There are several things I miss:
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Mercader79 — 10 years ago(January 21, 2016 04:22 AM)
My youth.
Definitely agree about reality TV.
Don't really agree about PC.
Both of these were around in the 90s too although reality TV was much less prevalent than it is now.
The decline of racism/homophobia is a good thing though and it was declining in the 90s too. -
avia2 — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 05:48 AM)
The world wasn't so PC. Thanks to the liberals, I feel like I'm walking on eggshells trying not to offend anyone today. You can't even say "Merry Christmas" without being called intolerant/bigoted/or whatever term liberals use.
Actually I think this problem started in the 90s. We had Tony Blair and the Spice Girls, and laughed at old values.
Funnily enough the minorities never asked us to change it was white atheists or agnostics who led the de-Christianisation of British culture. -
safire17 — 9 years ago(May 13, 2016 10:30 PM)
The music ..pearl jam, soundgarden, nirvana AIC, temple of the dog, faith no more..great white, snoop and Dre, tupac, Michael and Janet. Old Gwen Stefani, she sucks now. Candle box, George Michael. I miss having $. Working night clubs, I miss my size 5 dancers body, I loved Vegas night life..of i could find a magic lamp, I'd go back, and never would have married my daughter's father.
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Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 02:27 PM)
I liked the general obscurity of the early internet. No social networking in those days. Webpages were simple, low-budget, virtually homemade.
Here is a rare surviving website from those early days, if you want to see what I mean (I know from memory that the URL has changed, though):
http://www.computercloset.org/
Poof! There Goes Perspiration! -
kclaura2003 — 9 years ago(June 30, 2016 12:07 PM)
The Space Jam website hasn't changed at all since '96.
http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm -
MajinRobot — 9 years ago(July 15, 2016 10:42 PM)
- MY CHILDHOOD AND INNOCENCE ABOUT THE WORLD!
This was a golden feeling and will probably never come back. - All the amazing films, Tv Series, animes, toys, etc that I grew up with.
Also the feeling that the 90s, as decades before them, had a special charisma about all things entertainment that you very rarely see anymore. For example, watch Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park followed by their latest sequels and you'll get what I mean instantly! - I was a kid in the 90s, but whenever I look back, people seemed more authentic and relaxed, rather than living connected to our freaking phones and social networks all day and now even waking around catching Pokemon!
Hello? Is the real world not enough for some?
- MY CHILDHOOD AND INNOCENCE ABOUT THE WORLD!
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rossy_ross — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 01:24 AM)
- The lack of sequels and remakes. When they did make sequels, they retained the charm of the original movie and didn't change the cast completely Home Alone 2, Homeward Bound 2, My Girl 2, Free Willy 2, Beethoven's 2nd, Addams Family Values, Scream 2, etc.
- Classic 2D animation. 3D animated films have always seemed soulless to me.
- Great live action kid films like The Sandlot. You don't see many films centered around regular, everyday kids these days.
- TV blocks TGIF, SNICK, TNBC, One Saturday Morning, Fox Kids, and Kids' WB. There was always something to look forward to every week.
- Early Disney Channel Original Movies. Brink, Smart House, Johnny Tsunami, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Susie Q, etc. They started to go downhill in 2001.
- The female singer-songwriters of the 90's. Alanis Morisette, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Merchant, Tracy Chapman, Joan Osbourne, and Melissa Etheridge. They seemed more authentic and didn't try to sell sex.
- The lack of technology. No smartphones, limited internet access, and computers were relatively esoteric.
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Marthian80 — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 12:25 AM)
The thing I miss the most is that back then everything was not readily available. OP mentioned that music videos on MTV where a thing back then and I agree. But there was no YouTube so if you wanted to see that special music video that everyone at school was talking about, you had to watch MTV for hours and hope they would show it!
Nowadays EVERYTHING is available online with a snap of your fingers, ready to view, listen or buy. Music, movies, games, food, clothing, porn; you name it. In the 90's I had to save money to go and buy the latest Beastie Boys album and when I finally got it, I played the album over and over. Nowadays when there is a new album out, you search it in Spotify and bam: it's there.
There is no saving money, no trip to the record store, no you just have it instantly. It concerns me that the new generation will grow up without waiting for things, but expecting everything to be on demand. -
Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(August 27, 2016 09:56 AM)
The cars looked nicer than todays cars. Ugh. Today's cars with their bulky raised rear ends and their aggressive grills at the front.ugh.
My front teeth (I lost them in the 2000s).
Windows 95. We (me, my sisters, my parents) had a Packard Bell with Navigator. People mock it now, but for a kid like me it was cool.
There was a show on the morning television on weekends which showed music videos. I forget the name (anyone on here live in Melbourne, Australia in the late-1990s? I believe it was called "Video Hits", but I might be wrong). If I recall correctly, for the number 1 hit they showed the complete video (meaning one got to see the bits before and after the song played).
Have you played Atari today? -
Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(October 31, 2016 05:46 AM)
This is off-topic, but I have too many threads going as it is, but let's make a comparison.
$499 1997 digital camera, Vivitar ViviCam 3000:
http://imgur.com/a/7d5rZ
$20 1991 35mm film camera, Vivitar ECO35H:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79157069@N03/30542973876/
Now, admittedly, the film camera is not up to the standards of a modern digital camera. Hell, it isn't even up to the standards of some phones these days. But I do feel it is better than the 1990s digital camera which cost so much more.
One note: The digital photo is from 1997 or so. I don't know who took it. The film photo was taken this year, by me.
I just thought it'd be interesting to make the comparison.
BTW, in the mood for some 1990s websites?
https://web.archive.org/web/19961026164733/http://www.sony.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/19961225003653/http://www.jazz.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/19961222145127/http://www.nintendo.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/19961219232819/http://www.sega.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/19961228091502/http://www.internet.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/19980112121417/http://vivitar.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/19971013030840/http://www.chevrolet.com/
Have you played Atari today?