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The 1990s was an amazing decade to grow up in. We had the golden era of Disney Channel Original Movies, the release of the Nintendo 64, Crystal Pepsi, AOL instant messenger and some amazing music. And if you’re looking to reminisce on the days of watching Rugrats and slurping up milk through a Froot Loops cereal straw, we’ve got the perfect list for you down below.

We took a trip to the Throwback Machine Instagram page, which will instantly transport you pandas back to the 90s, so enjoy scrolling through these pics that might remind you of your childhood if you're a 90s kid. Keep reading to also find a conversation with Dave Fife of Retro Injection, and be sure to upvote the pics that make you long for that simpler time back.

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ShreekyLette
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They still have those. My kids had em at their schools. My oldest daughter preschool class was in one of those back in 2007. Nowdays it's usually for the elementary schools that still has em. My youngest daughter started 4th grade in a different state back in 2017 and her new elementary school had 2 of those one for ISS and the other for preK. They are still around especially in the upstate SC where I live... too many little kids not enough schools

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    ShreekyLette
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope BUT we had to play the song for our band concert when I was in 7th grade playing the clarinet lol Also had to do "What becomes of the Broken Hearted" that same concert lol

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I should had expected that since the Japanese were the ones who came up with Nintendo and Mario lol

    The Throwback Machine Instagram page, also known as ‘90s Kids,’ notes in their bio that their goal is sharing “posts that make you go ‘holy [[p**p]], I remember that!’” And clearly they’re doing a great job of evoking nostalgia, because the account has amassed over 95k followers through sharing only 716 posts. The page reminds visitors of their favorite childhood video games, television shows, snacks and more, and today, all of you pandas get to take a trip down memory lane too.

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    To learn more about what life was like during the 90s, we reached out to nostalgia expert and creator of Retro Injection, Dave Fife. Retro Injection is a FeedSpot-ranked "Best 25 '80s Blog/Website,” and the perfect place to visit if you’d like to reminisce on the past few decades. And according to Dave, the 90s were the “last great decade.”

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ew MySpace LMFAO MocoSpace had that option also at the same time that MySpace did lol Now FB has that option lol

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My late step father in law was obsessed with "solitaire" on the comp and was the only thing he would mess with for many years. Playing solitaire on a $2k computer 🤦‍♀️(this was in the early 2000s)

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    Dave shared with Bored Panda that some of the best video games were released during the 90s. “The console wars raged between Sega and Nintendo on every school playground, while arcades were experiencing a resurgence with games such as Street Fighter II: Champion Edition and Mortal Kombat,” he explained. “You'd see Neo-Geo ads in magazines and wish you could afford the $650 console. The '90s were a great time to be a gamer!”

    Dave also noted that “the internet was around, but hadn't yet become an invasive datamining mill. When you found something interesting online, you felt like Indiana Jones unearthing some hidden treasure. And dialing into AOL to chat with your friends on Instant Messenger was always a blast, until someone needed the phone. In my opinion, the '90s were special because there was enough connectivity to be fun, instead of an obligation.”  

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was 20 before those became my starter pack and they forgot "Uz", Gorillaz and Nibbles(snake game we had on comp at HS in the 90s) I grew up poor my first comp was in March of 2000 when I was 20 and it was a Daewoo student comp the only comp I could afford on my own

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At 1am local stations went off of the air(eventually in the 90s it was after 3am and info commercials came on until 6am on the local stations)

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    We also asked Dave if there’s anything from the 90s that he wishes we still used today. “Physical media was king back then in the '90s, and I miss the PlayStation demo discs that you used to be able to pick up at Toys ‘R’ Us,” he shared. “At one point, even Pizza Hut gave them away! I would play the limited levels for hours. And yes, I still have the discs.”

    “Even though they weren't specific to the '90s, I also miss video stores, which of course rented games,” Dave added. “My mom would sometimes check out Fatal Fury 2 and Primal Rage for my Genesis.”

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gee I wonder why🤣😂 Could been worse and was named: Hole.... Instead 🤷‍♀️

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Power Rangers.... Ew They were a millennial kid show... TMNT came out in the 80s like Captain Planet did

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    And if Dave could go back in time and tell his 90s self something now, he says, “I would tell myself to cherish every moment, and to brace for a barrage of largely-manufactured crises. I'd also advise myself to start earning money right out of high school, and not waste time and money on college. And if I could go back in time, I wouldn't return.”

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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ewwwwwww Never had liked em and their mmmm bop song for little millennial girls. So glad they were not in my generation (Gen X)... I'll take NKOTB anyday before Hanson🤮

    As far as why younger generations should keep looking back to learn more about the 80s and 90s, Dave says, “The cultural output of these decades was built to last, whereas today everything is disposable. There probably won't be a huge demand in ten years for today's auto-tuned songs or CGI-bloated movies. But even in fifty years, people will be jamming out to R.E.M, and quoting Ghostbusters. There's currently a 40th anniversary celebration for John Carpenter's Christine. Much like that '58 Fury, the '80s and '90s will never die.”

    If you’d like to learn more about these magical decades, be sure to visit Dave’s site Retro Injection!

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those were the days I would be able to take a nap in class if this came into our history class LMFAO The younger millennial kids had those TVs up in the corner of the wall in classes while we had the rolling cart TVs lol

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to do that with my scented lead pencils 😂🤣

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    Now, we can’t pay homage to the 90s without taking a moment to appreciate how wonderful the outfits of the era were. Bright colors, loud patterns, baggy jeans and sweaters, and layers upon layers upon layers. There are a few different subsets of 90s fashion, as some people were more likely to wear colorful windbreakers while others were more drawn to the grunge look with Dr. Martens and plaid flannels. But one thing’s for sure: everybody looked fly.  

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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    :How the heck did Goofy get a son??

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile us Gen Xers and Elder Millennials still had their "cassette tapes" for their walkmans. We made CASSETTE TAPE mixes not burning CDs into a CD-R mixes. Most cars back then still had tape players not CD players and the CD players didn't recognize CD-R or CD-RW until the 2000s. My first CD-R I made in 2001 not long after I had gotten married but wouldn't play in the CD player in a 1996 Grand Am it didn't recognize it lol

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    Another lovely aspect of the 90s that Dave mentioned, that kids today don’t get to experience, is the fun of visiting a video store. A Friday evening trip to Blockbuster was the highlight of my week. I got to pick out whatever movie I wanted (that was appropriate for kids of course), find my preferred chocolate bar of the week and return home for the best night ever. There was always a risk that they wouldn’t have the film you wanted or that nothing would look appealing, but the excitement over the trip was enough to convince you to choose something. There was no going home empty handed from a video rental store.

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AHHHHH! Real Monsters 🤦‍♀️ If you didn't know where those came from then you are a young millennial or Gen Z or Gen Alpha. We have Krumm on the left Oblina in the middle Ickis on the right It's a cartoon from the mid 90s from Nickelodeon geez🤦‍♀️

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mocospace had that also and so did CherryTap(later on became Fubar) in the 2000s I had that all set on Moco, MySpace, and CherryTap in 2000s Actually MySpace wasn't the first site to allow you have music and bling bling back ground. Mocospace did too both sites came out in the same year and CherryTap came out in 2006(I'm still a member on there 20 yrs later but it's called "Fubar" now and it's adults only site) Vampire Freaks also had the music you could link up to your profile back in the late 2000s and so did Zwinky(Avatar Chat world for goths and emos back in the late 2000s that also had games to play)

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    Snack time during the 90s was also next level. It seemed like not as many parents were concerned about cavities and processed sugars, so the snack of the day could be Gushers, Dunkaroos, Oreos, GoGurt or a cup of Trix yogurt. And you couldn’t forget to wash it all down with a Capri-Sun or Yoo-hoo! While you might reach for hummus and carrots or an apple and peanut butter today, you’ll never forget those delicious days of 90s treats.  

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    We hope these photos have filled you with nostalgia for the 90s, pandas. We may never be able to get that time back, but thanks to the technology we now have, it’s able to live forever virtually. Keep upvoting the pics that bring back memories for you, and then if you’re interested in reading another Bored Panda article, we recommend this one that will give you major nostalgia for the past few decades!

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh I worked there in the late 90s 🤮🤦‍♀️

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    5 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did anybody watch the new mummy horror movie and had a second thought of who's in that?

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its an Oompa Loompa 😂🤣😂🤣

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doing cartwheels in the pit is not moshpitting nor is doing the spirit finger wave🤦‍♀️ I almost got kicked in the head from an emo doing that at a goth dance club I used to go to in 2006. He wouldn't stop doing it so my ex husband and the other goth metal heads started moshing all around the emo and the emo started crying cause they were messing his dancing up... Emos nowadays aren't like that anymore it's the millennial emos that were awful

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess this was a millennial thing. We didn't have those in classes when I was in school. We had the old fashioned pencil sharpeners that was bolted on something and you had to turn the crank to sharpen it

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom(she's elder boomer) She had it for many years until it stopped working back in the 2000s after I had moved out and gotten married and had my oldest kid in 2003... She had it set for the radio lol

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ive seen one with a girl dressed up like Angelica and had a Barbie doll that looked like Cynthia and another girl dressed up as Susie with a Reptar blanket and a white kitty that looked like Snuggles(think that's Angelica's cats name)... Those girls did a great job doing Angelica and Susie from Rugrats Halloween Costumes lol

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 Millennial boy pop bands So glad i was over that phase when I was 12 in 1992 I was a NKOTB fan and Boyz ll Men fan of pop music and R&B Also like V. Ice and Snow other than that nope I was out of that phase when 98 came out or Hanson or Nsync or Backstreet boys thankfully 🤣😂

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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope... My boomer mom NEVER owned a computer in her life. She hated messing with computers when she was working at CarMax back in the early 2000s. She didn't have a smartphone until 2017 when i left my ex husband and moved back home with my kids. Older boomers doesn't like that type of technology and they never will so no that was never a boomer thing in the 90s unless they are the youngest boomers like my sisters. Older boomers no