People have been sharing what they’d bring back from the ‘90s – 19 sorely missed things from a radical decade
10.
‘Hope and optimism.
‘The world was so different in the 90’s. It was a time of economic prosperity, the birth of a free and uncorrupted internet, and the end of the cold war. There was such an incredible feeling that the world had turned a corner, and that old national rivalries and factionalism was over. We all thought the future would be a glittering spectacle, unmoored from troubles of past decades.
‘That lasted until 11 September 2001, when very suddenly, it all came crashing down.’
-Stolen_Sky
11.
‘The lack of social media.’
-jeffwinger_esq
12.
‘Nineties commercials! I love them!’
-PYCHYOUOUT97
13.
‘A wide variety of music genres being widely listened to. Grunge, ska, swing, punk, funk, metal, crooner, boogie-woogie all charted next to the manufactured crap.’
-TheTaoThatIsSpoken
14.
‘Being able to call and request your favorite song to the DJ at the radio station and being absolutely PUMPED when it came on.’
-gassy_gnome
15.
‘Probably the excitement of getting a new CD and listening to the whole album start to finish, no skipping, no playlists, just appreciating the music as it was meant to be heard.’
-tejutej
16.
‘Definitely the attitude, when kids drank from the hose, phones had actual buttons, and no one cared about taking 500 selfies before eating a burger.’
-According_Fig7999
17.
‘I miss there being actual consequences to being a crazy person or an asshole. Crazy people were avoided and left out, so there was incentive to not be crazy. And it was ok to be fucking harsh on people who were an asshole.
‘Nowadays you just go online, get a shit load of bot-reinforced confirmation bias, and then subject everyone to your crazy without fear of consequences. Assholes aren’t afraid of getting called out anymore, so they run unchecked.
‘Yeah, these things had some bad outcomes in the 90s (fat shaming was very real, gay bashing, etc.), but there has to be a happy middle ground around here somewhere.’
-ARazorbacks
18.
‘In video games, there was no such thing as microtransactions, season passes, auction houses, loot boxes, live service, DRM, etc.
You just bought a full game and that game was yours. The end.’
-ThisIsTheNewSleeve
19.
‘35mm projectors in theatres. I love the pop and crackle, all those scratches and hairs and dirt on film.’
-D_B_R
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Source: Reddit