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1. Owning a 30-pound desktop that's larger than your desk.
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Is that a computer? Geek-o-rama!
2. Fixing typos on your thesis paper using correction tape or whiteout.
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One missing word usually meant you had to retype everything.
3. Taking a selfie, then dropping it off at the film lab.
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Or developing it yourself in the darkroom.
4. Talking on a corded phone within earshot of all your roommates.
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There was no privacy, like, ever.
5. Looking up numbers and addresses in the phone book...
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Sometimes you'd look for your own name out of sheer boredom.
6. ...or, worse, dialing 4-1-1 at a grody pay phone.
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That's why you always carried spare change.
7. Pulling pranks under some of the most unfortunate fashion trends.
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Trolling your dormmates was always IRL.
8. Renting movies from the off-campus video store...
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Which sometimes didn't have the movie you wanted.
9. ...and rewinding the tape when the last airhead didn't even bother.
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Like, be kind, rewind, OK?
10. Waiting for the library to open so you could start your research paper...
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Where else could you find microfiche machines?
11. ...and waiting even longer when someone else was using the encyclopedia volume you needed.
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The original search engines.
12. Spending quarters at the arcade in between classes...
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Where most of your laundry money went.
13. ...but saving just enough coins to grab a 62¢ hamburger from the dining hall.
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Reminder: Phone home to ask Mom to send more cash.
15. And, finally, sniffing the exams that came fresh out of the mimeograph machine.
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Careful not to smear the ink.
