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What do you miss the most from the 90s? (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago by xilliah@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it's holding a VHS in the store and looking at the cover.

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[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

For me it’s holding a VHS in the store and looking at the cover.

Yeah - that's a good one. Our local store had a Friday night deal: 5 weekly rentals for 10 bucks, or something. We'd go order fish and chips, then go argue over which 5 movies to rent, while our dinner was cooking.

Although I shouldn't, I miss my shitty old Datsun sometimes. Easy to diagnose problems, simple to get into and fix, with minimal tools required. No tech - just mechanical and electrical.

Nostalgia's a funny thing. Lots of things I get wistful for, but they've been replaced by (arguably) more convenient things:

Having to call your mate's house at a specific time, because you know he has footy training and won't be home to answer before that time
Waiting until specific times of night to watch your favourite TV shows or listen to your favourite radio DJs
The massive zip-up carry case for all my cassette tapes, to play in the car
6-way link-up Daytona arcade racing
Loading my computer games from multiple floppy discs (X-Tree Gold macros for the win!)

Then there's things that I miss, because now I have to adult:

Sleeping in on weekends
Work I don't have to take home with me
Being able to stay out stupidly late on Friday and Saturday nights
Getting absolutely shitfaced on those nights, without worrying about the hangover
Eating a bag of chips and calling it dinner, because there's no one else you need to feed

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Daytona racing looks ace! And waiting for fish and chips while picking 5 movies, jeez that's the cheese!