IMO life was better before smart phones. Not everyone will agree.

Hell no we weren't bored! We were too busy building secret clubhouses and downhill racing on questionable things, and exploring as far as we felt like going, because we didn't have cellphones so no one knew where we were

Yes there was so much to do before internet. Now… it just seems all anyone does is scroll like a zombie. Life before the internet was vastly more exciting!

We had a life, went outside and actually interacted with people.

We lived. Now we just watch videos of other people living.

I definitely remember being bored, but that motivated me to do some cool stuff.

That's because if we were bored, our parents just gave us extra chores to do.

for me it's the opposite. I do remember being bored as a kid a lot of times, but it was like, we had so much free time that we could both have a lot of fun, and also be bored throughout the day. Nowadays, I can't remember the last time I ever felt bored because we always have something to do as long as we have a device connected to the internet, plus time flies so fast anyways

I did wish for internet at times but I certainly can't remember being bored either. It was always more a case of "how much MORE fun would I be having if I could go online!"

You can't miss what you don't know or have.

But now you're a bored panda!

Let's not forget the internet of the '90s was nothing like the internet today lol

Clearly you’re bored now, we all are, if we’re on here. 🤣

My mother was one of the helicopter parents. Since I was born in 1992, I didn't have any rights, wasn't allowed any emotions besides "happiness", and was especially not allowed out of the house by myself. I was bored out of my skull for years. I'm grateful for the internet.

I have memories of the 90s when I did have internet but it was on the main house computer, wit loud af dial up so every1 in the house knew u were online _ also knew they couldnt use the phone (at the beginning 4 a few yrs) while someone was connected 2 dial up. I also remember later at like 18, havin internet in my rm on my comp but I was still bored!! Im just recalling sitting on AIM & no 1 was on and I was just like "omggg how am I THIS bored when we have internet?" But 2 b fair, the 1st 7 yrs or so of internet, it barely had anything on it. No social media, hardly any businesses, no dating sites, no apps etc

I can remember being bored, but not for lack of things to do, just jack off despite to do them. And my parents were basically like "figure it out, we aren't here to entertain you". So when the pandemic hit and everyone has all this free time, guess who faired best of all: Gen X and those of us in that micro-generation between them as Millennials (born 1979-1985)

I was one of the few people who have had internet as long as I can remember (1984, the irony). And yet, still spent most of my time doing other things.

You can't wish for something you don't know exists. LOL! I'm old and remember every step of the communication world, from rotary telephones, Telexes, Fax Machines, Pagers, dial-up internet (oh the screeching as the www came up!), how slow it was, and watching in amazement as everything developed to what it is today. I love it, as I'm an introvert and hate writing letters by hand.

and if you ever *were* bored for some reason, you better not tell mom. "I've got something you can do" lol the whole house needs cleaned

No, we just did what everyone else did back then. Get into fights, break windows and shoot the neighbors with BB guns.

Well, I never, ever thought that....probably because the internet wasn't invented when I was a kid!

If it didn't exist, we couldn't miss it or even hope for something like that.

we didnt know what the internet was so how could we even think that way lol...and i was happier for it in those days

I was only bored if I wanted to be. But most of my youth was with my face in a book.

Exactly what I tell my kids .

Our school's "computer lab" had these punch cards and wall sized computers, that made a lot of noise. Skipped that class.

I was just saying to someone the other day that I don’t remember being bored ever either.

The internet was definitely a huge thing for most of the 90s. The OP is wrong from the start. We had way cooler chat rooms and websites in the 90s than we have today.

And not just crappy AOL dial-up, high-speed cable internet was rolled out to major urban communities in the mid-1990s. It was also the golden age of LAN-parties, with games like Doom, Unreal Tournament, Starcraft.