Times are constantly changing. I am technically part of Gen Z, but I feel like a dinosaur when I speak to tween Zoomers. Technological advancements have caused our world to evolve rapidly, and suddenly, things that were everyday occurrences 15 years ago have become extremely foreign to the youngest generations.
Redditors have recently been discussing some of the things that have become outdated in the last decade and a half, so we’ve gathered their most spot-on replies below. Enjoy scrolling through this list that might make you miss the early days of iPhones and hearing Justin Bieber’s “Baby” everywhere you went, and be sure to upvote the insights you agree with!
#21
Looking at a TV guide. I remember getting out of the news paper every Sunday. Then searching through it to see what horror movies were playing on late night cable.
49points
#22
Telling time on an analog clock, apparently.
48points
#23
Privacy
Not posting every thought that comes into your head
Responsibility
Consequences for your actions
Dignity and self-respect
Community service
Respect and care for your neighbors.
Not posting every thought that comes into your head
Responsibility
Consequences for your actions
Dignity and self-respect
Community service
Respect and care for your neighbors.
48points
#24
How anything was done without internet.
47points
#25
Handing in a paper in university on paper. I talk to university students now all they hand in all their papers online. Back when I was going in the mid 2000s everything was handed in on paper.
45points
#26
Pay phones AND having money for a call AND either knowing the number or having a little black book.
Similar: calling collect and blurting out “momcomepickmeup” instead of shelling out money for the call.
Similar: calling collect and blurting out “momcomepickmeup” instead of shelling out money for the call.
41points
#27
How
to
shoot
and
then
view
videos
horizontally.
to
shoot
and
then
view
videos
horizontally.
39points
#28
Putting on your damn headphones.
38points
#30
File systems.
A lot of college grads or college interns apparently have no idea how a file system works.
A lot of college grads or college interns apparently have no idea how a file system works.
36points
#31
Having a dedicated device for listening to music (e.g. iPod, Walkman etc.).
35points
#32
That it wasn't even all that long ago when the vast majority of people just didn't have the internet or had really bad internet. My brother is old enough to remember when we had something like DSL but too young to know a time when we just didn't have internet at all and I don't think it computes at all in his brain lol.
32points
#33
Writing cursive (24 states still require it taught in school, though).
32points
#34
15 years ago is 2009, folks. Floppy drives and cassettes were already a decade out of date.
31points
#35
Counting change.
It's both hilarious AND frustrating watching my new hires struggle to count a $200 cash drawer.
They do okay with the bills, but when they get to the coins. . .
It's both hilarious AND frustrating watching my new hires struggle to count a $200 cash drawer.
They do okay with the bills, but when they get to the coins. . .
30points
#36
Computer literacy.
IT field, young employees are as bad as the older employees now.
IT field, young employees are as bad as the older employees now.
30points
#37
Using a landline phone without getting weird looks. Kids today probably think it’s some ancient artifact.
29points
#38
Its a slow trend but keyboard and mouse.
Kids these days growing up with touchscreens from the beginning, its ancient to them that we still use keyboard and mouse when the screen is right there infront of us.
Kids these days growing up with touchscreens from the beginning, its ancient to them that we still use keyboard and mouse when the screen is right there infront of us.
28points
#39
File structures.
Because of cloud storage kids in high school have no idea how file organisation/folders/naming work, which leads to issue with searching what you need specifically on a computer (phones/tablets just throw file at you).
We had specific folders for GCSE coursework for them and would spend ages on explaining how to save in particular spot and a term later would hear MISS MY WORK DISAPPEARED to find it in their personal docs.
Because of cloud storage kids in high school have no idea how file organisation/folders/naming work, which leads to issue with searching what you need specifically on a computer (phones/tablets just throw file at you).
We had specific folders for GCSE coursework for them and would spend ages on explaining how to save in particular spot and a term later would hear MISS MY WORK DISAPPEARED to find it in their personal docs.
25points
#40
My kids are very confused about the order in which different technologies appeared. They don’t really understand that computers came long before the internet, and that forms of the internet came long before people think it did (like dial up AOL in 1989).
Edit: I kinda didn’t see the 15 year thing, sorry.
Edit: I kinda didn’t see the 15 year thing, sorry.
25points