We’ve come a long way, baby: Tweeters remember life #BeforeTwitter

Twitter's @Jack with a nose-ring and dreadlocks pic.twitter.com/cFWUQKwXqI

— samir mezrahi (@samir) March 21, 2013

What Twitter looked like seven years ago today: pic.twitter.com/679bKK8JFY

— Eli Langer (@EliLanger) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter I just walked around saying "tweet. tweet."

— Catherine (@museofhistory) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I had 6-pack abs.

— Hair (@SHannitysHair) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter If I wanted to give my innermost thoughts to a complete stranger, I had to write it on a piece of paper and throw it at them.

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) March 21, 2013

My thumb was round #BeforeTwitter

— JavaJoe (@JavaJoeX) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I could write properly punctuated sentences

— ComfyPaws™ (@ComfyPaws) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I had no idea what music you claimed to be listening to

— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter you had to refresh individual blogs a lot

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I was forced to communicate with others the primitive way, making sounds caused by release of air out of the mouth

— GR Hutson (@jess_reign_bass) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter i kinda paid attention in class.

— RamPa➹ge (@madeinkuntucky) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I knew the names of my children.

— cosmoscon (@gdthomp01) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I was 100% ok with facebook

— SeanBartley (@SeanBartley) March 21, 2013

@RBPundit #BeforeTwitter husbands had nothing to do while their wives were trying on clothes at the department store.

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter you actually saw breaking news on television

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter most of my friends lived within a 10 mile proximity to me. Now only 1 does.

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I never knew bacon was so popular and I was a heretic for disliking it.

— Justin McCarthy (@jmac82) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I had a life.

— Hair (@SHannitysHair) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter I was a productive member of society.

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter you had no idea that news shows only reported part of the story.

— RB (@RBPundit) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I my political commentary was confined to screaming insults at the TV

— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter @KeithOlbermann had a real job.

— Hair (@SHannitysHair) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter I had to email my elected representatives to troll them.

— ن Mikey Ramone ن (@ThePantau) March 21, 2013

#beforetwitter, Anthony Weiner was a rising star in the Democratic Party

— Joel Gehrke (@Joelmentum) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter MSM hacks could pretend they were impartial observers.

— RB (@RBPundit) March 21, 2013

#BeforeTwitter There was no http://t.co/5tTTiu3UHG

— Nels (@debitking) March 21, 2013

Hap-hap-happy birfday @twitter !! Thanks for providing us all with countless hours of entertainment. Oh and flame wars and purity tests!

— LMR (@LilMissRightie) March 21, 2013