30+ Things Millennials Grew Up With That Would Send Gen Z Alpha Into a Coma

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Jun 4, 2023 12:30 PM EDT

Ahhhh the '90s and early oughts. What a time to be alive. Kids were raised to believe they could do anything, but were never presented with any sort of path on how to achieve that thing. Diet culture had sizes starting a "double zero" and glorifying "her0in chic." And Myspace Top 8s were making or breaking friendships.

Yeah, yeah, Gen Z might have already existed for some of these things, but they were little kids. You might know what AIM is, on a factual sense, but you don't know AIM like millennials do. We still get PTSD reactions to hearing the sound of that door opening and closing.

One woman on TikTok recently started a series where she talks about nostalgic millennial things that are unlocking a lot of memories. This has also sent other millennials on TikTok to walk down memory lane with her and comment other things that they were obsessed with as a kid that Gen Z and Gen Alpha would just not comprehend. Millennial parents are even saying they try to describe things such as T9 and Myspace to their kids and their minds are simply being blown.

Check out some of the things that millennials grew up with that would send Gen Z and Gen Alpha into a coma below!

01
The buzz speakers would make when a cellphone call was coming in

via u/laur.rich.2
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via u/kristenp84
03
"A family computer"

via u/nat_mas
04
"Smarterchild on AIM"

via u/agirlnamedem
05
"The paperclip helper on Word docs."

via u/pizzathincrust
06
Disposable Cameras

via u/finessa.williams
07
Phonebooks

via u/heypaigedavis
08
"2006-2011 'Lil Wayne"

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via u/dillpickles1233
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10
Getting Rick Rolled

via u/Bri.Gabay
11
Floppy disks

via u/mouse14218
12
"Part 2 of the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show"

via u/itsmejadeb
13
Old Caller ID tech for landlines

via u/chelle85xo
14
"Pogs"

via u/itsmejadeb
15
Xanga & Live Journals

via u/brieskiiiii
16
"Not having GPS on our phones"

via u/itsmejadeb
17
Waiting by the radio to record a song you wanted

via u/linafarias290
18
"Calling a movie theater to listen to the automated messages about movie times"

via u/tessa_gillis
19
"Myspace & Photobucket"

via u/itsdrebabe___
20
The Ying Yang Twins

via u/itsmejadeb
21
T-9 Text

via u/kcat_hey
22
Myspace Coding

via u/charlie_trouble_
23
"Texting CHACHA for random facts"

via Jade
24
"The Chicks (fka The Dixie Chicks) Controversy"

via u/itsmejadeb
25
Accidentally pressing the internet button on your phone

via u/jillianarielle
26
Burning CDs

via u/itsmejadeb
27
Calling for the Weather

via u/rynorlose
28
Getting Netflix through the mail

via u/stoneybolognatenderoni
29
Limewire

via u/itsmejadeb
30
Diet Culture: "heroin chic"

via u/michellechante422
31
No area codes in phone numbers

via u/stacedero