But I’m also old enough to remember when getting somewhere involved using a map and asking for directions at gas stations.

Man, for all the advancements in technology, I fucking did this last week lmao.

My GPS was telling me to "continue to the intersection of Grand and 12th" then "take the third exit in the roundabout" when Grand and 12th was a stoplight and there was no roundabout in sight.

I experienced a weird middle period because my parents had kids really late in their lives compared to most people. I experienced a lot of old tech because they liked to hold on to it. I remember my parents using maps to get around on a road trip and remember our VHS player but the first console I used was an xbox (though they never let me own a console 😔) and, because my parents were concerned about internet access, I didn't get online until quite late in life compared to my peers. So I am very familiar with the old tech native to the millenial and gen X generations but have only experienced the internet post centralization. Bless my parents for keeping me offline as long as they did, I think this was a net good, but damn it I wish I could have experienced the wild west age of the internet. It wish being online felt like an exploration.

Facebook was only glorious when it was made for college kids. The restricting of boomers and children was what made it great. It was the perfect app to boost/record the college experience.

Dude I saw a group of college-aged kids walking on the sidewalk using their GPS. I mean even if you're new to the city, don't you know the basics of NSEW, how addresses work? I felt like an alien telling them that if you're at 1234 Ste-Catherine, well, 1234 Maisonneuve is just one street up that way. What the hell do you need a portable satellite-based navigation system for?