20 big ways the world has changed since 1999

The dawn of the new millennium was just under 20 years ago.The world we live in now is completely different from then.Here are all the biggest changes.As we get closer and closer to 2019, it's hard not to look back on the years past and reflect on how different everything is now. Twenty years ago, in 1999, the world was a completely different place than it is today. We were on the dawn of a new millennium, stressed and unsure about what Y2K would bring. Cell phones were only just beginning to become popular, social media was not yet the number one topic of conversation, Britney Spears had just dropped her first album, and newspapers and magazines were still going strong. Although 1999 might not feel that far away sometimes, when you think about how much the world has changed since then, it feels like it happened a million years ago. Here are a few more examples of how different our lives are today: You're now on the internet more than you aren't on the internet, instead of just using it for school or work.In 1999, the internet was still shiny and new, something that seemed to be full of exciting possibilities we just didn't know how to use them yet. Most of the websites we know and love today weren't even a thought in 1999even Google had just become a thing about a year earlier. Those who went online who were using the internet for school or work, not for entertainment or connecting with people. Today, the internet is obviously a huge part of our lives, and it's hard to imagine a time when it wasn't. More than 4 billion people have access to the internet.Today, you can talk on the phone and use the internet at the same time.In fact, you can talk on the phone, watch TV, scroll through social media on your iPad, and read a different website on your computer if you really wanted to. Back in 1999, dial-up was necessary to connect to the internet, and so we all found ourselves getting kicked off the phone if someone tried to get online, or waiting for our family members to end their conversations so we could log on. You no longer have to worry about breathing in secondhand smoke when going out to eat.It wasn't until the early 2000s that smoking bans in restaurants really went into effect. In 1999, you were still able to go into a restaurant or bar that reeked of smoke, which wasn't a pleasant experience if you didn't smoke. Some restaurants had smoking and non-smoking sections because even that wasn't taken away until later on. Today, you don't have that problem, as smoking indoors is banned pretty much everywhere. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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