@Cerridwyn really? I remember the 90s as a very violent decade, way more so than now, especially the first half of it.
An internet search of violent crime rates will back me up.
@Cerridwyn@katbyter oh. I was too young to notice how adults were to each other.
There was certainly a lot less arguing with strangers online, we didn’t have much beyond AOL chat rooms. But that’s when online predation of kids began too.
@katbyter@kittykat9180 yes civility to each other. Nothing necessarily to do with violence but you didn’t see people calling the person at the check out b****. Or that kind of stuff especially people that didn’t know. Kindness was still valued, respect by that I may treating people with dignity was still valued. People didn’t hate their jobs the way they do now. The way most reason most people hate their jobs it’s just people don’t treat them with civility
@cbilyak@mycya4me when I left the company I had been with for 12 years, a custom was to go to a nearby bar/deli we frequented, and drop the leaving person’s pager into a pitcher of beer.
@cbilyak@pmarin I would not be surprised. Today ALL hardware would be collected. I know I was on the IT team/ Desktop Support that would pick it up, or would receive it from HR! The stuff we tossed was the Laptop bags, keyboards, mice, & sometime the power supply. (we had a ton of spare/ pre-owned Ones)
I mean, it was only the peak of civilization in every way that matters, complemented by exactly the right amount of internet. Other than that, though, nbd.
TGIF on TV, the $1 movie theatre in the sketchy part of town, waiting in line at an actual box office (even if it HAD to be a Ticketmaster one, ugh) to get actual paper concert tickets, mall hangouts during which no one ever bought a thing, grunge fashion and music, obsessing over Lisa Frank stationery, agonizing in Blockbuster over a Friday night movie decision, spending hours on an actual phone call and getting twisted up in the cord while you talked…all of that and no stress, bills, or even thinking about being an adult for at least a few years yet. Wow, we had it good there for a while.
@heartny@phendrick@yakkoTDI
Yeah, today I know but in the 90’s not so much! That’s probably a good thing, if I’d been getting deliveries 4-5 times a week like I do now, today I’d most likely be broke and in the poor house!
Mostly just that I didn’t ache so much…
But then again we had a good economy, low inflation, no major wars that lasted forever, real bipartisanship, and gas under $1/gallon. What’s not to love?
Although the King, Brown, and Lewinsky families probably have a different feeling about the '90s. We didn’t do too well at prosecuting celebrities… But what’s changed?
@yakkoTDI I remember when Taco Bell finally came to my hometown. The line of cars was wrapped around the building and out into the highway opening day. I thought it was weird that people would line up like that for sub-par food.
My high metabolism. Being able to eat, drink anything I wanted and never gained a pound. I ate strawberry shortcake with ice cream for breakfast everyday for a year and still only weighed 115lbs.
Not having a care in the world about anything, partying just to wake up and do it all over again the next day. The cops were even way more leinient, if you got pulled over for underage drinking, they’d just follow you home and tell you not to do it again. It really was a different world.
@Star2236 Same! I have Mountain Dew and Fudge-covered Oreos for breakfast. Was well under 100 pounds. Now I am 30 pounds overweight and eating less than 1000 calories a day.
Sure, I’m healthier now (probably), but I miss my genetic tapeworm-like metabolism.
Not paying bills or having any responsibilities.
I can’t say music because 90s music still exists.
Although I do miss watching TGIF.
Civility. It wasn’t perfect But it was a damn bit better Put your
@Cerridwyn really? I remember the 90s as a very violent decade, way more so than now, especially the first half of it.
An internet search of violent crime rates will back me up.
@Cerridwyn @kittykat9180 I think they meant people in general being civil to each other, not the crime rate. Less divisiveness.
@Cerridwyn @katbyter oh. I was too young to notice how adults were to each other.
There was certainly a lot less arguing with strangers online, we didn’t have much beyond AOL chat rooms. But that’s when online predation of kids began too.
@katbyter @kittykat9180 yes civility to each other. Nothing necessarily to do with violence but you didn’t see people calling the person at the check out b****. Or that kind of stuff especially people that didn’t know. Kindness was still valued, respect by that I may treating people with dignity was still valued. People didn’t hate their jobs the way they do now. The way most reason most people hate their jobs it’s just people don’t treat them with civility
@Cerridwyn @katbyter they do say that people don’t quit jobs, they quit managers.
Youth.
The freedom from devices!
@cbilyak You had pagers & I do believe the Palm Pilot!
@cbilyak @mycya4me when I left the company I had been with for 12 years, a custom was to go to a nearby bar/deli we frequented, and drop the leaving person’s pager into a pitcher of beer.
@cbilyak @pmarin I would not be surprised. Today ALL hardware would be collected. I know I was on the IT team/ Desktop Support that would pick it up, or would receive it from HR! The stuff we tossed was the Laptop bags, keyboards, mice, & sometime the power supply. (we had a ton of spare/ pre-owned Ones)
My hairline.
All the novelty experimentation from food brands.
Crystal Pepsi, those were the days.
@jitc I miss the Crystal Meth Pepsi
Being younger
@Kyeh Exactly!
How skinny I was. Sigh.
@Pony
Yep
The televisions themselves.
@PooltoyWolf
A man after my own heart… Gotta love a good tube!
Everyone I loved was still alive.
@llangley Agreed. :
My 20s
The denial that it was only a decade ago.
Being 30 years younger!
Being mostly physically fit, enough to be able to play sports without pain the next day.
Who am I kidding. I just wish I could run further than to the bathroom today.
Optimism.
I mean, it was only the peak of civilization in every way that matters, complemented by exactly the right amount of internet. Other than that, though, nbd.
@jouest You mean where it was primarily used for information and resources?
The dogs I owned then.
The music, the fashion, the mall, the movies, the innocence. My mom was alive and not sick yet. I would do anything to go back to that time.
Being young
TGIF on TV, the $1 movie theatre in the sketchy part of town, waiting in line at an actual box office (even if it HAD to be a Ticketmaster one, ugh) to get actual paper concert tickets, mall hangouts during which no one ever bought a thing, grunge fashion and music, obsessing over Lisa Frank stationery, agonizing in Blockbuster over a Friday night movie decision, spending hours on an actual phone call and getting twisted up in the cord while you talked…all of that and no stress, bills, or even thinking about being an adult for at least a few years yet. Wow, we had it good there for a while.
@harrylives7 We were like 10 years old taking the city bus to the mall and then crossing the street to the $1 movie theater.
@harrylives7
You had some really good ones in there.
Amazon was just an online bookseller
@heartny More likely, to most people at that time,Amaxon was either just a river or a buff young lady.
@heartny @phendrick
Ama who?
@heartny @Lynnerizer @phendrick You know, Amazon. The owner of that early '90s website IMDB.
@heartny @phendrick @yakkoTDI
Yeah, today I know but in the 90’s not so much! That’s probably a good thing, if I’d been getting deliveries 4-5 times a week like I do now, today I’d most likely be broke and in the poor house!
Mostly just that I didn’t ache so much…
But then again we had a good economy, low inflation, no major wars that lasted forever, real bipartisanship, and gas under $1/gallon. What’s not to love?
Although the King, Brown, and Lewinsky families probably have a different feeling about the '90s. We didn’t do too well at prosecuting celebrities… But what’s changed?
Gas prices
@mbersiam Taco Bell also tasted better back then. Or did you mean gasoline?
@yakkoTDI I remember when Taco Bell finally came to my hometown. The line of cars was wrapped around the building and out into the highway opening day. I thought it was weird that people would line up like that for sub-par food.
What I DON’T miss is the music. Sure there were some good bands but the vast majority of 90’s music was terrible.
@OnionSoup blasphemy
Vehicle Prices!!
In 1990, I bought a new Toyota PU for 5k,
Now look how much they cost
@lonocat I remember seeing basic F-150s advertised for $9,999. Might have even been 4WD.
Dial-up internet.
Oh, wait, I don’t miss that.
@pmarin beeeeeeeeeeeee-sqweeeee-bubububuh-beeeeeeeeeeee-sqweeeeeeeee-bububububuh-beeeeeeeeeeeeeep
@OnionSoup @pmarin
30 years younger!
My high metabolism. Being able to eat, drink anything I wanted and never gained a pound. I ate strawberry shortcake with ice cream for breakfast everyday for a year and still only weighed 115lbs.
Not having a care in the world about anything, partying just to wake up and do it all over again the next day. The cops were even way more leinient, if you got pulled over for underage drinking, they’d just follow you home and tell you not to do it again. It really was a different world.
@Star2236 Same! I have Mountain Dew and Fudge-covered Oreos for breakfast. Was well under 100 pounds. Now I am 30 pounds overweight and eating less than 1000 calories a day.
Sure, I’m healthier now (probably), but I miss my genetic tapeworm-like metabolism.