re: Where were you in 1984?

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hell yes it was...I know I'm biased but what perfect timing. Got to experience a childhood without the internet and hit teenage years as the internet was catching stride. Our childhood straddled two very different eras

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Exactly. We were the last kids to grow up without cellphones

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hell yes it was...I know I'm biased but what perfect timing. Got to experience a childhood without the internet and hit teenage years as the internet was catching stride. Our childhood straddled two very different eras

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My family didn’t get Internet until I was around 11. We had a computer earlier than that, but it was an 80’s model with no Internet unfortunately lol.

I didn’t get my first cell phone until I turned 18 and went to college. In high school, I would use my Mom’s cell phone, but it had to be after 10, when the minutes would be free.

As far as electronics, I grew up playing Sega Genesis, and the portable Sega, the Nomad. I had an old school box tv that didn’t have a remote, I had to change the channels and volume by hand. I had a VCR that was my source of movie consumption other than tv. My Mom used to tape movies for me on VCR also. I had a stereo with a 3-disc changer that I absolutely loved. I made a few mixtapes on that stereo.

I was born right in the middle of the millennial generation in 1988, as most would agree anyone born between 1981 and 1996 is a millennial. I spent my whole childhood without a cell phone, while kids today get them pretty early on lol. I was midway through my childhood before I ever used the Internet.

So I would definitely say people born around my birth year were the last to experience a childhood that wasn’t dominated by technology.