I asked some friends the other day what they miss most about the 90s. These were some of the gem responses I received: cassette tapes, CDs, renting DVDs, pay phones, smoking in public, safety, roller skating with friends, no mobile phones and no social media. No social media? Imagine that.
It seems crazy to think, but if it weren’t for the 90s, so many things wouldn’t be doable today. Like browsing Bored Panda. Or finding cool stuff on Facebook. Talking of which... There’s actually a Facebook page called 90s Flashback that’s dedicated solely to whipping up nostalgic memories from that era. We’ve compiled a list of our favorites.
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Yes. It was kinda cool. Those little cards where like travel logs to all the places that book has been.
I'm gonna pop some tags Only got 20 dollars in my pocket I'm, I'm, I'm hunting, looking for some Goosebumps This is freakin' awesome
Push it down the hallway and make sure you slow down at the crack in the sidewalk!
I honestly tried to explain Blockbuster to one of my nephews once; He couldn't get his mind around a world where you had to physically leave the house and GET a movie to watch...I resisted adding that if your movie wasn't there, then you were just out of luck today, it would've been too much all at one time
Out of all the seeds I mistakenly ate, I only grew zero watermelons in my stomach.
Sadly, I'm old enough to remember that Trix started as balls, then changed to shapes, and then they started to market the balls as "the new look of Trix!"...and I just shook my head, today's kids will never know
I did this in the shower recently, a new bottle of body wash I’dnever think of buying (lime and coconut) and then it smelt like my rich aunties apartment when we’d go over to use the pool and have to be rung in by security and weird people cos they were so rich etc. Boyfriend walks in the next night after a ciggi and I’m like that’s the smell 😂 add ciggis and it’s legit
*dashes through, and runs under the sofa, cheese, pizza, and all*
Taco Bell, Burger King, McDonald's all once had unique, lively, iconic designs. Now they all look like, bland, generic beige boxes.
Flavor for 10 seconds and bubbles that would cover your entire face when your friend popped it.
And then mom buys shoes two sizes too big, but she's back a month later because the shoes are completely trashed and she expects them replaced AND a full refund. Sorry, lady. Sure, call corporate on me. It's two hours later in Kansas and they're gone for the day.
Back row l-r: Professor, grimace, mayor mc cheese, Capt crook Middle row l-r: birdie the early bird, cheeseburgular, Front row: fry kids. Most of these characters were introduced in the 1970s, birdie was introduced after breakfast came to McDonald's in the 80s
This screenshot is from the episode (as described) which was KOTH from season Three, episode two (" and they call it Bobby Love")
Neither of those is from the 90's. RAZR, introduced 2004. iPod Nano 3rd gen, introduced 2007.
One of my cousins had this. I remember he got mad because I outscored him the first time I played.
N64 was a bit let down for me, gamer-wise. I still love SNES.
Rocket Power is a show I always forget existed until someone brings it up again.
The one machine I beat at the arcade. Me my brother and two other kids tackled that thing and finished that game.
Half aren't from the 90s, and half haven't even gone away. It grinds my gears how people are like "kids today will never know..." meanwhile kids today are doing the exact thing. It takes someone very self involved to assume that just because you don't see something regularly, or because you no longer do it, that means no one does.
Load More Replies...Why are these lists always full of "drinking water out of the garden hose" and not "2000 people waving lightsticks at a rave in an abandoned warehouse" or "believing we were going to change the world by setting up sofas and sound systems in a central Manchester thoroughfare" or "hopping the fence to see Hole and Foo Fighters on the same night" and so on? Did no one live through the '90s I remember?
I remember being able to buy ecstasy legally at a show because it wasn't regulated yet. Watching Nirvana play on SNL. holding my discman on my lap with one hand so it wouldn't skip, also carrying around all your CD s in your car. They need to delineate the list between being 10 versus a teen of the 90s
Load More Replies...Half aren't from the 90s, and half haven't even gone away. It grinds my gears how people are like "kids today will never know..." meanwhile kids today are doing the exact thing. It takes someone very self involved to assume that just because you don't see something regularly, or because you no longer do it, that means no one does.
Load More Replies...Why are these lists always full of "drinking water out of the garden hose" and not "2000 people waving lightsticks at a rave in an abandoned warehouse" or "believing we were going to change the world by setting up sofas and sound systems in a central Manchester thoroughfare" or "hopping the fence to see Hole and Foo Fighters on the same night" and so on? Did no one live through the '90s I remember?
I remember being able to buy ecstasy legally at a show because it wasn't regulated yet. Watching Nirvana play on SNL. holding my discman on my lap with one hand so it wouldn't skip, also carrying around all your CD s in your car. They need to delineate the list between being 10 versus a teen of the 90s
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