Were the 1990's lame?

[Immortalfire]

Pretty much every year since 2000 has sucked. Behold...

2000- The Supreme Court gives George Bush the Presidency. Dot-com bubble bursts.

2001- 9/11, recession and war in Afghanistan

2002- DC Sniper and suicide bombings happen about every day in Israel

2003- Iraq war and the Columbia shuttle blows up

2004- The Indian Ocean tsunami wipes out hundreds of thousands of people

2005- Hurricane Katrina, London bombings

2006- Israel's war with Lebanon

2007- Virginia Tech massacre

2008- Global economic meltdown

2009- Justin Bieber is discovered

2010- Haitian earthquake kills hundreds of thousands

2011- Gaddaffi, Mubarak and other Middle East dictators slaughter their own people amid protests, NZ earthquake, Japanese earthquake-tsunami-meltdown triple threat and now 'Operation: Odyssey Dawn'.

That's a unique event to add to this list.

 

[Gentleman Owl]

Don't forget Rebecca Black, yo.

 

[Immortalfire]

Oh yes, everything was TEAL in the 90's.

 

[Spider-Who?]

I liked the whole style that came with grunge as well.

Heh, I'm a musician (sing and play guitar in a rock band). I've got long hair, some facial hair, and my typical style of dress is a t-shirt under a flannel-esque dress shirt, worn jeans and boots. All the other bands we play with at shows point and joke about how I'm trying to bring grunge back, meanwhile they're stuck in the flavor of the month hair styles and their little sister's jeans.

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

I had two of these jackets. A NJ Devils one and a NY Giants one.

 

[Gentleman Owl]

Heh, I'm a musician (sing and play guitar in a rock band). I've got long hair, some facial hair, and my typical style of dress is a t-shirt under a flannel-esque dress shirt, worn jeans and boots. All the other bands we play with at shows point and joke about how I'm trying to bring grunge back, meanwhile they're stuck in the flavor of the month hair styles and their little sister's jeans.

You sound extremely cool, good sir. I still dress like that as well, lol.

 

[Paroxysm]

I had two of these jackets. A NJ Devils one and a NY Giants one.

Nice!!! I had a Chicago Bulls one myself.

 

[Paroxysm]

and my favorite 90's shoe!!

 

[Spider-Who?]

The 80's sucked. Well, not really, but it certainly doesn't live up to the praise you 80's kids give it.

As someone who was born in 1990, yeah, I enjoyed the 90's. Because I was a kid. And if you were a kid, you are in no position to judge, because you'll be heavily biased.

Soon, 90's nostalgia will take over the internet and become just as annoying as 80's nostalgia was.

wuahahahahahaha

If you did even not exist in the 80's, what basis do you have to make such a claim? Hearing about the 80s (or any decade) does not remotely compare to actually living through them.

 

[Spider-Who?]

You sound extremely cool, good sir. I still dress like that as well, lol.

Haha, right on, man. Yeah originally, the truth of the jokes took me by surprise. I tend to hate mainstream music post 2005, and early 90s rock is what got me into the guitar and music in general. Then as I evolved musically, blues and classic rock became favorites. I guess I've subconsciously nestled into the grunge look and mentality as a way to separate myself from the crap that's out these days.

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

Nice!!! I had a Chicago Bulls one myself.

Everyone loved the Bulls during the 90s but me.

and my favorite 90's shoe!!

Spoiler

That shoe is pretty sick.

 

[Gentleman Owl]

Haha, right on, man. Yeah originally, the truth of the jokes took me by surprise. I tend to hate mainstream music post 2005, and early 90s rock is what got me into the guitar and music in general. Then as I evolved musically, blues and classic rock became favorites. I guess I've subconsciously nestled into the grunge look and mentality as a way to separate myself from the crap that's out these days.

I'd take a million Pearl Jam's over say...I have no idea, Sean Paul.

 

[Spider-Vader]

We're at the 20 year mark. Isn't this where people usually start to get all retro-nostalgic? You know, the return of pastel track suits in the 00's, the semi-revival of disco in the 90's, Grease and Happy Days in the 70's, etc.

I'm feeling nostalgic for my childhood cartoons, but of course it's hard no to feel that way with all the crap on TV now.

 

[Fading]

Let's not forget the Super-Soaker 100. I've destroyed quite a few beehives and gave red eyes to friends with that military grade water dispenser.

Watergun wars was one of my favorite things to do as a kid, almost forgot about it until you said that heh. There was about 10 of us, each with our own unique watergun (I had this huge ass container on my back that was connected to this Ghost Busters looking pump that sprayed like a fire hose). We'd spend like an hour filling water balloons like gernades, then split up into even teams and fight like we were military teams. Sneak attacks, retreats, ect. Funniest tho was when one of my friends had to go somewhere later that day, and his parents made him wear a shower cap over his head, a trashbag over his torso, and wear zip lock bags over his shoes, dude looked freakin' hilarious.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

I would so not want to be on that guys team, we'd be able hear the plastic from miles away lol. We made little teams too and sometimes we would attack the girls in the neighborhood and get in trouble by their parents. Good times, good times..

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Swat Kats!!!!!!!

 

[gap5ewl]

90's were like the 80's and 70's: some cool stuff and some bad stuff. 90's had some great music, movies and hey hipsters are bringing back some of the fashion. Basically, it's just like any other decade.




IMO ,X-men and Batman tas are probably the best cartoons ever so that alone makes it awesome.

 

[Kurosawa]

I actually preferred Marvel comics back then. That was the last decade they had this thing called 'continuity'. Now they just hire the newest flash-in-the-pan writer who writes what he wants, refusing to build on anything established by previous scribes. This not only shuts out continuity, but severely limits character development.

If you're talking about less mainstream comics (Vertigo series such as DMZ, Fables, Y: The Last Man, etc) then I agree that today's comics are pretty kickass, but we still had Preacher, Sandman and Transmet in the 90's.

Everything else you said I pretty much agreed with (except for TV shows being better back then. HBO, AMC, FX and Showtime revolutionized TV... plus 'Lost').

Well, let's put it this way: I'm mostly a DC guy so I'm happier with more recent DC overall since they brought back a lot of characters I love. I grew up reading both DC and Marvel but I gave up on Marvel years ago, mostly since they pushed certain character (Wolverine, etc) too much for my tastes.

As for TV, I think the best TV of today is probably better than the TV of the 90's, but I think there's a lot more bad TV today with the popularity of the "reality" show. But I do like today's best shows more.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Gangsta Rap became mainstream in the 90's.

 

[antsman41]

Also, 90's had epic kids sports films;

Mighty Ducks
The Big Green
Little Giants

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

bleh...............nvrmnd

 

[Spider-Who?]

Rookie of the Year

There was also:

Three Ninjas
Surf Ninjas
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Gangsta Rap became mainstream in the 90's.

East coast vs West coast rivalries were pretty stupid too.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

The 90's was when I first saw light-up shoes, so no, they didn't suck.

 

[knowsbleed]

Gangsta Rap became mainstream in the 90's.

People can hate on hip hop as much as they want... but there was some really good jazz type hip hop in the 90s. It was a very experimental time for hip hop, not so commercialized. There were many lyrical poets around that time... it was a great time for expression.

- A Tribe Called Quest
- Jungle Brothers
- De La Soul
- Common Sense
- Nas
- The Fugees
- Mos Def/Talib Kweli/Black Star
- The Roots
- The Pharcyde
- Outkast
- Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics
- Cypress Hill (1st album)
- etc... too many more to name

Poetry to a beat...