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22 Uniquely Millennial Things That Everyone Born In The '80s And '90s Will Instantly Remember

Having grown up in the '90s, I will never forget so many quintessential millennial experiences, like racing to be the first to use the family computer so I could run my very important business (aka my Neopets shop). Recently, redditor pabloandthehoney asked the r/Millennials community to share some of their generation's "rites of passage." Here are the experiences they mentioned. 1. "Being old enough to experience life before the internet and young enough to adopt it." — JerryWagz "This is the one rite of passage that no other generation will ever, ever be able to understand — it's foundational." — JeepersMysster 3. "Playing Snake on a Nokia phone." 4. "Getting really good at typing because you liked a girl you only communicated with on AOL Instant Messenger." — throowaaawaaaayyyyy "This is so accurate. AIM and online gaming had me typing super fast." — pwolf1771 5. "Learning to code at 14 to make your MySpace page look cool." Bloomberg / Bloomberg via Getty Images — b00kbat "For me, it was my AIM buddy profile. I was a pro by the time MySpace came around." — minishaq5 7. "Pressing the button four times to get an 'S.'" 8. "Trying to play a video game, but the TV had to be on Channel 3." — CountGrande 9. "~..~TyPiNg LiKe ThIs AnD pUtTiNg a VaGuE 'aWaY mEsSaGe' On YoUr AiM pRoFiLe HoPiNg YoUr CrUsH sEeS iT~..~" LGR / Via 10. "Getting chickenpox as a kid. Not only getting it but being actively infected in order to get it out of the way while it's safer. I didn't realize this until recently, but there has been a chickenpox vaccine since 1995. Kids today will never know the hell of lying in a fever dream, itching all over with oven mitts taped to your hands (depending on how young you were). I still have scars." — PotatoTheBandit 11. "Calling the movie theater for movie times because they didn't have a website yet." 12. "Having to let the whole household know when you were planning to go online so everyone could make their phone calls first." — AshDawgBucket 13. "Getting your ears pierced at Claire's." David Mcnew / Getty Images 16. "Getting a ridiculous email address that included at least one underscore and probably a 69 at the end." — daisy_nz "My husband looked up all my old email addresses, and to say I was mortified would be an understatement." — Ameliap27 17. "Burning mix CDs." u/QPShroomyDude / Via 19. "Having a virus-riddled PC due to all the music you downloaded on LimeWire." MagikarpUsedFly / Via 20. "Calling your friends on the home phone and having to talk to their parents first. Also, having all of their numbers memorized." — Challot_ 21. "Going to Wet Seal and buying your first thong underwear and hiding it from your mom." James Leynse / Corbis via Getty Images