24 Experiences Only Millennials Understand

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As someone who grew up in the Millennial era, I know all about the experiences our generation went through far too well. Reddit user uselessZZwaste recently asked, "What's one thing millennials did back in the day that today's generation would think was wild?!" Here are the hilariously relatable responses that'll instantly bring you back to those days:
"What's your screen name?"
"Get off the internet, I need to make a call."
"T9 texting."
"Checking the movie times in the newspaper."
"Printing out driving directions on MapQuest."
"Prank calls."
"Writing letters to each other and trading them between classes vs. texting."
"Waiting for Netflix to send the movies we wanted by mail."
"Failing to reach the home phone before it stops ringing, and just sitting there wondering who made the call."
"Knocking on someone's door to ask if they wanted to do something."
"Having to get to a movie theater way early if you wanted to see a new movie, and hoping there were seats together."
"Going out to meet friends at a place you pre-decided on at school the previous day. Not knowing if they'll be there when you arrive."
"We paid for texts."
"The internet chatrooms. Oh my lord."
"Burning CDs for friends or having to use a converter to play your CD on a vehicle's cassette player. Going to a physical store to read video game magazines with walkthroughs, guides, and get rumors of cheat codes from the employees and patrons."
"Going to the library to read books and find quotes for essays. Going to multiple libraries to find books that didn't exist in your local library."
"Asking a random girl for her number, or else you may never see her again. No social media, nothing else. And then, upon calling that number (which was a house number), you had to introduce yourself to her parents over the phone because they were most likely to answer."
"Downloading paid ringtones. The first rollout wasn't even the actual song, just a melody created by the phone's chirps and beeps."
"Getting dropped off somewhere with enough money to use the payphone. Once."
"The look on my kids' faces every time I tell them we had to type out the citations/bibliography for a paper or project. They've had citation generators their whole lives."
"The innocence of not always having someone know your location and not always knowing someone else's location."
"Memorizing phone numbers."
"Explaining commercial breaks and TV schedules to my preschooler is always a doozy. Also, VHS tapes make NO sense to him."
"Be kind, rewind."
What's the wildest thing millennials did back in the day? Share your thoughts in the comments or using the anonymous form below.
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.