God yes! I need an account to make an account.

Office...

They still exist. Depend on your area maybe

Just bought a console and some games! Plug and play! Nope. The console needs to spend all day on the internet downloading Encyclopaedia Britannica. The you have to install the games. And load THEIR 10 gigabyte updates.

Smartphones at concerts! You will NEVER EVER look at the video again..

Maybe, but then you are relying on a handful of companies to decide what you need to know. I realize that tailored newsfeeds are bringing us back to the days where you are only going to see what they want you to see, but there are advantages to having news available from numerous sources. (That being said, I agree with the spirit of this post. I am burnt out on news right now.)

I think the future of cell phone etiquette is going to be turning the thing off for 12 hours a day. It might take a while to become ubiquitous, but I know people who do that now.

Not me...was overweight, ugly styled, ugly Wear, ugly glasses, ugly hairstyle, addicted, sad, and an a.....e. I feel I'm so much a better person today at 41

THAT was freedom..

It was awesome to show up at the airport 1/2 hour before the flight and just get on board the plane. Now it's 4 hours before flight time and a big delay because someone is trying to get their emotional support Komodo dragon on the plane and they wore lace-up boots.

Remember being able to pick up your loved ones AS THEY GOT OFF THE PLANE? Now you have to wait in the cell lot for them to text that they have their luggage and waiting at pickup zone "G" because God forbid, you stay parked at the curb longer than 30 seconds before security is telling you to move it.

Idk, after 9/11, personally, I would rather feel safe.

I had a 5AM flight the very morning of the scare when liquids became banned. I was standing in the security line, and they started bringing in loads and loads of trash cans, telling everyone to toss everything. It was so terrifying, and sad, because we didn't know why. So many full shampoo bottles, parents fighting because you can't travel without the babies bottles, full bottles of expensive perfume... people walking out in tears, especially the parents with little ones. It was a weird weird day.

shoes, why the shoes yet--how many years ago was that????

Flight attendant here! Everything was better then concerning flights. Now it's sometimes ridiculous.

I actually miss how traveling was even just 2-3 years ago!! Didn't need all these tons of documents that are starting to become ridiculous! Don't get me wrong i understand the covid restrictions but it's too tiring to have to gather all these papers plus an extra paper to enter the country that says exactly what the rest of the papers say!!!

I do miss the world before 9/11 :-(

20+ years now and we're still wasting our time and resources on TSA security theater which literally does nothing. 20 years and the TSA can't even point to a single prevented incident. And by their own internal tests over 90% of prohibited objects make it through undetected. It's a waste of hundreds of millions of dollars and literally billions of manhours of time. It might be the biggest and most useless boondoggle in Federal government history.

I understand and appreciate the need for greater security. I know it makes travel more annoying, but I'd prefer to get to my destination in one piece.

Being able to meet your friends/family at the gate.

Do people really not remember the downside?

I always have the urge to show up in underwear, nothing to check ;D

In the Schengen zone I can fly without going through passport control - that was not possible I don't the nineties. Plus I can actually afford to fly. But yes, security is more strict.

Being able to wait at the gate for your friends to arrive and say goodbye and watch them board the plane.

And the salaries there are probably the same.

I sincerely hate fb

Oh yes. Touchscreens with their endless menus are extremely annoying. I'll stick with my ancient tactile equipment.

My mom worked for a supermarket in the 90s it was new. She trained people in different departments. Her bring home pay was 1400$ a week to start abs she got 3000$ bonuses every 3 months. Had full benefits and a company car in case she needed to travel to another store w a per diem. They closed slowly after 9/11. They cut her hours bc they didn't want to pay people anymore. Things got progressively worse. She never made that kind of money again.

Definetly. Millenials and Gen Z have no hope for their future. We know that things are bad and will likely get worse.

None of the films you want to watch are on Netflix, or Amazon or anything other platform. You waste so much time looking. You could have got a pizza ordered, gone to Blockbuster, found some films, picked up the pizza and be at home stuffing your face in the time you have spent searching online for stuff you want to watch.

There were bulletin boards, the Well, USENET. Mind, I get the point, and modern social media now dominate. But social media were there, and yes, they could get very poisonous too.

In USA you mean

I just mute all commercials and look at my phone during them.

Snake..

I wonder if there's a market for a stripped down smartphone (akin to a Nokia 3310) that can retain some of the more useful features of a smartphone (certain apps, internet connectivity, maps, photo and video, etc) but do away with unnecessary stuff like social media apps etc? As in keep the useful features of a smartphone but restrict the ability to add battery draining "fluff".

The hope is what I miss too. I read my old journals from the 90s and I was so happy and excited for the future. My daughter gets a kick out of them bc of all the things I did every day. Sure there were some sad or hard times but it was infrequent it didn't pile on to where you feel life is so mundane but also scary.

Oh lord I thought I was Pam Anderson in the 90s. Tan skin platinum hair breast implants the skimpy club clothes. Was so thin and petite. Then came the marriage kids aging. Oh well

They are still about.

Is it a US thing? I don't think I've ever seen what they mean by "lifestyle centers".

And original My Little Pony

Also Sierra and all the different Quest games!

With obligatory "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" GIFs at the top

We don't have Amazon in Denmark - they don't like how strong our unions are. We do have electronic stores - I wasn't aware that Amazon had made those go away elsewhere. Is this just in the US?