“What 45-Year-Olds Looked Like”: 50 Funny ’90s Posts And Memes To Jog The Best Memories Of Your Childhood (New Pics)

Ah, the good old '90s... When our biggest worries included whether or not we'd manage to record our favorite song off the radio and onto tape before the DJ started speaking again. We didn't have streaming services or iTunes back then. But boy, did we have fun.

Before Wi-Fi, influencers and TikTok dances burst onto the scene, the '90s blessed us with the golden age of dial-up tones, Tamagotchis, VHS movies, Spice Girls and some very questionable (neon) fashion choices. Back then, social media wasn't a thing and memes weren't flooding our timelines. But, even if we didn't realize it at the time, the raw material for them was everywhere.

Now, thanks to online communities like r/90s, we get to relive our awkward youth through a bunch of hilarious and relatable memes. The page has more than 363,000 members sharing their favorite blasts from the past. It reads like a love letter to the decade that shaped a whole generation's sick sense of humor. And showcases an era that was way more iconic than many of us give it credit for.

Bored Panda has put together some of our favorite memes and posts shared by the group for anyone who lived through the Windows 95 start-up sound, and survived the chaos of the Y2k end-of-world panic. So dust off your Beanie Babies, slap bracelets, Sega consoles and Walkmans, and prepare to laugh your way through a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

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Gonna Watch Hook Now

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“What 45-Year-Olds Looked Like”: 50 Funny ’90s Posts And Memes To Jog The Best Memories Of Your Childhood (New Pics)

Gonna Watch Hook Now

Legend

90’s Can Relate This

Danny Devito Has A Heart Of Gold! 😊

Blockbuster N Chill

When Pizza Hut Had A Buffet

What Else Did 90s TV Convince Us Was True?

Memory Unlocked

Imagine That Happened 🤗😂

I Will Never Understand Why They Got Rid Of These Sunrooms

This Was Done Alot

And As I’m Almost 40 I Don’t Look Like This LOL

Chris Farley And Patrick Swayze At A “Chippendales Audition” On Snl In 1990

I Think I Actually Remember Mine

I Remember The Late Fees Were The Worst!

Today's Kids Have Fortnite And Roblox But We Had This

Where Are My Older Gamers At Who Are Still Playing Today?

🍋‍🟩 Limewire

Wtf Happened To Vienetta? It Used To Feel Like The Height Of Luxury

Jack Black In 1992 At Age 23

The Original Scammer Of The 90s

Remember Being Blown Away By Graphics In 97 😂

The Urge To Turn On The Lights Was Real

My Local Camp Ground. This Place Hasn’t Changed Since The Early 90s . Even Smells The Same

90's McDonald's Menu

Sound Recorder For Windows 95

I Totally Forgot About This!

The Ancients Had This Incredible Power

🍔👑🍟…

Anybody Else Remember These?

Yeah Goldeneye Was A Challenge To Beat The Time Targets

I Remember Thinking This Album Was A Guilty Pleasure At The Time

Anybody Ever Make These Back In The Day?

Norman Cook Aka Fatboy Slim Performing Live In 1998

Jell-O Jigglers (1990)

Sega Game Gear, 1991/1992

Did You Have A Holographic Necklace? I Wish I Still Had Mine, But They Got Tossed

Vanilla Ice "Ninja Rap" Video Single 1991

90s Tampax Ad

I Never Got Caught Doing This

First Day Of School 1995

Core Memory Unlocked

Lindsay Lohan With Elaine Hendrix In The Parent Trap (1998) And In Freakier Friday (2025)

We Had It So Good

I Had A TV Tuner For My Game Gear. When I Stayed At My Grandparent’s Place They Thought I Was Playing Games But I Was Secretly Watching Stuff I Wasn’t Meant To Be Watching!

Homer Hiding In A Donut 🍩

Then And Now. The Big Comfy Couch. Alyson Court (Loonete) And Molly

Young Tyrannosaurus Rex With Removable Dino-Damage Wound (1993)

I Forgot About These Until Today, Now I Am Forever Sad

McDonald's 'Batman Returns' Happy Meal (1992)

Subways V-Cut Subs

Adam Sandler, David Spade & Jim Carrey Comedy Legends Together

In 1991, Betty Crocker Introduced Gushers Fruit Snacks

"The Witches" Was Released In Theaters 35 Years Ago On August 24th, 1990

I Found 7, Help Me Figure Out The Other 2

This Is Me On The Cover Of Boys Life Magazine, 1992

No Way! Why Should I Change? He's The One Who Sucks

Remember?

Cruel Intentions (1999)

Which One Are You Picking?

Scam Artist Sylvia Brown Was Frequent Guest On Montel Williams She Was Proven To Be Fraud

“Max Likes Your Yabbos. In Fact, He Loves Them!”

What’s Your Favorite 90s “One Crazy Night” Movie??? This Is Mine

90s Children Delicacies

Best Planners Ever

Should They Bring It Back?

Beans And Cornbread…🎶

Teen Stumbled Upon This Gem

“First We Feast. Then We Felony!”

Big Johnson Shirts

Gabe Logan... One Of The Best

Putting Personal Issues Aside, Who Do You Think Has The Better Career Overall? Brittany Spears Or Christina Aguilera?

I Found My All That CD 🥹

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