Things from your childhood that no longer exist

[Neo Emolga]

You know, I barely qualify 90's kid, but I was still somehow stuck using...
Dial-Up Internet
I had this mess until around 2006. I can still imitate those horrible noises it would make every time it booted up perfectly, and I still remember all the arguments my family had about who gets to use the phone when, and what times everyone has to stop so someone can use the internet.

It was a dark time.

Bleh, so many horrible, HORRIBLE memories of AOL and dial-up crappiness. It was the worst, you had to sign in to use the internet, and that took about four minutes, and if you were lucky, you actually made it to a very slow, bogged down browsing experience. You could be in the middle of an online game, and get booted randomly. Oh, someone wanted to use the phone? Surprise!

"Oh, you were online?" - Dad after picking up the phone and hearing garbled, static nonsense.

"Well, I was online!"

So, we had to get a second phoneline, or no one could call us if someone was on the internet. But yeah, imagine closing the internet, and then suddenly remembering you forgot to check something. Well, you could waste yet another four minutes signing back in again. If you were lucky.

AOL also booted you for inactivity. Playing an online game made it seem like you were inactive to AOL, so we had to download this thing called Icyhot just to make AOL think we were active so we could play online games without being kicked off.

GOOD RIDDANCE to dial-up internet. What a nightmare.

[Noblejanobii]

OMG DIAL UP INTERNET!!

I hated that stuff. And the sad thing is, I know people MY AGE that think wi-fi has always existed and are like "dial up connection? What's that?" I always got kicked off every time someone called the landline which was ALL THE TIME when I was using that computer. Even after wi-fi became a common thing, my parents still refused to get until about 2009. ARGH IT WAS SO ANNOYING!!

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Haha dial up. We used to have it set up so the internet would disconnect whenever someone called. That was annoying. Also randomly getting disconnected in the middle of the night and having to smother the modem while it was loudly reconnecting so you wouldn't wake people. xD

I really like Polaroid cameras. :D One day I shall buy one!

[HKim]

Typewriter. Good times.

Actually, there's one at work. We use it for our charts and forms. Guess it's still around. I'll have to think of something else.

[EmeraldSky]

I second VHS tapes and hand drawn animation. Mind you, I have nothing against CGI, but hand drawn animation looks alive and beautiful if done well, especially in the hands of the masters of Disney.

[Neo Emolga]

There are GREAT CGI movies out there, but I miss hand-drawn animation at times. Thankfully, there's plenty of anime out there to satisfy that desire.

Also, Dunk-a-roos. I don't understand how those aren't still around. You had a pouch of cookies and a small cup of frosting to dip them in. They were great, and I remember as a kid just eating all the cookies plain, and then just devour all the frosting completely on its own.

[[Desolate Divine]]

I thought of something that was around when I was a child but has vanished...

Freedom of Speech


*Hides... ;)

[Scytherwolf]

I also miss hand drawn animation. I wish that could still be a thing. :c

Also, CDs. I know they're technically still around, but when I was little we had tons of them and I would listen to them all the time. Still sometimes do.

[Neo Emolga]

I also miss hand drawn animation. I wish that could still be a thing. :c

Also, CDs. I know they're technically still around, but when I was little we had tons of them and I would listen to them all the time. Still sometimes do.

When you said CDs, I actually thought more about bank certificates of deposit! Back when the interest rates were higher, CDs used to be a really good way to store money, even though you couldn't use it without a hard penalty. Now... they're craptastic. I haven't had a bank CD in like eight years. xD

I still have my music CDs, though, but yeah, I've been getting my music through Amazon MP3 downloads now.

[AD]

Does anyone remember the Zune? Lmao

ALSO I MISS DUNK-A-ROOS WITH A PASSION. My uncle would get day old dunkaroos from the factory for free and i would devour them. They were so good....