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What’s one word to prove you lived trough the 90’s? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by Krulsprietje@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Vlhacs@reddthat.com 117 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Waaazzzaaaap

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That ad campaign started in 99, its really more of a 2000’s thing.

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[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 2 years ago

Outside of America, this is interpreted as a reference to Scary Movie instead of the budweiser ad.

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 92 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Winamp.

[–] fing3r@feddit.de 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

…it really whips the llamas ass!

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[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 65 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Y2K.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hope you charged them double.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"We gotta get the Locksmith to come out and replace the microchips. Yeah, it's going to be expensive but worth it"

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[–] astroturds@startrek.website 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Encarta

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[–] Cabeza2000@lemm.ee 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Netscape

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[–] RadDevon@lemmy.zip 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pogs

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] PurpleTentacle@lemdro.id 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Tamagotchi

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 33 points 2 years ago

Psych!

[–] linkshandig@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago

NOT!

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago

Dialup

[–] lps2@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bobwehadababyitsaboy

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[–] mom@nom.mom 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Myst

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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kkrrrsshhhbiiieieiekkkkrrrrriieiekkkrrsshshshbriiieie

[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Discman - so much better than the Walkman. =)

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I loved my discman, but remember trying to pretend like it wasn't skipping with every bodily movement? That's the advantage the walkman had that we didn't want to admit at the time

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[–] scott@lem.free.as 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Information superhighway"

Two words, I know.

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[–] mdhughes@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Be kind, REWIND.

[–] marshadow 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dialup

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[–] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

Pogs

[–] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

BRRRRphhhhttttttbrrrrrraaaaaapppppingtingtingBOINGBaTingBatingtingphhhhhhhhttttt.....

The sounds of the internet, volume one.

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[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tamagotchi

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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (7 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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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cowabunga

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[–] moldyringwald 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pogs

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

NoFear

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[–] Papercrane@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago

Gameboy

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wazzzzuuuuuuuup!

with entirely to much tongue.

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[–] lavadrop@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

JNCO

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[–] k5nn@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dial-up

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[–] LassCalibur 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Psyche!

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 13 points 2 years ago

Phat

[–] Grishaix@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MiniDisc

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[–] siskourso@odin.lanofthedead.xyz 13 points 2 years ago

Game Genie

[–] scott@lem.free.as 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

autoexec.bat

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[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 12 points 2 years ago

Quake

[–] astronot 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tubular

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mmm-Bop

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[–] chairman@feddit.nl 11 points 2 years ago

Netscape Infoseek Lycos Geocities

[–] JeffCraig@citizensgaming.com 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

tight.

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Woahhhhhhhiiiiiiiimstillaliveyeayayeahiaiiiiimmmmmohhhhimstilalive

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[–] Grishaix@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

BeOS

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