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#2

Why Did This Usually Work 🤨

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130points

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BewilderedBanana 1 month ago

Which has been upgraded to "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

43points

Dr. Anthony Synnott, author of The Body Social, says we're mostly afraid of aging because we are worried about death and the fact that we don't know what comes after.

"We may believe we do, but people have such widely divergent beliefs in reincarnation, the Islamic Paradise, the Christian hell or heaven with the Beatific Vision, or just nothing — and it is hard to imagine one's nothingness!" Synnott tells Bored Panda.

Of course, there's also "the aging prior to that" and the image of "a long, drawn out, painful illness, with medical staff reluctant to give you enough morphine in case you get addicted."

#3

Those Were The Days Of Abundance

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126points

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Lost Panda 1 month ago

I truly am still shopping like 1999... I was poor then too XD

31points

#4

I Made A 90s Room Diorama. What Do You Think?

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104points

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Bill 1 month ago

I do believe they are talking about the sculpture between the game cases lol

11points

#5

Kids Today Will Never Understand The Struggle

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103points

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Marcos Valencia 1 month ago

And all the sounds coming out from that box.

29points

Thoughts about accelerating physicaland cognitive decline (which Synnott talks about on his Psychology Today blog), dementia, and Alzheimer's give us "plenty to fear and worry about, quite apart from medical expenses in the US leading many to leave the hospital to go home and die so that they can leave something to their families or charities rather than to for-profit hospitals."

But what about the positives? Well, "one might say [it gives us] more experience and therefore greater wisdom, but for whom?" the sociologist asks.

"My sons know more than me about modern life, and my five grandsons are generally not interested in the rare advice I might give and more in their friends, sports, and machines — as I was at their age and, unfortunately, later."

#6

And Again, That’s 841-0275 Thank You 🙃

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98points

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Lost Panda 1 month ago

At the start after your name, and at the end before you say bye

33points

#7

Anyone Remember Viennetta Ice Cream Dessert?

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96points

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James016 1 month ago

Still buy this whenever I have spare cash to feel like an emperor.

33points

#8

This Was My Experience, Was It Yours?

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96points

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Patrick Linnen 1 month ago

All the money was spent on the football field, the coach, and then the team. Even the cheerleaders had to resort to bake sales to raise funds for uniforms and trips to the away games. The only competitive salaries went to the administration officials that could market football.

31points

#9

Who's Cutting Onions?

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95points

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Marcos Valencia 1 month ago

I have much better memories from 1998. At the time I was 25, I just got my PhD, signed for my first "full paid" job, and my girlfriend just arrived from Germany to live with me, in an apartment with no other roommates. And I was playing Grim Fandango, Commandos and Half Life. 1998 was a great year.

18points

In practical terms, Synnott believes there are some gains to be made with aging "in terms of pensions and reduced fares, etc., but [they're] not enough, in my experience, to balance the negatives."

So what does a person have to do with all of this? Well, we have to accept that some things are simply out of our control. Synnott says one has to learn to be a bit philosophical and use the "It is what it is" mindset more than grumbling.

#10

Colors Of The 90s

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94points

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Phoenix 1 month ago

I still love teal.

27points

#11

The Fifth Element (1997)

Final score:

94points

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Lost Panda 1 month ago

Multipass!

56points

#12

Who Else Loved Finding “Hidden Tracks” At The End Of A New Cd?

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89points

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Ace 1 month ago

Scared the s**t out of me the first time I heard one. Had been playing the CD in the car, (Travis, The Man Who) and didn't change it when it had finished, nothing for about six minutes then it suddenly starts up again. Never really saw the point, TBH.

11points

#13

Remember When You Could Afford Concert Tickets?

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88points

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Bill 1 month ago

Lets see, I am 58, my first concert was Molly Hatchet when I was 14 and my Dad took me. Then Quiet Riot at 16 also Bark at the Moon came out that year so Ozzy and Motley Crue opened for him on thier shout at the devil tour.. Moved to Nashville for college and went every weekend. Dio, Ozzy, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, You name it. Everytime Ozzfest was in St. Louis I was there. Saw Metallica and Neil Diamond together in St Louis in about 1994 or so (look it up). The tickets were never ever an issue. I never thought that a music concert of all things would become unobtainable.

26points

Diane H 4 weeks ago

Molly Hatchett played in my back yard. They could be had for $25,000. My ex husband was a huge fan... me, not so much.

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Brian irby 1 month ago

I paid $30, which seemed outrageous at the time, to see the Monsters of Rock tour with Van Halen, Metallica, the Scorpions, and Dokken in 1988 in Memphis. The last show I went to was Chris Stapleton, where I paid $130 for the ticket.

1point

Scott Rackley 1 month ago

My mom took me to my first concert, ZZ Top (she has excellent taste in music) when I was 14, back in 1985. Eliminator tour. We ended up sitting smack dab in the middle of a motorcycle club, and yeah, they were cheefing. Mom was mortified she got her son a contact high but it's one of my favorite stories. We had a blast.

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ravn 1 month ago

Molly Hatchet kicked a*s, especially live!

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Nova yt 1 month ago

My ticket to ozzfest early early 2000s was 60 bucks

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Sunny Day 1 month ago

No one buys their records/ tapes / cds anymore. They make their money at concerts now.

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Sue User 1 month ago

Foghat Tight Shoes tour with Blue Oyster Cult.

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DutchPanda 1 month ago

You have quite the collection of memories there. I'm kinda jealous of the fact that I didn't live in that era. But indeed, concert prices have gone way too far

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Paul C. 1 month ago (edited)

I'm 70 and the first concert I went to was a Soul/Motown review that had The Temptations, Jnr Walker and the Allstars and Ike and Tina Turner. Living near Brighton UK nearly every week there was someone we wanted to see at The Brighton Centre or The Dome. My bigest love was Rock and saw The Who, Thin Lizzy and The Kinks locally. We would travel to Wembley and Milton Keynes to see the likes of Bruce, The Stones, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Guns and Roses and Simple Minds. I had mates who were into Soul music so went and saw Marvin Gaye, The Jackson Five and Earth Wind and Fire. Ticket prices were never an issue. Got to see just about every act I ever wanted to see, with the exception of Bob Segar and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

6points

ILoveMySon 1 month ago

Wow! I am green with envy!

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My little froggy 1 month ago

im 14 and have been to a total of 1 concert (Fall out boy) and I wish I could see MCR

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Zaach 1 month ago

I am 76, in 1973 I moved to Seattle from Montana; I was standing outside of a Black Sabbath concert where a bunch of people were trying to crash through the door - a side door opened and a security guard asked what I was doing. I said "waiting for scalper tickets to come down" - he let me in for free; the crowd would have made the 4th largest city in Montana. I had never seen so many people in one place at one time

2points

Bill Austin 1 month ago (edited)

May 9, 1969, was Honors Day at high school, we seniors got out at noon, rode to Charlotte and saw Chicago opening for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, my first such concert. Tix were $6 or $8.

2points

SuperNovaToiletClog 1 month ago

~$40 for floor tickets to see Aerosmith in 1998? They'd be 10x that now, if not more.

2points

On the right side of the turf 1 month ago

1st concert....Stereophonics at age 15 in Glasgow with my mum!

2points

Greenmantle 1 month ago

Good God I'm jealous as hell...

2points

Wolf princess quinn 1 month ago

Boston, heart, journey 3x, van Halen W Dave, w/Sammy, guns n roses, Bob seager..so many good ones in the 80s

1point

Mrs.C 1 month ago

I had to save up to see R.E.M. in '95. The ticket was $25 and that was 1/4 of my monthly rent.

1point

EJN 1 month ago

1968, Jimi Hendrix Experience, $3.00. The very best for a great price. One of the perks of being a boomer.

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Jaq Jack 1 month ago

$2.50 parking fee lololol

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LiuLiu 1 month ago

Twin Cities! (Minnesota - US)

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bbgorilla 1 month ago

Remember having the energy to do this stuff? 😢

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AutumnGirl 1 month ago

A ticket for Live from York, PA, one of my favorite bands ever. They never came to Chile though :(

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Ashlie Ann 1 month ago

I still have all the ticket stubs. First concert was Tool. I saw it with my brother, good times.

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Joanne Mendonza-Earle 1 month ago

In 1989, the most expensive Grateful Dead show of the year was New Years Eve and it was $30/ticket. For 2 opening bands which were always awesome, Set 1 of the Dead, then the big parade right before midnight with Bill Graham's big reveal of his costume, the midnight countdown, huge balloon release on the crowd and Set 2 starting up. For $30. 7pm-230am. Best. Time. EVER.

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Nikki Gross 1 month ago (edited)

I still have all of mine and they range from Aerosmith, Def Leppard to Marilyn Manson and Cannibal Corpse. I listen to pretty much all different genres of Metal and Throw a little bit of Country and some Rap/Hip Hop in with it and my Spotify playlists are a weird mix of pretty much everything.

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Brian Long 1 month ago

not anymore......

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Lynette Vella 1 month ago

Yes!

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leendadll 1 month ago

I have the tix from every concert I ever attended - till they went digital. Now theater programs are going digital too. What am I going to get autographed by the artists??

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Alexa Saltz 1 month ago

Waiting in lines wrapped around Tower Records for days, trading off with friends for bathroom breaks or naps in sleeping bags. Somebody's grandma holding our place in line during the day so we would not miss school.

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 month ago

I still have my ticket stub for Day on the Green with Metallica, Guns & Roses, and Jane's Addiction.

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All of this might sound (a little) grim, especially while scrolling through some '90s memes, but refusing to think and talk about what awaits us can hurt us even more. Plus, we '90s kids have largely entered the age of hair loss and back problems, so there's no reason to fool ourselves.

We humans have found ways to extend life but often at the cost of personal autonomy. Ignoring the problems leaves us unprepared for the realities of aging and dying.

#14

Anyone Remember These Bad Boys?

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85points

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Phoenix 1 month ago

I still have one of these. It will balance on the tiniest tip of almost anything.

13points

#15

My Oil Painting Of Bagel Bites

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80points

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Pink_Mushroom 1 month ago

Bro this is amazing!

12points

#16

When You’d Walk Into Your Classroom And See This…

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79points

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UKGrandad 1 month ago

TV and video? Pah! Try 16mm reel-to-reel projected onto a roll-down cloth screen.

40points

#17

Your Car In The 90’s. Don’t Forget To Take Your Radio And Secure The Steering Wheel!

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78points

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BewilderedBanana 1 month ago

I still use a sun shield in summer, the sun is still there and feels even hotter :)

30points

As for nostalgia, it can serve a number of purposes. Psychologist Dr. Krystine Batcho, who has been extensively studying it, argues that the thing that ties them all together is that nostalgia is an emotional experience that unifies — it helps to unite our sense of who we are, our self, our identity over time. Collective and individual.

We change constantly, sometimes in incredible ways, too. We're not anywhere near the same as we were when we were three years old, for example. Nostalgia, by motivating us to remember the past in our own life, helps us to connect to our authentic selves and remind us of who we have been and then compare that to who we feel we are today.

#18

Back When There Was No “Recalculating Route…”

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74points

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john doe 1 month ago

I don't think people printed map quest directions on the 90s definitely more of a 2000's thing, we had hand written directions on the back of an old envelope or something instead.

43points

#19

If You’re An ’80s Or ’90s Kid, Or Hell Just Over The Age Of 30, You’ll Understand These Memes Alllll Too Well. Sorry…

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72points

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Dawn Marie 1 month ago

Not The Momma!!!

44points

#20

Start Me Up

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66points

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Corvus 1 month ago

I'd prefer it over Windows 11.

17points

#21

I Can Hear This Picture

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65points

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Corvus 1 month ago

Al Bundy taught us many life lessons, but we didn't realize it back then.

26points

"Nostalgia could hold us back if it consumed us, but as a memory of the past, ... I doubt if it is worth worrying about," Synnott adds. "One can enjoy some of our memories!"

So if you want to continue your trip down memory lane, fire up our older publications on the subreddit r/90s: 40 Jokes And Memes About The 1990s Shared In This Online Group That Today's Kids Won't Understand and 50 Posts About The '90s That Are Full Of Nostalgia.

#22

Rude

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62points

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Traveling Lady Railfan 1 month ago

Wasn't he one of the sexy vampires in "Interview with the Vampire...."

16points

#23

You Never Know What You Have Until It's Gone

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61points

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GenuineJen 1 month ago

The white ones were the BEST!!!

8points

#24

Cleaning The Old Promo Closet At Work And I Found This Tucked In The Back!

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61points

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François Bouzigues 1 month ago

Wetter is better. Have to agree

19points

#25

Movie Theater Signs From The 90s And Cinemark Theaters Interior And Design

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57points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 month ago

I can remember that year so well I can taste it.

14points

#26

The First Villain I Ever Knew... Shredder ('90)

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55points

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Mr.Li 1 month ago

The good old Shredder

5points

#27

Who Else Misses The Malls From The 90s?

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54points

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Disgruntled Pelican 1 month ago

Honestly, I am all for bringing malls back. Is it nice ordering something and having it delivered to my door? Yes. Do I still prefer going to a physical store to buy clothing, shoes, bedding, etc? Abso-freaking-lutely.

28points