Life Before Internet, As Told By Disney Characters 

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Life Before Internet, As Told By Disney Characters

The internet: it’s great. A mystical place where anything seems possible, where information is literally at your fingertips, where people across the world can connect in mere seconds, where cats are really popular. It’s hard to believe there was a time before the world wide web existed. We mean, pre-Tumblr, how did people express themselves? Well, we’re here to show you what life was like back then, with a little help from some of your favorite Disney characters.

Ordering take-out involved talking to someone ON THE PHONE.

AND if they were drawn on your dad’s upside-down shirt front, that was even more of a challenge.

We had to simply guess which Disney Princess we were most like.

There were no flow charts or quizzes to tell us. ‘Twas the dark ages.

Okay, so we still like going outside. But back then we had no. choice.

When we went on blind dates we had no way of seeing our date’s photo beforehand.

We couldn’t copy/paste into language translators for French class.

For the purposes of this point, we consider “dog” to be a language.

Our hands would get ink all over them after taking notes.

Versus internet stalking them or judging on appearances (except our fans because we automatically like all of you).

This is an exact representation of how we feel when someone spoils our favorite show.

It’s how a person knows you’re listening. Just ask Scuttle.

We couldn’t look up restaurants reviews before making reservations.

We ate dinner at the table with our parents rather than scarfing it down in front of a screen.

Okay, so we still scarf down our food. But we used to do it at a table. With other people.

And yet, there was a void in our lives that nothing could fill. Little did we know that it had a name: Internet.

Tagged as: Beauty and the Beast (1991), Brave (2012), Cinderella (1950), Enchanted (2007), Peter Pan (1953), Pocahontas (1995), Ratatouille (2007), Sleeping Beauty (1959), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Tangled (2010), The Lion King (1994), The Little Mermaid (1989), The Princess and the Frog (2009), UP (2009), Winnie the Pooh (2011)

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