I miss the 90s

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Maybe nothing eventful happened and you can call a lot of the music shíte but in terms of optimism and the feeling you could do whatever you wanted, the period was unrivaled. The internet was starting to make its mark but our lives were still relatively insular and we still had some modicum of privacy. The wall had fallen at the end of the eighties and for a relatively short amount of time, there was little tension in the West - there was no Reds under the bed and 9/11 and the rise of Islam extremism had yet to make its mark. The most pressing issue of the day was whether Bill blew his load in Monica's mouth and wiped off his willy on her dress afterwards. The likes of the Balkan Civil War and Rwanda seemed so removed from where we were and the lack of media saturation meant you didn't really get to see as much about them as we now would about contemporary conflicts.

Acid house ushered in a loved up vibe that seemed to even defeat football hooliganism and the mental illegal raves and house parties were top notch - the likes of Underworld and Orbital were also pumping out amazing music. We'd go to gay clubs for the great house music you'd usually get there and you could see the optimism there as well. Gay-friendly nights like Powderbubble in the Pod were amazing events and were joyful than anything I ever saw in a straight club.

For a while it felt like we could just forget about politics and just enjoy ourselves. It came back to bite us on the ass of course.

I was a teenager at the beginning of the nineties and in my early twenties by the time it ended. My father was still alive too. So in that regard I miss it.

As for popular culture though it was shite. And Tetris was first released in the eighties. They did bring out the best version of Tetris in the nineties though. Tetris DX for the Gameboy Colo(u)r. It moves more smoothly than the original and it saves your high scores. I still play it on my Gameboy Advance.

Cienciano wrote: »

Home computers and the internet became popular in the 90s. The 00s had smartphones, guess what came before them in the 90s?

Am I to guess what you just said. Home computers were more popular on the 80's actually. Then they all died off until pcs became cheaper.

I didn't own one until 2000.

team_actimel wrote: »

I've seen snippets of recent childrens/teens programmes and they're so dumbed down and over the top. They don't make them like they used to.

The Amazing World of Gumball, The Regular Show and Adventure Time are all current children's cartoons that knock the socks off anything that was out in the 90s.

kunst nugget wrote: »

The Amazing World of Gumball, The Regular Show and Adventure Time are all current children's cartoons that knock the socks off anything that was out in the 90s.

I was talking more children's shows (like dramas/sitcoms) not cartoons that are lacking in quality.