If you were lucky enough to grow up in the \u201890s, you\u2019ll know just how DARN AMAZING it was. Oh, how we miss the simpler times. All we had to worry about was our favorite boybands, our epic rocker-chick outfit, and how much candy we could stuff in our faces at one time (and it was a lot). As we get even further away from the \u201890s, our nostalgia gets even more extreme. Instead of making \u2018grown-up\u2019 dinner, we wish we could serve our husband or wife turkey dinosaurs and smiley faces. Instead of watching the news (which is always depressing, BTW) we wish we could just sit in front of our TV, cross-eyed, playing hours upon hours of video games. Unfortunately, our time machine is broken, so we can\u2019t go back to the \u201890s, but we can create a list of the things from the \u201890s we miss the most.<\/p>\n

The battle of the boybands<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s nothing we love more than a bit of cheese. We love it in our sandwiches, we love it in a squeezy form on our burgers, and we love it in our music. No, we\u2019re not talking about that time your brother stuck your CD\u2019s together with Easy Cheese. Instead, we\u2019re talking about the battle of the boyfriends. With their matching combat pants, their frosted tips, their tiny colored sunglasses, their silver chains and their cheesy love songs, boybands made our \u201890s lives worth living. However, there was an issue associated with boybands – because your favorite would determine whether your friends would ever speak to your again. So, which one would you choose? Backstreet Boys? Or NSYNC<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Prank calling our friends\/family<\/h2>\n

Yep, we\u2019re talking about actually picking up a phone, placing it to your ear and speaking into it. Sure, most of these phones had a cord attached to them and couldn\u2019t be used at the same time as the internet, but prank calling required a huge amount of effort that is now wasted on the younger generation. Nowadays, the prank call has been replaced by a prank email, that someone has sent from the dark depths of their room, with their arthritic fingers (y\u2019know, because they\u2019ve been typing so much) and a lack of personal contact. Ahhhh, fun is wasted on the youth.<\/p>\n

Being able to play outside<\/h2>\n

Outside? Fresh air? What\u2019s that? Well, dear readers, that\u2019s something we used to do when the world wasn\u2019t going down the toilet. Back in the \u201890s, we were able to take our bikes into the middle of the road, play with our friends and actually enjoy the great outdoors. Thankfully, people were kind enough to avoid running us over, and would politely beep at us to move out of the way. However, this isn\u2019t possible anymore. Instead of fresh air, we\u2019ll be inhaling toxic fumes, our bikes have been taken away because they\u2019re a \u2018health and safety risk, \u2019 and people are just running us over because they\u2019re fed up with their lives. So yeah, not ideal.<\/p>\n

The funky fashion<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s be honest, fashion has always been a bit weird – but the \u201890s fashion was something else<\/a>. In fact, \u201890s was so weird it was actually genius.We had no qualms about wearing brightly colored combat pants with tassels coming off them (as long as we could wear a crop top to match). We were totally okay with wearing huge platform shoes that we really couldn\u2019t walk in – and we were going to try our darndest to try and pull off flared denim. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t succeed, but at least we could choose one of our 167 plaid shirts from our closet to cover them up a little.<\/p>\n

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The amazing toys\/games<\/h2>\n

Nowadays, kids are given iPhones, tablets, and laptops from an early age – so they completely miss the fun part of life, when you can just go wild in your bedroom and make your toy dinosaur marry you Ken Doll (because inter-species breeding was totally normal back in the day). The \u201890s was full of awesome toys and games<\/a> that would keep us entertained for hours. Yep, we\u2019re talking about Beanie Babies<\/a>, Pokemon Cards, Socker Boppers, Pogs, Furbies and a whole load of fun.
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