“Remember falling asleep with the TV on and waking up to that weird-colored picture with a BEEEEEEEEEEP.” —INeverSaidIWasNice “Played a DVD yesterday for my kids ‘cause my parents’ internet sucks. But, of course, my dad has the Cadillac of surround systems with a huge sub woofer behind the couch. THX came up on the screen, and I was convinced it was another earthquake for a second.” —HumboldtChewbacca “Amazing how you can instantly ‘hear’ a sound you’ve not even thought about for years, just by someone saying it. And who would have thought these sounds would be nostalgic one day. :’)” —Aching1536 “I suddenly have the Family Ties closing music in my head.” —BobBelcher2021 “We had a waterbed growing up, and I remember those weird whooshing sounds…until the bed popped. Then, I remember the squishy sound that carpet made for a long time after.” —ItsEarthDay “Or, the sound of a rotary dial.” —philote_ “A few years back, I was working at a gas station, and ‘some crazy sunspot interference’ (to quote my boss) knocked out all our electronics. We had to bring out the manual credit card imprinter, and it was such an eargasm moment.” —Viewbob__true “The ‘slap-slap-slap’ of the loose film end when it was done rewinding.” —Mondschatten78 “They had these at my local library when I was a kid. It was a strangely comforting sound. They don’t have ’em anymore, of course, and I miss it. That, and the Ka-CHUNK of those big mechanical stampers they used to date the sheet on the books when you checked them out. Those are gone now, too. All computerized.” —Drakmanka “BIIIIUBRRRRRDUURRRRRRTTDINGDINGDING. That is why I always snuck on the internet at night. No one calls, LMAO.” —SquishiOctopussi “Or, that door opening sound when someone got online. Man, I’d get butterflies hoping it was my crush. Then, you’d hear that door slam, LOL.” —Alternative_Win1979 “That mechanical whirring and clicking when you load and unload a VHS tape. I can still hear it.” —Drakmanka “‘We’re sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed.’ Also, the sound the phone made when you left it off the hook too long.” —philote_ “Also, the sound your coin made when it dropped into the phone, and the joy of hearing it drop into the coin draw if you canceled your call and got your money back.” —ABD11A “Oh, gawd yeah. I just get no charge from a printed ticket. The ones that used real coins were the best.” —squirtloaf “We still use one for labels at my office, and when I have a hangover, it sounds like machine gun fire.” —ShortOneSausage “All those random sounds those older gaming consoles make is why I collect them and still use them all the time. I have an old Game Boy I put a new light-up screen into, and putting a game in is just such a satisfying feeling and sound to me. So much nicer than putting a CD in or even worse, just downloading it.” —Kaze_Chan “I needed a client’s wife’s email today, and he was reading it to me, and when he got to the domain, he got really quiet and was like ‘… @aol.com’, and then, he says, ‘Sorry.’” —DoctorMcAstronaut “I loved that sound. 🥲” —MillyTheMoon “I think most millennials had this experience of falling asleep knowing George Lopez would wake you at 2 a.m. on full blast.” —EggplantParmmie
