![]() I liked the just existing part of the 90s better than today. People briefly used the internet and then went back to their lives. Or another way to say it, to get onto the internet, you had to boot up the computer for 10 minutes and no one could use the one telephone while you were online. “My favorite part was you could log off the internet. “90’s was when people just stopped caring about stupid things that nowadays we ourselves care about too much.”ġ6. “Good cartoons, arcades were popular, video games were great. It’s not the same being born with all this technology as experiencing the life before and after which makes everything seem better.”ġ4. Plus, the transition between modern life (with phones, computers, etc) hit differently at that moment. “Our childhood and the “good old days” in which we thought we knew what suffering meant but we didn’t. It was like what the suburbs are supposed to feel like.”ġ3. Things felt stable, technology was getting leisurely and interesting, and the job market was good. “During the 1990s, Gen Xers and Millennials were taught and shown how getting that college degree can greatly improve and influence your life.”ġ2. I would go on a date with a girl and we actually paid attention to each other, no cell phone to stare at, no such thing as social media.”ġ1. “You met people the old-fashioned way, just something about relationships before the social media age was something special. “Go to a concert or a show and people are actually watching the band, not trying to record with their smartphone because smartphones didn’t exist.”ġ0. “Playstation 1, Playstation 2, N 64, Blockbuster Gas was cheap, personal computers were changing the world. With a jaw that opened, battle-like slash noises, and the tune that called the Tiger Zord, this plastic sword really felt like the real deal. We didn’t have influencers and that type of shit.”Ĩ. If you were a true 90s kid and a true Power Rangers fan, then you would have had the White Ranger’s ‘Saba’ Sabre. ’90s culture takes them back to an era where they were discovering themselves.”ħ. They just happened to be at an age where the music of the ’90s lined up with their first relationship, first kiss, first breakup, etc. “The people who remember the 90’s fondly, are people who experienced a coming of age in the ’90s. You had a cell phone so you could call friends whenever you needed to, but since you weren’t able to scroll through apps it didn’t take up your time.”Ħ. Media was getting cheaper with CDs and VHS tapes. “You had access to modern technology, but people weren’t constantly attached to or dependent on it. There seemed to be more patriotism and less division.”ĥ. The nation also seemed more united at that time. ![]() Now it seems like everyone is in the “hustle” mode and not truly happy. It seemed like people were happier and more content with what they did have. The music, the fashion, malls, mass shootings every damn day wasn’t a thing.”Ĥ. You could leave your house for a night out with friends and your parents wouldn’t be able to find you. “We had enough technology to get by and make life easier but it didn’t ruin our lives.
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