This week, kids all over the country will be starting their first year of high school. These kids, the class of 2019, were by and large born in 2001, so it’s safe to assume that their high school experience will be different than yours. Here’s how…
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1. First off, they've never lived in the '90s:
2. They were born the same year Britney and her snake created history:
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3. The same year this couple bathed themselves in denim:
This was everything in 2002 😂#britney&justin #denim @britneyspears
4. And now some of them don't even know who NSYNC is:
5. The year they were born the Harry Potter cast looked like this:
First and Last Harry Potter premier in London.
6. Texting took all day:
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7. And they've never experienced The Great Search:
8. This is what the Nickelodeon schedule looked like when they were born:
9. And this is the Now That's What I Call Music tracklist from the year they were born:
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10. They've never experienced THE STRUGGLE:
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11. And they never had to wait and hope that this would go through:
12. They've never had to be completely, TOTALLY silent:
13. They've never experienced this FEAR:
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14. They've never experienced this bliss:
15. And they've never experienced the lie of anti-skip:
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16. This picture doesn't physically hurt them:
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17. They've always lived in a world with the PS2:
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18. They've always lived in a world with Furbies:
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19. And Family Guy was on the air before they were born:
Fox
20. They were born the same year these shows started airing:
Disney, Cartoon Network
21. And the same year the first Fast & Furious movie came out:
Universal
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22. They've never been personally victimized by this noise:
Via youtube.com
23. Or felt a strange rush of excitement when seeing this:
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24. They're as old as the first iPod:
Via flavorwire.com
25. And some have no idea what they are:
My brother just picked up an iPod and asked "what's this??" I feel old and sad
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26. They've been clicking this extinct object to save:
27. They've always lived in a post-Shrek world:
Dreamworks
28. And were born the same year Elle got into Harvard:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
And the same year the Spy Kids saved the world.
29. Destiny's Child has never had four members:
Remember that tony Destiny's Child had four members...#IDont
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30. And this probably doesn't bring back terrible memories of having to return tapes on time:
Via reddit.com
31. The Krusty Krab pizza had already been around for two years by the time they were born:
32. Smarterchild has always been ready to chat:
33. And hashtags... have always been hashtags:
Via unboredable.com
