15 Things Millennial’s Definitely Don’t Miss From Childhood

Technology is advancing faster and faster by the second. It’s amazing how far we have come over the last 20 years, and millenials can definitely appreciate this. They have grown up through the digital revolution and witnessed some amazing advancements in technology that have transformed our lives. Smartphones, social media, live streaming, tablets, search engines… the list goes on!

Millennials have a distinct advantage of a straddling two unique times in recent history: Life pre- and post- tech boom. Here is a list of ten tech things millennials can appreciate but won’t miss from their childhood.

1. VCR and VHS tapes

Before streaming options, and even before DVDs, we watched our favourite movies using the good old VCR machine and VHS tapes.

Most Millennials will still have a soft spot for VHS tapes, but it is good to know that we have moved on to more lean, lighter and convenient options.

2. Floppy Discs

Floppies would break, bend or snap if they were placed in a book bag the wrong way or accidentally stepped on. Thank goodness, we live in a world with cloud. And if you prefer a hardware option, there’s always USB chords.

3.

Blowing Into Nintendo Cartridges

Millennials know exactly how hard to blow into Nintendo cartridges to clean the dust out and to get the game working again. We have all had that moment though where we have blown a little too hard and for too long, and light headedness and dizziness soon follow. The days of blowing maybe over, but they will never be forgotten.

4. The Yellow Pages

Technically, this isn’t a “tech” thing, but the Yellow pages are worth mentioning because they were the closest substitute to “search” before Google. Do you remember the days when finding the phone number for a local pet store …”P” section … took a good ten minutes? The only practical use for the Yellow Pages today is using the oversize, tree-killing book as a door stop.

5.

Landline Phones

Do you remember living in a house where there was just one phone? One landline? And you had to take turns sharing? “Can you guys stay off for the next 15 minutes? Billy from history class is going to call me.” Goodbye to phone sharing.

6.

Brick Phones

They are not much better than landlines. There is a reason why they are called “bricks.”

7.
TVs (without remote controls)

Today, even our TVs are “smart.” But we used to live in a world where we actually had to get up from the couch to turn the channel. Not to mention, that there were only thirteen stations. Now, we can practically watch anything we want, anytime of the day, from any device we choose. Thank you, technology.

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