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50 Posts About The Good Old ‘90s That Today’s Kids Probably Wouldn’t Understand (New Pics)
We haven’t cracked time travel yet. But while jumping into the future is definitely off-limits, going back in time? That we can do—at least in spirit.
Old toys, photos, movies, clothes, and random memorabilia can instantly transport us to another era. When those are out of reach, though, there’s one place that never fails: the internet. And few corners do nostalgia better than r/90s, a community dedicated to everything from that unforgettable decade.
So here are some of their best posts. Let them bring back a few memories you didn’t know you missed.
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#1
I Spy With My Magic Eye…
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I still haven't gotten it to work. Someone recently suggested it could be because of the eye problems I have.
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Mere Cat 5 months ago
I still love these. One of my pointless skills is to be able to see these both behind the picture and above it (widening and crossing eyes), and "double" or even triple the effects so that the image becomes all scrambled. Once, I have seen a stereoscopic image that works in a new way when doubling, it was very cool!
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#2
Who Else Remembers Ask Jeeves?
#3
Who Remembers This? Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series 1998–2007)
Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
"Do you really want to huuuuurt me?" "Yes! I DO want to hurt you!" I miss that show so much.
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#4
I Know, I Know..😂
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
Recently spotted a "birthday cake" version and I thought the mint one was bad enough
Dave Van Beurden 5 months ago
In the eighties i thought these were the epitome of class... only to find out they cost around 3€....
Nicole Weymann 5 months ago
Still available here (Germany) in several varieties. I especially like cappuccino and cookie (tastes like biscoff/speculoos).
#5
Dear Commercials Of The 90's- I Still Do This Because Of You
Johnnynatfan 5 months ago
I cant for the life of me understand why they are still in use anywhere. I always cut mine up.
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StrangeOne 5 months ago
I haven't seen those in a long time. Cans have been sold either individually or in boxes.
#6
Rachel Weisz In The Mummy Is Perfection
Deeelite 5 months ago
I like them - it doesn't look like caterpillars died on her face
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Detroit Citizen 5 months ago (edited)
I 100% agree with the title. Id have to say she, in this movie (i love ancient egypt), was my first true celebrity crush. It awoke things, i was 17ish so puberty too lol. "Youre wondering, what is a place like me, doing in a girl like this", "Im a librarian!", she had some funny lines. Her and Brendan, iconic.
#7
*spits Coffee*
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 5 months ago
The Australian version showed young people who were missing, and years later it began to be realised that a lot of them were victims of Ivan Milat, the ''Backpacker M******r''. >.<
nicholas nolan 5 months ago
A girl that went to school with my wife was on there. Sadly, she wasn't found.
Tonyah Mcanelly 5 months ago
I love this song i havent seen the video but it comes on serius XM from time to time
#8
I Will Never Understand Why They Got Rid Of These Sunrooms
Lost Panda 5 months ago
Those are the one's that the franchise owner decided not to update. The KFC back home still has there's
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Rachel Reynolds 5 months ago
our local Burger King still has one. We sit there on the rare occasion we go.
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
There's a Bob's Big Boy near me that still has one...but they got rid of their salad bar 😭
#9
And It Must Pop, Pop, Pop!
Bored Trash Panda 5 months ago
I need to watch this again and show it to my kid. Absolute masterpiece.
StPaul9 5 months ago
Precisely the point, apparently. He's meant to be what the comic sidekick would be in real life.
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The Time Where Having Walkman Feels Like Having An iPhone
StrangeOne 5 months ago (edited)
I remember how we complained so much when we had to rewind a tape. It seemed to take so much time but didn't take that much time. Seems so trivial now. I still have VHS movies and watch them. Some of them takes less time to get to the movie than having to put up with the unskippable ads and intros on some DVDs.
Burgermeister Meisterburger 5 months ago
I am sitting in front of my zenith console watching a movie on vhs. Mine is a Sony vhs and I have that same Walkman sitting on my coffee table waiting for the drive belt from Amazon. I also own that Gameboy. Yup, I am flexin lol
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Bro every person who had a discman with "anti-skip technology " would like a word about your caption.
Earonn - 5 months ago
Yes, we loved to fumble the tangled-up tape out of walkmen, cassette decks and video recorders. :D And we totally enjoyed to have to ffw / rewind for minutes. OTOH, hey oldies, do you remember the advanced mathematics we would do to time the video recorders to get all interesting movies before we left our home to spend Christmas with the family? :D
Boris Long-Johnson 5 months ago
Rose tinted specs. Cassettes were s**t and tangled to buggery, batteries lasted a few hours and vhs quality was awful. The only positive I can think of any of these is you “owned” your media.
Lisa Imbrogno 5 months ago
I just talked about my CD Walkman with AUX plug in battery operated stereo speakers today Made weekend work go so much easier.
#11
Starship Troopers (1997) ! Do You Still Have Love For This One?
Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
Actually hated it because it was so far from the book. Heinlein did not translate to the big screen well.
Kira Okah 5 months ago
It might have translated better if it was Heinlein's story being used. The film was a completely different story rewritten to very loosely match.
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Niels AirMax 5 months ago
Masterpiece! Watched it in the cinema as a favor, instantly loved it, going to love it forever! 🥰
#12
90s Goth In Films! Do You Have A Favorite?
Nicole Weymann 5 months ago
One of the rare cases where the follow-up was better than the first movie (IMO). "But, Debbie... [...] ...pastels?"
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Helena 5 months ago
Left to right, The craft, maybe bride of chuckie?, the crow, the faculty, looks like an episode of charmed, and edward scissor hands.
Bored Trash Panda 5 months ago
Bottom right is from the movie Urban Legend. Kinda cheesy, but ok movie.
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Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
There is The Crow and there is everything else in that pic. But if you want to go full on feral goth...Bill Pullman in Near Dark.
#13
In Point Break Johnny Utah Orders 2 Meatball Sandwiches, A Tuna Sandwich And 2 Lemonades And The Total Was To $7.84
#14
Just Turned 40…. And Man, I Miss The 90s 😞
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Got a milk crate full of vinyl less than ten feet from me as I type this...
Boris Long-Johnson 5 months ago
C**p sound quality, having to change the record every 20 minutes or so. Having to clean them all. Having to have a massive stereo. Having to store them and having to move them every time you move house. Again Rose tinted glasses - if people want nostalgia fair play to them but there’s very few real benefits to old technology.
Verena 5 months ago
No idea what kind of equipment you had. Vinyl played on an average to good player has already excellent sound quality, buy a top class player and you are blown away. LPs usually have 45 to 50 min playing time per side.
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Terminator 2 (1991). The Way Practical Effects Were Done
Bruce Mardle 5 months ago
This seems like a strange example. When I think of T2, I think of the liquid metal terminator FX, which were CGI.
Kira Okah 5 months ago
Mixture. Practical was still the primary effect use throughout the film due to cost and limitations of CGI. A few of the liquid metal effects were pure practical (like the pooling of the T-1000 was made with an unstated soft metal and mercury), some were a mixture of both (the T-1000 with the huge hole was animatronic/prosthetic/CGI), some were pure CGI (the mercury effect was a digital water monster in a human shape, very expensive).
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#16
Mcdonald’s Went From A Happy 90’s Kid, To A Depressed 30 Year Old Adult. Why Mcdonalds's Whyyy?
Adrianna Wyld 5 months ago
They needed to get rid of the playground. Adults would drop kids off and there was no adult supervision.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
This month the happy meal toys depict McDonald in-store areas. We got a playarea. Just a block that depicts slides and a ball pit, it comes with stickers and that's all you can do with it. 0 interactive qualities to it. It was the most depressing toy they have given out. I left it at the table for a child to have if they wanted it.
#17
Rip Gene Hackman
Lene 5 months ago
I've always wanted to see the original French version. 😊 but the American version is wonderful 😁
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#18
Anyone Else Obsessed With This Movie?
#19
Anyone Else Remember Playing With These?
Burgermeister Meisterburger 5 months ago
My daughter had a Chuck E one of these when she was three. She would flip out if it wasn’t with her 25/7 and she was always bonking me in the head with it when I picked her up.
#20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) !
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I'm craving a very gooey, cheesy pizza and Kool-Aid right now.
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Remember the Out of Our Shells tape Pizza Hut had as a promo? Man i regret selling that one...
#21
5000 Windows Pop Up All At Once
StrangeOne 5 months ago (edited)
I was seldom allowed on the computer and never allowed on the internet without my mom right there, hovering and usually taking over for me. There's actually a commercial in the late 90s or 2000s,I recall, that depicted a mother at the computer with her teenage daughter in a playpen, and the mother is asking the daughter what music to download and burn onto a CD. Then the mom is like "You're not trying to download any of that rap music, are you?" I could swear whoever came up with that commercial knew my home life. (It actually may have been a Street Cents skit, a show for youth covering all sorts of issues.)
Burgermeister Meisterburger 5 months ago
Limewire! Oh what a nice memory. I still have the burned cds I made.
#22
The Only Thing Hotter Than My Pentium II… Was The Winamp Visualizer
James016 5 months ago
WinAmp is still going strong. Though the picture is of the skins /pedantry
Kira Okah 5 months ago
The skins are also still available and usable too :)
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#23
Called 123 I Think
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I'm glad Kids Help phone still exists. My daughter called it one time when she was distressed by a friend and didn't know what to do.
#24
'90s Starters Jackets
[>.<]/ 5 months ago
I have misophonia nowadays and I blame these jackets.
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Kenneth Smith 5 months ago
I miss the Supersonics. I hope that rumors of their return via expansion become reality.
#25
The Warner Bros. Studio Store (1991-2001)
StrangeOne 5 months ago
i miss these themed store fronts. Rarely was ever able to afford anything in these stores, but I loved window shopping. We didn't have the Warner Bros store, but we had The Disney Store with the stuffy mountain and a screen showing movies.
ShyWahine 5 months ago
Miss those stores too - couldn't buy anything there either, but super fun to browse around...
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PeepPeep the duck 5 months ago (edited)
God i remember they had touch screen colouring in, in one section in Australia in 93-97. I was in love with them as a kid
Maples Dad 5 months ago
There was one in the Mall at the World Trade Center. I think they still have the ‘That’s all folks!’ sign in storage.
#26
My Custom Freehanded 90's Beanie Baby Art 💛
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I dressed as her for a friend's 18th birthday in about 2011 :)
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Really Miss The Goth Craze In The 90s
#28
Arachnophobia (1990) !
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 5 months ago
Love Jeff Daniels, absolutely HATED this movie! (hate spiders)
#29
Choose Which Tech Design From This Period Was Best
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 5 months ago (edited)
Tamagotchi. If we went back a bit more to the earlier 90s, it'd be the Sega Master System game controller, or Reebok Pumps. Always wanted a pair of those!
Emilu 5 months ago
I remember really wanting a Tamagotchi and my mum wouldn't let me get one. I settled with babysitting friends' ones and have now accumulated... erm, far too many for a 30-something woman in a couple of months.
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A High School Student
StrangeOne 5 months ago
This is why I liked Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High. Real teenagers used for casting, who wore their own clothes and they had input in the script so that their lines were what real teens would say.
Bored Birgit 5 months ago
I didn't like the longfaced daughter of the producer.
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Maybe so, but I still to this day have a life-size crush on Gabrielle Carteris...
#31
A Few Of My Classmates Moms Had This Vibe In The Early 90’s
StrangeOne 5 months ago (edited)
LOL My mom had that hairstyle in the 80s. But she never smoked. She's actually very much against smoking. Only a couple family members actually smoked, but have since quit. It seems like we're the only family like that.
#32
Items In The Nickelodeon Time Capsule, Which Is Set To Open In 2042
#33
We Loved A Rainbow Cast
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I had a crush on Jason, the red ranger. This show was my obsession until I discovered Sailor Moon.
Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
So, good news. He became a gay p**n star, so that's still a thing if the crush is still there.
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Deborah B 5 months ago
They could have shuffled the suit colours. The black guy is black ranger, the asian is yellow ranger. Pink is a girl. Blue is a guy. Come on, be a little less obvious.
StPaul9 5 months ago
The black ranger picked his uniform first by random choice, and called it a coincidence. He didn't see the connection until it was pointed out.
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#34
Facts
PeepPeep the duck 5 months ago (edited)
Aussie classics - genie from down under 😂 I loved that show. I rewatched it recently, the clothes and hair are hideous
#35
My Childhood Dreams Have Come True
StrangeOne 5 months ago
These were my go-to arcade games. Always had to play Chun-Li and Sonya. Then my local 7/11 got the Tekken game. That caused me to be late for class after lunch a few times.
#36
This Was Fun :)
Tonyah Mcanelly 5 months ago
I wonder what kids today would do with these items if they were locked in a room with nothing but these . lol
#37
All The Time
#38
Jennifer Connelly Was Stunning
#39
What A Wonderful Time It Was Back Then
Earonn - 5 months ago
It was good but if anyone thinks life can't be that good again, they're doing adulting wrong.
B 5 months ago
Too true. It was hot today so my wife and I (in our 60s) chased each other around the garden with water guns.
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Niels AirMax 5 months ago
My N64 with Goldeneye is still going strong on my 2025 TV. 💪🏻 Keep it real!
#40
My Mom Found These Cleaning Her House
#41
Action Figure Haul From Flea Market
howdylee 5 months ago
I am in possession of my brother's collection of original TMNT action figures, including all of the first editions of the turtles, the sewer playset, and the Technodrone playset, among others. Unfortunately they were heavily played with, so nothing in collector's condition. As kids we played together that the turtles and the Ponies saved the day from the evil Barbies :D
#42
Kurt Cobain & Ronald Mcdonald (1992)
#43
Field Day Ribbons
Skywitness 5 months ago
You can still do that. NIST phone time (303) 499-7111. It's a great way to check the accuracy of a stopwatch using a 24 hour interval. Ideally you'd want to use one of those old fashioned land lines.
#44
90s 8 Ball Jacket Fad
Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw. 5 months ago
My son got one of these for Christmas last year....
#45
Average Cost Of Living In 1995
Breadcrumb. 5 months ago
That's my income today, and a house is a million dollars now. Rent went from 550 a month to 1,500 for one bedroom. Don't get me started on eggs.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I saw beef for $32 cdn yesterday. My 1br rent is $1200, after the generous discount. Min. wage $15.80, currently. Cellphone bills $200. Internet and home phone $120, and may be increasing cos I think the deal on my plan is ending soon. About $42 just for bank fees. I got my credit cards and line of credit, too. $10 for 2 loads of laundry, wash and dry. $30 a week for my 7 day bus pass. Usually after paying the bills I have less than $200 for food.
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Ah Yes. The Classic After-School Beverage Set For Some Kidswb Watching
StrangeOne 5 months ago
There was more flavours back then. But it all tasted too sugary. I'm glad Clearly Canadian made a comeback. Now we just need Snapple Elements back.
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Snapple Rain was one of the world's finest drinks.
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We had crystal light drink dispenser at the grocery store, that was lit!
#47
$12 Outfit I Found At Goodwill
#48
I Definitely Thought My Del Sol Needed Lamborghini Doors In The 90s
#49
What Is This Show Called?!
Lost Panda 5 months ago
I remember this too... Don't remember from where, but the small guy just wanted to draw XD
#50
Tickets For Some 90’s TV Show Tapings
#52
Hey 90’s Dudes Who Remembers Watching This TV Show On Nickelodeon?
Lost Panda 5 months ago
I remember watching this show as a kid, but I can't remember a single episode XD
DowntownStevieB 5 months ago
"It's a little wild and a little strange...when you make your home out on the range..."
#53
Cameron Diaz Recreated Her ‘Hair Gel’ Hairdo From There’s Something About Mary In 2022
Bored Birgit 5 months ago (edited)
Oh my, it was so awkward and cringeworthy. Not funny at all.
#54
Found This Gem At Goodwill Yesterday 💎
#55
Do Yall Remember A Time In The 90s Where If You Wanted Chick Fil A You Had To Go To The Mall
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I don't remember if we got Chick fil a in Canada. At least not in Manitoba. We had KFC and Chicken Delight.
#56
X-Men In The 90s
StrangeOne 5 months ago
There was something about Jubilee that fascinated me. I wasn't sure exactly what her power was or how it was useful. I just thought, cool. fireworks.
Weltschmerz 5 months ago
Rogue was my favourite. Absolutely destroyed her in the movies!!!!
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This Was My The Proud Family Growing Up!
#58
Not Sure How True This Is, But It Would Be Dope For Sure!
Boris Long-Johnson 5 months ago
Hardware wise it would easily be doable at that price point (PS Classic is £99 on Amazon). Whether that’s the right amount of price gouging or not for Nintendo I don’t know but this specific product looks to be some sort of 3rd party player for original cartridges https://www.analogue.co/3d
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Bubblebee 5 months ago (edited)
It would be so cool to show more stuff from countries other than the USA.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
BP gets these from Reddit posts. If you can, start posting stuff on Reddit and it may reach BP eventually.
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
Oh come on, no pogs and slammers? Surely that was still a thing in the 90s. I had a huge tote of pogs and my brother gave me his metal slammer (one of the large ones that looks more like a weight you use to calibrate a scale than the thin metal ones that look like pogs). Maybe it was an 80s thing, because I DID get most of mine from my brother who was late 80s.
Bubblebee 5 months ago (edited)
It would be so cool to show more stuff from countries other than the USA.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
BP gets these from Reddit posts. If you can, start posting stuff on Reddit and it may reach BP eventually.
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
Oh come on, no pogs and slammers? Surely that was still a thing in the 90s. I had a huge tote of pogs and my brother gave me his metal slammer (one of the large ones that looks more like a weight you use to calibrate a scale than the thin metal ones that look like pogs). Maybe it was an 80s thing, because I DID get most of mine from my brother who was late 80s.
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