30 Timeless Treasures From The ‘90s That People Wish Were Still Around

Reasonable rent and the possibility to own a house! That's not possible now (especially my state)!! Jobs!! Everyone I knew never went more than 2 months without a job.(ages 16-40). Now it takes a YEAR to land one.....

It wasn't ignorance, for me, it was a sense of relief. The Cold War was over and we were not going to be vaporized by nuclear weapons. The fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc led to freedom for millions. That relief changed the vibe of the world. It just seemed like the world was a better place, opportunities were endless, creativity, collaboration, innovation, and hope felt unlimited. It felt like you could do anything and anything was possible. Sure, there were still war, poverty, and horrible tragedies, but it felt like we were going to conquer these issues finally and that it was almost within our grasp. Unfortunately, this is when things usually slip through our fingers. I can imagine that for many young people, it's hard to grasp how much 911 changed the world. This is not about who, what, where, or why. Just the outcome. It felt as if we went from the beginning of a new era back to the Dark Ages where ignorance, violence, and death ruled.

This is sweet. Labour was in charge and we were in an upward swing economically. Life was actually great then.

Just like that! Sometimes, at least in Germany, Millennials are called "generation crisis" (Afghanistan, Iraq, climate, economy, education, financial crisis, Euro crisis, COVID). We grew up with all that. If you're fifteen or so, it doesn't bother you to a certain point. But as you grow older, you can't keep your eyes closed to that. And now, everyone is angry. It's sad.

That's funny, because I was raised on media telling me the world would be either a) a corporate dystopia or b) a nuclear wasteland.

That's $43 in today's money, and still a price to envy.

Yep: Stop going. Same for Formula 1.

Not in Poland. Here it was insanely expensive

Agreed. We used to go to Rugby internationals for $20.

The Cars, 1979, $3 tickets @ the Santa Monica Civic. The opener was John Cougar (!?) And the Zone.

Recently I made a road trip. Usually a lot of bugs hit my windshield so by the end of the day I have to use the filling station squeegee to remove them. But I had hardly any splats on my windshield this time. I am worried. Humanity cannot live without insects. OK, we can definitely live without mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and bedbugs; but we cannot survive without bees, butterflies, ladybugs, and other beneficial insects.

I have barely seen any lightening bugs this year (U.S.)

I agree. I used to see Christmas beetles, Slaters, Click beetles and Monarch butterflies everywhere. I can't remember the last time I saw a Christmas beetle, rarely see Slaters and Click beetles and there is much less Monarch butterflies about.

I'm in Pennsylvania and u used to look out at night, at any field area espescially, you would see thousa ds of fireflies just flashing everywhere! There was never true darkness I. The summer months because they were every where u looked. Now I get ex ited to see 3 flying around outside my.house at night. I've always lived the bugs and salamanders and now I can barely find them...

Miss bugs? Move to the Carolinas. Friend of mine moved there and returned in a year: the bugs could have carried her away.

I remember when you didn't have to pay 1¢ for good quality programs. You might only have 5 channels (10 if you lived in a broadcast overlap zone, or more if you lived in a big city), but you could still see a lot of your favorite shows without having to pay for them. Cable and satellite were for the rich, and for the rest of us it was CBS, NBC, ABC, & PBS (Fox and a few others if you lived in a big city)

Cable, satellite..

Satellite tv services existed in 1990

News that reported the truth. There, corrected it for you.

Even CNN had real news back then.

What happened was you used to watch the news for an hour every night. CNN was the first 24hr news network and they had to fill those 24 hours with something so they filled it with "commentary" and "editorial" content. It started innocent enough. Short form documentaries and such but then came FOX "News" and all hell broke loose.

Oh warner-discovery ,yes news is entertainment but it's like a documentary too. No real reason to cancel it. Ref Newshub, tv3. Glad Stuff has come to the party.

News always reported news... On what planet do you live?

I would argue that the older generation has become insufferably rude and cruel. If anything, the younger generations seem to more empathetic and kind-hearted.

"The young people of today have no respect" every generation EVER since EVER. Was BS then and it's BS now..

Younger generations are actually so broaded minded? They are judgemental of people who are not respectful, which is awesome. But they are also the nicest person when you realize the world we're planning to leave them. They are doing their best with all the s**t they have to go through because of older generation. So respect the youngs, because they are going to build such a wonderful world if we don't destroy it before they manage.

lol what? Not if you were the first at your school with a nose or eyebrow piercing. Or both.

People have always lacked common sense, not to mention how judgemental most people are. The fact that we have almost unlimitted access to witness pretty much the whole human behavioural spectrum through social media has just made us more awar of how sh*tty the world has always been in certain respects.

getting droped off at the mall with school friends and some allowence money was the shiz

Where I live (Mexico City) they are still a thing and they're packed especially during the weekend. I used to enjoy them a lot some years ago, not anymore, and not precisely because of online shopping, I still much rather buy stuff at a store or a local market.

I was just in a fantastic mall in California this spring.

Live a mile and a half from the Puente Hills mall, after six years we still haven't visited.

I certainly spent lots of time in malls as a teen, but I really don't miss going to multiple stores trying to find a gift and not coming home with anything. Mostly because I'm antisocial. Online shopping is the best thing that ever happened to me! :)

I'm not interesting enough for anyone to want to film me. "Oh look, she's buying gelato again!". :)

I am from India. When i was small, most people did not have the VCRs. So when holidays came and i had my cousins come over to stay, we would hire the VCR from the local shop and get three cassettes of one Hindi, one English and one Marathi movie. And we would watch the whole night. It was a done thing

I love not having to go out for either of these things,the convenience of it all was only what I could of imagined. Bonus, not having to deal with people.

Mixtapes were a whole act of love because of the handwritten insert, that what showed you cared

Mix tapes (fortunately I'm just old enough to have made them myself) can be a work of art if you get them right and were a huge source of undiscovered greats to me. I made one for my then girlfriend back in 1999/2000 and she still has it apparently. Purely for the fact that I went to so much effort to tailor it to her tastes. Spotify makes it easier, but it lacks the soul of tape.

I have a number of mixtapes (CDs though) still in rotation in my car cd player

Yes though I do feel playlists have replaced these. My nephew was glowing telling me a guy he's really into had shared a private playlist on sloitufy with him!