THIS YEAR, PEOPLE studying for their Leaving Certs – and becoming adults, legally speaking – were born in 1997/98.
Here’s what the world was like then:
1. This was what everyone wanted for Christmas
2. That, or this:
3. It was a time before TV3 existed
The station went on air for the first time in 1998.
4. The two most important actors in the world looked like this
5. And thousands upon thousands of teenagers wept at this:
6. Mobile phones looked something like this
7. This happened
8. Your new favourite TV show may well have been this
9. For the first time, you might have had a mate who could record CDs on something like this. Which was a BIG deal.
10. Millions of people read this chapter for the first time
And it was the beginning of this…
11. This young fella had never been Taoiseach (but he was trying)
12. Three young brothers caused a sensation with this
(Sorry, this video won’t play on mobile. Here’s a GIF to compensate:
13. An estimated 2.5 billion people - or more than one third of the world’s population – watched this happen:
14. The internet looked like this
15. And sounded like this
16. This was how you searched it
17. And this summed up the experience for teenage boys around the world
18. Basically, it was an emotional time for everyone.
Inspired by this Buzzfeed post.
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