45 Forgotten '90s Things Millennials Will Recognize
The oh-so-groovy '90s-meets-psychedelic graphic design on Fruitopia vending machines:
The nose full of slimy boogers on Double Dare that low-key grossed you out:
Those Trace & Color coloring books that somehow made anything you traced look sloppy and like you did it with your foot:
Magic Slates, which your parents would usually get you for long car trips:
And the Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack, which your parents would play over and over in the car on those long car trips:
Wendy the "Snapple Lady," who appeared in all of the company's commercials:
Your parents having stacks of processing envelopes full of photos they got developed and never put in photo albums:
And having a kids' photo album that you filled with your favorite photos (aka whatever pics your parents gave you, usually if they had doubles):
Having a ton of blank VHS tapes with covers that looked like this:
And all the extra labels that came with blank VHS tapes that no one would ever use:
E!'s Talk Soup hosted by John Henson, which was the old-school way to watch viral videos:
Elementary school square pizza, which you always looked forward to having on Fridays, along with a chocolate milk:
These coarse sugar-coated orange candies (that you ONLY ever saw and ate at your grandma's):
The Jerry Springer Too Hot for TV! VHS tape that they would show commercials for late at night, and made you wonder what exactly was on it:
The Wendy's commercials that featured its founder, Dave Thomas:
The Lay's Wow chips that were made with Olestra and gave people diarrhea:
Publishers Clearing House magazine stamps that came in the mail, and you would use to order magazines that you then would never pay for:
The instant coupon machines you would play with at the supermarket:
The Disney bubble bath bottles that doubled as toys:
Lever 2000 soap, which every mom loved to buy in bulk:
Binaca and how your breath wasn't minty fresh until it felt like you had burned a hole in your mouth with it:
The giant 3D cutout displays stores would have just to announce the release of an upcoming album or movie:
The McDonald's cooler they would have at school functions filled with orange drink:
And the McDonald's drive-thru menus that were brown and beige and had crappy speaker systems:
Those big Nature Sounds music displays inside Targets:
The gumball machines that Blockbuster Video would have near the exit of the store:
And the Blockbuster Video-branded popcorn that was next to the candy at the checkout counter:
The tickets you need to get from the video game section at Toys "R" Us and take to the cashier in order to buy the game:
And Toys "R" Us Geoffrey Bucks that you would get for your birthday or holidays, and made you feel "rich":
The touchscreen monitors inside of the Warner Bros. Studio Store that allowed you to paint Looney Tunes characters:
Siskel and Ebert reviewing movies and either giving them a thumbs up or thumbs down. Then studios promoting their films with "Siskel and Ebert give it two thumbs up!":
TGIF crossover episodes that made no sense but went hard:
Tissue paper ghosts you'd make at school with Tootsie Pops, pipe cleaners, Sharpies, and the super rough tissues that the school provided year-round:
Old metal jungle gyms that got super hot in the summer:
The Disney Store plastic shopping bags that looked like this and that you refused to throw away because they were so magical looking:
And the Mickey Mouse gift boxes the Disney Store used to have:
Stencil rulers that didn't really make great stencils:
Going to the Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet to get Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and other pastries, all while taking in the oh-so-good baked goods scents:
The Good Seasons dressing bottle that every family seemed to own. And which made you feel like a gourmet chef if your parents asked you to make the dressing — even if it was just pouring the seasoning packet in with oil and vinegar:
And this exact wooden salad bowl (with matching salad tongs) that your family would use to serve the salad in for dinner:
Halogen torchiere floor lamps that got so hot that you knew better than to even get close to touching. Or looking directly at the lightbulb while it was turned on because it had the brightness of 10 suns:
Glade PlugIns when they used gel packets that would get all gooey and covered in dust:
Chuck E. Cheese's colorful ball pits that always smelled like feet and were probably way more gross than you even realize:
The glow-in-the-dark stars you would put on the ceiling of your bedroom and would give you a mini-heart attack when they would fall on top of you in your sleep:
And lastly, always sitting very close to the TV because most TVs were relatively small with bad resolution:
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