"Get off the internet, I'm expecting a call"

It's 2004

itt: people thinking 20 years ago was 10 years ago.

"Call me after 9. I ran out of minutes."

"I'll show you the photos once I get them developed."

I'm looking forward to Matt Groenig's new show.

"Hark, Alfred, the smith's apprentice, was taken by the plague - find your goodfellows and see if any of their sons of the working age would wish gainful employment to a kind master."

"I'm excited for what the future has in store for me."

Nobody referred to videos as "VHS" unless they were explicitly trying to distinguish the medium from betamax. They just called them "videos" and "tapes" or "videotape."

for example: Hey can I borrow that tape?

That movie just came out on video.

Be kind, rewind your videotape.

Try cleaning your mouse ball, see if that helps.

"No body ever got fired for choosing IBM"

“Sorry, I got to return this video”

2004 is when the Blockbuster video rental chain was at its peak (cite), and VHS was still in wide use at the time having only been surpassed by DVD rentals a year earlier. Speed dial was also still a thing then, payphones still exist today, and, although complaints were filed against Bill Cosby much earlier the public wasn't widely aware of them until 2014.

How about "John Kerry is the candidate who can prevent a second Bush term" ?

I can't believe gas is over $2 a gallon now.

“Jared from Subway is such an inspiration!”

"I can't believe you didn't put me in your top 8 on Myspace!!"

Also, "w00t!!"

I’ve enjoyed my time talking with you and getting to understand how you see the world and, although I don’t agree with you, I’m glad to have had this exchange of opinions and will now reflect upon what I’ve learned.

"Osama Bin who?" And in a similar vein, "Jihad? That's a Dune reference, right?"

"I'll cash in on my Beanie Baby investment when it's time to pay for my kid's college tuition."

"The internet is just a fad."

"I'm so excited for the next The Matrix sequel."

"Two bedrooms and a walk-out basement. $300 a month rent."

Send me your ringtone

"We need to get WMDs out of Saddam's hands"

"Dammit, my tape is stuck inside the VCR again!"

"99 cents for a song? Hell yeah. I'm never buying CDs again." (A reference to the iTunes Music Store launch)

"I ran out of free AOL time. Better get another demo disc"

Speaking of AOL, "yo, what's your AIM screenname?" (Replace "AIM" with your favorite messaging service at the time if you used that)

"Mom, can I have a PlayStation 2? -No. -But it plays DVDs."

"Oh, I can't wait to see the wonderful New York Twin Towers, I'm so excited for what's coming!" (I was too young to even remember the concept of different countries existing so I had no idea what "America" even was, let alone being confused about 9/11)

"I got slimed. It was so. Much. Fun."

"I'm so glad the United Kingdom won Eurovision, I can't wait to see how the next year's contest will turn out. Katrina was so amazing" (1997 was the last time the UK won)

"What a wonderful Saturday morning. Time to watch some cartoons."

"My phone has a NiCd battery, and it's almost out of juice so I can't just plug it in because I will ruin the battery. I have to wait until it literally turns off."

"Belgrade is the capital of Yugoslavia"

"Finally got my fresh new copy of Mac OS X. Time to see what's it's like." proceeds to stay on OS 9 for a few more years

That's all I can think of.

"America will not abide Nazism."

I lost one of my Diablo install CDs can i borrow your set

I think a lot of these were still being said 20 years ago. People were using Netflix by mail and Redbox in the last 20 years.

Lots of people still had brick phones by Nokia, etc which had "speed dial". You would hold 1 for voicemail but could program 2-9 for other numbers.

Lost season 1 premiered in 2004 and you better believe people made plans around it's schedule to watch it.

Hey, I live down the steeet from the best remaining video rental store (Movie Madness in Portland, OR). Have run down to return videos pretty often this year!

Have you heard of the Information superhighway?

"Will that be smoking or non smoking?" Asked as a restaurant

"I think you flooded it" in relation to a car not starting. (well unless you work on very old cars)

"I got it off Napster"

"want to listen to my mix tape?"

"I can burn you a CD of that"

I'm late for work at the Twin Towers!

I’m trying to start x-wing. Can you tell me the third letter of the fourth word of page 57?

"Could you please not use the phone? Gotta dial up to connect to the BBS"

Check out my GeoCities

Do you Yahoo?

Hang on, my pager is making a noise

Be kind, rewind.

It's not working? Try blowing into the cartridge again.

Just blow in the cartridge

Where did I leave my zip disk?

Let me check the answering machine.