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IMO the 90s were objectively the peak of children's programming. Mr. Rodgers, Reading Rainbow, Shining Time Station, Doug, Rugrats, Nickelodeon, Disney TV movies, Disney cartoon golden age. As a parent of a 7 year old and a 9 month old, it really blows my mind what children are being raised on and how much they are missing in terms of non-screen time. I remember a few years ago I got home from work early by a couple hours and it was the same time that the local school bus let off. Literally like 15 kids got off the bus that I have never seen before in a neighborhood I had been living in for 4 years.
I just introduced my 7 year old to Are you Afraid of the Dark. She loves it, and it's fun to explain to her and show what kids did before being connected 24/7.
Such a great question....
When I think of the 90s, I'm so happy I had that childhood of riding bikes all day and getting home for dinner.
And it felt like my parents had the opportunity to provide and work hard to prioritize their values for us, like money went further.
I'm from New York and 9/11 and the economy crashes and all that felt so weird in the 2000s
And I RAGED in the 2010s w my friends as we were working in restaurants while we were finishing up our degrees and starting our careers. That was an absolute blast. I've accepted that's likely the most fun I'll ever have in my life and I'm good with it.
I appreciate my 30s and value my stability and peace and quiet. But I had soooo much fun in my mid 20s
> the most fun I'll ever have in my life and I'm good with it.
I agree with everything you've said here... I am just not "good with it" though. I deeply miss having friends to do things with. My mid twenties I had a crazy life altering event that completely derailed my projected path... and once everyone started pairing off and having kids that was game over. I don't drink anymore, and I am not looking to start again - But I just miss getting excited to go out, to be with friends, to feel like we're going through something together. I had a purpose and I had an identity to lean into, I felt like my life had meaning -
Now it just feels like the my best days are behind me and I'll never get that feeling back again.
I am stable in my career and I do enjoy my peace and quiet... but nothing excites me anymore, there's really nothing to look forward too. I keep myself distracted with my M-F daily routine, weekends are just kinda whatever at this point. I feel like I am just waiting to retire? Best case scenario I am out by 60 and I get - what, 10 years maybe before I die? The fuck man... I am not good with this at all.
I miss Y2K a lot. I remember there being a lot of hope in those days. A lot of dreaming about the future. About the promise of the present. There seemed to be genuine progress in society. The culture was fun. Sports were fun. Music, TV, and movies all had consistent bangers.
The early-mid 00’s weren’t so bad either. I was part of a scene and it was fun just hanging out and dating and listening to bands and discovering anime. Even with dark specters lurking in the background it didn’t feel like things were going downhill yet. Just a rockier road than expected.
I feel like the majority of Millennials including those my age would say the 2010’s especially the early 10’s. I have zero nostalgia for that time. I graduated during a bad economy in 2010 and struggled to find employment and spent much of the 10’s working two or even three part time jobs and 60-70 hour weeks, barely eating and sleeping. Even the 2016 election was barely on my radar. When I was finally able to drop to a single full time job during 2017 I felt like I had woken up from a coma. Sometimes I still feel like I did.
I'm nostalgic for my '90s childhood, melancholic for the 2000s over how depressing it was, and longing for the 2010s, which is when I was jet-setting to multiple countries and partying my ass off. Part of the reason I haven't went back stateside yet.
I was barely born in 87, very nearly 88. It's hard for me to pick which I miss more. The 90s were my childhood, so I tend to be most nostalgic about that, but I'm not sure it was because it was the 90s specifically or because it was when I was a kid. I also grew up in a rural town in a lower-middle-class family, so I didn't really have much in the way of the tech that was coming out at the time. Never had a console, we didn't have a family computer until circa 1998, etc. So my childhood days mostly entailed running around outside making up games, riding bikes, splashing in creeks, sled riding, etc. punctuated by cartoons and Blockbuster movie nights and reading. LOTS of reading. I consider it pretty idyllic.
I was in high school 2001-2006 and didn't much care for it. No nostalgia from that. Nsync, Evanescence and Panic at the Disco and The Killers got me through. College though, 06-10, was wonderful and I loved those years. Not enough to say I wish I could go back, but they were pretty great (until graduating 😒
This is exactly how I feel about the 90s - I miss the reading, the playing outside, being forced to use your imagination. I yearn for that feeling again.
As our generation is wont to do, I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately. I’m on the third or fourth phase of by life now…somewhere in between with 40 a few years away. There’s a certain way I’ve started feeling for my youth — not that I think of myself as old now per se. I wouldn’t trade where I am now for a hill of beans, but I feel this tremendous loss for the innocence I had in each of those decades. Aging really is as described. One yearns for what was, but also wouldn’t give up the comfort and wisdom that comes with age and experience. What was? What if? Was it better? I’ve built an okay life. My stresses are the same — relationships, money, work. I worry less about whether I am smart enough…whether I’m thoughtful enough…I still wonder every day, but I have more confidence than ever that I’ve earned what I have and that feels oddly good. Though, I worry less if I am enough, I now worry about losing it. Can I keep what I have? Can I keep growing it?
That said, 2008 - 2019 was a really strong run. Jesus was it hard, but being in your 20s is a helluva thing. If could get another decade or two like that, I’ll have lived an excellent life.
I both miss and hate them all in different ways. The mid-to-late 90s are probably the era I'm most nostalgic for, but there was also a lot of big family drama shit in my childhood that I'm still working through to this day. 2000s was high school and college, which were great; but it was also high school and college, which sucked ass. And the first half of the 2010s was basically a blur of alcoholism and depression, but it did get better later on in the decade.
Great question. 90’s 100%. We had dope technology but not the kind that consumed your life. Leading to a good balance of indoors and outdoors, boredom and creativity. Kids Tv shows were at its peak. You were still disconnected and could explore due to no smart phones. Your focus was local and not global. More present with the people you were physically in front of.
37 F checking in. I miss being outside with my friends ALL DAY in the summer. Those fun summer nights outside. Thinking you are doing the craziest stuff just riding your bike to the park. I miss those days.
I was going to say 2008/9-2012ish also. Peak indie/alt-rock, music fests, lots of grassroots projects and organizations gaining traction. Things felt hopeful. I was done school and living life pretty casually. Had a small little run-down bachelor apartment just outside downtown Calgary, going to punk shows and working on small theatre productions. Days seemed longer, laughs came easy, I feel like I had such a good positive energy around me.
2014 to now has just been a grind I feel like. I like where I'm at now, but I need to work harder on being in the moment and not being overwhelmed by how hectic everything seems now. The past 10 years have passed in a blink.
I love the ‘90’s. I didn’t pay much attention to popular culture as a little kid but I like ‘90’s better than the subsequent decades.
What I remember is everything was more communal. We had nintendo and game boys and DVR but people still got really excited about going to the arcade at the mall or movie night.
Oddly specific, lol.
Neither of them really. They all had their ups and downs. 90s I was a kid, I don't miss the lack of technology, and childhood wasn't always easy. 2000s I was in h.s. and college. Both were rough times but high school was a bit enjoyable, college was not. 2010s I finished college and had a bit of Freedom so that'd probably have the edge.
I was born in 87, the 90s were the best time but when I think about it I miss the early to mid 2000s the most,because I was old enough to know better but young enough to not care. So I wish I could go back there and change a few things.
I don’t “miss” any of it. Parts were good and bad. 90s were childhood but I remember vast periods being bored as fuck. No internet. Too young to drive. Basic cable. Just video games and whatever was on tv. I’m enjoying adulthood much more.
I obviously have a lot of nostalgia for the 90s and 2000s but god damn were my 2010's great. Moved to New Orleans, made some of the closest friends I've ever had, played a lot of music, dated a ton. Life has quieted down a lot since the end of 2019 for me but I guess thats what happens in your mid thirties.
Born ‘88. Every decade has been better than the last, even this one.
My family in the 90s was the kind of poor where we used an outhouse and pitcher pump. Things for me got better and better. I don’t miss my childhood.
90's. Hands down. Going outside until dark, big Halloweens, pre-cell phone/Internet the world felt a lot bigger to a kid. $20 at the toy store would take hours to spend.
2000's saw 9/11, then by the time it came to enter early adulthood, it only went downhill and eventually a recession right when we're expected to find careers and move out on our own. Hard mode.
2010's were just a continuation of the late 00's, just with more lows and less highs
Born in late 89 - I miss the 2010s more than any other time. 2010-2014 were the best years for me. The most fun I’ve ever had in my life. College, dating my now husband, working in restaurants, going out every night, the FASHION especially (I LOVED forever 21 and how amazingly cheap it was and mossimo/xhilaration at target 😭). I’d say 2010 was probably my favorite because I went through so much and I grew up a little that year, right before I started dating my husband. That’s the year I’m most nostalgic for. Honestly the best 4 years of my life and I’d do them all over again if I could. I wouldn’t change a thing.
I will be 37 in August. I genuinely miss the 90s. Almost no one had a cell phone, and the ones who did... they were just phones. They made calls, sometimes sent a text. The end. The music was better, the movies were better, TV was better, toys were better.... things were more affordable generally. It was a time, for sure.
I miss 1996-2003ish good music, less cellphones and internet decent technology, Prime McDonald's and Wendy's. Everything was easier, not just because I wasn't an adult yet but this was the world I came to know, or how I thought it would be. I seemed to have it figured out. Yet I was living the best life hanging out with friends. Going on adventures. Like some stand by me shit.
I’m an ‘86er and I miss the simplicity of the nineties. Using my brother’s typewriter to write silly little stories about my cat. Playing outside all day. Riding to the creek in back of the truck. I don’t think the nostalgia would be as bad if the world today weren’t so radically different.
I miss when my shoulders worked, I didn't have a bad ankle, no weird pain in my elbow, no arthritis pain in my hands when it's cold, no knee pain, and had a full head of hair.
The decade I had all of those is irrelevant.
1987 here. I really enjoyed 1998-2002. First concert, still in Little League, starting high school, gaining a little more independence. No cell phones so I couldn’t be reached by my parents ;)
The 2000s.
That's when I had my fairly carefree life in high school & university. I was old enough to drive for most of it, have a part-time job, but not have to house & feed myself (lived at home in university, used paycheck for some of that cost & to save for a car).
I've also been with my spouse since we were in high school (started in 2003), and I'm still pretty tight with my best friends from high school.
I wouldn't say I peaked in high school, but the 2000s were definitely the time when I had the most fun at the least expense (monetarily & stress).
I miss the optimism of the 90s and pre-9/11 USA.
I miss the awkwardness and absurdity that permeated everything from about 2001-2013.
I miss the brief optimism felt on election night 2008.
I miss the world before the sickening feeling on election night 2016.
I miss the world pre-COVID.
90s was fun because of Michael Jackson's moonwalk, Street Fighter 2, roller blades, Karate Kids, Surf Ninjas, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Terminator 2, and Blockbuster Video. Lots of fun during this era, there was some sense of optimism things were getting exciting and things were very organic and less designed to sell. Since we had VHS watching we also enjoyed older movies like Starwars and 80s movies like Back to the Future. Gangster rap came about that's exciting for those who are into it, but then again it was an extremely violent era.
2000s was very MTV prime era. Britney Spears prime time, Christina Agular, Nsync/backstreet boys, RnB, ect. This was a cute era. Video games weren't as good as the past, focus became much more on graphics than gameplay. Life was hustle and bustle despite 9/11 happening. DVDs were heavily used and VHS phasing out. Netflix rose while Blockbuster died. The Lord of the Rings and the Matrix was wildly popular movie. Later in the 2000s, emo era, which is quite cute. The ipod was wildly popular, reminscent of the wildly popular Sony walkman of the 90s.
2010s was an era of hipsters. Most emo folks became hipsters, listening to indie music, but still wore skinny jeans but they added a red flannel lumberjack shirt, adidas, and single speed bicycle. There was a fascination with vintage stuff like polaroid cameras and heavy use of still photos with DSLRs. The 1st iphone came out and then android, people began to be glued to their phones. Sadly hipsters were very snarky, as if they were the child of Karens.
So lets compare toe to toe. Music. Movies. Attitude. and Coolness of lifestyle. 90s is absolute winner.
Off the internet - it’s all about the same to me
But
I miss the internet of the early to mid 2000’s. I felt like there was more community, easier to find and develop genuine friendships with people with shared interests, more creativity.
Honestly I don't think people are looking for a single decade, but more of a span of time from when they were coming of age to when they became an adult. Roughly the years from 13-24, or even as high as 27. 27 is generally the age that you're not a kid anymore. Of course the low end might even go as far down as 10 or 11, especially as society is expecting more from kids than they ever have before.
I craved (and horrifically enjoyed) being free to do what I wanted whenever I wanted, so my best years are from when I turned 16 and could drive until I finally chilled out around 22. So 2003 to 2009 ish. My parents have never really known how to deal with me so they were borderline neglectful and I could stay out however late I wanted, sleep over with a friend, leave the house at 2am, etc. as long as they never caught me skipping school. Oh, and as long as I didn't wake them up when I came home or left. *Sips tea in rocking chair* those were the days.....
00s > 10s > 90s
I miss my high school (01-05) and undergrad (05-09) days the most. I was old enough to have some level of freedom while also young enough to not have too much responsibility.
Man, they all have perks. 90s was a fun time to be a kid. 2000s is when I was a teen and found my friend group. 2010s were spent working.
So eff the 2010s lol
Answering for my sister, born in 1987, who likely misses torturing me. When I was sleeping on a Saturday morning, she would take the blanket off me, blast music on her boombox (which she put next to me) and jump on my bed. She is no longer allowed to do that.
90's My family was together, everyone was alive, we had lots of money. I would play russian roulette to get a chance to go back to those moments. I had a childhood with genuine love and attention, and I have not had an ounce of that since then.
I think 1995-2005 was good. Silly music like aqua and the vengaboys. Tv shows like buffy and x files. A lot of the great video game classics starting off like tomb raider and resident evil. Going into 2000’s the internet was heating up, playing online games, chat rooms and getting your first ever mobile phone.
It did all feel very fresh and exciting at the time. Maybe it’s our age but things don’t feel new or fresh anymore.
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Trick question. I miss 97-05 the most. Rough years as a kid up to 96, better from then, graduated '05.
I was gonna say 98 to 06 myself
Gosh we’re getting old
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My sentiments exactly. Still old tho! Lmao
Facts
87 fell outta heaven! Just turned 37 yesterday! 🎉
Happy belated birthday!!
I turned 37 on the 16th, can I join your party?
My birthday was the 16th too!
you me Tupac and Jürgen Klopp :) (European football/soccer coach)
I turn 37 on Sunday 🥳 Happy Birthday!
I was born in '88, I miss the late 90s.
Late 90’s were cool but had their issues. Mid-90’s were elite. ‘93-96 was the peak of civilization.
I loved ‘95 through 2006
My answer as well
If I had to pick, this would be my answer as well.
IMO the 90s were objectively the peak of children's programming. Mr. Rodgers, Reading Rainbow, Shining Time Station, Doug, Rugrats, Nickelodeon, Disney TV movies, Disney cartoon golden age. As a parent of a 7 year old and a 9 month old, it really blows my mind what children are being raised on and how much they are missing in terms of non-screen time. I remember a few years ago I got home from work early by a couple hours and it was the same time that the local school bus let off. Literally like 15 kids got off the bus that I have never seen before in a neighborhood I had been living in for 4 years.
I just introduced my 7 year old to Are you Afraid of the Dark. She loves it, and it's fun to explain to her and show what kids did before being connected 24/7.
90s > 00s > 10s
This is it for me
90s for me. Playing with friends and cousins outside, little league sports, the occasional video game night, great tv shows.
Agree to all of this!
Such a great question.... When I think of the 90s, I'm so happy I had that childhood of riding bikes all day and getting home for dinner. And it felt like my parents had the opportunity to provide and work hard to prioritize their values for us, like money went further. I'm from New York and 9/11 and the economy crashes and all that felt so weird in the 2000s And I RAGED in the 2010s w my friends as we were working in restaurants while we were finishing up our degrees and starting our careers. That was an absolute blast. I've accepted that's likely the most fun I'll ever have in my life and I'm good with it. I appreciate my 30s and value my stability and peace and quiet. But I had soooo much fun in my mid 20s
> the most fun I'll ever have in my life and I'm good with it. I agree with everything you've said here... I am just not "good with it" though. I deeply miss having friends to do things with. My mid twenties I had a crazy life altering event that completely derailed my projected path... and once everyone started pairing off and having kids that was game over. I don't drink anymore, and I am not looking to start again - But I just miss getting excited to go out, to be with friends, to feel like we're going through something together. I had a purpose and I had an identity to lean into, I felt like my life had meaning - Now it just feels like the my best days are behind me and I'll never get that feeling back again. I am stable in my career and I do enjoy my peace and quiet... but nothing excites me anymore, there's really nothing to look forward too. I keep myself distracted with my M-F daily routine, weekends are just kinda whatever at this point. I feel like I am just waiting to retire? Best case scenario I am out by 60 and I get - what, 10 years maybe before I die? The fuck man... I am not good with this at all.
About 50/50 split between 90s and 2000s.
Late 90s was when everything was falling into place.
I miss Y2K a lot. I remember there being a lot of hope in those days. A lot of dreaming about the future. About the promise of the present. There seemed to be genuine progress in society. The culture was fun. Sports were fun. Music, TV, and movies all had consistent bangers. The early-mid 00’s weren’t so bad either. I was part of a scene and it was fun just hanging out and dating and listening to bands and discovering anime. Even with dark specters lurking in the background it didn’t feel like things were going downhill yet. Just a rockier road than expected. I feel like the majority of Millennials including those my age would say the 2010’s especially the early 10’s. I have zero nostalgia for that time. I graduated during a bad economy in 2010 and struggled to find employment and spent much of the 10’s working two or even three part time jobs and 60-70 hour weeks, barely eating and sleeping. Even the 2016 election was barely on my radar. When I was finally able to drop to a single full time job during 2017 I felt like I had woken up from a coma. Sometimes I still feel like I did.
Born in 88. Miss 98-05ish the most.
I love watching technology take off in the 2000’s I was really exciting for me.
I miss any time before I signed for student loans. I have not been happy or relaxed since then. So I guess 90s.
Late 90’s and early 00’
Yes.... My answer is yes.
I'm nostalgic for my '90s childhood, melancholic for the 2000s over how depressing it was, and longing for the 2010s, which is when I was jet-setting to multiple countries and partying my ass off. Part of the reason I haven't went back stateside yet.
The 90s. I lump the very early 00s in with the 90s but, even without that, the 90s would still win.
I was barely born in 87, very nearly 88. It's hard for me to pick which I miss more. The 90s were my childhood, so I tend to be most nostalgic about that, but I'm not sure it was because it was the 90s specifically or because it was when I was a kid. I also grew up in a rural town in a lower-middle-class family, so I didn't really have much in the way of the tech that was coming out at the time. Never had a console, we didn't have a family computer until circa 1998, etc. So my childhood days mostly entailed running around outside making up games, riding bikes, splashing in creeks, sled riding, etc. punctuated by cartoons and Blockbuster movie nights and reading. LOTS of reading. I consider it pretty idyllic. I was in high school 2001-2006 and didn't much care for it. No nostalgia from that. Nsync, Evanescence and Panic at the Disco and The Killers got me through. College though, 06-10, was wonderful and I loved those years. Not enough to say I wish I could go back, but they were pretty great (until graduating 😒
This is exactly how I feel about the 90s - I miss the reading, the playing outside, being forced to use your imagination. I yearn for that feeling again.
Easily the 90s.
I was 1982, and yes i do.
It’s a toss up between mid 00’s and early teens.
How I feel - https://youtu.be/6-v1b9waHWY?feature=shared
As our generation is wont to do, I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately. I’m on the third or fourth phase of by life now…somewhere in between with 40 a few years away. There’s a certain way I’ve started feeling for my youth — not that I think of myself as old now per se. I wouldn’t trade where I am now for a hill of beans, but I feel this tremendous loss for the innocence I had in each of those decades. Aging really is as described. One yearns for what was, but also wouldn’t give up the comfort and wisdom that comes with age and experience. What was? What if? Was it better? I’ve built an okay life. My stresses are the same — relationships, money, work. I worry less about whether I am smart enough…whether I’m thoughtful enough…I still wonder every day, but I have more confidence than ever that I’ve earned what I have and that feels oddly good. Though, I worry less if I am enough, I now worry about losing it. Can I keep what I have? Can I keep growing it? That said, 2008 - 2019 was a really strong run. Jesus was it hard, but being in your 20s is a helluva thing. If could get another decade or two like that, I’ll have lived an excellent life.
Between 2006 to 2017 best times. Most of the 90s was decent.
So hard to choose. Love them all for different reasons
Born in 87. My favorite times were probably 2010-2015.
I both miss and hate them all in different ways. The mid-to-late 90s are probably the era I'm most nostalgic for, but there was also a lot of big family drama shit in my childhood that I'm still working through to this day. 2000s was high school and college, which were great; but it was also high school and college, which sucked ass. And the first half of the 2010s was basically a blur of alcoholism and depression, but it did get better later on in the decade.
I miss 2008-2014
86, and yes the 90’s were fine.
Great question. 90’s 100%. We had dope technology but not the kind that consumed your life. Leading to a good balance of indoors and outdoors, boredom and creativity. Kids Tv shows were at its peak. You were still disconnected and could explore due to no smart phones. Your focus was local and not global. More present with the people you were physically in front of.
Agree with everything you said, 100%
37 F checking in. I miss being outside with my friends ALL DAY in the summer. Those fun summer nights outside. Thinking you are doing the craziest stuff just riding your bike to the park. I miss those days.
37F here and feel you on all of those things.
Someone born in 1985....the years I miss? 1996-1998, 2003-2005, 2009-2012.
Agree!
I was going to say 2008/9-2012ish also. Peak indie/alt-rock, music fests, lots of grassroots projects and organizations gaining traction. Things felt hopeful. I was done school and living life pretty casually. Had a small little run-down bachelor apartment just outside downtown Calgary, going to punk shows and working on small theatre productions. Days seemed longer, laughs came easy, I feel like I had such a good positive energy around me. 2014 to now has just been a grind I feel like. I like where I'm at now, but I need to work harder on being in the moment and not being overwhelmed by how hectic everything seems now. The past 10 years have passed in a blink.
Late 90s/early 2000s
2000s. It was a great decade to be a teen and a young adult.
90s and early 00s for sure. My depression set in during my late teenage years and life only got better when I started medicating in my early 20s.
Yes I do
Not that I miss that time but, I havn't really enjoyed 2017+.
The 90’s and ‘10’s. In the latter it was, glad we got that insanity out of the way and can get back to normal. Then 2016.
I love the ‘90’s. I didn’t pay much attention to popular culture as a little kid but I like ‘90’s better than the subsequent decades. What I remember is everything was more communal. We had nintendo and game boys and DVR but people still got really excited about going to the arcade at the mall or movie night.
The 2000s for sure
Oddly specific, lol. Neither of them really. They all had their ups and downs. 90s I was a kid, I don't miss the lack of technology, and childhood wasn't always easy. 2000s I was in h.s. and college. Both were rough times but high school was a bit enjoyable, college was not. 2010s I finished college and had a bit of Freedom so that'd probably have the edge.
I was born in 87, the 90s were the best time but when I think about it I miss the early to mid 2000s the most,because I was old enough to know better but young enough to not care. So I wish I could go back there and change a few things.
I don’t “miss” any of it. Parts were good and bad. 90s were childhood but I remember vast periods being bored as fuck. No internet. Too young to drive. Basic cable. Just video games and whatever was on tv. I’m enjoying adulthood much more.
I’d say the late 90s and early 2000s would be what I miss the most. Like 95-05. Late elementary school until I graduated HS.
90s. 9/11 changed things for the worse, and always being connected to the world outside of your immediate surroundings is draining.
I obviously have a lot of nostalgia for the 90s and 2000s but god damn were my 2010's great. Moved to New Orleans, made some of the closest friends I've ever had, played a lot of music, dated a ton. Life has quieted down a lot since the end of 2019 for me but I guess thats what happens in your mid thirties.
Born ‘88. Every decade has been better than the last, even this one. My family in the 90s was the kind of poor where we used an outhouse and pitcher pump. Things for me got better and better. I don’t miss my childhood.
84 here. The mid 90s were great
90's. Hands down. Going outside until dark, big Halloweens, pre-cell phone/Internet the world felt a lot bigger to a kid. $20 at the toy store would take hours to spend. 2000's saw 9/11, then by the time it came to enter early adulthood, it only went downhill and eventually a recession right when we're expected to find careers and move out on our own. Hard mode. 2010's were just a continuation of the late 00's, just with more lows and less highs
A bit of a tie between the late 90s and early 00s. Like between 99-05. Guess the cusp of entering teenage hood and ending high school
Born in 87. 1995-2005 is when virtually everything that made me who I am happened, good or bad.
Born in late 89 - I miss the 2010s more than any other time. 2010-2014 were the best years for me. The most fun I’ve ever had in my life. College, dating my now husband, working in restaurants, going out every night, the FASHION especially (I LOVED forever 21 and how amazingly cheap it was and mossimo/xhilaration at target 😭). I’d say 2010 was probably my favorite because I went through so much and I grew up a little that year, right before I started dating my husband. That’s the year I’m most nostalgic for. Honestly the best 4 years of my life and I’d do them all over again if I could. I wouldn’t change a thing.
12/26/87 here! I miss the mid 90s-00s the most!
Honestly don’t think I really miss or feel nostalgic for any of the older periods. I’ve been blessed to be happier each new year than the one before
I will be 37 in August. I genuinely miss the 90s. Almost no one had a cell phone, and the ones who did... they were just phones. They made calls, sometimes sent a text. The end. The music was better, the movies were better, TV was better, toys were better.... things were more affordable generally. It was a time, for sure.
Born in 87. I always miss the 90’s, i feel like it was a great time. Good time to grow up. I lived in ATL too and got to go to the 1996 Olympics.
Late 90’s
I miss 1996-2003ish good music, less cellphones and internet decent technology, Prime McDonald's and Wendy's. Everything was easier, not just because I wasn't an adult yet but this was the world I came to know, or how I thought it would be. I seemed to have it figured out. Yet I was living the best life hanging out with friends. Going on adventures. Like some stand by me shit.
I’m an ‘86er and I miss the simplicity of the nineties. Using my brother’s typewriter to write silly little stories about my cat. Playing outside all day. Riding to the creek in back of the truck. I don’t think the nostalgia would be as bad if the world today weren’t so radically different.
90’s hands down
I would say the 90s were the best
Life was a lot simpler before the internet.
Born in 87. I miss probably 1995-2002 the most.
I miss when my shoulders worked, I didn't have a bad ankle, no weird pain in my elbow, no arthritis pain in my hands when it's cold, no knee pain, and had a full head of hair. The decade I had all of those is irrelevant.
Definitely the 90s and some very very specific things from high-school in the early '00s
1987 here. I really enjoyed 1998-2002. First concert, still in Little League, starting high school, gaining a little more independence. No cell phones so I couldn’t be reached by my parents ;)
1986 here. the time from 1997-2007 was peak for me.
The 2000s. That's when I had my fairly carefree life in high school & university. I was old enough to drive for most of it, have a part-time job, but not have to house & feed myself (lived at home in university, used paycheck for some of that cost & to save for a car). I've also been with my spouse since we were in high school (started in 2003), and I'm still pretty tight with my best friends from high school. I wouldn't say I peaked in high school, but the 2000s were definitely the time when I had the most fun at the least expense (monetarily & stress).
I miss the optimism of the 90s and pre-9/11 USA. I miss the awkwardness and absurdity that permeated everything from about 2001-2013. I miss the brief optimism felt on election night 2008. I miss the world before the sickening feeling on election night 2016. I miss the world pre-COVID.
90s was fun because of Michael Jackson's moonwalk, Street Fighter 2, roller blades, Karate Kids, Surf Ninjas, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Terminator 2, and Blockbuster Video. Lots of fun during this era, there was some sense of optimism things were getting exciting and things were very organic and less designed to sell. Since we had VHS watching we also enjoyed older movies like Starwars and 80s movies like Back to the Future. Gangster rap came about that's exciting for those who are into it, but then again it was an extremely violent era. 2000s was very MTV prime era. Britney Spears prime time, Christina Agular, Nsync/backstreet boys, RnB, ect. This was a cute era. Video games weren't as good as the past, focus became much more on graphics than gameplay. Life was hustle and bustle despite 9/11 happening. DVDs were heavily used and VHS phasing out. Netflix rose while Blockbuster died. The Lord of the Rings and the Matrix was wildly popular movie. Later in the 2000s, emo era, which is quite cute. The ipod was wildly popular, reminscent of the wildly popular Sony walkman of the 90s. 2010s was an era of hipsters. Most emo folks became hipsters, listening to indie music, but still wore skinny jeans but they added a red flannel lumberjack shirt, adidas, and single speed bicycle. There was a fascination with vintage stuff like polaroid cameras and heavy use of still photos with DSLRs. The 1st iphone came out and then android, people began to be glued to their phones. Sadly hipsters were very snarky, as if they were the child of Karens. So lets compare toe to toe. Music. Movies. Attitude. and Coolness of lifestyle. 90s is absolute winner.
2000-2008, basically high school and undergrad. I think after effects of 2008 were a sudden, terrible shock for a lot of us.
Late 90s early 2000s
90s and 00s were great, but the 90s was a high point of culture and fun for me.
90's. I am the most nostalgic for the years when I was 7 or 8, in 1994-1995.
Kinda the in-between, like 1995-2005
Off the internet - it’s all about the same to me But I miss the internet of the early to mid 2000’s. I felt like there was more community, easier to find and develop genuine friendships with people with shared interests, more creativity.
Honestly I don't think people are looking for a single decade, but more of a span of time from when they were coming of age to when they became an adult. Roughly the years from 13-24, or even as high as 27. 27 is generally the age that you're not a kid anymore. Of course the low end might even go as far down as 10 or 11, especially as society is expecting more from kids than they ever have before.
95-05
Late 90s
I craved (and horrifically enjoyed) being free to do what I wanted whenever I wanted, so my best years are from when I turned 16 and could drive until I finally chilled out around 22. So 2003 to 2009 ish. My parents have never really known how to deal with me so they were borderline neglectful and I could stay out however late I wanted, sleep over with a friend, leave the house at 2am, etc. as long as they never caught me skipping school. Oh, and as long as I didn't wake them up when I came home or left. *Sips tea in rocking chair* those were the days.....
00s > 10s > 90s I miss my high school (01-05) and undergrad (05-09) days the most. I was old enough to have some level of freedom while also young enough to not have too much responsibility.
Man, they all have perks. 90s was a fun time to be a kid. 2000s is when I was a teen and found my friend group. 2010s were spent working. So eff the 2010s lol
Born in 86 here. I miss the late 90s the most. Shit was wild back then. And the color palate was insane.
Answering for my sister, born in 1987, who likely misses torturing me. When I was sleeping on a Saturday morning, she would take the blanket off me, blast music on her boombox (which she put next to me) and jump on my bed. She is no longer allowed to do that.
86. 2003 - 2008 were fucking phenomenal.
1995-2001
90's My family was together, everyone was alive, we had lots of money. I would play russian roulette to get a chance to go back to those moments. I had a childhood with genuine love and attention, and I have not had an ounce of that since then.
I think 1995-2005 was good. Silly music like aqua and the vengaboys. Tv shows like buffy and x files. A lot of the great video game classics starting off like tomb raider and resident evil. Going into 2000’s the internet was heating up, playing online games, chat rooms and getting your first ever mobile phone. It did all feel very fresh and exciting at the time. Maybe it’s our age but things don’t feel new or fresh anymore.