stories for SEO and is a Youtube wizard. An engineer turned social media champ, he keeps a track of all that goes around the world. His interest areas include historic events, political and social-sciences.
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