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As a millennial, I can personally attest to all the memes and reels where people say it feels like the turn of the century was ten, max fifteen years ago. I am the same way, and can still name the addresses to my favorite Counter-Strike 1.5 servers. But it's been more than two decades and that world no longer exists. So to see just how much things have changed, let's take a look at the Instagram account Insta80s90s and all of the nostalgia it's been posting. Just don't be surprised if you get a sudden craving for Fruit Roll-Ups and Capri Sun.

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We contacted the authors of the account and they agreed to tell us more about it. "Our content comes from various internet image sources and social media sites where we can find the particular memory we wish to share with our audience," the people behind Insta80s90s told Bored Panda.

They're trying to keep the feed fresh. "We like to provide our followers with a mixture of memes, questions, and simple pictures of things related to era," they said.

"This makes our page special as we don't focus entirely on comedy. We think the reason for our success is we try to cater to everyone's taste. Some prefer polls and questions that encourage high commenting, and some prefer a childhood meme."

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yes. The all mighty projector that the teachers loved. This is your homework for tonight.

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However, some of the posts do seem to receive slightly more engagement than others. "We have certainly noticed our followers tend to prefer the posts that ask them to answer questions about their personal experiences, for example: 'What 90’s song will you always turn up when you hear it on your car radio?'" the people in charge of the account added.

"Also, our followers like posts that highlight how today's kids don't know the struggle we had with things like portable CD players and having phones that only had the game Snake on it."

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved these! I loved the smell of them too. My kids played with them in the little guns. I just liked to hit them with a rock.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have them in my freezer right now. Different brand, yet still the same idea. (Netherlands)

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Reminiscence of this sort can serve several functions. "Our everyday is humdrum, often even absurd," psychiatrist and philosopher Neel Burton, M.D., writes.

"Nostalgia can lend us much-needed context, perspective, and direction, reminding and reassuring us that our life is not as banal as it may seem, that it is rooted in a narrative, and that there have been, and will once again be meaningful moments and experiences."

Perhaps it's no surprise then that nostalgia often visits us at times of change or uncertainty.

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TheNewJenBrady
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man I loved those things as a kid ..not to use in a bath but just to play with and squish until it broke open.

Upstaged75
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And after you used one you had to be careful not to break your neck, because it turned your bathtub in to a slip-and-slide!

DEW
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Always a Christmas gift and we would get so excited about taking a bath with these.

Fussy1
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, you cannot pop it with your teeth without getting that nastiness in your mouth! ...is what I've heard. Oops

LokisLilButterknife
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love squishing these as a kid. If you squished them too hard the scented oil would burst out and stain the walls.

Fussy1
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, yes it would and trying to use bog roll to clean it up was an even bigger mistake.

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Pensive_Panda
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worked in the mall in rhe 90's as my second job. We sold these.

SkippityBoppityBoo
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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh these! On my birthday, the first three years at Secondary school in the UK? There was a warehouse near us that sold these but at cost price, not shop price. So I'd buy one for each of my classmates and put one on each of their desks on my birthday day..... Is that weird? I mean I grew up with Candy Throws at infant/lower school in Canada when it was your birthday! Buy a big bag of smaller candy such as mini Tootsie Rolls or maybe two if you could afford it and you would stand at the front of the class facing forwards so you couldn't see the rest of the room, everyone else was sat down and you'd throw them in handfuls over your head! Does that still happen in schools or has it been stopped?

Uncommon Sense
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't know what they were, squeezed one and it burst, sending all the soapy liquid into my eyes. Not fun!

Alexandra Prytkova
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I tried to eat one when I was 4. God, still remember the awfullness of a full mouth of soap.

Breadcrumb.
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A dusty a*s bowl on the counter in the bathroom you weren't allowed to touch it

Huddo's sister
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These were so much nicer. I tried bath bombs or similar a couple of times before I gave up taking baths and found it uncomfortable if you accidently sat on the granules!

Beth Wheeler
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh with those you have to hold it under the faucet and make sure it's disolved before you get in the tub. Swish the water around with your hand and run it over the bottom.

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Yes, I'm serious
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These go way back before the 90s. My Nonna always gave these to me for Christmas in the 70s.

Nimitz
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And god help you if you used some! Those and the shell shaped soaps were for DISPLAY ONLY!

xolitaire
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they smelled like a mix of soap and plastic, terrible. But I still loved squishing them

Ace
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Made the bath impossible to wipe clean without strong cleaning products though.

Colleen Glim
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They all smelled the same. Didn’t matter which ones you chucked in the bath

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! It used to be in all the movies. The last movie I saw it in was The Princess Bride and in The Mummy.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember how much those f*****g things could hurt you. Stepping on a Lego ain't nothing compared to stepping on one of those spiky bastards

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

needed a second normal eraser to erase the mess these erasers made erasing

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"It could be argued that nostalgia is a form of self-deception in that it invariably involves distortion and idealization of the past, not least because the bad or boring bits are erased from our memory, leaving only the peak experiences." Burton continues.

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"The Romans had a tag for this phenomenon that modern psychologists have come to call ‘rosy retrospection’: memoria præteritorum bonorum, ‘the past is always well remembered.’"

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to have some but got rid of them during a move. My man just surprised me by putting up two packs the other day, because apparently I'm still not too old for glow stars.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the crust was so much better back then; crispy and cooked through but not dry or burnt

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The folks behind Insta80s90s agree that nostalgia is a very powerful emotion. "To us, it creates a happy feeling about the good times that we have experienced, and allows us to look back on the past with fond memories."

"Whilst we can't turn back time, we see our account sort of like a time machine for people that belong to these generations and wish to do the same."

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those were good candies. You ate them so you weren't running around yelling for your watch. Saved a lot of time.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What... What is old about the slot car track?? My son got it at last Christmas.. and loves it!

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can highly recommend taking an actual camera to festivals and such. Saves battery on your phone and you don't get distracted when you open it only to take a picture

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Jennifer Howe
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like the American version it's called Trouble. In the UK it's called Frustration which I think is more accurate!

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You forgot pouring glue on your hands and peeling it off. Times were simple before social media.

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TheNewJenBrady
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have not thought about these for decades! I had one and forgot all about it until just now🤍

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a kid we used to get water-activated stick-on tattoos, officially known as 'transfers' a bit like the ones we used on Airfix models. I think they're still going strong all these decades later.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🎶Toot-sweet, toot-sweet, the food you can whistle, the flute that you eat..

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They still sell these in certain shops in the UK. I've definitely found packs in Home Bargains. They're mine and my daughters favourite sweets

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was the Vampire one. I can still remember how it smelled when you put on. Also all of the slobber all over the place from trying to talk in them. Good Times!

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I recognize two of them! Beavus and Butthead and the The Simpsons. Can I have a senior discount! (im a minor lol XD)

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DEW
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I probably have brain damage from smelling these. I loved the cherry, the brown cinnamon, the orange. So this is why I'm the way I am.LOL!!

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually won a GameBoy Pocket from a Sprite bottle cap when I was young. I still have the GameBoy too! Only thing I've ever won.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait a minute, I'm sure these are still common on supermarket shelves...

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just had Wendy's for dinner tonight. I usually get a vanilla frosty but got chocolate one and they must of changed it. It tasted like a brownie. I completely forgot about the yellow faze. It just takes you back.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I got Toy Soldiers and Small Soldiers mixed up one time... 10ish year old me was shocked, but ended up loving Toy Soldiers

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES!!! I STILL HAVE MY LOONEY TOONS COMFORTER!! It was actually our "sick blanket" and we'd be wrapped up snuggly in it when we had the flu, a cold, ext.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a waterbed. It sprung a leak and we had to empty it out through the window. PS: I lived in a high-rise apt. Fun times.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only ever had orange minute maid. Wish we had had cheery Mmmmmm

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Back in 1990 I got very sick with what the doctors called a glandular fever type virus but they never diagnosed what it actually was. We had also just got Sky TV so spent my days laying on the sofa watching MTV as it was good back then. I also did watch the trashy talk shows as they were very entertaining. I was off school for 2 months and missed and entire half term.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved the big concrete geese on porches that could be dressed in different outfits. It was a craft fair staple to have a table selling little dresses and bonnets for those geese

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh I had the older version of the Talking Whiz Kid. It was brown and cream colored. I LOVED that thing. But it stopped working right, and my thoughtless father let my sister destroy it with a sledgehammer. I was so sad. Then years later, as an adult, I found another one at a thrift store, and was so excited that the clerk laughed at me lol! Of course it came home with me!

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

.... or wear 4 pairs of socks with each one showing a different color. My friend had to buy tennis shoes 1 bigger size for her epic socks.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ROLLERCOASTER, greatest game ever... planned a themepark vacation based on the rides :D

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember them, remember the movie, cannot for the life of me remember the name

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