Gen Z Can't Identify These Things From The 90's

Gen Z are people born between 1997 and 2012.

The poll of 2-thousand adults reveals a long list of things from way back in the 90s that Gen Z can’t identify.

It finds that three-quarters don’t even know what dial-up Internet was.
A lot of young people can’t identify a Walkman or the startup sound from Windows 95.
Others had no idea people used to have to blow on computer game cartridges and some were even unaware of floppy discs and disposable cameras.
Topping the list of old school items Gen Z didn’t recognize is Chunky CRT TVs, once a staple in living rooms everywhere.⠀
Some young adults had no idea what VHS tapes or overhead projectors used in classrooms are.
Pagers, Tamagotchis, Snap Bands, and even fax machines are more items from just a few decades ago that today’s young people don’t know about.
Across all age groups, The Spice Girls are the thing most associated with the 1990s (71%).
Blockbuster Video (55%) and Saturday morning kids cartoons on TV (42%) are also well known 90s throwbacks.
Respondents of all ages say things were better in the 90s because there was less phone use (50%), more face-to-face interaction (47%) and playing outside (45%).
About half of 25 to 34 year olds (53%) and 35 to 44 year olds (51%) think snacks were better back then, and 38% of Gen Z agrees.
More than two-thirds (69%) feel the tech we have today is more convenient, but they say it’s less fun than it was in the 90s.
That’s one reason that 49% say if they had the opportunity, they’d happily go back in time to live in the 1990s.

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