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We can all agree that growing up in the ’90s was extra fun. Probably because the whole internet thing wasn’t as consuming back then, and we all knew how to spend our days offline.

But let’s face it, the popular culture was much more authentic than it is now. We had these spectacular MTV shows, incredible bands, and the fashion was just *chef’s kiss*.

Of course, nostalgia for the era that you grew up in most likely will never end. Everything felt much more colorful when you were younger—it’s a fact. However, it doesn’t cancel out how amazing the nineties still were.

An online user that goes by the name @Youcancallmesizzles decided to open up a ’90s Reddit discussion. People took part in sharing their favorite things from those times, and as a result, this post received nearly 22,000 upvotes and almost 17,000 comments.

Bored Panda hopes that you will enjoy reading this article and is excited to find out about the things that you miss the most! Go ahead and leave your comments down below!

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#1

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Not being contactable 24/7. Peace of leaving school/work and not having to deal with there nonsense till tomorrow.

Soma_Tweaker , Michael Derr Report

Chucky Cheezburger
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can still be unreachable if I want. Cell phones don't have to be answered and will turn off if need be. Unless I'm on call at work, it's my choice wether I talk or not.

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    #2

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Not being blinded by headlights when driving. Now everyone has LED/illegal lights.

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    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolute hate these things, particularly when they are fitted to higher vehicles. They are blinding. They are supposed to have an automatic levelling control, but they don't seem to work. They are just as bad when they are following you, as they blind you from all three mirrors if they get too close. In the UK it is now illegal to retrofit them to older vehicles with the possible exception of classic cars. LED brakelights also get on my tits, as the trend seems to be to sit with your foot on the brake at traffic lights, rather than using the handbrake, and at night they ruin any chance of your eyes adjusting to low light - yes, I know autos need you to apply the brake, but in the UK there are still plenty of manuals.

    Linda Lee
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's a trick when a car/truck/suv lights blind you from behind: Move your side view mirrors up to reflect back onto the vehicle. It makes them back off.

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    Aye Emme
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish they were illegal in the US, so blinding. Even in the daylight! They trigger migraines for me too. Looking to the side of the road to see the edge doesn't work with these lights, you just can't see where you are going no matter where you look. They don't seem to have a different setting for brights or low anymore. These LEDs should be used in rural areas or places with no other light sources. But no matter where, there should be options to dim them when other drivers are around.

    NoneYa41
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They aren't illegal in the USA. and trust me, if you lived where i live, you'd want them. semi-rural area, little or no street lights - the LED headlights are leaps and bounds better than the old ones and have saved me from hitting wildlife and people countless times.

    Glen Ellyn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they blind any driver coming toward you. Driving on a dark, country 2-lane highway is scary. You can't see past the oncoming LED headlights, so if there's a car stopped on the shoulder or a deer standing there, you may be in trouble.

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    Christopher Waldrop
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember the Car Talk episode where Ray Magliozzi went on a rant about these headlights and how he'd like to get rid of them and I was so happy he felt the same way I did. Also you can add Car Talk to the list of things I miss from the '90's, although it ran from the '80's to 2012.

    Barbara Skolly
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you upgrade your headlights. Get them reangled

    Chucky Cheezburger
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This...and get proper upgrades, with the reflectors aligned to project in the right direction. I've seen sealed halogen lights replaced with LEDs where the housing is set correctly, bit the internal reflectors were badly off. One beam went straight out, the other was pointed up and across the other beam...

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    Bill Karp
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thing about them is if they are illegal, how can manufactures get away with making/selling them?

    Surfing Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes it's great to have good headlights, but they might try to figure out how NOT to blind the oncoming traffic. Maybe a good start would be people learning to use that little wheel on their dashboard to lower the beams of the lights when having passengers or a heavy load in the trunk.

    LagoonaBlueColleen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wasn't sure if I would be able to drive with my photosensitivity, but now I'm certain I cannot drive if I'm constantly blinded. I don't see how these make the roads safer.

    Mark Karol-Chik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I fully agree. Hell, in 1985 I was pulled over for having my brights on on a min 4 lane road in a urban area. Now? Well, The gargantuan compensator 500 SUV has about a dozen LED lights front and rear and it is my fault I slow and swerve as they approach.

    StnFlwr
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I ride my bike at night it's really hard to see (even with anti-glare on my lenses) when there is oncoming traffic (basically stare down at my bit of lighted up street before me).

    absolute zero
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In all fairness, they were terrible headlights.

    Silre
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless you live in the country and some asshole is out spotting for deer. With an actual spotlight.

    Mr Demon
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this!!!! So many biscuits don't even turn them off! " how ruuudddee" shout out full house! Lol

    Chris D
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    most headlights installed are not illegal, yes bright, but very very legal. LED tend to be higher on the light spectrum, which we can be more sensitive to, but they do a better job lighting the way. And the super bright ones are actually not LED, but HIDs, very similar bulbs to projectors.

    georgia layne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the reason I will not drive the car at night. A person needs good headlights to see, where I'm at, so instead of complain about them I just drive the truck. Problem solved. Or look over to the white line till it passes. Move your mirror if it's behind you. Plenty other options than to complain

    James016
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    The option that shuts off part of the lights to not blind people is expensive

    lenka
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    4 years ago

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    Everyone? Cant say this is a problem for me.

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    #3

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Knocking on your friends door to see if they could come out.

    Nosheam , Henry Burrows Report

    lenka
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    90's?? My kids and their friends do this. My good friend lives around the corner and we still knock on each other's door to hang out.

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    #4

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Blockbuster/Pizza Hut on Friday nights.

    EdwardPackard , Siamak Mosalmani Report

    Sinéad Quinn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss video stores. That was part of the fun going to pick out a movie.

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    #5

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Flying was so easy. Parents could meet at the gate. You could show up 10 minutes before the doors closed and be ok. You didn't have to get groped or lasered to just go to another place. It was actually quite enjoyable.

    Humanbeing1979 , Monika Report

    Robert T
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately 9/11 saw to that, even on domestic flights. I used to rock up at the airport about half an hour before my flight, handbaggage only, hop off at the other end and straight out of the airport. Now it can take an hour to get through security and you can't take more than a tiny bag on the plane, so you have to go through baggage reclaim as well. Actually kind of glad I don't have to fly any more.

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    #6

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Before we had mobile phones, my wife and I would plan to meet at a certain street corner at a certain time after work. We sometimes had to wait for the other person to show up, but we knew they would.

    i-will-be-dead , Amir Yalon Report

    LSR
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a lovely place. Where is this city?

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    #7

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Watching TNG episodes for the first time.

    Jedi1josh , XWRN Report

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell, I watched the original Star Trek episodes for the first time!

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    #8

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered To be honest? I miss Magazines. Like any interest under the sun had a couple of magazines. If you were on a road trip beg your parents to buy a paintball magazine or Nintendo power and just reread the articles over and over about games you could never play or kits you could never afford. It helped feed the imagination and kept me endlessly entertained on trips.

    Sakima147 · , Thot God of Knowledge Report

    Stephanie A Mutti
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Magazines still exist although they are disappearing. The only thing you can do is put your money where your mouth is. If you like magazines, subscribe. If you like books, buy at the bookstore. If you like the mall, don't do your shopping on Amazon. If you aren't willing to engage in the activity, don't be surprised when it becomes obsolete.

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    #9

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Childhood, 90s cartoons were so much better than they are today. Kids these days are like little grown-ups, they don't have a childhood as we did back then.

    JoshuaDreams , OEVB Report

    lenka
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saying kids these days don't have a childhood is rubbish. I see kids around me every day enjoying their childhood. Yes, the cartoons are different but a lot of them are still really good and in lots of case even better, because they lack the undertones of racism and misogyny that were rampant in television in the 80s and 90s.

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    #10

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Weird I know, but commercials. Specifically Christmas commercials. They were full of hope, joy, care and didn’t quite feel as monetarily-driven as the ones today.

    YoBiggity , Antonio Castagna Report

    NoneYa41
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and they didnt start until after Thanksgiving!

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    #11

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered I honestly miss the internet from the 90s.. I spent so many hours exploring, reading things.... every webpage felt like I was visiting someone's house, they were so personal as design standards did not exist yet. I enjoyed my netscape navigator. And I LOVED my IRC chat rooms. Keep in mind I was like 9 and 10. lol, so I mostly spent time in Pokemon Chat rooms that had bots. Discord is not the same as the IRC days.

    UnusualSoup , David Hall Report

    V 2000
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i think i remember those times when you didn't have to watch ads to play a freaking video

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    #12

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Building cubby houses, playing in the creek, rollerblading, then coming home and playing Sega/Nintendo. I miss taping stuff off the tv, hanging out in my room, still playing with toys, reading cool magazines, going through my card collections. The hype of the cinema back in the 90’s. Not being a slave to technology, but still having wicked gadgets like Walkmans.

    Ultimatelee , Gwire Report

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    #13

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Having a limited selection when it comes to movies. Whether it was rewatching movies from your home collection or renting at blockbuster, the limited options made choosing something to watch much less annoying.

    Swagpanther , Tony DiGirolamo Report

    Jessica N
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss looking at the cover art and flipping it over to read synopsis, it was like treasure hunting. And the clerk's picks! Now you just see what is "popular" and have to scroll past pages of nonsense to find the real gems

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    #14

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Prime time tv, 35mm film. There's idealism in film photography that is now missing. The medium lost the sentimental value it used to have.

    Mig001 , Matthew Paul Argall Report

    Kookamunga
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved 35 mm cameras and still use one once in awhile. My Canon AE1 still works. There was real challenge in using 35 mm - focus, aperture, shutter speed, etc. Digital cameras still do all these things, but it was different - I didn't get any preview of what I took. The anticipation, then delight in seeing your photos after development was pretty cool.

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    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered The CD players/stereo systems. I had a beautiful Sony one with double tape deck and 3 CD changer. Had lovely coloured lights on the display and it was just brilliant to listen to Eliminator on. My dad got it for me and at the age of 10 I thought I was so cool.

    Glittering_Reply101 , E Photos Report

    RandomBeing
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry can we just appreciate the fuzzy guitars in that photo for a moment?

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    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered I’m a Xennial, so being in middle age now, I miss everything about the 90’s- I really miss having no true responsibilities but choosing what color jelly shoes to wear that day or begging my mom to bring me to the store for more stickers for my sticker album.

    Substantial_Curve_95 , Jonathan Rolande Report

    Kookamunga
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jelly shoes were gross, I refused to wear them in the 80s. Made your feet sweaty and blisters galore.

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    #17

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Watching grunge music videos on MTV and Keebler chips.

    Kittenya , Mike Mozart Report

    #18

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Ed, Edd and Eddie; Code Name Kids Next Door; Samurai Jack; courage the cowardly dog; Powerpuff Girls….. the 90’s had really good cartoons.

    Ginger913 , D.L Report

    #19

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered My Super Nintendo being cutting edge technology.

    Detectivebabylegz , Michel Ngilen Report

    #20

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Urban legends. Like, the fact that we have the Internet to fact check everything is still pretty cool, but I always loved the mystique when you hear an urban legend about a band or artist you enjoy.

    www.reddit.com , Veronica ML Report

    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like Marilyn manson having his lower ribs removed to suck himself off lol.

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    #21

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered People covering up the lens or their face when dad broke out the camcorder.

    Psnuggs , Orin Zebest Report

    Doris Bennett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My camcorder was big, bulky and heavy! I do NOT miss it!

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    #22

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered The pager. And the brick phone.

    MonoMonMono , Hades2k Report

    Thorfin Wolfsbane
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents in the 90's: "Only drug dealers and doctors need pagers or cell phones!"

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    #23

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Slap bracelets.

    NoAlternative2913 , Tim McCune Report

    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know these as slap bands. They came back a few years ago but have since died down again.

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    #24

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered The rapid change in video games. Started the decade with like Sonic the Hedgehog, a fun but only minority iterative 2D sides roller. Ended it with Deus Ex and Baldur's Gate, which were practically the Citizen Kane of games. Quake if you like online FPS, all those novel-at-the-time 3D mascot platformers, JRPGs of unprecedented scale, whatever. Something for everybody. The medium feels so explored now; everything's Halo or GTA by comparison. I talked with people who remember 1970s rock and they say about the same thing.

    MyLifeIsOgre , Patrick Janicek Report

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    #25

    Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Do You Miss About The ’90s?", 25 Folks Delivered Geocities. The pages would take forever to load because of complete nonsense but it was awesome. 36 gifs and an autoplay 20 second loop of music, just to see someone express about their favorite rock.

    IWantAStorm , Kevin Report

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My first website was hosted on Geocities. :D

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