Listen
The stories, read out loud. They keep playing while you look around.
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Places
Going to Blockbuster Was Half the Fun of Watching the Movie
Before streaming, choosing a movie meant Blockbuster, video store aisles, employee recommendations, pizza next door and a whole ritual before pressing play.
8 min · read by Alex Read it instead →
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Growing Up
Millennials Were the Last Generation That Had to Be Bored
Millennials had plenty of entertainment. The difference was that it eventually ran out—and we had to figure out what to do next.
9 min · read by Alex Read it instead →
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Growing Up
The Things We Didn't Know We Were Doing for the Last Time
From AIM and MapQuest to burned CDs and being unreachable, ordinary parts of millennial life disappeared before we realized they were ending.
11 min · read by Alex Read it instead →
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Screens
The Time Machine: What Dazed and Confused Preserved About Being Young Before Smartphones
Dazed and Confused preserves a teenage world built on cars, gathering places and word of mouth, when finding the night was part of the night.
11 min · read by Alex Read it instead →
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Sound
We Used to Listen to the Whole Album
We used to buy a CD, press play and live with every track. Streaming gave us almost every song ever recorded. It also changed the way we listen.
7 min · read by Alex Read it instead →
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