There are many amazing things about growing up in the world today. It’s easier to stay connected to friends and family far away, easier to network from the comfort of your home, easier for introverts to stay “social,” and easier to find your tribe – online if not in real life.

As someone who grew up in the 80s, though, I still think there’s something to be said to living life without modern technology, with television shows that are cheesy and pure, and for playing outside for hours without adults looking on anxiously.

And these 16 things? Kids today will probably never really understand, no matter how well you explain them.

16. We had that delayed gratification thing down pat.

Kids today will never know the feeling when all the copies of the movie you want are rented out; and the clerk finds one for you in the pile of returns.

— Josh Darnit 🐳 (@JoshDarnit) February 21, 2019

15. I’ll never know why they didn’t make them pocket-sized.

Kids today will never know the unique horror of buying an album for the single & finding out the rest of it sucks

— 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨ (@leighalexander) June 25, 2017

14. Or what it was like to hang out at the mall.

https://twitter.com/JohnTheFame/status/1165042538664869893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fdaniellaemanuel%2Fkids-today-will-never-know

13. This is 100% true.

kids today will never know how hard it was to keep up with friends in the ‘90s. you’d lose someone in the department store and they’d return the next day a wizened old man, having spent three hundred years in the thrall of the faerie queene.

— Owl! at the Library 😴🧙‍♀️ (@SketchesbyBoze) October 20, 2019

12. And you’d fight over who got a seat.

crazy how kids today will never know how fun it was to go outside every single day w ya friends and sit here pic.twitter.com/wLXxpAHbIY

— cheecho (@dcstarz1) September 11, 2018

11. So I still do this on occasion.

https://twitter.com/_iTrevii/status/1005192444680564736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fdaniellaemanuel%2Fkids-today-will-never-know

10. And honestly, it shows.

https://twitter.com/haaniyah_/status/1211245015684567040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fdaniellaemanuel%2Fkids-today-will-never-know

9. And when it timed out with like 2 minutes left omgggg.

Kids today will never know the torture… pic.twitter.com/5zS2pOQRIF

— Nick Younker (@NYounker) April 27, 2019

8. Don’t look away at the wrong moment!

Kids today will never know what it’s like to wake up and watch the local news for the closings in alphabetical order to see if your school is closed. Now they get a text, email, call and tweet.

— Bryce Meyers (@Bmey5) January 22, 2019

7. Please don’t be fuzzy, please don’t be fuzzy…

https://twitter.com/SergeantCity/status/1208960956547645440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fdaniellaemanuel%2Fkids-today-will-never-know

6. Sometimes I miss these types of choices.

Today's kids will never know the choices we had to make..#90skid pic.twitter.com/vYqvYEZWt7

— 90skid (@memorable_90s) September 26, 2018

5. Was it because they didn’t want to talk to you?! ARGH!

https://twitter.com/AmazingB_/status/1122976734960324608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fdaniellaemanuel%2Fkids-today-will-never-know

4. Raise your hand if you remember.

Kids today will never know , that 15 yrs ago champion was a cheap brand. They were sold on the back shelves of Modells. Shirts were 2.99 and kids made fun of you at school if you wore it.

— Shesthegoods (@theegoods) December 27, 2019

3. They will in public school.

Today’s kids will never know how big of a deal it was to go to computer lab.

— Shower Thoughts (@showerfeelings) November 24, 2019

2. Or, you know, using a landline.

Our kids will never know the terror of calling their crush on a Landline and having Their parents pick up the phone..#90skid pic.twitter.com/gjrlKT0cjw

— 90skid (@memorable_90s) July 18, 2019

1. That shizz could take days.

Kids today will never know the satisfaction of choosing the perfect song to have as your profile song on Myspace

— Kobie Thatcher (@KobieThatcher) December 28, 2019

I’m not saying I want to go back, but…maybe for a week or two?

What’s your favorite memory from your GenX, early-Millennial childhood? Share it with us in the comments!

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16 Things Kids Today Will Never Truly Get

16. We had that delayed gratification thing down pat.

15. I’ll never know why they didn’t make them pocket-sized.

14. Or what it was like to hang out at the mall.

13. This is 100% true.

12. And you’d fight over who got a seat.

11. So I still do this on occasion.

10. And honestly, it shows.

9. And when it timed out with like 2 minutes left omgggg.

8. Don’t look away at the wrong moment!

7. Please don’t be fuzzy, please don’t be fuzzy…

6. Sometimes I miss these types of choices.

5. Was it because they didn’t want to talk to you?! ARGH!

4. Raise your hand if you remember.

3. They will in public school.

2. Or, you know, using a landline.

1. That shizz could take days.

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16 Things Kids Today Will Never Truly Get

16. We had that delayed gratification thing down pat.

15. I’ll never know why they didn’t make them pocket-sized.

14. Or what it was like to hang out at the mall.

13. This is 100% true.

12. And you’d fight over who got a seat.

11. So I still do this on occasion.

10. And honestly, it shows.

9. And when it timed out with like 2 minutes left omgggg.

8. Don’t look away at the wrong moment!

7. Please don’t be fuzzy, please don’t be fuzzy…

6. Sometimes I miss these types of choices.

5. Was it because they didn’t want to talk to you?! ARGH!

4. Raise your hand if you remember.

3. They will in public school.

2. Or, you know, using a landline.

1. That shizz could take days.

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