30 Millennial Memes for 90s Kids Who Had the Best of Both Worlds

Being a 90s kid meant growing up in a sweet spot that probably no longer exists, a weird, wonderful space where we were offline just long enough to appreciate it, and online early enough to master it. We had landlines and AIM, VHS tapes and early DVD players, friendship bracelets and Pokémon cards tucked into our zip-up CD binders.

If you wanted to hang out with someone, you called their house and prayed their older sibling didn't answer. We watched TGIF on Friday nights, passed notes on Lisa Frank paper, and rewound every rental tape before returning it to Blockbuster like it was a sacred duty.

And sure, we grew up with grunge and glitter gel, but we were also the beta testers for the digital age, we navigated floppy disks, dial-up tones, and the trauma of accidentally exiting a game without saving. We lived through it all.

So if you remember riding in the back of a station wagon with no seatbelt, then rushing home to check your Neopets before dinner—this one's for you.
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