'NSYNC's First 1999 VMA Performance: 7 Things That Didn't Exist Then
Can you imagine a world without Twitter and ramen burgers? It was real!
1999年VMA超级男孩初次登台演出：当时还不存在的七件事
你能够想象世界上没有微博和拉面汉堡吗？当时还真没有！
It's hard to imagine a world in which MTV viewers didn't know who'NSYNC is, but it's even harder to imagine a world in which iPhones don't exist. But an iPhone-less world was indeed reality back in 1999 when 'NSYNC first took the VMA stage in their debut performance.
很难想象MTV会不知道世界上还有“超级男孩"这一组合,但是更难想象的是世界上没有iphone的存在吧。但是当我们回到1999年“超级男孩”初次登台演出时，iphone确实还不存在。
Picture it: August 1999. The dawn of a new millennium was nigh. The Y2K bug was a thing -- watch out, or your elevators might plummet through their shafts, and all ATMs may spew forth cash at exactly January 1, 2000. (Stupid metric system K!) Hawaii was barely a state! Anyway, it was a really long time ago, and most people's phone still plugged into the wall, meaning you could only talk on the phone as far as its cord stretched. Yes, phones had cords.
在脑海里想象一下：1999年的8月，离新世纪已经很近了。Y2K还只是一种虫子--你住宅楼层里的电梯可能还是用轴承的，而且所有的ATM机可能会在2000年1月1日的时候吐钱。
（愚蠢的度量系统K！）夏威夷还不是个州！总之，真的是很久以前了，那时候人们的电话还是插在墙上的，意味着你只能在你的电话IC卡还插着之前打电话，没错，那时候有电话IC卡。
Anyway, it was the 1999 VMAs, Eminem was still a fresh-faced young potty mouth from Detroit. Freaking Smashmouth opened the VMA Pre-Show. Sugar Ray was nominated for things! And NSYNC was already a pop powerhouse, having dropped their eponymous album the year before, but they weren't like "Bye Bye Bye" big, global juggernaut/ Bieber big. Hard to imagine such a world where NSYNC might've elicited a "who" rather than an "OMFG JUSTIN! JOEY!
1999年VMA的时候，Eminem还只是一个满口脏话来自底特律的年轻小伙。还是Smash Mouth开的VMA场。Sugar Ray还被提名了！还有超级男孩已经是pop的传奇了，已经在前一年发行了同名专辑，但是还没有出名到“bye bye bye”和全球巨头Bieber那种程度。很难想像如此的世界超级男孩引起的呼声是“谁？”多过于“艹，Justin！Joey！”
But it's a world worth examining. Mainly so we can learn from history and never return to this NSYNC-less world. So let's take a look at things that did not exist in the year 1999, when NYSNC first took the VMA stage.
但是这是一个经得起考验的世界。有很多我们可以从历史上学到的事情，永远都不要回到人们还不知道超级男孩的那个时代。回看下，当超级男孩初次登上VMA的舞台时，当时还有哪些事情还不存在。
Can you imagine a world without Twitter and ramen burgers? It was real!
1999年VMA超级男孩初次登台演出：当时还不存在的七件事
你能够想象世界上没有微博和拉面汉堡吗？当时还真没有！
It's hard to imagine a world in which MTV viewers didn't know who'NSYNC is, but it's even harder to imagine a world in which iPhones don't exist. But an iPhone-less world was indeed reality back in 1999 when 'NSYNC first took the VMA stage in their debut performance.
很难想象MTV会不知道世界上还有“超级男孩"这一组合,但是更难想象的是世界上没有iphone的存在吧。但是当我们回到1999年“超级男孩”初次登台演出时，iphone确实还不存在。
Picture it: August 1999. The dawn of a new millennium was nigh. The Y2K bug was a thing -- watch out, or your elevators might plummet through their shafts, and all ATMs may spew forth cash at exactly January 1, 2000. (Stupid metric system K!) Hawaii was barely a state! Anyway, it was a really long time ago, and most people's phone still plugged into the wall, meaning you could only talk on the phone as far as its cord stretched. Yes, phones had cords.
在脑海里想象一下：1999年的8月，离新世纪已经很近了。Y2K还只是一种虫子--你住宅楼层里的电梯可能还是用轴承的，而且所有的ATM机可能会在2000年1月1日的时候吐钱。
（愚蠢的度量系统K！）夏威夷还不是个州！总之，真的是很久以前了，那时候人们的电话还是插在墙上的，意味着你只能在你的电话IC卡还插着之前打电话，没错，那时候有电话IC卡。
Anyway, it was the 1999 VMAs, Eminem was still a fresh-faced young potty mouth from Detroit. Freaking Smashmouth opened the VMA Pre-Show. Sugar Ray was nominated for things! And NSYNC was already a pop powerhouse, having dropped their eponymous album the year before, but they weren't like "Bye Bye Bye" big, global juggernaut/ Bieber big. Hard to imagine such a world where NSYNC might've elicited a "who" rather than an "OMFG JUSTIN! JOEY!
1999年VMA的时候，Eminem还只是一个满口脏话来自底特律的年轻小伙。还是Smash Mouth开的VMA场。Sugar Ray还被提名了！还有超级男孩已经是pop的传奇了，已经在前一年发行了同名专辑，但是还没有出名到“bye bye bye”和全球巨头Bieber那种程度。很难想像如此的世界超级男孩引起的呼声是“谁？”多过于“艹，Justin！Joey！”
But it's a world worth examining. Mainly so we can learn from history and never return to this NSYNC-less world. So let's take a look at things that did not exist in the year 1999, when NYSNC first took the VMA stage.
但是这是一个经得起考验的世界。有很多我们可以从历史上学到的事情，永远都不要回到人们还不知道超级男孩的那个时代。回看下，当超级男孩初次登上VMA的舞台时，当时还有哪些事情还不存在。
