Yeah, 25 years ago is 1999. Yes, I understand that many of you, dear readers, were not even born at that time, but for me personally, it was so recently, it seems like, no, not yesterday, but at least like last week. But it turns out that two and a half decades have passed, and people in nostalgic online threads likethis oneremember all the good things that happened then. Let’s remember too…
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Being able to not be reachable and people being ok with it.
Folded paper maps in the glove box. Bonus points for the spiral map books!
AN ABSOLUTELY BONKERS YEAR FOR MOVIES.The MatrixDogmaFight ClubAmerican BeautyAmerican PieGreen MileThe MummyThe Sixth SenseOffice SpaceBoondock SaintsVarsity BluesBlair Witch ProjectAnd fg more! Not reboots, remakes or sequels. Just fresh fg content and original stories.
So, year 1999: the last year of Bill Clinton’s presidency, in the UK folks are seriously thinking about what life will be like for the country after Queen Elizabeth (naive peeps, ha ha…), Michael Jordan has just retired for the second time, and Steve Jobs has just recently returned to his office at Apple headquarters, and is already hatchinggrandiose plans.
Pluto as the ninth planet.
All their friends’ phone numbers memorized.
A “stereo system” in the living room.Edit: Look man, if yours doesn’t have a squeaky-a*s turntable, tape-to-tape deck and a shiny “metal-style” plastic carapace, we’re not talking about the same thing.Get out of here with your Bose, you hipster muso snobs. Shoo! Shoo! 🧹🧹.
Sony announces the start of development of the PlayStation 2, with the new Walkman model trying to spread the minidisc format throughout the world. Among the new video games,Silent Hill,Unreal TournamentandQuake III Arenastand out. Humanity sees off the penultimate year of the 20th century with nostalgia and looks forward to the new millennium with optimism…
The ability to drop off/greet people at the boarding gates at the airport.
A whole shelf full of WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIAS.
Concert tickets that you could afford.
“The real question is actually not how good it was 25 years ago compared to now,” says Valery Bolgan, a historian andeditor-in-chiefof Intent News Agency from Ukraine, whomBored Pandaasked for a comment here. “People in general tend to be nostalgic about the past, and the years that have passed since then only smooth out all the negativity that took place then, leaving only warmest memories. This is the specificity of human memory.”“Yes, in 1999, and I remember it quite well, there were many wonderful things and phenomena left, but at the same time I am almost sure that when in another quarter of a century you and I remember the year 2024, we will also talk about it with extraordinary warmth and nostalgia: about TikTok, Reddit andTaylor Swift. Simply because this is also part of our life and our memory," Valery summarizes.
“The real question is actually not how good it was 25 years ago compared to now,” says Valery Bolgan, a historian andeditor-in-chiefof Intent News Agency from Ukraine, whomBored Pandaasked for a comment here. “People in general tend to be nostalgic about the past, and the years that have passed since then only smooth out all the negativity that took place then, leaving only warmest memories. This is the specificity of human memory.”
“Yes, in 1999, and I remember it quite well, there were many wonderful things and phenomena left, but at the same time I am almost sure that when in another quarter of a century you and I remember the year 2024, we will also talk about it with extraordinary warmth and nostalgia: about TikTok, Reddit andTaylor Swift. Simply because this is also part of our life and our memory," Valery summarizes.
A binder of cd’s under the driver’s seat.
A video rental store.
My dad who passed away on June 18, 1999, at the age of 71, the same age I am now. “Everyone” didn’t know him, but I sure as hell did. I held his hand until he let go. Miss ya big time dad. Till we meet again.
A Walkman.
Affordable housing.
A phone book.
A reasonable expectation of privacy.
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A VHS tape rewinder. “Be kind, rewind!”.
A local newspaper subscription.
Cameras with film, posh people had digital onesDial up InternetDiscmansMinidisc playersFloppy discs.
Fear of Y2K.
Smoking section in a bar.
Antennas on the outside of their cellphones.
Dial up modems.
AOL free trials.
Multiple disc cd player.
Windows 95 or 98.
The ability to get on an airplane without spending 20 minutes going through TSA.The ability to navigate around town without a GPS or phone.A nintendo 64.
CRT televisions.
Wallets with picture holders.
Ash Trays.
Inflatable furnitureMudd brand clothes/accessories.
A preferred 800 number for collect calls.
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