Things you don't miss about the 90s

My.testicals

Rick Astley, for one.

Joe Bloggs jeans - I used to hate these.

Bog

Well, thanks be to jebus Rick Astley never encroached on the noughties/two thousands...GAH

Iron Hide

Gina G and that " ooh ah just a little bit" nonsense

Run_to_da_hills

56k modems.

Insect Overlord

Pre-pubescence.

speedboatchase

Hairy vaginas
Chris Evans on tv
Hundreds of boybands
That anti-piracy videotape ad where the guy complains about his Trainspotting bootleg
Undercuts
The Lighthouse Family
Mr Blobby
Waiting an hour to download a song
Alan Shearers goal celebration
Backwards flat caps
Fully dressed women in rap videos
Playstation loading screens
Macauly Culkin

dirtyghettokid

the poofy hair-do's
coloured jeans
friends (the show!!)

fedor.2.

battlefield earth

Oranage2

Sunny D

Listening to bizarre screeching noises while trying to get on the internet.

Berty

16bit games on the PC

Not being able to ring somebody from a mobile phone just because you could.

Naf Naf jackets or Johhny Brubaker Jackets

Two Unlimited

Zits

My.testicals

Thought of another. Bryan Adams and that fcuking song "Everything I Do."

On the same note Wet, Wet, Wet and "Love is all around."

fedor.2.

Reebok pumps

D e e

Saved by the bell
cassette tapes

dirtyghettokid

fedor.2. wrote: »

Reebok pumps

D e e wrote: »

Saved by the bell
cassette tapes

aww man! but those were win! except when cassette tapes got chewed or you had to rewind forever to get back to your fav song........or... or... lol

fedor.2.

Furbys

Oh_Noes

I was going to say the TV show "Friends" but the fvcking thing seems to be repeated more than ever now. :mad:

Berty

Not having Motorways. I really don't miss that.

Sorry to rain on your parade but Rick Astley's heyday was late 80s.

My.testicals

Karsini wrote: »

Sorry to rain on your parade but Rick Astley's heyday was late 80s.

Aw

The rest stay!

D e e

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

aww man! but those were win! except when cassette tapes got chewed or you had to rewind forever to get back to your fav song........or... or... lol

Sh*te I thought this was "things you miss about the 90s"
missed the "don't", whoops!

triple-M

being a virgin

ohnelly

school

where in the world - or whatever it was called...ye know that quiz?

those heaters with the gas cylinder, you'd get a broken thumb trying to start it when the gas was running out!

padded hairbands and scrunchies

tbh

Fido dido
The leaving cert
Being a virgin

poisonated

Videos. Having to forward through the ads and rewind the movie before you bring it back.

Ardennes1944

being too young to visit all the places in Europe where Easy Company fought

Eve_Dublin

Platform shoes
The luminous clothes revival of the late 90s
CD Walkmans
Arranging to meet people by land line and having to be on time.
The beginning of the manufactured pop explosion.

charlemont

the hassle of getting good weed in ireland...

ChunkyLover_53

Yokes laced with Rat Poison

Run_to_da_hills

Big mobile phones with ridiculously short battery lives and few functions..

Napper Hawkins

I don't miss the 90's in general.

derfderf

The porn famine

jackiebaron

Stone Temple Pilots
Spice Girls

But I do miss
knee-high laced up boots on girls,
Slagging off Leeds fans

Run_to_da_hills

Napper Hawkins wrote: »

I don't miss the 90's in general.

I do miss the General.

falan

High prices for flights....

ascanbe

speedboatchase wrote: »

Hairy vaginas
Chris Evans on tv
Hundreds of boybands
That anti-piracy videotape ad where the guy complains about his Trainspotting bootleg
Undercuts
The Lighthouse Family
Mr Blobby
Waiting an hour to download a song
Alan Shearers goal celebration
Backwards flat caps
Fully dressed women in rap videos
Playstation loading screens
Macauly Culkin

Crikey; you must have been waiting to get this off your chest.

orourkeda

school

For Forks Sake

XworX

iPlop

For Forks Sake wrote: »

XworX

Had loads of them and I was cool as fcuk!

*really I looked like an idiot*

hiscan

My.testicals wrote: »

Thought of another. Bryan Adams and that fcuking song "Everything I Do."

On the same note Wet, Wet, Wet and "Love is all around."

It would have went on to be the longest at number 1 too only for Marti Pellow also got fed up of it and pulled the plug on it :eek:

Dudess

Most of it, bar the music - both chart and alt - in the early part of the decade. Not trying to be elitist - I love pop music, but it was sh1t in the 90s IMO. The 80s was the decade for fantastic chart music.

Dionysus

My.testicals wrote: »

Things you don't miss about the 90s

My teens.

joe stodge

WALKER TEXAS RANGER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGOI8-X_JWg

D e e

Spice girls shoes! (I don't remember the proper name but you know those ones with the 5+ inch heel all around)

OPENROAD

Dudess wrote: »

Most of it, bar the music - both chart and alt - in the early part of the decade. Not trying to be elitist - I love pop music, but it was sh1t in the 90s IMO. The 80s was the decade for fantastic chart music.

Got going in the mid 90's imo

latenia

Whigfield's towel-no matter how many times you watched it stayed on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI6KTW0Z-4Y

Rockery Woman

Driving an ancient and downright dangerous car.
Woodies Alcoholic Lemonade.
Buying second-hand clothes.
Battered Burgers.
Doc Martens laced up to the knees (1 hour to put them on 4 hours to take them off)
FAS Youthskills Course.
DIY Highlight Kits - awful - used to make hair go green!
Pound Shops (Constance Carroll anyone?)
Topping up your coke with a naggin of vodka on the sly in the pub.;)

bonerjams03

Rockery Woman wrote: »

Driving an ancient and downright dangerous car.
Woodies Alcoholic Lemonade.
Buying second-hand clothes.
Battered Burgers.
Doc Martens laced up to the knees (1 hour to put them on 4 hours to take them off)
FAS Youthskills Course.
DIY Highlight Kits - awful - used to make hair go green!
Pound Shops (Constance Carroll anyone?)
Topping up your coke with a naggin of vodka on the sly in the pub.;)

Most of that stuff is still around.

Firetrap

Those horrible jackets that looked like they were made from garish blankets
Exams
Dial-up internet
Fuzzy TV picture when watching British terrestrial television stations.
The Spice Girls
Not very good Indie bands like The Wedding Present
Telephone boxes - though perhaps if today's allergy prone kids were to spend more time in these germ-ridden edifices they might have better immune systems
Having to go to London on one of those god-awful ferry/coach packages due to exorbitant prices of flights.

Mint Sauce

spots
teenage years
algebra

bhovaspack

Britpop music and Britpop related paraphernalia, such as faux-vintage zip-up tracksuit tops.

Lack of good music festivals in Ireland.