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9 Signs You Were Obsessed with 90s Nostalgia

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9 Signs You Were Obsessed with 90s Nostalgia
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Nostalgia from the 90s has been with us for a good while now. Since the eve of the last decade, much of the Internet has yearned to go back to what many considered to be the best years to have ever existed. If any of you had internet access at around that time, chances are, you were part of that nostalgia craze. So here are 9 signs that you were obsessed with the decade of undoubted perfection:

1. You thought cartoons from 90s Nick, Cartoon Network, Disney, etc. were the greatest works of art ever made and nothing could top them.

Because why watch today’s uninspired garbage when you got the classics, Don’t forget the cartoons like, PB & J Otter, Mike, Lou and Og, or all those Disney animated movies that came out in the 90s.

Innovative 3D animation and fresh new takes on known genres in animation today, PSHH. What’s that??

2. You found 90s trends to be legitimately hip.

‘Cause let’s face it: nothing beats the signature backwards baseball cap.

Or these for that matter.

And let’s not forget those childhood favorite toys. Tamagotchis, Power Rangers, Pokémon. Today’s smartphones that can fetch God knows how much information about everything, can never top the digital pet in your pocket that would never shut up about being fed.

3. You played Backstreet Boys and other 90s pop music on repeat (and also thought they were the best).


Only the best lyrical poetry could have come from pop singer boy bands singing about love for girls and… yeah pretty much about love for girls. Nothing else.


But such a topic to explore in corporate-made synth pop and melodramatic 20-year-old male falsettos, is it not? Truly a topic to the test the time.

4. You bemoaned today's pop culture media while sweetly reminiscing "the good ol' days."

Not a day passes by without hearing the nonsense that’s going on in American society right now. Does nobody know how stressful that is???

Whatever happened to just hearing about when the latest episode of your favorite show or favorite movie is coming out, or the latest next from your favorite band on the Disney Channel. Or the Clinton scandal.

Or maybe hearing nothing at all. Seemed liked it when you’re entire life was focused on just homework and your biggest stresses in life included how to tie your shoe correctly.

5. You preached the good word of the "90s" in YouTube comment sections.


Because where else can the memories of the 90s be celebrated, but under endless videos of every 90s media that you could possibly think of.

Seriously. Only normies embrace living in the present day.

6. You desperately clung to memories of when you were 2-years old (only applies to 00s babies).

Ah, the memories of when you excitedly grasped at your first sippy cup as you’re listening to your parent’s favorite tunes, when you jumped around the TV in front of everyone watching ‘til you went to bed at 8:00 pm. Pre-K. Not having enough intelligence to grasp what was going on in the world.

The young ‘uns had it best if I say so myself.

7. You reminisce as you use light-speed Internet the days when Internet was slow and terrible.

Yes, Internet back then was rather sluggish and took a bit of time to get started, and took a lot more time loading images and websites, and took quite a bit of your parents’ telephone bill when you used it too much.

But all that can’t beat that beautifully archaic sound of the dial-up machine.

8. You never acknowledge the Yugoslav Wars, or other really horrible world events that occurred in the 90s.

Cause, you know, news about ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, month after month of accused celebrity murders and overseas war crimes plastering the newspapers, they seriously ruin the whole vibe of the good ol’ hip and cool decade, don’t you think?

9. You still believe the VHS format is the superior format.

...Okay well, at least for this one, the aesthetic looks nice.

VHS is absolutely useless, but it looks pretty damn neat when used on just about everything.

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