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The internet has done its absolute best to convince us that the ’90s were the greatest years mankind has ever experienced. Seriously, we don’t need another article about the things that only ’90s kids will remember, because we’re bombarded with them every single day of our lives (heck, we’re guilty of them ourselves). But what about all the terrible things that happened in the ’90s? And I’m not just talking about social issues; I mean in pop culture and entertainment, too. This is the anti-’90s celebration. This is a look at all the things we tried to forget from the ’90s. Here are 18 reasons why said decade actually kind of sucked.
That was a fun trip down memory lane, huh? Still think the ’90s was all that?
OK, these two ’90s movies are still pretty cool: ‘Speed’ VS. ‘Con Air’: Which Action Movie Ruled The ’90s?
Reasons '90s Sucked
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Rattails
We cut our hair like this. On purpose.
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Furby
Your parents had to commit a murder to get you that Furby you just had to have.
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Dial-Up Modems
As soon as you got online, your mom needed to use the phone. Every. Single. Time.
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Zubaz Pants
Zubaz Pants were worn in public, and not because you lost a bet.
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Kid Rock
"Bawitdaba" was a Grammy-nominated song. Seriously.
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Handheld Games
You could be playing this for an hour and not realize the batteries had died.
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Video Stores
Your weekend plans were determined solely by the current inventory at Blockbuster Video.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
We all got really into ska, for some reason. Seriously, why did we do that?
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Beanie Babies
Everyone invested their 401(k)s into their Beanie Baby collection.
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Blackface
There was casual blackface in wrestling and no one minded.
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'Hackers'
Everything we know about the internet, we had to learn from the movie Hackers.
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'The Net'
And also The Net. Sandra Bullock led us down an incredibly inaccurate path.
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Hacky Sacks
Your value as a human being was determined by how well you could kick a hacky sack.
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Power Glove
We were conned into buying a calculator strapped to a robot glove.
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Slap Bracelets
If you brought a slap bracelet to school, you were basically a terrorist.
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Crystal Pepsi
We drank this. We actually put it in our bodies on purpose.
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'Super Mario Bros' The Movie
The Super Mario Bros. movie was so bad that our souls would never fully recover from it.
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Tom Green
Tom Green was a star.
