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[–] jaaake 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Born in ‘81. The ‘90s were my teenage years.

I’m just a ‘90s kid with a rapidly greying beard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My brother was born in 81, I was born in 91. It's weird how we're both considered 90s kids. Like, why that decade in particular seems so formative for so many. The 00s were my teenage years, and they did inform me as a person a lot, but when I think back on, like, the quintessential elements of my childhood, it's the late 90s, pre 911. Same for my brother.

[–] nomous 2 points 6 months ago

It's probably just nostalgia but the 90s were formative. It was pretty much peak network TV. Peak music label music, the internet was a thing everyone had heard about but only schools and nerdy parents had. It really does feel like a different era.

[–] jaaake 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I was alive for nearly all of the ‘80s, but I wasn’t really aware of the ‘80s.

By contrast, I took part in the ‘90s. I went to ska shows, I watched TRL, I sent pager codes to my friends.