Current Events > The year is 1999. The Phantom Menace just released. Social media does not exist.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Bill Clinton is still president, and The Simpsons is still funny (but not for much longer).
MST3K ends its 10-year run on cable TV, and the N64/PSX wars are at its peak.
The Columbine school shooting was considered a one-off tragedy, and AOL was still the internet provider of choice.

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no gracias

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Imagine how bad the death threats against Jake and Ahmed would have been with social media.

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And I was in high school and still thought my life would eventually amount to something

I had Prodigy
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sitcoms were still good about to get way better.

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Goo goo gaa gaa

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I can still smell the rubber on those Jar Jar sticky tongue toys.

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The music video for duel of fates from Phantom Menace made it into MTV TRL show. I was playing Pokemon cards soon to transition to Magic the Gathering. Numetal music was at its peak for better or worse. Skateboarding was all the rage.

I'm gonna cry

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JNCOs are still popular, I have frosted tips and Rodney Mullen was my favorite skateboarder.

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Don't mind me, just building my Y2K bunker!

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I'm already posting on the game faqs message board.

With my first account.

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Pokmon was still all the rage with the kids, a simpler time.

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I was 3 years old and completely unaware of what else is going on in the world.

X-Files season 6 just finished up and was fantastic.

Dreamcast hype was building.

WWF was rising to its peak.

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I was a child and believed I could do things. I learned my lesson hard.

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I don't want to sound like a loser but man I miss the 90s.

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HylianFox posted...

and AOL was still the internet provider of choice.

i was with you until this...no.

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HylianFox posted...

AOL was still the internet provider of choice.

I was on Qwest and using Netscape Navigator on the family Mac.

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HylianFox posted...

The Columbine school shooting was considered a one-off tragedy

Ehhhhhh...
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-screeches out dial-up noises as loud as i can-

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Going back to the days of playing Graal Online and discovering Billy Joel for the first time.

I was either in fifth grade or had just entered six grade.

Either way, I was chest-deep in Pokemon, Mario Party, and Smash Bros.

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Remember the Y2K fear. Yeah well we were 20 years early on that

i remember it well.

my friends thought socialising online was 'weird'; look at us now eh?

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1999 was lit.

I was actually posting on GameFAQs by then, on my first account.

Wait, no, that's wrong. Not until another year.

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Social Media didn't exist? I was using Xanga in 1999 so yes it did exist. Wouldn't chatrooms also count as social media?


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ICQ and aim were the closest thing to social networking.

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Oh yeah, Xanga.

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bobaban posted...

Remember the Y2K fear. Yeah well we were 20 years early on that

Yep, I was actually scared of that thing as well.

I actually went to bed early New Years Eve because I was afraid that everything would shut down while I was using it. I woke up the next morning and found that everything was still working, and was relieved.

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I was a senior in HS. Goddamn I'm old.

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@MorbidFaithless
MorbidFaithless posted...

I don't want to sound like a loser but man I miss the 90s.

I don't think that makes you a loser at all. The wage gap was smaller; the economy was better; no forever wars; no Patriot Act; no Big Tech hovering up all your data for advertisers, police and governments; America was a first world nation with no huge political troubles or signs of problematic decline; and it might be just me, but I feel like everyone was less of an asshole back then.

@Autocraticus
Autocraticus posted...

Going back to the days of playing Graal Online and discovering Billy Joel for the first time.

lol, I can't believe anyone else here played that. I don't remember it being much fun. I mainly remember how many creepy and mean people there were.

darkmaian23 posted...

and it might be just me, but I feel like everyone was less of an asshole back then.

Oh, it's not just you, and I've noticed it as well. Maybe it's because I was a child back then, but the 90's did seem to have a more carefree air about it. Then 9/11 happened, and after that, people became more mistrusting and closed-off. Actually, I think 9/11 is when the 90's truly ended, because it marked the shift towards where this country is now.

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9/9/99

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That all makes me feel very nostalgic except the AOL thing. We all used MSN for messaging in Canada

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Playing Mischief Makers and Body Harvest after school.

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Infinite 2003 posted...

That all makes me feel very nostalgic except the AOL thing. We all used MSN for messaging in Canada

Was AOL even a thing in Canada?

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Britney Spears is helping me through puberty

One of the greatest things I've experienced in my life was the theater on release day. Nerds in costume laughing and playing in the aisle before it started, just a real electric buzz in the air. Folks went nuts when the title crawl started.

Then the actual movie started. Cheers for the Jedi, mood started changing when the space trade ambassadors or wtfever became more obviously racist Asian caricatures. Droid and slapstick became less funny. Then Jar Jar showed up and it got real fucking uncomfortable. I legit saw more than a few black people/couples get up and leave. Then it was a complete shit show from then on as we all know. Lots of groans and I honest to God heard someone yell "FUCK YOU!" at Anakin after one of his lines.

Long story short, virtually nobody over the age of 9 left that theater happy. But we left with a new sense of comraderie, having collectively experienced what would certainly be one of the biggest dissapoimtments of our lives. People in line asked some of us how it was. Most just shook their heads and kept walking. Which took the fire right out of those poor bastards. I tell you, there's not much that'll dampen your spirits quicker than a crestfallen Jedi at a complete loss for words.

The world became a little less colorful that day, and we all left a piece of ourselves in that theater.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

Was AOL even a thing in Canada?

We had AOL messenger but nobody used it

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My grandpa just bought me Smash Bros at Sears, can't wait to get home and play it!
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darkmaian23 posted...

lol, I can't believe anyone else here played that. I don't remember it being much fun. I mainly remember how many creepy and mean people there were.

It was okay. It was my first exposure into MMOs, plus LttP was my favorite snes game growing up so that was a plus.

bobaban posted...

Remember the Y2K fear. Yeah well we were 20 years early on that

I remember a Time for Kids I got about that in 7th grade. My dad reassured me saying "so which time zone will it end? This is bs"

tbf he's been a tech guy for like 30 years so I (rightfully) believed him
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The OT got Special Editions during the original's 20th anniversary.
The PT got nada on its 20th anniversary, well, unless you count Episode IX.

^ Imagine reading that in 1999 lol

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I was young and actually enjoyed the experience of The Phantom Menace. I also was living in the middle of nowhere and it was my first movie theater experience. Not sure if I should be unhappy about that.

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FF8 baby!!

I wish I'd bought some Alpha Black Lotuses.

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HylianFox posted...

The Simpsons is still funny (but not for much longer).

The Simpsons is still funny today. That Hallmark movie spoof was gold.

HylianFox posted...

The Columbine school shooting was considered a one-off tragedy,

...Kip Kinkel shot up his school just a year earlier. Not to mention right before that you had the Westside Middle School shooting.


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i loved that time and i would go back

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