By: Dani Kessel
I’m feeling a bit nostalgic right now. While I am not against change, there are some things that I really miss. (I might have a touch of rose colored glasses, though I don’t think these things are innately better just because they were from my childhood.) If you’re younger, you might recognize some of these things. If you are Gen X or older, you’ll remember them from the perspective of an adult. But for Millennials, here are 55 good, bad, and hilarious elements of nostalgia to look back on.
- Ask Jeeves
- Zynga
- Dogpile search engine
- Crystal Pepsi
- Using a pencil to fix a VHS
- Blockbuster nights!
- Mapquesting everything before a road trip
- Chuck Norris jokes. ALL. THE. TIME. And they weren’t even that funny!
- Clippy, the Microsoft Office assistant
- Discmans and walkmans
- Cheers, Friends, Seinfeld, and the original run of Full House
- Cootie catchers
- Fun “away” messages on AIM and MSN Messenger
- DollzMania
- Neopets
- The Y2K scare (scary at the time–HILARIOUS now)
- Dying of dysentery in the Oregan Trail game
- Coolmath
- The Game (you just lost)
- Tamogatchis
- Typing class
- The red ring of death on the XBOX 360
- Slap bracelets and pogs
- Hot Topic back when it was super gothic and niche
- The sarcastic bunny stickers
- Bedazzlers
- Parachute day in gym class
- Stamp cards in library books
- The “indestructible” Nokia 3310
- Taking film to get your photos developed
- Bonne Bell Lip Smackers
- Heelys
- Trying to burn the best CD mix with Napster or Limewire
- Minesweeper
- Folding notes into tiny triangles to pass them during class
- Pagers
- Soda cap lottery
- Carrying around an address book and memorizing phone numbers
- Making PowerPoints just for fun
- Making a slinky walk down every flight of stairs.
- Collecting Beanie Babies
- Dreaming of being on Legends of the Hidden Temple or Double Dare
- Being asked A/S/L by creepy people on chat boards
- “It’s morphin’ time!”
- Getting a computer in your house for the very first time
- Popcorn shirts
- Putting the stick-on earrings on the corners of our eyes
- Reading R.L. Stein books and Are You Afraid of the Dark? even if they gave you nightmares
- Kid Pix!
- Looking in the newspaper to find out what movies are showing
- Reading Zoobooks
- 10 color retractable pens
- Feeling like a pro artist with an etch-a-sketch
- Bop It
- Going to a birthday party at laser tag
I hope this article gave you a good chuckle and brought back memories for all you Millennials out there. Yeah. Your Neopets are all starving. Jeeves is retired. And there is only one Blockbuster left in existence! Can you believe it has been 30 years since the 90s and Nirvana is now considered classic rock? It’s so strange.
What was your favorite Millennial childhood memory? Drop it in the comments below!
I loved Bop It!
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