Why do people love the 90s

Pauliedragon

Better yolks in the 90's.

Atoms for Peace

Pauliedragon wrote: »

Better yolks in the 90's.

Free range?

Church on Tuesday

odyssey06 wrote: »

Never mind a console... in the 90s you were considered a nerd for being 'online'!

If you weren't kicking a ball around in a Man U shirt, you were basically vermin sure.

I was a kid in the 90's and my memories mostly revolve around the Jurassic Park films, mindless but great blockbuster action flicks from Roland Emmerich, hanging out of trees, making huts, TMNT etc. Sweets were cheap and stuff came in cereal boxes.

As I got into my teens I discovered the great grunge bands of the era, which I would have been too young to properly experience initially.

The 90's were great for a kid, the last great decade of innocence.

IAMAMORON

White Doves. Even if they cost £ 25.

take everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA

Cryptopagan

odyssey06 wrote: »

I don't remember hating the 90s... when you are living through it, it's not the 90s, it's just 'life'.

The 80s were better. Looking back, I'd rather re-watch Reeling the Years 80s versus 90s.

The 90s were a far far better time to be in Ireland than the 80s. The 80s probably provides better Reeling in the Years content but that’s about it.

jimmythedivil

I recall in the 00's lots of people talking about the 80's as if it was some glorious period, usually based upon the music/films of the decade and usually spouted by people with no recollection of the time.

SharpshooterTom

jimmythedivil wrote: »

I recall in the 00's lots of people talking about the 80's as if it was some glorious period, usually based upon the music/films of the decade and usually spouted by people with no recollection of the time.

I think a lot of young people back then including myself got their views of living in the 80s from GTA Vice City.

mrsdewinter

jimmythedivil wrote: »

I recall in the 00's lots of people talking about the 80's as if it was some glorious period, usually based upon the music/films of the decade and usually spouted by people with no recollection of the time.

Yah, this was me. Now that the nostalgia is about the 1990s, which I really do remember, I feel a bit silly for my faux-nostalgia over the 1980s...

tallaghtfornia

Just thinking there and I remember in the 90s all electrical items started to come with a fixed plug no more having to buy plug separate as nothing came with a fixed plug prior to that 😄
If I can remember it was Ester Ratzen that campaigned for that as to many people where wiring them wrong and electrocuting themselves 😄

branie2

i liked them

ToddyDoody

I remember getting a noise complaint from the neighbours about the modem.

Cryptopagan

tallaghtfornia wrote: »

Just thinking there and I remember in the 90s all electrical items started to come with a fixed plug no more having to buy plug separate as nothing came with a fixed plug prior to that 😄
If I can remember it was Ester Ratzen that campaigned for that as to many people where wiring them wrong and electrocuting themselves 😄

That was such a nuisance. It must also have been when things that needed batteries started being sold with batteries included.

Cryptopagan

Thing that changed for the worse: games consoles came with two controllers.

gormdubhgorm

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Yah, this was me. Now that the nostalgia is about the 1990s, which I really do remember, I feel a bit silly for my faux-nostalgia over the 1980s...

Sure when you think about it didn't the 90's think they were the new 60's Oasis/Blur E's etc.
Plus the 90's brought back those roundy 60's John Lennon glasses (see above).

Panthro

Blur or Oasis.
Xworx jeans or tearaway trackys.

What a time to be alive!

Bobblehats

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Yah, this was me. Now that the nostalgia is about the 1990s, which I really do remember, I feel a bit silly for my faux-nostalgia over the 1980s...

The ‘80s nostalgia still stands. It might be the case there’s a growing sense of optimism, as we approach a millennium which a lot of people never get to experience like there’s going to be some amazing blowout into a new age or some party like it’s 1999. I remember a lot of the music was tinged with futurisms into the latter half of the 90s which was aided by the new digital technologies, which still stands today but a lot of the musicians had space on the brain as well. Not captured as well through the video medium as digital capture hadn’t quite reached there and so it all looks a bit old

But then it all gets reset and look at us starting to get on a bit and we haven’t even entered the roaring twenties yet :rolleyes: I’ll be too old to jitterbug.

Elemonator

The 1990's is when the world gained me, that's why :cool:

mondeo

You could express an opinion and not be accused of being a racist for every little thing.

neirbloom

Heard this one on one of those music channels a few months ago and it brought me right back to summers 94/95. They dont make em like this anymore.

kildare lad

Barely anyone had the internet or phones, so you had to go out and do something, and not live your pretend life online. There was a good bit of disposable income so everyone had a bit of money to do things, Italia 90 and USA 94, Ireland actually had a decent football team then. if you were into clubbing/ raving , the dance scene was taking off and you had some great clubs around dublin . Music was better , And no one seemed to get offended all the time , well maybe they did but you just didn't hear about it unlike today where you can't look online without someone been offended or been called a hero because she doesn't shave her armpits.

Sephiroth_dude

Comedy shows were better.

topper75

Speaking of comedy shows, any ould shower at all could win the hurling. You never knew.

Offaly got one. Wexford got one.

Clare managed to get two of them, FFS.

tmabr

Ah yes the 90s rocked

you could rent a place in town on your own and still have money to party every weekend.

The club scene was amazing, it took the guards years to cop on what was going on. Everyone on extacy loved up with no bar fights or trouble outside after. most of the best clubs where closed down eventually.

Then we all start earning more money in the late 90s and cocaine hit, back to bar fights and all that rubbish.

valoren

What we take for granted today was an 'event' back in the 90's. There was the magical feeling that entertainment was an event.

Take for example a blockbuster film. You read about it, you waited for it to come out with anticipation.

You waited excitedly to read monthly magazines like 'Empire'.

You pored over every page.

You queued to see the film, immersed yourself in the experience. The sight of the Irish Censors Board accrediting the film was the moment when all that anticipation coalesced.

You had to wait Six months later to rent the film on tape from Video stores. You physically had to go there unlike Pre-order on Sky Store.

You made an event of it, Saturday night in, considering it had to be returned within a few days.

Preferably rewound. Another six months and you could buy the film, adding it to your growing collection.

There was little of the sheer saturation access we experience today. Think 20+ Marvel films in the space of decade rather than a smattering every few years. Today it's Netflix with forays to the cinema being reserved for 'event' type movies e.g. Star Wars/Bond. The slowness of the above sounds horrendous today with instant gratification but that was the magic. Good things come to those who wait etc.

People couldn't film half the concerts they went to with their smartphones. They immersed themselves in the experience without the reflexive urge to record it.

Football matches were also an event. Take for example the FA Cup. One particular Saturday in May was dedicated to the Match on the BBC from early morning to late into the evening. You'd be glued to the screen all day. Today it's just another match on a Saturday evening, the prestige feel of it slowly dying out through the 90s. Today there can feasibly be a match shown from somewhere every night. You can bet on how many corners there will be in a match in Turkey on your smartphone.

TV was of 'appointment' importance. You couldn't record and catch up. Father Ted was on at say 9pm Monday and you either watched it (recording it on tape) at the scheduled time or you missed it until a re-run. Seinfeld, Frasier, Friends and for me personally The Simpsons was at peak brilliance. You only had a core group of stations unlike the vast amount there is today. You'd be waiting all week until Saturday night to watch Predator or T2 or Aliens or Die Hard etc

Economically, the country was experiencing a genuine economic boom unlike the credit fuelled binge of the 00's. People were working, people weren't leaving in the same capacity as they had to in the 80's. The countries infrastructure changed for the better. We could naively enjoy the cognitive dissonance that while many politicians were (or were likely) crooked at least they fixed the roads.

Geopolitically the Cold War was over, as mentioned, the real spectre of a nuclear exchange was effectively removed... oh and Formula One still had V10 engines...

odyssey06

valoren wrote: »

TV was of 'appointment' importance. You couldn't record and catch up. Father Ted was on at 9pm say and you either watched it (recording it on tape) or you missed it until a re-run. Seinfeld, Frasier, Friends and for me personally The Simpsons was at peak brilliance. You only had a core group of stations unlike the vast amount there is today. You’d be waiting all week until Saturday night to watch ‘Predator’, ‘T2’, ‘Aliens’ or ‘Die Hard’.

The horror as you sat down and rewound the VCR and the expected episode of your favourite show turns out to be the over-run of a tennis game, or you got the station wrong!
Then there were desperate pleas to buddies or acquaintances who may still have it on VCR before they wiped the tape...

kildare lad

odyssey06 wrote: »

The horror as you sat down and rewound the VCR and the expected episode of your favourite show turns out to be the over-run of a tennis game, or you got the station wrong!
Then there were desperate pleas to buddies or acquaintances who may still have it on VCR before they wiped the tape...

I remember getting a lend of a film a friend had taped. I can't remember what it was but after the film, he hard every bit of tit and boobs that was on eurotrash recorded at the end of the tape... haha he got a good bit of stick in school the next day. Porns at are finger tips today. Lads having to get magazines and hide them in their rooms back then ...lol

branie2

Great bands in the 90s as well

Deebles McBeebles

Gary Lineker sh*t on a football pitch in the 90's, nuff said.

chrissb8

I was a child in the 90's an infact was born in 1990 so the 90's was a wonderful time for me. It was all just pure positivity. I think the fact we weren't all so connected was a great thing as well. You had to join in together to have fun, watching movies together either by going to the video rental store or being a slave to the tv listings.

Playing video games together meant not online and bringing a multi tap or taking turns at Tekken 3. The cinema in my mind, going through its last golden age. As in, at least 8-10 classics coming out every year that are still watched till this day. Mcdonalds brithday parties!

The thing I miss the most is the ability to switch off. I grow tired of the fact just because I have a phone I have to be able to respond to people in a prompt time, just because I can. Or the weird incessant pull to keep up with social media and as a result have deleted the apps off my phone.

The fetish for the 90's is weird and it's pathetic looking at 17 or 18 year olds dressing and trying to be 90's. Really they are. From the clothes, music and references on their social media it just makes me laugh. Are a generation so shallow and devoid that they can't even come up with their own trends and have to mash a bunch of styles gone by together to fill in that gap from different decades.

Makes me cringe the most when I see people dressing like my Dad did in the 90's. And he was well into his 40's for most of that decade. I just find it all so superficial and transparent.