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‘What’s something newer generations will never understand?’ – 21 relatable snapshots from the past

Back when we were young – way back – our parents used to bore us with all the stuff the ‘younger generation’ just didn’t understand.

We vowed we’d never be like them, obviously. And (even more obviously than that), how wrong we were.

We only mention this after Bagolyvagymi asked this over on Reddit.

‘What’s something that newer generations will never understand?’

And it prompted lots of funny and relatable replies. We’ve read them all – well, quite a lot of them – so you don’t have to – and here are XX of the best.

1.

‘Slamming down the receiver on a landline telephone. Pushing the red button is not nearly as satisfying.’
iamwalldoh

2.

‘Making plans to meet friends and having to commit because you didn’t have mobile phones to ask where they were, how far, and if they were still coming.’
GiantMonkeyBall

3.

‘Being able to be an idiot in your formative years and not worry about it being filmed and/or put on the internet forever.’
DenzelEd12

4.

‘Checking the pay phone change return for any forgotten coins.’
FaberGrad

5.

‘The magic of flipping through the booklet of a highly anticipated new cd during your first listen. Just reading lyrics, checking out the illustrations, and getting really into the band. No social media so you had to invent the artist’s personality solely based on lyrics and their music videos.’
FirstTacoInSpace

6.

‘The beauty of being unreachable.’
exioce

7.

‘The difficulty of not being able to instantly find the answer to questions.’
McDunky

8.

‘Taking pictures, then waiting for them to be developed to see if they turned out okay.’
Cautious_Emotion9839

9.

‘Having a 3 ring binder of CD’s for road trips.’
DarthTrafford

10.

“Let’s all meet back here at 6:00. (Looks at watch). I’ve got 4:35. What time do you have?’
mr_funnypuns

11.

‘Having to rewind the tape before returning it to the video store or incur a fee.’
slapsmcgee23