Who doesn’t like some nostalgia? And a reason to escape the present (uni deadlines, money problems and annoying flatmates though amiright?)
As if we even need a reason to look back and reminisce – with Maroon 5 paying tribute to iconic Nickelodeon show Spongebob Squarepants at the Superbowl last weekend, we decided to dig out some cringe, what-now-seems-crazy-to-even-think-about memories that only people who grew up in the 90’s and early 2000’s will remember..
1. Viewmasters
I took the kids a few decades back this Literacy Week! Spreading Literacy one View at a Time! ??#viewmaster pic.twitter.com/q7jaIA0Irg
— Kristina Neely (@Neely_CSE) February 4, 2019
Clicking through the same 14 images from The Little Mermaid was entertaining back in the day okay…
2. Inflatable Chairs
No room was funky enough till there was an oversized inflatable chair blocking the exit tbh.
3. Paperdoll Heaven
I used to run home to play Paperdollheaven/stardoll? pic.twitter.com/lvv24FBrGG
— Char (@cwcharxx) July 22, 2014
We all became stylists, designers and fashion experts through this website, lets be honest.
4. Bebo
Only being able to 'share the luv' 3 times a day, because 'luv is rare' #BeboMemories
— Lewis Day (@Lewisdaay) March 27, 2014
Changing your bebo skin constantly was a must.
5. Razor scooters
There was no pain worse than these weapons attacking your unsuspecting ankles.
6. Ringtones
When the crazy frog said, “A ring ding ding ding ding. A Ring Ding Ding Ding demg demg.
A ring ding ding ding ding” I felt that— harrison chidlow (@harrisonchidlo2) February 3, 2019
Enough said.
7. The (limited) hours of free texting
Remember when you only had unlimited texts after 7:30pm on weekdays so if someone texted you at 5pm you had to wait to 7:31pm bcos same.
8. And making up new abbreviations that somehow never caught on
Me: Hieeee
Friend: Hey
Me: Hows u? Wuu2?
Friend: Nmu?
Me: same
Friend: G2g dinner
Me: K
9. Lets not forget the chain messages that everyone’s auntie still sends on
My bad luck probably stems from not sending one of these in 2007 to be fair.
10. Springs
90s kid's nightmare pic.twitter.com/DxpjEEP1jY
— The 90s Life (@The90sLife) January 18, 2019
It was all fun and games till it got so tangled it couldn’t be saved. RIP.
11. Furby
I found furby in my closet pic.twitter.com/HkbTb4dWLg
— Bandersnatch (@CamChild1) January 19, 2019
You weren’t a 90’s kid unless you were terrified of Furby murdering you in your sleep #fact.
12. Scoobies
asking how to start these pic.twitter.com/EL2jimo7ol
— Sammy (@sammytrips) July 14, 2018
I bet no-one has seen one of these for at least 10 years tbh.
13. Limewire
Some of yall never downloaded music off limewire and it shows
— DBLP? (@ogdblp) January 19, 2019
Risking your computer’s life was absolutely necessary just to download one song…and it was always worth it.
14. Gaming was…different
Snake > every other game
15. And the 90’s produced the best TV shows
The petition to bring back Bananas in Pyjamas starts right here…