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- I remember when I purchased a book with instructions on how to get rich for $19.99 by simply writing a book and publishing it.
- I remember when phones had cords.
- I remember when more than one PC game was released annually at retail stores.
- I remember when $20 to fill an 18 gallon gas tank was expensive.
- I remember when “apps” were keyed in by hand from a magazine and magnetic storage media was not financially feasible.
- I remember when song skipping was an extremely advanced option on car stereo cassette decks.
- I remember when Mtv actually played music videos.
- I remember when Mtv was better than VH1.
- I remember when 64KB of RAM was a lot.
- I remember when PC Gamer Magazine was 457 pages.
- I remember when www.blackviper.com was only 1 HTML page.
- I remember when people could “dislike” things as well as like them.
- I remember when sharing was giving access to physical objects with whom you did not wish to give that object to.
- I remember when a hard cover dictionary was the only spell checking option available.
- I remember when receiving one email per week from my website visitors was a success.
- I remember when receiving 250+ emails per day from my website visitors was a failure.
- I remember when 99% of all statistics were completely made up.
- I remember when I bought my first new car.
- I remember when I wrecked my first new car after only 3 months.
- I remember when people used to interact in person.
- I remember when I actually looked forward to Christmas.
- I remember when cars did not talk back.
- I remember when cars started talking.
- I remember when pay phones actually existed.
- I remember when the world was going to end December 31, 1999.
- I remember when the world did not end January 1, 2000.
- I remember when connecting to the internet required effort.
- I remember when modems actually made noise.
- I remember when displaying text as an image on a website was bad.
- I remember when displaying text as an image on a website was good.
- I remember when Transformers did not suck.
- I remember when console game controllers only had one button.
- I remember when my car insurance was just as much money per month as my rent.
- I remember when being a geek was not cool.
- I remember when The Bard’s Tale was released on C-64.
- I remember when 16 color graphics was great.
- I remember when Diablo was released on PC.
- I remember when 640×480 resolution was high res.
- I remember when I refused to buy a cell phone because people could call me at any time.
- I remember when I broke down on the side of the road which led to a purchased cell phone.
- I remember when a small battery installed in a game cartridge to enable saved games was phreaking awesome.
- I remember when I read the Dungeons Masters Guide at my leisure.
- I remember when Dungeons and Dragons was the root of all evil.
- I remember when I bought my first optical mouse and never looked back.
- I remember when #wordswereseperatedbyspaces.
- I remember when I could write some really good one liners.
- I remember when my whole life was in front of me.
- I remember when portable music players were 50+ pounds.
- I remember when people protested for a reason.
- I remember when entire brick and mortar stores were dedicated to PC Gaming.
- I remember when movies were only produced in two dimensions.
- I remember when I updated my daily diary in 1986 at the age of 14 with weeks of “Boring day” and did not make it to March.
- I remember when a 20 mile daily commute from Rosamond, CA to Edwards AFB took one CD worth of music to get there.
- I remember when a 30 mile car ride from Corning, CA to Chico, CA and back was an eternity every Saturday.
- I remember when a 60 mile car ride from Corning, CA to Redding, CA and back monthly was more punishing then being “sent to my room”.
- I remember when a 620 mile U-haul ride from Rosamond, CA to Yreka, CA required only one pee break with cats squalling in their carriers every two seconds.
- I remember when video game violence was actually blown out of proportion.
- I remember when songs on the radio did not have to censor every other word and those words were actually cuss words.
- I remember when robotics was science fiction.
- I remember when Stephen King novels were not allowed as high school book report options.
- I remember when a 13″ color TV was huge.
- I remember when a 21″ CRT computer monitor was gigantic.
- I remember when my kitties fit in the palm of my hand.
- I remember when Google was only a search engine.
- I remember when AltaVista was better than Google.
- I remember when people actually retained knowledge instead of just googling it.
- I remember when people actually retained incorrect knowledge instead of just googling it.
- I remember when I enjoyed using ICQ.
- I remember when printers cost more than the ink contained within them.
- I remember when a map purchased from a gas station was a better option then asking Siri.
- I remember when after work naps were longer than nighttime sleeping.
- I remember when I used to be funny.
