And I miss the ’90s like the deserts miss the rain.

I’ve writtenmany postsabout how the ’90s were a great decade to grow up in.

My question is, did you feel like it was a good time to be alive?

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Were you waking up thinking gee shits, cool?

I am very unimpressed or flat-out upset with most mainstream or current ideas.

To me, it seems like the world is mostly regressing."

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“Before 9/11 happened, there was so much optimism everywhere.

So yeah, it was cool.”

“I do think the ’90s had a lot more fun outdoorsy things when you were a kid.

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But nowadays, kids have a lot more technology, even in their toys.

Lithium-ion batteries are a huge game changer for today’s kids.”

“I’m 45, so the height of my adolescence was in the 1990s.

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For me, the music alone was enough to remember and cherish for the rest of my days.

It was fucking amazing.”

“You weren’t aware of what anyone else was doing, so there was less comparison.

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People were more interesting and original.

Also, nobody could reach us every second of every day.”

“I thought the ’90s were perfect!

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Granted, I was a kid, though, so of course I loved everything back then, lol.

It really was a time to be alive!!!

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“I was ages 817 in the ’90s.

It felt cool at the time.

For me the media specifically was amazing.

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The music, movies and TV shows.

It felt cool at the time, but now it feels like a beautiful dream.”

There were still problems, of course.

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“It was the best balance of life and technology.

Corporate greed wasn’t as unhinged as it is today.

11.Honestly, I had a much brighter view of the future in the ’90s.

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The internet was taking off, and I thought it would increase education all across the world.

It was actually pretty great, I think.”

“Of course, nothing is perfect.

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We trusted, made friends, and relied way more on the kindness of strangers.

It was just very, very different.

Hell yeah, I miss those days.”

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“A lot of positivity.

Things felt like they would be okay and that dreams were possible.

It doesnt feel like that anymore at all.”

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Weekends seemed to last forever, and summers seemed to last forever.

It was the best of times.

Society as a whole wasn’t nearly as stressed out and contentious as it is now."

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Popular culture, music, films, and books were just super f’ing cool.

The mainstream seemed to embrace transgressive art for a little while there.

It was a really special time to be young."

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