{"id":6112,"date":"2016-07-19T16:11:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimsomberg.nl\/?p=6112"},"modified":"2024-05-13T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:04:29","slug":"terug-naar-de-jaren-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimsomberg.nl\/en\/terug-naar-de-jaren-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To The Nineties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In many ways I am all for the conveniences of modern technology. But sometimes I think back with nostalgia to how it used to be growing up in the nineties. No smartphones, no Google, no You Tube, but instead a lot of personal contact, hanging out in the library and compact cassettes!<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Checking Facebook a hundred times a day, going into complete panic mode when you can\u2019t locate your smartphone, chatting with a friend in Australia, watching cartoons with your nephew on an iPad, tweeting Johnny Depp, quickly finding a recipe, closely following the American elections and always and everywhere being able to watch cat video\u2019s. Modern technology has made our world a lot smaller and in many ways I am all for it. But there are moments when I look back with nostalgia to how simple life used to be. Growing up in the nineties, daily life existed of situations which for teens today probably come across as barbaric\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Dating<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Apps like Tinder might have made dating easier and more accessible, but unfortunately it is also more distant. When I started dating my husband in 1999 we were 17 and both still living at home. We didn\u2019t have mobile phones. Not because we were too young or because it was too expensive, but simply because almost no one had one. I did have an e-mail address, but no internet connection at home. My only possibility to send emails was when I went to the library to \u2018go on the net\u2019 for a guilder per 15 minutes. So not a lot of mailing activity either. The only way to get in contact, was by calling each other; on a land line at the number of your parents. \u2018Hi, this is Kim, is Robin maybe at home?\u2019 Very scary; especially when we were still in the early stages of dating. \u2018Will he be home?\u2019 quickly turned to \u2018Oh no, what if he is!\u2019, leading to hanging up in fear before anyone picked up the phone\u2026 Scary, but a lot more real and direct than whatsapp. And also no stress when your date doesn\u2019t instantly react, but does have time to like the picture of that cute girl\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Googling? Say what now?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Which other movies did that actor star in; I saw him not that long ago\u2026\u2019 Even before I can finish this sentence in my head, I\u2019m already Googling it or opening my IMDb app, so I can fully satisfied with the answer get on with my life. That used to be quite different. I have been up for nights trying to remember that one name. Most information was simply not available without putting in some effort; picking up a book, visiting the library or ask others. Everything took so much longer and we thought it was perfectly normal. Thinking back, I can hardly believe we were so content with this limited access to information. But what I do miss is calling my grandfather about that particular actor; he would then reach for his big movie encyclopedia and look it up. A huge relieve followed when he found it; oooooh right!! \u2018Was he also in that movie?! You taped it? Can I borrow it?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><br>Everything took so much longer and we thought it was perfectly normal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The pen and the tape\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I will gladly admit I refuse to download; music as well as movies I still devoutly buy. Yes, I know it is easy and yes, I know it is free, but I simply don\u2019t think downloading is fair. Furthermore I love the feeling of actually picking up a cd and going through my movie collection. Very old fashioned indeed\u2026 but then there used to be the compact cassette! For kids nowadays an alien object, I guess. Sides A and B, rewinding, walkmans, trying to pull out jammed tape and winding it with a pen\u2026 Besides buying official tapes at the record store (even singles with 1 track on each side!), recording your own tapes was a very important activity. Handing a mixed tape to the boy you were in love with was a big step. While blushing and stammering you would say \u2018I made you a tape, especially track 3 (Kiss Me) is very good.\u2019 Also special tapes were created for parties, one side with dance music and slow music on the other side. In the library we would borrow cd\u2019s so we could secretly record them on tapes. By now I have replaced almost all my old tapes with cd\u2019s, but certain songs still make me think \u2018Oh wait, this is where the tape ends, time to turn over to side B\u2026\u2019<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways I am all for the conveniences of modern technology. But sometimes I think back with nostalgia to how it used to be growing up in the nineties. 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