Important difference...

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RedDemonTaoist@reddit

I always considered myself an 80s kid. I was a 90s teen. 1981 here.

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LojikSupreme@reddit

Agree! 90's were everything! And this meme goes hard AF! 😂

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I had just started to get into AiC when he died.

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pNaN@reddit

Ouch, yes. I feel you. I never go to see AiC (with Staley) either.

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For sure, it's not necessarily the music that was popular in high school, it what you yourself listened to in high school. That will always be your favorite.

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Ericovich@reddit

Not for me. I personally think of the music I liked was pretty cringe.

BScrads@reddit

I was just talking about how we are always nostalgic about how much freedom we had, but it is easy to forget the kids/friends that didn't make it or just disappeared.

I swear the cops killed this one drug dealer that lived around the corner from me. He was shady as hell, like a, "He's cool, but it's always his friends that got wild (what they call ratchet now or something like that) kinda guy." The circumstances don't really make a lot of sense.

Dude if we did it would've been a child legend. 😎

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East_Penalty_7659@reddit

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Top_Issue4421@reddit

lol! My husband told me stories of how he and his buddies would drive over to Mexico since they lived in south Texas in his parent’s car to go drinking when he was in high school! This was the late 90’s. 😳 I agree with your post!

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legna20v@reddit

Amen brother

“Let me stay alive for half life 3”

Same here, and I say that with absolute zero exaggeration.

Long story short, I was 16 years old. Me and my 3 buddies were obviously underage and bored as hell.

We would drive around town Nd go to malls We just got our license and it was freedom….you know how things were.

None of us knew anything about alcohol or drinking, and my buddy comes in and he’s like “Look what I got my hands on!”

It’s a handle of Jack Daniels. None of us knew what we were doing. All 3 of us (not the driver) polished off half the bottle that night…..STRAIGHT….WARM……NO CHASERS.

Later that night, we are all puking everywhere and seeing demons. 2 of my buddies had to go to the ER. I still have no clue how I didn’t.

Me too, I'm sad also becuse my best friend from then just passed last month, so it did catch up with him. We did everything together right into adulthood. Cancer can fuck off.

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GoddessRespectre@reddit

Hey friend, I'm really sorry for your loss. I hope you have a ton of disposable camera photos, or real photos if you were fancy and had a real camera.

I'm sending 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🫂 if that's ok. All that dark fluff can be comforting 💜

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ImprovementThat2403@reddit

What lovely cats, mine has just insisted on a brush whilst I'm working, she's a long haired one. Thanks for the kind words too, I appreciate it and yes we have loads of photos and also some video. We'd been best mates for some 40 years, it's shit without him and it was only last month.

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GoddessRespectre@reddit

I haven't lost a friend like that but I imagine it is very painful. I have lost both parents and all elders above them and it is indeed shit without them. Even 3 years after losing my dad it both sneaks up on me and never fades into a new normal. So please don't push yourself to heal, a lot of people think that's a good idea and they're wrong. I'm really glad you have multiple species caring for you 💜

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ThermionicMho@reddit

I'm very very very sorry to her about your friend. A friend is truly wonderful thing.

Yes, very much, with sprinkles on top, can cancer fuck right off.

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ImprovementThat2403@reddit

Thank you, it's only a been a month and we were best mates for 40 years, it's taken a toll and it'll just take time to learn to live with the loss. I really appreciate the kind words though internet stranger, and the added sprinkles on cancer fucking off.

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fading_relevancy@reddit

Yeah I came to that same sentiment once I was in my 30s. Then domestication started making tame a little. Which I didn't really. Now in mid 40s and my body is a wreck and I just gotta keep swimming to provide for my family and do better than my parents did raising my kids. Gotta stay alive for the kids now. Everything is about the kids.

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Shankar_0@reddit

I'm firmly convinced that being a child of the 80s and coming of age in the 90s was the best possible time to be alive.

I am terrified of the world my kid is now coming of age in. It looks nothing like I remember, and I have no idea how to prepare him for it.

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Treadingresin@reddit

78 here as well. Fuck the 90s were great.

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ImprovementThat2403@reddit

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KBO_Winston@reddit

I saw an interview with him recently. When the interviewer asked if he was annoyed some young people just know him as 'guy with skateboard' meme he proudly points out 'I'm holding *two* skateboards.'

Now I can't not notice it!

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ImprovementThat2403@reddit

Mr B is as cool as they come. Did you know he was a NY firefighter before he was an actor?

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KBO_Winston@reddit

That's awesome!

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grandma-activities@reddit

Wild... and AWESOME.

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greenroom628@reddit

born in 74. i was in college for most of the 90's.

Ranch_only@reddit

Born in 83’

I was 12/13 (summer bday) and spent most of my free time in front of the N64 with my friends, lol. Though, we did discover hackey sack that year. 98 was when we started playing constantly and ended up being the cool kids at our school with our giant circle. Bikes were also our go-to. Set up a whole dirt BMX course out in the woods nearby and had a little spot where we'd make twig campfires.

Can I go back? I miss all that so much...

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Hntrbdnshog@reddit

Hell yeah, my GR Dyno and I went everywhere and it was awesome. No one wanted or needed anything from me lol.

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E-2theRescue@reddit

I had the GT Air. It was so stupidly heavy, but I made it work.

Kellzy1212@reddit

When they sent us “internet” in the mail. 😂

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selfawarefeline@reddit

How many mins I got??

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Charger2950@reddit

My brain still gets a dopamine rush seeing this. And especially hearing it...lol. God, what I would give to go back.

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Then_Increase7445@reddit

You can though. I've never had a smart phone and no cell phone since 2010.

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BScrads@reddit

I spent 5 years with no cell phone at all, it was great, but people really started getting annoyed with me.

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RocktoberBlood@reddit

Me in the 90's: I can't wait for broader internet, more games to play online with my friends at night, and full motion video

Me now: I wish my friends would come over and play video games with me and people would stop filming themselves every waking minute.

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Typical_Dweller@reddit

Opt-in vs "this is your new oxygen"

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MutantSquirrel23@reddit

Stealing this. Exactly how I feel.

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pepperj26@reddit

This is perfectly said.

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bitsy88@reddit

You can have a little internet.

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Ambitious_Jelly8783@reddit

Internet was a great source, and everything was free. Just enough internet to be a tool, not somethIng you dedicate every minute too.

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BetterCarpenter4452@reddit

Back when we first got internet in my house we were time restricted because it was dial up and it tied up the phone line and my mom had to have her damn calls. we only got a half hour or so in evening to even be on the Internet when I was kid.

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pepperj26@reddit

Lmao same here when I was in middle or high school. Moms were on the phone SO DAMN MUCH.

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BetterCarpenter4452@reddit

100% 😂 the time restriction back then wasn’t for any noble cause like limited screen time Today is used for. It was 1000% because our 90s moms needed their daily phone gossip 😂

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mang87@reddit

not somethIng you dedicate every minute too.

Big_John_5150@reddit

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meltintothesea@reddit

We are in the middle

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badteach248@reddit

An important distinction. In 1996 I was 16. I was driving around not watching cartoons.

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AllyBeetle@reddit

Did you go to any concerts?

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badteach248@reddit

A ton

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AllyBeetle@reddit

Do you have a favorite?

hahahahahahahaFUCK@reddit

Summers watching Nickelodeon and then riding bikes until dark. Playing manhunt in the whole neighborhood.

Welp, back to reviewing construction contracts and getting bitched at by general contractors while the world implodes.

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Orleanian@reddit

Ghost in the Graveyard was our jam.

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WhatAreYouSaying777@reddit

83 too.

I know how to research things in libraries and online.

I second this!

Especially as a Xennial being part of the transition.

We need to have it accepted to be "Generation X, Oregon Trail Generation, Millenials" and 10 years max.

Born in early 1984, kids from 1996 are from a completely different lived experience from me. I went to a party several years ago. It was 90s themed, thrown by late Millenials. My SO and I knew each other in the 90s, and I went as an early 90s style (think, The Wave and African inspired Hip-hop aesthetic) and they went as like The Craft goth-prepppy uppity white middle class. Felt like completely different eras. The kids running it were playing like late 00s dance-pop music. I was like where is the Hip-hop or huge 90s EM scene? Grunge, Alternative? I didn't hear Nirvana once! Threw up my hands, "you guys don't get it. You weren't there!"

No privilege, and the fact you think every single person on the other side wants that again, shows how far divided we've become. That's my point.

For reference, I'm on the other side of the fence when it comes to a lot of things, but not that. I'm more of a "government doesn't have the right to tell ANYONE what they can or can't do, as long as that person isn;t actively trying to harm someone else". And almost everyone I know is that way also.

All you hear about (because you stay on your "side") is the fringe. There's so much middle ground and so much you and I agree on, but you'd never know that.

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bleeding-paryl@reddit

Did you vote for the other side? Did you vote for the side that wants people like me dead?

If you did, then you voted for the side that wants people like me dead, and I'm not sure how that's any better. If you're handing the "minority killing gun" that ends up killing me, how are you any better? That's just killing me but in a different way.

And yes, that is privilege, you've in fact proven MY point, that the only way that you could vote for that side is if you're not in danger from the policies they're enacting.

In fact, you missed half of my comment, of which I entirely agreed that there's plenty of stuff we'd probably agree on, but I can't reach across an aisle if that aisle is going to tear my arm off.

Here's a better example, let's say the "u/Rdubya291 hater" candidate was on the ballot and they specifically ran on a platform that said they were going to strip any and all of your rights, and make your life miserable, would you vote for them? No. If I voted for them, would you think "Ah, clearly they're a nuanced person, who has a variety of thoughts and opinions, they just happened to vote for the person who hates me." or would you be frustrated at me for voting for that person?

Newsflash: Those candidates exist for me! And they are being voted into office! I'm sure they'll understand your vote went to them for their other policies and not the ones meant to harm me!

Oh wait, they can't possibly understand that! Oh wow! Isn't politics just a bunch of gray! You sure don't have ANY privilege! I should reach across the aisle more!

Are you seriously this naive? Do you not think critically about why there are so many people who are unable/unwilling to reach across the aisle nowadays?

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Haunting-Orchid-4628@reddit

How would your death be affected by the current president? Those sickos would kill you no matter which side was in office

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nalaloveslumpy@reddit

The Republican controlled congress has literally taken away the right to abortion. They've attempted multiple times to take away the rights of gay, trans, blacks, women, non-Christians, immigrants, and every other "minatory" you can imagine.

It's not "fringe" when it's literally their party policy.

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bleeding-paryl@reddit

Honestly, the fact that this person seems to think that they have no privilege and then writes the from the most privileged point of view ever points to their lack in critical thinking skills.

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Haunting-Orchid-4628@reddit

Most of them don't want you dead, just away from the mainstream

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Lavatis@reddit

Such weird gatekeeping over age. Do you think your 90s years are going to be less meaningful if some kids born after you also claim it as their childhood? I don't understand what your issue is with calling kids kids.

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Relative_Progress946@reddit

Did i really give the impression that by saying 1980 and 1981 are 80s kids somehow means anyone younger than that can’t be 90s kids? Of course they can be 90s kids. They’re younger than us! Most of the 80s babies were literal young children in the 90s, so of course they can claim 90s kids! But a teenager in high school trying to get laid on prom night in the 90s is a far cry from a 90s childhood.

I don’t know how to dumb this down for you any furthar.

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The teens in that movie were almost feral, which did mirror some aspects of my own teen experience. They immediately gave in to any hedonistic impulse they had. No real long term thinking, and little regard for those outside the in-group. No real adult guidance or presence, just teens with a complete lack of perspective because they confused self-sufficiency with maturity.

The party scene in the morning was something I remember really identifying with. Waking up in a house of passed out teens, sometimes no real idea where I was. Flashes of chaotic events the night before. Awkward smalltalk with someone I think I was intimate with but can’t remember.

Some people will say “yeah, that’s college life”. But we were like 16 or so doing this stuff. I was too immature to learn anything from the movie at the time. I mean, I didn’t get HIV nor SA anyone and that was the lesson, right? That was what I thought. That Telly and Casper ruined a good thing for themselves.

Then fast forward to being in my 30s and having long since moved past that lifestyle and it was a shock to see that movie. I think in my head it was just them having some beers, hanging out skating, the “the bad thing at the end”.

The other thing that hit me was that they were kids. At the time I just saw it as a catchy title. Seeing it as an adult, it really hit me that they were KIDS. And so was I at the time. Very unsettling.

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Chudmont@reddit

I HATE that movie.

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LickingSmegma@reddit

Yeah, using ‘Kids’ for nostalgic circlejerk is quite a choice.

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Pretend_Childhood409@reddit

Exactly. That movie left quite the impression on me.

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Mazzaroppi@reddit

Yeah totally fucked. I remember that for the most part of the movie I was like "wish I was there" until we got to the end and I was like "oh hell no"

i_am_tct@reddit

lol wut

Ivyspine@reddit

What if we grew up watching both

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Alatariel99@reddit

Yep, it happens especially with siblings of varying ages

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viridiansoul@reddit

100% fact.

As a little backstory, generations were developed by marketing and ad retiring firms to sell us stuff. So if they feel a little contrived, it makes sense.

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Kultur_Cigany@reddit

I have nothing in common with someone born in the late 90s.

Alatariel99@reddit

Just wanna appreciate that baby's hat. What a vibe!

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Comemesas@reddit

If you were born in 1980, by the end of the 90's you were 19 years old. The title of 90's kid only belongs to people born roughly between 1987 and 1994, because we lived the majority of our childhood in the 90's.

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Parkerspastry95@reddit

Fucking miss it all so much. I can’t go to a concerts or shows anymore because I’m too angry at people with their phones recording instead of being where they’re at-

Seriously I can’t take it

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digitalgraffiti-ca@reddit

Oh god. It's me and my boyfriend.

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muterabbit84@reddit

I was born in ‘84, so I have memories from every year of the ’90s, but I think this meme is maybe a little extreme. After all, someone born in 1990 could still have some memories of the closing years of the ’90s, and they technically would’ve been a school age kid by then, a ‘90s kid if you will.

rabidrooster3@reddit

I remember playing 4 square the during the lead up to the Y2K bug thinking airplanes were gonna fall out of the sky. Now I'm nostalgic if recess. Tetherball, skip it, jump rope, wall ball, running the mile. Slush puppies. Sigh.

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Affectionate_Try7512@reddit

Oh man I miss the 90s!

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Bohica55@reddit

I have no legs. I have no legs.

A classmate of mine posted some videos from our time in high school (late '90's) the other day, and I kind of forgot what it was like. I would say it was simpler, but that was probably because we were just kids.

It just felt...more relaxed? I'm having a hard time explaining it. Partially because I can't remember a lot of the details 30 years later, but also because the feelings that kid I was back then was having just seem so foreign to me now.

The vagueness of the word "kid" is why it caught on. Back in 2010 when "90s kids" caught on, everyone was at the age euch that they considered their 1990s self a "kid".

10-20 year old born in the 1990s: "of course I I'm a 90s kid, that's when I was born.

20 year old born in 1990: "I was a kid ages 0-10 so I'm a 90s kid."

30 year old born in 1980: "of course I was a kid ages 10-20 so I'm a 90s kid."

40 year old born in 1970: "of course I was a kid ages in my young 20s so I'm a 90s kid."

Then all these age groups mostly didn't realize the others existed.

If you need confirmation of the first group, "born in the 90s = 90s kid", check out the knowyourmeme article:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/only-90s-kids--2

Only '90s Kids refers to a catchphrase and series of memes using the phrasal template that reference people born between 1990-1999.

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bga93@reddit

gatekeeping nostalgia lol

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Trashy_Cappy@reddit

ya know, I was thinking about this the other day. I was born in the 80's, but because my siblings were significantly older than me (last of 6 in a blended family) my experience is a weird swirl of 80's kids and 90's kids stuff. being a teen during the Buffy years, but also remembering Batman (89) and Ghostbusters, Goonies (wasn't my favourite then), and the cartoons that came and went. it's all an anachronistic blur, really.

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Embarrassed_Quail910@reddit

I should be dead or in jail. I've spent so much of my life recovering from the 90s and early 2000s.

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TycheSong@reddit

That kid is wearing his backpack like a nerd

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ReverendDizzle@reddit

Ehhhh I wouldn't call the young adults in the top picture "90s" kids. Their "look, it's a child" childhood would have been in the 1980s if they are old enough to be roaming around a city in the 1990s.

If we're assuming the photo was taken in the dead center of the 1990s, then the "kids" pictured were born around 1977-1981 or so, no?

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TheConsoleGeek@reddit

I was born in 83 and consider myself a 90s kid since that's the decade of my most formidable years.

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ImpossibleStuff963@reddit

There was a short-lived pop singer a few years called Jax that had a song called "90s kids" about growing up in the 90s.

She was born 1996... 🙄

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