Teen Movies 90s Gadgets Old Technology

There are plenty of things about '90s entertainment that would confuse young people today. The slang. The cultural references. The outfits (okay, maybe not the outfits, unless they've never been inside an Urban Outfitters).

But the most head-scratching moments probably involve outdated tech. Today's teens probably have dim recollections of phones with cords, but have likely never even heard of a beeper. A world without Instagram is something that only exists for them in nightmares.

Still, modern adolescents can still reap plenty of enjoyment from classic '90s teen flicks. They'll just need their older, wiser, twentysomething relatives to explain exactly what a cassette tape is. Ahead, 10 examples of things chracters do in '90s TV and movies that don't make sense anymore.

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