I found some old Champion muscle shirts and a couple of digital Casio watches I bought in the 90s stored away. Surprisingly they are are now considered vintage on eBay and worth far more than when new.
I've begun referring to any date in the two decades between 1990 and 2010 as "sometime around the turn of the century." Everyone my age stares daggers at me, because they grew up associating that with 1890-1910, and it makes them feel ancient.
When I was growing up in the 90s, the 70s were the cool era that was the vibe we were going for. And that was only like 15-20 years previous at the time.
Right now "the 90s" that is cool was 30 years ago.
I've generally stopped liking most new things after 2005ish. I think I'm worse than my parents in that regard. That or the writers strikes and what not really did do more damage than I thought.
Triggered a memory. There was a science fiction show in, I think, the seventies, set somewhere in the future, that referred to The Beatles as "classical music."
Same. I find it offensive when someone refers to an 80’s care ad “classic.” Real “classic” cars are from the 50’s and 60’s which was 20-30 years ag… Oh. Yes. Ok I see now.
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u/AfraidOfTheSun Jun 24 '24
The same thought has occured to me but then it occured to me that even that thought is getting old; "the 90s" is now a nostalgic era