Current Events > Do you miss the 90s?

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why or why not?

2000 was the perfect year

Yes. Mostly because they weren't the 2020s. Or the 2010s. Or hell, even the 2000s.

I do, but it's more because I was ages 2-12 in those years more than anything else. I think I'd miss whatever decade those years were in.

Nope, but I do miss the 2000s

Yes

Honestly hormones and extreme social anxiety from being on the spectrum during my teens and 20s ruined my life

I was a quiet timid kid in the 90s but more oblivious and didn't care as much

I barely have any functional memories of the '90s, so no

Yes and no.

But two things that were awesome about the 90s were the music and the independent film scene.

Not really. Tech sucked then and so did school.

In some ways. Miss being a kid in the early 90s. Not so much the later 90s.

Didn't like the advent of all the X-TREME stuff later on.

I literally never existed back then, yet I still enjoy stuff from that time period, so do I count?

No. My childhood was pretty awful.

CRON posted...

2000 was the perfect year

1996-2000 was an unusually good period in US history.

Im talking cyclical stuff. Obviously things like technology and social progress (at least until very recently) have improved since then.

Yes and it still feels weird the 90s are over. They should just reset back to 1990 every 10 years

CRON posted...

2000 was the perfect year

True.

Yes but mostly just because I was young and healthy. From 90 to 94 was high school years. Good times in my formative teenage years.

From 94 to 99 I was in the U.S. Navy and traveling the world. GREAT time. All in all the entire 90s was fucking outstanding for me. From age 14 to 23. No complaints.

Plus it was just a good time for music and movies though I probably prefer the 80s for movies. Sketch comedy tv in the 90s was top tier though. I didnt use the Internet until I got home in 99 so for me life was pretty much completely free of the internet and before social media took over and people turned into zombies with cell phones. The 90s were pretty fucking great really.

I miss being the age I was in the 90s. But I wouldn't want to go back to before the modern internet

Of course. There was constantly excellent new media coming out of every venue, a sense of hope, and Pizza Hut gave you fucking X-Men videotapes along with the massive pizza and multiple sides you could get, in those plush-ass booth tables, and it was all good, and you spent like 20 for the whole fucking family.

It was the pinnacle of the unsustainable dream of capitalism.

I just miss being an oblivious and naive kid. Not knowing how shitty the world can be and building new relationships wasn't complicated.

not really. They were good times, but when I think about they way things were I don't necessarily assign great as a descriptor. I do miss some of the music.

The world was so much better before social media, real friends, and no eBay.i know there was eBay in late 90s but resellers and all stores didnt use it.

plus better music and Blockbusters

also you could work a job at $4.25 an hour snd still support yourself with paying rent, all bills, food and still have money left over for video games, bars and comics

I want to say so but I didn't experience the 90s as an adult, so I don't totally know if it was as good as being a kid.

Yeah, it was the the peak of America. The economy was booming and you could live a good life with a simple job. Technology also advancing at a rapid pace with no social media bullshit was cool too.

No because I was a baby for about half a year

CRON posted...

2000 was the perfect year

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Letsago posted...

No because I was a baby for about half a year

And knowing how utterly fucked the world is as an adult, going back to blissful ignorance somehow isn't preferable to you?

Yes. The 2020s fucking SUCK.

Yes, but for one reason only. My parents were young. They're now in their 60s/70s and are showing their age. I moved back to London just to be near my parents in case they need me, after an episode where my dad split his head open.

I'd love to go back to the 90s, not for me, but just to see my parents be free and happy again.

I'm happy with my life but what hits my heart the most is seeing my mum and dad becoming elderly. When I was 18 my dad used to open a bottle of whiskey for my mates and I. 16 years later I now have to help him up the stairs. We often joke about how he taught me how to use a spoon, and maybe some day in future I'll have to help him use a spoon.

BTW the English drinking age is 18 so nothing is illegal

I love the 90s.

Nineties

Yes, because my mom was alive and I didn't know how fucking dumb the world was yet.

bsp77 posted...

Yes and no.

But two things that were awesome about the 90s were the music and the independent film scene.

Yep. Thankfully, both can be enjoyed forever.

Yes, but only in the sense that it sucked less. I wasn't happy then, either.

Much simpler times

everything is so saturated now

2001mark posted...

Yep. Thankfully, both can be enjoyed forever.

Until they are banned for not being the "culture" that the Christofascists approve of. Then you're hosed.

I do, but I try not to have rose-colored glasses about it.

Grow up

That depends on what you mean.

Do I miss having dial-up internet? Fuck no.
Do I miss having no money? Fuck no.

Do I miss being a kid with no responsibilities and tons of free time to play games? Fuck yes.
Do I miss being younger than 39? Fuck yes.

If youre asking me if Id time travel my consciousness back into my younger body, probably.

If youre asking me if Id roll back time to the 90s and not remember anything, no.

Not having information overload, anxiety inducing social media, privacy , and having to be able to read to do most things made people smarter.

Of course, having no outlets for abused people, ease of accessing things, having to travel a long distance for one item, and obvious lack of communication between cultures wasnt great.

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yes, I was a child of the 90s..I miss it very much.

SpawnShadow posted...

And knowing how utterly fucked the world is as an adult, going back to blissful ignorance somehow isn't preferable to you?

It's not possible for me to miss something I don't remember.

Yeah back then the only Trump I had to worry about was that guy who had 1 line in Home Alone 2.

Yes. I was 30 years younger with my life ahead of me. Not that this life is bad, it's the opposite actually, but not having responsibility outside of graduating highschool and college is great.

What i really miss though:
The music - Hair band ballads, alt rock (more smashing pumpkins and some brit bands, less Nirvana and grunge), hip hop, and the r&b ballads. All we have now is pop and one hit wonder club music.

Less tech - people were actually outside to play. Not force walking to get steps in. You didn't have a tracking device on you at all times too. Having a phone for emergency is great. As a distraction from life...not so much. Social media was the star or inquirer tabloids.

The movies - they would release anything and if it made 40-50mil it was good enough for a sequel. The comedies were funny and people didn't get offended...much. Now if one person has a problem, everyone pretends it's a problem for everyone.

I still think anime peaked in the 90s.

No. 2000s were awesome.

I don't miss the 90s I miss being a small child if I could be a kid again today with good parents I'd take that deal.

Yes absolutely, missed the sense of freedom and edgyness/anger that permeated society and media. Everything felt raw and truthful, forged some of my best friendships through this era