Ah, the good old '90s... When our biggest worries included whether or not we'd manage to record our favorite song off the radio and onto tape before the DJ started speaking again. We didn't have streaming services or iTunes back then. But boy, did we have fun.
Before Wi-Fi, influencers and TikTok dances burst onto the scene, the '90s blessed us with the golden age of dial-up tones, Tamagotchis, VHS movies, Spice Girls and some very questionable (neon) fashion choices. Back then, social media wasn't a thing and memes weren't flooding our timelines. But, even if we didn't realize it at the time, the raw material for them was everywhere.
Now, thanks to online communities like r/90s, we get to relive our awkward youth through a bunch of hilarious and relatable memes. The page has more than 363,000 members sharing their favorite blasts from the past. It reads like a love letter to the decade that shaped a whole generation's sick sense of humor. And showcases an era that was way more iconic than many of us give it credit for.
Bored Panda has put together some of our favorite memes and posts shared by the group for anyone who lived through the Windows 95 start-up sound, and survived the chaos of the Y2k end-of-world panic. So dust off your Beanie Babies, slap bracelets, Sega consoles and Walkmans, and prepare to laugh your way through a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
#1 Gonna Watch Hook Now
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#2 Legend
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#3 90’s Can Relate This
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#4 Danny Devito Has A Heart Of Gold! 😊
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#5 When Pizza Hut Had A Buffet
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#6 Blockbuster N Chill
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#7 Imagine That Happened 🤗😂
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#8 I Will Never Understand Why They Got Rid Of These Sunrooms
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#9 Memory Unlocked
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#10 This Was Done Alot
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#11 What Else Did 90s TV Convince Us Was True?
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#12 And As I’m Almost 40 I Don’t Look Like This LOL
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#13 Chris Farley And Patrick Swayze At A “Chippendales Audition” On Snl In 1990
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#14 I Think I Actually Remember Mine
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#15 I Remember The Late Fees Were The Worst!
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#16 Today's Kids Have Fortnite And Roblox But We Had This
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#17 Wtf Happened To Vienetta? It Used To Feel Like The Height Of Luxury
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#18 Jack Black In 1992 At Age 23
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#19 Where Are My Older Gamers At Who Are Still Playing Today?
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#20 🍋🟩 Limewire
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#21 The Original Scammer Of The 90s
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#22 90's McDonald's Menu
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#23 Sound Recorder For Windows 95
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#24 The Urge To Turn On The Lights Was Real
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#25 🍔👑🍟…
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#26 I Totally Forgot About This!
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#27 Remember Being Blown Away By Graphics In 97 😂
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#28 My Local Camp Ground. This Place Hasn’t Changed Since The Early 90s . Even Smells The Same
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#29 The Ancients Had This Incredible Power
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#30 Yeah Goldeneye Was A Challenge To Beat The Time Targets
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#31 Anybody Else Remember These?
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#32 I Remember Thinking This Album Was A Guilty Pleasure At The Time
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#33 Norman Cook Aka Fatboy Slim Performing Live In 1998
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#34 Did You Have A Holographic Necklace? I Wish I Still Had Mine, But They Got Tossed
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#35 Core Memory Unlocked
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#36 Jell-O Jigglers (1990)
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#37 Sega Game Gear, 1991/1992
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#38 Vanilla Ice "Ninja Rap" Video Single 1991
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#39 Anybody Ever Make These Back In The Day?
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#40 I Never Got Caught Doing This
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#41 First Day Of School 1995
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#42 90s Tampax Ad
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#43 Lindsay Lohan With Elaine Hendrix In The Parent Trap (1998) And In Freakier Friday (2025)
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#44 We Had It So Good
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#45 Then And Now. The Big Comfy Couch. Alyson Court (Loonete) And Molly
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#46 I Had A TV Tuner For My Game Gear. When I Stayed At My Grandparent’s Place They Thought I Was Playing Games But I Was Secretly Watching Stuff I Wasn’t Meant To Be Watching!
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#47 Homer Hiding In A Donut 🍩
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#48 I Forgot About These Until Today, Now I Am Forever Sad
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#49 Young Tyrannosaurus Rex With Removable Dino-Damage Wound (1993)
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#50 McDonald's 'Batman Returns' Happy Meal (1992)
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