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20 Skills Millennials and Boomers Have Ditched From the 90s

ByVictoria Cornell November 5, 2023November 5, 2023
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Back in the 90s, many millennials used skills that are not very useful anymore, and some they have stopped using altogether. Recently, a question was asked, “Millennials, what skill did you acquire in the 90s that you no longer use?”

Memorizing Phone Numbers

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One Redditor replied, “Memorizing phone numbers. Now everyone just saves contacts on their phone.”

Burning CDs

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One comment was, “Burning CDs. I was the first one in my class who learned how to do it and had a computer capable of doing it. Oh, what a brief and shining moment of popularity.”

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Bead Animals

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One user said, “I was so good at making those little bead animals out of pony beads. The number of lizards that I made was stunning.”

Fixing a Cassette Tape

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One Redditor said, “Using a pencil to roll the tape back into the cassette after it got chewed up by the f’in pitch roller.”

A second Redditor added, “Fingers worked too! I used my pinky.”

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Cursive 

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Another comment read, “Everyone saying cursive, did you not end up with just a weird smish smash of both cursive and printed handwriting? Is that just me? Lol, I still use cursive every day. It’s just about half of my handwriting.”

Buffing Scratches 

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One Redditor replied, “Buffing the scratches out of CDs was a skill that served me well for a very limited time.”

Another added, “Oh, yeah! Also, like How to operate and maintain floppy disks.”

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Fixing Video Game Cartridges

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A user suggested “Blowing on video game cartridges to make them work.”

A second user said, “I don’t care what you say. That totally worked.”

Playing Pogs

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A most liked memory read, “How to smack the pogs with the slammer just right.”

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Mix Tapes on Cassettes 

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One Redditor commented, “Recording the top 40 songs off the radio onto cassette.”

Another Redditor replied, “From the radio? Gotta be ready!”

A third Redditor added, “Finger on the pause button” and “pray really hard that the DJ doesn’t talk over the music at the end.”

Reading a Paper Map

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A user commented, “People are confused when I tell them I don’t use a phone. Legit get told, “how do you know where to go without GPS.” I’m like…I look at a map and remember or write down the directions.”

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Using Physical Books for Research

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One Redditor said, “Using an encyclopedia and dictionary when writing papers.”

Checks and Checkbooks

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A user commented, “Writing a check & balancing a checkbook. I think I last wrote a check about seven years ago. I don’t even know where my checkbook is anymore.”

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Macarena 

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One Redditor replied, “I can’t believe the Macarena isn’t the top answer. I’ve never been so disappointed in Reddit.”

A second Redditor wrote, “Still comes in handy when I need to embarrass my daughter in front of her friends!”

Recording on a VCR

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One comment was, “Recording shows on a VCR.”

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Oregon Trail Video Game

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One user simply wrote, “Two words: Oregon Trail.”

A second user added, “One word: dysentery.”

A third user finished with, “Mary was bitten by a snake.”

T9 Texting

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A Redditor said, “T9 texting. I could do it with one hand without looking.”

Another Redditor replied, “T9 texting was torture, lol!’

A third added, “I was insanely fast at typing via number pad .. yea..”

Card Catalog

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One comment was, “Going to the library and using the card catalog to do research for school projects and rent DVDs.”

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Dial-Up Internet

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One Redditor commented, “Yelling at family members to get off the phone so I can use the internet.” 

Millennial Redditors sure had a lot of skills and things the newest generations will never experience. I’m just not sure if getting to skip these skills is a good thing or a bad thing. 

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As a full-time working mom of three, I know what it’s like to feel like life is out of balance and out of control.

While I don’t have it all figured out, I am committed to sharing helpful tips and tricks with other mommas who are ready to break free from negativity, ditch mom guilt, & finally, live life on their own terms.

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