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Every era has its own unique charm, but the '90s are especially loved by many. It was a time of Tamagotchis, boy bands, and, most importantly, a sense of carefree innocence and optimism that permeated everyday life.

So whether you want to relive the decade or are too young to remember it and want to learn more about those days, the subreddit r/90s is a great place to start. Its members regularly share nostalgic posts that instantly transport you back!

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Kids These Days Will Never Know The Struggle

Kids These Days Will Never Know The Struggle

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

This was how they used to generate the lottery numbers. ;-)

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    A big reason why the '90s continue being so popular could be the fact that the 21st century we live in has been quite mad.

    Jacob Juhl, a nostalgia researcher at the University of Southampton in England, says "People become nostalgic in response to adversity or psychologically negative states,” because “Nostalgia helps restore people to a psychological equilibrium."

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    Does Anyone Else Remember These From School?

    Does Anyone Else Remember These From School?

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

    When they rolled in the TV you knew holidays where near ...............

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    #4

    Can I Get A Whoa Bundy?

    Can I Get A Whoa Bundy?

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

    Has always been. No matter what, he always stood up for his family

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    Juhl notes that scientists have induced nostalgia in the lab by prompting people to contemplate the vast and random universe as well as by simply pumping up the air conditioning and making them feel uncomfortably cold.

    Researchers have also proved that nostalgia comforts us by making us feel connected to one another and to a shared past.

    Since the '90s were the last moment before the internet splintered mass culture, the decade might be particularly good nostalgia fodder even for those who haven't experienced it.

    #6

    I Would Give Anything To Go Back

    I Would Give Anything To Go Back

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

    Sometimes even rented a portable VCR to watch with friends at the clubhouse. Of course, the VCR got cold in the car, moist condensated on the head when you took it in and so you spend lots of time waiting and/or blowing with an hair drier for it to regain room temperature and dried. (VCR's have a moisture detector. A little moist would cause the VCR tape to stick to the fast-spinning head ruining the tape and possibly the heads )

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    #7

    These Books Helped Me Learn About How To Take Of My Hamster When I Was 9

    These Books Helped Me Learn About How To Take Of My Hamster When I Was 9

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    This might seem a little counterintuitive. After all, psychologists have traditionally thought of nostalgia as being based on a person’s recollections of their own experiences.

    But more recently, some, including philosopher Prof Felipe De Brigard at Duke University, have been suggesting that nostalgia is broader and includes our yearnings.

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    #10

    Bobby Budnik Was The Real Hero The Resistance Needed

    Bobby Budnik Was The Real Hero The Resistance Needed

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    #11

    12/31/99

    12/31/99

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

    My dad was a computer programmer and he knew the y2k thing was a big joke.

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    #12

    What Was The Obsession With Making Every Plastic Electronic Transparent

    What Was The Obsession With Making Every Plastic Electronic Transparent

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    Ka Se
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I literally feel the sandals. If one little stone went in there it was there to stay forever!

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    #13

    Why Did Everybody Have These Speakers Back In The Day?

    Why Did Everybody Have These Speakers Back In The Day?

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    De Brigard was inspired by research on memory that's shown it’s a creative process — when you recollect memories, it's not like you're looking up an archive of recordings of what happened, it's more like your brain creates a simulation of those past events.

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    Might Be An Unpopular Opinion. I Always Thought Daria Was Better Than Beavis & Butthead

    Might Be An Unpopular Opinion. I Always Thought Daria Was Better Than Beavis & Butthead

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    #17

    90s Wallet

    90s Wallet

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    In this way, De Brigard argues that nostalgia can be based on memories – simulations of pleasant past experiences – but doesn’t have to be. Given the role of imagination in memory, he believes it's not a huge leap to propose that nostalgia can also be based on imagined positive past experiences.

    #18

    These Leather Phone Cases

    These Leather Phone Cases

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

    For nokia 3310 it was to protect the floor.

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    #19

    Pound Puppies

    Pound Puppies

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    google slave
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man. Pound puppies. Hate to admit it but I had one back in the 80's.

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    #20

    My Wife Found This Picture Of Me In High School That Screams 90s

    My Wife Found This Picture Of Me In High School That Screams 90s

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    Kurtz Frausun
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, I miss rollerblades. I was a terrible skateboarder, but hella good on blades.

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    #21

    Remember When Pizza Huts Used To Be Sit-Down Restaurants? And Many Had An Arcade Section. I Used To Play Pac-Man In A Table-Style Arcade Console There. And I So Remember Those Red Cups! Now Most Pizza Huts Are Just A Take-Out Counter

    Remember When Pizza Huts Used To Be Sit-Down Restaurants? And Many Had An Arcade Section. I Used To Play Pac-Man In A Table-Style Arcade Console There. And I So Remember Those Red Cups! Now Most Pizza Huts Are Just A Take-Out Counter

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    Mass culture in the 21st century feels more like a grab bag of random events than a coherent narrative, notes Nick Gatewood, an Ohio-based rapper who goes by the name Vice Souletric and has toured the US with his nostalgia event, the Nu '90s Experience.

    According to him, everything moves too fast now. By the time you’ve heard about something, there’s already a backlash. Because of this, no one is going to have a deep, personal connection to Pizza Rat, the hawk tuah girl, or other instant icons that disappear into oblivion in the blink of an eye.

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    But the '90s, with its slower pace and more enduring cultural trends, did offer a sense of shared experience and continuity that today's fragmented reality can no longer provide.

    #23

    Recognize These?

    Recognize These?

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    #24

    This Is Deep

    This Is Deep

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

    if you would go to a blockbuster nowadays you'd propably feel a slither of nostaglia the first few times. After that it might become an inconvenience. You miss the blissful days of beeing a kid - unrelated if it was before or after 9/11. Adults of tomorrow will have the same sappy feelings for long discord sessions with their mates playing Fortnite of building settlements in Minecraft together.

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    #25

    Dads In The 90s

    Dads In The 90s

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    Robert T
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The lap belt. The years I spent wearing one of those because I liked to sit in the middle to see where I was going. Horribly dangerous things in a crash.

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    #26

    Kids Visiting The Library Be Like

    Kids Visiting The Library Be Like

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

    Not just books ... Also records. Flipping through all the records, selecting new stuff to try just based on the album cover/artist name/album name. Cycling home full excitement to listen it it's any good. Found some c**p but also discovered a few good ones that way. I still have those I bought when they went out of their collection. Usually 5..10% of new price. Some where on loan only once ...that was me.

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    #27

    Subtle Signs All The Fun Ended After The '90s

    Subtle Signs All The Fun Ended After The '90s

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    Mila Sliacka
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had penfriends. Girls from all over the country that I met through adds on tv and never met in person. I was on a lookout for a postman every day :).

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    #28

    Power Up!!

    Power Up!!

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    google slave
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about checking the "D" batteries? TWANG! Yup, still good!

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    #29

    My Neighborhood Bus Stop Gang

    My Neighborhood Bus Stop Gang

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    #30

    The Lone Rangers

    The Lone Rangers

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

    Can't believe those are Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi!!! 🤯

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    #31

    90’s Cartoons Were The Best

    90’s Cartoons Were The Best

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

    Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's laboratory, The Powerpuff girls, Johnny Quest, Dragonball Z are missing

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    #32

    You Could See Whoever Wrote On It Before You

    You Could See Whoever Wrote On It Before You

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

    OMG! This is my hometown junior high! I went there in the 80’s.

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    #33

    From The 1991 Sears Fall Catalog

    From The 1991 Sears Fall Catalog

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

    I really wanted H style, but we got hand me down G style ones so I had to wear those...

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    #34

    The Year Was 1997 And I Was 17 And Thought I Was Gonna Be A Rapper

    The Year Was 1997 And I Was 17 And Thought I Was Gonna Be A Rapper

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

    You already had a fan, even though you weren't famous...🙋🏽

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    #35

    I Miss The Inside Of Wendy’s

    I Miss The Inside Of Wendy’s

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    #36

    Anyone Else Have These?

    Anyone Else Have These?

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    Lizzie R
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had these. They still make them in an updated version, so I bought them for my kid.

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    #37

    The Upstairs Of My Local Amc Theatre Is Trapped In 1997

    The Upstairs Of My Local Amc Theatre Is Trapped In 1997

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    Anyone Else Used To Watch This?

    Anyone Else Used To Watch This?

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    Terri Martin
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unrelated but does anyone remember the "Sit Ubu , Sit" ad thingy?🤣

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    #39

    Who Remembers Beakman’s World? (1992)

    Who Remembers Beakman’s World? (1992)

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    #40

    90s Fashion Just Hit So Differently

    90s Fashion Just Hit So Differently

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

    I don't know how but it worked. Did we have better imagination?

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    #41

    We Didn't Even Have A Dog

    We Didn't Even Have A Dog

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

    I didn't even read what it said before I could picture the inside of the football because it was always missing a portion.

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    #42

    Who Remembers This ? 1990’s Cable Black Box

    Who Remembers This ? 1990’s Cable Black Box

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    Deirdre Segraves
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One day when I was 12-13 I was watching something and it changed to Spanish. No noticeable difference other than it went from English to Spanish and I sat there absolutely amazed and confused for a solid 5 mins, waiting for it to switch back. Until I realized the cat wiggled and changed the channel to the affiliate Spanish station just as I blinked. That's where the cats sat in the 90s and it never occurred to me that Ms Chonky changed the channel.

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    #43

    I Can Smell This Pic

    I Can Smell This Pic

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

    Would totally own one even now. I had a dark maroon one in 1999.miss that big ugly boat.

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    #44

    Thought You Guys Would Like This — My Local Laundromat Is Stuck In The 90’s!

    Thought You Guys Would Like This — My Local Laundromat Is Stuck In The 90’s!

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    #45

    The Boys Killing It On Summer Vacation Before High School, Circa 1996. We All Still Keep In Touch Regularly

    The Boys Killing It On Summer Vacation Before High School, Circa 1996. We All Still Keep In Touch Regularly

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    #46

    No Packed Lunch For School Was Complete Without These

    No Packed Lunch For School Was Complete Without These

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    These Were The 90's Kid's First Glimpse Into The Single Adult Life

    These Were The 90's Kid's First Glimpse Into The Single Adult Life

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    google slave
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could never get them to be an even temp. Either some cold spots, or put it back in and burnt some spots.

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    #48

    McDonald's Batman Forever Drink Glass Set

    McDonald's Batman Forever Drink Glass Set

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    #49

    Who Can Still Feel The Burning Sensation In Their Throat After Drinking These At School Parties And Family Picnics?

    Who Can Still Feel The Burning Sensation In Their Throat After Drinking These At School Parties And Family Picnics?

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    google slave
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. I always wondered about that. Never stopped me from drinking them though. In the 80's we didn't complain much or our parents would "give us something to complain about."

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    #50

    Guys, Remember, Salute Your Shorts?

    Guys, Remember, Salute Your Shorts?

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