Shares 6 Things Millennials and Gen Z Will Never Understand

Older Generation

Society has changed dramatically over the past several decades. The youngest generation doesn’t even remember a time before smartphones.

Recently, the older generations shared their thoughts on things today’s youth would never understand, and their comments were eye-opening, to say the least.

Thirty years ago there was no Wikipedia, and no online news archives. If you needed to write a school research paper, you had to go to an actual library, shuffle through the card catalog, and find a book on the subject.

Encyclopedias and Card Catalogs

Before the internet, getting information required actually picking up the phone. Others chimed in with similar stories of calling a recorded line for school snow closings, or having to watch the local TV news and see if your school was on the list.

Calling the Movie Theater

Another man mentioned, “watching a draft lottery to see if your number would be low enough that you will be drafted to fight in a war [in Vietnam].”

Watching the Draft Lottery

Recording Your Favorite Songs from the Radio

Before the era of YouTube and Spotify, people didn’t have access to any song ever recorded on demand. One person reminisced about waiting patiently for your favorite song to come on the radio and being ready to hit ‘record’ as soon as it started.

Before everyone had a cell phone in their pocket, “people could not always get ahold of you, and it was a good thing.” “Constantly being connected really changes the way you live your life,” remarked one man.

People Were Not Reachable 24/7

Remember when you had to make sure you were home at just the right time to watch your favorite TV show? They youngest generation has no concept of a world without streaming on demand.

Clearing Your Calendar to Watch a TV Show

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