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50 Funny Posts That Might Hit You With A Wave Of Nostalgia, As Shared By This Instagram Page
The 1990s was an amazing decade to grow up in. We had the golden era of Disney Channel Original Movies, the release of the Nintendo 64, Crystal Pepsi, AOL instant messenger and some amazing music. And if you’re looking to reminisce on the days of watching Rugrats and slurping up milk through a Froot Loops cereal straw, we’ve got the perfect list for you down below.
We took a trip to the Throwback Machine Instagram page, which will instantly transport you pandas back to the 90s, so enjoy scrolling through these pics that might remind you of your childhood if you're a 90s kid. Keep reading to also find a conversation with Dave Fife of Retro Injection, and be sure to upvote the pics that make you long for that simpler time back.
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Why would anyone want to get rid of this masterpiece!? Get rid of the housemates 😂
The Throwback Machine Instagram page, also known as ‘90s Kids,’ notes in their bio that their goal is sharing “posts that make you go ‘holy [crap], I remember that!’” And clearly they’re doing a great job of evoking nostalgia, because the account has amassed over 95k followers through sharing only 716 posts. The page reminds visitors of their favorite childhood video games, television shows, snacks and more, and today, all of you pandas get to take a trip down memory lane too.
To learn more about what life was like during the 90s, we reached out to nostalgia expert and creator of Retro Injection, Dave Fife. Retro Injection is a FeedSpot-ranked "Best 25 '80s Blog/Website,” and the perfect place to visit if you’d like to reminisce on the past few decades. And according to Dave, the 90s were the “last great decade.”
Dave shared with Bored Panda that some of the best video games were released during the 90s. “The console wars raged between Sega and Nintendo on every school playground, while arcades were experiencing a resurgence with games such as Street Fighter II: Champion Edition and Mortal Kombat,” he explained. “You'd see Neo-Geo ads in magazines and wish you could afford the $650 console. The '90s were a great time to be a gamer!”
Dave also noted that “the internet was around, but hadn't yet become an invasive datamining mill. When you found something interesting online, you felt like Indiana Jones unearthing some hidden treasure. And dialing into AOL to chat with your friends on Instant Messenger was always a blast, until someone needed the phone. In my opinion, the '90s were special because there was enough connectivity to be fun, instead of an obligation.”
The joy when the parents could afford colour TV. My first memory is black and white TV.
Taping your favorite show but sitting next to the vcr and being techy by pausing for commercials
You can still hear this is you are a telemarketer and phone my landline - I have a Raspberry Pi setup to check caller id and answer as a fax machine if it doesn't like you. :D
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TV shut down at midnight. "This is the end of our broadcast day. Please join us at 5am for the Farm Report." Then the National Anthem played.
And someone would leave the phone off the hook.
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Driving on Sundays & just dropping by, unannounced, to visit family & friends... and they were happy about it!
I don't see myself THAT old, but my 11 y o didn't get the connection between a cassette tape and a pencil. Or how to call someone with a phone with round dial plate. So, maybe I am THAT old :(
"Old" is a relative term, but ya, you're kinda up there probably. ; )
Load More Replies... When my dad bought my mum a microwave for the first time. It was heralded with as much pomp and excitement as a brand new top of the range TV would be these days
Sir Walter Raleigh cigarette coupons. S & H Green stamps. Blue Chip stamps.
Taking the phone off the hook when you didn't want to be bothered..
My first video game console controller consisted of a single button and a joystick.
Knowing by heart the call in number to request your favorite song on the radio
The thrill of victory... the agony of defeat!
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dial collect on the pay phone and leave your message in the name part
I remember when France got its second channel ;-))
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I burned my finger in one (no smokers in the family, so I had no idea.)
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Telephones were connected to the wall and you had to physically dial them...in a circle
How about party lines? Or, does anyone remember when you waited on Saturday morning for the screen on your TV to change from the brightly colored lines, for the cartoons to start? After school specials? How about when you gassed up your car by Sunday afternoon, or got groceries before 6pm...cuz then everything closed down until Monday morning about 8am? No such thing as all night stores or gas stations.
When the highlight of your week was Bugs Bunny's antics on Saturday morning...
you can't pause or rewind. when my friends got tivo and you could SORT OF do that it was insane. pausing tv??? unheard of. And now you can choose what to watch? Choosing what to watch consisted of flipping channels and seeing what was on or, if you had the tv listings, just looking through those and planning your whole life around when stuff you wanted was on. you didn't have to 'catch up' with tv bc everyone had to watch the new episode at the same time. that was kind of nice bc then you could talk about it for the next week!!
The little round pedal behind the parking brake that controlled the high beams.
So glad that got replaced with a smart switch. Trying to find that button was always dangerous.
Load More Replies... Getting the busy signal and calling back every 2 minutes to see if it would ring
My first computer had a tape drive. But I never got to use it because an Amish boy stole it.
Party lines, and I don't mean the 1-900 type. My neighbour down the street had one with her next door neighbour. I guess we were rich because we had our own phone number.
Manually rewinding your cassette when the strip bubbled a liitle so it didn't get Dickerd when you tried to play it on side b.
You had to screw the UHF converter into the cable outlet on the back of the TV to connect the NES. Look it up!
Old school games that had save points so when you died you had to go all the way back to the beginning
3 channels, (4 counting PBS) If there was a Presidential Address, you were screwed for the evening as far as watching TV went
That when you wanted to know what was on tv....omg you'd have to look at a TV guide!!!!
and if you really knew what you were doing, you could shimmy up the utility pole to steal your neighbour's cable.
Im not even 15 and i asked an 11 year old if she liked ganggum style as a joke and SHE SAID "i dont know what that is" LIKE BROOK
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if we wanted to listen to music on the go, we would have to "burn" the music on a cd
Anything about physical media like VHS, DVDs, or cassette tapes. I was towards the younger end of people who grew up with those things as a major part of most people's childhoods, but I can still remember them clearly.
The frustration of missing the DJ's back-announcement of a 5- or 6-song set (on a "progressive format" rock station) because someone chose that exact moment to engage you.
I don't know how my parents afforded it, but we had a huge console/log with a big color TV embedded. For the Moon landing. July, 1969.
Losing your 8-hour download at 6hrs 58mins because SOMEone in the house just HAD to pick up the phone.🤬
We made plans and then did those plans at the time and place we said we would do the plans. Without cell phones and texting.
Cordless phones had a switch that would make them dial with clicks like a rotary phone instead of touch tone because some phone companies hadn't yet updated their infrastructure.
Bringing your Boom boxes to the courtyard to play jax and jump rope while eating "Kool cups "during the summer!
they used to have a little selector box you had to attach to the back of the TV to switch between game and tv
Video Games that came from the studios that you could only watch.
Cable box with numbered buttons on the top, and the channels only went to 65 at most.
A lot of tv channels signed off at midnight. Don Kirshners Rock Concert. Calling my cousin 10 miles away (in another county) was a long distance call.
Baaaaaaaaaa-weeeeeeeeeoooooohhhhhweeeeeeooohhh-schhhhhhhh-buuuuuuuuuuuuuu-squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. YOU'VE GOT MAIL!
Nope, actual analog channel 3. Old game consoles came with RF modulators since older, pre-1990s TVs didn’t usually have RCA jacks for composite video (the AV connections).
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I'd never heard or seen video games. Now betamax was a thing when I was little
Do not buy Beta Max. "Who's Peter Macks?" "I have no idea." "Well, we'll mention it to the Fürher."
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Watching Wonderful World of Disney and Hardy Boys on like a 16" black and white tv in the 70's...while waiting for my Dad to finish watching NFL games on Sunday. It was always "2 minutes left in the game" when any NFL fan will tell you 2 minutes equals like 30 minutes in real time.
I'm guessing you're retired or have a cushy job now if you are so out of touch to make a comment like this
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We also asked Dave if there’s anything from the 90s that he wishes we still used today. “Physical media was king back then in the '90s, and I miss the PlayStation demo discs that you used to be able to pick up at Toys ‘R’ Us,” he shared. “At one point, even Pizza Hut gave them away! I would play the limited levels for hours. And yes, I still have the discs.”
“Even though they weren't specific to the '90s, I also miss video stores, which of course rented games,” Dave added. “My mom would sometimes check out Fatal Fury 2 and Primal Rage for my Genesis.”
And if Dave could go back in time and tell his 90s self something now, he says, “I would tell myself to cherish every moment, and to brace for a barrage of largely-manufactured crises. I'd also advise myself to start earning money right out of high school, and not waste time and money on college. And if I could go back in time, I wouldn't return.”
Did that one uncovered spot of green in the middle ever bother anyone else?!
As far as why younger generations should keep looking back to learn more about the 80s and 90s, Dave says, “The cultural output of these decades was built to last, whereas today everything is disposable. There probably won't be a huge demand in ten years for today's auto-tuned songs or CGI-bloated movies. But even in fifty years, people will be jamming out to R.E.M, and quoting Ghostbusters. There's currently a 40th anniversary celebration for John Carpenter's Christine. Much like that '58 Fury, the '80s and '90s will never die.”
If you’d like to learn more about these magical decades, be sure to visit Dave’s site Retro Injection!
This is not a 90s thing, I remember everyone doing this in primary school
Now, we can’t pay homage to the 90s without taking a moment to appreciate how wonderful the outfits of the era were. Bright colors, loud patterns, baggy jeans and sweaters, and layers upon layers upon layers. There are a few different subsets of 90s fashion, as some people were more likely to wear colorful windbreakers while others were more drawn to the grunge look with Dr. Martens and plaid flannels. But one thing’s for sure: everybody looked fly.
I had that beast! It could chew through an entire pencil in about three seconds. I've been chasing that high ever since...
Another lovely aspect of the 90s that Dave mentioned, that kids today don’t get to experience, is the fun of visiting a video store. A Friday evening trip to Blockbuster was the highlight of my week. I got to pick out whatever movie I wanted (that was appropriate for kids of course), find my preferred chocolate bar of the week and return home for the best night ever. There was always a risk that they wouldn’t have the film you wanted or that nothing would look appealing, but the excitement over the trip was enough to convince you to choose something. There was no going home empty handed from a video rental store.
Snack time during the 90s was also next level. It seemed like not as many parents were concerned about cavities and processed sugars, so the snack of the day could be Gushers, Dunkaroos, Oreos, GoGurt or a cup of Trix yogurt. And you couldn’t forget to wash it all down with a Capri-Sun or Yoo-hoo! While you might reach for hummus and carrots or an apple and peanut butter today, you’ll never forget those delicious days of 90s treats.
We hope these photos have filled you with nostalgia for the 90s, pandas. We may never be able to get that time back, but thanks to the technology we now have, it’s able to live forever virtually. Keep upvoting the pics that bring back memories for you, and then if you’re interested in reading another Bored Panda article, we recommend this one that will give you major nostalgia for the past few decades!
The way every other grown up just stands around, frowning because they know the damage being done, but not speaking up or even trying to comfort the kid after, thats the real picture of the 90's here..
Pretty sure I burnt this exact cd on Napster. Sounded like s**t and took the whole weekend to download, and I cracked it at my mum because she made a phonecall in the middle of a song and the dial up for cut off, and I had to start it again
When the salad bar was also a taco bar...and don't forget the tables that looked like newspapers.
Back in the 90's, I was on an airline flight across the aisle from a teenage girl who was absolutely coming unglued. I quietly asked the flight attendant if she was OK, and the said "the guys in front of you are 98 degrees." I said, "98° of what?"
Ok, here they pop again in a nostalgia list... Those are still largely available.
I’d like my superpower to be the ability to teleport myself to this location whenever anyone is telling a story that just keeps on going and going
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Nostalgia...? But the 90s were just 10 years ago, right? haha... who would be nostalgic for 10 years ago?.... wait, what? What's that you say? The 90s were 30 YEARS AGO? D: ...but for reals, the tagline of my favorite "oldies" radio station from my childhood was "The greatest hits of the 60s and 70s!" when I was growing up (I was born in 1982.) Now it's "The greatest hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s!" My childhood music is now "oldies" ;_;
My childhood music doesn't even feature in your oldies station tagline
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So the 80s and the 2000s also happened in the 90s according to this article.
Yeah. These are all too young for me. Nostalgia for me is the Apollo moon landing, the Goon show on radio, no sex education, and a computer that was programmed with punched paper tape.
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I used to shop at Hot Topic in high school and I'm 48 years old. I truly don't think the youth of today realize how old that store is. (And would probably "die of cringe" if they did:)
Everything was 10 years ago. The 90s? Ten years ago. 80s? Also ten years ago. Y2K hype? Lotta fun, also ten years ago. The 70s was thirty years ago. Maybe the whole of the 21st century has been an illusion.
Me being born in the mid 2000s having not experienced 95% of this be like
Same 😭😭😭 maybe we should make an article for nostalgia of our own childhoods
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I barely remember anything from the 90's. I must have been either working too hard, or in a coma.
Nostalgia...? But the 90s were just 10 years ago, right? haha... who would be nostalgic for 10 years ago?.... wait, what? What's that you say? The 90s were 30 YEARS AGO? D: ...but for reals, the tagline of my favorite "oldies" radio station from my childhood was "The greatest hits of the 60s and 70s!" when I was growing up (I was born in 1982.) Now it's "The greatest hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s!" My childhood music is now "oldies" ;_;
My childhood music doesn't even feature in your oldies station tagline
Load More Replies... So the 80s and the 2000s also happened in the 90s according to this article.
Yeah. These are all too young for me. Nostalgia for me is the Apollo moon landing, the Goon show on radio, no sex education, and a computer that was programmed with punched paper tape.
Load More Replies... I used to shop at Hot Topic in high school and I'm 48 years old. I truly don't think the youth of today realize how old that store is. (And would probably "die of cringe" if they did:)
Everything was 10 years ago. The 90s? Ten years ago. 80s? Also ten years ago. Y2K hype? Lotta fun, also ten years ago. The 70s was thirty years ago. Maybe the whole of the 21st century has been an illusion.
Me being born in the mid 2000s having not experienced 95% of this be like
Same 😭😭😭 maybe we should make an article for nostalgia of our own childhoods
Load More Replies... I barely remember anything from the 90's. I must have been either working too hard, or in a coma.
