Pornographic Memory posted:

i was born in 1989 and since what you said is p much true i barely remember poo poo from the '90s, especially not anything that wasnt a cartoon or toy, but then i have people younger than me who post poo poo about "ONLY 90S KIDS WILL GET THIS" on my facebook and im just like smh guys really??

Kelfeftaf posted:

At least there probably won't be any 00s kids.

Zippy the Bummer posted:

the most underappreciated thing from the nineties was the computer game "Battle Chess"

it had human/monster figures that stood in for the chess pieces on the board. they could do all kinds of rad poo poo, like the queen was a sorceress that could fry dudes w lightning, the king could kill the queen by flashing her his dick, the bishops had secret spearpoints on their shepherds crooks and also could burn dudes alive with magic, the rooks were stone golems that crushed poeople to death

also bishops could open holes in the board with magic into which dudes fell to their death

it was super violent and gory for a chess game

Philthy posted:

I dont think it was under-appreciated. Didn't they make like 20 versions of it like "Star Wars" etc?

Zippy the Bummer posted:

the most underappreciated thing from the nineties was the computer game "Battle Chess"

it had human/monster figures that stood in for the chess pieces on the board. they could do all kinds of rad poo poo, like the queen was a sorceress that could fry dudes w lightning, the king could kill the queen by flashing her his dick, the bishops had secret spearpoints on their shepherds crooks and also could burn dudes alive with magic, the rooks were stone golems that crushed poeople to death

also bishops could open holes in the board with magic into which dudes fell to their death

it was super violent and gory for a chess game

Runaktla posted:

I remember Battle Chess and loving it.

Born 1980.

Best part of 90s is grunge music. No less than 3 singers died of heroin/suicide ie Kurt Cobaine, Layne Staley and that guy from Blind Melon (Shannon something too lazy to google)

Awesome Welles posted:

glowing-fish posted:

Serious post:

Although the jury of history sometimes takes a long time to deliberate, historians will probably judge the 1990s as one of the most pleasant times to live in the United States.

Between about World War I and now, the only times that the United States didn't face either a) external war, or threat of war or b) economic crisis or other domestic disturbance or c) both was between...1920 and 1929, and between 1992 and 2001. And on top of the economic prosperity and lack of conflict, the 1990s were also a time when there was a lot of culture to choose from, and people's minds were really getting opened. It really was incredible when we went from "computers are monochrome boxes that you might have if you are rich, and you can play a few games on them" to "everyone in the world can use the internet!", and to do it in six or seven years. I mean, the difference between the internet of 1992 and 1998 was incredible. So yeah, the 1990s were pretty awesome.

redshirt posted:

We were so close to a New World Order, and then Bush. Then 9/11. Then the Dark Times.

Ron Paul Hype Man posted:

glowing-fish posted:

Serious post:

Although the jury of history sometimes takes a long time to deliberate, historians will probably judge the 1990s as one of the most pleasant times to live in the United States.

Between about World War I and now, the only times that the United States didn't face either a) external war, or threat of war or b) economic crisis or other domestic disturbance or c) both was between...1920 and 1929, and between 1992 and 2001. And on top of the economic prosperity and lack of conflict, the 1990s were also a time when there was a lot of culture to choose from, and people's minds were really getting opened. It really was incredible when we went from "computers are monochrome boxes that you might have if you are rich, and you can play a few games on them" to "everyone in the world can use the internet!", and to do it in six or seven years. I mean, the difference between the internet of 1992 and 1998 was incredible. So yeah, the 1990s were pretty awesome.

Windows 98 posted:

True

Zippy the Bummer posted:

the most underappreciated thing from the nineties was the computer game "Battle Chess"

it had human/monster figures that stood in for the chess pieces on the board. they could do all kinds of rad poo poo, like the queen was a sorceress that could fry dudes w lightning, the king could kill the queen by flashing her his dick, the bishops had secret spearpoints on their shepherds crooks and also could burn dudes alive with magic, the rooks were stone golems that crushed poeople to death

also bishops could open holes in the board with magic into which dudes fell to their death

it was super violent and gory for a chess game

Flippycunt posted:

The thing I remember most about this game was the insane anti-piracy measures it had. Whenever you started up (via DOS prompt if I remember correctly) it would flash a code and then you had a code book and you had to find the password in the book to match the code. Huge pain in the rear end. Eventually I lost the codebook and was never able to play again.

Flippycunt posted:

The thing I remember most about this game was the insane anti-piracy measures it had. Whenever you started up (via DOS prompt if I remember correctly) it would flash a code and then you had a code book and you had to find the password in the book to match the code. Huge pain in the rear end. Eventually I lost the codebook and was never able to play again.

Don Tacorleone posted:

Hello Windows 98, the last good windows version

4 The Cause posted:

I remember having sleepovers and watching Kids and being freaked out by the rape scene. I remember stumbling upon Fire Walk With Me and not being able to sleep for a week. I remember the girl who's parents died in a car crash, and she was forced to live on her own. She ended up prostituting and another friends dad would pick her up, and tell us about when he got home.

Kelfeftaf posted:

only there are like 100 white people in that picture and two black people, one of whom is a murderer

Oncogene posted:

lmao I just noticed it has one of those monks from that lovely "chant" album

genghis.khan posted:

didnt this guy kill/rape hundreds of kids in colombia and only got 20 years or something? hosed up imo

Millions of Crows posted:

The World, possibly the universe peaked in 1994. Science can prove it, probably. The Downward Spiral was released that year. Best metric I can think of.