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What’s one word to prove you lived trough the 90’s? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by Krulsprietje@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] Vlhacs@reddthat.com 180 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Waaazzzaaaap

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 140 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Winamp.

[–] fing3r@feddit.de 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

…it really whips the llamas ass!

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[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 97 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y2K.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I survived idiocy of managers asking for Y2K compliant padlocks. As in, physical padlocks.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hope you charged them double.

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[–] astroturds@startrek.website 97 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Encarta

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[–] RadDevon@lemmy.zip 83 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Pogs

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 26 points 1 year ago

Remember Alf? He's back! In pog form!

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[–] Cabeza2000@lemm.ee 81 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Netscape

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[–] PurpleTentacle@lemdro.id 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Tamagotchi

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[–] linkshandig@lemm.ee 53 points 1 year ago

NOT!

[–] lps2@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bobwehadababyitsaboy

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[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Dialup

[–] protput@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pshhhkkkkkkrrrr​kakingkakingkakingtsh​chchchchchchchcch​dingdingding

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[–] Rivalarrival 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Psych!

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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not a word, but the phrase "going online". As in not being constantly connected at all times. We had to actually "get" online to look at stuff.

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (18 children)

I can do it with no words

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[–] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago

Pogs

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Myst

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[–] lavadrop@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

JNCO

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[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

JNCO's

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

D.A.R.E

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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 34 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Discman - so much better than the Walkman. =)

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[–] mom@nom.mom 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Baud. Maybe kilobauds.. That and "da bomb" are very memorable to me from then...

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[–] RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Napster

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Kkrrrsshhhbiiieieiekkkkrrrrriieiekkkrrsshshshbriiieie

[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

And then someone picked up the phone and you had to start all over again

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[–] mdhughes@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Be kind, REWIND.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not

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[–] scott@lem.free.as 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Information superhighway"

Two words, I know.

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[–] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

BRRRRphhhhttttttbrrrrrraaaaaapppppingtingtingBOINGBaTingBatingtingphhhhhhhhttttt.....

The sounds of the internet, volume one.

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[–] Confuserated@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Tubthumping

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Clear craze.

As in technology. Translucent gadgets were all the rage. Not quite one word, I was going to go with translucent, but found it actually had a name.

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[–] exiaxzero@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Floppy disks (or "diskettes").

Also, Y2K.

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

NoFear

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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cowabunga

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[–] Sacha@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Slime/goop

The 90s had an obsession with slime/goop. Toys, mascots, etc.

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[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

Macarena

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 24 points 1 year ago

Phat

[–] JoeClu@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (5 children)

IRC and ICQ

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[–] scott@lem.free.as 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

autoexec.bat

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[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tamagotchi

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[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wazzzzuuuuuuuup!

with entirely to much tongue.

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[–] LaughingFox@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cowabunga

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[–] marshadow@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dialup

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[–] Grishaix@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

MiniDisc

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[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hackysack

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[–] ji88aja88a@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hypercolor

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