OK this one took me back for all of the wrong reasons (lol). chronicallyhumored asked people on Threads, "What’s something from the 90s/2000s that we all accepted as completely normal that would absolutely horrify people today?"
Here's what people said:
1. "Taking a roadtrip with a paper map that is only updated once a year (maybe) and using road signs and sense of direction."
2. "Kids selling school fundraiser stuff door to door without parents."
3. "Leaving the phone off the hook (on accident or on purpose) so no one could reach you."
4. "The phone book. Everyone's address and phone numbers were just delivered to your doorstep, and it was considered odd if you opted out and weren't like a celebrity."
5. "Bobbing for apples at parties and carnivals."
6. "Reading a newspaper to find out what time a movie plays or having to use the phone to CALL the theater for showtimes."
7. "Day time minutes. Rollover minutes. Night and weekend minutes."
8. "Sitting 'criss cross applesauce' in elementary but calling it 'sitting indian style.'"
9. "Writing a 15 page paper at midnight with just books as sources, the night before it’s due. No AI."
10. "Dialing a phone number without an area code. Just 7 digits."
11. "Remembering destinations. Like EVERYWHERE. We had to know how to get places or (shudders) ask for directions."
12. "When a season ended you not only had to wait to see what happened next, you had to wait an entire summer. FOR EVERY SHOW."
13. "Meet me on the train that leaves at 8.07am, I'll be in the second carriage."
14. "A band named The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, for starters."
15. "Having the word JUICY plastered on the butt of every single pair of pants or shorts you owned."
16. "Having to go to the local video store to rent a movie on a Friday night - and then rewinding it before you returned it to avoid the extra fee."
17. "The pop in. Where you could just pop in and visit a friend unannounced."
18. "Uploading an entire FB album coming home after a night of shenanigans from our digital cameras without editing a damn thing."
19. "Traveling with full bottle of liquid on your person on a flight. I remember coming home from the Caribbean with like 4 full bottles of liquor in my carry-on (pretty sure that was early 2000s though)."
20. "No one ever carried a water bottle around with them…were we all chronically dehydrated?! 😹"
21. "New music only came out on Tuesdays and you had to go to a store and buy it. It was glorious."
22. "When you call your friend’s house and their parents picked up, you had to TALK to them before you could talk to your friend."
23. "Nextel phones. Having full conversations via walkie talkie while out in public. Absolutely unhinged."
24. "Most chain restaurants had a smoking side and non-smoking side."
25. "Using the 'state your name' part of payphone call to deliver a free message to a loved one 😭😭😭"
26. "Having monthly memberships to a tanning salon and sometimes waiting up to an hour for your turn to use a bed."
27. "Yelling 'it’s baaack!' when the commercials ended and someone was still on the toilet."
28. "Recording your favorite songs on the radio. You just hoped they made the 'hot 5' so you could be ready."
29. "Those online countdowns for when the Olsen twins would turn 18."
30. "Walking around the mall aimlessly with your friends."
31. "We used to leave the house for hours and not be able to call anyone until we were back home or from a payphone."
32. "Me at 8 years old watching daytime talk shows. 'Whaattt he's not the father?!?'"
33. "Dropping someone at the airport 15 minutes before their flight."
34. "The fact that you had to pick up the phone without knowing who was on the other end. Caller ID was a thing back then but it wasn’t as sophisticated."
35. "Candy that looked like cigarettes."
36. "How low pants were - that was obscene."
37. "We used to go into the most RANDOM chat rooms and just be asking everyone a/s/l like we were grown. And of course lying about our own selves."
38. "Tuning into the tv guide channel & having to wait till it starts over to see your favorite channels lineups for the day."
39. "We had to dial *69 to get the number that just called."
40. "If you wanted to meet up with friends, you had to pick a time and place and just…show up."
41. "Paying 'late fees' at Blockbuster and then rejoicing when they launched the 'no more late fees” program. 📼 🍿"
42. "We memorized everyone’s phone number."
43. And lastly, all of the colors of ketchup.
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