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The Big Fat Mine Field Thread of 90s Nostalgia
- Thread starter Mentalist
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Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
Various music I played a lot...
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
I thought it was the best song ever.
Colonel Kira's Left Tit
Bearded Belly of Bajor
Volpone
Zombie Hunter
DISCLAIMER: This thread is going to sound like Grandpa Simpson to anyone under 30. (Grandpa Simpson was a character in a cartoon we used to watch when we were your age.)
The other day I was making a sammich for lunch. I've learned recently that a dash of salt and pepper on tomato slices makes them so much tastier and the whole experience got me thinking about Subway and how, in the 1990s, Subway was such a cool, amazing new fast food place. Now the only time I've been in a Subway is if I'm going to a movie and it is close to meal time because there's a Subway in the same mall as my favorite movie theater. Of course the theater closed last year and the mall is being torn down so... Anyhow, that split off two lines of thought. The first and shortest was Hooters, and how going to a Hooters in 1998 was such a fun, exciting experience and a good way to hang out with some friends and how the idea of a Hooters today... When I moved to Kentucky there actually WAS a Hooters, relatively close to me, so I went once, just for old times' sake. It was kind of ick. The food has not changed since the 1990s. The experience hasn't changed since the 1990s. It was so odd. That place didn't survive the 'rona and it's a used car lot now.
The other thing I got to thinking was how exciting and inspiring Jared's Subway story was; how he lost all that weight and gave hope to people everywhere. Especially very, very young people that could experience...new things...whether they wanted that or not. Which turned to Cosby. Cosby was this inspirational success story of a hard working successful entertainer who showed that being black didn't have to be a barrier to success. Which made me get on Google to confirm that both "The Cosby Show" and "Cheers" were still on the air in the 1990s. They really don't feel '90s. They feel quintessentially '80s, but they survived into the '90s, like the mastodon or the coelacanth or something.
The other day I was making a sammich for lunch. I've learned recently that a dash of salt and pepper on tomato slices makes them so much tastier and the whole experience got me thinking about Subway and how, in the 1990s, Subway was such a cool, amazing new fast food place. Now the only time I've been in a Subway is if I'm going to a movie and it is close to meal time because there's a Subway in the same mall as my favorite movie theater. Of course the theater closed last year and the mall is being torn down so... Anyhow, that split off two lines of thought. The first and shortest was Hooters, and how going to a Hooters in 1998 was such a fun, exciting experience and a good way to hang out with some friends and how the idea of a Hooters today... When I moved to Kentucky there actually WAS a Hooters, relatively close to me, so I went once, just for old times' sake. It was kind of ick. The food has not changed since the 1990s. The experience hasn't changed since the 1990s. It was so odd. That place didn't survive the 'rona and it's a used car lot now.
The other thing I got to thinking was how exciting and inspiring Jared's Subway story was; how he lost all that weight and gave hope to people everywhere. Especially very, very young people that could experience...new things...whether they wanted that or not. Which turned to Cosby. Cosby was this inspirational success story of a hard working successful entertainer who showed that being black didn't have to be a barrier to success. Which made me get on Google to confirm that both "The Cosby Show" and "Cheers" were still on the air in the 1990s. They really don't feel '90s. They feel quintessentially '80s, but they survived into the '90s, like the mastodon or the coelacanth or something.