What do you miss most about the 90's?

The optimism and feeling that we were on the verge of solving the world's problems. The world was never a perfect place, but at least we weren't constantly bombarded with negative news stories telling us how awful everything is and spreading fear.

Well, I do a lot of film photography, and I miss being able to easily go into a shop and buy some film. Those lovely shelves with the lovely boxes of film were quite charming. These days I have to buy the film online, which is not charming at all.

Gameboy. Seriously, I have so many positive memories of the Gameboy. It was a "pure" handheld, that just played games and that was it. I like that.

The pop music. I actually prefer 1930s-1980s music over 1990s music, but I prefer 1990s pop music any day of the week over the awful autotuned pop music of today....

EDIT: I posted a thread and deleted it about the semi-revival of the anthology TV series genre in the 1990s ("Are You Afraid of the Dark" and others). I like anthologies.

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I love your list OP. I can agree with your list you pretty much mentioned everything I was thinking


I will say I miss the music and the music videos on BET, MTV, and VH1 24/7 or almost 24/7.

@Connect I miss seeing people take picture with regular cameras and I miss being able to buy the disposable cameras in stores took better pictures than the cell phones in my opinion. The other week when I was in Wal Mart I finally noticed they did away with the photo section they have this thing where you hook your phone to the USB cord and print your pictures off. I swear the technology is changing so fast. I'm all for a change but too much change isn't so great.

I remember the Gameboy era too me and my younger siblings each had one my brother had the black one, my sister I think had a red one, I think I had a green one. They were so 2 inches or so thick and I miss playing the games on them. I also miss the Sega days we had one of those too I loved playing Sonic, The Lion King, Aladdin, Earthworm Jim, and etc.

I miss the sitcoms days when reality TV didn't exist.

I miss the fashion from the 90s especially how women were creative with their looks and would often were baggy clothing.

The great alternative rock music of the early to mid 90's. Bands like REM, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Pearl Jam, and Collective Soul. I know some of these bands are still around but IMO some of their best stuff came earlier in their careers.

There are certain things I miss about internet in the 90's. Not everyone was online and it was like a secret hideout for geeks. The presence of "trolls" in all internet activities these days makes me really miss the early days of the internet where such things were far more rare because that whole demographic didn't even exist. It also felt like an accomplishment when you made an "internet discovery" like mp3s, for example.

I miss the days where internet and cell phones were considered a luxury, not a necessity


It's ridiculous how I see kids walking home from school staring at their phones texting or facebooking, tweeting or snap chatting their buts off and almost get hit by cars


I'm surprised the schools even allow them to bring the phones on campus

When I was in high school (And JR High), we weren't even allowed to bring cd players or cassette walkmans because the school didn't want to be responsible for thefts. They even considered banning watches at one point citing there were clocks in the classroom

There are certain things I miss about internet in the 90's. Not everyone was online and it was like a secret hideout for geeks. The presence of "trolls" in all internet activities these days makes me really miss the early days of the internet where such things were far more rare because that whole demographic didn't even exist. It also felt like an accomplishment when you made an "internet discovery" like mp3s, for example.



So true, I hate how everyone and their momma have Facebook, I thought Facebook was something like Myspace something for us 35 to 18 maybe, I know I had my hideout places I would go on the internet like in chat rooms and in the early 00s there was sites like migente.com and blackplanet.com sites where it was parents free. I'm a big music person and I loved going to artists web page it seem like most artists don't have their own web page like they used to anymore it was fun to visit the message boards and talk about that particular artists and etc. I'm glad not to many know about IMDB, I don't hear many people talk about it...well people I know.

@Kitty I agree with you I hate how students is able to bring cell phones and other electronic items into school also. When I was going to school in the 90s, it was the same for us no music players or other electronics in class and the teachers would take them away from us and we wouldn't get it back until the end of the school year if they caught us.

Kitty I agree with you I hate how students is able to bring cell phones and other electronic items into school also. When I was going to school in the 90s, it was the same for us no music players or other electronics in class and the teachers would take them away from us and we wouldn't get it back until the end of the school year if they caught us.

It's ridiculous. Actress Alexis Fields (who played Charla on Kenan & Kel and Moesha's stuck up college roommate Alicia), she shared a video on her Instagram where she gave her 7 year old daughter an iPhone 6 case. She teased her before giving her the actual phone


But come on a 7 year old with her own cell phone? it's ridiculous how much today's world relies on technology


It's only a matter of time before Apple invents the iToilet

"Hey Siri, will you please wipe my butt?"

That is crazy, my sister is same way she claim she doesn't spoil her kids but she pretty much give the oldest whatever and he cuts up in class and want to clown around instead of paying attention in class. I know my sister gave him a phone and he had told me he had a phone and take it to school I'm sure she if he still has it, my nephew is 7 years old now. I swear sometimes I just want to go to these schools and be a spy to see what is going on in schools today. Its truly sad, lol on the Apple toilet I can see that happening people too lazy to wipe their own butts.

That is what I hate about dating life today I'm 33 and still single still trying to find a decent man but I try to meet guys over the internet on dating sites or on phone chats and then get them to meet in person its like they prefer living behind the computer or phone instead of going out there and meeting in person the old fashioned way. Then you have to send a dozen pictures to them before they decide to meet you like as if they were Tyra Banks and this is American Next Top Model or something.