3. Being Killed Or Losing Because Of Lag (Genuinely)
These days, a lot of kids make excuses for being killed on first person shooter games or losing matches on football games by saying that lag was the cause of their misfortune - but they don't know what real lag is. Trying to play such games on old school modems was a nightmare and anyone who had a half decent connection would wipe the floor with those who were twenty seconds behind as a result of their slow one.