• Maven (famous)@piefed.zipOP
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      10 hours ago

      The one person was born in 2000 and the other person complains about how young they are. It turns out that the complainer was born in 1999, and therefore is only a year older. Thus making the complaint a bit silly.

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      I think of it like this. They’re a 90s baby, not a 90s kid.

      90s kid would be more like born in the mid 80s to mid 90s so you have actual memories of the 90s.

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        I was born in 89, so remember a good portion of the 90s. It was a much simpler time but obviously we tend to romanticise the fun memories and quietly ignore how vastly more inconvenient daily life was.

        Mobile phones were not really a thing yet so getting in touch with your friends required a combination of patience and sheer luck.

        The internet was a different place entirely and was experienced in 30 minute chunks of time, just long enough to download a song or two before being kicked off for tying up the landline.

        Daily entertainment was 4, maybe 5 analogue TV channels, plus a collection of VHS tapes which are all degrading by being rewatched constantly.

        Every piece of life admin that you would normally do online today was instead done with pen and paper.

        Honestly, I’m amazed we ever got anything done.

      • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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        I was born in 84 so I grew up with the best of the late 80s and early 90s, the simplicity, style and general vibe of live in those days was amazing.

        Come home from school, grab a sunny d, go watch cartoons while talking about how realistic the snes graphics looked. Play some pogs and replace the batteries on my yak bak, listening to oasis and reading goosebumps.