We live in a modern era where science and technology have taken over every aspect of life. Here are those who are born in the twentieth century, especially 90’s kids who have experienced the phase change in technology and scientific interventions into human life. These are a group of peoples who have proudly renown themselves as luckiest of all in the world. You might also be one among them, witnessing a lot of things slowly getting transformed. 90s era marked the rapid changes and developments in multi-disciplinary domains across the globe.
It is highly ironical to state that even adults used to behave like kids that adds to the beauty of this era of transformations. Some of the ironical things to prove you are going old are as follows:
Transformation of Landline to Wireless Phones
This is probably one of the major developments to say that you are growing old. The wired landlines that transformed into wireless landlines and later transformed to satellite phones. These were later called cordless phones.
Development of Internet
Internet is one of the parameters that changed a lot. From 2G to present-day 5G, the time has changed a lot beautiful. You have all the information at your fingertips with the advent and development of cellular networks and internet services. At those days, 20-30 kb per second was considered as high-speed internet. However, nowadays, people are not happy with even 400-500 Mb per second.
Dream to travel by air
This is probably one of the dreams of people who spent their childhood in 90’s era. Air travel was considered luxurious. Gone are those days when they left everything to see the flight pass above them in the sky. Nowadays, flights are cheap and are affordable for anyone from a normal middle-class family.
Cartoons get realistic
This is probably one of the dreams of people who spent their childhood in 90’s era. Air travel was considered luxurious. Gone are those days when they left everything to see the flight pass above them in the sky. Nowadays, flights are cheap and are affordable for anyone from a normal middle-class family.
From Keypad Phones to Touch Screen
This is probably the most unbelievable transformation that the world has seen. Only 90’s kids know how this transformation was made. Thanks to Steve Jobs and Apple Inc., who first developed the single button touch-screen mobiles. With the advent of advanced communication protocols, cell phones grew in specifications and reduced in size and weight.
Shakti-Maan to modern-day Avengers
Shakti-Maan was an Indian superhero, who was famous among kids of the 90’s era. Even, kids tried to imitate him and ended up having fractures. However, with development in Hollywood and other forms of cinema, graphics and science fictions correlated to give the best blockbusters. One such was Avenger Series that modern-day kids enjoy and consider them as their heroes. Though these Avenger series had its roots in the 90’s era, they are the best ones for the modern generation.
Sweets – Cakes to Pizzas – Shawarma
This is where the food industry comes into competition. From sweet home-made laddus to modern-day ready-made pizzas, our earth has had many revolutions. Yes, food priority is one thing that segregates these two classes of peoples. However, it is accepted that the best foods were those in the 90’s era. They were tasty and healthy too. Modern kids are addicted to the taste only not giving importance to health issues. They are addicted to junk foods more than traditional foods, though the craze for chicken biriyani stills prevails in both these classes.
Sharing is caring as it gets better from Bluetooth to ShareIt
Gone are those days when you share your data like photos and videos for hours. With the advent of ShareIt in this decade, sharing large movie is less than a few minutes. You can easily share your data files in less than a minute. However, these things surely will make 90’s kids imagine their past.
Communication has developed from Messaging to Whatsapp
People in 90’s era only messaged to chat with their friends. The Message icon that most of modern kids do not know, was the primary messaging platform used. However, as technology developed, Facebook, Telegram, Instagram, and Twitter is popular. It is even possible to make video calls to your families and friends even you are far away in a foreign land.
Cinema theatres to Netflix and Amazon Prime
Cinema industry also has been revolutionized. With advanced digital cameras, recording devices, editing and, musical equipment, cinema has changed a lot. Now people who think going to theatres is useless or boring can explore any movie through various apps and services. Also, technology has made it possible to book tickets in few seconds without standing in long queues.
Standing in a long queue to using E-commerce websites easily
With advancements in computer science and technology, one can easily buy goods and groceries by sitting at their homes. No need to waste your useful time and money by going to grocery shops and markets. A simple tap on these apps makes it possible to buy international goods too.
