Question: God I miss the 90s'!!! Does anyone else feel the same?

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Omg. Idk.

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And complaining on the internet will help how..?

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The 90's were cool, but I miss, that I missed the 80's, and I'm big into 80's because those were the years I was born and grew up. But yeah the TV and cartoons and everything were awesome.

Remember Sega Master System and Mega Drive? Sonic the hedge hog? hehe.

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yeah

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I didn't live the 90s as i was only born in 95 but, most of my favourite tunes are from the 90s, Alice Deejay, Cafe Del Mar etc

It'd be good if we could go back but take the Iphone and all the gear back with us ;D

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I am glad it is over, and that I am alive and don't have to work anymore. I am sad both my parents died, but not nostalgic for the past. I just want to move forward and become more intelligent.

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The fact it was not terribly long ago, I share how you feel. It was simple then and things now have become so complex due to technology. I find people rely on it so much that younger people cannot spell, talk or function normally without it. It seems to be everyone's obsession. . .always wanting more tech gadgets and relying so heavily that they do not know how to do anthing for themselves. There seemed to be less greed the 90s, and a lot more respect. I agree with the TV shows. . .they had the best TV shows then. I loved Friends :) Certain eras of music were great and there was actual original talent, not the manufactured carbon copies of today. Artists that actually wrote music that had meaning. It was simpler. The early 2000's were good as well, I feel things truly changed after September 11 it has affected everything so much. I miss the 90s as well, so I share your sentiments :)

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Those things that you mentioned, like simplicity, magical holidays, great cartoons, I associate with childhood. Maybe (if) you were a child in the 90s. So you feel it is this way. I loved the 90s, I loved the TV too and sometimes I think why do we need all this technology, but complaining won't help (just try to go week or something with just TV) but we are moving forward and it makes me sad sometimes. I get nostalgic...but the most we can do is enjoy life now or we will be complaining that "the 00s and 10s were so awesome...so simple and magical, I wish we could go back instead of live in all this technology cr*p.)

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Yes, the 90s was a wonderful decade, and overall I would say that I miss it. However, just like any other period of time, the 90s had its pros and cons. Time to take a trip down nostalgia lane and list/discuss them:

Pros:
1.) For hacker/phreak culture, (my subculture back then), the 90s was golden, since everything was online or coming online, ignorance surrounding it was high (and people valued tech knowledge more) and security was all but nonexistent. Laws were pretty lenient still, and you could explore with abandon. Technology in general was great, because it was accessible without being ubiquitous, meaning that the Internet and so forth wasn't overrun yet by every idiot and his dog and the World Wide Web hadn't become a festering pit of cynical nihilism. Subcultures in general, technological or not, really flourished during the 90s due to a cultural attitude which emphasized community and connectedness, in a positive individualistic sort of way.

2.) Postcyberpunk. I mean REAL postcyberpunk in the early-mid 90s, not this current post-post-cyberpunk 'let's build neat half-assed virtual communities with all our technology and charge everyone for it!' BS. It's funny that you imply that technology and computers didn't exist then-nothing could be further from the truth. As technologies rapidly developed, cyber-ecstasy and all of the hype surrounding 'cyberspace' etc. was at a peak. It was a time in which literally everything seemed possible, and it was wonderful for a technologically-adept youth.

3.) The economy. Even prior to the dot-com bubble really taking off, the economy was generally excellent for most in the US, compared to today. It's a generalization, yes, but not an unfounded one. Contrary to popular belief, this had little to do with the Democratic presidency itself. If anything, it was actually facilitated by the deadlock in the federal government regarding fiscal legislation stemming from the conflict between the Democratic presidency and the overwhelmingly Republican Congress.

4.) Science. In the 90s, we saw a refreshing reversal of the anti-intellectualism and anti-intellectual stereotypes/culture so prevalent in the prior decades of the 20th century, and everyone from Bill Nye to Michio Kaku took the opportunity to popularize science and make it more accessible without sacrificing any of its substance or diluting its intellectual content. The world began to realize the importance of science/math/tech. education-this is related to the attitude of awe and wonder surrounding human technology in general.

5.) Secularization and humanism. While this had really been happening gradually for the last century, the 90s really saw the seemingly final nail in the coffin for religious fanaticism and authoritarianism. Not everywhere, of course, but in the mainstream, in general. Being completely secular/non-religious or nearly so became culturally acceptable on a wider scale.

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