Welp, we’ve officially reached the point where people who don’t remember the 90’s are full-on, legally emancipated, college-attending, family-starting adults. For someone like me who spent his childhood in the 90’s, this is a very strange feeling. But maybe I can use this moment to do some good! You see, people apparently have questions about what life was like in those most ancient of days, and, young though I was, I do remember a few things about human existence in the previous millennium.
So, let’s go through 10 questions about life in the 90’s, and try our best to answer them.
10. Got milk?
Answer: probably because of the iconic “got milk?” ad campaign which kicked off in 1993 with a commercial directed by – I’m not kidding – Michael Bay.
Why did people drink so much milk in the 90s?
— Vanessa (@booshy992) December 16, 2018
9. Make it a Blockbuster Night
Answer: I mean, not me, cause I was a kid, but other people, definitely.
https://twitter.com/TehMerryBerry/status/650095821556477952
8. It’s gonna be May
Answer: I don’t know, I think this was considered edgy at some point.
why did people in the 90s pronounce "me" as "May" in songs #imjustsaying
— iDream of Meanie (@Meanie_Pantz) March 10, 2010
7. Black & white
Answer: it was a bathroom flex, the way having a weird-shaped sink is today.
https://twitter.com/Iuciela/status/1187386291022979072
6. A good day to die hard
Answer: his appeal was less abs-of-steel and more tough-guy machismo. That was a bigger thing in the 90’s.
Did people in the 90s find Bruce Willis hot. Was that a market
— mia🫒 (@rasputinboneym) February 12, 2019
5. Ski free
Answer: …no. What? No.
Did people in the 90s really wear ski goggles everyday as fashion.
— Chris Kolis (@glennscrollis) December 20, 2013
4. Know when to fold ’em
Answer: people have been doing this for over 1,000 years, so, no, we didn’t stop in the 90’s.
https://twitter.com/magicmaddy/status/958627463629750273
3. And a diet coke
Answer: yep. Don’t really know where it came from. Slang is gonna do what it does.
Did people in the 90s really say “all that and a bag of chips”
— Jordyn-Nicole (@DXRTYBLONDE) April 3, 2019
2. Walk down the aisle
Answer: by first approaching the wrong, similarly dressed woman, realizing our mistake in horror, then running around till we got it right.
How did people in the 90s find their moms when they lost them in the grocery store?
— ✨ K8Y ✨ (@plattypie) January 4, 2015
1. Serious business
Answer: in the 90’s, a conference could begin at any moment. You had to be ready. You had to be vigilant.
Did people in the 90s always dress like they were heading to a conference?
— Ashleigh ☕️ (@demitashe) April 28, 2015
I hope you found some of those answers helpful. If I’m going to spend the rest of my life being painfully aware of my age, I might as well provide some insight along the way.
What questions do you have about the 90’s?
Let us know in the comments.