I was born in 89, so remember a good portion of the 90s. It was a much simpler time but obviously we tend to romanticise the fun memories and quietly ignore how vastly more inconvenient daily life was.
Mobile phones were not really a thing yet so getting in touch with your friends required a combination of patience and sheer luck.
The internet was a different place entirely and was experienced in 30 minute chunks of time, just long enough to download a song or two before being kicked off for tying up the landline.
Daily entertainment was 4, maybe 5 analogue TV channels, plus a collection of VHS tapes which are all degrading by being rewatched constantly.
Every piece of life admin that you would normally do online today was instead done with pen and paper.
Cable tv existed in the 90s. I remember when DVR came out so you could record tv shows automatically and watch them later. You could even fast forward through the ads! No more doing the bathroom break speedrun to avoid them.
Cable wasn’t as much as a thing over here except in specific areas, but if you were flush you might have satellite TV. Nothing so bourgeois for me though!
I was born in 84 so I grew up with the best of the late 80s and early 90s, the simplicity, style and general vibe of live in those days was amazing.
Come home from school, grab a sunny d, go watch cartoons while talking about how realistic the snes graphics looked. Play some pogs and replace the batteries on my yak bak, listening to oasis and reading goosebumps.
I think of it like this. They’re a 90s baby, not a 90s kid.
90s kid would be more like born in the mid 80s to mid 90s so you have actual memories of the 90s.
I was born in 89, so remember a good portion of the 90s. It was a much simpler time but obviously we tend to romanticise the fun memories and quietly ignore how vastly more inconvenient daily life was.
Mobile phones were not really a thing yet so getting in touch with your friends required a combination of patience and sheer luck.
The internet was a different place entirely and was experienced in 30 minute chunks of time, just long enough to download a song or two before being kicked off for tying up the landline.
Daily entertainment was 4, maybe 5 analogue TV channels, plus a collection of VHS tapes which are all degrading by being rewatched constantly.
Every piece of life admin that you would normally do online today was instead done with pen and paper.
Honestly, I’m amazed we ever got anything done.
Cable tv existed in the 90s. I remember when DVR came out so you could record tv shows automatically and watch them later. You could even fast forward through the ads! No more doing the bathroom break speedrun to avoid them.
Cable wasn’t as much as a thing over here except in specific areas, but if you were flush you might have satellite TV. Nothing so bourgeois for me though!
I was born in 84 so I grew up with the best of the late 80s and early 90s, the simplicity, style and general vibe of live in those days was amazing.
Come home from school, grab a sunny d, go watch cartoons while talking about how realistic the snes graphics looked. Play some pogs and replace the batteries on my yak bak, listening to oasis and reading goosebumps.
yeah i consider myself a 90s kid bc i was born in the 80s
same. i existed in the 80s, but i only really remember calvin and hobbes and some baseball games. i grew up in the 90s.