You know you were raised in the late 80's early 90's when...

[1913_kicks_ass]

You know you were raised in the late 80's/early 90's when...
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE ".
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair " ...and can do the Carlton".
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom
8. Two words: Hammer Pants
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "DuckTales " (Woo ooh!)
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watchcartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " on the big screen..and still know the turtles names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH " (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous.)
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing " and all the Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF "
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT " after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like 24, probably in neon colors, too)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I? "
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up "
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy "
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK "
47. You remember boom boxes.. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins " movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" "
50. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales
51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell ", the ORIGINAL class.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
56. You just sang those words to yourself.
57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
58. homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
59. You remember when mullets were cool!
60. You had a mullet!
61. You still sing "We are the World "
62. You tight rolled your jeans.
63. You owned a bannana clip
64. You remember "Where's the Beef?
65. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"
66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
67. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!!!

 

[277to081]

LOL, everything (except for the female stuff) was true, I don't know what a Skip it is though. ;D

 

[bob the piper]

Wow, I was born in '89 and I agree with like 3/4 of the things on that list. lol

 

[chriscalow]

HAHAHA LMAO, I did that the other day, #29

 

[I_am_John_Galt]

Then there's this:

THE CLASS OF 2007

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985. [ed: this is actually from 2003]

They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.

They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.

There has been only one Pope in their lifetime.

They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Tiananmen Square means nothing to them.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.

The statement "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.

They have never owned a record player.

They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.

They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.

They have always had an answering machine.

Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black and white TV.

They have always had cable.

There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA was.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is, or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial.

They were born the year that Walkmen  were introduced by Sony.
 
Roller skating has always meant inline for them.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They have never seen Larry Bird play.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as W.W.I, W.W.II and the Civil War.
 
They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
 
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. (The correct answer, by the way, is Ork)

They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "De plane, de plane!"
 
They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. was.
 
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not bands.

There has always been MTV.
 
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

 

[1913_kicks_ass]

Yah..i was born in 89 and i can disagree with half that stuff!! i can work a typewriter and i know exactly what the Vietnam War, WW1, WW2, and Civil War are...thanx to history ...but yah..i just thought to say i can do half that stuff!!

 

[Slim]

Anyone remember what "New Wave" was?

 

[NATO Boy]

Ah the memories of my childhood...

- Pogs (played at school constantly)
- Devil Sticks (I had 3 sets)
- Marbles (1990 equivalent craze of playing Jacks)
- Colin James (before he played Swing Music for GAP ads)
- Green Day (when preppie punk and swearing in lyrics was "rad!")
- Mini-stick hockey (OMG! We actually had that!?!?!)
- Woodstock '94 (only a few of us knew there was a Woodstock in '69, even then this concert looked bitchin)
- Macintosh and IBM computers (before 1000s of other companies started getting into the business)
- LA Gear light shoes (those stupid shoes with the light that blinked with each step you took)
- Pauly Shore (the 1990s seem to be the pinacle of his career after he left MTV)
- Super Nintendo (the "X-Box of the early 1990s)
- Gun registration (not an issue 'til 1998)
- cigarettes were $2.50 a pack (they're about $8.00 a pack now)
- super soakers (everyone, even girls had them)
- stone-washed jeans
- beastie boys were the only rap / hiphop group listened to at school
- Bi Way (cheap store, you got your @$$ kicked if you shopped at Bi Way)
- Cable TV (sattelite was for millionaires, rabbit ears were for cave dwellers.)
- CDs (people still bought cassettes because CDs were triple the price)

 

[Britney Spears]

63. You owned a bannana clip

What is that? Are they referring to curved 30 round Kalashnikov magazines?

 

[Korus]

See, now NATO Boy posted a list I can actually identify with. The other ones were sketchy, but NATO Boy'd list hits home for me.

heh.. pogs.

 

[TCBF]

"What is that? Are they referring to curved 30 round Kalashnikov magazines?'

Those are now PROHIBITED unless converted to five rounds.  But in the eighties - when they weren't - many a woodchuck met a demise fed from an AK mag.

Why can't we hunt woodchucks with a full thirty round mag anymore?  Where do we live?  Russia?

Please excuse the digression.  ;D

Tom

 

[Britney Spears]

Those are now PROHIBITED unless converted to five rounds.  But in the eighties - when they weren't - many a woodchuck met a demise fed from an AK mag.

I figured as much, hence my question.

 

[Sheerin]

I was never allowed to have a super soaker... all my friends had them.

 

[Strike]

Let's see, cool '80's cartoons:

He-Man
She-Ra
Thundercats
Zoltron (? -- the one about the 5 robotic cats that formed a giant robot.  I think there were mice in there too.)
Transformers
GI Joe

 

[1913_kicks_ass]

Tee Hee...guys i still have two tubes of pogs..lmao...yes that list was great..i can soo identify with all of that!! as for the super soaker...i had like 7 over the course of my childhood because i kept leaving water in them through the winter and as a result...the froze and cracked!! (they were in an outdoor shed)..lol

xox amanda xox

 

[TCBF]

"I was never allowed to have a super soaker... all my friends had them. '

And to think I was upset when my grandfather told me - 10 years old at the time - that he once owned a full auto B.A.R, but sold it.

I feel your pain.  ;D

Tom

 

[NATO Boy]

Food in the '90s...

Pepsi Crystal - It's Pepsi...but it's clear...like water...yay fake water!
Cheetos Paws - Cheetos that were in the shape of Chester Cheetah's Paws...yum.
Dunk a Roos - I'm sure some of you had these in a lunch bag at one point in life
Pepsi Max came out the first time during then too.
Bubble Tape - every kid in my neighbourhood bought this gum from the local Beckers
Teddy Grahams - yummy Teddy Ruxpin cookies...
Twizzler Pull 'n' Peel - licorice strings
Cheese Strings - why? 'cause it's cheese...and it can be pulled apart...in strings!

Other Toys in the '90s

Nerf Guns - Sniping your neigbour's cat with a yellow ball has never been funnier...
Lego Sets - Pirates, Knights, Astronauts...even Robin Hood had his own lego franchise back in the day...
Mountain Bikes - the more gears you had, the better your reputation as a guru with pimpin' wheels...
Anything cool from the IT Store - we've all wanted to walk in and buy silly string or fart spray once...
Sega Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog, anyone?
Action Figures - GI Joe, Barbie...and other long forgotten cartoon heros...

But who can forget  hair styles like...the bowl cut, the rat tail...

...yes the 90s were strange and cumbersome times...

 

[1913_kicks_ass]

...yes the 90s were strange and cumbersome times...

That they were..but we all survived...good thing too or else this website would be very boring!! Just Kidding!! 

 

[camochick]

Yeah i can identify with almost everything on that list, man am i getting old. Anyone remember pogo balls hehe, i wasnt allowed to have one cause my dad thought i would kill myself on it hehe.

 

[1913_kicks_ass]

Yes...i remember pogo balls...and you probably would have killed yourself on it...i almost did i was hopping down the street when OH LOOK here comes a puddle of water!..*yikes*...*slips and falls into it and almost cracks skull*..those things were so dangerous but SO much fun...i don't remember Pepsi Crystal though? what was it?