42 Problems Today's Kids Will Never Experience

Updated on 8/10/2014 at 12:27 PM

As great as '90s tech was, it definitely came with some problems. Getting kicked off AIM? Not cool. Here, check out the worst of the worst, and let us know if you suffered through any others.

Having to get off the Internet because someone needed to make a phone call ("Mooom!")
The VHS player eating your tape (same for audio cassettes)
Trying to fix your N64 video games by blowing in them
Leaving the floppy disk with all your homework at home
Sitting by the radio all day to record your favorite song on tape
Only having one photo left on your disposable camera
Brainstorming a rEaLlY cOoL AIM name
Not watching the Disney Channel or MTV because you didn't have satellite or cable
Calling your crush and his/her parents answering the phone

Rewinding a Blockbuster movie because the previous person wasn't very thoughtful
Your favorite CD not coming with a booklet with song lyrics
Owning a Discman with no skip protection
Having to start an N64 game all over again because someone tripped on the cords
Not being able to figure out three-way calling
Getting a scratch on your favorite CD
No moves left in Solitaire
Not knowing how good or bad your photos would be when they were developed
The Tamagotchi's buttons not working and your pet dying as a result

Trying to use a fax machine
Choosing which color to use for your AIM profile
Getting to the TV Guide Channel after your favorite channel had passed and having to wait until it scrolled back again
Breaking the tape deck in your mom's car
Taking forever to find any program through the Windows 95 Start button
Getting dysentery on the Oregon Trail
Losing your Encarta CD right before a school project.
Your computer freezing every time you used the Kid Pix stampinator
Not being able to turn off predictive text on your Nokia 3210
Losing your CD wallet full of your favorite jams :(

Waiting 90 hours to download something from Netscape Navigator
Getting a square piece when you needed a long piece in Tetris
Accidentally walking across grass on Pokémon and being challenged to a duel
Running out of Game Boy batteries and stealing ones from the TV remote
Using a pen to rewind your cassette
Not being able to go online because you ran out of free AOL CDs
Making short cell phone calls because only the first minute was free
Hearing this dial-up sound when you were trying to get online

Hearing busy tones for everything — the modem, the phone
Using two VHS tapes for Titanic because it was so long
Not being able to open the plastic wrapping on CDs
Waiting one hour for film to develop
Seeing a printer error on your Game Boy camera
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