If I'm going to look at my life now versus how it would've looked 20 years ago, I should probably start out with the highlights of 1996. Google, EBay, and Hotmail were started. The phenomenon of Pokémon was released, and Nintendo 64 was invented. Arthur, Blues Clues, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch were among many TV shows to air in 1996. Independence Day, Scream, Mission: Impossible, Space Jam, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were all movies released. The 1996 summer Olympics were held in Atlanta. It has been the only Olympic Games so far to have a bombing, the gymnastics team was known as the "Magnificent Seven", and this was the year of the U.S. basketball "Dream Team".
My life would be extremely different if I had grown up 20 years ago. Doing my homework would've been more of a challenge since Google wasn't a commonly known search engine, and there wasn't all the resources that there are today. My relationships wouldn't have been dramatically changed since no one texts me anyways, I just wouldn't have been able to keep up with friends that had moved away. I would have to wok more at friendships because it wouldn't be responding at your convenience, it would take an active conversation over the phone.
It would be hard to choose which time I would prefer to live in because on one end, I would be living in a time of importance, and new ideas, but not as much digital connection, compared to a time of remakes, and lack of imagination, but being completely in the know of everything that's going on in the world. Ultimately, I would probably prefer to live in 1996 instead of 2016, because it would be a time of creativity and greatness.
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