27 Old-School Problems That You'll Only Understand If You've Over 30

Slowwww internet transfers, VHS, Napster, LimeWire and politically incorrect television commercials... If you were born around 1990, this is your life

Ariana

• Published in Funny
• September 18, 2020

Picture this; a warm spring evening in 2000 and you're downloading *NSYNC's 'No Strings Attached' on iMesh/Napster/Limewire. The file-transfer has been running for over 3 hours.

It's now at 97% and you're excited. You get up to use the bathroom knowing that once you're back, the sweet, sweet sound of 'Bye Bye Bye' and 'It's Gonna Be Me' will be playing on your family computer speakers.

You walk through the living room and see your mother, she is talking to someone but she's alone in the room. You realise she is on the phone - it's a landline.

You RUN to the study, only to see the dreaded message across the 11' computer monitor screen, "file transfer interrupted, no internet connection'. She blew it.

You told her specifically not to use the phone until you were done, but that was almost 4 hours ago, she had forgotten and the last 200 minutes has been in total vain. There will be no *NSYNC tonight.

If you can related to this story, it's probably because you're under 30, but if you do, keep scrolling. These are some old-school problems that only us veterans will understand.

Literally, mine one said "more than 100 years" LOL!

Not feeling like that RUSH!

I can only guess it was a Backstreet Boys music video... because I've been there done that.

Or just HAVING a stereo in general.

Getting the photos 'developed' only to realise someone had their finger on the lens.

This was an aesthetic

Having folders on folders of CDs.

Having to read the map-quest directions to your irritated parent

DID THIS!

Flip-phone lifestyle...

Having free calls after 9pm!

Hitting the internet button AND HOPING TO GOD it didn't connect and charge your parents $9457894378543

That's storage goals...

... and to only have approx. 20 chances to get a good shot!

Disc errors. The worst.

I BEGGED my mother to let me call and 'order' one of these.

Good luck!

Mum walking in and carrying on like a pork chop about something that could have EASILY waited.

Video rental. VIDEO!

That wait SUCKED

You've never ever had a black-eye from a boogie board and it shows...

This was very satisfying.

Spoiler... it still skipped.

The crazy thing is, sometimes it'd still work.

This was such a time-waster

If you didn't cost your parents $100s of dollars to have the COMPUTER GUY come to YOUR HOUSE to get rid of the virus... OMG.

Doesn't work.

Ariana