"The ‘90s: When Fashion Was Loud, Internet Was Screaming, and Tamagotchis Taught Us About Pain"
Man, the '90s were like that one cousin who still wears JNCO jeans and refuses to let go of their beeper—it was "wild", unapologetic, and confusing in the best way possible. You couldn’t walk two feet without stepping on a stray Pogs slammer or hearing somebody blast "Smells Like Teen Spirit" like they just discovered music.
We didn’t have smartphones, nah—if you wanted to talk to somebody, you had to memorize their house number like an old-school detective and hope their mom didn’t answer the phone with "that" tone.
And don’t get me started on the internet, which sounded like a demon was trying to escape from your modem every time you logged onto AOL.
And fashion? Whew! The drip was something else. We had bright windbreakers, slap bracelets, and jeans so big you could fit a whole second person in one pant leg. If you weren’t rocking a Starter jacket, did you even exist?
People would line up like it was the Super Bowl just to grab the freshest pair of Reebok Pumps—because obviously, pressing a tiny inflatable button on your shoes made you jump higher.
Then came the tragic moment when somebody’s Tamagotchi died during recess, and suddenly, they knew what real responsibility felt like. Those little pixelated creatures taught an entire generation about heartbreak and neglect before we even knew what taxes were.
Saturday mornings were sacred, an untouchable fortress of sugary cereal and cartoons. Kids today will never know the struggle of waiting all week to watch X-Men: The Animated Series, or the sheer rage of your little brother spilling Kool-Aid on the one VHS tape where you recorded the latest Fresh Prince episode.
But the best part? You could have one good pair of rollerblades and BOOM—you were the king of the neighborhood. Speeding down the block with a Walkman clipped to your cargo shorts, dodging cracks in the sidewalk like it was an Olympic sport.
It was a time when everything felt bigger, louder, and slightly ridiculous, but hey—that’s what made it beautiful.
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