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A Collection of the Best 1990s Memes

Growing up in the 1990s didn’t make us special. I’m not mad at these “damn kids today” because they don’t know what dial-up is. I’m thrilled for them. It was horrible. Nobody deserves that.

Nevertheless, it hits some sweet, sweet spot in the brain to let memes transport us back to a time in our history that seems to have been curated entirely by that orange Nickelodeon blob guy.

I wonder what he’s up to. I hope he’s found work. Let’s reminisce with some 90’s memes in his honor.

15. I didn’t even have cable, so even this felt like luxury

14. Nobody ever bought these, they just sort of appeared

13. Seeing this meme is how I learned there’s a Rugrats reboot coming

12. The higher the hair the closer to God

11. This was broken 10 minutes in

10. Back when things were “on” at a “certain time”

9. Give your little brother the bad controller

8. I had two sisters and these were scattered everywhere

7. My heart literally just skipped a beat

6. Then DVDs came along and you’d end up returning them because “they had the black bars”

5. I mean, the world was slightly less on fire

4. It’s impossible to explain now why we thought these would be valuable

3. I STILL DON’T KNOW

2. Bottom right still gives me anxiety

1. Who could forget “tent pants”

Well, realizing how long ago all of this happened makes me think I should probably go join AARP.

While I’m gone, tell me in the comments what your favorite distinctly 90’s thing was.

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Memes About Life in the 1990s and Why Kids Will Never Know the Struggle

I try not to go off on my “you damn kids don’t know how good you’ve got it!” rants too often. After all, it’s not like us American 90’s kids grew up traversing a dessert to get well water or something. It’s not like we were all dying of dysentery in our ox-drawn carriages (though we did love to pretend we were, for some reason.)

Still. The rate at which technology has moved in the last few decades does mess with my mind enough that I can’t help but occasionally shake my head at how different everything is.

Let’s reflect on this with some memes.

15. Circle “yes,” “no,” or “maybe”

14. WELL IS SHE?!

13. It’s amazing I never wrecked my car flipping through this

12. This was my retirement plan

11. There’s a lot going on here

10. As long as nobody finds my diary

9. This sentence would be gibberish now

8. Our coming of age was a little…slower

7. And then you’d immediately lose this

6. We didn’t understand minesweeper, but we played it, dammit

5. Beware the dreaded double exposure!

4. Brought to you by limewire.exe

3. This is the only true art

2. There are so many more ways to ignore people now

1. Honestly, a better investment

Alright, now get off my lawn.

What was the hardest part about 90’s life for you?

Let us know in the comments.

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19 Toys You’ll Remember if You Grew up in the Glorious ’80s

The ’80s were great for many reasons: music, cool movies, ridiculous hairstyles and parachute pants, the list goes on and on.

You know what else was really cool from that decade?

THE TOYS!

We had all kinds of awesome gadgets and toys to play with. Let’s get all nostalgic and take a look at some of the best toys the ’80s had to offer.

1. Remember Popples?

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2. My Buddy and Kid Sister.

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3. Fisher Price Medical Kit.

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4. Fisher Price Music Box Teaching Clock

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5. Monchhichis were a big hit in Japan before coming to the U.S.

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6. Tree Tots Tree House.

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7. Sit ‘n Spin.

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8. Fisher Price Stove.

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9. I definitely had the See ‘N Say Farmer.

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10. Wuzzles even briefly had their own TV show!

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11. The classic Big Wheels.

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12. Fisher Price Gas Pump.

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13. Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine.

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14. Micky Mouse Talking Telephone.

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15. Fisher Price Cash Register.

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16. Sesame Street Poppin’ Pals.

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17. Care Bears were HUGE.

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18. Little People Play House.

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19. Fisher Price Record Player.

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Wow, that sure was a trip down memory lane!

Did you own any of these awesome toys from the 1980s?

Tell us all about it in the comments!

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Enjoy These Funny ‘Today’s Kids Will Never Know’ Tweets

Oh, these darn kids today…they’ll never know some of the struggles or the joys we experienced back in the day, now will they?

I’m not talking about the old “I walked uphill both ways to school in the snow every day.” I’m referring to more recent stuff, like 1980s and 90s technology and culture and other stuff like that.

The Twitter-verse has caught on to this “today’s kids will never know” trend, and the tweets are quite entertaining.

Let’s take a look.

1. It really was epic!

2. This was not that long ago…

3. Nothing like it!

4. No one knows really. Just click stuff.

5. A very long time.

6. That was the big time.

7. Sh*t got wild.

8. A big letdown.

9. You’ve changed…

10. Discman 4 Life.

11. This might take a while…

12. It never ended…

13. Always a bummer.

14. A terrible tragedy.

15. Neighborhood meeting place.

Those are pretty funny, eh?

If you were going to write a new “kids today will never know” tweet, what would you say?

Share it with us in the comments.

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Gen X’ers Will Appreciate These Memes More Than Napster

ALL of the talk right now is about boomers and millennials because they’re fighting. Which is fine. You all do your thing and we’ll just sticking around, minding our own business, making fat stacks and reading memes.

I mean… remember when music and movies were free on the internet because we were LITERALLY stealing them? And we thought that would keep going?

Yeah, you remember… and these memes will bring all those good times flooding back.

1. Wait… WUT?!

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2. Them were them dayz

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3. And were they even taken out of class??

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4. Good lord…

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5. Sleeves = Class

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6. It’s on!

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7. That Atari life!

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8. OMFG!

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9. Oh yes.

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10. Oh… am I interrupting the class with my FRIES?!?!

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11. You’ll never know…

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How much did you relate to these memes? If you said, “A LOT!” then you are definitely Generation X. Like, full on Gen Xer.

Got any awesome memes you want to share with us? Leave them in the comments!

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This Is Why Germans See David Hasselhoff as a Symbol of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

It’s been 30 years…

1989 seems like a long time ago, but this year is still recent in the memories of the people of Berlin, Germany. Until 1989, the Berlin Wall divided the city and its citizens, with those on the east living in Communism, and those on the west in Capitalism. The wall was was heavily policed, and attempting to cross was a deadly act of courage.

Thankfully the city (and the country) was eventually reunited. Many factors contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and, weirdly, to some Germans David Hasselhoff is a symbol of its removal.

Yes, the guy we best remember for a being the hot 1980s super-stud from Baywatch has a special place in modern German history.

We may know Hasselhoff best for being a fake lifeguard, but Germans associate him with their freedom.

That’s because, in addition to acting, Hasselhoff also sings. His first album, 1985’s Night Rocker, was pretty successful when it was came out, but he became iconic in Germany in 1988 when he released a song called “Looking for Freedom,” in an album with the same name.

Though it was released in June 1989, many Germans were still listening to it when the wall came down several months later, on November 9, 1989.

To be clear, the star insists that he’s not responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall in any way.

But it’s logical that some German fans at the time associate his song with the momentous event in history because of its timing.

Hasselhoff has spoken to various media about his memories of this era. He told TIME he was moved by his experience touring in Germany in 1989. When he was asked to perform, he said, he’d only do it if he would be allowed to perform at the wall, WHICH HE DID.

Of the experience, he said,

“I remember it like it was yesterday. There was a camera on the crane, and I wasn’t playing to the camera. Usually you play to the camera. I just kept bending over and playing to the crowd because I was so moved by the experience.”

No matter what Hasselhoff says about his connection to the Berlin Wall, it’s clear his German fans will always have a special place for him in their hearts because he was the man who sang about freedom.

Is there anything that surprised you about David Hasselhoff and his special place as a pop culture icon in Germany? Let us know here!

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10 Posts That Will Probably Be Appreciated by People Born Before 1994

Second grade, that was the year. It’s been all downhill since then.

If you’re feeling nostalgic, we’ve got you covered with another remember when, where we take you back to a time where things were simpler, fun, and just plain easy. Grab your coffee and settle in for a touch of your past.

10. Did you open up an entire box of cereal just for the prize?

9. There’s that time when all childhood disputes where settled with Rock, Paper, Scissors

8. The time when you pulled every coupon from the supermarket machine…

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7. Metal slides were the playground nemesis.

6. And let’s not forget about the static slides!

5. When this rolled out, you knew the school day got a whole lot better

4. You tossed your lunch out because it was school pizza day!

3. Friday nights were made for renting at Blockbuster.

2. A good game of MASH gave you your future.

1. Dinner time was fun when mom served mac n’ cheese.

Share with your friends to give them a brainful of memories…

Comment below with you favorite nostalgic moment!

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Sony Has a New Walkman to Commemorate Its 40th Anniversary

It must’ve been about 1984 when my older brother Rich got a Walkman for Christmas. I was mesmerized by it. Of course, I wasn’t allowed to touch it, but I did admire it from afar until I got my own a few years later and started amassing a killer tape collection featuring hand-me-downs from Rich like AC/DC, The Ramones, and other bands that warped my young mind.

But I digress. We should all be excited that Sony announced it is releasing a Walkman to celebrate the original Walkman’s 40th anniversary. The original Sony TPS-L2 debuted in 1979 and quickly changed the electronics game. It was the first truly portable personal tape player, and it quickly became a staple of music lovers everywhere.

At the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin last week, Sony announced it is releasing a new version of the groundbreaking Walkman. The new Sony NW-A100TPS Walkman looks pretty amazing and is powered by Android.

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It features a cassette tape interface, and the case has a 40th-anniversary logo on the back. It also has an S-Master HX digital amplifier to give listeners high-res audio, a processor to give compressed audio tracks a higher quality, and a vinyl processor that gives digital tracks a vinyl-like quality.

It also has 26 hours of battery life.

Here’s a video of the new Sony Walkman in action.

I don’t know about you, but my nostalgia just kicked into high gear, and I’m gonna need to get my hands on one of these!

Exciting!

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These TV Moments Were All Really Dark

There are some television shows that we expect to be heavy and dark (Handmaid’s Tale, anyone) but there are others when certain moments seem to come out of nowhere and smack you right in the face.

Like these 17, which felt pretty unexpected for most fans!

17. When Miranda started skipping meals to get skinny on Lizzie McGuire.

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16. Jessie’s famous caffeine pill addiction in Saved By the Bell.

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15. When Stephanie’s friend revealed he was being beaten at home on Full House.

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14. And on Boy Meets World, Shawn’s friend Claire shows up with a black eye.

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13. On Boy Meets World, Shawn’s dad had a second heart attack and died right after promising not to leave him.

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12. When DJ starved herself to look like a model and then passed out at the gym on Full House.

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11. When Glee wrote Cory Monteith’s death into the show.

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10. Randy’s existential crisis on Home Improvement.

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9. The school lockdown scenario on Glee.

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8. When Kimmy tried to drive drunk in Full House and DJ revealed that’s how her mother died.

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7. When Shawn almost joined a cult on Boy Meets World (and got a lesson in non-toxic masculinity in the process).

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6. Mr. Hyunh was separated from his daughter 20 years ago in Vietnam, and revealed on Hey, Arnold! that he’d never stopped looking for her.

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5. These racist events on Family Matters.

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4. When Will took a bullet for Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, then Carlton bought a gun.

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2. When a pedophile lured TJ into his basement on Smart Guy.

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1. The racist store owner in That’s So Raven.

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Being surprised is part of the fun, but it can also be a little tough to swallow.

Got any fave moments that made you gasp? Share them in the comments!

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This Might Make You Feel Old. These 20 Songs Are Now Considered Classic Rock.

Are you ready to feel a little depressed? Cause that’s what happened when I looked over this list. We’re getting old, friends…it’s time to face the facts.

When I think of “classic rock”, I’m thinking Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc. And now, we have this…

But at least we have all the great memories, right?!?!

“Classic rock.” Ughhhhhh.

1. Foo Fighters – “Everlong”

2. Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”

3. Garbage – “Stupid Girl”

4. R.E.M. – “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”

5. The Smashing Pumpkins – “Tonight, Tonight”

6. Superdrag – “Sucked Out”

7. No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”

8. The Verve Pipe – “The Freshmen”

9. Ben Folds Five – “Brick”

10. Counting Crows – “A Long December”

11. Blur – “Song 2”

12. Veruca Salt – “Seether”

13. Green Day – “Basket Case”

14. The Wallflowers, “One Headlight”

15. Fiona Apple – “Criminal”

16. Hole – “Celebrity Skin”

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17. Bush – “Glycerine”

18. Stone Temple Pilots – “Interstate Love Song”

19. Nada Surf – “Popular”

20. Gin Blossoms – “Hey Jealousy”

See you at the retirement home!

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