Older TSRians, what's changed since you were a teen?
I was thinking just how much teenage life has changed since I was 15/16 (a decade ago). Although a lot had remained the same.
My life after school revolved around MSN and possibly bebo, for which me and my brother had a rota of an hour each a night. Sometimes if I was especially bored I'd venture into habbo hotel.
I used to download music on limewire or winmx
I used to make mix CDs with said mp3 files and listen to them on my portable CD player
Kids used to go to the park to drink cider (I don't see this anymore, though I'm sure it still happens)
Massive groups of 'emos' and 'goths' used to hang around outside virgin records.
I used to tape music videos off the tele so I could watch them again. Because I didn't know what YouTube was.
Having a phone with a polyphonic ringtone or even a coloured screen meant you had hit the big time.
You couldn't have proper conversations via text, because u had 2 tlk lyk dis and it took about 15 minutes to type.
Sending a picture message took about half an hour, and used up all your credit.
Going to the 'under 18s' night at oceana (or whatever it was called before) was the highlight of the term. And drinking red bull there meant you were very sophisticated.
Every single girl curled her hair with angel curling tongs
My life after school revolved around MSN and possibly bebo, for which me and my brother had a rota of an hour each a night. Sometimes if I was especially bored I'd venture into habbo hotel.
I used to download music on limewire or winmx
I used to make mix CDs with said mp3 files and listen to them on my portable CD player
Kids used to go to the park to drink cider (I don't see this anymore, though I'm sure it still happens)
Massive groups of 'emos' and 'goths' used to hang around outside virgin records.
I used to tape music videos off the tele so I could watch them again. Because I didn't know what YouTube was.
Having a phone with a polyphonic ringtone or even a coloured screen meant you had hit the big time.
You couldn't have proper conversations via text, because u had 2 tlk lyk dis and it took about 15 minutes to type.
Sending a picture message took about half an hour, and used up all your credit.
Going to the 'under 18s' night at oceana (or whatever it was called before) was the highlight of the term. And drinking red bull there meant you were very sophisticated.
Every single girl curled her hair with angel curling tongs
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I used to wear eyeliner everyday and not just a little bit, I mean like really heavy goth stuff and I wouldn't leave the house without it on.
I had black hair long hair and then cut it to a pixie crop one day out the blue. Its now medium length and ginger.
I used Limewire too
I remember the first song I downloaded there was Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon. Before that, I bought everything.
The 'it' phone was that Motorola Razr flip phone. I had a pink and silver one.
Woolworths still existed.
I never got internet until I was sixteen but I was glued to it ever since. Bebo and MSN were what I was on mostly and then FB from about 2008.
I felt hardcore when I drank a bacardi breezer on a school night lol.
Green Day became popular again and everyone thought American Idiot was their first album. You never really hear of them much now.
Everyone had those glue-in brightly coloured hair extensions that would fall out in a week.
I had black hair long hair and then cut it to a pixie crop one day out the blue. Its now medium length and ginger.
I used Limewire too
I remember the first song I downloaded there was Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon. Before that, I bought everything.The 'it' phone was that Motorola Razr flip phone. I had a pink and silver one.
Woolworths still existed.
I never got internet until I was sixteen but I was glued to it ever since. Bebo and MSN were what I was on mostly and then FB from about 2008.
I felt hardcore when I drank a bacardi breezer on a school night lol.
Green Day became popular again and everyone thought American Idiot was their first album. You never really hear of them much now.
Everyone had those glue-in brightly coloured hair extensions that would fall out in a week.
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Flip phones were all the rage (especially if it had a 2mp camera!). All online communication was done via MSN. Baggy jeans and trouser chains were super cool, and so was jelling your hair into spikes and whatnot. iTunes, Grooveshark and Spotify didn't exist, so if you wanted to listen to music somewhere, you had to bring along your CDs and a CD player. Going to the movies didn't cost $20. Freakin' GAME BOYS bro. I remember when the PS2 came out - it was the most advanced thing ever (those graphics!). Waiting until your family was out before you could use the single house computer for porn. Youtube wasn't exactly well-known, so if you were trying to find a band/song, you'd have to search MySpace for them or actually go to the store and buy their CD. Missed that show on TV? Unless you recorded it, you were screwed.
Oh those were the days.
Oh those were the days.
The more flared and low rise your jeans were, the better. Especially if accompanied by a delightful chunky 'disc' belt.
Not too much to be honest. Technology has advanced a lot, so instead of Nokia 3510s without colour screens and polytone ring-tones, we have smartphones. We don't use Bebo any more either, or download music from Limewire,
But other than that, I don't think a whole lot has changed. I think there'd have been a much bigger difference between someone who was a teen in the 90s.
But other than that, I don't think a whole lot has changed. I think there'd have been a much bigger difference between someone who was a teen in the 90s.
Original post by Spock's Socks
Everyone had those glue-in brightly coloured hair extensions that would fall out in a week.
Babyliss colour lights? I remember the glue was a nightmare to get out!
* I used to have "friends" who were actually quite horrible to me; I look back wonder why on earth I put up with them!
* I used to drink Lambrini and thought I was grown up.
* The area where I live was pretty rough and you couldn't even go out to the shops without a chav trying to start a fight with you. This doesn't seem to happen there now, although its possible that it still does.
* I had hair which was light blonde on the top half and dark brown on the bottom layers.
* I wore hooped earrings.
* There was only one desktop PC with a dial up connection in the house which I shared with my brother. I used to get pissed off when he'd be on it for hours and I wanted to use the phone.
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Babyliss colour lights? I remember the glue was a nightmare to get out!
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Yip those were the ones
The glue always came out easily for me but I did hear horror stories about how hard it could be to get the glue out.Original post by Spock's Socks
Yip those were the ones The glue always came out easily for me but I did hear horror stories about how hard it could be to get the glue out.
The glue always came out easily for me but I did hear horror stories about how hard it could be to get the glue out.I think my kit (with a few extensions) is still somewhere in my mum's, might dig them out for old times sake.
Anyone else used to wear Britney-like baker boy hats? I also remember those boots that looked like DMs but had a pointy toe and stiletto heel.
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I think my kit (with a few extensions) is still somewhere in my mum's, might dig them out for old times sake.
Anyone else used to wear Britney-like baker boy hats? I also remember those boots that looked like DMs but had a pointy toe and stiletto heel.
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Anyone else used to wear Britney-like baker boy hats? I also remember those boots that looked like DMs but had a pointy toe and stiletto heel.
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I remember I put like 10 of them in my hair for my first day at secondary school. I was a walking rainbow
I remember going to the hairdressers to get one put in and it was a fiver so I was over the moon when my mum bought me that kit.Posted from TSR Mobile
Original post by LavenderBlueSky88
I was thinking just how much teenage life has changed since I was 15/16 (a decade ago). Although a lot had remained the same.
For me the main differences are:
Technology
The internet was something you accessed on your parent's desktop PC (unless you were v. lucky!) when they let you, and often they'd be peering over your shoulder! Videos - no chance (internet too slow!) - and even to download an album you'd leaving it going all night (whereupon something would disconnect and the whole thing would cancel!)
Not nearly as much communication on the go - you paid per text message and only the lucky people's parents bought them a contract (I was top-ups all the way!) And definitely no internet on the go. No going to a family meal and sneaking on FB messenger under the table!
More importantly, much more privacy - on MSN you were broadcasting your thoughts to 1 person, maybe a few at most if it was a group convo - not up to 1000 'friends' like today's kids on Facebook.
Education
Much more freedom in school as well - we had our mobiles out under the table, were allowed down to town at lunch, had chips, crisps and chocolate in the canteen - I've worked in schools recently and kids seem to be told what they can/can't eat, what they can/can't do at break, where they can/can't go - seems a bit OTT.
Kids also seem way more tested/assessed now than we were 10 years ago (if that is possible!) I couldn't believe when I went in a school and every 11-year-old kid knew their current/target level in subjects like art and history! We didn't get a single target at school until GCSEs. I can't believe how much more relaxed education was just 10 years ago. Makes me glad not to be at school today.
Original post by LavenderBlueSky88
The more flared and low rise your jeans were, the better. Especially if accompanied by a delightful chunky 'disc' belt.
Lol so true. Can't wait until flared jeans come back into fashion so we can stop falling over trying to get these skinny things off!
How has life changed since I was a teen? Goodness...
-I had no internet (got the internet when I was 16, and then it was dial-up 1p per minute and my mother would throw a fit if I was on too long).
-I had no mobile phone (got my first phone when I was 16. It was one of these) :
'course I thought it was the most amazing thing ever when I discovered it did text messages, and how to actually send text messages! Though I was immensely jealous of my mates who had Nokia 3310s because they were just so much better lol.
- Channel 5 was launched when I was 13 so I was just getting used to life with 5 TV channels. Prior to that there had only ever been 4 channels in our house.
-VHS and cassettes, not DVDs and CDs.
Oh dear, just google "being a teenage girl in the 90s". You'll probably get thrown results like "tamagotchis", "hair mascara", "sweet valley high", "PJ and Duncan", "The Spice Girls", "Blur, Oasis, Pulp".... and a ton more stuff. It's all true, though I personally never went in for Spicemania. Hated them to be honest. Everybody else was obsessed.
Oh and half the girls in my year went and got the Rachel haircut.
I also never went in for wearing skirts over trousers, I thought that was a stupid fad, but it sure was popular at the time.
-I had no internet (got the internet when I was 16, and then it was dial-up 1p per minute and my mother would throw a fit if I was on too long).
-I had no mobile phone (got my first phone when I was 16. It was one of these) :
'course I thought it was the most amazing thing ever when I discovered it did text messages, and how to actually send text messages! Though I was immensely jealous of my mates who had Nokia 3310s because they were just so much better lol.
- Channel 5 was launched when I was 13 so I was just getting used to life with 5 TV channels. Prior to that there had only ever been 4 channels in our house.
-VHS and cassettes, not DVDs and CDs.
Oh dear, just google "being a teenage girl in the 90s". You'll probably get thrown results like "tamagotchis", "hair mascara", "sweet valley high", "PJ and Duncan", "The Spice Girls", "Blur, Oasis, Pulp".... and a ton more stuff. It's all true, though I personally never went in for Spicemania. Hated them to be honest. Everybody else was obsessed.
Oh and half the girls in my year went and got the Rachel haircut.
I also never went in for wearing skirts over trousers, I thought that was a stupid fad, but it sure was popular at the time.
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Original post by PinkMobilePhone
How has life changed since I was a teen? Goodness...
-I had no internet (got the internet when I was 16, and then it was dial-up 1p per minute and my mother would throw a fit if I was on too long).
-I had no mobile phone (got my first phone when I was 16. It was one of these) :
'course I thought it was the most amazing thing ever when I discovered it did text messages, and how to actually send text messages! Though I was immensely jealous of my mates who had Nokia 3310s because they were just so much better lol.
- Channel 5 was launched when I was 13 so I was just getting used to life with 5 TV channels. Prior to that there had only ever been 4 channels in our house.
-VHS and cassettes, not DVDs and CDs.
Oh dear, just google "being a teenage girl in the 90s". You'll probably get thrown results like "tamagotchis", "hair mascara", "sweet valley high", "PJ and Duncan", "The Spice Girls", "Blur, Oasis, Pulp".... and a ton more stuff. It's all true, though I personally never went in for Spicemania. Hated them to be honest. Everybody else was obsessed.
Oh and half the girls in my year went and got the Rachel haircut.
I also never went in for wearing skirts over trousers, I thought that was a stupid fad, but it sure was popular at the time.
-I had no internet (got the internet when I was 16, and then it was dial-up 1p per minute and my mother would throw a fit if I was on too long).
-I had no mobile phone (got my first phone when I was 16. It was one of these) :
'course I thought it was the most amazing thing ever when I discovered it did text messages, and how to actually send text messages! Though I was immensely jealous of my mates who had Nokia 3310s because they were just so much better lol.
- Channel 5 was launched when I was 13 so I was just getting used to life with 5 TV channels. Prior to that there had only ever been 4 channels in our house.
-VHS and cassettes, not DVDs and CDs.
Oh dear, just google "being a teenage girl in the 90s". You'll probably get thrown results like "tamagotchis", "hair mascara", "sweet valley high", "PJ and Duncan", "The Spice Girls", "Blur, Oasis, Pulp".... and a ton more stuff. It's all true, though I personally never went in for Spicemania. Hated them to be honest. Everybody else was obsessed.
Oh and half the girls in my year went and got the Rachel haircut.
I also never went in for wearing skirts over trousers, I thought that was a stupid fad, but it sure was popular at the time.
I did the skirt over trousers thing, really silly looking back. I also used to read the Sweet Valley books (both the high school series and the series were they were in middle school - Sweet Valley Twins I think?). The Rachel cut was a bit before my time (I was a teen 1998 - 2004) but I remember my older sister and a few of my teachers having it.
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Myspace anyone?
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Yip that was the first social network I ever had
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A few of my friends and I had that but we were 20/21. I used to enjoy making my profile pretty with codes.
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Original post by Spock's Socks
Yip that was the first social network I ever had barely ever used it though. Bebo was more my thing back in the day
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I had myspace before bebo lol
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A few of my friends and I had that but we were 20/21. I used to enjoy making my profile pretty with codes.
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Them codes were interesting
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