Top 30 Things from the 90s That Don't Exist Anymore

[@WatchMojo]

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[@devingiles6597]

The things I miss the most from the 1990's are appointment TV, Adobe Flash (R.I.P), the two television networks, The WB and UPN (United Paramount Network), which are the predecessors to The CW by the way, along with video rental stores, video game magazines, and listening to Radio Disney.

[@Raiders-wm5kb]

TV guides & TV Guide channel

[@devingiles6597]

Honorable mention: Neo Geo MVS/AES Seriously though. It was a powerful arcade cabinet and video game console ahead of its time. But man, that thing is so expensive compare to that of the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. At least it has a huge library of games such as Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown, The King of Fighters series of games, and many more.

[@LukeyD88]

Toys in cereal. Man the 90’s were just so much better than any other decade, except maybe the 80’s.

[@joeparson9967]

80’s were better, but I was a teenager and early to mid 20’s then.

[@judiharboremco7175]

Definitely the 60s!

[@cocoaorange1]

As a 70's kids, I loved toys in cereal boxes. Remember mailing in box tops to order stuff?

[@trinaq]

I really miss Video/DVD stores. I'm from Ireland, and we didn't have Blockbuster, though we did have Xtravision, and it was always fun to rent a film there every Friday night.

[@kamsismith]

I remember going to Blockbuster as a kid and it was so fun. I was sad when it closed. Yes, Netflix is the closest thing to Blockbuster, but it’s not the same. I was also disappointed with the Blockbuster sitcom that Netflix released as it wasn't funny and I wasn't surprised that the show got canceled a month after it premiered.

[@trinaq]

@kamsismith Totally, they wasted the potential of their cast members, who are funny in other projects. It might have been better had it been set in the 90's or 00's, where Blockbuster was in its heyday, as opposed to the last remaining Blockbuster store.

[@DamnDirtyIrish]

I remember Xtravision. Now I feel as old as I am. LOL

[@SkywiseStormwolf]

You forgot about Computer Bulletin Board Service (BBS). I ran one from the late 80s until about 2000 with doorgames, message boards and networks, and download sections. I met my wife through a computer BBS.

[@susanscott8653]

I was going to comment this myself. Message boards were fun way back when. They were the successor to fan club newsletters and the ancestor of ﹰFB groups.

[@AlexisBrookeM]

Oh, wow, I didn't even think about the local scene. There were only a few boards around when I started visiting them in the early-mid 80s, but by the 90s, there were atleast a dozen or two that I visited on a regular basis. I went by the alias Entity back then. I was a member of (6!9) There were the "legitimate" boards, where I'd play TradeWars2002, L.O.R.D., and, a bit later, Usurper. And there were the message boards and the upload/download section. I spent a lot of time downloading GIFs on a 1200 baud modem, even though they looked like crap (I only had a CGA monitor; EGA was around at that time, and VGA came out at roughly the same time as the GIF format, but it would be _years_ before I got a VGA monitor) Then, there were the "other" boards, the ones not listed in the back of ComputorEdge. The ones where you needed a special invitation from the right person. Boards for warezmonkeys and the H/P/V/C/A crowd. Good times.

[@ilovepie990]

18:36 wasn't the point of screensaver to stop your screen having screen burn, not for saving power?

[@Jeff98177]

I used to have the one called AfterDark, with the flying toasters. It was definitely all about screen burn.

[@IzzyPR2010]

@@Jeff98177 True, when the LCD monitors came out, there was no longer any practical need for screen savers.

[@NatoBro]

@@Jeff98177 I had that, but the interactive Star Trek version. Fun stuff!

[@frankbrodie5168]

@@Jeff98177 After Dark was a classic old screensaver suite. I had that one myself for many years. Though my favourite was always the aquarium one with the clownfish.

[@samanthac.349]

Yes. The old monitors used cathode ray tubes, so an image that stayed onto the screen too long would burn a “ghost” image permanently onto the screen. It’s not a problem these days with LED screens.

[@rodgerrocha6430]

You missed PAGERS or BEEPERS

[@booblla]

That's because they still exist. Now days they are primarily used in healthcare.

[@keithevans1442]

surprisingly a form of them are still being used by emergency services etc

[@SuperStreetWarrior]

@@keithevans1442 Hezbolla also used these until Mossad rigged them with explosives.

[@OhSnapWord111]

Privacy. Once upon a time, we didn't have to worry about our every move being broadcast on the internet. If I said or did something dumb, there wasn't an immutable record of it. We didn't carry devices that broadcast our real time location. We weren't bombarded with ads for a product because we simply mentioned it by name.

[@simplylethul]

So, you're upset that if you say or do something dumb, everyone may see it? 😂

[@fievelmousekewitz910]

Brave browser blocks ads and a number of other annoyances.

[@fenderfox5080]

Born in 83😢 time has gone by so dam fast... I miss the 90s so much!! Things were more simple back then and not because I wasn't old enough to pay bills or be an adult😂 people were just nicer, things cost less, you could spend 10$ on gas and drive around all night, video stores, great movies, grunge!! And a million other amazing bands like goo goo dolls, all the tgif shows, the list goes on... you had to be there to understand😊

[@Grimlock1979]

Many people don't realize that Y2K actually *was* a problem. Bad things could have happened if not for the pre-emptive actions of many programmers.

[@frankbrodie5168]

It was a problem for anyone using software from the 1970's. Something which I think we can all agree was probably not many people in 1999. Companies that deal with long term processes (estate agents, banks etc.) had been using software that understood the millenium rollover since the 1980's at least.

[@saszab]

@@frankbrodie5168 Really? You have no idea what you are talking about. The vast majority of programmer never bothered about this problem until the end of decade. So almost all programs which used dates had this problem, no matter when they were written. I personally rewrote banking software which our company was developing in order to fix Y2K problem. It took several months, along with thorough testing and updating in thousands locations in banks and their customers.

[@piperbird7193]

The first PC I built had straps so you could tuck your keyboard and cables in, and a handle on top, so you can easily carry it to LAN parties.

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

I think that the loss of interest in malls is a huge detriment to current youth. I spent most of my time in the arcade, but it felt good having people all around. Self-isolation only makes feeling bad worse.

[@jfwfreo]

How much of that is down to teens hanging out at malls (and "loitering") being increasingly seen as "bad" (by parents, by mall owners/staff/security, by other mall visitors etc)? Especially since said teenagers aren't exactly likely to go spend big amounts of money in the stores...

[@namo9690]

I watched this for nostalgia...but now im just sad

[@cocoaorange1]

Yeah, we are getting old.

[@davidmurray7617]

Oh, how the good times have changed. I was born in ‘97. I still missed going to Blockbuster and Hollywood Video as a kid. The Blockbuster store I remembered was on Route 9 in Latham, NY. Today it is now replaced by AutoZone. I still missed using the VHS movie tapes.

[@Jay.Olivares]

That's cap, by the time you were old enough to remember going to the video store, DVD had already taken over

[@Banginyermamsince93]

​@@Jay.Olivaresvhs were still made and many still only bought them as they were cheaper. Like how dvds are still made even though everything is done online.

[@mccallosone4903]

man, videostores stunk. late fees, racing back to the store to return, looking at the same old dusty films. what people miss is the time spent with actual friends, going there, picking one out, grabbing a pizza, and watching it together. when was the last you on your buds camped out on the couch and watched three movies in a row?

[@olleselin]

As someone who was born in 97, I sure do miss VHS.... 😢

[@AaronC143]

They still make DVD's. They never went away. I still buy them.

[@olleselin]

@AaronC143 sorry i meant VHS

[@AaronC143]

@@olleselin Yeah, I miss VHS. It was a pain having to rewind tprogramming. miss being able to record off the TV with timer programmings. I was born in 1984 and I still miss all this.

[@devingiles6597]

Me too. I was born in 1994, by the way.

[@fct6701.]

I'm from '93.

[@topgun9666]

I really hate when people bring up Y2K as no big deal. As a young engineer that spent 1000s of hours developing and deploying, it was a no biggy because of the hard work of 100s of thousands of developers, engineers, and administrators. Keep bringing it up like that completely dismisses the hard work so many people did.

[@corvus1374]

Exactly. My job at the time was to test our company's software to make sure it didn't fail Y2K, but that was because of all of the work our programmers put into it. If the programmers hadn't gone to so much trouble, then Y2K would have been a real problem.

[@Chris-zx3ol]

+100 for this. It was a non-issue because of a lot of work by many people.

[@denpherflare5365]

If no one cares, no biggie

[@corvus1374]

@@denpherflare5365 It is a biggie

[@johnyoung8144]

Certainly was big. Old programmers who knew the old programming languages, a lot of them came out of retirement as they could literally name their price as the current programmers of that time weren't as good at code on the older programming languages.

[@chelseacanales8763]

Born in 92 but man!!! I remembered going to the video store renting video every Friday and Saturday night 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 seeing this list I remembered everything about the 90s

[@SandraBagans]

You were born when I graduated highschool. Thanks for making me feel old ❤

[@huddleston1878]

Products that we need to keep alive: Physical media: books & dvds/blu-ray so we actually can OWN THEM

[@susanscott8653]

I have heard that they are making a comeback.

[@IzzyPR2010]

Adobe Flash was really killed by Apple, yeah it was already going downhill, but when Apple came out with their mobile devices which would never use Flash, everyone else started dropping it as well.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

Wakfu was made with Adobe Flash and that series ended not too long ago.

[@MartyrKomplx-Prime]

It was more that html 5 took over what flash did, mobile devices never really did flash to start with (except with cases that you had to go out of the way to make work)

[@murder.simulator]

I remember installing Adobe Shockwave so I could play those claasic games like Defender or Centipede. Then getting an ad that covered one corner of the screen with a bag of Ruffles complete with chips spilling out onto the screen

[@palomasaudios2676]

01:46 in other countries Malls are still the social hangouts for everyone. Especially since we find shopping there much better than online shopping bc otherwise how would we know what quality are we buying. And there are malls around the world that has become tourist attractions for shoppers as well

[@Taka-Kevz]

Definitely here in Canada I still see teens hanging out at the malls. They only come in to eat though.

[@vickiwaatti1076]

Born in 1976 - this is basically my entire child hood and teen years... so scary! OH! What about ICQ? Loved that!

[@DaveMcIroy]

There was 1 thing we had in the 90s: fun.

[@cja12345]

Every generation has fun…

[@DaveMcIroy]

​@@cja12345, surely not right now. You know there's a reason people called the 90s the decade of fun.

[@simplylethul]

​@DaveMcIroy Fun didn't magically disappear after the 90s and it's an opinion that the 90s were the "decade of fun."

[@DaveMcIroy]

@simplylethul, it's also an opinion that 2 plus 2 equals 4.

[@Taka-Kevz]

There was no social media back then and less snowflakes. We could joke around and not get canceled😂

[@covand]

The 90s was a great decade to be a kid.

[@JohnVideo1969]

16:02 The 3 1/2” disks were still floppy. However, they were housed in a hard case.

[@fharmonjr1]

Remember the guide channel?

[@jgllover]

Yes haha

[@karmabum21]

sometimes, i miss appointment TV. It really tied us all together in a way that doesn't exist anymore

[@ChristopherSiege]

11:13 "launched in 1993 and originally packaged in DVD form" What's pictured are CD-ROMs and DVD wasn't even invented until 1997.

[@justinhillenburg9286]

You know what else doesn't exist anymore since the '90s? People's sanity. That left a long time ago, and will never come back.

[@Youtuber-yc4uo]

You might get it back. Good luck.

[@MFNDman]

I remember being in 4th-6th grade when IMac came out. My whole school got those IMacs for all the computer rooms. Sim Town, Oregon Trail were fun to play in the classrooms. A drag racing game I would keep on a floppy disk lol. Man, times have changed

[@jspihlman]

We used to check the newspaper for local movie theater showings too!

[@Accel-uu2wz]

anyone else remember when we could all afford food and gas?

[@e3vL1]

Isn't that what trump promised? Where was the executive order on that?😂

[@Tummyachesurvior]

@@e3vL1he’s already said they’re going to go up and his followers are now apparently ok with it whenever you bring it up 🙄

[@Tummyachesurvior]

@@e3vL1but we’re the sheep, right? lol

[@birdatbattlefield]

Gas still cheap. What are you doing?

[@e3vL1]

@@birdatbattlefield depends on location. Not nationwide

[@quokons]

People were still calling theaters in 05 lol

[@rickh3512]

Hard to believe that’s 20 years ago

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, WatchMojo. You forgot to mention the following: The WB Television Network (including the saturday morning/weekday afternoon programming block Kids WB!) Fox Kids (Fox's saturday morning and weekday programming block. It did showed on most Fox affiliates, but also some UPN and The WB affiliates, as well as some independent stations down the line until its discontinuation in September 2002.) Super Nintendo Entertainment System (known in Japan as the Super Famicom) Sega Genesis (known as the Mega Drive in Japan and PAL regions) Game Boy Color Amiga CD32 (Commodore's last video game console before they went bankrupt.) WebTV Dreamcast (Sega's final console before they exit the hardware business and became just a third-party game software and publisher company to this day.) 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 PlayStation (original)

[@jgllover]

I absolutely loved my OG PS1 and Gameboy Color! Jet Moto, Harvest Moon, THPS, Crash Bandicoot and Gran Turismo were a few of the games I loved (92 baby here)!!

[@Plazman]

18:36 It wasn't the lack of a Sleep function that drove screen saver sales, it was because CRTs could get "burn in" if you left it displaying the same thing for a long time. As soon as LCD screens came and the fun of Flying Toasters wore off, so did the screen save.

[@FosterWolf]

Born in 1984: I had both the talking Urkel doll and a talking Ernest doll. I havent watched the whole list yet, but I bet you miss the Ernest, lol.

[@MrPhilbautista]

I miss the prices of the 90s.

[@bonnieblue218]

Aw man, i forgot about Encarta! I loved that so much!

[@darkfoxfurre]

For anyone curious as to what Zima tasted like- It was very similar to the taste of Smirnoff Ice. Just a generic citrusy and sweet flavour.

[@crimsonvoid1595]

I still go to the Mall every so often.

[@laoaganlester1728]

Malls are still a big thing here in the Philippines for teens.

[@dragoncade]

I remember Netscape. I also remember it had a rather disastrous bug (at least on my system). If you clicked a link before the current page was done loading, it would open to a blank gray screen with a status bar saying "4K read" and would cease to function until the pc was rebooted.

[@devingiles6597]

Honorable mention: Radio Disney Does anyone remember listening to Radio Disney when you were kids when it first launched in November 1996? Sadly, it went off the air in April of 2021.

[@jgllover]

Yes! 1999 was my fire year for Radio Disney when I was 7. My grandma got annoyed sometimes, but it was so fun!!!😍😍

[@atomicbomba]

Internet TV with the keyboard hookup on dial-up modems was pretty big for awhile.

[@bontonne]

Seattle still has Scarecrow Video which has thousands of movies to choose from, Glad they are still around.

[@DragonKazooie89]

#29 - Ironically, malls have now become a place for seniors to exercise/walk around now if the mall still exists in the area.

[@nicksullivan4994]

I remember The WB and UPN. As a Millennial Minnesotan, My WB and UPN affiliates were The WB 23 Minnesota and UPN 9 KMSP!❤️📺🎶👍🏻

[@itsflymyguy]

I miss VHS so much and i was born in 96 just goes to show how much it still impacts people😂

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

I remember these as someone who grew up in the 90s also thermal paper from Fax Machines etc.

[@TrexelCat]

18:36 Fun fact that very few people, even in the 90's, knew about. You could actually take control of that maze and navigate each randomly generated maze yourself. So not only was it a screen saver, it doubled as an actual game.

[@alexrunyan1434]

As a kid growing up in the 90s I remember everything and the one thing I do miss of all are toy in cereal videos VHS and Blockbuster most of all. What a time it was.

[@frankbrodie5168]

The LAN parties entry so needed that picture of the dude strapped to the ceiling pipe with masking/duct tape. Now THAT was dedication to the craft.

[@mattcraft7164]

Dear god what a great decade! And Zima wasn't too bad...we would just pop a few jolly ranchers in there and your good to go!

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Pogs we're one of the weirdest fads back then. I collected a few but just for collectors sake.

[@Taka-Kevz]

Pogs were really popular in my school. Everyone would play them during recess. I only "gambled" my doubles as I was only looking to collect as well. I never bet my slammers though. They had some cool looking designs.

[@Chicken-x6q6d]

Ringing up the cinema for that recorded voice with the film times, that takes me back.

[@billblaski9523]

That is wild that as a preteen in the mid-90s, the MTV VMAs did seem like a huge deal. Like everyone would be talking about it the next day at elementary school. I didnt have cable growing up, so i was always getting made fun of😢 Man we kids used to ruthless😂

[@TheDustinExperience]

How about CD-Rom games?

[@darkmagician2521]

Those are the best. I immensely enjoyed playing games like King's Quest 7, Super Solvers series Mission: THINK, Torin's Passage, and The Yukon Trail when I was a kid. And it gets better because with games like The Longest Journey and Monkey Island (3 and 4) series, they required at least 2 discs due to how much the studios put into to create the game worlds and more. That's how you do it instead of over relying on computer storage via HDD not only for your games, but also movies, music, and tv shows.

[@TheDustinExperience]

@@darkmagician2521 Indeed.

[@Hgould]

4:53 Nothing like having to wait for my cousin till next week to trade a Pokémon lol

[@patmccrotch5373]

I won't say the 90s was the best decade, but it really was a fun time to grow up in.. I feel pretty lucky to have grown up before, during, and after the internet became a thing.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

-I'm going to feel old if I watch this aren't I 👴? -Don't newspapers also tell you the forecast? -I don't recall actually hanging out at malls. Didn't live that close to one. I would need a driver to get me there. 2:09 Is that Stan Lee? -I didn't know Steve Urkel had a doll. -Adobe Flash is obsolete :(? -I remember dial-up. -10:41 I remember that Simpson's commercial. -I don't recall ever seeing minidiscs. -I remember Floppy Disks. They weren't floppy when I used them. I think I have held a floppy floppy in my hands before. There's a Floppy disk containing the source code for the Morris Worm which almost destroyed the internet as we know it. Well, even if it was used today it probably wouldn't be a huge threat anymore. -My cousin mentioned Y2K. I didn't take it seriously. -I saw the Windows 95 3D Maze. -I've seen those old Mac computers before. -There was a time where I used a Discman during my early jobs. I used it after the 90s.

[@bazzerker35s]

Pagers was pretty popular in the 90's, they're not anymore since cellphones became a thing.

[@Jeff98177]

When I moved to my current home, there was a mom and pop video store on the corner. When Blockbuster started to become huge, they closed but not before posting some snarky cartoons in their window about how the big guys were winning. At one point, there were two Blockbusters at the same intersection, kitty corner from each other! Now they're a dollar store and a dentists office.

[@stephiegee5416]

Born in 1990. I still remember trying to use a floppy disc for the first time in the 1st grade and it seemed to never work lol crazy to think how far technology has come, and how much further it will go!

[@litning123]

"Computer Shopper" and computer shows. Processing my own photos in the college's darkroom. Orbitz - I have a couple of similar drinks in my fridge right now. You mentioned computer game magazines, but not their inserts - disks with playable games! These were a big deal until Steam took off. Screensaver - the first 1-2 seconds my brain kept thinking "looks like Wolfenstein." I never saw that screensaver. Flying toasters were da bomb! Yesterday I was thinking about Delia - a girl on a BBS, not a clothing company. Flaunting your brick-sized cellphone. Reserving a "portable computer" the size of a medium suitcase in order to do some work at home.

[@Moonstrider]

As a ‘93-er I remember much indeed

[@NOTLeavingLV]

Encarta was not on a dvd originally. There were no DVDs back in the mid 90s.

[@rodgerrocha6430]

not a DD....CD ROM

[@imdoneplus]

@24:31 I recently found a modern “discman” recently that’s rechargeable. What an amazing thing to find.

[@megjulia4007]

Encarta RULED. I loved spending afternoons in the late 90s reading through all sorts of articles.

[@Mtv-get-off-thee-air]

I don’t know about everyone else but I’m 20 and the mall to me is still considered that with me and all my friends and definitely was in my teenage years especially.

[@JayRizzi3]

BET's 106 N Park Top 10 Live... I'll just leave this here

[@gimmmy90]

so happy i can find Blockbuster in my city (i'm from Italy) also i purchase King's Field but gifted for a Birthday

[@jgllover]

Being born in 1992 brings back so many memories: Video Stores Everything had to be Lisa Frank or Barbie for girls and Power Rangers or Pokemon for boys Indoor playgrounds (especially DZ)!! Epic movies Epic music Movie Surfers Trading cards Razor scooters Best times ever!!!!

[@megjulia4007]

1992 kid here - I'll never forget the boredom of sitting in a corner on my blackberry at my first boyfriend's LAN parties...despite me getting motion sick watching the games!

[@DasKrug]

Many of these things still exist and are still being used today, I guess WatchMojo says otherwise, so it must be true though.

[@louwclaassens4988]

I remember Encarta! It was theeee source of information back in the days when we had to walk to school,5 miles and barefoot, in 3ft on snow!

[@Thebosy143]

Today is this chanal birthday 🎂 happy birthday watchmojo🎉🎉

[@frankhoward6645]

The world has definitely changed since then although I kinda miss some things from the 90's & some things I don't

[@theanimeguy13ify]

Even though MTV music videos and VHS tapes may not be things anymore, you can still catch up on MTV Classic and in recent years, VHS tapes are started to make a comeback such as Bumblebee (2018) and Alien: Romulus (2024), but they're limited edition titles.

[@BobSmith-rf3ph]

Complete video games without DLC, ah I remember those days! Problem is half this stuff was superceded by better technology, anyone who ever tried to jog using a discman will tell you that wasn't a fun experience, though I do remember when Blockbuster opened up in my town & even more fondly when I worked for a part of their overall company getting free rentals!

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Thankfully, the Y2K panic wasn’t among 90s experience dreams I’ve recently had. Being born in 2002 means I missed out on the real deal.

[@nascarsteve]

I was 18 when Y2K hit, biggest non-event in history.

[@jamilhajjar]

What about Phone Books ? 😁

[@AlexisBrookeM]

You mention Movie Phone, but don't bring up the Time Lady? Addendum: OMFG... I haven't thought about LAN parties for _years._ We usually just met at the house of one of the party members, but in 2000, we wanted to do something special for what we dubbed UberLAN, so we actually went out and rented a place that was set up for this kinda thing (when I say "we", I mean whoever it was who had organized the party). Unreal Tournament took up the bulk of our time, but there was Quake 3, StarCraft, and a couple other games. We had set up this one computer to act like a jukebox, and you could select songs to put in the queue. Halfway through the night, someone thought it would be funny to play this Amy Grant song (don't remember the name) over and over and over. The first two times, we thought someone had simply clicked on the song twice by accident (there were, of course, people who objected when it started playing the _first_ time). When it started playing a third time, the entire room became a cacophony of groans, jeering, and laughter. That was the night I took sixteen No-Doz at once. The party started in the early evening, and ran through until late the next morning, so, tired but with a few hours left, I though, "Well, I've taken eight of them before, and they made me feel a little sh!tty, but they kept me awake, so what is taking sixteen going to hurt?" Bad move. One of the biggest mistakes of my life, in fact. The next twenty-four hours were absolute _misery._ The effects of taking 3.2 grams of caffeine rivaled the *worst* opiate withdrawal I've ever experienced. It was a very different _type_ of agony, but just as horrific to go through. Hear that, kids? If you ever find yourself in possession of a bottle of 200mg caffeine pills, do _not_ take sixteen of them all at once. If you do, you'll only have a few hours before you _sorely_ regret it, and the wretched experience will be burned into your brain for the rest of your life.

[@thealextrifier]

I still go to the mall all the time

[@SteveAustin-zv1nn]

I can't be the only one who's noticed. At 14:32 while talking about CRT monitors, the video shows a young lad in front of a screen and he's edited it so it reads.."suck off" instead of "menu off". Ha. Weird that wasn't noticed. 🧐😅

[@michaelelam9779]

Good eye, that’s pretty funny 😂

[@mzk4193]

Even though i am a gen Z. I remember in my primary school in Greece we were playing and betting our pogs like they were chips at a casino. This got me addicted to gambling 😊 (jk i never got addicted but i did learn the dangers of it from a young age. Play responsibly 😊)

[@Taka-Kevz]

I remember mall ratting with friends every Friday nights after school. Security kept watching and telling us to keep walking. We weren't trouble makers, but a group of teens does have that rep. This was in the 00s though.

[@JamesHeinrich-vk7vz]

1990s. Pogs. 2020s. Pawgs.

[@jerryrodriguez9613]

I can’t wait for the top 30 things from the 2020s that don’t exist any more

[@jeffjenkins2525]

I use to go to Internet cafes on my blades or bike and play counter strike, good times

[@StoffelDilligas]

I miss blockbuster, it was easier to walk a mile and a half to get there, browse and find something to watch, walk home and put it in the VHS/DVD player, than it is to find something good on netflix

[@cellschannel8959]

Back in the 90's i was just a little kid hardly ever noticed any of those things or my parents couldn't affored it. By the time i was old enough to notice them in the early 2000's they started to go away and i hardly got to use them. Lol

[@vinceabapo638]

Malls here in the Philippines are still social hubs

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

Same here in Norway, teens regularly hang out at malls here.

[@lizhumphries9100]

Same here in the UK the shopping mall is still a hang out

[@djpegao]

Same here in Colombia, hell I'll say they're actually even more popular nowadays

[@RonTr0n08]

The gym in my hometown still uses Rolodexes to keep track of everyone’s memberships lol.

[@addicted2me]

Omg. I know everything. I am officially a dinosaur 😂 And 2025 is like alien technology

[@jfwfreo]

A big contributor to the death of the M in MTV (i.e. music) is the fact that you can find pretty much any music video on sites like KZbin and don't need to listen on a schedule set by some programmer somewhere.

[@FollowJJWhiteheadComedy]

I didn’t realize Minidiscs existed in the 90s. I just remember how bad some people were trying to make them happen from about 2001-2004

[@Robert08010]

You mentioned Floppies & MiniDisc but skipped Zip Disks! Zip disks were 2 or 3 times thicker than a standard 3.5 inch floppy but other wise, about the same size. I bought IOmega Zip drives and installed them in every PC I owned over about 15 years. My first zip drive was an external SCSI which was twice as fast as the regular ones and even competitive (at that time) with hard disk speeds. Since hard disks were still fairly expensive and zip disks around $10-15 for a 100MB disk it became a natural way to extend my hard drive. I'd have one for games and a different one for Corel Draw so this larger apps didn't have to clog up my hard drive. Eventually, they offered 250MB zip disks as well. But IOmega made other products too. The IOmega Buzz was the first video capture device I ever owned. They also offered large capacity drives for backing up whole systems wherein a disk could hold 1 or 2 gigabytes. That was the Jazz drive.

[@IzzyPR2010]

My first PC actually had a 100mb drive built in and I purchased that in 1997. There were also 250mb disks. I think what killed those was when flash drives came out.

[@mshi1282]

Zima is still available in Japan now (2025).

[@TheFrugalAudiophile]

Yeah, it was so nice when movie phone turned into a website and we could go there anytime to check on the listings.

[@ZvilgantisKailis]

You don't know what don't exist anymore? Good movies. 90s was the last decade for the good movies.

[@WAEVOICE]

Back then, a good turnout was at least 80%; now it's pretty much two of every five movies being decent.

[@devingiles6597]

Examples of good movies from the 1990's are the following: Titanic (1997) Forrest Gump (1994) Home Alone (1990) Babe (1995) Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) Men in Black (1997) Dumb and Dumber (1994) The Matrix (1999) Toy Story (1995) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Friday (1995) The Lion King (1994) Free Willy (1993) Toy Story 2 (1999) Set It Off (1996) These are good examples of these successful films from the 90s.

[@PanikedReactions]

I’d argue we got some solid ones in the early 2000s but it fell hard off after 2006.

[@Chris_Travis_Scott_Joplin]

Confidently wrong. You’re just watching shit.

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

00s had some good ones so no. 2007 especially.

[@LauraSasss]

If I was bullied with "hello Laura" in an Urkle voice one more time i would be unalived myself.

[@dubyah8824]

That was a perfect chance to use Conan O’Brian’s “In the Year 2000” intro theme!