#4: “Can You Get Off the Internet? I’m Trying to Use the Phone!”
In the early to mid-’90s, the Internet was an exciting and novel invention. The idea of talking to anyone anywhere around the world, ordering things from your computer, and viewing someone’s personal web page were all futuristic, novel ideas.
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In many ways, I prefer the Wild West Internet over the Internet of today. But what I don’t miss is dial-up. You spent a good minute hearing what sounded like a phone possessed by demons only to get on the Internet. It took minutes to download a photo that was only a few hundred pixels big.