Things From The Past Modern Kids Will Never Understand (18 pics)

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"In the “I’m getting old” department.., a kid saw this and said, “Oh, you 3D-printed the ’Save’ icon.”"

2

"My daughter just asked why we say “hang up” the phone and now I feel 90."

3

"I asked my 6-year-old if he knows what this is. He said it is a tape player. And then he asked, “How do you turn it on?”"

4

"I asked my 5-year-old if she wanted to tape a TV show. She looked confused, then went to a drawer and brought me Scotch tape. I’m obsolete."

5

"Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with my kid and Mickey just called a record player an ancient machine. From now on I’m going to tweet in hieroglyphics."

6

"Him: Mommy, what IS a postcard?

Me: A prehistoric text message.

Him: Did they send them on beepers? *blink*

Me: No. Just... no."

7

"Some little kid just came up to me on the train & asked me what this is. My heart shatters for children everywhere."

8

"Y’all a 5-year-old little boy just asked me what this blue thing is... I told him it was a portable radio and he asked what a portable radio does... I don’t know how to feel, this is not okay."

9

"I told an 18-year-old the other day that I used to get Netflix delivered to me in the mail and I’m pretty sure he thought I was lying."

10

"My son just asked me what this is — he’s 11 years old... have times changed THAT much?!"

11

"In the back of an Uber the other day my 11-year-old asked me what this thing on the door is."

12

"I just found a phone from the ’90s with a hashtag! Twitter wasn’t even invented then, why did they need a hashtag back then?"

13

"So my kid is so excited about a book that was delivered to our driveway yesterday. “Mom,” he asked incredulously, “Is EVERYBODY’S name in there?” Yep, my 11-year old had never seen a phone book."

14

"Watchin’ a movie with Ollie and the girl is texting on a flip phone and he asks me, “How do you type on those phones?”"

15

"My 9-year-old just asked me what this is? When did it come out? 1955? Is it for music? ~ I bought it the year before you were born."

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"I asked my sister’s daughter what this is and she said it’s a microwave."