18 Photos That Prove We Grew Up in a Very Different Time
Curiosities
05/09/2018

If you were a child in the ’90s, you definitely can’t look at your family album and not shed a nostalgic tear: the crazy fashion, the first video games, cassettes, floppy disks, and other things modern kids have no idea about.
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We had a backpack instead of a pocket and we were okay with that.
These guys used to look really cool.
There was no instant messaging or social media, here is how we corresponded:
If you don’t recognize this house, you didn’t exist in the ’90s.

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“I show my boyfriend ONE picture from my childhood and suddenly reproducing with me is off the table.”
If this ball ever hit you in the face when it was wet, you’d be finished.
Only real ’90s cats will understand.
This is how we turned into our favorite superheroes:

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“As an adult, I will go to great lengths to recreate a feeling as good as this.”
As a kid, I thought I’d be cool if I had one of these:
Can you remember the smell?
“What should I watch tonight?”
“Elementary school kids have iPhones, but this is what I did in elementary.”
What do you know about choice?
“Guys, I think I’m in trouble I forgot to return this... You think they’ll be mad?”
In childhood, even board games were like a party.
This photo describes what it was like to grow up with 2 brothers in the ’90s.
Are there things that make you remember your childhood when you see them?
Please note: This article was updated in January 2023 to correct source material and factual inaccuracies.
Preview photo credit sillysally1986 / reddit
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