remember the 90's, kids?

ok i got this on myspace once...and loved it! it's long but so worth the read if you were born in the 80's



you know you're a child of the EIGHTIES and


You're a 90's kid if:

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.
(Rest in Peace)

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How
Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at
school.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

you danced to "wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto,
Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you
really really want.)...and wore the 5 in. shoes

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet.

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull
the pranks on "intruders"

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with
silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE
ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE
ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE
he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt
come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow
he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants
show show show

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By
The Bell "

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank"
brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at
the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain woud finally take over the world!! What happened 2 Pinky??

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

You remember when razor scooters were cool.

When we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy.

Before the Internet & text messaging.

Before Sidekicks & iPods.

Before MIKE JONES

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.

Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE KOOL

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back...

Red Light, Green Light 1, 2, 3

Heads Up 7 Up.

Hula Hoops.

Reading R.L. Stine's Goose Bumps.

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS.

Running through the sprinklers.

That "Little Mermaid"

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.

Drinking Squeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It"

CAPRI SUN

Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in
your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter.

Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats.

Or what about:

The Secret Life of Alex Mac.

Ren & Stimpy.

Double Dare.

Rocco's Modern Life.

AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.

Wild & Crazy Kids .

Clarissa Explains it All.

CAMP NOWHERE

Salute your shorts( CAMP ANAWANA )

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The original cast members of all that.

Kenan & Kel.

Doug.

The magic school bus.

Nick Arcade.

Flash forward.

Pete and pete.

Legends of the hidden temple.

Hey dude.

Dinosaurs.

Pinky and the brain.

Sailor Moon.

blossom .

Hangin with mr.cooper .

Wishbone. (what's the story wishbone)

Bill-nye the science guy.

MR RODGERS!!!!
You wanted to be a goonie
Stand by me

Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie,
The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

or Nick jr. with face

Gulah gulah island (that was my show)

Little bear

Under the unbrella tree

PEE-WEE!!!

The Big Comfy Couch

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

Eureka 's Castle!!! (I thought i was the only one lol!!!)

Class field trips.

POGS
skip its
little people

When Chris tmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle. (I still
feel the same way lol!!)

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.

hypercolor t-shirts

Go back to the time when:

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe' catch a tiger by
the toes if he hollers let him go 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'
OR
Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish how many pieces do you wish??

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.

Act like you didn't watch afro-king BOB ROSS paint trees on T.V.

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning
the lottery.

Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people'
rides at the fair. (I still wish i was) lmao

When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

DID I DO THAAAAAAAAAT???

Smud and yak back. skip it and pop it.

"Welcome to Good Burger, Home of the Good Burger, can i take your oorrrrder?"


When you wondered why you kept geting clothes instead of toys for christmas

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

 

Reading this amazes me. I've been exposed to probably 95% of all of that... and I'm not even American and didn't grow up anywhere close to the US. Damn media

That did bring some great memories back though.

 

it does bring back great memories.....
the innocent happy days......

 

Yeah... I miss it alot.

It seems like those days stopped overnight.

 

Cable TV in the 80s seemed a lot better than what it is today. It's too flashy and neurotic today. It had more substance back then.

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9/11/01

 

I love Sailor Moon still..........

 

how does 9/11 have anything to do w/ the fact that we don't wear our hair in side ponytails and wear scrunched socks w/ hypercolor t-shirts while watching full house on TGIF ??

I mean really, we just grew up..

i'm not saying 9/11 didn't change stuff, but the fact that we grew up and time seems to move forward has nothing to do w/ skip it's and pogs.......

 

I'm not talking about you personally/you are wrong..the era the 90's ended an that date, and then a great serious silent period began, its not all about you

 

Are you afraid of the dark..oh man I remember that show

 

ahh, the good old days.
i was so naive.

i loved goosebumps, used to scare the shit out of me.

 

I am still very confused how these relate...
and you sound harsh to me w/ the ...."YOU ARE WRONG" and " IT"S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU" statements..

i just wanted this too be a happy thread, reminiscing the good ole days before we really grew up and had to make serious decisions when life was easy..and didn't consist of all of this argumentative stuff.....I'm sorry I don't want to argue..

 

I think it was on snick on saturdays..and it was at 8*30 the last show!!! I used to lay in bed and watch it..then i was always afraid to get up and go to the bathroom, cause it was dark!! HAHA..

and goosebumps used to scare me too! LOL

what a dork I was....

 

haha, i actually just had a dream about the goonies last night, awesome

 

There was an innocence pre-911 when we could squander time and money investigating the love life of the president while ignoring more important issues that led to events such as 911. Those days are pretty much gone. The younger people today will grow up in a different type of world.

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In my opinion I don't think there was anything innocent about the 90's. Things were progressivly getting worse and worse... and always have been ....
And no doubt every generation grows up in a different world than the last....

And why do things always turn political..this was supposed to be a happy thread.......about our youth......and childhood.............

 

You referred to the 90s as innocent and happy days. I agreed with you then you got upset and said they weren't innocent. (??)

I think the grown ups and leaders were living in child-like atmosphere in the 90s, able to spend time on things that weren't real issues, much like how children do. Things changed after 'you know what'.

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It should also say "You know what notta momma means" Hahaha oh dear lord Dinosaurs was a great movie

 

The 90s was also an era before the TV screen became all cluttered with pop-up ads. They used to let us alone to enjoy the shows back then.

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I referred to them as innocent days because, we as children were innocent....we had no idea what was going on w/ desert storm or whatever..we were just kids....

how about we drop this discussion......

ready .............. set................NOW

red light green light was fun...........