Leave it to Twitter to get the ball rolling. Here are our favorite results from the hashtag game #ThingsKidsTodayWillNeverKnow.
1. Well, to start with the obvious.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow that it used to be called a pound sign, not a hashtag.
— Big Head Sports (@BigHeadSports) July 14, 20152. This usually meant you had a substitute teacher today -- and brought great joy to the world.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow the feeling of walking into a classroom and seeing this 😂 pic.twitter.com/gY83FiYyJs
— Brutally Honest (@BrutallyHonest4) July 14, 20153. The daily struggle that taught us patience.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow the struggle of having to wait for these to finish rewinding 😂 pic.twitter.com/cr6sw8mjsU
— Curtis Lepore (@curtislepore) July 14, 20154. The fun of going here.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow the feeling of going here and how happy you left pic.twitter.com/RszETMU0Zj
— Bitch Code. (@TheTumblrPosts) July 14, 20155. Ah, the games we played before the Internet.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow the games we played pic.twitter.com/IoSKl6uzbh
— MY BOYFRIEND ISN'T (@MyBoyFriendIsnt) July 14, 20156. How we used to feel sophisticated.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow when we used to pretend these were cigs and pretended to smoke them pic.twitter.com/TJkpf7dUK9
— Mary Alvarez (@yoo_itzz_mary) July 14, 20157. This was the bomb.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow How cool you were if you had these... You were basically the Crayola Plug! 😂 pic.twitter.com/xKAt0Ktyfz
— ️. (@pvszi) July 14, 20158. But these would be taken away at school.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow what it feels like to get these taken away in school pic.twitter.com/qqtEOrEpO1
— gabrielle (@gabbfo) July 14, 20159. The original chill spot.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow this was the original chill spot 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/HqNODRV5xc
— Finesse✊ (@Mardd_) July 14, 201510. The hard work of texting.
#TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow the struggle of abc texting, hitting a key 3 times just to get 1 letter pic.twitter.com/FdmqsfC5d9
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