1990 The Beginning of a New Decade - Retro Commercials Vol 379

1990 was such a shift from the 80s. Edgy and in your face, the 90s is such a memorable decade. A true pivot form the bodacious 80s culture.
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*Some ads from this set are from the 80s, even though the material was broadcasted in 1990.
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[@thejosephchrist]

1990: A computer can't help with your school work. 2020:We all have a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in our pocket.

[@mattcyr2022]

I remember being surprised when told that I couldn't bring my phone with me to go write a test because I could use it to cheat. Would have made zero sense 30 years ago lol

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@mattcyr2022 They still banned cell phones in my Middle, and high school back in the 90's, same with beepers at the time, even if you had one in your car in high school, and a teacher saw it you could get in trouble, yet funny enough I knew guys who would keep shot guns, and hunting riffles in their trucks during hunting season, and not a thing was ever said long as it never left the truck.

[@Shonuff42080]

@@CommodoreFan64 you must have went to school in Beverly Hills cause cell phones were still pretty expensive in my middle school in the 90s this one kid had a pager but that kids dad owned a bar.

[@Shonuff42080]

@iostboy yea buy 97 I had a pager and pre paid cells were starting to be available its was like a 1$a minute

[@purefoldnz3070]

If you mean crappy Tik Tok videos then yes

[@boskostoybox]

My aunt worked for the call center back in the day for Britannica and she told me they would get more calls about how annoying the Britannica kid was then actual orders.

[@TTrigg]

Back then seemed like you never knew if the Energizer Bunny would make a appearance in a ad...

[@MarkMeadows90]

Ah yes the 90s. Back when almost every commercial had their own jingle.

[@Negamare1]

Back when life was so much more civilized.

[@SebastianSmith-c5t]

as well as the '70s, '80s, and before. Now they just use old songs.

[@taureanmay7480]

Ding.

[@jrebecca0195]

We had World Book Encyclopedias at my house from 1978 when I was growing up. I used to love sitting down and casually flipping through them. ❤️

[@k.m.b969]

Me too, I liked looking at dogs because I lived in an apartment and I fantasized about what dog I would have. The D encyclopedia was worn out.

[@jrebecca0195]

@@k.m.b969 aw, that's cute!

[@Tr0nzoid]

I got a set in 1984 and still have it. I use to laugh when I saw an older set in a house.

[@fromthehaven94]

My family's was from 1972. I was always puzzled by the Vietnam War article. I knew that it had ended, not according to World Book.

[@fromthehaven94]

@Cali SocReject I ran into that issue of the inaccurate information in the encyclopedia. School and public libraries were commonly used by yours truly before the internet was widely available.

[@saab23]

It's kinda cool to look back at the '90s 💿 with a sense of nostalgia but let's be honest the early '90s was the 1980s plus in my opinion because around maybe 94 or 95 is when it really felt like the '80s were over lol! By the way, is it funny to have to wrap your brain around the idea of 1990 being 30 years ago?

[@richardpowell1772]

I think the 90’s started and felt like a new decade in late 91. Nirvana and Pearl Jam hit big; hair-metal died out. There was new music, new fashion. It was almost like someone flipped a switch and everything changed.

[@mrsparkle001]

We are as close to 2050 as we are to 1990 In 1990, 1960 was as far away as 1990 is to now

[@saab23]

@@mrsparkle001 Ya know what that's so true because the 2050s is only thirty years out and as we can see it can go by pretty quickly because when I was a kid back in the '80s and '90s I thought thirty years was so far off but it goes by so fast and honey as I got older I realized that this is only the beginning lol!

[@Murgatroydian]

I tend to obsess over these matters of time passing, but I did back in 1990 too.

[@A_J___]

Great comment

[@kgoundan]

Today the Encyclopedia Britannica is only accessible through the Internet. They stopped printing them.

[@frankwm1988]

I actually subscribe to the online version. Sure beats Wikipedia!

[@Tr0nzoid]

I remember that sense of newness in 1990. We were closer to 2000, and earlier generations considered that and the '90s as "the not-too-distant future." The fall of the Berlin Wall was like a symbolic end of the '80s. New shows like "The Simpsons" and "In Living Color" on the Fox Network as it started to get more popular really made things feel different.

[@eltravo2112]

What ironic about Kix cereal is I’m fairly certain there were kids who still dumped about 3-4 spoonfuls of sugar on it.

[@Larry]

My brother bought the complete set of Encylopedia Britanica because of ads like this in the '80s, he literally had to throw them in the dump a few years ago as no one wanted them. They were absolutely worthless.

[@techtock5563]

What did they cost back then?

[@cyyrious]

Tech tock depending on the encasement it could run between $50 - $150 which was a lot then we had 2 sets the leather embossed thick pages and color photos were state of the art

[@fromthehaven94]

The majority of my family's World Book encyclopedia was lost to a flooded basement.

[@ScotchBeard78]

They weren't really "worthless" if he bought them in the 80's and only had to throw them away a couple years ago. That's like 30 years of use.

[@Larry]

@@ScotchBeard78 10 of those were on a shelf he never used, and the remaining 20 were in a cardboard box in the shed. They're just another obsolete item in a world where you have access to the entire collective knowledge of humanity from a few taps on your phone/computer. Even if we do solely use it to look at pictures of cats and argue with people we've never met :P

[@stevenwomack9059]

Knowing my 16 year old is never going to have nostalgia for dumb commercials is a weird feeling

[@spartanumismatics8165]

They probably will lol

[@k.m.b969]

Eventually we all get nostalgic.

[@Djbetoxx4]

Oh there are some pretty dumb commercials out there

[@Gokusaiyan.]

Wait till 2050 you'll gonna have Nostologia of 2010s Myspace, orkut, fb, ig

[@RemoWilliams1227]

My 17 year old knows 773-202 beep beep boop boop LUNA

[@melovemusic69]

Pre internet was so good and yes much simpler time. Commercial and Tv is so different then as you can see by these samples.

[@XMattingly]

Encyclopedia Britannica kid: “Got a report due, I’ve got a computer in front of me & never heard of the internet... but I’ll still have to think about it” 😂

[@SIMSPHERE]

Computers, so exciting back then.. 5 grand for a 15 mhz machine and 32 bits of ram, or something horrible like that.

[@johnw2026]

I remember back in 1990 I was in the first grade, and I hated computers, because I was the kid that always wanted to be playing outside.

[@johnw2026]

XMattingly, I believe back then kids had more ability to think. These days their phones, tablets, and computers do all the thinking for them. I wonder if this generation of elementary school students is gonna grow up to be dumb as rocks due to all this technology. 🤔

[@josephlawson5954]

@@johnw2026 not true, it's teaching kids how to find the information they need and by necessity teaching them how to determine what information they need based on the situation. When you have the entire collected information of all mankind in your pocket, it's much more important to know how to access that, where to go to find the information you need, how to determine the accuracy of that information, and how to use it.

[@taureanmay7480]

Oh.

[@lucian5304]

Damn I miss the 90s in those days I never imagined I would be watching some thing called KZbin 25 years later wishing I was back in that decade..because this one sucks lol

[@nik1128]

It tends to always feel like the past was better. In 30 yrs, you'll likely feel nostalgia for this time

[@scottboone8603]

@@nik1128 I guess that can only mean, times keep getting worse.

[@sikerslalatm3147]

Scott Boone well get over it

[@scottboone8603]

@@sikerslalatm3147 Petty

[@cyphrinfinity9992]

same.

[@ethanterry7290]

The Lifetime ads are a goddamn masterclass in 90’s aesthetic stereotypes.

[@thehashtagtrashbag]

That dog barking "I love you" is the same dog bark at the beginning of Beastie Boys sure shot

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

I'vs always liked that commercial!

[@3800scgp]

Yes! Was gonna post the same thing but a few of you beat me to it. Beastie boys sampling from an old Little Caesar's ad... 🤯

[@meatpopsicle6244]

@@3800scgp Instantly recognized it as well.

[@electroduval831]

Came here to say the same.

[@taureanmay7480]

Oh snap.

[@greglees4011]

Yellow Pages: The Internet for old people.

[@paulden3158]

Do they still bring out free phone books to people's residences?

[@CatholicTraditional]

@@paulden3158 Nope. They stopped the white pages around 2010 and yellow pages around 2015.

[@caulkins69]

Me: Looks at the December 2019 edition of the phone book on my desk; wonders what CatholicTraditional is blithering about.

[@CatholicTraditional]

@@caulkins69 I haven't had a phone book delivered to me in 5 years.

[@jasontomica8938]

@@paulden3158 yes I get one every year and it helps so much

[@deeprose4]

I loved that iced tea pot. We used it almost every day.

[@jennymars4097]

Oh you said retro! We’re retro now? How has this much time gone by?! I remember going into the 90’s feeling all kinds of cool going into 8th grade!

[@DaBassLadyCovers]

Commercials back in the day did a lot of explaining and talking. I miss those days! If I could buy those days back I’d put it on my credit card. 😆

[@BrasspineappleProductions]

" The Encyclopedia kid is now still serving 30 years for Computer hacking "

[@markavey75]

We had Apple computers, like the one in the first commercial, at my junior high school. I died quite often from dysentery while playing Oregon Trail in the library.

[@amberbest6942]

My wagon wheels and axles would always break soon into the journey...

[@markavey75]

@@amberbest6942 That's right, I forgot about that one! Lots of trials and tribulations in that game.

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I remember playing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego on the computers at school, then watching the PBS game show version of it a little later. Man, that was fun. ^_^

[@markavey75]

@@bethdibartolomeo2042 Yes! The Carmen Sandiego games were fun too!

[@taureanmay7480]

Nice.

[@adamscott7354]

That talking dog is the real star of this entire year's run!

[@Carman1744]

That Stone Age Apple computer in the first commercial, I remember those from elementary school

[@newstarcadefan]

I do to. Those days where my class went to the computer labs in the first grade to play the old MECC games including the Oregon Trail.

[@TicklerDude]

There was no PornHub in 1990. I had to jack off to porn mags.

[@taureanmay7480]

Yes.

[@derekanderson7956]

Please. Let me go back. I miss home. ☹️

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

1990: A new volume of the Encyclopedia Brittanica delivered to your door every week for 20 weeks! 1993: All volumes of the Encyclopedia Brittanica on one CD-Rom. 1999: Google.

[@davidg2521]

I remember eating hotdogs with processed cheese as a kid and feeling nauseous afterwards. Probably an overload of artificial flavours and preservatives.

[@SIGTwoTwoSix]

Somehow I don’t see people 30 years from now feeling nostalgic about pharmaceutical commercials.

[@jake1up]

Ah, back when kids still went outside!...Memories

[@scottboone8603]

Man.. I rode my bike everywhere. I spent so much time outside. I remember how the weather would drop sometime close to nightfall in October, and as I played outside, the cold would sneak up on us kids. I remember playing outside nearly over an hour before I'd realize it was cold. We'd get so caught up in vivid imagination, getting sick from the cold never occurred to us. Mom would yell at us to get in the house, or to put a coat on. Good times, man.. Hey, not to mention, the Holidays are coming up. I can't help but remember the extravagant holiday displays during the 90s. Maybe it was just where I was lived, but both Halloween and Christmas were two decors that consumed neighborhoods and stores. It wasn't out of the ordinary for my then step-dad, mom, my step brother and half sis to get bundled up in a two door Pontiac Grand Am Coupe and drive around different subdivisions and neighborhoods full of Christmas decor. I distinctly remember people going as far as letting these fake hands hang from the trunk of their vehicles during Halloween. People really took the initiative back then. I feel like little moments of nostalgia are going to become a thing of the past as time continues to progress. Kids today won't remember anything more than video games, or an app on a cell phone. They bury their faces in a tiny little computerized telephone, and they only thing they'll remember from childhood youth is that douche, Supreme Patty.

[@taureanmay7480]

Go on.

[@WolfgangKrauser77]

Better times. The world now is so dark and depressing

[@justfrank5661]

Nahh, you just grew up!!!! That’s all

[@teccash3507]

Facts

[@drakirolopez7859]

That is so not true. The 80’s were dark as hell.

[@davethomas5603]

Lmao better times? Didn't the 90s have the crack epidemic? The HIV/AIDS crisis? Columbine? Desert storm? The Atlanta Olympics bombing? The JonBenét Ramsey, Selena, Tupac and Biggie murders? The bombing in Oklahoma city, OK that killed like 168 people? Chiiillleeee😒

[@bardofoc]

All thanks to China

[@otiefloro8968]

That Toyota MR2 is timeless. but who puts microwaves hotdogs with cheese on top?

[@DavesArchives]

Buying an MR2 is still on my bucket list! One of these days...

[@jeremyjeremy8795]

The 90-95 MR2 could be put in showrooms today and with the 3SGTE would sell like hot cakes

[@MichaelRichardson0]

I always put cheese on the hotdogs. I especially like microwaving a hotdog, putting a sliced in the hotdog and then putting the cheese in the hotdog and microwaving it for a few more seconds.

[@ForPetesake552]

That MR2 is “timeless”, huh?

[@otiefloro8968]

@@ForPetesake552 ya mon

[@lenzino7383]

In that first commercial, EVERYTHING on that desk can now be used in just one smartphone!!! 30 years later....WOW!!!

[@mikecubes1642]

polaroid, the smartphone of the 80s and 90s

[@phatcrayonz]

I was thinking the same thing

[@phatcrayonz]

Eyewokeness News seriously? What the heck. That’s crazy

[@amberbest6942]

And 70's. We had one in the 70's.

[@adamscott7354]

Except its not a phone

[@taureanmay7480]

True.

[@Had_A_DAT]

Ahh, the 90s, where people used to drop eggs on things to prove their cushioning factors! Anybody remember the mattress commercial with the red wine glasses?

[@brian70Cuda]

Once again, thank you Dave! So many adds I have forgotten over the years that you show, after seeing them again, I can see why;)

[@DavesArchives]

Very welcome!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives you are.

[@johnw2026]

Garfield was my favorite cartoon growing up. 🐈

[@82dorrin]

I remember all of these.

[@TralfazConstruction]

Bought our first Packard Bell computer from Sears in '90. I thought well of myself for 'negotiating' the inclusion of an F-15 Strike Eagle program during the sale of the computer. My wife had prior experience on IBM-clone computers so she was leagues ahead of me on the PC. By the mid-'90s and our second Packard Bell the phenomenon of the decade was America Online (AOL) as it ramped-up. This was the go-go '90s and being so busy/prosperous at work I could shrug-off the billing-by-the-hour payment structure favored by AOL. Good memories of good and seemingly more innocent times.

[@exerciserelax8719]

2:43 If a kid asks you what yuppies were, show them this ad. 10:00 the Beastie Boys sampled this dog. 10:25 Heavy boomer nostalgia, in the style of The Wonder Years, which was a hit at the time, and "A Christmas Story", which had come out in 1983 but was finding new popularity on home video and cable TV. 11:13 Is it just me, or is that drum "beat" all over the place? Sounds like the (digital) drummer had a few too many.

[@atariblue]

I knew that dog right when heard it! Funny thing of all the videos I've watched and the pieces I've read on the samples the Beastie Boys used there has never been any mention of the dog sample. Whether this is the original source or not it's nice to see where they might have gotten it from.

[@atariblue]

And you can't forget to mention Stand By Me when talking about boomer nostalgia and of course the Sandlot which would come out a few yeaes later.

[@taureanmay7480]

Okay.

[@SouthwesternEagle]

Folks, I welcome you to the beginning of my world!

[@grandevizier]

Hard to believe how retro everything looks. I was in elementary school and my life was great during that year.

[@82dorrin]

The encyclopedia kid and "don't forget the cheese". Takes me back to a simpler time.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

I didn't have a TV through almost all of the 90s. These are new to me.

[@fred21679]

5:09 ...Bruce Willis crapping his pants!

[@efilwv1635]

I was 7.....geeze.

[@ipitythefool2001]

No politics , love it.

[@newstarcadefan]

Okay I remember the Encyclopedia Britannica commercials. This ran on Nick for a very long time in different variations, with Stan Freberg as the narrator. Now THIS is memories. I am fairly certain I have seen this one on an episode of Double Dare, or Make the Grade.

[@DavesArchives]

Totally my experience too!

[@OofusTwillip]

Stan's son, Donavan, is the teenager.

[@newstarcadefan]

@@OofusTwillip Yup that is very true.

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives so do i.

[@stolenhal0]

Gets mad at KZbin ads before my retro commercials.

[@donkeytime1704]

I can remember a few of these commercials only because I was to busy having fun... 😎

[@AlsCollectibles]

Love it! Thanks for sharing

[@DavesArchives]

Definitely!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives go dave go.

[@airaero5473]

I always imagine my everyday life taking place 30 years ago and how different it would've been for me. I've been doing this for about 3 years now and it's really fun to be honest! I have actually been watching you since 2017 and now with this nightmarish abomination of a year I am more attached to your videos than ever!

[@DavesArchives]

Wow, thanks for that and for being an awesome supporter!

[@Tr0nzoid]

I wish I could get home from work the same way I got home from school thirty years ago. Just turn on the TV and watch stuff without the distraction of looking for stuff online to intentionally find frustrating.

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives i support you.

[@ChaosStreams]

I hated that Encyclopedia Britannica kid.

[@paulden3158]

I dont get why u guys hated him so much? Remind u of someone u don't like or something?

[@JonOfRiverFalls]

@@paulden3158 Yeah. Me.

[@keithfulkerson]

@@SiccDeville I think you may be confusing the encyclopedia kid with the Dell guy.

[@chrismurphy5779]

‘Your key to the Information Age.’ Lol!

[@Hulk2k6]

1:53 I'd have laughed as a kid but as Adult it's "You *will* pick that paper up, Missy!"

[@TheWolferinDenver]

That woman drinking the iced tea should have won an oscar.

[@adamscott7354]

For what? Cringiest drinking technique next to D.Trump and Mark Zuckerberg?

[@taureanmay7480]

Wow.

[@lesfry5897]

@@adamscott7354 trudentinternational

[@dystopicstate]

I remember that Britannica commercial. I was such a nerd I begged my mom to get it for me. I was 7. 😊

[@josemontano7767]

I remember doing a school report on my friends computer took what felt like hours had it nice and printed only to have my teacher not except it because It wasn’t Hand written. The first commercial reminded me about that. I miss being a kid in the 80s 90s.

[@Littleathquakes]

maybe you should listen to her since the computer didn’t tell you the difference between accept & except

[@taureanmay7480]

I missed them.

[@6ec6YRFPTcC]

I loved my Encyclopedia sets

[@liljuanito123]

This is awesome, I feel like a kid again.

[@saxmanb777]

We are now closer to 2050 than we are to 1990.

[@sketcharmstrong8491]

Back in a time when little cesars pizza was good...

[@smartkid1201]

Still is🤷🏾‍♂️

[@CGPitcher15]

Dawg you gotta believe in the power of the 90s

[@docsnavely1010]

Such a time does not exist.

[@VonSteiner1]

Still is

[@irvan36mm]

It still is good, but it tastes like there’s something missing from the 1980’s/1990’s LC. I don’t know what it is.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

I remember that earwax remover commercial and of course the Energizer bunny

[@mrbrent62]

I remember most of these. Especially the encyclopedia one and the Apple IIe

[@mattcyr2022]

Jesus, how long does it take to heat up a kettle!?

[@mezmerizer0266]

Those people from the 90s are still waiting.

[@CadeD679]

To get an entire pitcherful would take awhile.

[@taureanmay7480]

Who knows ?.

[@nickthetoycollector3360]

The 90s might have been the beginning of a new decade, but it was also the beginning of the end for simpler, more social times. Faster Computers, cell phones and the rise of the internet would all contribute to our eventual downfall.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Not to nitpick, but 1991 actually starts the decade...

[@rob46711]

Hard to believe it's been 30 years since I graduated high school, did my advanced school for the Army, and got deployed for Desert Shield

[@maxmulsanne7054]

I was in the army too, finishing up on a 4yr-hitch. I had less than 6 months left before my ETS date (28 Jan. 1991) when that stupid son-of-a-bitch invaded Kuwait. We got back in early May, and I was finally out of uniform by 6 July 1991.

[@taureanmay7480]

What 😳.

[@Win1forQuinn]

5:16 I think this guy could benefit from anger management classes more than a daily vitamin

[@irvan36mm]

Everything tasted better back then!

[@jjnyc4610]

irvan36mm yup even the microwaved food tasted better❤️❤️

[@adamscott7354]

@@jjnyc4610 No it didn't...

[@taureanmay7480]

Mmmmm.

[@benhager2559]

Nothing like watching vintage commercials, just to be interrupted by a modern commercial.....

[@retrogameroom9019]

These are proof that life sucked a lot less back in the day

[@michaelglover2871]

I remember that first commercial like it was yesterday, I was 12 then. A giant computer that weighed a ton, not much more use other than a type writer. We got all our information from encyclopedia. We had a Funk and Wagnall's from the 70's,though. Not like computers would ever have technology for research. 🤔

[@ericdaniel323]

We had that set too. We got a PC in about '87, but didn't have a printer until '90. 🤣

[@taureanmay7480]

Indeed.

[@JxT1957]

since growing up in the 60s and 70s the 90s seems like yesterday to me

[@TF-Times]

This video made me feel so old. Omg

[@LaDracul]

That Kix commercial proves it was the hand j-b of cereal.

[@MikeLaRock88]

I remember flipping through those encyclopedias as a kid. Those and National Geographic magazines

[@jimgardner1306]

Cheese may make a hot dog taste better, but Fred Willard makes a commercial taste better!

[@shawnwomack3446]

Actually, I remember this commercial from watching weekday morning cartoons before school. This commercial also aired around 1988 or 1989 during the school year.

[@frankwm1988]

There were some commercials from 1988-89.in this video.

[@trillestrican20]

Yes only the 90s can make a chicken patty look that good and have fun while doing it we were corny but we were happy and in 94 I had arrived😂

[@LizaTerraASMR]

New sub thankyou for making my day

[@DavesArchives]

Thanks for subbing!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives dave you are.

[@jonnyd9132]

OMG I remember the Encyclopedia Britannica being advertised a LOT back in the 90s. My family never got it though I do believe we got some sort of digital encyclopedia on CD-ROM for our Compaq Presario but i don't think I ever used it for school.

[@patman3698]

i missed those days

[@SaturdayMorno86]

I remember the Encyclopedia Brittancia commerical very well

[@brentmann2988]

1:28 Demi Moore on the voice-over for Keds. 3:57 Advertisers sure loved going for a Randy Newman sound in the early 90s. ;)

[@brandonmoore9438]

Remember this when I was little

[@jamesfair9751]

I’d sure love to have that Toyota MR2 now geez it was ahead of its time and now impossible to find

[@DavesArchives]

Yeah, was definitely my dream car as a teen and during my 20s.

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives right dave.

[@MS-df2fk]

I never understood why Little Caesar's wouldn't let you buy just one pizza.

[@GoodnightIrieMon]

Encyclopedia Britanica: The Google of 1990.

[@ovidiodemorizi]

The ice t pot was one of my fav products

[@terrrell7798]

OMG I remember some of these

[@robertdaone]

I'm an 80s guy but I can appreciate the 90s stuff also. Its definitely better than the crap in this current decade.

[@jimeagle1155]

Not a single prescription medication commercial.....ahhhh. the good ol days

[@bcgibson22]

1:20.....the key to the information age 😂

[@vrasten]

Pretty sure that's Marcia Wallace (voice of Mrs. Krabappel on the Simpsons, Bob Newhart Show, and cult legend from Teen Witch) at 3:14. Man I miss her. Rest in peace!

[@chadchambliss4949]

I like how youtube interrupts my commercials with more commercials.

[@heidifedor]

I was in high school from 87 to 91. When we had to write book reports, and we had to use a certain amount of footnotes. We could use the encyclopedia as a footnote, but it couldn’t count as one of the minimum number of footnotes.

[@Coolkingman]

Did anyone else at first think that lady in the keds commercial was doing something else? Lol.

[@ericjc856]

I once had a complete set of Encyclopedias but ended up getting rid of them since my wife knows everything.

[@eddieanderson9399]

I had some and they made great door stoppers.

[@taureanmay7480]

Yes.

[@floobertuber]

Guy at 5:15: Walks out in front of moving car, whose driver instantly slams on the brakes, possibly saving him from injury (or maybe even death). Pedestrian's reaction: Get pissed at the driver and, shouting, strikes out at the car's hood. #LOGIC

[@lightningbuster]

There's so many commercials about food! I'm so hungry now! And not for the processed crap you get today.