I loved those nostalgic fact sheets like "What the World Was Like 25 Years Ago"... you know, with young Joe Montana, Miami Vice on TV, Police Academy and Terminator on VHS, Ronald Reagan in the White House - right up until I realized that, damn it, this wasn’t a quarter of a century ago!
Yeah, 25 years ago is 1999. Yes, I understand that many of you, dear readers, were not even born at that time, but for me personally, it was so recently, it seems like, no, not yesterday, but at least like last week. But it turns out that two and a half decades have passed, and people in nostalgic online threads like this one remember all the good things that happened then. Let's remember too...
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#1
Folded paper maps in the glove box. Bonus points for the spiral map books!
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#2
A "stereo system" in the living room.Edit: Look man, if yours doesn't have a squeaky-a*s turntable, tape-to-tape deck and a shiny "metal-style" plastic carapace, we're not talking about the same thing.
Get out of here with your Bose, you hipster muso snobs. Shoo! Shoo! ??.
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#3
The *need* to be home at a certain time on a certain day to watch the next episode of your favorite show.Unapologetic suntans. (Edit: haven't you guys ever heard of slathering yourself in baby oil before going to lie in the sun? We all did it back then.)
A cassette deck in their new car.
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So, year 1999: the last year of Bill Clinton's presidency, in the UK folks are seriously thinking about what life will be like for the country after Queen Elizabeth (naive peeps, ha ha...), Michael Jordan has just retired for the second time, and Steve Jobs has just recently returned to his office at Apple headquarters, and is already hatching grandiose plans.
The music world is captivated by Cher’s triumphant return, and Steven Spielberg recently received his second director's Oscar for Saving Private Ryan. Just recently Windows 98 was released, and millions of users around the world are cautiously opening a new internet search product called Google - through Internet Explorer, of course...
#4
A binder of cd's under the driver's seat.
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#5
Being able to not be reachable and people being ok with it.
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#6
Pluto as the ninth planet.
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Do you want more? Okay, Jeff Bezos becomes Time's Person of the Year, Albert Einstein is recognized as the Person of the Century, and the whole world is afraid of the terrible upcoming “Error 2000", which will allegedly render millions of computers around the world unusable. Britney Spears releases her debut album Baby One More Time, and John Elway wins the Super Bowl for the second time in a row, going from greatest loser to two-time champion in just two years.
Sony announces the start of development of the PlayStation 2, with the new Walkman model trying to spread the minidisc format throughout the world. Among the new video games, Silent Hill, Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena stand out. Humanity sees off the penultimate year of the 20th century with nostalgia and looks forward to the new millennium with optimism...
#7
All their friends’ phone numbers memorized.
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#8
Concert tickets that you could afford.
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#9
The ability to drop off/greet people at the boarding gates at the airport.
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“The real question is actually not how good it was 25 years ago compared to now,” says Valery Bolgan, a historian and editor-in-chief of Intent News Agency from Ukraine, whom Bored Panda asked for a comment here. “People in general tend to be nostalgic about the past, and the years that have passed since then only smooth out all the negativity that took place then, leaving only warmest memories. This is the specificity of human memory.”
“Yes, in 1999, and I remember it quite well, there were many wonderful things and phenomena left, but at the same time I am almost sure that when in another quarter of a century you and I remember the year 2024, we will also talk about it with extraordinary warmth and nostalgia: about TikTok, Reddit and Taylor Swift. Simply because this is also part of our life and our memory," Valery summarizes.
#10
A whole shelf full of WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIAS.
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#11
AN ABSOLUTELY BONKERS YEAR FOR MOVIES.The Matrix
Dogma
Fight Club
American Beauty
American Pie
Green Mile
The Mummy
The Sixth Sense
Office Space
Boondock Saints
Varsity Blues
Blair Witch Project
And f*****g more! Not reboots, remakes or sequels. Just fresh f*****g content and original stories.
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#12
A reasonable expectation of privacy.
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In this collection you will find both wonderful old-school things, which, however, today have been replaced by much more convenient ones, as well as simple human feelings and people who, alas, have left us. So just feel free to scroll this list to the end, put your likes under the best submissions, and once again either remember 1999 yourself or simply discover the past. After all, as old good Frank Sinatra used to sing, “it was a very good year!”
#13
A Walkman.
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#14
A video rental store.
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#15
My dad who passed away on June 18, 1999, at the age of 71, the same age I am now. "Everyone" didn't know him, but I sure as hell did. I held his hand until he let go. **Miss ya big time dad**. Till we meet again.
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#16
A phone book.
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#17
Land lines. Mom still has hers, but all the phones are cordless. The days of a handset connected to the receiver with a 25 foot cord are long gone. Scrolling through comments, yup Mom has an Answering machine connected to her landline. Edit #1: Mom is in her middle 70's. Edit #2: Supporting documentation
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#18
Fear of Y2K.
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#19
Smoking section in a bar.
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#20
Affordable housing.
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#21
AOL free trials.
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#22
Cameras with film, posh people had digital onesDial up Internet
Discmans
Minidisc players
Floppy discs.
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#23
Antennas on the outside of their cellphones.
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#24
Windows 95 or 98.
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#25
A VHS tape rewinder. "Be kind, rewind!".
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#26
Multiple disc cd player.
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#27
Dial up modems.
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#28
Inflatable furnitureMudd brand clothes/accessories.
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#29
A local newspaper subscription.
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#30
Wallets with picture holders.
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#31
The ability to get on an airplane without spending 20 minutes going through TSA.The ability to navigate around town without a GPS or phone.
A nintendo 64.
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#32
Ash Trays.
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#33
CRT televisions.
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#34
A preferred 800 number for collect calls.
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