49 things about the '90s you never think about anymore

Ohlord Published 05/19/2023 in feels

These are going to make anyone around in the 90s laugh.

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Toothpaste that used to squirt out in star shapes and wondering where the glitter went when you spit the toothpaste out and it was all foam instead
2.
Where did your Pocahontas cups go???
3.
You saw it, you wanted it, you never got it and you forgot about it until now. I'll bet you can buy this online SOMEWHERE if you're still dying to try it.
4.
Is it really useless if it made your desk and pencil box smell like fruity bliss?
5.
The violence of how hard these suckers rolled back up
6.
Being the first (or last) one to walk the halls and how creepy and eerie it felt.
7.
When your Dynamite magazine came in at the Bookfair and everyone flipped through to the posters
8.
The matchy-matchy computer gear for kids. Blue for boys and pink princesss for girls. These were about $300 higher than other models because they were blue or pink, the specs were shit and the peripherals never worked well
9.
The toys we were rewarded with the first day of summer break as a reward for getting through another year
10.
11.
Devouring oodles of these over summer vacay
12.
13.
Trying to keep your tomagotchi or other pocket pet alive
14.
Getting this as a reward for the end of school
15.
16.
The disappointment in getting this home after seeing the exciting and fun commercials.
17.
Every boy's dream
18.
19.
Painting your lips and using them as face paint too
20.
The madness of beanie babies where grown middle aged men and women stood in lines and fought children to get the ones they thought would be collectibles.
21.
Throwing these across the class and hitting people when the teacher was out of the room or at the board
22.
Sticking glow stars to your ceiling
23.
Hey Arnold, Ren and Stimpy, Ruggrats, and Doug were the crazy
24.
25.
Your mom slathering you with this stuff before your ball game or BBQ to prevent mosquitoes but it really just made you feel stinky and slimey. No wonder the bugs didn't want you, YOU didn't want you.
26.
Packing this up before a slumber party
27.
Dreaming of this
28.
29.
The pin craze- backpacks, jean jackets, your curtains in your room, no cloth surface was safe
30.
Mimicking his accent
31.
The excitement and anticipation of the All Grown Up episode that you stayed home to see (because that's what we did in the old days, we stayed home when our shows were on)
32.
Whatever happened to you online pet? It's probably still sitting there sadly waiting for you to come back and feed it, laying there with sad eyes thinking, "You forgot me didn't you?" Go check on him. Give him a treat, he'll be good for another 15 years.
33.
The joy of finally completing one of these that started out as 5 punches but then jumped higher and higher
34.
Friendster or myspace? The decision was a big one. Like the betamax/VCR of the '80s
35.
You tried so hard to tap into your own secret powers
36.
And before Harry Potter, this was our idea of a magic wand
37.
Carrying random membership cards to stores, radio stations, and other things in your wallet
38.
39.
When SUPER Nintendo and then N64 came out
40.
Cameras that took real pictures and cost real money to get developed (IDK who needs this info but 3 rolls of film is now about $54 and takes 3 weeks to develop and yeah they expire, apparently)
41.
42.
The ridiculousness of single handheld games
43.
44.
McDonald's happy meal mini beanies that gave you a reason to force your mom to get you a happy meal after school
45.
Nearly killing yourself on moonshoes
46.
47.
48.
Getting your butt spanked (yeah it happened) because you bopped the crap out of your little brother and sent him flying into 1999.

1.
Toothpaste that used to squirt out in star shapes and wondering where the glitter went when you spit the toothpaste out and it was all foam instead
2.
Where did your Pocahontas cups go???
3.
You saw it, you wanted it, you never got it and you forgot about it until now. I'll bet you can buy this online SOMEWHERE if you're still dying to try it.
4.
Is it really useless if it made your desk and pencil box smell like fruity bliss?
5.
The violence of how hard these suckers rolled back up
6.
Being the first (or last) one to walk the halls and how creepy and eerie it felt.
7.
When your Dynamite magazine came in at the Bookfair and everyone flipped through to the posters
8.
The matchy-matchy computer gear for kids. Blue for boys and pink princesss for girls. These were about $300 higher than other models because they were blue or pink, the specs were shit and the peripherals never worked well
9.
The toys we were rewarded with the first day of summer break as a reward for getting through another year
10.
11.
Devouring oodles of these over summer vacay
12.
13.
Trying to keep your tomagotchi or other pocket pet alive
14.
Getting this as a reward for the end of school
15.
16.
The disappointment in getting this home after seeing the exciting and fun commercials.
17.
Every boy's dream
18.
19.
Painting your lips and using them as face paint too
20.
The madness of beanie babies where grown middle aged men and women stood in lines and fought children to get the ones they thought would be collectibles.
21.
Throwing these across the class and hitting people when the teacher was out of the room or at the board
22.
Sticking glow stars to your ceiling
23.
Hey Arnold, Ren and Stimpy, Ruggrats, and Doug were the crazy
24.
25.
Your mom slathering you with this stuff before your ball game or BBQ to prevent mosquitoes but it really just made you feel stinky and slimey. No wonder the bugs didn't want you, YOU didn't want you.
26.
Packing this up before a slumber party
27.
Dreaming of this
28.
29.
The pin craze- backpacks, jean jackets, your curtains in your room, no cloth surface was safe
30.
Mimicking his accent
31.
The excitement and anticipation of the All Grown Up episode that you stayed home to see (because that's what we did in the old days, we stayed home when our shows were on)
32.
Whatever happened to you online pet? It's probably still sitting there sadly waiting for you to come back and feed it, laying there with sad eyes thinking, "You forgot me didn't you?" Go check on him. Give him a treat, he'll be good for another 15 years.
33.
The joy of finally completing one of these that started out as 5 punches but then jumped higher and higher
34.
Friendster or myspace? The decision was a big one. Like the betamax/VCR of the '80s
35.
You tried so hard to tap into your own secret powers
36.
And before Harry Potter, this was our idea of a magic wand
37.
Carrying random membership cards to stores, radio stations, and other things in your wallet
38.
39.
When SUPER Nintendo and then N64 came out
40.
Cameras that took real pictures and cost real money to get developed (IDK who needs this info but 3 rolls of film is now about $54 and takes 3 weeks to develop and yeah they expire, apparently)
41.
42.
The ridiculousness of single handheld games
43.
44.
McDonald's happy meal mini beanies that gave you a reason to force your mom to get you a happy meal after school
45.
Nearly killing yourself on moonshoes
46.
47.
48.
Getting your butt spanked (yeah it happened) because you bopped the crap out of your little brother and sent him flying into 1999.

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1. Toothpaste that used to squirt out in star shapes and wondering where the glitter went when you spit the toothpaste out and it was all foam instead

2. Where did your Pocahontas cups go???

3. You saw it, you wanted it, you never got it and you forgot about it until now. I'll bet you can buy this online SOMEWHERE if you're still dying to try it.

4. Is it really useless if it made your desk and pencil box smell like fruity bliss?

5. The violence of how hard these suckers rolled back up

6. Being the first (or last) one to walk the halls and how creepy and eerie it felt.

7. When your Dynamite magazine came in at the Bookfair and everyone flipped through to the posters

8. The matchy-matchy computer gear for kids. Blue for boys and pink princesss for girls. These were about $300 higher than other models because they were blue or pink, the specs were shit and the peripherals never worked well

9. The toys we were rewarded with the first day of summer break as a reward for getting through another year

10.

11. Devouring oodles of these over summer vacay

12.

13. Trying to keep your tomagotchi or other pocket pet alive

14. Getting this as a reward for the end of school

15.

16. The disappointment in getting this home after seeing the exciting and fun commercials.

17. Every boy's dream

18.

19. Painting your lips and using them as face paint too

20. The madness of beanie babies where grown middle aged men and women stood in lines and fought children to get the ones they thought would be collectibles.

21. Throwing these across the class and hitting people when the teacher was out of the room or at the board

22. Sticking glow stars to your ceiling

23. Hey Arnold, Ren and Stimpy, Ruggrats, and Doug were the crazy

24.

25. Your mom slathering you with this stuff before your ball game or BBQ to prevent mosquitoes but it really just made you feel stinky and slimey. No wonder the bugs didn't want you, YOU didn't want you.

26. Packing this up before a slumber party

27. Dreaming of this

28.

29. The pin craze- backpacks, jean jackets, your curtains in your room, no cloth surface was safe

30. Mimicking his accent

31. The excitement and anticipation of the All Grown Up episode that you stayed home to see (because that's what we did in the old days, we stayed home when our shows were on)

32. Whatever happened to you online pet? It's probably still sitting there sadly waiting for you to come back and feed it, laying there with sad eyes thinking, "You forgot me didn't you?" Go check on him. Give him a treat, he'll be good for another 15 years.

33. The joy of finally completing one of these that started out as 5 punches but then jumped higher and higher

34. Friendster or myspace? The decision was a big one. Like the betamax/VCR of the '80s

35. You tried so hard to tap into your own secret powers

36. And before Harry Potter, this was our idea of a magic wand

37. Carrying random membership cards to stores, radio stations, and other things in your wallet

38.

39. When SUPER Nintendo and then N64 came out

40. Cameras that took real pictures and cost real money to get developed (IDK who needs this info but 3 rolls of film is now about $54 and takes 3 weeks to develop and yeah they expire, apparently)

41.

42. The ridiculousness of single handheld games

43.

44. McDonald's happy meal mini beanies that gave you a reason to force your mom to get you a happy meal after school

45. Nearly killing yourself on moonshoes

46.

47.

48. Getting your butt spanked (yeah it happened) because you bopped the crap out of your little brother and sent him flying into 1999.

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1.
Toothpaste that used to squirt out in star shapes and wondering where the glitter went when you spit the toothpaste out and it was all foam instead

2.
Where did your Pocahontas cups go???

3.
You saw it, you wanted it, you never got it and you forgot about it until now. I'll bet you can buy this online SOMEWHERE if you're still dying to try it.

4.
Is it really useless if it made your desk and pencil box smell like fruity bliss?

5.
The violence of how hard these suckers rolled back up

6.
Being the first (or last) one to walk the halls and how creepy and eerie it felt.

7.
When your Dynamite magazine came in at the Bookfair and everyone flipped through to the posters

8.
The matchy-matchy computer gear for kids. Blue for boys and pink princesss for girls. These were about $300 higher than other models because they were blue or pink, the specs were shit and the peripherals never worked well

9.
The toys we were rewarded with the first day of summer break as a reward for getting through another year

11.
Devouring oodles of these over summer vacay

13.
Trying to keep your tomagotchi or other pocket pet alive

14.
Getting this as a reward for the end of school

16.
The disappointment in getting this home after seeing the exciting and fun commercials.

17.
Every boy's dream

19.
Painting your lips and using them as face paint too

20.
The madness of beanie babies where grown middle aged men and women stood in lines and fought children to get the ones they thought would be collectibles.

21.
Throwing these across the class and hitting people when the teacher was out of the room or at the board

22.
Sticking glow stars to your ceiling

23.
Hey Arnold, Ren and Stimpy, Ruggrats, and Doug were the crazy

25.
Your mom slathering you with this stuff before your ball game or BBQ to prevent mosquitoes but it really just made you feel stinky and slimey. No wonder the bugs didn't want you, YOU didn't want you.

26.
Packing this up before a slumber party

27.
Dreaming of this

29.
The pin craze- backpacks, jean jackets, your curtains in your room, no cloth surface was safe

30.
Mimicking his accent

31.
The excitement and anticipation of the All Grown Up episode that you stayed home to see (because that's what we did in the old days, we stayed home when our shows were on)

32.
Whatever happened to you online pet? It's probably still sitting there sadly waiting for you to come back and feed it, laying there with sad eyes thinking, "You forgot me didn't you?" Go check on him. Give him a treat, he'll be good for another 15 years.

33.
The joy of finally completing one of these that started out as 5 punches but then jumped higher and higher

34.
Friendster or myspace? The decision was a big one. Like the betamax/VCR of the '80s

35.
You tried so hard to tap into your own secret powers

36.
And before Harry Potter, this was our idea of a magic wand

37.
Carrying random membership cards to stores, radio stations, and other things in your wallet

39.
When SUPER Nintendo and then N64 came out

40.
Cameras that took real pictures and cost real money to get developed (IDK who needs this info but 3 rolls of film is now about $54 and takes 3 weeks to develop and yeah they expire, apparently)

42.
The ridiculousness of single handheld games

44.
McDonald's happy meal mini beanies that gave you a reason to force your mom to get you a happy meal after school

45.
Nearly killing yourself on moonshoes

48.
Getting your butt spanked (yeah it happened) because you bopped the crap out of your little brother and sent him flying into 1999.