Things Kids Today Won't Understand

I was born in the 80s but I consider myself a 90's kid (since that's when I was aware enough to notice my surroundings, and became more of a human in society).

There are SO MANY things kids today will never understand from when we were growing up.

1-"Be Kind, Rewind" and Blockbuster

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Kids today will never understand the joy/thrill of going to Blockbuster in general, but also the feeling of utter defeat when the movie you were looking forward to renting has no video cases behind it. They'll never know the feeling of last-minute hope when you go to the front desk to see if someone happened to return that video earlier that day and it just hadn't been put back on the shelf yet. They'll never understand the annoyance when the video you'd rented and started to watch wasn't rewound.

2-Waiting to get on the internet

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Now it's just open up a browser and you're there. Before it was listening to that 
sqweeeeeeeeeee-wa-weeeeeee-ba-boing-boing sound 
of you getting connected to the world.
Or, when you had to get off the internet so someone could use the phone!

3-Lisa Frank stickers (folders, pencils....)

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I was bananas for Lisa Frank stickers. I remember I got a jumbo pack once and I didn't want to use any of my stickers. I'd spend a LOT of time pouring over which ones were my LEAST favorites that I might be willing to use on something, and the ones that I absolutely would never take off of the sheet. Im pretty sure those are still somewhere at my parents' house, completely intact.

4-Pogs

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These were the "thing" back in the day...and caused so much turmoil (when they were lost in a game) that they were banned from schools, at least mine. I remember going to places like Michaels and scouring for the perfect pogs or a cool slammer. 
Ahhh, to have that be your biggest worry again....getting the coolest pogs lol

5-Doodle Bear and Popples

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6-Determining your future based on a Magic 8 Ball
...and then shaking it again if you didn't like the answer

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7-When game "apps" looked like this:

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8-When you took care of your pet, sneakily, during the day, in your pocket

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9-The hard work it took to become a true fashion designer

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10-When your "date" was determined by a board game
...and you always wanted it to be Brad who called you:

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(and the fact that how many years later, you still remember 'Brad'...)

What do you remember from growing up that kids these days won't have a clue about?


On a side note, I want to wish my mother-in-law a VERY happy birthday today! She's one of the absolutely sweetest, and most kind women you'll ever meet. She's treated me as if I was part of the family from the very beginning, and I'm so thankful to her for raising the man I married :) Happy Birthday!!!