A wave of nostalgia on Instagram may have recently brought to light images of us from the not-so-distant 2008 and 2009, but it is not just us and our appearance that have changed over the years, but everything around us.
We live in a world that is changing rapidly, and to better understand the changes we will go not ten, but 20 years back, to 1999 and the eve of the new millennium.
We spend more time online than outside, and then we used it for work and study.
Today you can talk on the phone and use the internet at the same time. If you are over 30 and you have overtaken the OST PSTN and the modems that unplugged the phones, you know what we mean.
You do not need to breathe the smoke of others everywhere. And in Greece we may still have a long way to go in the implementation of the anti-smoking law, but the situation is much better than when even on public transport they become passive smokers.
We are more excited about new TV series than we are about movies. We live in the new golden age of television producers and Netflix is to blame for that.
You no longer have to wait for hours to download illegal songs.
You watch movies on demand instead of renting DVDs from the video club.
Dining in restaurants has become an experience that you share on social networks, the dishes have been adjusted accordingly and going out to them is not only for business or love dates. Expenditures on restaurants in 2018 in the US exceeded for the first time those for shopping in super markets.
You can no longer take vacations and completely cut yourself off from your daily routine.
The threat of terrorism is daily and changes a lot in our lives. Terrorism also existed in 1999, but everything changed after 11/XNUMX.
Similarly, the fear of people in big cities for armed attacks in public places has skyrocketed. A form of terrorism almost unknown in recent decades.
You are now informed directly by the leaders themselves via Twitter.
You do not need to memorize phone numbers.
You write something instead of leaving a message on the answering machine.
Everyone now has a smartphone and it sounds shocking but there is a new generation of kids who do not know what NOKIA is.
You often even need to take off your shoes for a safety check before a flight.
Dating online is perfectly normal now.
Luggage is no longer free even for large non-low cost airlines.
You take pictures everywhere with your mobile phone and cameras are an endangered species.
We mainly use Chrome instead of Explorer.
You make your Spotify playlists instead of burning CDs.
