How long ago do the 90s feel to you?
For many, they still feel pretty recent. It was the decade the majority of users on this forum were either born in (myself included), grew up as as kid in, or both.
Back in the 00s, which for many on this forum feels like yesterday, the 90s were the previous decade, so of course then they felt recent, because they were recent.
The explosion of the whole "90s Kid" nostalgia thing didn't make the 90s feel any less recent, since it was mostly young people taking part in that nostalgia circle jerk.

But now in 2018, when you think about it, the 90s are no longer as recent as we've associated them as for all this time. Consider the following;

- Everyone who was alive in the 90s, even as an newborn infant, is an adult now.

- Most people that were teenagers in the 90s are now halfway through their lives.

- World War II veterans in the 90s were the same age as Baby Boomers are now.

- As stated in a previous thread, a dog or cat born in the 90s is mostly likely dead by now.

- The year 1990 is closer in time to pre-Civil Rights times than it is to today.

- In only a couple more years, we'll be closer in time to 2050 than to 1990.

How old does this make you all feel?

Doesn't make me feel any type of way.

I wasn't alive in the 90's, so it's not really going to make me feel as shocked as if we were talking about the 2000's, which is a decade I have (but not fully) experienced.

What's really shocking is that as of today, we are closer to January 1st, 2020 than any date before June 23, 2016.

The 90's have never felt recent to me, I remember seeing a comment on YouTube saying 1997 was 10 years ago as a kid in 2007 and I thought that was a really long time ago at the time, especially since 10 years was 2 years longer than I'd even been alive at the time.

How long ago do the 90s feel to you?
For many, they still feel pretty recent. It was the decade the majority of users on this forum were either born in (myself included), grew up as as kid in, or both.
Back in the 00s, which for many on this forum feels like yesterday, the 90s were the previous decade, so of course then they felt recent, because they were recent.
The explosion of the whole "90s Kid" nostalgia thing didn't make the 90s feel any less recent, since it was mostly young people taking part in that nostalgia circle jerk.

But now in 2018, when you think about it, the 90s are no longer as recent as we've associated them as for all this time. Consider the following;

- Everyone who was alive in the 90s, even as an newborn infant, is an adult now.

- Most people that were teenagers in the 90s are now halfway through their lives.

- World War II veterans in the 90s were the same age as Baby Boomers are now.

- As stated in a previous thread, a dog or cat born in the 90s is mostly likely dead by now.

- The year 1990 is closer in time to pre-Civil Rights times than it is to today.

- In only a couple more years, we'll be closer in time to 2050 than to 1990.

How old does this make you all feel?

The statement I bolded is false. Everything else is true.

I only existed in the 1990s for 5 months and 18 days. The only thing about the '90s that makes me feel old is the fact that next year, I will be 2 decades old.

The 90's have never felt recent to me, I remember seeing a comment on YouTube saying 1997 was 10 years ago as a kid in 2007 and I thought that was a really long time ago at the time, especially since 10 years was 2 years longer than I'd even been alive at the time.

Yeah, same here. The 90's have never felt recent to me.

I'd even go as far to say the whole 2000's are no longer recent. Yes, 2009 did bring us early 2010's culture, but early 2010's culture itself is already dated as well.

Yeah, same here. The 90's have never felt recent to me.

You were born after the '90s ended, so this makes sense.

You were born after the '90s ended, so this makes sense.

True. Age can play a factor in how you see decades. The 80's, for example, seem ancient to me, but they will seem just like yesterday to someone who was a teenager then.

The statement I bolded is false. Everything else is true.

I only existed in the 1990s for 5 months and 18 days. The only thing about the '90s that makes me feel old is the fact that next year, I will be 2 decades old.


Same, but I was alive for 353 days, I think I'd prefer staying under 20, lol.


Yeah, same here. The 90's have never felt recent to me.

I'd even go as far to say the whole 2000's are no longer recent. Yes, 2009 did bring us early 2010's culture, but early 2010's culture itself is already dated as well.


I'd agree, I've seen 2009 as not recent for a few years now, 2013 is what I'd consider the first recent year now that we're in 2018, personally.

True. Age can play a factor in how you see decades. The 80's, for example, seem ancient to me, but they will seem just like yesterday to someone who was a teenager then.

The 2000s will fell ancient to kids who were born in the 2010s but to people like me who grew up in the '00s...they were most certainly not ancient.

How long ago do the 90s feel to you?
For many, they still feel pretty recent. It was the decade the majority of users on this forum were either born in (myself included), grew up as as kid in, or both.
Back in the 00s, which for many on this forum feels like yesterday, the 90s were the previous decade, so of course then they felt recent, because they were recent.
The explosion of the whole "90s Kid" nostalgia thing didn't make the 90s feel any less recent, since it was mostly young people taking part in that nostalgia circle jerk.

But now in 2018, when you think about it, the 90s are no longer as recent as we've associated them as for all this time. Consider the following;

- Everyone who was alive in the 90s, even as an newborn infant, is an adult now.

- Most people that were teenagers in the 90s are now halfway through their lives.

- World War II veterans in the 90s were the same age as Baby Boomers are now.

- As stated in a previous thread, a dog or cat born in the 90s is mostly likely dead by now.

- The year 1990 is closer in time to pre-Civil Rights times than it is to today.

- In only a couple more years, we'll be closer in time to 2050 than to 1990.

How old does this make you all feel?


Thinking about this, I really do feel old.  At 32, there is a good chance my life is a little less than half over by now provided I live a normal-length lifespan.  32 feels way scary compared to 22, especially considering how this last decade of my life has gone.  Also, the 90s was the decade of GenX youth culture and today, GenX are mostly 40-somethings and some are even in their 50s.

The statement I bolded is false. Everything else is true.

I only existed in the 1990s for 5 months and 18 days. The only thing about the '90s that makes me feel old is the fact that next year, I will be 2 decades old.


Civil Rights Act passed in 1964.

1990 is closer to 1963 than to 2018.

Doesn't make me feel any type of way.

I wasn't alive in the 90's, so it's not really going to make me feel as shocked as if we were talking about the 2000's, which is a decade I have (but not fully) experienced.

What's really shocking is that as of today, we are closer to January 1st, 2020 than any date before June 23, 2016.

What?!  :o Are you sure??? 2016 is like yesterday but 2020 feels so far in the future.  :o

The 90s feel only 20-19 years ago which is long ago
Anyways I wasn't born in the 90s so i don't thin really think about how far the 90s were.

True. Age can play a factor in how you see decades. The 80's, for example, seem ancient to me, but they will seem just like yesterday to someone who was a teenager then.

Yeah the 80s were so old 2 days ago my mom showed me rap video from the 80s and she told me she was 6 (1984) when the rap video came out anyways the 80s feel ancient

Yeah the 80s were so old 2 days ago my mom showed me rap video from the 80s and she told me she was 6 (1984) when the rap video came out anyways the 80s feel ancient

LOL, for some reason, I've never thought of the '80s as being ancient.

I was born closer to the end of the '80s than to the start of the 2010s.

I really miss the '90s.  :\'(

I want it to be 1998 again just for one day, and meet all my relatives who've passed away since then. Go back to 1999 and meet all my old friends in one place too, and everyday.

What a time. And it's never coming back.  :-\\


Thinking about this, I really do feel old.  At 32, there is a good chance my life is a little less than half over by now provided I live a normal-length lifespan.  32 feels way scary compared to 22, especially considering how this last decade of my life has gone.  Also, the 90s was the decade of GenX youth culture and today, GenX are mostly 40-somethings and some are even in their 50s.


And to think the average life expectancy dropped in the US for a second year in a row due to the obesity and opioid epidemics. I thought we'd be getting to common lifespans of 100 pretty soon but I guess not  :o

LOL, for some reason, I've never thought of the '80s as being ancient.

I was born closer to the end of the '80s than to the start of the 2010s.


Well, crap lol. ;D The 80's have always felt, super, super old to me, and I'm now born as close to 1980 as I am to 2018. Actually, now anyone born early 1999 to late 2003 is born as close to sometime in the 80's as they are to 2018.

I get confused on how everyone uses ancient on here though, I don't even see the 1700's as ancient, when I think ancient, I'm thinking like 2000 BC.

Well, crap lol. ;D The 80's have always felt, super, super old to me, and I'm now born as close to 1980 as I am to 2018. Actually, now anyone born early 1999 to late 2003 is born as close to sometime in the 80's as they are to 2018.

I get confused on how everyone uses ancient on here though, I don't even see the 1700's as ancient, when I think ancient, I'm thinking like 2000 BC.


If you were born in January 1999, you can also say that you were born closer to very late 1979 than today.

The 90s seem to be like an interesting decade to learn about and seemed to be an important improvement over the 80s in many ways (and just generally bucked down a lot of awful trends that were rampant since the 60s).

There are not THAT long ago, yet everyone acts like that decade was some sort golden era that took place a 100 years ago ???

The 90s seem to be like an interesting decade to learn about and seemed to be an important improvement over the 80s in many ways (and just generally bucked down a lot of awful trends that were rampant since the 60s).

There are not THAT long ago, yet everyone acts like that decade was some sort golden era that took place a 100 years ago ???

2010s > 1990s

2010s > 1990s
Bold claim, but let's give this decade the still 1.75 year to be finished and be on an equal foot as the 90s :p

Bold claim, but let's give this decade the still 1.75 year to be finished and be on an equal foot as the 90s :p

I was joking just I think this decade is equally good as the 90s.

My mother was a teenager back in the 90s. Only 1 more year until she is 40. She feels old that her first ever child is going to turn 18 in April.

My mother was a teenager back in the 90s. Only 1 more year until she is 40. She feels old that her first ever child is going to turn 18 in April.

My mom was also a teen in the 90s she was 12 in 1990 and 21 in 1999.
My mom's first child was my brother who is 21.

My mother was a teenager back in the 90s. Only 1 more year until she is 40. She feels old that her first ever child is going to turn 18 in April.


I'm only about 8 years younger than your mom. I remember when someone her age was still a kid. I remember when people her age were only like 12 years old in the early '90s.  ;D

My mother was a teenager back in the 90s. Only 1 more year until she is 40. She feels old that her first ever child is going to turn 18 in April.

My mom is already 40 she's a 1978 born.

Both my mother and father were born in May 1963.

My mom was born in 1949 and dad at the end of 1952. I love asking them about the old days actually. They both remember when Kennedy was assassinated.

My mom was born in 1949 and dad at the end of 1952. I love asking them about the old days actually. They both remember when Kennedy was assassinated.

My parents were only about 6 months old when JFK was assassinated.

My parents were only about 6 months old when JFK was assassinated.


My dad was in the navy during the '70s. He was one of the youngest that could have been drafted, he said he a high number and that's when he decided to join the navy. I can't imagine the fear of possible being sent to die in 'Nam. A few of my uncles were actually over there in Vietnam.

If you were born in January 1999, you can also say that you were born closer to very late 1979 than today.


You're right, and I was. :\'(

You're right. :\'(

I was born closer to the late 80's than today.

I was born closer to the late 80's than today.


Me too.

I was born closer to umm 1957 than today!  :o

I was born closer to when Reagan won the 1980 Presidential election than to today.


Me too.

Me three!

Doesn't it seem old that I sorta remember the 1992 election and George H W Bush being president a little? It's pretty scary I remember stuff like that. I remember the roads still having many 1970s cars and cigarette billboards plastered all over the place. A 32 inch TV was huge. A portable CD player was cool technology.

Doesn't it seem old that I sorta remember the 1992 election and George H W Bush being president a little? It's pretty scary I remember stuff like that. I remember the roads still having many 1970s cars and cigarette billboards plastered all over the place. A 32 inch TV was huge. A portable CD player was cool technology.


I wish I could remember that. '98 doesn't seem anywhere near as retro as '92. I do remember cigarette advertisements though, the one with the cowboys lol.

I was born closer to umm 1957 than today!  :o
Those Elvis vibes are coming at ya
https://media.giphy.com/media/YAtAMp27w6LdK/giphy.gif

I was joking just I think this decade is equally good as the 90s.

Yeah, I wouldn't say that either. 

Yeah, I wouldn't say that either.

Meh

Yeah, I wouldn't say that either.


I'd say it's subjective, I like the 2010's more than the 90's, personally. Don't get me wrong though, I love pop culture from all decades including the 90's.

But then again, I lived through the 2010's and I didn't live in the 90's (was born then, but my first memories are from 2001/02, so it's weird to think I was actually alive then), so that plays a part in why I like the 10's more.

Opinions on decades are ALWAYS subjective.

They're so old now, but to me they also feel like yesterday.


Me too.
And we were also born closer to the late 70s and even rhe the moon landing than today. :o

They're so old now, but to me they also feel like yesterday.
And we were also born closer to the late 70s and even rhe the moon landing than today. :o


Yep, I was born just as close to 1967 as today.

edit: ah wait, just a few days left before I can claim that. Today is equidistant from my birthday as 7th January 1968.

My birth year is as far from 1986 as it is from today.

I was born as close to 1980 as to 2018.

I was born as close 1980 as to 2018.


1982 for me :P

I was born closer to Christmas Day 1979 than today  :o

Yep, I was born just as close to 1967 as today.

edit: ah wait, just a few days left before I can claim that. Today is equidistant from my birthday as 7th January 1968.

Those Beatles vibes are coming at ya
https://media.giphy.com/media/sKADn8oWp3tXa/giphy.gif


I was born as close to 1980 as to 2018.

Those Talking Heads vibes are coming at ya
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/1145919/talkingheads-o.gif


I was born closer to Christmas Day 1979 than today  :o

Those ABBA vibes are coming at ya
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LateFlippantAsiaticgreaterfreshwaterclam-size_restricted.gif

Those Beatles vibes are coming at ya
Those Talking Heads vibes are coming at ya
Those ABBA vibes are coming at ya


Your birth date is as far from 1976 as today...
Here comes them Ramones vibes...  :D :D :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYh1lRR1m6Y


I myself was born as far from today as 1977, one of the best years in music.  :D :D :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Xqzp8NvDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8

Your birth date is as far from 1976 as today...
Here comes them Ramones vibes...  :D :D :D
That's nice! I love anything Punk and '76 was basically its break-out year ;D

I don't think anything right now makes me feel as old as the 2017 film version of It. The original movie was released back in 1990, and the completely and utterly vintage year of 1960 was the setting of the kid section of the story. The remake has the distant kid past as 1989; I wasn't yet alive that year, but it still feels very homely to me because of how much more sophisticated music, technology, social attitudes, and other such things were by then, with many of what it produced still feeling pretty current during my childhood. The fact that 1989 is basically now a completely antiquated period whose culture belonged to the parents of toady just feels awkward to me.

1990 to 1997 felt distinct to me because it felt like a different era. Not a lot of things I remember growing up happened by that time. By 1998 and 1999, it felt somewhat relatable towards my childhood because I grew up with most of the things that happened. Even though I remember the mid and late 2000s as my childhood, seeing pop culture from 1998 and 1999 was still common to see because they still aired cartoons from that time period when I was growing up.

Being interested in cars from a very early age I clearly remember when the streets were full of '80s cars. There was a '70s Plymouth in the parking lot of my preschool that seemed so ancient, but now I was born closer to a few years of the '70s than today. I still think of a 1997 car as pretty new. But, of course cars last longer now too.
Pretty soon I will have been born closer to the Gerald Ford presidency and the Mary Tyler Moore Show than today.

The 1990s didn't start feeling retro to me at least until 2014. That was when I started seeing all these 90s kids memes on Facebook whereas before most of the 90s nostalgia I saw was on Youtube, TeenNick and forum sites like here and ign. The first time I heard anyone refer to the 90s as old was back in 2006 or 07 when I was watching a re-run of smartguy. My cousin told me that the clothes they were wearing is out of style and it's from the 90s. I was pretty shocked because I never heard anyone older me referred  to the 90s as old at the time. To me the 90s were old because I was a baby then, but to someone like my cousin (who's born in 92) who experienced the late 90s as a kid, it was a shock. Even in 2010, most people viewed 1999 as recent even though the technology gap was much bigger than compared to now vs 2007.

1990 to 1997 felt distinct to me because it felt like a different era. Not a lot of things I remember growing up happened by that time. By 1998 and 1999, it felt somewhat relatable towards my childhood because I grew up with most of the things that happened. Even though I remember the mid and late 2000s as my childhood, seeing pop culture from 1998 and 1999 was still common to see because they still aired cartoons from that time period when I was growing up.

Some say that 2000's culture started in 1998. Most things that were popular well into the 2000's weren't around in 1997 and prier.

Some say that 2000's culture started in 1998. Most things that were popular well into the 2000's weren't around in 1997 and prior.
I say 1995 was the birth of the new millennium feel with the release of the PS1  (the first modern cd base console), sitcoms like friends being on its first season, the birth of WB and UPN networks, the release of the first Friday movie and the release of Toy Story (first modern CGI movie). Things that were relevant or that set the tone for what will be popular in the 2000s.

I say 1995 was the birth of the new millennium feel with the release of the PS1  (the first modern cd base console), sitcoms like friends being on its first season, the birth of WB and UPN networks, the release of the first Friday movie and the release of Toy Story (first modern CGI movie). Things that were relevant or that set the tone for what will be popular in the 2000s.

I agree with you. 1995-1999 has a Millennium era feel that distinguishes from the first half of the 90's (1990-1994.)

I agree with you. 1995-1999 has a Millennium era feel that distinguishes from the first half of the 90's (1990-1994.)


1990-1991 = The "80s" 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0pdQU87dc8

1992-1994 = The First Half of the Core 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTuD8k3JvxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0CAEoF4XM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts

1995-1997 = The Second Half of the Core 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dh9gDzmz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qC3w3UUkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

1998-1999 = The Y2K 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0chD8U8fA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIDWgqDBNXA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPnbI1arSE

Never considered them recent OR ancient. Kinda in-between.

1990-1991 = The "80s" 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0pdQU87dc8

1992-1994 = The First Half of the Core 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTuD8k3JvxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0CAEoF4XM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts

1995-1997 = The Second Half of the Core 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dh9gDzmz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qC3w3UUkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

1998-1999 = The Y2K 90s
Vibe;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0chD8U8fA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIDWgqDBNXA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPnbI1arSE

Hey that's cool. You should create a new thread and do the same thing but with the 2010s.

Hey that's cool. You should create a new thread and do the same thing but with the 2010s.

Get a better profile picture dude.

Get a better profile picture dude.

You mean there's something better than a dancing baby ???? ;D

Get a better profile picture dude.

Leave him alone. He can have his profile however he wants just like everyone else on here can

Didn't realize there were people that were uncomfortable(?) with my profile pic :P Imma keep it anyway.

Didn't realize there were people that were uncomfortable(?) with my profile pic :P Imma keep it anyway.

Yeah don’t listen to those people. If they have a problem with your profile it’s their problem not yours. You did absolutely nothing wrong

Didn't realize there were people that were uncomfortable(?) with my profile pic :P Imma keep it anyway.
You have the best profile pic on this freaking board my dude

You have the best profile pic on this freaking board my dude

Thank you! It's actually the first viral internet meme ever ;D.

Thank you! It's actually the first viral internet meme ever ;D.


OOGA CHAKA OOGA OOGA CHAKA

Gene in a bottle doesen't sound like it came out in 1999, maybe because I never listened to any of Christiana Alguera songs before. Gene in a bottle can definitely pass as a 2000s song.

Gene in a bottle doesen't sound like it came out in 1999, maybe because I never listened to any of Christiana Alguera songs before. Gene in a bottle can definitely pass as a 2000s song.


I would actually agree with this.

Thank you! It's actually the first viral internet meme ever ;D.

90s internet meme?

90s internet meme?

Yes. It's from 1996.

For all who want to know more about the dancing baby:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dancing-baby

The 90s had a weird obsession with babies I swear :P

1999 and most of 1998 don't really feel that far back. A lot of the stuff from this period was still relevant or recent during the first half of my childhood, also I think the late 90s is still the earliest era which still has some connections to today. For example, things from 1999 just look really dated....watch a video from 1990 and it feels worlds away.

The 90s feel like they were a long time ago.