The 90s were a time of great innovation and change. Rappers wore harem pants, everyone had a beeper, and MTV still played music videos. No one knew who the Kardashians were and there was no sweeter sound than your dial-up modem connecting to the Internet. Here are some of the best Tweets we’ve seen about the greatness that was the 90s.
Your Friday nights were totally planned.
T.G.I.F. #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s pic.twitter.com/dFZuXqSJb5
— Trisha (@Fawkes_you) September 19, 2018
Tide was a detergent not a snack.
We might’ve experimented with smoking different things, but we didn’t eat laundry detergent#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s
— tressa (@addled_thoughts) September 19, 2018
You had a close, personal relationship with your Tamagotchi.
This was the only responsibility I had back in the 1990’s… #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s #WednesdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/pKf294zU7V
— Brushing Off (@BrushingOff) September 19, 2018
Saturday morning was LIT.
Saturday Morning 📺 #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s pic.twitter.com/djbYm9628A
— 90sManiax (@90sManiax) September 19, 2018
You could watch a TV show that was literally about nothing.
The obvious choice. Seinfeld #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s pic.twitter.com/kUB8OQZLAX
— Jesse D Lifson (@jdlifson2184) September 19, 2018
Your love language was mixtapes.
You could always set the mood with a mixtape with jodeci. #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s pic.twitter.com/j6cc1rQpzq
— Keith (@K_inberea83) September 19, 2018
90s R&B was the best R&B.
The R&B music! Brandy, Monica, Aaliyah, Usher, Mariah, Whitney, Toni Braxton, Destiny’s Child, SWV, Mya, Jon B, Dru Hill, and so many more artists were doing their thing #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s pic.twitter.com/5pTr6zjo57
— The Nostalgia Mixtape (@nostalgiamixpod) September 19, 2018
You were saved by the bell.
Hanging out with no cell phone distractions…unless you were Zack Morris #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s pic.twitter.com/u3NTudkFEd
— The Nostalgia Mixtape (@nostalgiamixpod) September 19, 2018
You didn’t ruin your brain on reality TV. You had the good stuff.
#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s
Rugrats
Rocko’s Modern Life
Catdog
Rocket Power
Doom
Stuart Little
Toy Story 1 & 2
Gameboy Color
Dial Up Internet
Windows 95 and Windows 98
Being born pic.twitter.com/6XxlTeDEAp— Crazy Gamers (@CrazyGamersTV1) September 19, 2018
Remember going to Blockbuster and checking out that one shelf with the staff picks?
#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s
No 9/11. No Bieber. No Twilight. No Kardashians. No mumble rap. No social media. No smartphones. No death of Blockbuster.— AndrewStark89 (@AndrewStark89) September 19, 2018
“Slay” was a thing that Buffy did to vampires, not something you commented on your friend’s selfie.
#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s Hammer Pants! pic.twitter.com/A4ewXBxSLI
— Evan Van (@MadAnter) September 19, 2018
Buffy the vampire slayer!!! pic.twitter.com/A97OwW8zyj
— Jodie B (@jodikins87) September 19, 2018
So, no one told you life was gonna be this way…
Friends … pic.twitter.com/bk2fKWzBZW
— Mattrick (@MClittlebigg) September 19, 2018
You felt like a boss with your pager clipped to your belt.
#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s
The quickest way to reach me was by pager— Kitty🐱 (@kittykrumley) September 19, 2018
It was acceptable for men to wear super comfy pants.
#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s Hammer Pants! pic.twitter.com/A4ewXBxSLI
— Evan Van (@MadAnter) September 19, 2018
The truth was out there, and we wanted to believe.
#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s
The X-Files
specifically this hip, casually squatting by a smoke machine, very 90s photo shoot. pic.twitter.com/KiMl2wDaVb— MelT (@DrDuchovny) September 19, 2018
There was this newfangled thing called the Internet.
Yelling at your family to get the fuck off the phone so you could log on AOL. #GreatestThingsAboutThe90s
— Jesse D Lifson (@jdlifson2184) September 19, 2018
Clean eating was not a thing.
We are all the gluten, preservatives, sugar, pesticides, processed meats, and spaghettios we wanted!#GreatestThingsAboutThe90s pic.twitter.com/6DT4UyHq0A
— tressa (@addled_thoughts) September 19, 2018
Emily Parker is a musician, writer, and avid reader who started Bucket List Book Reviews, the ‘1,001 Books to Read Before You Die’ project. For Sweatpants & Coffee, Emily hopes to inspire the reading of the classics by a whole new audience by only reviewing the really good stuff.
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