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Things you don't miss about the 90s

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  • 12-12-2010 11:57pm
    #1
    My.testicals
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭


    Rick Astley, for one.

    Joe Bloggs jeans - I used to hate these.


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    #2
    Bog
    Registered Users Posts: 463 ✭✭Bog


    Well, thanks be to jebus Rick Astley never encroached on the noughties/two thousands...GAH


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    #3
    Iron Hide
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭Iron Hide


    Gina G and that " ooh ah just a little bit" nonsense


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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    56k modems.


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    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Pre-pubescence.


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    #6
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users Posts: 5,777 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Hairy vaginas
    Chris Evans on tv
    Hundreds of boybands
    That anti-piracy videotape ad where the guy complains about his Trainspotting bootleg
    Undercuts
    The Lighthouse Family
    Mr Blobby
    Waiting an hour to download a song
    Alan Shearers goal celebration
    Backwards flat caps
    Fully dressed women in rap videos
    Playstation loading screens
    Macauly Culkin


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    dirtyghettokid
    Registered Users Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭dirtyghettokid


    the poofy hair-do's
    coloured jeans
    friends (the show!!)


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    fedor.2.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭fedor.2.


    battlefield earth


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    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,130 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Sunny D


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,427 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Listening to bizarre screeching noises while trying to get on the internet.


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    #11
    Berty
    Registered Users Posts: 26,149 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    16bit games on the PC

    Not being able to ring somebody from a mobile phone just because you could.

    Naf Naf jackets or Johhny Brubaker Jackets

    Two Unlimited

    Zits


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    #12
    My.testicals
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭My.testicals


    Thought of another. Bryan Adams and that fcuking song "Everything I Do."

    On the same note Wet, Wet, Wet and "Love is all around."


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    #13
    fedor.2.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭fedor.2.


    Reebok pumps


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    D e e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 856 ✭✭✭D e e


    Saved by the bell
    cassette tapes


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    #15
    dirtyghettokid
    Registered Users Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭dirtyghettokid


    fedor.2. wrote: »
    Reebok pumps
    D e e wrote: »
    Saved by the bell
    cassette tapes

    aww man! but those were win! except when cassette tapes got chewed :( or you had to rewind forever to get back to your fav song........or... or... lol


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    fedor.2.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭fedor.2.


    Furbys


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    #17
    Oh_Noes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Oh_Noes


    I was going to say the TV show "Friends" but the fvcking thing seems to be repeated more than ever now. :mad:


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    #18
    Berty
    Registered Users Posts: 26,149 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Not having Motorways. I really don't miss that.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Sorry to rain on your parade but Rick Astley's heyday was late 80s. ;)


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    #20
    My.testicals
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭My.testicals


    Karsini wrote: »
    Sorry to rain on your parade but Rick Astley's heyday was late 80s. ;)

    Aw :(

    The rest stay!


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    D e e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 856 ✭✭✭D e e


    dirtyghettokid wrote: »
    aww man! but those were win! except when cassette tapes got chewed :( or you had to rewind forever to get back to your fav song........or... or... lol

    Sh*te I thought this was "things you miss about the 90s"
    missed the "don't", whoops!


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    #22
    triple-M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭triple-M


    being a virgin


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    ohnelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭ohnelly


    school

    where in the world - or whatever it was called...ye know that quiz?

    those heaters with the gas cylinder, you'd get a broken thumb trying to start it when the gas was running out!

    padded hairbands and scrunchies


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    #24
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    Fido dido
    The leaving cert
    Being a virgin


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    #25
    poisonated
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭poisonated


    Videos. Having to forward through the ads and rewind the movie before you bring it back.


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    #26
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    being too young to visit all the places in Europe where Easy Company fought :)


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    #27
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,886 ✭✭✭Eve_Dublin


    Platform shoes
    The luminous clothes revival of the late 90s
    CD Walkmans
    Arranging to meet people by land line and having to be on time.
    The beginning of the manufactured pop explosion.


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    #28
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    the hassle of getting good weed in ireland...


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    #29
    ChunkyLover_53
    Closed Accounts Posts: 901 ✭✭✭ChunkyLover_53


    Yokes laced with Rat Poison


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    #30
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Big mobile phones with ridiculously short battery lives and few functions..


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    #31
    Napper Hawkins
    Registered Users Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭Napper Hawkins


    I don't miss the 90's in general.


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