“Sorry, I got to return this video”
“Mike? I love that guy, I got him on speed dial”
“Do you have any quarters for a phone?”
“Bill Cosby really is America’s dad”
“Can I borrow that VHS?”
“Sorry, I can’t come. My favourite show is on”
“Do you know where a phone is?”
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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future.
Pepsi: The choice of a new generation.
Mcdonalds has Pizza now?
It’s 2004
Surly there were always people who say things like “wow, I can’t believe this thing is happening it’s like it’s 2004” or something.
“it’s literally the year two thousand and four”
Happy new year 2005!
“Put that Furby away! We have to go play Neopets.”
I was surprised to hear neopets is still a thing. A friend went and checked it on a whim.
“You think Monica Lewinsky sucks or blows?”
What’s your AIM screen name?
Whats your ICQ number?
Try cleaning your mouse ball, see if that helps.
“Sorry, I got to return this video”
2004 is when the Blockbuster video rental chain was at its peak (cite), and VHS was still in wide use at the time having only been surpassed by DVD rentals a year earlier. Speed dial was also still a thing then, payphones still exist today, and, although complaints were filed against Bill Cosby much earlier the public wasn’t widely aware of them until 2014.
How about “John Kerry is the candidate who can prevent a second Bush term” ?
It’s weird how slow things really are. In 2006 you could have rented a VHS from blockbuster and gone home and upload it to YouTube.
I think you’ll still need specialized equipment to hookup a VHS machine to a computer and digitize it.
Nope. RCA > S-Video, HDMI, or FireWire. Any of the three would have worked at the time. And many VCRs had either HDMI, VGA, or S-Video out.
I moved out on my own that year and only had cable Internet and a cell phone. Facebook was still edu only, myspace was still popular as hell, you could get DVDs through the mail from Netflix, movie piracy was extremely popular.
Yeah I got my first mobile phone in 2004 and it was one of the Nokia’s, 3310 probably. We definitely still had a landline with speed dial and absolutely did not have streaming. Definitely still had VHS, probably got our first DVD player the year before but still used both.
“Dammit, my tape is stuck inside the VCR again!”
“99 cents for a song? Hell yeah. I’m never buying CDs again.” (A reference to the iTunes Music Store launch)
“I ran out of free AOL time. Better get another demo disc”
Speaking of AOL, “yo, what’s your AIM screenname?” (Replace “AIM” with your favorite messaging service at the time if you used that)
“Mom, can I have a PlayStation 2? -No. -But it plays DVDs.”
“Oh, I can’t wait to see the wonderful New York Twin Towers, I’m so excited for what’s coming!” (I was too young to even remember the concept of different countries existing so I had no idea what “America” even was, let alone being confused about 9/11)
“I got slimed. It was so. Much. Fun.”
“I’m so glad the United Kingdom won Eurovision, I can’t wait to see how the next year’s contest will turn out. Katrina was so amazing” (1997 was the last time the UK won)
“What a wonderful Saturday morning. Time to watch some cartoons.”
“My phone has a NiCd battery, and it’s almost out of juice so I can’t just plug it in because I will ruin the battery. I have to wait until it literally turns off.”
“Belgrade is the capital of Yugoslavia”
“Finally got my fresh new copy of Mac OS X. Time to see what’s it’s like.” proceeds to stay on OS 9 for a few more years
That’s all I can think of.
More like “99¢ per song? What a ripoff! I’ll just download them from KaZaA instead.”
That too is pretty accurate.
I borrow movies sometimes from the library, I’ve used that first one. (Sometimes you want a DVD of a kid’s show instead of streaming it)
Also: looking for a phone, any phone in our house has happened.
Why would you want a DVD over streaming it?
Young kids, you want the least amount of confusion and you don’t want to buy them a tablet that you have to maintain/load up with videos to watch.
Eventually there are better options, but there was a window of age that DVDs made all the sense.
If you don’t want to sail the high seas, and you don’t want to pay, the library is a great, free option.
DVD’s are dog shit though. They break really easily, those ungodly annoying ads at the beginning and the amount of space they take. Streaming just beats DVD’s 10-to-1.
And Blu-ray beats them both.
The only thing I know about “bluray” is that sometimes it’s in the torrent’s name.
You don’t need quality to watch paw patrol in the car or on a plane. A cheap portable DVD player does wonders for sanity while traveling without needing to dedicate and pre load a tablet with kids stuff.
They were also talking about a kids show, maybe for some backseat entertainment on a long drive with limited cell reception and/or data? Or maybe the kids have an old TV at home with a DVD player and no smart features?
privacy, and preservation
Not everything is available on streaming. Even things that are available might not be on the services they have subscribed to. Also, while DVDs often have a “play all” option, you can typically play a single episode, and it will stop when it’s over, which is pretty useful for helping to limit how long the kids are watching TV.
If you borrow a DVD from the library for free you don’t need to pay for whatever streaming service is holding that particular film hostage, if it’s even available at all. And if it’s a Blu-ray Disc it will have better picture quality than a compressed stream. Making copies is also very easy if you have a computer with a drive, and doesn’t require paying for a VPN to avoid facing the risks of online piracy.
Ska is forever!
Blackberry and Nokia will always be around.
Ska is forever, though.
“Ska is what plays in a 13-year-old kid’s head when he gets extra mozzarella sticks”
2004 Nokia bricks are probably still around. Them things were indestructible.
Hand me my Razor
People who want to shave still say this sometimes.
“The American economy is doing great!”
I started screening my phone calls.
You’re on next, Mr. Dangerfield.
ur-gir₁₅-re ec₂-dam-ce₃ in-kur₉-ma
nij₂ na-me igi nu-mu-un-du₈
ne-en jal₂ taka₄-en-e-ce
isn’t this a reference to that famous nationalist chant in japan, involving nukes and lawnmowers?
is this about the copper again?
I need to turn my DLP projection TV to Circuit City.
