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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 1 decade ago

Were you a 90's kid?

You're a 90's kid if:

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You made paper scrunchies to see who you'd end up marrying

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You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember when super nintendos became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and/or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

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Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain would finally take over the world

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

You remember when razor scooters were cool.

When we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy...

Before the Internet & text messaging...

Before Sidekicks & iPods...

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...

...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

When light up sneakers were cool.

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Tag.

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Hopskotch.

Tree Houses.

Hula Hoops.

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

Running through the sprinklers.

That "Little Mermaid"

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.

Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It"

Or what about:

Hey Arnold.

Rugrats.

The Secret World of Alex Mac.

Rocco's Modern Life.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Doug.

Magic School Bus.

Aladdin.

Pinky and the Brain

Sailor Moon.

Blossom.

Beavis & Butt-Head

Wishbone.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

MR RODGERS!!!!

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

Under the Umbrella Tree

PEE-WEE!!!

The Big Comfy Couch

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Class field trips.

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.

Go back to the time when:

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.'

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete.

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

Update:

yea i would just wake up at 8 a.m. just to watch cartoons, I miss like all those nickolodian shows, and disney. Like The ren and stimpy show, goosbumps.. All that, So weird. Even stevens show. ha

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  • 1 decade ago
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    i miss all that stuff so much and dude u left out Ferbies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 1 decade ago

    Omg...I totally loved that. Brought back memories. I'm totally a 90's kid....and with society today, I'd LOVE to go back...thanks for the trip down Memory Lane! :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I miss the 90's, the Crazy Bones and Marbles fazes and when Barbie was the big thing. I still have some of my Pong things, I loved the 90's =(

  • 1 decade ago

    i was born in the the early 90's but honestly i dont' remember anything about it. in today's world, i know i was born in the wrong generation. i know and love so much stuff from the 80's. i wish i could be a teen in the 80's so bad though! it was the greatest decade to listen to music!

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  • 1 decade ago

    Haha. I did almost everything on that list. The 90's were pretty awesome. I totally forgot about waiting in line for Beenie Babies and Toys R Us they are all out of business where I live.

  • I was an 80's kid but all the stuff you posted I still remember all the stuff. but In the 1980's a fax machine was just new technology and hard to find. and bata tapes, and gas was $0.40 per Liter. the good ole days.

  • 1 decade ago

    Haha yea. I was born in 1991.

    I remember "how rude", saturday morning cartoons, goose bumps (me, my brother, and our friend always watched the movies), wax on..wax off, paper scrunchies, spice girls, slap bracelets (they were awesome), "Not", super nintendo!!, giga pets, lisa frank, beanie banies, stick on earrings, macarena, "talk to the hand" haha i did that so many times, brain taking over, slinkys, razor scooters were the bomb!!, "Then why don't you marry it!", light up sneakers, tag, hide n seek at dusk, heads up 7 up (that was an awesome game), ALL the tv shows you mentioned, Kool-aid!, field trips, christmas(still is the most exciting), 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe', I MISS THE 90's A LOT!!!! Being a kid was the funnest!!!

  • 1 decade ago

    wow, im a 90's kids, and i know exactly what you're talking about. i watched hey arnold rugrats and roco! 90's ROCK!!

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  • I remember all of that, I was born in 1948, but I have twins who were born in the 1980s, I think some of us never grow up. My youngest were both born in 1990, I got a double dose of these things.

    My late hubby was a child at heart and he instigated with the kids as often as possible.

  • 1 decade ago

    ok that has go to tbe the longest question ever lol

    west Philadelphia born and raised...

    nuff said lol

    yup im a 90's kid

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