Why do people love the 90s

i liked them

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).

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

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.

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.

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 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

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

The 90's were great, some classic songs that decade

https://youtu.be/tvLDm8821jQ

https://youtu.be/nmYi5u9BhtI

Clare also won three Munster Titles

branie2 wrote: »

Clare also won three Munster Titles

Leitrim won a Connacht football title.

grindle wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/pg/LathamStreetVintage/photos/

Yeah, for hipsters this is a thing.

So you're telling me that if I scour the house for all my 90s stuff, that I can then make money from flogging it to idiot hipsters? Early retirement, here I come

Maybe it's because we did so well on the Eurovision!

No social media
Little economic uncertainty

The 90,s we had new tech like cd,s , mp3 players , the internet became
avaidable to the public, Satellite tv, sky tv.
But smartphones were not so advanced with apps and facebook,
people did not just go to a pub and stare at a phone or look at apps .
Now at every social event people are taking photos or selfies .
There were no apps like tinder for dating ,the ,nmore advanced
phones could maybe take low res photos, or play mp3,s .
Young people in the 90,s were not obsessed by social media or looking for likes .
In the 80s, the church was in full control, the 90s, was maybe the time
when there was more sense of freedom and there was more separation
between church and state .
there was a great sense of optimism ,it was like ireland was becoming a more modern open society .
There were more powerful consoles like the ps2 and dreamcast which
had impressive 3d type graphics .
Special effects were becoming more advanced with films like the matrix
and jurassic park .

Steyr 556 wrote: »

Fond memories of Saturday morning (usually) with the brother, watching F1 on the tv.

Massive moment!

Forgot about that, used to love F1 when Jordan were around. Heinz-Harald Frentzen, legend.

pah wrote: »

The 90's was my decade. Coming of age at the start of the decade I went into secondary school in 93. Over those 6 years I grew as a person in so many ways, first love, of music, of film of, girls so many great beats already mentioned here but for me.


OG PlayStation, Days lost to Tomb raider cracking puzzles and cracking boobs.

You forgot the best console of all time, the SNES

A lot of people associate whatever decade they grew up in as being golden times as they were young, carefree and had their lives ahead of them. But the 90's really were great times for Ireland.

I grew up along the border in the 80's and its hard to describe just how grim things were with Northern Ireland. Part and parcel of every day life was hearing about the latest atrocity. When things changed in the 90's, I actually found it difficult to get my head around the fact that we would be able to freely travel between north and south, and that the fighting would actually stop. Roads reopened for the first time since the 60's, and we had an American president helping out with moving negotiations forward.

Aside from that, all of a sudden there was a bit of prosperity. College fees were abolished which opened up the prospect of third level education to a lot more people. The GAA was superb with a raft of teams in both codes making breakthroughs, then there was the Irish football team too. I'll leave the music out of it as thats subjective, and you could make an argument that other decades were better