28 Depressing Times Millennials Felt Positively Ancient

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Jan 24, 2019 4:00 PM EST

A quick warning: if you're a Millennialthen scrolling through the following will probably make you feel really old and sad. Believe it or not, kids today (AKA Generation Z) will never understand the struggles of dial-up internet, or fangirling the crap over the Backstreet Boys. If you're not feeling old yet, then don't worry because it's only a matter of time!

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  • 01
    Text - Ashlynn @BabyySims The dj really said "where my 2000s babies at" and the crowd went wild. That's when I knew it was time for me to go home. V123K 3:03 PM - Aug 26, 2018 27.4K people are talking about this
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    Overhead projector - marina @marinap_13 i just asked my sister what this is, she said 'record player?' I WAS LAUGHIN TOO HARD SHE WAS YELLING "WHAT? WHAT Is IT? A TV?" yall im done mad3byj @gawdbawdy Today's generation don't know shit about these 10 1:09 AM - Jul 28, 2017 See marina's other Tweets
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    Text - Yesterday at 8:50 PM Can someone explain this tweet to me?? Why it take so long? Dafuq is Napster? Angry Man @AngryBlkManDC On this day 15 years ago my moms picked up the phone and interrupted a file at 96% l'd been downloading from Napster for 17 hours.
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    Vehicle door - Stephanie Lentz @StephanieLentz Today, one of the kids I babysit asked me "what is this lever for" and I had to explain it rolls the windows up and down. Yes, I do feel old 12 5:50 PM - Jun 19, 2017 See Stephanie Lentz's other Tweets
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    Text - Jason Crane @JasonDCrane Replying to @EnglishJason @EnglishJason @Rebecca_Raphael A couple months ago my son picked up a phone at my work and said what's that noise? His first dial tone. 47 11:37 PM - Jun 2, 2015 27 people are talking about this
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    Text - Alyssa Breck @AlyssaBreck When songs you rocked out to as a teenager are playing on the classic rock station #IFeelOld yeah, that. 10:44 PM Jan 13, 2019 See Alyssa Breck's other Tweets
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    Product - EECRITURE SAFE/PROTEGE DEF X ERT @IGOT7Wairaka sOT1 My 16 yr old cousin asked me what these were and I simply told her they were first generation USBZ Replying to @Bill_Gross 897 11:32 PM Oct 18, 2017 141 people are talking about this
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    Product - 3M 3.5, DS double side 135 TPI Bill Gross @Bill_Gross In the "I'm getting old" departmen.., a kid saw this and said, "oh, you 3D-printed the 'Save' Icon." 367K 9:48 PM - Oct 17, 2017 174K people are talking about this
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    Text - alyssa @emmasxmen Maybe its just the generation z in me but how did people burn CDs? Like how did you just get a blank CD and put songs on it? 12.3K 2:41 AM Oct 21, 2018 Whitney Reynolds @whitneyarner I'm nine million years old
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    Text - ?X WordArt Gallery Select a WordArt style: W 6WordArt WordANordAr WordArt WordArt WordArt WordArt WordArt MordArt WordArt Wordhrt WordArt Word Art WordArt WordAnt Wardt M ordA WordArt WordArt d WordArt Cancel OK ig: @luxurjous @luxurjousluv Replying to @luxurjousluv #todayskidswillneverknow the hard choices you had to make 7 2:47 PM - Jan 15, 2019 +s other See ig: @luxurjous Do Tweets
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    Compact cassette - T.NT. 1ERROR'N TINSELTOWN) DR. FEELGOOD SLICE OF YOUR PIE PATTLESNAKE SHAKE KICASTART MY HEART WITHOUT YOU MOTLEY CROE DR. FEELGOOD 1 (22:56) Eektr 60829-4 SR 0 1989 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States PRODUCED BY BOB ROCK DO Jordan Miller @TheJordanMiller I asked my six-year-old if he knew what this is. He said it is a tape player. And then he asked "how do you turn it on?" @MrTommyLand? nocassettem
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    Technology - SPORIT SPORTE S tage Phongoen ING 88SCAR d. @dianaYe saniya just asked "what are these?" lol made me and @MajorTaylor feel old! 3 8:31 PM Oct 22, 2016 See d.'s other Tweets
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    Text - The Signal Watch @melbotis Replying to @TheRealLMS @whitneyarner I remember showing a student worker a vinyl record about 8 years ago, and she finally asked "how... does this work?" and was absolutely stunned when I told her about turntables and needles. 3 4:23 PM Oct 22, 2018 See The Signal Watch's other Tweets
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    Product - Siobhán McHatton @Alltheway80s Admit you're old...Retweet if you know what this is 33.1K 10:03 PM Mar 20, 2018 32.4K people are talking about this
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    Text - Kay-Mac @K McCloskey7 MY 9 YEAR OLD NIECE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HIGHSCHOOL MUSICAL IS. i've failed as an aunt. V11 11:00 PM - Mar 5, 2017 See Kay-Mac's other Tweets
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    Electronics - CONTINUE EXIT CAME BOY COLOR Roob Himself @RoobMacchia Some little kid just came up to me on the train & asked me what this is. My heart shatters for children everywhere 26 8:02 PM Nov 7, 2015 See Roob Himself's other Tweets
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    Text - A IS ima App 00421 06819 $0.79 Discman bit DAC AYL CD COMPACT PLAYER D-151 Digital MEGA BASS SONY Best the Sweatpants ninja @NinjaSweatpants DAP Ever My 18 year old brother just asked me what this is 5 11:24 PM Jun 25, 2014 See the Sweatpants ninja's other Tweets
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    Text - Jules @juliawhitee My favorite new girl at work who's 14 doesn't know who the backstreet boys and N SYNC are I officially feel old 10 11:07 PM - Jul 29, 2015 See Jules's other Tweets
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    Joint - Today's kids will never know what it was like to have to create your own ankle socks
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    Wire - Does anyone have any idea what these are for? Capt'n Inappropriate @Cptninappropri8 Have we really hit the point where people don't know what these are? 19 9:01 PM Jan 13, 2019 OSee Capt'n Inappropriate's other Tweets
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    Text - petti lahelle @trustnopizza My sister doesn't know who Brendan Fraiser is I feel like I'm 200 years old spilling tales about fallen heroes 15 6:21 PM May 27, 2016 - See petti lahelle's other Tweets
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    Gadget - + Chester Keasberry @jadesimian Told my nephew about my new Apple Watch @elago_official stand that looks like Game Boy. He asks, "What's a Game Boy?" #ifeelold 6 1:10 AM - Jan 11, 2019 See Chester Keasberry's other Tweets
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    Text - Jason English @EnglishJason My daughter just asked why we say "hang up" the phone and now I feel 90 V10.1K 10:52 PM - Jun 2, 2015 8,131 people are talking about this
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    Product - EXtra Sakib Choudhury @SirChoudhury 90s kids will know wus good 6,648 8:12 PM - Nov 23, 2017 4,578 people are talking about this
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    Text - Who Was ERIES D Steve Irwin? PH By Dina Anastasio llustrated by lim Eldridge by Lauren Tarshis JAN. 25th @LilViss saw this at my little brothers book fair today and this makes me feel old 15 6:41 AM - Nov 17, 2015 See JAN. 25th's other Tweets
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    Cameras & optics - BOSTITCH Antimicrobial Gil 6:30 @GIT 630 My son just asked me what this is, he's 11 years old....have times changed THAT much?! #OldMan #KidsTheseDays 5 5:05 PM - Aug 8, 2016 See Gil 6:30's other Tweets
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    Product - I asked my little brother what this was and he said a "DVD".. damn that made me feel old SHA
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    Text - 5 hours ago Oh my god i just found out titanic actually happened and isn't just a film?!!! #mindblown #sosad : 597 Likes 18 Comments Like Share GlimpsesofHistory @HistoryGlimpses Did you realize the Titanic Disaster actually happened? this dude didn't, 16 4:54 AM - Apr 29, 2016 See GlimpsesofHistory's other Tweets
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