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Every era has its own unique charm, but the '90s are especially loved by many. It was a time of Tamagotchis, boy bands, and, most importantly, a sense of carefree innocence and optimism that permeated everyday life.
So whether you want to relive the decade or are too young to remember it and want to learn more about those days, the subreddit r/90s is a great place to start. Its members regularly share nostalgic posts that instantly transport you back!
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#1
Kids These Days Will Never Know The Struggle
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A big reason why the '90s continue being so popular could be the fact that the 21st century we live in has been quite mad.
Jacob Juhl, a nostalgia researcher at the University of Southampton in England, says "People become nostalgic in response to adversity or psychologically negative states,” because “Nostalgia helps restore people to a psychological equilibrium."
#3
Does Anyone Else Remember These From School?
#4
Can I Get A Whoa Bundy?
#5
Teal The Unofficial Color Of The 90s
Juhl notes that scientists have induced nostalgia in the lab by prompting people to contemplate the vast and random universe as well as by simply pumping up the air conditioning and making them feel uncomfortably cold.
Researchers have also proved that nostalgia comforts us by making us feel connected to one another and to a shared past.
Since the '90s were the last moment before the internet splintered mass culture, the decade might be particularly good nostalgia fodder even for those who haven't experienced it.
#6
I Would Give Anything To Go Back
ZGutr 1 year ago
Sometimes even rented a portable VCR to watch with friends at the clubhouse. Of course, the VCR got cold in the car, moist condensated on the head when you took it in and so you spend lots of time waiting and/or blowing with an hair drier for it to regain room temperature and dried. (VCR's have a moisture detector. A little moist would cause the VCR tape to stick to the fast-spinning head ruining the tape and possibly the heads )
#7
These Books Helped Me Learn About How To Take Of My Hamster When I Was 9
#8
Does It?
Anaïs Grobin 1 year ago
Me too! I alternated between the castle and the palm tree
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Gen X Feral 1 year ago (edited)
My back, my front and everything in-between frickin hurts! And the creepy castle on the hill of course
google slave 1 year ago
Back, neck, knees, knuckles. Pretty much anywhere there's a joint in my body.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
I liked the robot, too. I've always liked robots. My favorite character in the Star Wars universe is R2D2.
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Teresa Spanics 1 year ago
I have old neck and back injuries so I will hurt. My favorite was the castle one.
MacintoshID 1 year ago
The robot for most of the year and the night time castle was for Halloween.
Just-4-2day 1 year ago
Sit too long, your back hurts. Stand at the sink, your back hurts. Can't get off a low couch without help. Beach & Ivy with black background.
iseefractals 1 year ago
Robot all the way, by my back has hurt when i wake up since i was a teenager.
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
THEY MOVED? I never saw that - so for me it was the rainbow conch.
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This might seem a little counterintuitive. After all, psychologists have traditionally thought of nostalgia as being based on a person’s recollections of their own experiences.
But more recently, some, including philosopher Prof Felipe De Brigard at Duke University, have been suggesting that nostalgia is broader and includes our yearnings.
#10
Bobby Budnik Was The Real Hero The Resistance Needed
#11
12/31/99
#12
What Was The Obsession With Making Every Plastic Electronic Transparent
#13
Why Did Everybody Have These Speakers Back In The Day?
De Brigard was inspired by research on memory that's shown it’s a creative process — when you recollect memories, it's not like you're looking up an archive of recordings of what happened, it's more like your brain creates a simulation of those past events.
#14
Might Be An Unpopular Opinion. I Always Thought Daria Was Better Than Beavis & Butthead
#15
Who Remembers
#17
90s Wallet
In this way, De Brigard argues that nostalgia can be based on memories – simulations of pleasant past experiences – but doesn’t have to be. Given the role of imagination in memory, he believes it's not a huge leap to propose that nostalgia can also be based on imagined positive past experiences.
#18
These Leather Phone Cases
#19
Pound Puppies
google slave 1 year ago
Oh man. Pound puppies. Hate to admit it but I had one back in the 80's.
#20
My Wife Found This Picture Of Me In High School That Screams 90s
Kurtz Frausun 1 year ago
Damn, I miss rollerblades. I was a terrible skateboarder, but hella good on blades.
#21
Remember When Pizza Huts Used To Be Sit-Down Restaurants? And Many Had An Arcade Section. I Used To Play Pac-Man In A Table-Style Arcade Console There. And I So Remember Those Red Cups! Now Most Pizza Huts Are Just A Take-Out Counter
Mass culture in the 21st century feels more like a grab bag of random events than a coherent narrative, notes Nick Gatewood, an Ohio-based rapper who goes by the name Vice Souletric and has toured the US with his nostalgia event, the Nu '90s Experience.
According to him, everything moves too fast now. By the time you’ve heard about something, there’s already a backlash. Because of this, no one is going to have a deep, personal connection to Pizza Rat, the hawk tuah girl, or other instant icons that disappear into oblivion in the blink of an eye.
But the '90s, with its slower pace and more enduring cultural trends, did offer a sense of shared experience and continuity that today's fragmented reality can no longer provide.
#22
Who Loved It? Who Hated It?
#23
Recognize These?
#24
This Is Deep
Floeckchen 1 year ago
if you would go to a blockbuster nowadays you'd propably feel a slither of nostaglia the first few times. After that it might become an inconvenience. You miss the blissful days of beeing a kid - unrelated if it was before or after 9/11. Adults of tomorrow will have the same sappy feelings for long discord sessions with their mates playing Fortnite of building settlements in Minecraft together.
#25
Dads In The 90s
#26
Kids Visiting The Library Be Like
ZGutr 1 year ago
Not just books ... Also records. Flipping through all the records, selecting new stuff to try just based on the album cover/artist name/album name. Cycling home full excitement to listen it it's any good. Found some c**p but also discovered a few good ones that way. I still have those I bought when they went out of their collection. Usually 5..10% of new price. Some where on loan only once ...that was me.
#27
Subtle Signs All The Fun Ended After The '90s
Mila Sliacka 1 year ago
I had penfriends. Girls from all over the country that I met through adds on tv and never met in person. I was on a lookout for a postman every day :).
#28
Power Up!!
#29
My Neighborhood Bus Stop Gang
#30
The Lone Rangers
HangryHangryHippo 1 year ago
Can't believe those are Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi!!! 🤯
#31
90’s Cartoons Were The Best
#32
You Could See Whoever Wrote On It Before You
#33
From The 1991 Sears Fall Catalog
#34
The Year Was 1997 And I Was 17 And Thought I Was Gonna Be A Rapper
#35
I Miss The Inside Of Wendy’s
#36
Anyone Else Have These?
#37
The Upstairs Of My Local Amc Theatre Is Trapped In 1997
#38
Anyone Else Used To Watch This?
#39
Who Remembers Beakman’s World? (1992)
#40
90s Fashion Just Hit So Differently
#41
We Didn't Even Have A Dog
Not_Today_Batman 1 year ago
I didn't even read what it said before I could picture the inside of the football because it was always missing a portion.
#42
Who Remembers This ? 1990’s Cable Black Box
Deirdre Segraves 1 year ago
One day when I was 12-13 I was watching something and it changed to Spanish. No noticeable difference other than it went from English to Spanish and I sat there absolutely amazed and confused for a solid 5 mins, waiting for it to switch back. Until I realized the cat wiggled and changed the channel to the affiliate Spanish station just as I blinked. That's where the cats sat in the 90s and it never occurred to me that Ms Chonky changed the channel.
#43
I Can Smell This Pic
#44
Thought You Guys Would Like This — My Local Laundromat Is Stuck In The 90’s!
#45
The Boys Killing It On Summer Vacation Before High School, Circa 1996. We All Still Keep In Touch Regularly
#46
No Packed Lunch For School Was Complete Without These
#47
These Were The 90's Kid's First Glimpse Into The Single Adult Life
google slave 1 year ago
Could never get them to be an even temp. Either some cold spots, or put it back in and burnt some spots.
#48
McDonald's Batman Forever Drink Glass Set
#49
Who Can Still Feel The Burning Sensation In Their Throat After Drinking These At School Parties And Family Picnics?
google slave 1 year ago
Yeah. I always wondered about that. Never stopped me from drinking them though. In the 80's we didn't complain much or our parents would "give us something to complain about."
#50
Guys, Remember, Salute Your Shorts?
#51
What We Used To Watch In The 90’s To Stay Updated With “Viral Videos” At The Time
#52
Deserted McDonald's On Distant Alaskan Island Actually Has The Menu Up With Bobby's World And Jurassic Park Promotions
#53
The Good Stuff
StrangeOne 1 year ago
I think the first time I went to Wendy's was shortly after I started feeling better when I had chicken pox. I still had the spots, but I guess I was past the contagious part? My folks brought me there anyways to cheer me up.
#54
I Think This Is One Of The Most Underrated Can Designs From The 1990s. Also, Cherry Coke Just Hits Different
#55
Found At A Park In Oklahoma
#56
Been With Me Since 1996
the Kat who says ni 1 year ago
Aaaahhhh! Love it! Mine was called amber. Should go find her in that box on the attick...
#57
Any Fans Of The Movie Richie Rich? Always Wanted My Own McDonald's After Seeing The Movie 😂
#58
Our Sense Of Time Is Probably Collectively The Same Here
#59
When You Forgot Where Something Was
#60
Premiered 29 Years Ago Today
Laughing Orc 1 year ago
Nowadays if a show had a cast as diverse as this it'd be called.out for being too 'woke' 🙄 yet as a kid, did any of us even care? They were all cool, didn't matter what skin colour they had.
#61
At A Toys R Us, 1991
#62
Me In The Late 90’s
#63
Who Remembers Those Simulator Rides That Used To Be At Malls In The 1990s-Early 2000s?
StrangeOne 1 year ago
I'm trying to think if I've ever tried one. I recall there was a hurricane simulator that sucked balls.
#64
I Met Pete And Pete Over The Weekend. They Were Awesome!
#65
Who Remembers This Guy?
#66
High School In The 90s Was Pretty Awesome
#67
Wanna Meet At The Green Box? 🤣
StrangeOne 1 year ago
This scared the school staff to death. We were always shooed away off of them.
#70
It's Still My Dream Bedroom
#71
This Was Your Rich Friends House On Movie Night
#72
Who Remembers These From Back In The Day?
#73
"Hack The Planet!"
#75
Is This Sticker From The 90's? Probably Not. Is The Memory Of Staring At It While Being Driven Everywhere From The 90's? Absolutely
#76
I'm Not Crying, You're Crying!
#77
Can We Go Back, Or No?
Hassel Davidhoff 1 year ago
So is the idea here that the person she's talking to has somehow traveled back in time after a good nap? I wouldn't mind doing that myself, now I think of it.
#78
Le Sigh. Rip Porkchop
#79
Wegmans "Video Rental Store" In The 90's. This Was A Store Within A Store At Wegmans Supermarkets
google slave 1 year ago
I remember when Mario 3 came out. The video store called & I rode my bike 100mph to the store, jumped off and let it ghost ride into a wall. Got to have an "all-nighter" with my best friend and played all night long.
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Laughing Orc 1 year ago
These are good, but yeah, a bit heavy on the usa-specific stuff for a lot of us to get.
Dubnaught 1 year ago (edited)
That's how things work; they don't magically disappear with the next decade. I think "most" is a little extreme though. A lot of these related to TV shows and clothing styles
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Laughing Orc 1 year ago
These are good, but yeah, a bit heavy on the usa-specific stuff for a lot of us to get.
Dubnaught 1 year ago (edited)
That's how things work; they don't magically disappear with the next decade. I think "most" is a little extreme though. A lot of these related to TV shows and clothing styles
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