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Say what you want, but it is a fact that '90s kids memes often tap into a deep well of nostalgia, often offering a humorous and heartwarming reminder of much simpler times. These memes frequently feature iconic imagery and references that only those who grew up in the 1990s could really truly appreciate. Images of floppy disks, dial-up internet sounds, the struggles of rewinding VHS tapes, or the colorful, plastic choker necklaces girls would wear often make appearances.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yes, I'd watch that. Even Joe Pesci could return. He can be funny and intimidating.

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Bored Panda reached out to Alex, the page owner of the page "90s Kids Only" on Instagram, to get an insider scoop on the nostalgic memes that take us back to a beloved era!

When asked, about the meme selection process for the page, Alex shared, "Oh, it’s a fun process! I usually dig through the goldmine of the 90s, picking up stuff that instantly takes you back, you know? I love things that are universally relatable to all 90s kids – like the pain of dial-up Internet or the joy of Saturday morning cartoons. Sometimes followers send in their own nostalgic finds too, and if it gives me a good laugh or hits me right in the feels, it goes up!"

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Phoebe Bean
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's official. The song will stay in my head for a while (two posts about Mambo No. 5)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

$10 Chinese food still exists, though $15 is more common. Petrol price jumped from $40 to $100 a full tank in the year 2022.

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In response to the question about the uniqueness of the 90s nostalgia, Alex explained to Bored Panda, “The 90s were just a magical time, man! We had the best of both worlds – awesome cartoons, epic toys, and we were the last generation to enjoy a childhood without being glued to smartphones. It was a simpler, carefree time, and who wouldn’t feel nostalgic about that?”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had something called a ''phone tree'', the one whom had to leave home earliest was on top, and so on.. and they had to call the next one on the list to tell school was cancelled.

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Discussing the connection followers have with the content, the page owner mentioned, "People absolutely love a trip down memory lane! I get DMs all the time from followers sharing how a meme made their day or reminded them of a precious childhood moment. It's all about spreading those good vibes and shared experiences that make us smile, you know."

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Mike Crow
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m even older as I think about the old film projector being wheeled into the class room.

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When it comes to keeping the 90s spirit alive for younger generations to enjoy as well, Alex shared with us, "It's a bit tricky but also fun! I try to choose memes that are funny on their own, even if you might not catch the reference right away. And it's super cool to see younger folks getting curious and learning about the 90s culture through the page."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can confirm XD I’m 41 and my bedroom at my childhood home still has them on the ceiling.

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When commenting on the romanticization of the past, the page owner humorously reflected, “Haha, well, not everything in the 90s was perfect – I mean, those dial-up sounds still haunt me! But seriously, I think every era has its highs and lows. Perhaps we do romanticize it a bit, but that’s the fun of nostalgia, right? And hey, I think the 90s snack game was seriously underrated – bring back all those discontinued treats!”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had MTV Europe when I missed half a term of school due to a glandular fever type virus. It was never properly diagnosed as the doctors and specialist didn't know what it was.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That hits hard. ::goes back to playing Baldur’s Gate III with NPCs she wishes were her friends::

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those aren't 90's icons. Except Robin Williams, he's an icon over decades.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Christina Applegate is totally unrecognizable. Just googled it and she went through breast cancer, ovarian cancer and is suffering from MS. My god what a crappy hand. Totally wish her the best. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

McDonalds designers are astonishingly clever. Whatever design they come up with for the seating, it's ALWAYS a design which is so uncomfortable that it's impossible to stay seated in it for more than fifteen minutes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Incredible Journey! Depending on whether you saw the movie or read the book, that’s Luath, Bodger, and Tao (book), or it’s Shadow, Chance, and Sassy (movie)!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am old enough to remember when the parachute thing wasn't fancy colors. It was an actual parachute like from an army surplus store or something.

Karen Klinck Klinck
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the military just gave them to schools and programs when they figured they were unsafe for use as intended. Every school had at least one--and I'm going back to grade school in the 50s.

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Trish
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We only did the rolly-butt thing once, because Nolan broke one of his fingers and ruined it for everyone.

SadieCat17 (she/her)
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Finished school late 2010s (damn time flies)... saw every one of those

pugtraain
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a 2012 kid, and I know what all of these are for. We have them in physical training class.

Ben
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is the parachute I was looking for in the previous picture.

Xavior TheLycan
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hated that parachute...I hated my parents demanded that I did this

Nowanda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Excited all week for gym class hoping for the parachute, disappointed when you had to get beaned in the face with the red rubber dodge ball.

Broncordelia
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was born in 2001, and I remember all of these things in gym class. My little cousin says these are still around.

Nicole Vertone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The scooters NEVER rolled straight! They always pulled to the left, or the right, or in a wonky circle and tipped over.

Ava Scott
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m gen z and we had the parachutes and scooter things my gen alpha siblings don’t though 💀

Parriah
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We’re still there currently with the school budget mostly unchanged since then in Canadian schools…

BatPhace
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The number of times i ran my fingers over with those wheelie board things...

PenguinQueen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My inner child resurfaced and got so excited when I saw those blue mats for a minute there

Jonnathan Poirier
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember strapping the wheel things to our feet and sitting on another and hucking one another down the school hallway seeing who could go farther kinda like human Frisbee golf

Mallory McCartney
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG. Accidentally rolling over your finger on those scooters was excruciating!

Julian Slate
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whenever I see the rainbow structureless tent thing I get nostalgic

Freelove
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except for the projector, this is all still stuff used today. Y'all think there aren't gym mats anymore?? Really?? 🤦‍♀️

JL
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Handles? Our scooters didn't have handles. You had to hold the edge of the scooter and hope you didn't run over your own fingers. Kids have it so easy these days.

Wednesday Addams
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The memories sliding around on those little carts and trying to use them as skateboards and failing miserably

#BoyMom
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok. But to be fair schools still have all of those except the overhead

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm so glad my girls have a different life to me at the same age.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pfff snakes. Our biology teacher was a falconer, he regularly brought hawks, weasels and a gaggle of hunting dogs to work. When our class trip had to be cancelled because of terrible weather, he just said "no problem, meet me in the biology room" and then he brought this gigantic hawk that he let fly in the room. "Don't worry he's very old, he just wants pets." We spent our rainy "class trip" watching comedy movies while an old hawk flew from desk to desk.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really wish I learn about this brand as a kid and not an older teen lol, I love the style. Think I still have a sticker pack somewhere

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It had extra table bits that you could slide apart and slip in to make it bigger for big dinners.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More than once I spent all my "holiday money" on these.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One fine day with a woof and a purr A baby was born and it caused a little stir ...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's no bigger power move than smirking for you mugshot. Trump wishes he could pull this off

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of the early 2000's pipes screen saver, anyone else agree ?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I swear if you did a deep clean of my childhood home, you would find this somewhere.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The lyrics to this song in the new film just break me. Can not get through it without crying

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yess indeed, funny thing, I tried to type in " you big dummy" on facebook & Insta and an anti bullying pop up came up.. where are we?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THX - the loudest sound ever. I swear you could feel it through the floor.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was a pretty fun story. I think we saw the movie/ listened to the book in primary school

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait what?? Where was this?? Were there decent games like Goldeneye or Cruisin USA?? Waverunner? MARIO?!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I got a British happy meal a few months ago and it came with a board game inside that myself and my friend (both very much adults) turned into a drinking game on holiday. Even had others around us asking where we got it from! UK happy meal toys really seem to have gone up in value in recent years, plus they're all fully recyclable once you're done playing with them. I found one from when I was a child in the 90's and it's just a lump of plastic with 2 tiny wheels on the bottom. Think it's more the nostalgia of the time, then the actual toy for this meme.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trying to play in the car on a long car trip, at night- straining to get enough light from each passing lamp post. Then hitting a part of the motorway that didn't have lamp posts and losing. Obviously you couldn't have the light on inside the car, as we all know that was illegal! The struggle was real!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Movie The Outsiders (1983). From left to right: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze and Tom Cruise.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it looks like a pain in the a*s to clean ngl, no wonder my mom didnt want me to get silly straws

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or did Walmart stores copy and sell what all the celebs were wearing.....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where do I have to go to get pizza with stretchy cheese like I was a kid? Seriously, something happened to cheese about 20 years ago and it doesn't stretch out like it used to.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

sh-sh-shaa!!! (RIP) I will use my pocket sand in honour of his passing...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made chili for a friend yesterday. It was over $50 to get the beans and beef. Thank god I already had everything else.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Naa, here in the UK we were told to wrap it up in either tissue or those blue paper towels 😂

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Asking my son what he wants to watch “Cars!” “Oh you wanna watch the first Toy Story? Okay buddy” “Cars! No, Cars!” “lol okay buddy Toy Story 1 it is!!!”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

.... impoverished povvos like myself are unreal.And even when we had money my dad insisted that we never have anything with brands or decorations on it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gosh I don't, I'm deaf now and I can still hear the awful noise these made when they were moved. Not to add, how awful they are for the environment. Luckily they're now banned from being used as a takeaway option in the UK

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Consider yourself lucky. Back in the 80's, we had Jean Nate. And, if you liked skin care, we had 10-o-Six and Sea Breeze. Burned like HELL but, that meant it was working.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was usually paid for by their own wages, when they're already chronically underpaid. Teaching is the only profession where you steal from your own home to bring it into work. Even in schools (in the UK) I worked at where we actually got a budget to do treats like this once a year I probably still spent about £30-35 a month on my students out of my own pocket. Plus in the UK we get money to buy stuff we actually need for our classroom, which is much more than teachers in the USA seem to get! I'm glad students didn't know we did this. We didn't do it for that reason, we do it because of why you do the job- for the love of it. Also because we know many of the students won't get that at home and it put everyone at that moment on an even playing field.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

MATILDA , Specifically when Bruce Bogtrotter is going to be forced to eat the rest of the cake he stole a slice from.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m a kid of a single dad with a brother. They played with me but didn’t wear the jewelry. Considering the times, I’m thankful they even played 🥰

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Paul Moore
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What was Paris Hilton the founder of? Spending Daddies money? The original entitled influencer?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because I have seen a movie doesn't mean I can quote something from it....

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