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Were the late 90s the best of times?

Try_harder

Everything seemed better then. Things were on the up, positivity reigned and little doomsday talk

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Peatys

Try harder

Sardonicat

I remember the late 90s as pretty dull and bland with no defining features TBH.

GetWithIt

Err, Y2K!!

Never forget.

Ipso

They were the blurst of times.
Although there no hipsters, twitter or facebook.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

the eighties were

Try_harder

DaDumTish wrote: »

the eighties were

The eighties were poverty and recession to me

Try_harder

GetWithIt wrote: »

Err, Y2K!!

Never forget.

$$$

Rubberlegs

Try_harder wrote: »

The eighties were poverty and recession to me

Yes, but , but .......the music !

Noveight

Music in general peaked when this was released October 1999. Steady decline since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

Blazer

The 90's were awesome.
We have the Feile's which was our generation's woodstock (none of that muck music that came after it with overpriced rap bands and junkies).
I also got a job in IT and being young and single had the time of my life around then and into the early years of the 21st century.
I actually pity today's youth with all the social media bul****.
I'm on facebook and twitter but really only for following stuff but the pressure on them these days not to mention getting a job, trying to buy a house etc etc.
I wouldn't trade the those years for any other decade, at least not in Ireland.

Katgurl

Yes most definitely.

The IT industry just taking off and the $$$ potential.

The club scene.

The hilarious fashion.

Jordan 199

The late 90's were a great time for Jordan Grand Prix fans.

OldMrBrennan83

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buried

I had a good time but I wouldn't say it was the best of times. Very hazy decade, everyone thought everything was grand but those grand times are the exact same times the Universe will rip away the floor from your feet

Ipso

Noveight wrote: »

Music in general peaked when this was released October 1999. Steady decline since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

Ah now, they were no Alice Deejay!

jacksie66

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Ipso

jacksie66 wrote: »

The rise of Nu Metal..

Aka, music to wet the bed to.

EPAndlee

I was only about 6 or 7 in the late 90s so all I remember is pokemon cards

thunderdog

Nah, just most of the demographic on here were teenagers back in the late 90s

Donald Trump

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

TheValeyard

Pogs were awesome.

Jimbob1977

It was the time before mass proliferation of mobile phones and digital cameras.

Human interactions were possibly simpler back then. Eye to eye contact. No distraction. You had to be on time for meeting friends or they'd just leave without you.

No such thing as checking your work emails at home or on holiday.

The music and movies were decent. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, REM, U2 and Britpop were ruling the charts (remember the charts??). Dance music became popular. Warren G and Nate Dogg tried to establish the G Funk era, but it never took off.

Manchester United knocked Liverpool off their perch and formed a great rivalry with Arsenal. Ireland qualified for stuff.

Our economy began to grow a bit and emigration slowed down.

Of course it wasn't perfect. The Troubles existed until 1998. There was mass slaughter in Rwanda and Yugoslavia.

I think the 90s were a great decade.

odyssey06

In the late 1990s the internet was as it should be, for geeks and on computers, not on every tom dick and jane's smart phone.

zapitastas

The asylum and UFO were the highlight of the 90s

thebaz

The late 70s - Punk made anything seam possible for young misfits and school dropouts like myself - just wearing one earring was actually rebellious - the music & gigs were so great back then and you didnt need to be a maestro to be great - just DIY attitude and 3 chords - before that very few bands came to play Ireland - we laid the foundation for much that followed - great days rebelling against the oppressive conservative majority.

TheValeyard

Unsolved Mysteries was a great show, although started late 80s, definitely remember it in the 90s

Donald Trump

thebaz wrote: »

The late 70s - Punk made anything seam possible for young misfits and school dropouts like myself - just wearing one earring was actually rebellious - the music & gigs were so great back then and you didnt need to be a maestro to be great - just DIY attitude and 3 chords - before that very few bands came to play Ireland - we laid the foundation for much that followed - great days rebelling against the oppressive conservative majority.

Feck off grandad. It's past your bedtime. You and your old war stories :pac:

Chaos Tourist

In pop culture, 1999 was a huge year for films.

1998 was the greatest year for computer games.

[Deleted User]

Ipso wrote:

They were the blurst of times. Although there no hipsters, twitter or facebook.

We had hipsters since the 1950s. There's nothing new about them

Owl.

Noveight wrote: »

Music in general peaked when this was released October 1999. Steady decline since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

I still use it as my ringtone. Mainly because it drives people mad.