25 Things Millennials And Gen X'ers Did Growing Up That Feel Very, Very, Very Weirdly Outdated Today
1.Having to rewind a movie you rented or else risk being charged an extra fee for not doing it:
2.Always being on the lookout for what new stickers they put in the vending machine at the supermarket or store:
3.Remembering to NEVER put the receiver near your mouth when using a pay phone because of germs:
4.Only (usually) being able to learn/see the correct lyrics to a song by reading them from the album's liner notes:
5.And only being able to listen to special remixes or exclusive B-side songs if you bought pricey import CD singles:
6.Buying a CD tower so you could display your CD collection:
7.Buying expensive foreign magazines if it featured an artist or celeb you liked, just so you could see new photos of them:
8.Having your parents leave the number of the restaurant or friend's house they were going to be at so — if you were staying home alone — you could reach them.
9.Writing your phone number on literally anything if you wanted to give it to somebody:
10.Having to wait for your local radio station to premiere a new song by a band or artist you liked:
11.Having to wait — sometimes for hours — for MTV to play a music video that you loved:
12.Being happy that your favorite show had entered syndication because it meant you could watch reruns of it everyday:
13.Or being frustrated if a show you liked was canceled or pulled of syndication because you then had NO way to watch it:
14.Looking forward to commercial breaks because you hoped they'd play your favorite commercial:
15.Going to the nearest gas station to get directions and hoping you remember everything (if your parents made you go inside and ask):
#IRememberWhenYouHadTo run into a gas station to ask for directions when you got lost.