Were the late 90s the best of times?

Try_harder

Everything seemed better then. Things were on the up, positivity reigned and little doomsday talk

Peatys

Try harder

Sardonicat

I remember the late 90s as pretty dull and bland with no defining features TBH.

GetWithIt

Err, Y2K!!

Never forget.

Ipso

They were the blurst of times.
Although there no hipsters, twitter or facebook.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

the eighties were

Try_harder

DaDumTish wrote: »

the eighties were

The eighties were poverty and recession to me

Try_harder

GetWithIt wrote: »

Err, Y2K!!

Never forget.

$$$

Rubberlegs

Try_harder wrote: »

The eighties were poverty and recession to me

Yes, but , but .......the music !

Noveight

Music in general peaked when this was released October 1999. Steady decline since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

Blazer

The 90's were awesome.
We have the Feile's which was our generation's woodstock (none of that muck music that came after it with overpriced rap bands and junkies).
I also got a job in IT and being young and single had the time of my life around then and into the early years of the 21st century.
I actually pity today's youth with all the social media bul****.
I'm on facebook and twitter but really only for following stuff but the pressure on them these days not to mention getting a job, trying to buy a house etc etc.
I wouldn't trade the those years for any other decade, at least not in Ireland.

Katgurl

Yes most definitely.

The IT industry just taking off and the $$$ potential.

The club scene.

The hilarious fashion.

Jordan 199

The late 90's were a great time for Jordan Grand Prix fans.

OldMrBrennan83

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buried

I had a good time but I wouldn't say it was the best of times. Very hazy decade, everyone thought everything was grand but those grand times are the exact same times the Universe will rip away the floor from your feet

Ipso

Noveight wrote: »

Music in general peaked when this was released October 1999. Steady decline since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

Ah now, they were no Alice Deejay!

jacksie66

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Ipso

jacksie66 wrote: »

The rise of Nu Metal..

Aka, music to wet the bed to.

EPAndlee

I was only about 6 or 7 in the late 90s so all I remember is pokemon cards

thunderdog

Nah, just most of the demographic on here were teenagers back in the late 90s

Donald Trump

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

TheValeyard

Pogs were awesome.

Jimbob1977

It was the time before mass proliferation of mobile phones and digital cameras.

Human interactions were possibly simpler back then. Eye to eye contact. No distraction. You had to be on time for meeting friends or they'd just leave without you.

No such thing as checking your work emails at home or on holiday.

The music and movies were decent. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, REM, U2 and Britpop were ruling the charts (remember the charts??). Dance music became popular. Warren G and Nate Dogg tried to establish the G Funk era, but it never took off.

Manchester United knocked Liverpool off their perch and formed a great rivalry with Arsenal. Ireland qualified for stuff.

Our economy began to grow a bit and emigration slowed down.

Of course it wasn't perfect. The Troubles existed until 1998. There was mass slaughter in Rwanda and Yugoslavia.

I think the 90s were a great decade.

odyssey06

In the late 1990s the internet was as it should be, for geeks and on computers, not on every tom dick and jane's smart phone.

zapitastas

The asylum and UFO were the highlight of the 90s

thebaz

The late 70s - Punk made anything seam possible for young misfits and school dropouts like myself - just wearing one earring was actually rebellious - the music & gigs were so great back then and you didnt need to be a maestro to be great - just DIY attitude and 3 chords - before that very few bands came to play Ireland - we laid the foundation for much that followed - great days rebelling against the oppressive conservative majority.

TheValeyard

Unsolved Mysteries was a great show, although started late 80s, definitely remember it in the 90s

Donald Trump

thebaz wrote: »

The late 70s - Punk made anything seam possible for young misfits and school dropouts like myself - just wearing one earring was actually rebellious - the music & gigs were so great back then and you didnt need to be a maestro to be great - just DIY attitude and 3 chords - before that very few bands came to play Ireland - we laid the foundation for much that followed - great days rebelling against the oppressive conservative majority.

Feck off grandad. It's past your bedtime. You and your old war stories :pac:

Chaos Tourist

In pop culture, 1999 was a huge year for films.

1998 was the greatest year for computer games.

Sleeper12

Ipso wrote:

They were the blurst of times. Although there no hipsters, twitter or facebook.

We had hipsters since the 1950s. There's nothing new about them

Owl.

Noveight wrote: »

Music in general peaked when this was released October 1999. Steady decline since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

I still use it as my ringtone. Mainly because it drives people mad.

Sleeper12

Try_harder wrote:

The eighties were poverty and recession to me

They were for most of us. The only thing was that we never knew boom times so though we knew it was bad we never knew how bad. By the mid to last 80's almost all of my friends had emigrated.

Mongfinder General

I remember the late 90’s as a time when loads of jobs suddenly appeared which resulted in plenty of young people with money burning a hole in their pocket every Friday night. Every weekend that I went out it was open warfare up and down places like Camden Street and Harcourt Street. Lads boxing the head off each other. Not scumbags but lads who just couldn’t handle their drink. Mad time.

Try_harder

Mongfinder General wrote: »

I remember the late 90s as a time when loads of jobs suddenly appeared which resulted in plenty of young people with money burning a hole in their pocket every Friday night. Every weekend that I went out it was open warfare up and down places like Camden Street and Harcourt Street. Lads boxing the head off each other. Not scumbags but lads who just couldnt handle their drink. Mad time.

Drink or something stronger?

Mad yokes!

Das Reich

I born in early 80's and had very austere childhood, eating loads of chayote that used to grow like plague. Thanks to Argentina, USA removed their installed military regimes along South America, changing for the democracy. Then a great time on the 90's before the confirmation that democracies doesn't work in some countries.

Beechwoodspark

Late 90s/early 00s I remember every Thursday Friday sat and sun night ppl were spending money like crazy in pubs/socialising. Ppl had disposable income for maybe the first time ever.

Try_harder

I remember my mobile bills around then were huge! Now I go mad if its more than 20 euro

SEPT 23 1989

Late 90's it was all turning to sh1te drugs music etc

But it was 100% better than the Ireland of today

bear1

I'd have just started my teenage years in 2000.
I remember things being cheaper, penny sweets actually costing a penny.
Stingers and refreshers which actually tasted better.
The punt would get further than a euro.
I do slightly remember traffic becoming more and more a problem.
Whereas say in 1995 around our area you'd see nearly nothing.
If I remember correctly the summer of 99 was actually a good one.
Got my first ps1 during the christmas winter storm of 98 and couldn't play cause the electricity failed.
In a way it's sad how nearly 20 years has passed since we said goodbye to the 90s.
The 00s was just a decade of stress tbh.

fxotoole

Mid nineties were the best. 94 - 97

Sephiroth_dude

The entire decade was great!

Try_harder

bear1 wrote: »

I'd have just started my teenage years in 2000.
I remember things being cheaper, penny sweets actually costing a penny.
Stingers and refreshers which actually tasted better.
The punt would get further than a euro.
I do slightly remember traffic becoming more and more a problem.
Whereas say in 1995 around our area you'd see nearly nothing.
If I remember correctly the summer of 99 was actually a good one.
Got my first ps1 during the christmas winter storm of 98 and couldn't play cause the electricity failed.
In a way it's sad how nearly 20 years has passed since we said goodbye to the 90s.
The 00s was just a decade of stress tbh.

The punt was 1.27Euro so was always going further
The Euro wasnt in circulation in the 90s tho

thebaz

Donald Trump wrote: »

Feck off grandad. It's past your bedtime. You and your old war stories :pac:

but I lived to tell the tale - and thers still some fight left in the old dog

ps they were great times

Mongfinder General

Try_harder wrote: »

Drink or something stronger?

Mad yokes!

It was mostly drink. But it was mental. A couple of lads would walk down the street and walk by another couple and it would just kick offf. Literally boxing the head off each other in traffic

bear1

Try_harder wrote: »

The punt was 1.27Euro so was always going further
The Euro wasnt in circulation in the 90s tho

I know I meant that it felt that the punt would get you way more and as you pointed out would get you 0.27 more but still.. I miss the punts
The notes were class

ceadaoin.

Anyone else finish school in 1999 and had this song played at the ceremony?

Star Bingo

jacksie66 wrote: »

The rise of Nu Metal..

left me disillusioned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqbdnaPcT8

Very exciting if you’re 13 I’d imagine but I was into my 20’s at that point?! Cavalera’s reemergence with pink hair and Adidas stripes was the final nail for me. Hanneman thought he could adapt to it too - fail.....

Metal was suddenly music for kids instead and made me feel like I was getting on. I couldn’t aspire to those guys no more but here’s no doubt metal hit a rut and officially ceased to be thee definitive street culture at that point

ISOP

zapitastas wrote: »

The asylum and UFO were the highlight of the 90s

some great times

freshpopcorn

I was a kid in Primary school and was happy enough!
Anything felt possible but I suppose that was part of being a kid.

Ipso

Slane 98 was pretty good.

TheShow

Double doves and Mitsubishis!